SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of September 25, 2018 by and among NOVARTIS PHARMA AG, CELLULAR BIOMEDICINE GROUP, INC., and, solely for purposes of Article IV, SHANGHAI CELLULAR BIOPHARMACEUTICAL GROUP LTD.
Exhibit
10.2
dated as of
September 25, 2018
by and among
NOVARTIS PHARMA AG,
and, solely for purposes of Article IV,
SHANGHAI CELLULAR BIOPHARMACEUTICAL GROUP LTD.
(上海赛比曼生物科技有限公司)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article
I DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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Certain Defined Terms
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1
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Article
II PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES
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8
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2.1
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Purchase of Shares
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8
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2.2
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Closing
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8
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Article
III CLOSING DELIVERABLES AND CLOSING CONDITIONS
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8
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3.1
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Closing Deliveries by the Company
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8
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3.2
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Closing Deliveries by the Purchaser
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8
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3.3
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Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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9
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3.4
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Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser
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9
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Article
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CBMG
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10
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4.1
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Organization; Capitalization; Subsidiaries
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10
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4.2
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Authorization
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11
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4.3
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Valid Issuance of the Shares
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11
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4.4
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No Conflict
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12
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4.5
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Application of Takeover Protections
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12
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4.6
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Consents
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12
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4.7
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SEC Filings; Financial Statements
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12
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4.8
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Solvency
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13
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4.9
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Absence of Certain Changes
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13
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4.10
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Compliance with Laws and Agreements
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13
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4.11
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No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers
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14
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4.12
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Intellectual Property
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15
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4.13
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Employee Benefits
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16
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4.14
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Taxes
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16
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4.15
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Environmental Laws
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16
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4.16
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Title
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4.17
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Insurance
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4.18
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
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4.19
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Regulatory Matters
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17
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4.20
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Ethical Practices
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18
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4.21
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Litigation; Legal Matters
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19
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4.22
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Data Privacy and Protection
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29
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4.23
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Controls and Procedures
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4.24
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Registration and Listing of Shares
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4.25
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Price of Common Stock
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4.26
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Status
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4.27
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General Solicitation; No Integration or Aggregation
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4.28
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Brokers and Finders
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4.29
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No Directed Selling Efforts
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4.3
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Anti-Money Laundering
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21
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4.31
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Reliance by the Purchaser
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Article
V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
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5.1
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Organization and Qualification
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5.2
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Authorization
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5.3
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No Conflict
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5.4
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No Registration of the Shares
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5.5
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Sophistication
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5.6
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Intent
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5.7
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Investment Experience
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5.8
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Independent Investigation
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5.9
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Not a Broker-Dealer
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5.10
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Not an Underwriter
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5.11
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Reliance on Representations and Warranties
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5.12
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Regulation S Exemption
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5.13
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Foreign Investors
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5.14
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No Governmental Review
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5.15
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Anti Money Laundering Law Compliance
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VI LEGENDS, ETC.
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6.1
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Legend
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6.2
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The Purchaser’s Compliance
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25
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6.3
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Company’s Refusal to Register Transfer of Shares
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Article
VII OTHER AGREEMENTS
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7.1
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Further Assurances
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7.2
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Confidentiality
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25
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7.3
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Publicity
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26
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7.4
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Registration
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26
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7.5
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Reports under the Exchange Act
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Article
VIII TERMINATION
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8.1
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Pre-Closing Termination
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8.2
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Effect of Pre-Closing Termination
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27
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8.3
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Post-Closing Termination
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8.4
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Effect of Post-Closing Termination
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IX INDEMNIFICATION
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9.1
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Survival
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9.2
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Indemnification by the Company
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9.3
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Indemnification by the Purchaser
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9.4
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Indemnification Procedures
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9.5
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Limitations on Indemnification
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9.6
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General Indemnification Provisions
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X GENERAL PROVISIONS
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10.1
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Expenses, Taxes, Etc.
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10.2
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Notices
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10.3
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Interpretation
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10.4
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Conflict Between Agreements
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10.5
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Severability
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10.6
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No Third-Party Beneficiaries
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10.7
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Assignment
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10.8
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Amendment; Waiver
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10.9
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Remedies; Specific Performance
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10.10
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Mutual Drafting
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10.11
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Governing Law
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10.12
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Arbitration
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10.13
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Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers
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10.14
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WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY
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10.15
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Counterparts
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10.16
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Entire Agreement
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This
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),
is made and entered into as of September 25, 2018, by and among
Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its
principal place of business at 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 U.S.A. (the “Company”),
Shanghai Cellular Biopharmaceutical Group Ltd. (上海赛比曼生物科技有限公司),
a company organized and existing under laws of the PRC, whose legal
address is located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xx.0, Xxxxx
(Xxxxxxxx) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai, China (
“CBMG
Shanghai”) (solely for purposes of Article IV), (CBMG
Shanghai, together with the Company, “CBMG”), and
Novartis Pharma AG, a company (Aktiengesellschaft) organized and
existing under the laws of Switzerland, with its principal place of
business at Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00, 0000 Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx (the
“Purchaser”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, CBMG and
Purchaser desire to enter into a collaboration under which CBMG
will become Purchaser’s exclusive manufacturer of the Product
in the Territory, and CBMG will manufacture and supply, the Product
in the Territory for use by Purchaser, its Affiliates, and its
designees in the Territory, on the terms and conditions set forth
in that certain License and Collaboration Agreement, by and among
CBMG, certain of its Affiliates, and Purchaser, dated as of the
date hereof (the “License and Collaboration
Agreement”), and certain ancillary agreements entered
into in connection therewith (as such terms are defined below);
and
WHEREAS, the
Company wishes to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser wishes to subscribe for and purchase from the Company,
shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share
(the “Common
Stock”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the respective
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein
contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
As used
in this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Action” means
any notice of noncompliance or violation, or any claim, demand,
charge, action, suit, litigation, audit, settlement, complaint,
stipulation, assessment or arbitration, or any request (including
any request for information), review, inquiry, hearing, proceeding
or investigation, an opposition, revocation,
reexamination, interference or similar proceeding by any
Person or by or before any Governmental Authority.
“Administrator”
is defined in Section 10.12(a).
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a Person, any other Person that controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. For
purposes of this Agreement, a Person will be deemed to control
another Person if it owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more
than fifty percent (50%) of the equity securities of such other
Person entitled to vote in the election of directors (or, in the
case that such other Person is not a corporation, for the election
of the corresponding managing authority), or otherwise has the
power to direct the management and policies of such other Person
(including any PRC domestic capital companies not controlled
through ownership of equity securities but through contracts under
a VIE structure). The Parties acknowledge that in the case of
certain entities organized under the laws of certain countries
outside the United States, the maximum percentage ownership
permitted by law for a foreign investor may be less than fifty
percent (50%), and that in such case such lower percentage will be
substituted in the preceding sentence; provided, that such foreign
investor has the power to direct the management and policies of
such entity.
1
“Agreement” is
defined in the preamble.
“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means any applicable Law concerning bribery,
corruption, or illegal payments and gratuities, including the
United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Hong Kong
Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, the UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the PRC
Criminal Law, the PRC Unfair Competition Law, the Interim
Regulations on Prohibition of Commercial Bribery issued by the
SAIC, and any applicable PRC Laws similar to any of the
foregoing.
“Anti-Money Laundering
Laws” is defined in Section 4.30.
“Arbitration
Claim” is defined in Section 10.12(a).
“Arbitrators”
is defined in Section 10.12(a).
“Basket” is
defined in Section 9.5(a).
“Benefit Plan”
means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA
and all other employee benefit practices or arrangements, including
any such practices or arrangements providing severance pay, sick
leave, vacation pay, salary continuation for disability, retirement
benefits, deferred compensation, bonus pay, incentive pay, stock
options or other stock-based compensation, hospitalization
insurance, medical insurance, life insurance, scholarships or
tuition reimbursement, maintained by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
obligated to contribute for employees or former
employees.
“Business Day”
means a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York,
New York or Basel, Switzerland generally are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
“CBMG” is
defined in the preamble.
“CBMG Shanghai”
is defined in the preamble.
“cGCP” means
the then-current ethical, scientific, and quality standards
required by the FDA for designing, conducting, recording, and
reporting trials that involve the participation of human subjects,
as set forth in FDA regulations in 21 C.F.R. Parts 11, 50, 54, 56,
and 312 and related FDA guidance documents, by the International
Conference on Harmonization E6: Good Clinical Practices
Consolidated Guideline, and as otherwise required by the SAMR,
including those set out in, or issued pursuant to, the Drug
Operation Quality Administrative Standards issued by the
SAMR.
“cGLP”
means the then-current good laboratory practices as required by the
FDA under 21 C.F.R. Part 58 and all applicable FDA rules,
regulations, orders, and guidances, and the requirements with
respect to current good laboratory practices prescribed by the
European Community, the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development Council) and the ICH Guidelines, or as otherwise
required by the SAMR, including those set out in, or issued
pursuant to, the Non-Clinical Drug Research Quality Administrative
Standards issued by the SAMR.
2
“cGMP” means
the then-current good manufacturing practices as required by the
FDA under 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211 and all applicable FDA rules,
regulations, orders, and guidances, and the requirements with
respect to current good manufacturing practices prescribed by the
European Community under provisions of “The Rules Governing
Medicinal Products in the European Community, Volume 4, Good
Manufacturing Practices, Annex 13, Manufacture of Investigational
Medicinal Products, July 2003,” or as otherwise required by
the SAMR, including under the Quality Administrative Standard for
Drug Manufacturing, any requirements issued pursuant to the
Regulation of Drug Manufacturing Administrative Procedures issued
by the SAMR, or the appendix thereto for biochemical
drugs.
“Closing” is
defined in Section 2.2.
“Closing Date”
is defined in Section 2.2.
“Code” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Common Stock”
is defined in the preamble.
“Company” is
defined in the preamble.
“Company Indemnified
Parties” is defined in Section 9.3.
“Company Intellectual
Property” means any Intellectual Property Rights used,
sold, licensed, controlled, or otherwise exploited by the Company
and its Subsidiaries in the operation of their business as
presently conducted or reasonably expected to be
conducted.
“Contract”
means any contract, agreement, binding arrangement, commitment or
understanding, bond, note, indenture, mortgage, debt instrument,
license (or any other contract, agreement or binding arrangement
concerning Intellectual Property Rights), franchise, lease or other
instrument or obligation of any kind, written or oral (including
any amendments or other modifications thereto).
“Data Protection
Law” means any applicable Law concerning the
protection or processing or both of personal data, including the
PRC Constitution, People’s Republic of China General
Principles of Civil Law effective January 1, 1987, Opinions of the
Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the
Implementation of the People’s Republic of China General
Principles of Civil Law (Trial) effective January 26, 1988,
People’s Republic of China Regulations on Employment Services
and Employment Management (effective January 1, 2008),
People’s Republic of China Tortious Liability Law (effective
July 1, 2010), Regulating the Internet Information Service Market
Order Several Provisions (effective March 15, 2012), Decision of
the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on
the Strengthening of the Protection of Network Information
(effective December 28, 2012), Information Security Technology
Guidelines on Personal Information Protection within Information
Systems for Public and Commercial Services (effective February 1,
2013), Protection of Personal Information of Telecommunications and
Internet Users Provisions (effective September 1, 2013), Amendments
to the Consumer Protection Law (effective March 15, 2014),
Amendments to the People’s Republic of China Criminal Law
(9th set of amendments) (effective November 1, 2015),
People’s Republic of China Cyber Security Law (effective June
1, 2017), People’s Republic of China General Provisions of
Civil Law (effective October 1, 2017), and other applicable Laws
relating to data protection and privacy.
“Disqualification
Event” is defined in Section 4.10(c).
“Environmental
Laws” is defined in Section 4.15.
3
“ERISA” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“FDA” means the
United States Food and Drug Administration, and any successor
agency thereto.
“FINRA” is
defined in Section 5.9.
“Financial
Statements” is defined in Section 4.7(b).
“GAAP” means
generally accepted accounting principles as practiced in the United
States, as consistently applied.
“Governmental
Authority” means any federal or national, state or
provincial, municipal or local government, governmental authority,
regulatory, legislative or administrative body, governmental
commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
political subdivision, court, tribunal, official arbitrator or
arbitral body in each case whether domestic or foreign, including
any Regulatory Authority.
“Healthcare
Laws” means all applicable Laws that govern the
research, development, testing, manufacture, handling, packaging,
labeling, storage, promotion, marketing, sales, distribution,
import, export, or any other use with respect to any product or
product candidate, including the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act, as amended; the Public Health Service Act; the federal False
Claims Act; the federal Anti-Kickback Statute; the Civil Monetary
Penalty Statute; the Xxxxx Law; the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); Physicians Payments
Sunshine Act (Title XI of Social Security Act); the Medicare
Program (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act); the Medicaid
Program (Title XIX of the Social Security Act); Federal Sentencing
Guidelines for Organizations; the Health Information Technology for
Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH); the Clinical
Laboratories Improvement Act (CLIA); all regulations promulgated or
enforced thereunder; and analogous applicable Law to the foregoing
in any jurisdiction, including the PRC.
“IND” means an
investigational new drug application, clinical trial application,
or similar application or submission for approval to conduct
clinical studies filed with or submitted to a Regulatory Authority
in conformance with the requirements of such Regulatory Authority,
and any amendments thereto.
“Indemnification
Cap” is defined in Section 9.5(a).
“Indemnitee” is
defined in Section 9.4(a).
“Indemnitor” is
defined in Section 9.4(a).
“Intellectual Property
Rights” means all (a) patents and patent applications
(such applications including, but not limited to, all international
(PCT) applications, substitutions, re-examinations, reissues,
divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, non-provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part) in any country or patent
granting region (“Patents”); (b)
copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, and
copyrightable works, including all rights of authorship, use,
publication, reproduction, distribution, performance, preparation
of derivative works, transformation, and rights of ownership of
copyrightable works and all rights to register and obtain renewals
and extensions of registrations; (c) registered and unregistered
trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service marks,
trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications therefor;
(d) commercial, technical, scientific, and other know-how and
information, biochemical, cellular, and animal assays, animal
models, trade secrets, knowledge, technology, methods, processes,
practices, formulae, instructions, skills, techniques, procedures,
experiences, ideas, technical assistance, designs, drawings,
assembly procedures, computer programs, specifications, data and
results (including biological, chemical, pharmacological,
toxicological, pharmaceutical, physical, and analytical,
preclinical, clinical, safety, manufacturing, and quality control
data and know-how, including regulatory data, study designs, and
protocols), and materials, in all cases, in written, electronic, or
any other form (“Know-How”);
(e) domain names and (f) any similar or equivalent rights to any of
the foregoing (as applicable).
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“IRS” means the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any successor
thereto.
“Issuer Covered
Person” is defined in Section 4.10(c).
“Know-How” is
defined in the definition of “Intellectual Property
Rights”.
“Knowledge of the
Company” or “Company’s
Knowledge” means the knowledge of a particular matter
by an Exchange Act Section 16 officer of the Company, after due
inquiry under the circumstances.
“Law” means,
individually and collectively, any federal, state, local, national,
and supra-national laws, treaties, statutes, ordinances, rules, and
regulations, including any rules, regulations, guidance,
guidelines, circulars, officially announced policies of any
Governmental Authority(ies), and requirements of any national
securities exchange or securities listing organization having the
binding effect of law, including cGCP, cGLP, and cGMP.
“Liabilities”
means any and all debts, liabilities and obligations of any nature
whatsoever, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent,
mature or unmatured or determined or determinable, including those
arising under any Law, Action, Order or Contract.
“License and Collaboration
Agreement” is defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“Lien” means
any interest (including any security interest), pledge, mortgage,
lien, encumbrance, charge, claim or other right of third parties,
whether created by law or in equity, including any such restriction
on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or other exercise
of any attributes of ownership.
“Loss” is
defined in Section 9.2.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means, with respect to the Company, any event,
fact, condition, change, circumstance, occurrence or effect, which,
either individually or in the aggregate with all other events,
facts, conditions, changes, circumstances, occurrences or effects,
(a) that has a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
prospects, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, licenses or other franchises or results of operations
of business, or materially diminish the value of the business or
its assets or materially increase the liabilities or (b) that
materially impairs or delays the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; provided, however, no adverse effect or
change resulting from any change, circumstance or effect relating
to any of the following will be taken into account in determining
whether there has been or will be a Material Adverse Effect under
subclause (a) of this definition: (i) the economy in general, (ii)
securities markets, regulatory or political conditions in the
United States or China (including terrorism or the escalation of
any war, whether declared or undeclared or other hostilities),
(iii) changes in applicable Laws or GAAP or the application or
interpretation thereof, (iv) the industry in which the
Company’s or the Company’s business operates and not
specifically relating to the business or (v) a natural disaster
(provided, that in
the cases of clauses (i) through (v), the Company’s business
is not disproportionately affected by such event as compared to
other similar companies and businesses in similar industries and
geographic regions as the Company’s business).
5
“MOST” means
the PRC Ministry of Science and Technology and its local authorized
bodies.
“OFAC” means
the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control and any
successor thereto.
“Order” means
any order, writ, ruling, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation,
determination or award entered by or with any Governmental
Authority.
“Patent” is
defined in the definition of “Intellectual Property
Rights”.
“Permit” means
any federal, state, local, foreign or other third-party permit,
grant, easement, consent, approval, authorization, exemption,
license, franchise, concession, ratification, permission,
clearance, certification, confirmation, endorsement, waiver,
certification, order, declaration, filing, designation, product
registration, rating, registration or qualification that is or has
been issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under
the authority of any Governmental Authority or other Person under
applicable Law.
“Permitted
Exceptions” means bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
“Person” shall
include any individual, trust, firm, corporation, limited liability
company, unincorporated organization, partnership, sole
proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, Governmental
Authority or other entity or association, whether acting in an
individual, fiduciary or any other capacity.
“Personally Identifiable
Information” means any information that alone or in
combination with other information held by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries can be used to specifically identify an individual
Person, including such Person’s name, street address,
telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security
number, driver’s license number, passport number, customer or
account number, and health information (including protected health
information (as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103) and comparable
information under other applicable Law).
“PRC” means
the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purpose of
this Agreement, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the
Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.
“Product” is
defined in the License and Collaboration Agreement.
“Prohibited
Fund” is defined in Section 4.20(d).
“Prohibited
Payment” is defined in Section 4.20(b).
“Purchase
Price” is defined in Section 2.1.
“Purchaser” is
defined in the preamble.
“Purchaser Indemnified
Parties” is defined in Section 9.2.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement to
be entered into between the Company and the Purchaser, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
3.
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“Regulatory
Authority” means the FDA, the SAMR, MOST, and any
other federal, state, local or foreign Governmental Authority that
regulates CBMG’s research, development, testing, manufacture,
handling, packaging, labeling, storage, promotion, marketing,
sales, distribution, import, or export.
“Regulatory
Documentation” means all (a) documentation comprising
the applications, marketing authorizations, Permits or Regulatory
Authorizations for any Company product or product candidate,
including any IND, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and
including pre-clinical and clinical data and information,
regulatory materials, drug dossiers, master files (including Drug
Master Files, as defined in 21 C.F.R. Part 314.420 and any non-U.S.
equivalents), and any other reports, records, regulatory
correspondence, and other materials relating to development or
Regulatory Authorization for any product or product candidate of
the Company or its Subsidiaries, or required to manufacture or
commercialize any product or product candidate of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, including any information that relates to
pharmacology, toxicology, chemistry, manufacturing, and controls
data, batch records, safety, and efficacy, and any safety database,
and (b) material correspondence and other filings relating to any
product or product candidate of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries submitted to or received from any Governmental
Authority (including minutes and official contact reports relating
to any communications with any Governmental Authority) and relevant
supporting documents submitted to or received from Governmental
Authorities with respect thereto, including all regulatory drug
lists, final versions of advertising and promotion documents,
adverse event files and complaint files.
“Regulatory
Requirements” is defined in Section
4.19(a).
“Representative”
means, as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and its and
their managers, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors
(including financial advisors, counsel and
accountants).
“Rule 144”
means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“SAMR” means
the State Administration of Market Regulation, the Chinese
regulatory body in which the former China Food and Drug
Administration and State Administration of Industry and Commerce
functions have been merged, following a restructuring, and its
local authorized bodies.
“SEC” means
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor
thereto.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“SEC Filings”
mean any forms, reports and documents filed or furnished (including
such documents, as supplemented and amended since the times of
filing) by the Company with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the
Securities Act filed prior to the date of this
Agreement.
“Shares” is
defined in Section 2.1.
“Special Reps”
is defined in Section 9.1.
“Survival Date”
is defined in Section 9.1.
“Tax” means any
applicable federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts,
license, payroll, parking, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, natural
resources, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits,
withholding, social security (or similar), payroll, unemployment,
disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer,
registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated
tax, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest,
penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not, including
such item for which Liability arises from the application of
Treasury Regulation 1.1502-6, as a transferee or
successor-in-interest, by contract or otherwise, and any Liability
assumed or arising as a result of being, having been, or ceasing to
be a member of any affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504(a)
of the Internal revenue Service Code) (or being included or
required to be included in any Tax Return relating thereto) or as a
result of any Tax indemnity, Tax sharing, Tax allocation or similar
Contract.
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“Territory”
is defined in the License and Collaboration
Agreement.
“Third
Party” shall mean any
Person that is not a Party to this Agreement or an Affiliate of a
Party to this Agreement.
“Transaction
Documents” means this
Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“VIE”
means Variable Interest Entity.
ARTICLE II
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the
Company hereby agrees to sell and deliver to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase and acquire from the Company,
1,458,257 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock at the
purchase price of Twenty-Seven U.S. Dollars and Forty-Three Cents
($27.43) per share, which purchase price is equivalent to 130% of
the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s Common
Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP”
on Bloomberg page “CBMG <equity> AQR” for the
twenty (20) consecutive trading days prior to the date hereof, for
an aggregate purchase price of Thirty-Nine Million, Nine Hundred
Ninety-Nine Thousand, Nine-Hundred Eighty Nine U.S. Dollars and
Fifty-One Cents ($39,999,989.51) (the “Purchase Price”).
The
purchase and sale of the Shares shall take place remotely via the
exchange of documents and signatures, at 10:00 a.m. EST, on or
about September 26, 2018, or at such other time and place as the
Company and the Purchaser mutually agree upon in writing (which
time and place are designated as the “Closing” and such date is
designated as the “Closing
Date”).
ARTICLE III
At the
Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Purchaser:
(a) a legal opinion of
Company counsel, substantially in the form agreed to prior to the
execution of this Agreement;
(b) a duly issued
book-entry certificate evidencing the number of Shares sold in
exchange for the Purchase Price paid at the Closing registered in
the name of the Purchaser;
(c) an executed
counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement; and
(d) a certificate of a
duly authorized officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing
Date, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 3.4(a)
and 3.4(b).
At the
Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Company:
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(a) the Purchase Price,
by wire transfer in immediately available funds in US dollars to
the bank account designated by the Company and provided in
Exhibit 2 to this
Agreement;
(b) an executed
counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement; and
(c) a certificate
of a duly authorized officer of such Purchaser, dated as of the
Closing Date, certifying as to the matters set forth in
Section 3.3(a) and 3.3(b).
The
obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment
or written waiver, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the
following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties of the Purchaser shall be true
and correct (disregarding all “materiality”,
“Material Adverse Effect”, or similar qualifications,
which shall be given no effect) in all material respects as of each
date when made and as of the Closing Date, as though made at that
time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a
specific date).
(b) Covenants. The Purchaser shall
have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) No Order. No Governmental
Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or
entered any Law or Order (whether temporary, preliminary or
permanent) that has the effect of making the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents illegal or otherwise
restraining or prohibiting the consummation of such transactions;
and
(d) Qualifications. All
authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any governmental
authority or regulatory body of the United States or of any state
that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale
of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and
effective as of the Closing.
The
obligations of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment
or written waiver, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the
following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and
correct (disregarding all “materiality”,
“Material Adverse Effect”, or similar qualifications,
which shall be given no effect) in all material respects as of the
date when made and as of Closing Date as though made at such time
(except for representations and warranties that speak as of a
specific date).
(b) Covenants. The Company shall
have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the Closing Date.
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(c) License and Collaboration
Agreement. The License and Collaboration Agreement shall be
in full force and effect.
(d) No Order. No Governmental
Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or
entered any Law or Governmental Order (whether temporary,
preliminary or permanent) that has the effect of making the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents illegal or
otherwise restraining or prohibiting the consummation of such
transactions;
(e) No Material Adverse Change.
There shall not have occurred prior to the Closing any event or
transaction reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
From the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common
Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Nasdaq Global
Market and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in
securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have
been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on the Nasdaq Global Market, nor shall a banking
moratorium have been declared by either the United States or New
York State authorities, nor shall there have occurred any material
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each
case, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Shares at the
Closing.
(f) Nasdaq Listing. The Shares
shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market,
subject to official notice of issuance.
ARTICLE IV
CBMG,
jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as
of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as
follows:
(a) The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the requisite
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its
properties or the nature of its business requires such
qualification.
(b) Exhibit 1 hereto sets forth all
of the Affiliates, including subsidiaries, of the Company and their
respective ownership of corporate interests and relationship to the
Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (the
“Subsidiaries”).
Each of the Subsidiaries is a corporation or other organization
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (where
relevant) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and
has full corporate power and authority to own, use and operate its
assets and to conduct its business as and where it is being
conducted. Except for employee stock options granted in the normal
course of business and as set forth in Section 4.1(c) below, there
are no other securities, options, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is
bound to issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be
issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any of its
corporate interests or obligating the Company to sell, transfer,
deliver, assign, convey or purchase or cause to be sold,
transferred, delivered, assigned, conveyed or purchased any
corporate interests in the Company.
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(c) Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation nor default of
any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws, or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not have
or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) As of the date of
this Agreement, the authorized shares of capital stock of the
Company consist of 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock and
50,000,000 shares of preferred stock. As of June 30, 2018, (i) the
total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was 16,942,470,
the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
outstanding options and other rights to acquire Common Stock was
1,928,944 and the total number of shares of Common Stock maintained
for future issuance under the Company’s Benefit Plans
(exclusive of outstanding options and other rights to acquire
Common Stock) was 901,449 and (ii) no shares of preferred stock or
options or rights to acquire preferred stock were outstanding.
Since June 30, 2018 through the date hereof, (i) the Company has
only issued options or other rights to acquire Common Stock in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii)
the only shares of capital stock issued by the Company were
pursuant to outstanding options and other rights to purchase Common
Stock. All such issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and
state securities laws, and were not issued in violation of or
subject to any preemptive, co-sale or other rights to subscribe for
or purchase securities. No dividends have been declared or paid
with respect to the shares of Common Stock. There are no securities
or instruments containing anti-dilution provisions that will be
triggered by the issuance of the Shares.
The
Company has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company, its officers, directors, and stockholders. The
execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents
by the Company, the issuance of the Shares, and the consummation of
the other transactions contemplated herein do not require any
approval of the Company’s stockholders. Assuming this
Agreement constitutes a legal and binding agreement of the
Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by the Permitted Exceptions. Upon their respective
execution by the Company and the other parties thereto, and
assuming that they constitute legal and binding agreements of the
other parties thereto, each of the other Transaction Documents will
constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by the Permitted
Exceptions.
The
Shares to be issued to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement are
duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and free and clear of all liens, and will not be
subject to preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, purchase
options, call options, subscription rights or other similar rights
of stockholders of the Company, other than restrictions on transfer
under this Agreement, applicable state and federal securities laws
and liens or encumbrances created by or imposed by the Purchaser.
Assuming the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchaser
in Article V, the Shares will be issued to the Purchaser in
compliance with applicable exemptions from (i) the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) the
registration and qualification requirements of applicable
securities Laws of states of the United States. The Company
satisfies the registrant requirements for the use of a registration
statement on Form S-3 to register the Shares for resale by the
Purchaser under the Securities Act.
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The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance of the Shares
and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, (ii)
conflict with or result in any violation of or default (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a
right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any
obligation, a change of control right or to a loss of a benefit
under any agreement or instrument, credit facility, franchise,
Permit, Order, or Law applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries
or their respective properties or assets, or (iii) result in a
violation of any Law, Order, or other restriction of any court or
other Governmental Authority to which the Company or its
Subsidiaries are subject (including federal and state securities
laws and regulations) and the rules and regulations of any
self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities
are subject, or by which any property or asset of the Company or
its Subsidiaries are bound or affected, except, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to be material to the
Company.
The
Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action,
if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of
incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its
state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the
Purchaser as a result of the Purchaser and the Company fulfilling
their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction
Documents, including as a result of the Company’s issuance of
the Shares and the Purchaser’s ownership of the
Shares.
No
consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of or
registration with, any Governmental Authority is required in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the other Transaction Documents, except such as have been or will
be obtained or made under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
and such as may be required under the securities, or blue sky, laws
of any state or foreign jurisdiction in connection with the offer
and sale of the Shares by the Company in the manner contemplated
herein.
(a) The Company has
filed all required registration statements, prospectuses, reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required by be
filed by it with the SEC since December 31, 2015. The information
contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Filings was true
and correct in all material respects as of the respective dates of
the filing thereof with the SEC (or if amended or superseded by a
filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of
such filing); and, as of such respective dates, the SEC Filings did
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. All of the SEC Filings, as of their
respective dates, complied as to form in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. All
agreements that were required to be filed as exhibits to the SEC
Filings under Item 601 of Regulation S-K to which the Company
is a party, or the property or assets of the Company are is
subject, have been filed as exhibits to the applicable SEC Filings,
and other than as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has
not entered into any agreements that are required to be filed but
for which the required deadline for filing has not yet
occurred.
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(b) The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings
(collectively, the “Financial
Statements”) fairly present in all material respects
the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated, and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods therein specified, all in
accordance with GAAP throughout the periods therein specified
(except as otherwise noted therein, and in the case of quarterly
financial statements, except for the absence of footnote disclosure
and subject, in the case of interim periods, to normal year-end
adjustments).
(c) Except as disclosed
in the SEC Filings made since January 1, 2018, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have not incurred any material liabilities that are of
a nature that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet
of the Company and its Subsidiaries or the footnotes thereto
prepared in conformity with GAAP, other than liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business since June 30,
2018.
(d) Except as set forth
in the SEC Filings made since January 1, 2018, none of the officers
or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge
of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company
or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers
and directors), including any Contract or other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for
rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the
borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such
employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member
or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000, other than for (i)
payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the
Company in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
customary practices and (iii) other employee benefits, including
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the
Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of
the proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder: (i) the fair
saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount
that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including
known contingent liabilities) as they mature and (ii) the current
cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company
would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking
into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient
to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such
amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to
incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature
(taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable
on or in respect of its debt). To the Knowledge of the Company,
there are no facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that
it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy
or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the
Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default
with respect to any Indebtedness. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in
excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements
and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of
others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto),
except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP.
.Since
June 30, 2018, there have not been any changes, circumstances,
conditions or events which, individually or in the aggregate, have
had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(a) Each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries is and has been, in material compliance with
all applicable Law and Orders. The Company and its Subsidiaries
are, and have at all times, conducted their respective businesses
in material compliance with all applicable Law and Orders. Except
as disclosed in Schedule
4.10(a) herein, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all
material Permits required to conduct their respective businesses.
To the Knowledge of the Company, each such Permit is in full force
and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any written communication from a Governmental Authority
that alleges that its business has not been conducted in compliance
in any material respect with any such applicable Law, Order or
Permit or threatens to revoke, restrict, or limit any Permit
necessary or advisable for the operation of such business. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written
communication from any Governmental Authority that alleges that its
VIE structure (or any aspect thereof) is not in compliance with
applicable PRC Laws or alleging that it is a circumvention of the
requirement for VIEs to obtain Permits, or threatening to revoke,
restrict or limit any Permit for any Affiliate within the VIE
structure that is necessary or advisable for the operation of such
business.
(b) The Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been, in full compliance with all
applicable Law concerning the exportation of any product,
technology, technical data, and services, including applicable PRC
Law and those Laws administered by the United States Department of
Commerce, the United States Department of State, and the United
States Department of Treasury. The Company and its Subsidiaries are
in full compliance with United States and international economic
and trade sanctions, including those administered by OFAC. Neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s
Knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of
the Company or its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any
sanctions administered by OFAC.
(c) None of the
Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any
director, executive officer, other officer of the Company, any
beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the
Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on
the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the
Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an
“Issuer
Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad
Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to
(viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification
Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered
by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable
care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a
Disqualification Event.
(d) Except as would not
be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, neither the
Company nor its Subsidiaries is in default under or in violation of
(and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the
Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any
Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under
or that it is in violation of, (i) any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or (ii) any other agreement or instrument to which it is
a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether
or not such default or violation has been waived).
(e) Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to a material restriction on
its right to conduct its business freely with any other business,
including a restriction on the geographic scope of its business or
a restriction on the kind of business that it is entitled to carry
on. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach of
any provision of the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law.
There
are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably
anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the
accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the
Company, and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed
to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the
Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any
of the Transaction Documents.
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(a) The Company
(together with its Subsidiaries) solely and exclusively owns or has
obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, free and clear of all
liens or encumbrances, all Intellectual Property Rights necessary
for its business as now conducted and currently proposed to be
conducted, and the conduct of its current and proposed business
does not infringe or misappropriate any Intellectual Property
Rights of any third party. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries have received any written communications of any
alleged infringement, misappropriation or breach of any
Intellectual Property Rights of others. There are no outstanding
options, licenses, agreements, claims, encumbrances or shared
ownership of interests of any kind relating to anything referred to
above in this Section 4.12 that is to any extent owned by or
exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor
is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries bound by or a party to
any options, licenses or agreements of any kind with respect to the
Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity, except,
in any case, for standard end-user, object code, internal-use
software license and support/maintenance agreements for software
that is not and will not be incorporated into, or used to provide
or develop, the Company’s products or services.
(b) Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware that any of its employees or
independent contractors are obligated under any Contract or subject
to any Order of any Governmental Authority, that would interfere
with the use of such employee’s or independent
contractor’s best efforts to promote the interest of the
Company or that would conflict with the Company’s business as
now conducted. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement
nor the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or
as proposed to be conducted, will, to the Company’s
Knowledge, conflict with or result in a breach of the terms,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
Contract under which any such employee or independent contractor is
now obligated. The Company does not believe it is or will be
necessary to use any Intellectual Property Rights of any of its
employees made prior to their employment by the
Company.
(c) The Company has not
received any communications alleging that the Company has violated
or, by conducting its business as proposed, would violate any
Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, and to the
Company’s Knowledge there is no potential basis for such an
allegation or of any reason to believe that such an allegation may
be forthcoming. There are no Orders, settlement agreements or
stipulations to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound
that restricts the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights
to use any Intellectual Property Rights in the operation of its
business as currently conducted.
(d) Except as disclosed
in SEC Filings made since January 1, 2018, there is no material
pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened Action:
(i) challenging the Company’s rights in or to any of the
Company Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any
facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such Action; or
(ii) challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any
Company Intellectual Property, and, to the Company’s
Knowledge, there are no facts which would form a reasonable basis
for any such Action.
(e) The Company has
complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which
Intellectual Property Rights have been licensed to the Company in
all material respects, and all such agreements are in full force
and effect.
(f) To the
Company’s Knowledge, there are no material defects in any of
the Patents included in the Company Intellectual Property. In
particular, to the Company’s knowledge, all priority claims
of the Company Intellectual Property are valid, and all claims in
such Patents are entitled to the priority claims made. To the
Company’s Knowledge, no granted Patents or pending Patent
applications of the Company Intellectual Property violate the Paris
Convention Treaty. To the Knowledge of the Company, all Patents of
the Company Intellectual Property claim priority to all applicable
prior filed and/or co-pending Patent applications.
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(g) The Company has
taken reasonable and customary actions to protect its rights in,
and to prevent the unauthorized use and disclosure of, material
trade secrets and confidential business information (including
confidential ideas, research and development information, Know-How,
formulas, compositions, technical data, designs, drawings,
specifications, research records, records of inventions, test
information, financial, marketing and business data, supplier lists
and information, and business plans) owned by the Company, and, to
the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no unauthorized use or
disclosure of such material trade secrets and confidential business
information.
(a) Each Benefit Plan
has been established and administered in all material respects in
accordance with its terms and in compliance with the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws. The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with all federal, state, local and foreign requirements
regarding employment. As of the date hereof, there is no material
labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened which may interfere with the business activities of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Each stock option
granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan
was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s
stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to
the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock
option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable Law.
No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan
has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and
there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly
grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate
the grant of stock options with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(a) The Company and its
Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and other Tax
returns which it has been required to file which relate to or might
in any way affect its assets and/or its business. Each such
return is true and accurate in all material respects. The
Company has timely paid all Taxes due with respect to the taxable
periods covered by such Tax returns and all other Taxes (whether or
not shown on any Tax return). There are no Liens with respect to
Taxes on any of its assets (other than statutory Liens for current
Taxes not yet due and payable).
(b) There are no
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened audits,
investigations, disputes, notices of deficiency, claims or other
Actions for or relating to any Taxes of the Company which would
reasonably be expected to result in any Liens on its assets or
result in any material liability of the Company for any
Tax.
The
Company (i) is in compliance in all material respects with any and
all applicable Laws relating to the protection of human health and
safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental
Laws”), (ii) has received all material Permits,
licenses or other approvals required under applicable Environmental
Laws to conduct its business and (iii) is in compliance in all
material respects with all terms and conditions of any such Permit.
There are no material costs or liabilities associated with
Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, any capital or
operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties
or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or
approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties.
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The
Company has good and marketable title to all personal property
owned by it that is material to the business of the Company, free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except as
described in the SEC Filings made since January 1, 2018 or such as
do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company. Any real property and buildings held under
lease by the Company is held under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do
not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property and buildings by the Company. The Company does not own any
real property.
The
Company maintains insurance underwritten by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility, of the types and in the amounts that are
prudent and customary in the operation of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted or reasonably
expected to be conducted (but excluding any business that may be
conducted pursuant to the License and Collaboration Agreement) and
covering all risks which are customarily insured against, with such
deductibles as are customary for companies in the same or similar
business, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding any
business that may be conducted pursuant to the License and
Collaboration Agreement) without a material increase in
cost.
The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and
applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC
thereunder.
(a) The Company and
its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable rules, regulations, decrees, guidance,
pronouncements, circulars, standards and policies of the FDA and
the SAMR and any other applicable Regulatory Authority, including
cGMP, cGLP, and cGCP (collectively, “Regulatory
Requirements”).
(b) No IND filed by or
on behalf of the Company with the FDA or SAMR has been terminated
by the FDA or SAMR, and none of the FDA, the SAMR, or any other
Regulatory Authority has recommended, commenced, or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened to initiate, any action to
place a clinical hold order on, or otherwise delay or suspend,
proposed or ongoing clinical investigations or trials conducted or
proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(c) All operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries and all of the manufacturing
facilities and operations of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ suppliers of products and product candidates
and the components thereof manufactured in or imported into the
United States are in compliance with applicable Regulatory
Requirements, and meet sanitation standards set by the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended. All of the
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and all of the
manufacturing facilities and operations of the Company’s and
its Subsidiaries’ suppliers of products and product
candidates and the components thereof manufactured in or imported
into the PRC are in compliance with applicable SAMR Regulatory
Requirements, and all the operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and all of the manufacturing facilities and operations
of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ suppliers of
products and product candidates manufactured outside of the United
States or the PRC are in compliance with applicable Regulatory
Requirements in each jurisdiction in which the activity takes
place.
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(d) Except as would not
be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) the Company
and its Subsidiaries have obtained, in accordance with applicable
Law, all Permits required under any applicable Law or required by
the SAMR, FDA or any other applicable Regulatory Authority for the
lawful operation of their respective businesses, as presently
conducted, (ii) each such Permit is valid and in full force and
effect, (iii) there are currently no Actions pending that seek the
revocation, cancellation or adverse modification of any Permit; and
(iv) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no expectation nor
awareness that any of the Permits will not be renewed or extended
on expiry of the current term on the same terms, or will only be
extended or renewed on less favorable terms than currently. All
Regulatory Documentation has been maintained and retained in
accordance with applicable Laws, and such Regulatory Documentation
is in the possession or control of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(e) The Company and its
Subsidiaries are not subject to any unresolved notice, citation,
suspension, revocation, warning, administrative proceeding, review
or investigation or other Action by a Regulatory Authority that
alleges or asserts that the Company or its Subsidiaries has
violated any applicable Healthcare Laws, including an FDA Form 483,
FDA warning letter, untitled letter, or similar notice of alleged
non-compliance. There has not been a recall or market withdrawal or
any product candidates by or on behalf of the Company or its
Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with
all adverse event reporting requirements applicable to its product
candidates.
(f) All material
reports, documents, claims, permits and notices related to the
conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
required to be filed, maintained or furnished to the FDA, the SAMR,
any Regulatory Authority have been so filed, maintained or
furnished, and all such reports, documents, claims, permits and
notices were complete and accurate in all material respects on the
date filed (or were promptly corrected in or supplemented by a
subsequent filing).
(g) (i) Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, any of their respective officers, employees, agents, or
distributors, or any other Person involved in development of any
data included in any filing of the Company or its Subsidiaries
submitted to a Regulatory Authority has been convicted of any crime
or engaged in any conduct for which debarment is mandated or
authorized by 21 U.S.C. § 335a, nor has any such Person been
so debarred, and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their
respective officers, employees or agents, nor any other Person
involved in the development of any data included in any filing of
the Company or its Subsidiaries submitted to a Regulatory Authority
has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which
such Person could be excluded from participating in the federal
health care programs under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7, nor has any
such Person been excluded from participation in such programs.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the
Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, senior
managers or legal representatives is prohibited under applicable
PRC Laws from holding the current offices which they occupy within
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, to the Company’s
Knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers or employees
or any other Person acting for, or on behalf of, the Company or its
Subsidiaries has:
(a) violated or is in
violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Law;
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(b) made,
undertaken, offered to make, promised to make or authorized the
payment or giving of any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other payment or gift of money or anything of value
(including meals or entertainment), to any officer, employee or
ceremonial office holder of any government or instrumentality
thereof, any political party or supra-national organization (such
as the United Nations), any political candidate, any royal family
member or any other person who is connected or associated
personally with any of the foregoing, or to any non-governmental
individual or entity, that is prohibited under any applicable
Anti-Corruption Law or otherwise for the purpose of influencing any
act or decision of such payee in his official capacity, inducing
such payee to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful
duty, securing any improper advantage or inducing such payee to use
his influence with a government or instrumentality thereof to
affect or influence any act or decision of such government or
instrumentality or to secure any improper advance or inducing such
payee to enter into a commercial arrangement in violation of
applicable Law (each, a “Prohibited
Payment”);
(c) been subject to any
investigation by any Governmental Authority with regard to any
actual or alleged Prohibited Payment;
(d) used funds or
other assets, or made any promise or undertaking in such regard,
for the establishment or maintenance of a secret or unrecorded fund
(a “Prohibited
Fund”); or
(e) made any false or
fictitious entries in any of the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ books or records relating to any Prohibited
Payment or Prohibited Fund.
There
is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, whether at law or in equity, or before or by any
Governmental Authority, nor any Order of any Governmental Authority
which, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely
impact the Company or its Subsidiaries (without regard to the
availability of insurance) or that would reasonably be expected to
impair or materially delay the Company’s ability to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
other Transaction Documents or perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder, and the Company has no Knowledge of any valid basis for
any such Action. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries, nor any director or officer
thereof, is, or within the last ten years has been, the subject of
any action involving a claim of violation of or liability under
federal or state securities laws relating to the Company or a claim
of breach of fiduciary duty relating to the Company.
(a) The Company and its
Subsidiaries have complied with each relevant requirement of all
applicable Data Protection Laws.
(b) Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a notice or allegation
from a Governmental Authority or any other Person: (i) alleging
noncompliance with any Data Protection Laws; (ii) requiring it to
change, cease using, block or delete any personal data; (iii)
prohibiting the transfer of personal data to any place; or (iv)
requiring it to take any other type of action with respect to the
collection, use, transfer, or deletion of personal
information.
(c) The Company and its
Subsidiaries have obtained each necessary consent from data
subjects and has complied with each necessary condition to permit
it to process or use all relevant personal information in
connection with their respective businesses and, where appropriate,
any relevant purpose for which it would be necessary for Purchaser
to use such personal information.
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(a) The Company has
established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that are
effective in all material respects to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including CBMG Shanghai, is
made known to its chief executive officer and chief financial
officer by others within those entities. The Company’s
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company’s controls and procedures as of December 31, 2017.
The Company presented in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 the conclusions of the
certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of December
31, 2017. Since December 31, 2017, there have been no significant
changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is
defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act)
or, to the Company’s Knowledge, in other factors that could
significantly affect the Company’s internal
controls.
(b) The Company
maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences.
.
Except for the rights set forth in this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has disclosed in the SEC
Filings all rights any Person has to require the Company to
register securities of the Company, and registration statements
have previously been declared effective covering the resale of all
such securities. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action
designed to, or which to the Company’s Knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any
notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such
registration. The Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global
Market, and the Company has no action pending to delist the Common
Stock from Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Nasdaq Global Market is currently
contemplating terminating such listing. The Company has not
received any notice from the Nasdaq Global Market to the effect
that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or
maintenance requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market. The Company
is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently
eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust
Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company
is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company
(or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with
such electronic transfer.
The
Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of the
Common Stock.
(a) The Company is not,
and immediately after receipt of payment for the Common Stock will
not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(b) The Company meets
the requirements of Rule 144(i)(2) under the Securities
Act.
(c) The Company is not
and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within
the meaning of Section 897 of the Code, and the Company shall so
certify upon Purchaser’s request.
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Neither
the Company nor any other person or entity authorized by the
Company to act on its behalf has engaged in a general solicitation
or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the
Securities Act) of investors with respect to offers or sales of
Common Stock. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, sold,
offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated
in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act)
which, to its knowledge, is or will be (i) integrated with the
Securities sold pursuant to this Agreement for purposes of the
Securities Act or (ii) aggregated with prior offerings by the
Company for the purposes of the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq
Global Market.
Neither
the Company nor any other Person authorized by the Company to act
on its behalf has retained, utilized or been represented by any
broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement whose fees the Purchaser would be required to
pay.
None of
the Company or any of its Affiliates engaged in any directed
selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S of the
Securities Act (“Regulation S”)
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and all such persons have complied with the offering restrictions
requirement of Regulation S.
The
operations of the Company and is Subsidiaries and Representatives
are and have been at all times conducted in compliance with, its
issuance of the Shares hereunder will not violate, and the Company
has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to
ensure continued compliance with, the anti-money laundering laws,
regulations or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering,
and international anti-money laundering principals or procedures of
the United States, Hong Kong, PRC, including the Currency and
Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and
applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any related or
similar applicable Laws administered or enforced by any
Governmental Authority (collectively, the “Anti Money Laundering
Laws”), and no Action by or before any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator involving the Company or its Subsidiaries
with respect to the Anti Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
The
Company acknowledges that the Purchaser will rely upon the truth
and accuracy of, and the Company’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and
understandings of the Company set forth herein.
ARTICLE V
The
Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
The
Purchaser is a company (Aktiengesellschaft) duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) under the
laws of Switzerland, and has the requisite power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business
as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature
of its business requires such qualification.
The
Purchaser has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Purchaser, its officers, directors, and stockholders.
Assuming this Agreement constitutes a legal and binding agreement
of the Company, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the
Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by the Permitted
Exceptions.
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The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents by the Purchaser, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
(a) violate any provision of the constituent documents of the
Purchaser, (b) violate or conflict with any Law or Order to which
the Purchaser is bound or subject, or (c) conflict with or result
in any violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both) under, any material Contract or Permit to which the
Purchaser is a party or by which its properties or assets may be
bound or subject, other than, in each case, such violations or
conflicts which not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on Purchaser’s ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
The
Purchaser acknowledges that it is aware that (a) the Shares have
not been registered under the Securities Act and that the Shares
must continue to be held by Purchaser unless a subsequent
disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is
exempt from such registration, and in each case in accordance with
any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States;
(b) exemption from the Securities Act, including any exemption for
limited sales in routine brokers’ transactions pursuant to
Rule 144, depends on the satisfaction of various conditions,
including the time and manner of sale, the holding period, and on
requirements relating to the Company which are outside of the
Purchaser’s control and which the Company is under no
obligation to and may not be able to satisfy, and that, if
applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited
amounts.
The
Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is
defined in Rule 501(a) under Regulation D promulgated pursuant to
the Securities Act. The Purchaser is capable of evaluating the
merits and risk of its investment, and has not been organized for
the purpose of acquiring Shares.
The
Purchaser is purchasing the Shares solely for investment purposes,
for the Purchaser’s own account, and not with a view towards
the distribution or dissemination thereof. The Purchaser has no
present arrangement to sell the Shares to or through any person or
entity.
The
Purchaser, or the Purchaser’s professional advisors, have
such knowledge and experience in finance, securities, taxation,
investments and other business matters as to evaluate investments
of the kind described in this Agreement. By reason of the business
and financial experience of the Purchaser or its professional
advisors (who are not affiliated with or compensated in any way by
the Company or any of its affiliates or selling agents), the
Purchaser can protect its own interests in connection with the
transactions described in this Agreement. The Purchaser is able to
afford the loss of its entire investment in the
Shares.
The
Purchaser is familiar with the business, operations and financial
condition of the Company and has had an opportunity to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, the Company’s
officers and directors concerning the Company and the terms and
conditions of the offering of the Shares and has had access to such
other information concerning the Company as the Purchaser has
requested. The Purchaser has consulted, to the extent it deemed
appropriate, with its own advisers as to the financial, tax, legal
and related matters concerning an investment in the Shares, and on
that basis believes that its investment in the Shares is suitable
and appropriate for it. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has had
the opportunity to review this Agreement, the exhibits hereto and
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with its own legal
counsel and investment and tax advisors.
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The
Purchaser is neither a registered representative under the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), a
member of FINRA or associated or Affiliated (as defined below) with
any member of FINRA, nor a broker-dealer registered with the SEC
under the Exchange Act or engaged in a business that would require
it to be so registered, nor is it an Affiliate of a broker-dealer
or any Person engaged in a business that would require it to be
registered as a broker-dealer. In the event such Purchaser is a
member of FINRA, or associated or Affiliated with a member of
FINRA, such Purchaser agrees, if requested by FINRA, to sign a
lock-up, the form of which shall be satisfactory to FINRA with
respect to the Securities. “Affiliate” means, with
respect to any specified Person: (i) if such Person is an
individual, the spouse of that Person and, if deceased or disabled,
his heirs, executors, or legal representatives, if applicable, or
any trusts for the benefit of such individual or such
individual’s spouse and/or lineal descendants, or (ii)
otherwise, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, the Person specified. As used in this
definition, “control” shall mean the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities or by contract or other written instrument.
“Person” shall mean an individual, entity, corporation,
partnership, association, limited liability company, limited
liability partnership, joint-stock company, trust or unincorporated
organization.
The
Purchaser is not an underwriter of the Securities, nor is it an
Affiliate of an underwriter of the Securities.
The
Purchaser understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to
such Purchaser in reliance on exemptions contained in specific
provisions of United States federal and state securities laws and
that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement in
order to determine the applicability of the exemptions contained in
such provisions.
(a) The Purchaser is
not (i) a U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902(k) under the
Securities Act) (ii) an affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) under
the Securities Act) of the Company, or (iii) acquiring the Shares
for the account or benefit of a U.S. person.
(b) At the time of the
origination of contact concerning this Agreement and the date of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser was
outside of the United States.
(c) The Purchaser will
not, during the period commencing on the date of issuance of the
Shares and ending on the six (6)-month anniversary of such date, or
such shorter period as may be permitted by Regulation S or other
applicable securities law (the “Restricted
Period”), offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer
the Shares in the United States, or to a U.S. Person for the
account or for the benefit of a U.S. Person, or otherwise in a
manner that is not in compliance with Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
(d) The Purchaser will,
after expiration of the Restricted Period, offer, sell, pledge or
otherwise transfer the Shares only pursuant to registration under
the Securities Act or an available exemption therefrom and in
accordance with all applicable state and foreign securities
laws.
(e) The Purchaser was
not in the United States engaged in, and prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period will not engage in, any short selling of or
any hedging transaction with respect to the Shares, including any
put, call or other option transaction, option writing or equity
swap.
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(f) Neither the
Purchaser nor or any Person acting on its behalf has engaged in any
directed selling efforts to a U.S. Person with respect to the
Shares and the Purchaser and any Person acting on its behalf has
complied and will comply with the “offering
restrictions” requirements of Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
(g) The transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have not been pre-arranged with a
Purchaser located in the United States or with a U.S. Person, and
are not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
(h) Neither the
Purchaser nor any person acting on its behalf has undertaken or
carried out any activity for the purpose of, or that could
reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the
market in the United States, its territories or possessions, for
any of the Shares. The Purchaser agrees not to cause any
advertisement of the Shares to be published in any newspaper or
periodical or posted in any public place and not to issue any
circular relating to the Shares, except such advertisements that
include the statements required by Regulation S under the
Securities Act, and only offshore and not in the U.S. or its
territories, and only in compliance with any local applicable
securities laws.
The
Purchaser has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the
laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to
subscribe for the Shares or any use of this Agreement, including
(i) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase
of the Shares, (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to
such purchase, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may
need to be obtained, and (iv) the income tax and other tax
consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase,
holding, redemption, sale, or transfer of the Shares. Such
Purchaser’s subscription and payment for and continued
beneficial ownership of the Shares will not violate any applicable
securities or other laws of the Purchaser’s
jurisdiction.
The
Purchaser is aware that no federal or state agency has (i) made any
finding or determination as to the fairness of this investment,
(ii) made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares or the
Company, or (iii) guaranteed or insured any investment in the
Shares or any investment made by the Company.
The
Purchaser, its Affiliates and each of their respective
Representatives has not violated, its purchase of the Shares will
not violate, and it has instituted and maintains policies and
procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with Anti Money
Laundering Laws, and no Proceeding by or before any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator involving the Purchaser with respect to the
Anti Money Laundering Laws is pending has been threatened in
writing.
ARTICLE VI
(a) Each
certificate representing the Shares shall be endorsed with the
following legends, in addition to any other legend required to be
placed thereon by applicable federal or state securities
laws:
“THESE
SECURITIES ARE BEING OFFERED TO INVESTORS WHO ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS
(AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (“THE SECURITIES ACT”)) AND WITHOUT
REGISTRATION WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN RELIANCE UPON REGULATION S
PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES
IS PROHIBITED, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS MAY NOT BE
CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT.”
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(b) No instrument
evidencing the Shares, whether certificated or uncertificated,
shall contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section
6.1(a)): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of
such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following
any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Shares
are eligible for sale under Rule 144 without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including
judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of
the SEC). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the transfer agent if required by to effect the removal
of the legend hereunder. The Company agrees that at such time as
such legend is no longer required under this Section 6.1(b), it
will, as soon as practicable but no later than three (3) Business
Days following the delivery by the Purchaser to the Company or the
transfer agent of an instrument representing Shares, as applicable,
issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered
to such Purchaser a certificate or book-entry (at the election of
the Purchaser, provided that absent instructions to the contrary,
the default shall be book-entry) representing such Shares that is
free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not
make any notation on its records or give instructions to the
transfer agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth
in this Section 6.1. Instruments for Shares, whether certificated
or uncertificated, subject to legend removal hereunder shall be
transmitted by the transfer agent to the Purchaser by crediting the
account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository
Trust Company System as directed by the Purchaser.
Nothing
in this Article VI shall affect in any way each Purchaser’s
obligations and agreement to comply with all applicable securities
laws upon resale of the Shares.
The
Company shall refuse to register any transfer of the Shares not
made (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed
under the Securities Act, or (ii) pursuant to an available
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.
ARTICLE VII
In the
event that at any time after the Closing Date any further action is
reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement,
each of the parties will take such further action (including the
execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents)
as the other parties reasonably may request, at the sole cost and
expense of the requesting party(ies) (unless otherwise specified
herein or unless such requesting party(ies) is entitled to
indemnification therefor under Article IX, in which case, the costs and
expense will be borne by the parties as set forth in Article IX).
The
Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to (a) treat and
hold in strict confidence any confidential or proprietary
information relating to the information obtained from the
Purchaser’s due diligence of the Company (“Confidential
Information”), and will not use for any purpose, nor
directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate
or otherwise make available to any third party any of the
Confidential Information without the Company’s prior written
consent; (b) in the event that the Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates becomes legally compelled to disclose any Confidential
Information, provide the Company with prompt written notice of such
requirement so that the Company or an Affiliate thereof may seek a
protective order or other remedy or waive compliance with this
Section 7.2; (c) in the event that such protective order or
other remedy is not obtained, or the Company waives compliance with
this Section 7.2, furnish only that portion of such
Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided
as advised in writing by outside counsel and to exercise their
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that
confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential
Information; (d) to the extent permitted by applicable Law,
promptly furnish (prior to, at, or as soon as practicable
following, the Closing) to the Company any and all copies (in
whatever form or medium) of all such Confidential Information and
to destroy any and all additional copies of such Confidential
Information and any analyses, compilations, studies or other
documents prepared, in whole or in part, on the basis thereof;
provided, however, that
Confidential Information shall not include any information to the
extent that such information (i) is (at the time of disclosure) or
becomes (after the time of disclosure) known to the public or part
of the public domain through no breach of this Agreement by
Purchaser or its Affiliates; (ii) was known to, or was otherwise in
the possession of, the Purchaser or its Affiliates, as evidenced by
written records, prior to the time of disclosure by the Company;
(iii) is disclosed to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates on a
non-confidential basis by a Third Party who is entitled to disclose
it without breaching any confidentiality obligation to the Company
or any of its Affiliates; or (iv) is independently developed by or
on behalf of the Purchaser or its Affiliates, as evidenced by
written records, without reference to the Confidential Information
disclosed by the Company or its Affiliates to the Purchaser or its
Affiliates under this Agreement. The Purchaser agrees and
acknowledges that remedies at law for any breach of its obligations
under this Section 7.2 are inadequate and that in addition
thereto the Company (or an Affiliate thereof) shall be entitled to
seek equitable relief, including injunction and specific
performance, in the event of any such breach.
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Neither
the Company nor the Purchaser shall issue any press release or
other public statement with respect to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby without the prior consent of the
other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed), except as such release or statement may be
required, based upon the reasonable advice of counsel, by
applicable Law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange
upon which the securities of the Company or the Purchaser or its
direct or indirect parent entity are listed, or the requirements of
any self-regulatory body, in which case the party required to make
the release or statement shall, to the extent reasonably
practicable under the circumstances, allow the other party
reasonable time to review and comment upon such release or
announcement in advance of such issuance. Without limiting the
foregoing, any party so obligated shall provide the other party
with a reasonable opportunity to review and request confidential
treatment of this Agreement pursuant to applicable rules under the
Exchange Act and the Freedom of Information Act and the rules
promulgated thereunder to permit the filing of a redacted exhibit.
The party so obligated shall give due consideration to the other
party’s request, which shall include consultation with such
party’s outside securities counsel, and, if agreed by the
parties, use reasonable efforts to obtain such confidential
treatment or permission to redact such exhibit, provided that there is no
assurance that such request will be granted by the SEC and the SEC
may require filing of the Agreement in full. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, without prior submission to, or approval of, the other
party, either party may issue press releases or public
announcements which incorporate information concerning this
Agreement which information was included in a press release or
public disclosure which was previously disclosed in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
The
Company shall comply with all terms and conditions of the
Registration Rights Agreement until the termination thereof in
accordance with its terms.
With a
view to making available to the Purchaser the benefits of Rule 144
and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time
permit Purchaser to sell securities of the Company to the public
without registration, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts, until Purchaser no longer owns any Shares,
to:
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(a) make and keep
available adequate current public information, 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 Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
and
(c) furnish to the
Purchaser, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a
written statement by the Company that it has complied with the
reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act, and the
Exchange Act, or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities
may be resold pursuant to Form S-3; and (ii) such other information
as may be reasonably requested in availing the Purchaser of any
rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such
securities without registration.
ARTICLE
VIII
.
(a) This Agreement may
be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:
(i) by either the
Purchaser or the Company, if any Order restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have become final and non-appealable;
(ii) by the Company, if
the Purchaser shall have breached any of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement
such that a condition set forth in Section 3.3 cannot be
satisfied;
(iii) by the Purchaser,
if the Company shall have breached any of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement
such that a condition set forth in Section 3.4 cannot be satisfied;
or
(iv) by the mutual
written consent of the Company and the Purchaser.
(b) This Agreement
shall terminate automatically, with no action by either party, upon
the termination of the License and Collaboration Agreement prior to
the Closing.
In the
event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1,
this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no
liability on the part of any party hereto, except that nothing
herein shall relieve any party hereto from liability for fraud or
any willful breach of any provision of this Agreement. Sections 7.2
and 7.3 and Article X shall survive any termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1.
Following the
Closing, if the Company breaches any obligation under the
Registration Rights Agreement, including the occurrence of an Event
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), Purchaser may by
written notice to the Company, in addition to any remedies
available to Purchaser under the Registration Rights Agreement,
terminate this Agreement.
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If
Purchaser terminates this Agreement after the Closing pursuant to
Section 8.3, the Company shall, within ten (10) Business Days of
receipt of notice of termination, repurchase the Shares from the
Purchaser at the Purchase Price and the Registration Rights
Agreement shall be deemed to be terminated. Sections 7.2 and 7.3,
this Article VIII, Article IX (with respect to any Losses accruing
before the repurchase of the Shares pursuant to this Section 8.4),
and Article X shall survive any termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8.2.
ARTICLE IX
All representations and warranties of
the Company and the Purchaser contained in this Agreement
(including all certificates, documents, instruments and
undertakings furnished pursuant to this Agreement) shall survive
the Closing through and until the second (2nd)
anniversary of the Closing Date; provided however
that the representations
and warranties contained in Sections 4.1 (Organization; Capitalization;
Subsidiaries), 4.2 (Authorization), 5.1 (Organization and Qualification),
and 5.2
(Authorization) (such
representations and warranties collectively, the
“Special
Reps”) shall
survive indefinitely (in each case, the date until each such
representation and warranty shall survive is herein referred to as
the “Survival
Date”).
If written notice of a claim for breach of any representation or
warranty has been given on or before the applicable Survival Date
for such representation or warranty, then the relevant
representations and warranties shall survive as to such claim,
until the claim has been finally resolved. All covenants,
obligations and agreements of the parties contained in this
Agreement which, by their terms, are to be satisfied on or prior to
the Closing Date shall terminate on the Closing Date, and all other
covenants, obligations, and agreements in this Agreement, including
all indemnification obligations, shall survive the Closing
indefinitely and continue until fully performed in accordance with
their terms.
Except
as otherwise limited by this Article IX, the Company shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser, its Affiliates,
any assignee or successor thereof, and each officer, director,
manager, employee, agent and Representative of each of the
foregoing (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnified
Parties”) from and against, and shall pay or reimburse
the Purchaser Indemnified Parties for, any and all losses, Actions,
Orders, Liabilities, damages, diminution in value, taxes, interest,
penalties, Liens, amounts paid in settlement, costs and expenses
(including reasonable expenses of investigation and court costs and
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), (any of the
foregoing, a “Loss”)
suffered or incurred by, or imposed upon, any Purchaser Indemnified
Party arising in whole or in part out of or relating to or
resulting directly or indirectly from:
(b) the failure of the
Company to comply with any of its covenants, agreements, or other
obligations in this Agreement; or
(c) enforcing the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties’ indemnification rights
provided for hereunder.
Except
as otherwise limited by this Article IX, the Purchaser shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its Affiliates and
each officer, manager, employee, agent and Representative of each
of the foregoing (collectively, the “Company Indemnified
Parties”) from and against, and shall pay or reimburse
the Company Indemnified Parties for, any and all Losses, suffered
or incurred by, or imposed upon, any the Company Indemnified Party
to the extent arising out of or relating to:
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(a) any breach of
any representation or warranty of the Purchaser in this Agreement
as of the Closing Date;
(b) the failure of the
Purchaser to comply with any of its covenants, agreements, or other
obligations in this Agreement; or
(c) enforcing the
Company Indemnified Parties’ indemnification rights provided
for hereunder.
(a) For the
purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term “Indemnitee”
shall refer to the Person or Persons indemnified, or entitled, or
claiming to be entitled, to be indemnified, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9.2 or 9.3, as the case may be, and (ii)
the term “Indemnitor”
shall refer to the Person or Persons having the obligation, or
which the Indemnitee purports has the obligation, to indemnify
pursuant to such provisions.
(b) In the case of any
claim for indemnification under this Agreement arising from a claim
of a Third Party (including any Governmental Authority), an
Indemnitee must give prompt written notice to the Indemnitor, no
later than thirty (30) days after the Indemnitee’s receipt of
notice of such claim; provided that the failure to
give such notice will not relieve an Indemnitor of its
indemnification obligations except (and only) to the extent that it
shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
(which determination is not subject to appeal or further review)
that the Indemnitor is actually and materially harmed
thereby.
(c) The Indemnitor
will have the right to defend and to direct the defense against any
such claim in its name and at its expense, and with counsel
selected by the Indemnitor, unless (i) the Indemnitor fails to
acknowledge fully its obligations to the Indemnitee within fifteen
(15) days after receiving notice of such Third Party claim or
contests, in whole or in part, its indemnification obligations
therefor, (ii) the applicable Third Party claimant is a
Governmental Authority, (iii) there is a conflict of interest
between the Indemnitee and the Indemnitor in the conduct of such
defense, as determined by the Indemnitee’s counsel in its
reasonable judgment, (iv) the applicable Third Party alleges claims
of fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation, or
(v) such claim is criminal in nature, could reasonably be expected
to lead to criminal proceedings, or seeks an injunction or other
equitable relief against the Indemnitee, in which case, the
Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, and the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the
Indemnitor. In any case not covered by subclauses (i) through (v)
of the preceding sentence, the Indemnitee shall retain its right to
participate in the defense of any claim with counsel selected by
it, subject to the Indemnitor’s right to direct the defense,
but the fees and disbursements of such counsel will be at the
expense of the Indemnitee. If the Indemnitor elects, and is
entitled, to defend such claim, it shall within fifteen (15) days
(or sooner, if the nature of the claim so requires) notify the
Indemnitee of its intent to do so, and the Indemnitee shall, at the
request and expense of the Indemnitor, cooperate in the defense of
such claim. If the Indemnitor elects not to, or is not entitled
under this Section 9.4(c) to, defend such claim, fails to notify
the Indemnitee of its election as herein provided or refuses to
acknowledge or contests its obligation to indemnify under this
Agreement, the Indemnitee may pay, compromise or defend such claim.
The Indemnitor’s right to direct the defense will include the
right to compromise or enter into an agreement settling any claim
by a Third Party; provided that no such
compromise or settlement will (i) obligate the Indemnitee to agree
to any settlement that requires the taking or restriction of any
action by the Indemnitee (other than the delivery of a release for
such claim and customary confidentiality obligations) or provides
for any relief (including competition restrictions) other than the
payment of monetary damages not fully indemnified by the Indemnitor
or (ii) fail to provide a full and final release of the Indemnitee
from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding with no admission of liability, in each case except with
the prior written consent of the Indemnitee in its sole
discretion.
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(d) Any indemnification
claim that does not arise from a Third Party claim must be asserted
by a written notice to the Indemnitor. The Indemnitor will have a
period of thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice within
which to respond thereto. If the Indemnitor does not respond within
such thirty (30) days, the Indemnitor will be deemed to have
accepted responsibility for the Losses set forth in such notice and
will have no further right to contest the validity of such notice.
If the Indemnitor responds within such thirty (30) days after the
receipt of the notice and rejects such claim in whole or in part,
the Indemnitee will be free to pursue such remedies as may be
available to it under this Agreement or applicable
Law.
(a) No Indemnitor
shall be liable for an indemnification claim made under Section
9.2(a) or Section 9.3(a) as the case may be: (i) for which a claim
for indemnification is not asserted hereunder on or before the
applicable Survival Date, (ii) to the extent Losses incurred by the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties in the aggregate under Section 9.2(a)
or by the Company Indemnified Parties in the aggregate under
Section 9.3(a), as applicable, exceed an amount equal to the
Purchase Price (the “Indemnification
Cap”); and (iii) unless and until the Losses of the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties collectively, or of the Company
Indemnified Parties collectively, as applicable, exceed an
aggregate amount equal to $200,000 (the “Basket”), in
which case the applicable Indemnitor(s) shall be obligated to the
Indemnitee(s) for the amount of such Losses of the Indemnitee(s)
that exceed the Basket; provided, however, that the Basket and
the Indemnification Cap shall not apply to (x) indemnification
claims to the extent amounts are actually paid under insurance
policies maintained by the Indemnitor (or any of its Affiliates),
(y) indemnification claims based, in whole or in part, on fraud,
willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation and (z)
indemnification claims based, in whole or in part, on the breach of
any of the Special Reps as of the Closing Date.
(b) The Basket and the
Indemnification Cap shall apply only to indemnification claims made
under Section 9.2(a) or Section 9.3(a) and shall not affect or
apply to any other indemnification claim made pursuant to this
Agreement, including those asserted under any other clause of
Section 9.2 or Section 9.3.
(a) The amount of any
Losses suffered or incurred by any Indemnitee shall be reduced by
the amount of any insurance proceeds or other cash receipts paid to
the Indemnitee or any Affiliate thereof as a reimbursement with
respect to such Losses (and no right of subrogation shall accrue to
any insurer hereunder, except to the extent that such waiver of
subrogation would prejudice any applicable insurance coverage),
including any indemnification received by the Indemnitee or such
Affiliate from an unrelated party with respect to such Losses, net
of the costs of collection and any related anticipated future
increases in insurance premiums resulting from such Loss or
insurance payment.
(b) No investigation by
the Purchaser or Knowledge of the Purchaser of a breach of a
representation or warranty of the Company shall affect the
representations and warranties of the Company or the recourse
available to the Purchaser under any provision of this Agreement
(including Article
IX) with respect thereto.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of
application of the indemnification provisions of this Article IX, the amount of any
Loss arising from the breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant, obligation or agreement contained in this Agreement shall
be the entire amount of any Loss actually incurred by the
respective Indemnitee as a result of such breach and not just that
portion of the Loss that exceeds the relevant level of materiality,
if any.
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(d) Any indemnification
obligation of an Indemnitor under this Article IX will be paid in cash
within three (3) Business Days after the determination of such
obligation in accordance with Section 9.4.
ARTICLE X
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each party will
pay all fees and expenses incurred by it in connection with the
negotiation, execution, delivery of, and the performance under, the
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby
Any
notice, request, instruction or other document to be given
hereunder by a party hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been given, (i) when received if given in person or by
courier or a courier service, (ii) on the date of transmission if
sent by email (with affirmative confirmation of receipt, and
provided, that the party providing notice shall within two (2)
Business Days provide notice by another method under this Section
10.2) or (iii) five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the
U.S. mail, certified or registered mail, postage
prepaid:
If to the Company, to:
Xxxx
Xxxx
00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx., Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Email:
xxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Ellenoff
Xxxxxxxx Schole LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
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If to the Purchaser, to:
Novartis Pharma
AG
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
00
XX-0000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx
Attn:
Global Head M&A & BD&L
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
and
Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corporation
00
Xxxxx 00
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn:
VP General Counsel OncologyEmail:
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
and
Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corporation
00
Xxxxx 00
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000Xxxx: VP - Global
Head Oncology BD&LEmail: xxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
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with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx
Lovells US LLP875 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10022Attn:
Xxxx X. GoldenEmail: xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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or to
such other individual or address as a party hereto may designate
for itself by notice given as herein provided.
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The
headings and subheadings of this Agreement are for reference and
convenience purposes only and in no way modify, interpret or
construe the meaning of specific provisions of the Agreement. In
this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) whenever
required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and
the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the
plural and vice versa; (ii) reference to any Person includes such
Person’s successors and permitted assigns, and reference to a
Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other
capacity; (iii) any accounting term used and not otherwise defined
in this Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in
accordance with GAAP; (iv) “including” (and with
correlative meaning “include”) means including without
limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding
such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the
words “without limitation”; (v) the words
“herein,” “hereto,” and
“hereby” and other words of similar import in this
Agreement shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement
as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision
of this Agreement; (vi) the word “if” and other words
of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to
be followed by the phrase “and only if”; (vii) the term
“or” means “and/or”; (viii) reference to
any Law means such Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted,
in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (ix) any Law or Order
defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument
that is referred to herein means such Law or Order as from time to
time amended, modified or supplemented, including by succession of
comparable successor statutes, regulations, rules or orders; (x)
except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to
the words “Section” and “Exhibit” are
intended to refer to Sections and Exhibits to this Agreement; and
(xi) any reference to this Agreement includes all Exhibits to this
Agreement, which are incorporated herein by reference.
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In the
event of any inconsistency, conflict or ambiguity as to the rights
and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and the terms
of any other Transaction Document, the terms of this Agreement
shall control and supersede any such inconsistency, conflict or
ambiguity.
In case
any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement
should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining
provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired. Any illegal
or unenforceable term will be deemed to be void and of no force and
effect only to the minimum extent necessary to bring such term
within the provisions of applicable Law and such term, as so
modified, and the balance of this Agreement will then be fully
enforceable. The parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal
or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that
carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the
intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision.
Except
for the indemnification rights of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties
and the Company Indemnified Parties set forth herein, this
Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their
successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein expressed or
implied shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and such successors and permitted assigns,
any legal or equitable rights hereunder.
This Agreement and the rights hereunder
are not assignable (by operation of Law or otherwise) by either
party unless such assignment is consented to in writing by the
other party, except that Purchaser may assign any or all of its
rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to any
Affiliate, and the Company (on its own behalf and on behalf of CBMG
Shanghai) shall be deemed to have consented hereto to such
assignment. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement
and all the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no assignment
shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations
hereunder. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section
10.7 shall be null and void
This
Agreement may not be amended or modified except by an instrument in
writing signed by each of the parties hereto. Neither the failure
nor any delay by any party in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such
right, power or privilege, and single or partial exercise of any
such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further
exercise of such right, power or privilege or the exercise of any
other right, power or privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable Law, (i) no Action or right arising out of this
Agreement can be discharged by one party, in whole or in part, by a
waiver or renunciation of the Action or right unless in a writing
signed by the party against which such waiver or renunciation is
charged; (ii) no waiver that may be given by a party will be
applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given;
(iii) no extension of time granted by any party for the performance
of any obligation or act by any other party will be deemed to be an
extension of time for the performance of any other obligation or
act hereunder; and (iv) no notice to or demand on one party
will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such party or of
the right of the party giving such notice or demand to take further
action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement or
the documents referred to in this Agreement.
.
Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, any party
having any rights under any provision of this Agreement will have
all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights
and remedies which such party may have been granted at any time
under any other Contract and all of the rights which such party may
have under any applicable Law. Notwithstanding the intent of the
parties to submit claims to arbitration as set forth in Section
10.12, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, any such
party will be entitled to (a) enforce such rights specifically,
without posting a bond or other security, (b) to recover damages by
reason of a breach of any provision of this Agreement and (c) to
exercise all other rights granted by applicable Law. The exercise
of any remedy by a party will not preclude the exercise of any
other remedy by such party. In the event of a breach by either
party of their respective obligations under this Agreement, the
other party, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of
damages, shall be entitled to seek specific performance of its
rights under this Agreement. Each of the parties further agrees
that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for
any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the
provisions of this Agreement, and hereby further agrees that, in
the event of an action for specific performance in respect of such
breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a
remedy at law would have been adequate.
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The
parties acknowledge and agree that: (a) this Agreement is the
result of negotiations between the parties and will not be deemed
or construed as having been drafted by any one party, (b) each
party and its counsel have reviewed and negotiated the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and the other Transactional Documents
and have contributed to their revision, (c) the rule of
construction to the effect that any ambiguities are resolved
against the drafting party will not be employed in the
interpretation of this Agreement, (d) neither the drafting history
nor the negotiating history of this Agreement or the other
Transactional Documents may be used or referred to in connection
with the construction or interpretation thereof, and (e) the terms
and provisions of this Agreement will be construed fairly as to all
parties hereto and not in favor of or against any party, regardless
of which party was generally responsible for the preparation of
this Agreement.
This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to its
choice of law principles).
(a) Any claim,
dispute, or controversy of whatever nature arising among the
Parties out of or relating to this Agreement, including any action
or claim based on tort, contract, or statute (including any claims
of breach or violation of statutory or common law protections from
discrimination, harassment and hostile working environment), or
concerning the interpretation, effect, termination, validity,
performance, or breach of this Agreement (each, an
“Arbitration
Claim”), shall be resolved by final and binding
arbitration before a panel of three (3) arbitrators (collectively,
the “Arbitrators”).
One (1) Arbitrator shall be chosen by the Company and one (1)
Arbitrator shall be chosen by Purchaser, in each case, within
fifteen (15) days from the notice of initiation of arbitration. The
third (3rd) Arbitrator shall
be chosen by mutual agreement of the Arbitrator chosen by the
Company and the Arbitrator chosen by Purchaser within fifteen (15)
days of the date that the last of such Arbitrators was appointed;
provided, that if
the third (3rd) Arbitrator is not
chosen within such fifteen (15)-day period, it shall be chosen by
the Administrator. The arbitration shall be administered by the
International Chamber of Commerce (the “Administrator”)
in accordance with its then-existing arbitration rules or
procedures regarding commercial or business disputes in force at
the time the Arbitration Claim is submitted. The arbitration shall
be held in New York, New York, United States of America. The
Arbitrators shall be instructed by the Parties to complete the
arbitration within ninety (90) days after selection of the third
(3rd)
Arbitrator.
(b) The Arbitrators
shall, within fifteen (15) days after the conclusion of the
arbitration hearing, issue a written award and statement of
decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which
the award is based, including any injunctive or equitable relief
and the calculation of any damages awarded. The decision or award
rendered by the Arbitrators shall be final and non-appealable, and
judgment may be entered upon it in accordance with Applicable Law
in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Arbitrators shall be
authorized to award compensatory damages, but shall not be
authorized to reform, modify, or materially change this Agreement
or any other agreements contemplated hereunder.
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(c) Each Party shall
bear its own attorneys’ fees, costs, and disbursements
arising out of the arbitration and the costs of the Arbitrator
selected by it, and shall pay an equal share of the fees and costs
of the third (3rd) Arbitrator and the
Administrator; provided, however, that the Arbitrators
shall be authorized to determine whether a Party is the prevailing
Party, and, if so, to award to that prevailing Party reimbursement
for its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and disbursements
(including, for example, expert witness fees and expenses,
photocopy charges, travel expenses, etc.), or the fees and costs of
the Administrator and the Arbitrators.
(d) Nothing contained
in this Agreement shall deny any Party the right to seek specific
performance or injunctive or other equitable relief in accordance
with Section 10.9.
For
purposes of any Action arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, each of the
parties hereto (a) irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located within
New York County, State of New York, (b) agrees that service of any
process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to
such party’s respective address set forth in Section 10.2
shall be effective service of process for any Action with respect
to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this
Section 10.13, and (c) waives and covenants not to assert or plead,
by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such Action,
any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of
such court, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum,
that the venue of the Action is improper or that this Agreement or
the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court,
and hereby agrees not to challenge such jurisdiction or venue by
reason of any offsets or counterclaims in any such
Action.
THE
PARTIES HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY
WAIVE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE RIGHT
ANY PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION
BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT AND ANY AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED TO BE EXECUTED IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING,
STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY IN
CONNECTION WITH SUCH AGREEMENTS.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more 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. A
photocopy, faxed, scanned and/or emailed copy of this Agreement or
any signature page to this Agreement, shall have the same validity
and enforceability as an originally signed copy.
This
Agreement, together with other Transaction Documents, constitutes
the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
undertakings, both written and oral, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
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Following Page]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written
above.
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the Company:
By:
/s/ Bizuo (Xxxx)
XXX
Name: Bizuo
(Xxxx) LIU
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
CBMG Shanghai (solely for purposes of Article IV):
SHANGHAI
CELLULAR
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL
GROUP LTD.
(上海赛比曼生物科技有限公司)
(company
seal)
By:
/s/
Bizuo (Xxxx) XXX
(sign and affix CBMG Shanghai company chop)
Name:
Bizuo (Xxxx) LIU
Title:
Legal Representative
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the Purchaser:
NOVARTIS PHARMA
AG
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Title:
CFO, Oncology
By:
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
CEO, Novartis Oncology
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EXHIBIT 1
Company Subsidiaries