REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [●], 2024, by and among Pharma Two B Ltd, a corporation incorporated in Israel, with headquarters located at 0 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 0000000 (the “Company”), Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hepion”) and the Buyers (as defined below).
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and each of the several buyers signatory thereto (each such buyer, a “Company Buyer” and, collectively, the “Company Buyers”) of even date herewith (the “Company Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Company Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Company Buyer, of the following securities: (i) shares (the “Purchased Shares”) of the Company’s ordinary shares, nominal value 1 NIS per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), and/or pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase Ordinary Shares (such underlying Ordinary Shares, the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants and (ii) two (2) series of warrants (the “Series A and Series B Warrants” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase Ordinary Shares (such underlying Ordinary Shares, collectively, the “Series A and Series B Warrant Shares” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Series A and Series B Warrants.
B. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among Hepion and each of the several buyers signatory thereto (each such buyer, a “Hepion Buyer” and, collectively, the “Hepion Buyers” and collectively with the Company Buyers and Advisor (as defined below), the “Buyers”) of even date herewith (the “Hepion Securities Purchase Agreement” and together with the Company Securities Purchase Agreement, the “Securities Purchase Agreements”), Xxxxxx has agreed to issue and sell to the Hepion Buyers an aggregate of [●] shares of common stock of Hepion (the “Hepion Shares”).1
C. In connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated [●], 2024 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, [Pearl] Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Hepion, Herpion will become a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of the Company, and the Hepion Shares shall convert to Ordinary Shares following the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein.
D. In connection with the transactions contemplated above, the Company agreed to issue to Xxxxxxx & Company (UK) Ltd., as financial advisor to the Company (the “Advisor”) warrants (the “Advisor Warrants”) to purchase [●] Ordinary Shares (the “Advisor Warrant Shares”).
E. In accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “1933 Act”), and applicable state securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Buyers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Company Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
1 NTD: Please confirm timing of the issuance of the Hepion Shares. IF not issued until immediately prior to the merger, they cannot be included on the F-4. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx will be issued at signing of the SPA, and well before the merger closes, so can be included on the F-4.
(b) “effective” and “effectiveness” refer to a Remaining Registration Statement that has been declared effective by the SEC and is available for the resale of the Remaining Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby.
(c) “Effective Date” means the date that the Remaining Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.
(d) “Effectiveness Deadline” means the date which is the earlier of (x) (i) in the event that the Remaining Registration Statement is not subject to a review by the SEC, 60 calendar days after the Effective Time or (ii) in the event that the Remaining Registration Statement is subject to a review by the SEC or in the event that the Company is notified by the SEC to refile the Remaining Registration Statement on Form F-1, 90 calendar days after the Effective Time and (y) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review; provided, however, that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the SEC is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the SEC is open for business.
(e) “Effective Time” means the time at which, following the consummation of the Merger, the Ordinary Shares begin trading on the trading market on which the Ordinary Shares are listed.
(f) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE American, The Nasdaq Global Select Market, The Nasdaq Global Market, OTC QB or OTC QX.
(g) “Filing Deadline” means the date that is 30 calendar days after the Effective Time.
(h) “Hepion Registrable Securities” means all the Hepion Shares, and any capital stock of Hepion issued or issuable with respect to the Hepion Shares as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise.
(i) “Initial Registrable Securities” means the Hepion Registrable Securities.
(j) “Initial Registration Statement” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company on Form F-4 filed under the 1933 Act for the purpose of effecting the Merger.
(k) “Investor” means a Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.
(l) “Merger” means the proposed merger pursuant to the Merger Agreement, in which the Company is selling certain of its securities to the buyers identified therein pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions thereunder.
(m) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(n) “Pharma Two B Registrable Securities” means (i) the Purchased Shares issued; (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants; (iii) the maximum number of Advisor Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Advisor Warrants without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Advisor Warrants and (iv) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Warrants, the Advisor Warrant Shares or the Advisor Warrants, in each case, as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants or the Advisor Warrants, as applicable.
(o) “Principal Market” means The Nasdaq Capital Market.
(p) “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.
(q) “Registrable Securities” means collectively, the Initial Registrable Securities and the Remaining Registrable Securities.
(r) “Registration Statements” means collectively, the Initial Registration Statement and the Remaining Registration Statement.
(s) “Remaining Registrable Securities” means any Hepion Registrable Securities that were not covered by the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC and the Pharma Two B Registrable Securities.
(t) “Remaining Registration Statement” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the resale of Remaining Registrable Securities.
(u) “Required Holders” means the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.
(v) “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.
(w) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(x) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Ordinary Shares are traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Ordinary Shares on such day, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Ordinary Shares are then traded.
2. Registration.
(a) Mandatory Registration.
(i) The Company shall include all Initial Registrable Securities on the Initial Registration Statement filed for the purpose of effecting the Merger, to the extent such Initial Registration Statement may be used to register such Initial Registrable Securities. If the Initial Registration Statement is unavailable for any portion of such Initial Registrable Securities, the Company shall include that portion of the Initial Registrable Securities that are available to be included on such Initial Registration Statement, on such Initial Registration Statement, and the Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC the Remaining Registration Statement on Form F-1 covering the resale of the Remaining Registrable Securities. The Remaining Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the “Plan of Distribution” and “Selling Shareholders” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to include Remaining Registrable Securities for any investor that has not complied with its obligations in Section 4(a). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Remaining Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the second (2nd) Business Day following the Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Remaining Registration Statement. In no event shall the Company include any securities other than Remaining Registrable Securities on any Remaining Registration Statement without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.
(b) Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel at their own expense to review and oversee any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“Legal Counsel”), which shall be designated by the Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.
(c) Ineligibility for Form F-3. In the event that Form F-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Remaining Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Remaining Registrable Securities on Form F-1 or another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Remaining Registrable Securities on Form F-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Remaining Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Remaining Registration Statement on Form F-3 covering the Remaining Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.
(d) Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. In the event the number of shares available under a Remaining Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Remaining Registration Statement, the Company shall amend the applicable Remaining Registration Statement, or file a new Remaining Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover the Remaining Registrable Securities as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor arises. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment and/or new Remaining Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof.
(e) Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statements. If (i) any of the Registration Statements when declared effective fails to register the full amount of Registrable Securities required hereby (a “Registration Failure”), (ii) the Remaining Registration Statement covering all of the Remaining Registrable Securities required to be covered pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the applicable Filing Deadline (a “Filing Failure”) or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on or before the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (an “Effectiveness Failure”) or (iii) on any day after the applicable Effective Date sales of all of the Remaining Registrable Securities required to be included on such Remaining Registration Statement cannot be made (other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in Section 3(r)) pursuant to such Remaining Registration Statement or otherwise (including, without limitation, because of the suspension of trading or any other limitation imposed by an Eligible Market, a failure to keep such Remaining Registration Statement effective, a failure to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Remaining Registration Statement, a failure to register a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares or a failure to maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares) (a “Maintenance Failure”) then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying Ordinary Shares (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance), the Company shall pay to each holder of Remaining Registrable Securities relating to such Remaining Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price (as such term is defined in the Company Securities Purchase Agreement) of such Investor’s Remaining Registrable Securities whether or not included in such Remaining Registration Statement on each of the following dates: (i) the day of a Registration Failure and on each thirtieth Trading Day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty Trading Days) until such Registration Failure is cured, (ii) the day of a Filing Failure and on each thirtieth Trading Day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty Trading Days) until such Filing Failure is cured; (iii) the day of an Effectiveness Failure and on each thirtieth Trading Day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty Trading Days) until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; and (iv) the initial day of a Maintenance Failure and on each thirtieth Trading Day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty Trading Days) until such Maintenance Failure is cured; provided, that aggregate amount of all Registration Delay Payments to all holders shall not exceed $5,000 per Trading Day and ten percent (10%) of the aggregate Purchase Price (and such reduced amount will be distributed pro rata amongst such holders based on the aggregate Purchase Price), and provided further, that for purposes of this sentence only, “Trading Day” shall include only Trading Days on which the SEC’s XXXXX system accepts filings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Registration Failure, Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure or Maintenance Failure shall continue to accrue Registration Delay Payments after the end of the Registration Period. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a simultaneous occurrence of a Registration Failure, Filing Failure, Maintenance Failure or Effectiveness Failure, the Company shall only be required to make Registration Delay Payments with respect to one such event. The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(e) are referred to herein as “Registration Delay Payments.” Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (I) the dates set forth above and (II) the third Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.
3. Related Obligations. At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Remaining Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(c) or 2(d), the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Remaining Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:
(a) The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Remaining Registration Statement with respect to the Remaining Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Remaining Registration Statement relating to the Remaining Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline). The Company shall keep each Remaining Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all of the Remaining Registrable Securities covered by such Remaining Registration Statement without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the Remaining Registrable Securities covered by such Remaining Registration Statement (the “Registration Period”). The Company shall ensure that each Remaining Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. The term “best efforts” shall mean, among other things, that the Company shall submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Remaining Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular Remaining Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii) the approval of Legal Counsel pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval is promptly sought), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Remaining Registration Statement to a time and date not later than two (2) Business Days after the submission of such request, unless the Company is directed to a submit a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Remaining Registration Statement to a later time and date by the SEC. The Company shall respond in writing to comments made by the SEC in respect of a Remaining Registration Statement as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC that an amendment is required in order for a Remaining Registration Statement to be declared effective.
(b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Remaining Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Remaining Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep such Remaining Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Remaining Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Remaining Registration Statement until such time as all of such Remaining Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Remaining Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Remaining Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 20-F or Form 6-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Remaining Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Remaining Registration Statement.
(c) The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a Remaining Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Remaining Registration Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form 20-F, Reports of Foreign Private issuer on Form 6-K, and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Remaining Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Remaining Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto without the prior approval of Legal Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel, without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Remaining Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Remaining Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Remaining Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Remaining Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto; provided that any such item which is available on the XXXXX system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 3.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Remaining Registrable Securities are included in any Remaining Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Remaining Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Remaining Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Remaining Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Remaining Registrable Securities owned by such Investor; provided that any such item which is available on the XXXXX system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(e) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Remaining Registrable Securities covered by a Remaining Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Remaining Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Remaining Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Remaining Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(f) The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event but in any event on the same Trading Day as such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Remaining Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Remaining Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel or such Investor may reasonably request); provided that any such item which is available on the XXXXX system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form. The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Remaining Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel and each Investor by facsimile or email on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Remaining Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Remaining Registration Statement would be appropriate. By 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the date following the date any post-effective amendment has become effective, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Remaining Registration Statement.
(g) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Remaining Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Remaining Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Remaining Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h) If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Remaining Registration Statement as an underwriter or an Investor believes that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Remaining Registrable Securities, at the reasonable request of such Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the Remaining Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (and at Investor’s cost and expense) (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Remaining Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.
(i) If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Remaining Registration Statement as an underwriter or an Investor believes that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Remaining Registrable Securities, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) such Investor, (ii) Legal Counsel and (iii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained by the Investors (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to an Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Remaining Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement. Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the Investors’ ability to sell Remaining Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
(j) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Remaining Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.
(k) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts either to (i) cause all of the Remaining Registrable Securities covered by a Remaining Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Remaining Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (ii) secure the inclusion for quotation of all of the Remaining Registrable Securities on the Principal Market or (iii) if, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts, the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), to secure the inclusion for quotation on an Eligible Market for such Remaining Registrable Securities and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. as such with respect to such Remaining Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(k).
(l) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Remaining Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of book-entry registrations representing the Remaining Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Remaining Registration Statement and enable such book-entry registrations to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.
(m) If requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Remaining Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Remaining Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Remaining Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any Remaining Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any Remaining Registrable Securities.
(n) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Remaining Registrable Securities covered by a Remaining Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Remaining Registrable Securities.
[(o) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the applicable Effective Date of a Remaining Registration Statement.]2
(p) The Company shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.
(q) Within two (2) Business Days after a Remaining Registration Statement which covers Remaining Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Remaining Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Remaining Registrable Securities are included in such Remaining Registration Statement) confirmation that such Remaining Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
2 NTD: FPI are not required to do quarterly financials. P2B to advise if plan to do quarterly financials.
(r) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Effective Date, the Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company and its counsel, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a “Grace Period”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material, non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each notice the Company will not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and, provided further, that no Grace Period shall exceed five (5) consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of twenty (20) days and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any prior Grace Period (each, an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended Ordinary Shares to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Company Securities Purchase Agreement or the Hepion Securities Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in connection with any sale of Remaining Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale that would permit the delivery of unlegended Ordinary Shares, prior to the Investor’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.
(s) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Investor as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC, the Principal Market or any Eligible Market without the consent of the Investor, and any Investor being deemed an underwriter by the SEC shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has under this Agreement, the Company Securities Purchase Agreement, Hepion Securities Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Company Securities Purchase Agreement); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Exhibit B in a Remaining Registration Statement.
(t) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Buyers in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
4. Obligations of the Investors.
(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Remaining Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor’s Remaining Registrable Securities included in such Remaining Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Remaining Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Remaining Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Remaining Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Remaining Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.
(b) Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Remaining Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Remaining Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Remaining Registrable Securities from such Remaining Registration Statement.
(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Remaining Registrable Securities pursuant to any Remaining Registration Statement(s) covering such Remaining Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended Ordinary Shares to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Company Securities Purchase Agreement or the Hepion Securities Purchase Agreement, as applicable, in connection with any sale of Remaining Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale that would permit delivery of unlegended Ordinary Shares prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.
(d) Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Remaining Registrable Securities pursuant to the Remaining Registration Statement.
5. Expenses of Registration.
All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company.
6. Indemnification.
In the event any Remaining Registrable Securities are included in a Remaining Registration Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims (including causes of action, suits or claims asserted directly by or between an Indemnitee and the Company), damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “Claims”), incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Remaining Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Remaining Registrable Securities are offered, or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the Effective Date of such Remaining Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Remaining Registrable Securities pursuant to a Remaining Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Remaining Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and (iii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any direct Claim by or between an Indemnitee and the Company. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Remaining Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
(b) In connection with any Remaining Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Remaining Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Remaining Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c), such Investor shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Remaining Registrable Securities pursuant to such Remaining Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Remaining Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and, except in the case of a direct Claim, for which the remainder of this Section 6(c) shall not apply, the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for all such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, as applicable, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, as the case may be, and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Remaining Registrable Securities included in the Remaining Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action by such lack of notice.
(d) The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.
(e) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
7. Contribution.
To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no Person involved in the sale of Remaining Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Remaining Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Remaining Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Remaining Registrable Securities pursuant to such Remaining Registration Statement.
8. Reports Under the 1934 Act.
With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“Rule 144”), the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or [quarterly/interim] report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. Assignment of Registration Rights.
The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Company Securities Purchase Agreement or the Hepion Securities Purchase Agreement, as applicable.
10. Amendment of Registration Rights.
Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders; provided that any such amendment or waiver that complies with the foregoing but that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Investor relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Investors shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Investor. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.
(b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon delivery, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party), (iii) upon delivery, when sent by electronic mail (provided that the sending party does not receive an automated rejection notice); or (iv) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Pharma Two B Ltd.
0 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Rehovot, Israel 0000000
Telephone: +[●]
Attention: [●]
E-mail: [●]
With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Meitar | Law Offices
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Ramat-Gan 0000000 Israel
Telephone: x000-0-0000000
Attention: [●]
E-mail: [●]
If to a Buyer, to its address, facsimile number or email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address, facsimile number and/or email address to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine or e-mail transmission containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number or e-mail address and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
(d) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(e) If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
(f) This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Company Securities Purchase Agreement, Hepion Securities Purchase Agreement and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Company Securities Purchase Agreement, the Hepion Securities Purchase Agreement and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
(g) Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.
(h) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
(j) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders, determined as if all of the Warrants held by Investors then outstanding have been exercised for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants.
(l) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
(m) This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
(n) The obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any obligations on any Investor vis-à-vis any other Investor. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.
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[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, Xxxxxx and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||
PHARMA TWO B LTD | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, Xxxxxx and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
HEPION: | ||
HEPION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, Xxxxxx and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS: | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
Xxxxx |
Xxxxx Address, Facsimile Number and E-mail |
Buyer’s Representative’s Address, Facsimile Number and E-Mail | ||
[●] | [●] | [●] | ||
EXHIBIT A
FORM
OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[ ]
[Address]
[Address]
Telephone: [ ]
Facsimile: [ ]
Attention: [ ]
E-mail: [ ]
Re: | Pharma Two B Ltd. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[We are][I am] counsel to Pharma Two B Ltd, a corporation incorporated in Israel (the “Company”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of [●], 2024 (the “Company Securities Purchase Agreement”), entered into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the “Holders”) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders shares (“Purchased Shares”) of the Company’s ordinary shares, [no par value] (the “Ordinary Shares”) and three series of warrants exercisable for Ordinary Shares (the “Warrants”). In connection with the transactions contemplated in the Company Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to issue to Xxxxxxx & Company (UK) Ltd., as financial advisor to the Company, warrants exercisable for Ordinary Shares (the “Advisor Warrants”). The Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), including the Purchased Shares and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ___, 2024, the Company filed a Remaining Registration Statement on Form [F-1/F-3] (File No. 333-_____________) (the “Remaining Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the Remaining Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling shareholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Remaining Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and [we][I] have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Remaining Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Remaining Registration Statement.
This letter shall serve as our standing instruction to you that the Ordinary Shares are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours, | ||
[ISSUER’S COUNSEL] | ||
By: |
CC: | [LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS] |
EXHIBIT B
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The ordinary shares being offered by the selling shareholders are those previously issued to the selling shareholders, and those issuable to the selling shareholders, upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuances of those ordinary shares and the warrants, see “Private Placement of Purchased Shares and Warrants” above. We are registering the ordinary shares in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the ordinary shares and the warrants, the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.
The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of ordinary shares beneficially owned by each selling shareholders, based on its ownership of the ordinary shares and the warrants, as of ________, 202_, assuming exercise of the warrants held by the selling shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.
The third column lists the ordinary shares being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders.
In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of at least the sum of (i) the maximum number of ordinary shares issued and (ii) the maximum number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the related warrants, determined as if the outstanding warrants were exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the registration right agreement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the warrants. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.
Under the terms of the warrants, a selling shareholder may not exercise the warrants to the extent such exercise would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates, to beneficially own a number of ordinary shares which would exceed 4.99% (or 9.99% for certain selling shareholders) of our then outstanding ordinary shares following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants which have not been exercised. The number of shares in the second column does not reflect this limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”
Name of Selling Shareholder | Number of Ordinary Shares Owned Prior to Offering | Maximum Number of Ordinary Shares to be Sold Pursuant to this Prospectus | Number of Ordinary Shares Owned After Offering | |||
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the ordinary shares previously issued and upon exercise of the warrants to permit the resale of these ordinary shares by the holders thereof and holders of the ordinary shares and warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the ordinary shares. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the ordinary shares.
The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the ordinary shares beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the ordinary shares are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The ordinary shares may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,
● | on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; |
● | in the over-the-counter market; |
● | in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market; |
● | through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; |
● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
● | privately negotiated transactions; |
● | short sales; |
● | sales pursuant to Rule 144; |
● | broker-dealers may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
● | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling ordinary shares to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers of the ordinary shares for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the ordinary shares or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the ordinary shares in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell ordinary shares short and ordinary shares covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge ordinary shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.
The selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the warrants or ordinary shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the ordinary shares from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate the ordinary shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling shareholder and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the ordinary shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the ordinary shares is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of ordinary shares being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling shareholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Under the securities laws of some states, the ordinary shares may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the ordinary shares may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the ordinary shares registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
The selling shareholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the ordinary shares by the selling shareholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the ordinary shares to engage in market-making activities with respect to the ordinary shares. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the ordinary shares and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the ordinary shares.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the ordinary shares pursuant to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be $[ ] in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that a selling shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreements, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution.
Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the ordinary shares will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.