Lock-Up Agreement
Exhibit 10.3
October 10, 2024
Maxim Group LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
New York, NY 10022
Re: | Proposed Public Offering by Xxx.XX Inc. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, a stockholder, officer and/or director of Xxx.XX Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Maxim Group LLC (“Placement Agent”) proposes to act as agent in connection with certain investors entry into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Company providing for the registered direct public offering (the “Public Offering”) of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder, an officer and/or a director of the Company and as consideration of the Placement Agent’s agreement to proceed with the Public Offering, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with the Placement Agent that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 90 days from the date of the Purchase Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of each of the Placement Agent, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-Up Securities, or file or cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, provided, in each case, that (1) for transfers made pursuant to clause (i)(a) below, the Placement Agent receives a signed lock-up agreement in substantially the form of this lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, and (2) other than for purposes of clauses (ii), (iv), (v) and (vii) below, any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value:
(i) | any transfers made by the undersigned (a) as a bona fide gift to any member of the immediate family of the undersigned or to a trust the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned or members of the undersigned’s immediate family, (b) by will or intestate succession upon the death of the undersigned or (c) as a bona fide gift to a charity or educational institution (it being understood that (x) “immediate family” shall mean a spouse, child, grandchild or other lineal descendant (including by adoption), father, mother, brother or sister of the undersigned and (y) any references to “immediate family” in the agreement executed by such transferee shall expressly refer only to the immediate family of the undersigned and not to the immediate family of the transferee); |
(ii) | transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after completion of the Public Offering; | |
(iii) | the entry, by the undersigned, at any time on or after the date of the Purchase Agreement, of any trading plan providing for the sale of shares of Common Stock by the undersigned, which trading plan meets the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), provided, however, that such plan does not provide for, or permit, the sale of any shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period and no public announcement or filing is voluntarily made or required regarding such plan during the Lock-Up Period; | |
(iv) | any transfers made by the undersigned to the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans or arrangements disclosed in the Prospectus (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or to pay the exercise price of any options issued under any such plan or arrangement which expires during the Lock-Up Period; provided that any filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act made in connection with such transfer shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the circumstances described in this clause; | |
(v) | any transfers in connection with a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of shares of Common Stock involving a change of control of the Company, provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock shall remain subject to the restrictions contained herein; | |
(vi) | any distribution or other transfer by a partnership to its partners or former partners or by a limited liability company to its members or retired members or by a corporation to its stockholders or former stockholders or to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such corporation; and | |
(vii) | any transfers by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement. |
Furthermore, no provision in this letter shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit (1) the transfer of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities to the Company in connection with the termination of the undersigned’s services to the Company, provided that any filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act made in connection with such transfer shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the circumstances described in this clause (1); and (2) the exercise or exchange by the undersigned of any option or warrant to acquire any shares of Common Stock or options to purchase shares of Common Stock, in each case for cash or on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement; provided, however, that the underlying shares of Common Stock shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter and that any filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act made in connection with such exercise or exchange shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that (a) the filing relates to the circumstances described in this clause (2) and (b) no shares were sold by the reporting person.
The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions. This lock-up agreement shall automatically terminate, and the undersigned shall be released from the undersigned’s obligations hereunder, upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (i) prior to the execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company advises the Placement Agent in writing that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering; (ii) the Purchase Agreement is executed but is terminated prior to the closing of the Public Offering (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination), or (iii) October 31, 2024, in the event that the Purchase Agreement has not been executed by such date.
This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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Very truly yours, | ||
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