SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.70
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of
December 21, 2006,
is made by and among Columbia Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and the Purchasers listed on Exhibit A hereto, together with their permitted transferees (each, a
“Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
Recitals:
A. The Company and the Purchasers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon
the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or
Regulation D under the Securities Act.
B. The Purchasers, severally but not jointly, desire to purchase, and the Company desires to
sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, up to a maximum amount of up to
$40,000,000.00 principal amount of subordinated notes convertible into shares of Common Stock (as
defined herein) and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock.
C. The capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings given them in
Article 7.
AGREEMENT
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 the Purchasers (severally and not jointly) hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES
1.1 Purchase and Sale of Securities. At the Closing, the Company will issue and sell to each
Purchaser, and each Purchaser will, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company (i)
subordinated notes convertible into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the
notes (the “Notes”), and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase shares of Common Stock, in the
amounts set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A hereto (the Notes, the Warrants, the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares are referred to collectively as the “Securities”). The
aggregate purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by such Purchaser at the
Closing (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on
Exhibit A hereto, such Purchase Price being (i) a price of $1.00 for each $1.00 of principal amount
of Notes and (ii) a price for related Warrant equal to $0.01 for each share of Common Stock subject
to the Warrant to be purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing.
1.2 Payment. At the Closing, each Purchaser will pay the aggregate Purchase Price set forth
opposite its name on Exhibit A hereto by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance
with wire instructions provided by the Company to the Purchasers prior to the Closing. The Company
will deliver to each Purchaser at the Closing (i) a Note, substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B, in the amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A and (ii) a
Warrant, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, to
purchase the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on
Exhibit A.
1.3 Closing Date. The closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement will take
place on December 22, 2006 (the “Closing Date”) and the closing (the “Closing”) will be held at the
offices of Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, 425 Park Avenue, New York, New York, or at such other time and place
as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers hereunder of a majority in interest of
the Securities.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Company hereby represents and
warrants to the Purchasers that:
2.1 Organization and Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to
conduct its business as currently conducted as disclosed in the SEC Documents. The Company is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.2 Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority
to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 4.10(b)), and the Warrants, (collectively, the
“Transaction Documents”) to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated thereby (including the issuance of the Securities) have been duly
authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization of the
Company, its Board of Directors, or its stockholders is required. This Agreement has been and
other Transaction Documents, at the Closing, will be duly executed by the Company and constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights
generally, and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity and except
as rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal securities laws or
public policy underlying such laws.
2.3 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company, as of December 20, 2006,
consisted of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 49,694,213 shares were issued and
outstanding, (ii) 151,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, none of which were issued or outstanding, (iii) 150,000 shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 130 shares were issued and outstanding, (iv)
6,660 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 3,250
shares were issued and outstanding, (v) 100,000 shares of Series D Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, none of which were issued or outstanding and (vi) 100,000 shares of Series E Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 69,000 shares were issued and outstanding
(clauses (ii) through (vi), collectively, the “Preferred
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Stock”). All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock have
been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Options to purchase an
aggregate of 4,771,802 shares of Common Stock were outstanding as of December 20, 2006. Except as
disclosed in or contemplated by the SEC Documents, the Company does not have outstanding any
options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any
securities or obligations convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, or any contracts or
commitments to issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such options, rights, convertible
securities or obligations other than (i) options granted under the Company’s stock option plans,
(ii) pursuant to the Preferred Stock, (iii) pursuant to warrants exercisable for 2,582,041 shares
of Common Stock as of December 20, 2006 and (iv) pursuant to the Investment and Royalty Agreement,
dated as of March 5, 2003, between the Company and PharmaBio Development Inc. (“PharmaBio”), a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina. The Company’s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), as in effect on the
date hereof, and the Company’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) as in effect on the date hereof, are each
filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents.
2.4 Issuance of Securities. The Notes and Warrants are duly authorized and are free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Notes (“Conversion Shares”) and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares” and, collectively with the Conversion Shares, the
“Shares”) are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the
Warrants, as applicable, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will
not be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of stockholders of the Company.
2.5 No Conflicts; Government Consents and Permits.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the
issuance of the Securities) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of
its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or require the approval of the Company’s stockholders,
(ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default
under, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party or (iii) result in a
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including United States federal
and state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to
which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company, except in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such conflicts, breaches, defaults and violations as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any
filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or any regulatory or self regulatory
agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the Transaction
Documents in accordance with the terms hereof, or to issue and sell the Securities in accordance
with the terms hereof other than such as have been made or obtained, and except for the
registration of the Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 6 hereof, any filings
required to be made under federal or state securities laws, and any required filings or
notifications regarding the issuance or listing of additional shares with Nasdaq.
(c) The Company has all franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for
the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, except for such
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franchise, permit, license or similar authority, the lack of which would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written notice of any
proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such franchise, permit, license or similar
authority except where such revocation or modification would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
2.6 SEC Documents, Financial Statements. The Company has timely filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC since January 1,
2005, pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing filed prior
to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto
and documents (other than exhibits) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred
to herein as the “SEC Documents”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and included, to the
extent required, detailed descriptions of material indebtedness for borrowed money, and, except as
otherwise disclosed therein, none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Financial Statements and the related
notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated
in the Financial Statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes, may be condensed or summary statements or
may otherwise conform to the SEC’s rules and instructions for Reports on Form 10-Q) and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates
thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments).
All material agreements that were required to be filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents under Item
601 of Regulation S-K (collectively, the “Material Agreements”) to which the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company is a party, or the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company are subject, have been filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents. To the Company’s
knowledge, all Material Agreements are valid and enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their respective terms, except (i) as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting
parties’ rights generally, and (ii) as enforceability may be subject to general principles of
equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal
securities laws or public policy underlying such laws. The Company is not in breach of or in
default under any of the Material Agreements and, to the Company’s knowledge, no other party to a
Material Agreement is in breach of or default under such Material Agreement, except in each case,
for such breaches or defaults as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has not received a notice of termination of any of the Material Agreements.
2.7 Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company
has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that are effective in all material respects to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including any consolidated Subsidiaries, that is required to
be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules
and forms, including, without limitation, controls and
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procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal
financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed quarterly or
annual periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company
presented in its most recently filed quarterly or annual periodic report under the Exchange Act the
conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there
have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
identified in connection with such evaluation that occurred during the Company’s last fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
2.8 Accounting Controls. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company maintains a
system of accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for
assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
2.9 Absence of Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization
or body pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company that if determined
adversely to the Company would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the
knowledge of the Company, there has not been and there is not pending any investigation by the SEC
involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Company has
not received any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration
statement filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act and, to the Company’s
knowledge, the SEC has not issued any such order.
2.10 Intellectual Property Rights. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company owns or possesses
licenses or sufficient rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions,
know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade
names and copyrights necessary to enable it to conduct its business in all material respects as
conducted as of the date hereof (the “Intellectual Property”), except for such Intellectual
Property, the inability to use would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s
knowledge, the Company has not infringed the intellectual property rights of third parties and no
third party, to the Company’s knowledge, is infringing the Intellectual Property, in each case,
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in
the SEC Documents, there are no material options, licenses or agreements relating to the
Intellectual Property, nor is the Company bound by or a party to any material options, licenses or
agreements relating to the patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade
secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names or
copyrights of any other person or entity. As of the date hereof, there is no material claim or
action or proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened that challenges the right
of the Company with respect to any Intellectual Property.
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2.11 Placement Agent. The Company has taken no action that would give rise to any claim by
any person for brokerage commissions, placement agent’s fees or similar payments relating to the
Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, except for dealings with the
Placement Agent, whose commissions and fees will be paid by the Company.
2.12 Investment Company. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale
of the Securities, will not be an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Company shall conduct its
business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.
2.13 No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2005, except as described or referred to
in the SEC Documents, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2005, (i)
there has not been any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid
or made by the Company on any class of capital stock (except for the regular quarterly dividend
payable on the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock), (ii) the Company has not sustained
any material loss or interference with the Company’s business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any
action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, and
(iii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities except in the ordinary course of
business and except for liabilities arising from or in connection with the Transaction Documents.
The Company has not taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the
Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor
to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as
of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the
Closing will not be, Insolvent.
2.14 Nasdaq Global Market. The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are listed on
Nasdaq, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no proceedings to revoke or suspend such
listing. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of Nasdaq for
continued listing of the Common Stock thereon and any other Nasdaq listing and maintenance
requirements.
2.15 Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser
with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company
further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company
(or in any similar capacity with respect to the Company) with respect to the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their
respective representatives or agents to the Company in connection with the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to such Purchaser’s purchase of the
Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter
into the Transaction Documents has been based on the independent evaluation of the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
2.16 Accountants. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, who will express their opinion with respect to
the audited financial statements and schedules to be included as a part of the
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Registration Statement prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, are independent
accountants as required by the Securities Act.
2.17 Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes are prudent and customary
for a company (i) in the businesses and location in which the Company is engaged, (ii) with the
resources of the Company and (iii) at a similar stage of development as the Company. The Company
has not received any written notice that the Company will not be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires. The Company believes it will be able to
obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue
its business.
2.18 Foreign Corrupt Practices. Since January 1, 2005, neither the Company, nor to the
Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the
Company has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company (i) used any corporate
funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of in any
material respect any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or
(iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment
to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
2.19 Private Placement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor
any Person acting on its or their behalf, has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of
any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under any circumstances that would
require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
2.20 No Registration Rights. No person has the right to (i) prohibit the Company from filing
the Registration Statement or (ii) other than as disclosed in the SEC Documents, require the
Company to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the
Registration Statement. The granting and performance of the registration rights under this
Agreement will not violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party.
2.21 Taxes. The Company has filed (or has obtained an extension of time within which to file)
all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes
shown as due on such tax returns, except where the failure to so file or the failure to so pay
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.22 Real and Personal Property. The Company has good and marketable title to, or has valid
rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the
business of the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use of such
property by the Company or (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.23 No Manipulation of Stock. The Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or
indirectly any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of the Common Stock or any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
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2.24 Related Party Transactions. Since September 30, 2006, except with respect to the
transactions (i) that are not required to be disclosed and (ii) contemplated hereby to the extent
an affiliate of any director purchases Securities hereunder, all transactions that have occurred
between or among the Company, on the one hand, and any of its officers or directors, or any
affiliate or affiliates of any such officer or director, on the other hand, prior to the date
hereof have been disclosed in the SEC Documents.
2.25 No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their Affiliates,
nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require
registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause this offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act
or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules
and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the
Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their Affiliates nor any
Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence
that would require registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause the
offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
2.26 Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of
directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control
share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights
agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation or the
laws of the jurisdiction of its formation which is or could become applicable to any Purchaser as a
result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including, without
limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Purchaser’s ownership of the
Securities.
2.27 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with any and
all applicable requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date
hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are
effective as of the date hereof.
2.28 Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the Conversion Shares and the
Warrant Shares for resale by the Purchasers using Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE 3
PURCHASER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company, severally and not jointly, with respect
to itself and its purchase hereunder, that:
3.1 Investment Purpose; Status. The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as such term is
defined in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act. The Purchaser is purchasing the Securities for its
own account and not with a present view toward the public sale or distribution thereof and has no
intention of selling or distributing any of such Securities or any arrangement or understanding
with any other persons regarding the sale or distribution of such Securities, except as would not
result in a violation of the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations
herein, such Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any
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minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time
in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities
Act. The Purchaser will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise
dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) any of
the Securities except pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act. The Purchaser
acknowledges that no Securities were offered or sold to it by means of any form of general
solicitation or general advertising.
3.2 Questionnaire. The Investor Questionnaire (the “Investor Questionnaire”) submitted by
Purchaser to the Company in connection with its purchase of the Securities was accurate and correct
when delivered and is accurate and correct as of the date hereof.
3.3 Reliance on Exemptions. The Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered
and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United
States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and
accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the
availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
3.4 Acknowledgement of Risk.
(a) The Purchaser acknowledges and understands that its investment in the Securities involves
a significant degree of risk, including, without limitation, (i) the Company remains a development
stage business with limited operating history and requires substantial funds in addition to the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities; (ii) an investment in the Company is speculative, and
only Purchasers who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in the
Company and the Securities; (iii) the Purchaser may not be able to liquidate its investment; (iv)
transferability of the Securities is extremely limited; (v) in the event of a disposition of the
Securities, the Purchaser could sustain the loss of its entire investment; and (vi) the Company has
not paid any dividends on its Common Stock since January 1, 2001, and does not anticipate the
payment of dividends in the foreseeable future. Such risks are more fully set forth in the SEC
Documents;
(b) The Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Securities for an
indefinite period, and has knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that it
is capable of evaluating the risks of the investment in the Securities; and
(c) The Purchaser has, in connection with the Purchaser’s decision to purchase Securities, not
relied upon any representations or other information (whether oral or written) other than as set
forth in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, and the Purchaser has,
with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement and the offer and sale of the Securities,
relied solely upon the advice of such Purchaser’s own counsel and has not relied upon or consulted
any counsel to the Placement Agent or counsel to the Company.
3.5 Governmental Review. The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state
agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or
endorsement of the Securities or an investment therein.
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3.6 Transfer or Resale.
(a) The Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been and are not being registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws and, consequently, the Purchaser
may have to bear the risk of owning the Securities for an indefinite period of time because the
Securities may not be transferred unless (i) the resale thereof is registered pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or (ii) the Purchaser has delivered to
the Company an opinion of counsel (in form, substance and scope reasonably acceptable to the
Company) to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred
pursuant to an exemption from such registration; and
(b) Neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register the resale of
the Securities or under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms
and conditions of any exemption thereunder; provided it is acknowledged that the Company is
obligated to register the Shares for resale pursuant to Article 6 hereof.
3.7 Legends. The Purchaser understands the certificates representing the Securities will bear
a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, OR UNLESS OFFERED,
SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS. THE COMPANY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS
NOT REQUIRED TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH OPINION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH THE SECURITIES WERE ISSUED.
and, the Notes will additionally bear the following restrictive legend:
THE RIGHT OF THE HOLDER OF THIS CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE TO RECEIVE PAYMENT
HEREUNDER IS SUBJECT AND SUBORDINATED IN PAYMENT TO THE SENIOR DEBT TO THE EXTENT
AND IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF THIS NOTE.
3.8 Authorization; Enforcement. The Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, and has the requisite power and authority
to enter into the Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
The Purchaser has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of the Transaction Documents. Upon the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the
Transaction Documents shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable
in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and
contracting parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general
principles of equity and except as rights to
indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal securities laws or public policy
underlying such laws
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3.9 Residency. The Purchaser is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth
immediately below such Purchaser’s name on the signature pages hereto.
3.10 No Short Sales. Between the time the Purchaser learned about the Offering and the public
announcement of the Offering, the Purchaser has not engaged in any short sales or similar
transactions with respect to the Common Stock, nor has the Purchaser, directly or indirectly,
knowingly caused any Person to engage in any short sales or similar transactions with respect to
the Common Stock.
3.11 Status. The Purchaser is not an “interested stockholder” (as such term is defined in
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) of the Company.
3.12 Rights Agreement. The Purchaser (other than Affiliates of Perry Corp.), its Affiliates
and Associates collectively Beneficially Own (as defined in the Rights Agreement, dated as of March
13, 2002, between the Company and First Union National Bank, as rights agent, as amended), and,
immediately after the Closing will Beneficially Own, less than 15% of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
4.1 Reporting Status. The Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
During the Registration Period, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to timely
file with the SEC all reports required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, and the
Company will not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act
even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.
4.2 Expenses. The Company and each Purchaser is liable for, and each will pay, its own
expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents; provided, that the Company will pay the reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents by the Purchaser identified as the lead investor on Exhibit A hereto.
4.3 Financial Information. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
financial statements of the Company included in any documents filed with the SEC (i) to be prepared
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, consistently
applied (except (x) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, or (y) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include
footnotes, may be condensed or summary statements or may otherwise conform to the SEC’s rules and
instructions for Reports on Form 10-Q), and (ii) to fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and consolidated results of its operations and cash
flows as of, and for the periods covered by, such financial statements (subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments).
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4.4 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. On or before 9:30 a.m., New York local time, on the
first Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release
and, on or before Tuesday, December 26, 2007, shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC,
in each case announcing the signing of this Agreement and describing the terms of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and including as an exhibit to such Current Report on Form 8-K the
material Transaction Documents, in the form required by the Exchange Act (the “8-K Filing”). At
the time of the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any
material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The
Company shall not otherwise publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any
Purchaser in any filing with the SEC (other than the Registration Statement and any exhibits to
filings made in respect of this transaction in accordance with periodic filing requirements under
the Exchange Act) or any regulatory agency, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser,
except to the extent such disclosure is required by law, regulations or the rules of any securities
exchange, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such
disclosure.
4.5 Sales by Purchasers. Each Purchaser will sell any Securities and Shares held by it in
compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, or otherwise in compliance
with the requirements for an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. No Purchaser will make any sale, transfer or other disposition
of the Securities or Shares in violation of federal or state securities laws.
4.6 Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities (i) to
make the payments required pursuant to the Serono Agreement in order to terminate the rights of
Ares Trading SA. (“Ares”) to market, use and sell Crinone in the United States and to repurchase
inventory of Crinone held by Ares, and (ii) otherwise, for working capital and not for the
prepayment (at any time within six months of the Closing) of any other outstanding indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.7 Furnishing of Information. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, the Company
covenants to use reasonable commercial efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect
thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is
not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company will use reasonable
commercial efforts to prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in
accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the
Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will use reasonable commercial
efforts to take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule
144.
4.8 Reservation of Shares. So long as any Purchaser owns any Securities, the Company shall
take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of
issuance, no less than 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (i) as Conversion
Shares upon conversion of the Notes then outstanding and (ii) as Warrant Shares upon exercise of
the Warrants then outstanding (without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the
Notes or exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Notes and Warrants, respectively).
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4.9 Pledge of Securities. The Company will not object if the Securities are pledged by a
Holder in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that
is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale
or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Holder effecting a pledge of Securities shall be
required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the
Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without
limitation, Section 3.6 hereof; provided that a Holder and its pledgee shall be required to comply
with the provisions of Section 3.6 hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of
Securities to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as
a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with an acknowledgement of a
pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by a Holder.
4.10 Register; Transfer Agent Instructions.
(a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such
other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities),
a register for the Notes and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of
the Person in whose name the Notes and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and
address of each transferee), the principal amount of Notes held by such Person and the number of
Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all
times during business hours for inspection of any Purchaser or its legal representatives.
(b) Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to
its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to
the applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in the name of
each Purchaser or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares
issued at the Closing or upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in such amounts
as specified from time to time by each Purchaser to the Company upon conversion of the Notes or
exercise of the Warrants in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions”). The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions referred to in this Section 4.10(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to
Section 3.6(a) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Securities
shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent
provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Purchaser effects a sale,
assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 3.6(a), the Company shall
permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more
certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such
denominations as specified by such Purchaser to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the
event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold,
assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144,
the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Purchaser, assignee or transferee, as the
case may be, without any restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its
obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Purchaser. Accordingly, the Company
acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 4.10(b) will
be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the
provisions of this Section 4.10(b), that a Purchaser shall be entitled, in addition to all other
available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate
issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or
other security being required.
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4.11 Certain Approvals with Respect to Perry Purchaser. If the Purchaser is a Perry Purchaser,
the provisions of this Section 4.11(d) shall apply.
(a) Reference is made to that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2002, between
the Company and First Union National Bank, as rights agent (the “Rights Agreement”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined in this Section 4.11 shall have the meanings given to them in the Rights
Agreement.
(b) Perry Corp., a New York corporation (the “Perry Purchaser”), hereby represents and
warrants to the Company that, immediately prior to the Closing, it, its Affiliates and Associates
do not Beneficially Own more than 19.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(c) The Company hereby waives, for purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
only, any restriction imposed on the Perry Purchaser under the Standstill Agreement that would
prohibit the Perry Purchaser from acquiring the Shares hereunder.
(d) The Company hereby represents and warrants and the Perry Purchaser acknowledges that (i)
the board of directors of the Company has approved for purposes of clause (ii) (A) of the first
proviso of the definition of “Acquiring Person” in the Rights Agreement, the Perry Purchaser,
together with its Affiliates and Associates, becoming the Beneficial Owner, in the aggregate, of up
to, but no more than, an aggregate of 27% of the outstanding Voting Stock, subject to the Perry
Purchaser and its Affiliates and Associates, as of the date hereof, being eligible to report
Beneficial Ownership of all such stock on Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act and not, as of the
date hereof, being required to report such ownership on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act and
(ii) the board of directors of the Company has approved the transaction for purposes of Section 203
of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE 5
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
5.1 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The Company’s obligation to complete the
purchase and sale of the Securities and deliver such Notes and Warrants to each Purchaser is
subject to the fulfillment or waiver as of the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Receipt of Funds. The Company shall have received immediately available funds in
the full amount of the purchase price for the Securities being purchased hereunder as set forth
opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A hereto.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by each
Purchaser in Article 3 which are qualified as to materiality must be true and correct as written
and the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained in this Agreement which are not
qualified as to materiality must be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing
Date except to the extent that the representations and warranties relate to an earlier date in
which case the representations and warranties must be true and correct as written or true and
correct in all material respects, as the case may be, as of the earlier date.
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(c) Covenants. All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement
to be performed by the Purchasers on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed or
complied with in all material respects.
(d) Blue Sky. The Company shall have obtained all necessary blue sky law permits and
qualifications, or secured exemptions therefrom, required by any state for the offer and sale of
the Securities.
(e) Nasdaq Qualification. The Shares to be issued shall be duly authorized for
listing by Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance, to the extent required by the rules of
Nasdaq.
(f) Absence of Litigation. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter, prevent or materially delay the
Closing, shall have been instituted or be pending before any court, arbitrator, governmental body,
agency or official.
(g) No Governmental Prohibition. The sale of the Securities by the Company shall not
be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation.
(h) Minimum Aggregate Investment. The Company shall have received at the Closing at
least $40 million of aggregate proceeds from the sale of Securities hereunder.
(i) Acquisition of Crinone. The transactions contemplated by the Serono Agreement
shall have been consummated at or prior to the Closing.
(j) PharmaBio Consent. PharmaBio shall have consented to the issuance of the
Securities on the terms set forth herein at or prior to the Closing.
5.2 Conditions to Purchasers’ Obligations at the Closing. Each Purchaser’s obligation to
complete the purchase and sale of the Securities is subject to the fulfillment or waiver as of the
Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the
Company in Article 2 which are qualified as to materiality must be true and correct as written and
the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement which are not
qualified as to materiality must be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing
Date except to the extent that the representations and warranties relate to an earlier date in
which case the representations and warranties must be true and correct as written or true and
correct in all material respects, as the case may be, as of the earlier date.
(b) Covenants. All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement
to be performed by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed or
complied with in all material respects.
(c) Blue Sky. The Company shall have obtained all necessary blue sky law permits and
qualifications, or secured exemptions therefrom, required by any state or foreign or other
jurisdiction for the offer and sale of the Securities.
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(d) Legal Opinion. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser an opinion,
dated as of the Closing Date, from Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company, in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D hereto.
(e) Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a
copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit E hereto, which
instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer
agent.
(f) Nasdaq Qualification. The Shares shall be duly authorized for listing by Nasdaq,
subject to official notice of issuance, to the extent required by the rules of Nasdaq.
(g) Absence of Litigation. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter, prevent or materially delay the
Closing, shall have been instituted or be pending before any court, arbitrator, governmental body,
agency or official.
(h) Acquisition of Crinone. The transactions contemplated by the Serono Agreement
shall have been consummated at or prior to the Closing.
(i) PharmaBio Consent. PharmaBio shall have consented to the issuance of the
Securities on the terms set forth herein at or prior to the Closing.
(j) No Governmental Prohibition. The sale of the Securities by the Company shall not
be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation.
ARTICLE 6
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
6.1 The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file, as soon as reasonably
practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Date”), a
registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC covering the resale of the
Registrable Securities, and effect the registration, qualifications or compliances (including,
without limitation, the execution of any required undertaking to file post-effective amendments,
appropriate qualifications or exemptions under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws
and appropriate compliance with applicable securities laws, requirements or regulations) of the
Shares as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the
Effectiveness Deadline. The Registration Statement will be on Form S-3; provided, that if Form S-3
is not available for use by the Company on the Filing Date, then the Registration Statement will be
on such form as is then available.
6.2 All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration, qualification,
exemption or compliance pursuant to Section 6.1 shall be borne by the Company. All Selling
Expenses relating to the sale of securities registered by or on behalf of Holders shall be borne by
such Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of securities so registered.
6.3 In the event the number of shares available under a Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 6.1 is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by
such Registration Statement, the Company shall amend the applicable Registration Statement, or file
a new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if
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applicable), or both, so as to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the
trading day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration
Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen days after
the necessity therefor arises. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following
the filing thereof. For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under
a Registration Statement shall be deemed “insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities”
if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock available for resale under the Registration
Statement is less than the product determined by multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount
as of such time by (ii) 0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence shall be made
without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Notes or the exercise of the Warrants
and such calculation shall assume that the Notes are then convertible for shares of Common Stock at
the then prevailing Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) and that the Warrants are then
exercisable for shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Exercise Price (as defined in the
Warrants).
6.4 The Company further agrees that, in the event that the Registration Statement (i) has not
been filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Date, (ii) has not been declared effective by the
SEC on or before the Effectiveness Deadline, or (iii) after the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the SEC, is suspended by the Company or ceases to remain continuously effective during
the Registration Period as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective,
other than, in each case, within the time period(s) permitted by Section 6.8(b) (each such event
referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), (a “Registration Default”)), for all or part of any
thirty-day period (a “Non-Liquidity Payment Period”) during which the Registration Default remains
uncured (which initial thirty-day period shall commence on the fifth Business Day after the date of
such Registration Default if such Registration Default has not been cured by such date), the
Company shall pay to each Purchaser 1% of such Purchaser’s aggregate Purchase Price of his or her
Securities for each Non-Liquidity Payment Period during which the Registration Default remains
uncured; provided, however, that if a Purchaser fails to provide the Company with any information
that is required to be provided in the Registration Statement with respect to such Purchaser as set
forth herein, then the commencement of the Non-Liquidity Payment Period described above shall be
extended until two Business Days following the date of receipt by the Company of such required
information; and provided, further, that in no event shall the Company be required hereunder to pay
to any Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement an aggregate amount that exceeds 8% of the aggregate
Purchase Price paid by such Purchaser for such Purchaser’s Securities. The Company shall deliver
said cash payment to the Purchaser by the fifth Business Day after the end of such Non-Liquidity
Payment Period. If the Company fails to pay said cash payment to the Purchasers in full by the
fifth Business Day after the end of such Non-Liquidity Payment Period, the Company will pay
interest thereon at a rate of 10.0% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to
be paid by applicable law) to the Purchasers, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages
are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The provisions of
this Section 6.4 are the Purchasers’ exclusive remedy for any Registration Default.
6.5 In the case of the registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effected by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform each Holder
as to the status of such registration, qualification, exemption and compliance. At its expense,
during the Registration Period, the Company shall:
(a) except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the
prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, use commercially reasonable
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efforts to keep such registration, and any qualification, exemption or compliance under state
securities laws which the Company determines to obtain, continuously effective with respect to a
Holder, and to keep such Registration Statement free of any material misstatements or omissions,
until the earlier of the following: (i) the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date or (ii) the date
all Shares held by such Holder may be sold under Rule 144 during any 90 day period. The period of
time during which the Company is required hereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective is
referred to herein as the “Registration Period.”
(b) advise the Holders within three Business Days:
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC
and
when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement or
the prospectus included therein;
(iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the
qualification of the Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in the
Registration
Statement or the prospectus so that, as of such date, the Registration Statement and the
prospectus, as applicable, do not contain an untrue statement of material fact, and do not omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in
the case of the prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading;
(c) The Company shall notify each Holder in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly
as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in
a Registration Statement, as then in effect, 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 promptly
prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement
or omission, and deliver ten copies of such supplement or amendment to each Holder (or such other
number of copies as such Holder may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify
each Holder in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has
become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to each Holder by facsimile
or e-mail on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the
SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related
information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to
a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
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(d) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;
(e) if a Holder so requests in writing, promptly furnish to each such Holder, without charge,
at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and, if explicitly requested, all exhibits in the
form filed with the SEC (other than those exhibits available via XXXXX);
(f) during the Registration Period, promptly deliver to each such Holder, without charge, as
many copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request in writing; and the Company consents to
the use, consistent with the provisions hereof, of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering
and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto;
(g) during the Registration Period, if a Holder so requests in writing, deliver to each
Holder, without charge, (i) one copy of the following documents, other than those documents
available via XXXXX: (A) its annual report to its stockholders, if any (which annual report shall
contain financial statements audited in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States of America by an independent registered public accounting firm of recognized
standing), (B) if not included in substance in its annual report to stockholders, its annual report
on Form 10-K (or similar form), (C) its definitive proxy statement with respect to its annual
meeting of stockholders, (D) each of its quarterly report(s) on Form 10-Q (or similar form), and
(E) a copy of the full Registration Statement (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits);
and (ii) if explicitly requested, all exhibits excluded by the parenthetical to the immediately
preceding clause (E);
(h) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement, promptly take such actions as may be necessary to register or qualify or obtain an
exemption for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such United States
jurisdictions as any such Holders reasonably request in writing, provided that the Company shall
not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to transact business as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general service of
process in any such jurisdiction, and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement;
(i) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 6.5(b)(v) or 6.5(c) above, except
for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming
part of the Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to as
soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or
a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(j) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all material respects with all
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC which could affect the sale of the Registrable
Securities;
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(k) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on
each securities exchange or market, if any, on which equity securities issued by the Company have
been listed;
(l) use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the
registration of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby and to enable the Holders to sell
Registrable Securities under Rule 144; and
(m) if requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a
transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free of all
restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as any such Holders may request; and
(n) if a Holder so requests in writing, permit a single counsel for the Purchasers designated
by Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to review the Registration Statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto, within two Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the
SEC;
provided that, in the case of clause (n) above, the Company shall not be required (A) to delay the
filing of the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto to incorporate any
comments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto by or on behalf of a
Holder if such comments would require or result in a delay in the filing of such Registration
Statement, amendment or supplement, as the case may be, or (B) to provide, and shall not provide,
any Purchaser or its representatives with material, non-public information unless such Purchaser
agrees to receive such information and enters into a written confidentiality agreement with the
Company in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company.
6.6 The Holders shall have no right to take any action to restrain, enjoin or otherwise delay
any registration pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof as a result of any controversy that may arise with
respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement.
6.7 (a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each Holder and each
person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect
to which any registration that has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, against all claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing
incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 6.7(c)
below), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereof, or
based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in case of any prospectus, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made), or any violation by the Company of any rule or
regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or
any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, and will reimburse each Holder and each person controlling such Holder, for reasonable
legal and other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as incurred; provided that the Company
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue statement or omission or
allegation thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for use in preparation of such Registration
Statement, prospectus,
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amendment or supplement; provided further that the Company will not be liable in any such case
where the claim, loss, damage or liability arises out of or is related to the failure of such
Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement respecting sales of
Registrable Securities, and except that the foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the
condition that, insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in the preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the
amended prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective or
in the amended prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) or in the prospectus subject
to completion under Rule 424 of the Securities Act, which together meet the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act (the “Final Prospectus”), such indemnity shall not inure to the benefit
of any such Holder or any such controlling person, if a copy of the Final Prospectus furnished by
the Company to the Holder for delivery was not furnished to the person or entity asserting the
loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the
Securities Act and the Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss,
liability, claim or damage.
(b) Each Holder will severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, each of its directors
and officers, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or
threatened (subject to Section 6.8(c) below), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or
alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereof, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading (in case of any prospectus, in light of the circumstances in which they were made),
and will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers, and each person controlling the
Company for reasonable legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as incurred, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or allegation
thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of the Holder specifically for use in preparation of the Registration
Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder’s
aggregate liability pursuant to this subsection (b) and subsection (d) shall be limited to the net
amount received by the Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 6.8 (the “Indemnified Party”)
shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”)
promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may
be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party (at its expense) to assume the defense of any
such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party,
who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified
Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may
participate in such defense at such Indemnified Party’s expense, and provided further that the
failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such failure is
materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without
its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld). No Indemnifying Party, in
its defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified
Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
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settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant
or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or
litigation.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.8 is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified
Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the
Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
6.8 (a) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening
of any event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to a prospectus relating to
Registrable Securities so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders, such prospectus shall not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, each Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement
and prospectus contemplated by Section 6.1 until its receipt of copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus from the Company and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder shall deliver
to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of
the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company shall notify
the Holders participating in a registration that the Board of Directors of the Company has made the
good faith determination (i) that continued use by such Holders of the Registration Statement for
purposes of effecting offers or sales of Shares pursuant thereto would require, under the
Securities Act, premature disclosure in the Registration Statement (or the prospectus relating
thereto) of material, nonpublic information concerning the Company, its business or prospects or
any proposed material transaction involving the Company, (ii) that such premature disclosure would
be materially adverse to the Company, its business or prospects or any such proposed material
transaction or would make the successful consummation by the Company of any such material
transaction significantly less likely and (iii) that it is therefore desirable to suspend the use
by such Holders of such Registration Statement (and the prospectus relating thereto) for purposes
of effecting offers or sales of Shares pursuant thereto, then the right of such Holders to use the
Registration Statement (and the prospectus relating thereto) for purposes of effecting offers or
sales of Shares pursuant thereto shall be suspended. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall not under any circumstances be entitled to exercise its right to suspend the use of the
Registration Statement on more than three occasions during any 12-month period or for more than 20
days per such occasion. Each Holder hereby covenants and agrees that it will not sell any Shares
pursuant to the Registration Statement during the periods the Registration Statement is withdrawn
or the ability to sell thereunder is suspended as set forth in this Section 6.9(b).
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(c) As a condition to the inclusion of its Registrable Securities, each Holder shall furnish
to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution proposed by such Holder
as the Company may reasonably request in writing, including completing an Investor Questionnaire in
the form provided by the Company, or as shall be required in connection with any registration
referred to in this Article 6.
(d) Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement are not transferable on the books of the Company unless the stock
certificate submitted to the transfer agent evidencing such Registrable Securities is accompanied
by a certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that (i) the Registrable
Securities have been sold in accordance with such Registration Statement and (ii) the requirement
of delivering a current prospectus has been satisfied.
(e) Each Holder agrees not to take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to be
made pursuant to such Registration Statement which would constitute a violation of Regulation M
under the Exchange Act or any other applicable rule, regulation or law.
(f) At the end of the Registration Period the Holders shall discontinue sales of shares
pursuant to such Registration Statement upon receipt of notice from the Company of its intention to
remove from registration the shares covered by such Registration Statement which remain unsold, and
such Holders shall notify the Company of the number of shares registered which remain unsold
immediately upon receipt of such notice from the Company.
6.9 With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of certain rules and
regulations of the SEC which at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the
public without registration, so long as the Holders still own Registrable Securities, the Company
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Exchange Act; and
(c) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to such Holder, upon any
reasonable request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, and of the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of
the Company, and such other reports and documents of the Company as such Holder may reasonably
request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing a Holder to sell any such
securities without registration.
6.10 The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities granted to the Holders
by the Company under Section 6.1 may be assigned by a Holder in connection with a transfer by such
Holder of all or a portion of its Registrable Securities, provided, however, that such transfer
must be made at least three Business Days prior to the Filing Date and that (i) such transfer must
otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (ii) such Holder gives prior
written notice to the Company at least three Business Days prior to the Filing Date; and (iii) such
transferee agrees in writing to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, has
provided the Company with a completed Investor Questionnaire in such form as is reasonably
requested by the Company, and such transfer is otherwise in compliance with this Agreement.
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6.11 The rights of the Holders under any provision of this Article 6 may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or prospectively and either for a
specified period of time or indefinitely) or amended by an instrument in writing signed by Holders
of at least a majority of the number of Registrable Securities; provided, that any rights of the
Holders relating to payment obligations of the Company may only be waived or amended by an
instrument in writing signed by all Holders.
ARTICLE 7
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person (as defined below), any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person (for the
purposes of this definition “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean
the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).
“Business Day” means a day Monday through Friday on which banks are generally open for
business in New York City.
“Bylaws” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Certificate of Incorporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
“Company” means Columbia Laboratories, Inc.
“Effectiveness Deadline” means the earlier of (i) the date which is 120 calendar days after
the Closing Date and (ii) the date which is five Business Days from the date the Company receives
written notice from the SEC that no review of the Registration Statement will be made by the staff
of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments to the Registration Statement, as the case may
be.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Filing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Final Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(a).
“Financial Statements” means the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC
Documents.
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“Holder” means any Purchaser for so long as such Purchaser holds Registrable Securities, or
any person to whom the rights under Article 6 have been transferred in accordance with Section 6.9
hereof.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(c).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(c).
“Insolvent” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the present fair saleable value of such
Person’s assets is less than the amount required to pay such Person’s total Indebtedness, (b) such
Person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such
debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) such Person intends to incur or believes
that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (d) such
Person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as
such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets,
operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby and the other
Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection
herewith or therewith or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under the Transaction Documents.
“Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Global Market or any successor thereto.
“Non-Liquidity Payment Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
“Offering” means the private placement of the Company’s Securities contemplated by this
Agreement.
“Person” means any person, individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
trust or other nongovernmental entity or any governmental agency, court, authority or other body
(whether foreign, federal, state, local or otherwise).
“PharmaBio” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Placement Agent” means Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLC.
“Purchasers” mean the Purchasers whose names are set forth on the signature pages of this
Agreement, and their permitted transferees.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to the registration effected by
preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the
declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
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“Registrable Securities” means the Shares and any capital stock of the Company issued or
issuable with respect to the Notes, the Shares or the Warrants as a result of any split, dividend,
recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on
conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that securities shall only
be treated as Registrable Securities if and only for so long as they (A) have not been disposed of
pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the SEC, (B) have not been sold in a
transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act
so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are removed upon the
consummation of such sale or (C) are held by a Holder or a permitted transferee pursuant to Section
6.10.
“Registration Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“Registration Expenses” means all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Section
6.1 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees,
printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and expenses of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and
expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration
(but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the fees of legal counsel for any Holder).
“Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).
“Required Registration Amount” means 100% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion
Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Notes as of the trading day immediately preceding
the applicable date of determination and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issued and
issuable pursuant to the Warrants as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date
of determination, (without regard to any limitation on conversion of the Notes or exercise of the
Warrants).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, or any successor rule.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
“Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, or any similar successor statute.
“Selling Expenses” means all selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable
Securities and all fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder.
“Serono Agreement” means the Agreement, dated the date hereof, by and among Ares Trading S.A.,
Serono, Inc., the Company and Columbia Laboratories (Bermuda), Ltd.
“Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
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“Subsidiary” of any person shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture or other legal entity of which such Person (either above or through or together with
any other subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other equity
interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of
directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity.
“Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
ARTICLE 8
GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. This Agreement will be governed by and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles
of conflict of laws. 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 WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
8.2 Counterparts; Signatures by Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which are considered one and the same agreement and will become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other parties. This Agreement,
once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other parties hereto by facsimile transmission of
a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
8.3 Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not
part of this Agreement and do not affect its interpretation.
8.4 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any
applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision will be deemed modified in order to conform
with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof that may prove invalid or unenforceable
under any law will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
8.5 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits
hereto) constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those
set forth or referred to herein or therein. This Agreement supersedes all prior
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agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement and any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and Purchasers holding a majority of the
Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 8.5 shall
be binding upon each holder of any Securities purchased under this Agreement at the time
outstanding (including securities into which such Securities are convertible and for which such
Securities are exercisable), each future holder of all such securities, and the Company.
8.6 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by
confirmed email, telex or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not,
then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one business day after deposit with a
nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of
receipt. The addresses for such communications are:
If to the Company: | Columbia Laboratories, Inc. | |||
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 | ||||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attention: General Counsel | ||||
With a copy to: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP | |||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||||
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq. |
If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth immediately below such Purchaser’s name on the
signature pages hereto. Each party will provide ten days’ advance written notice to the other
parties of any change in its address.
8.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the
parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company will not assign this Agreement or
any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchasers, and no
Purchaser may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Company, except as permitted in accordance with Section 6.9 hereof.
8.8 Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties
hereto, their respective permitted successors and assigns and the Placement Agent, and is not for
the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.
8.9 Further Assurances. Each party will do and perform, or cause to be done and performed,
all such further acts and things, and will execute and deliver all other agreements, certificates,
instruments and documents, as another 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.
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8.10 No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement is 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.
8.11 Equitable Relief. The Company recognizes that, if it fails to perform or discharge any
of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the
Purchasers. The Company therefore agrees that the Purchasers are entitled to seek temporary and
permanent injunctive relief in any such case. Each Purchaser also recognizes that, if it fails to
perform or discharge any of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be
inadequate relief to the Company. Each Purchaser therefore agrees that the Company is entitled to
seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case
8.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties. Notwithstanding any investigation made by
any party to this Agreement, all representations and warranties made by the Company and the
Purchasers herein shall survive for a period of three years following the date hereof, except for
Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.11 and 2.19 which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing
until the lapse of the statute of limitations.
8.13 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of the
Purchaser under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are several and not joint with
the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document. Nothing contained herein and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be
deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other
kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as
a group, or are deemed affiliates (as such term is defined under the Exchange Act) with respect to
such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional
party in any proceeding for such purpose.
[Signature Page Follows]
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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned Purchasers and the Company have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
COLUMBIA LABORATORIES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
Securities Purchase Agreement
Signature Page
Signature Page
Purchaser | ||||
14159, L.P. | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | 14159 Capital, L.P., (General Partner) | |||
By: | 14159 Capital (GP), LLC, (General Partner) | |||
By: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Managing Member | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, 00xx Xxxxx | |||
Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Securities Purchase Agreement
Signature Page
Signature Page
Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxx Brothers Life Sciences, L.P. | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | ||||
Bakers Brothers Life Sciences Capital, L.P., (General Partner) | ||||
By: | ||||
Bakers Brothers Life Sciences Capital (GP), LLC, (General Partner) |
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By: | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Ph.D., Managing Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, 00xx Xxxxx | |||
Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Securities Purchase Agreement
Signature Page
Signature Page
Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxx Biotech Fund I, L.P. | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | Bakers Biotech Capital, L.P., (General Partner) | |||
By: | Bakers Biotech Capital (GP), LLC, (General Partner) | |||
By | Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Managing Member | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, 00xx Xxxxx | |||
Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Securities Purchase Agreement
Signature Page
Signature Page
Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxx/Xxxxx Investments, L.P. | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | Bakers/Tisch Capital, L.P., (General Partner) | |||
By: | Bakers/Tisch Capital (GP), LLC, (General Partner) | |||
By: | Xxxxx Xxxxx, Ph.D., Managing Member | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, 00xx Xxxxx | |||
Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Securities Purchase Agreement
Signature Page
Signature Page
Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxxx Family Partners II | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, General Partner | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx. Xx. | |||
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
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Xxxxx Partner, LP | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, General Partner | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
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Matterhorn Offshore Fund, Ltd. | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, President | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Dorset Management
Corp. Investment Advisor |
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Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
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Shoshone Partners, LP | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, President | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Dorset Management Corp. | ||||
Investment Advisor | ||||
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
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Finderne, LLC | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, President | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Dorset Management Corp. | ||||
Investment Advisor | ||||
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
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CommonFund Hedged Equity Company | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, President | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Dorset Management Corp. | ||||
Investment Advisor | ||||
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
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Purchaser | ||||
Mulsanne Partners, LP | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, President | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Dorset Management Corp. | ||||
Investment Advisor | ||||
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
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Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ X. X. Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
X. X. Xxxxx | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
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Xxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxx Xxxxx | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xx | |||
Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
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Xxxxx 88 Partners | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxx Xxxxx, Partner | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
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Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxx 98 Partners | ||||
(investor name) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxx Xxxxx, Partner | ||||
(print name and title) |
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Address: | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
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Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxxxxx Family Trust dtd 51593 | ||||
(investor name) | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, ttee | ||||
(print name and title) | ||||
Address: | c/o Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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The Ascend Fund | ||||
(investor name) | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, General Partner | ||||
(print name and title) | ||||
Address: | 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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Xxxxxxxx 1997 CRT | ||||
(investor name) | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, ttee | ||||
(print name and title) | ||||
Address: | 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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Purchaser | ||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Trust | ||||
(investor name) | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, ttee | ||||
(print name and title) | ||||
Address: | 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xx. |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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Perry Partners International Inc. | ||||||
(investor name) | ||||||
By: | Perry Corp., Investment Manager of Perry Partners International Inc. | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||||
(signature) | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, General Counsel | ||||||
(print name and title) | ||||||
Address: | 000 0xx Xxx., 00xx Xxxxx |
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Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000 |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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Perry Commitment Fund L.P. | ||||||
(investor name) | ||||||
By: | Perry Commitment Associates L.L.C., General Partner of Perry Commitment Fund L.P. | |||||
By: | Perry Corp., Managing Member of Perry Commitment Associates L.L.C. | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||||
(signature) | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, General Counsel | ||||||
(print name and title) | ||||||
Address: | 000 0xx Xxx., 00xx Xxxxx |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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Perry Commitment Master Fund L.P. | ||||||
(investor name) | ||||||
By: | Perry Commitment International Associates L.L.C., General Partner of Perry Commitment Master Fund L.P. | |||||
By: | Perry Corp., Managing Member of Perry Commitment Associates L.L.C. | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||||
(signature) | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, General Counsel | ||||||
(print name and title) | ||||||
Address: | 000 0xx Xxx., 00xx Xxxxx |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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Perry Partners L.P. | ||||||
(investor name) | ||||||
By: | Perry Corp., General Partner of Perry Partners L.P. | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||||
(signature) | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, General Counsel | ||||||
(print name and title) | ||||||
Address: | 000 0xx Xxx., 00xx Xxxxx |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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HighBridge International LLC | ||||
(investor name) | ||||
By: HighBridge Capital Management, LLC | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Chill | ||||
(signature) | ||||
Xxxx X. Chill, Managing Director | ||||
(print name and title) | ||||
Address: | c/o Highbridge Capital Management, LLC |
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Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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Attn: Xxx X Xxxxxx / Xxxx X. Chill |
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EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS
Aggregate Principal | Aggregate Purchase | |||||||||||
Purchaser | Amount of Notes | Warrants | Price | |||||||||
14159, L.P. |
$ | 140,000.00 | 8,000.00 | $ | 140,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx Brothers Life Sciences, L.P. |
$ | 4,256,000.00 | 243,200.00 | $ | 4,256,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx Biotech Fund I, L.P. |
$ | 719,000.00 | 41,085.71 | $ | 719,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx Biotech Fund I, L.P. |
$ | 805,000.00 | 46,000.00 | $ | 805,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx/Xxxxx Investments, L.P. |
$ | 38,000.00 | 2,171.43 | $ | 38,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx/Tisch Investments, L.P. |
$ | 42,000.00 | 2,400.00 | $ | 42,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxxx Family Partners II |
$ | 2,000,000.00 | 114,285.71 | $ | 2,000,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx Partners, LP |
$ | 136,000.00 | 7,771.43 | $ | 136,000.00 | |||||||
Matterhorn Offshore Fund, Ltd. |
$ | 3,940,000.00 | 225,142.86 | $ | 3,940,000.00 | |||||||
Shoshone Partners, LP |
$ | 158,000.00 | 9,028.57 | $ | 158,000.00 | |||||||
Finderne, LLC |
$ | 628,000.00 | 35,885.71 | $ | 628,000.00 | |||||||
CommonFund Hedged Equity Company |
$ | 55,000.00 | 3,142.86 | $ | 55,000.00 | |||||||
Mulsanne Partners, LP |
$ | 83,000.00 | 4,742.86 | $ | 83,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx |
$ | 100,000.00 | 5,714.29 | $ | 100,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxx & Xxxx Xxxxx |
$ | 100,000.00 | 5,714.29 | $ | 100,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx 88 Partners |
$ | 30,000.00 | 1,714.29 | $ | 30,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxx 98 Partners |
$ | 40,000.00 | 2,285.71 | $ | 40,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxxxxx Family Trust dtd 51593 |
$ | 700,000.00 | 40,000.00 | $ | 700,000.00 | |||||||
The Ascend Fund |
$ | 1,500,000.00 | 85,714.29 | $ | 1,500,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxxxxx 1997 CRT |
$ | 430,000.00 | 24,571.43 | $ | 430,000.00 | |||||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Trust |
$ | 100,000.00 | 5,714.29 | $ | 100,000.00 | |||||||
Perry Partners International Inc. |
$ | 10,399,903.50 | 594,280.20 | $ | 10,399,903.50 | |||||||
Perry Commitment Fund L.P. |
$ | 825,998.25 | 47,199.90 | $ | 825,998.25 | |||||||
Perry Commitment Master Fund L.P. |
$ | 2,016,000.00 | 115,200.00 | $ | 2,016,000.00 | |||||||
Perry Partners L.P. |
$ | 4,758,096.00 | 271,891.20 | $ | 4,758,096.00 | |||||||
Highbridge International LLC |
$ | 6,000,000.00 | 342,857.14 | $ | 6,000,000.00 | |||||||
Total |
$ | 39,999,997.75 | 2,285,714.16 | $ | 39,999,997.75 |
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTE
FORM OF NOTE
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF WARRANT
FORM OF WARRANT
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS
FORM OF TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS