UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 1 to

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2015

 

 

BG Medicine, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

001-33827

(Commission

File Number)

 

Delaware   04-3506204

(State or Other Jurisdiction

Of Incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

880 Winter Street, Suite 210, Waltham, Massachusetts   02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 890-1199

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K (the “Amendment”) amends, restates and supersedes in its entirety the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by BG Medicine, Inc. on May 12, 2015. This Amendment is being filed to update the description of the voting rights of the Series A Preferred Stock (defined below), to file an updated Certificate of Designations (defined below) as Exhibit 3.1 hereto to reflect the revised voting rights of the Series A Preferred Stock for compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5640, and to clarify certain other disclosures set forth in Item 1.01 below.

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Abbott Amendment

On December 23, 2014, the FDA granted 510(k) clearance for Abbott Laboratories’ (Abbott) ARCHITECT® Galectin-3 assay, the first FDA cleared automated blood test for Galectin-3. On May 8, 2015, in anticipation of the U.S. market launch of the Abbott Laboratories’ (Abbott) ARCHITECT® Galectin-3 assay, BG Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “BG Medicine”), amended its license and development agreement with Abbott. As Abbott takes the final steps toward making the assay available in the U.S., the Company and Abbott amended the agreement due to market dynamic considerations since the Galectin-3 assay first began development in 2009.

Series A Preferred Stock Financing with Flagship

On May 12, 2015, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Company’s principal stockholders, Applied Genomic Technology Capital Fund, L.P., AGTC Advisors Fund, L.P. and Flagship Ventures Fund 2007, L.P. (the “Purchasers”), which are affiliates of the Company’s directors, Noubar B. Afeyan, Ph.D. and Harry W. Wilcox. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold to the Purchasers secured convertible promissory notes in aggregate principal amount of $500,000 (the “Notes”). In addition and pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, and subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2015 Annual Meeting”) and the satisfaction or waiver of other closing conditions, the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Purchasers $2,000,000 of shares of newly created Series A Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of the Company at the second closing to be held following the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting (the “Second Closing”). The Notes and Series A Preferred Stock will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The issuance of the Notes and the Series A Preferred Stock are collectively referred to herein as the “Financing.”

Secured Convertible Promissory Notes and Related Agreements

Subject to the approval of the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock by the Company’s stockholders at the 2015 Annual Meeting, at the Second Closing the Notes will be automatically converted pursuant to their terms into that number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the principal amount of the Notes plus all accrued but unpaid interest thereon divided by the Purchase Price (defined below) of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Notes will not be convertible into shares of Series A Preferred Stock unless and until the Company’s stockholders approve the issuance of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Second Closing is consummated. If the Notes have not been repaid or converted prior to the earlier of September 30, 2015 and the date the Company terminates the Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company will be obligated to repay the outstanding principal amount of the Notes plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon. In the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Notes), the holders of the Notes will be entitled to the payment of a premium equal to two times the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, in addition to the payment of principal and accrued but unpaid interest thereon prior to any payments to holders of the common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.

Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement and the issuance of the Notes by the Company to the Purchasers, the Company and the Purchasers entered into a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), dated May 12, 2015, pursuant to which the Company granted to the Purchasers a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than the Company’s intellectual property, to secure the Company’s obligations under the Notes. Pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement, the Company’s intellectual property will become subject to the security interest granted by the Company to the Purchasers upon repayment of all amounts owed under that certain Loan and Security Agreement by and among the Company, General Electric Capital Corporation (“GECC”) as Agent, the Lenders and the Guarantors dated as of February 10, 2012, as amended (“the “GECC Agreement”). Pursuant to a Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement by and among the Company, the Purchasers and GECC, dated May 12, 2015, entered into contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, the Company’s payment obligations under the Notes are subordinated to the Company’s payment obligations under the GECC Agreement and the security interest granted by the Company to the Purchasers to secure the Company’s obligations under the Notes is subordinated to the security interest granted by the Company to GECC to secure the Company’s obligations under the GECC Agreement. In connection with the entry into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and GECC amended the GECC Agreement (the “GECC Amendment”), dated May 12, 2015, to, among other things, permit the Company to enter into the Purchase Agreement and related agreements.

 

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Series A Preferred Stock, Certificate of Designations and Investor Rights Agreement

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed that the price per share at which the Series A Preferred Stock will be sold at the Second Closing will be the lesser of (a) 85% of the arithmetic average of the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock on each of the ten trading days immediately preceding the date of the Second Closing and (b) $0.67 per share (subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock split or similar adjustment affecting the Common Stock) (the “Purchase Price”).

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock will have the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in a certificate of designations to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as currently in effect, that will be filed by the Company prior to the issuance of the shares (the “Certificate of Designations”), which are summarized as follows:

Ranking: the Series A Preferred Stock will rank senior in preference and priority to the Common Stock and each other class or series of capital stock of the Company, except for any class or series of capital stock issued in compliance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations.

Dividends: the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends under Delaware law, cumulative dividends that accrue daily at an annual rate of 8%, compounded and payable quarterly in cash or in additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the election of each holder. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock will also be entitled to participate in cash dividends and in-kind distributions made on shares of Common Stock.

Liquidation Preference: Upon liquidation, including deemed liquidations pursuant to a merger, consolidation or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid first out of any proceeds in an amount per share equal to the price at which shares of Series A Preferred Stock were sold in the Financing, plus all accrued but unpaid dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock, and prior to payment of any amounts on the Company’s Common Stock. Thereafter, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will also share pro rata on an as converted to Common Stock basis in payments made to the holders the Company’s Common Stock. Accordingly, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive the proceeds out of any sale or liquidation of the Company before any such proceeds are paid to holders of the Company’s Common Stock and then share in any proceeds paid to holders of the Company’s Common Stock. As a result, only the sale or liquidation proceeds in excess of the liquidation preference plus accrued but unpaid dividends would be available for distribution to holders of the Company’s Common Stock.

Conversion and Anti-Dilution Protection: each share of Series A Preferred Stock is initially convertible into one share of Common Stock at any time at the option of each holder and automatically upon the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The conversion price will be subject to adjustment as described below in the event that the Company issues other securities at a price per share less than the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock then in effect, subject to specified exceptions, and is also subject to adjustment in connection with stock splits, combinations, dividends and other corporate transactions affecting the Common Stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock include full-ratchet anti-dilution protection until the first anniversary of the date that the Series A Preferred Stock is issued and weighted-average anti-dilution protection thereafter.

Voting Rights: holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote with the holders of the Common Stock on an as-converted basis, except that no holder of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to cast votes for the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder that exceeds (subject to a proportionate adjustment in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, combination or other proportionate recapitalization) the quotient of (A) the aggregate purchase price paid by such holder for its Series A Preferred Stock, divided by (B) the greater of (i) $0.80 and (ii) the closing price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately prior to the date its Series A Preferred Stock is issued. In addition, prior to the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting together as a single class, will be required for the Company to take certain actions, including, among other things: liquidating, dissolving or winding up the business and affairs of the Company or effecting any merger, consolidation or other liquidation event; amending, altering or repealing any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Certificate of Designations or the Bylaws of the Company; creating or authorizing any class or series of capital stock ranking senior to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock or increasing the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock; purchasing, redeeming, paying or declaring dividends on any shares of capital stock of the Company, with certain exceptions; increasing or decreasing the size of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”); and specified other matters.

Redemption: unless prohibited by Delaware law, beginning on March 31, 2016, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have the right to require the Company to redeem the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, in cash for a price per share equal to the greater of (i) the then current fair market value of the Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) the Accrued Value (as

 

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defined in the Certificate of Designations) plus the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. The redemption right will expire if the Company closes a single or a series of related capital raising transactions in which the Company issues its capital stock to investors resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $5.5 million in the aggregate, excluding the conversion of any indebtedness and inclusive of the Series A Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. In addition, holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have redemption rights in connection with specified change of control transactions of the Company.

Board of Directors: the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to nominate one director to the Board, who shall initially be elected promptly following the 2015 Annual Meeting (the “Series A Director”). Subject to applicable law and stock exchange requirements, the Series A Director will be entitled to serve as a member of each committee of the Board. The rights to nominate a Series A Director will terminate if less than 20% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued under the Purchase Agreement are no longer outstanding.

The obligations of the Parties to complete the Second Closing are subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent legally permissible, waiver of certain conditions. These conditions include, among other things: (i) the approval by the Company’s stockholders of the issuance of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; (ii) the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and (iii) the execution and delivery of the Investor Rights Agreement (defined below).

In connection with the Second Closing, the Company will also enter into a Fifth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) with the Purchasers as well as the stockholders who hold shares of Common Stock that are registrable securities (the “Prior Registrable Securities”) under the Company’s existing Fourth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement dated as of July 10, 2008 (the “Existing IRA”). Under the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, the Existing IRA will be amended and restated to grant certain demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. These registration rights are subject to certain conditions and limitations, including the right of the underwriters of an offering to limit the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock included in any such registration under certain circumstances. The Company is generally required to pay all expenses incurred in connection with registrations effected in connection with the registration rights, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions.

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company may terminate the agreement, if, at any time prior to the Company stockholders’ approval of the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Board changes its recommendation to the stockholders of the Company and recommends that stockholders vote against the consummation of the Second Closing and the issuance of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Purchasers at the Second Closing. In the event of such termination, the Company has agreed to pay the Purchasers a termination fee of $100,000 plus the Purchasers’ reasonable, documented fees and expenses. The Purchase Agreement may also be terminated by written consent of the Company and (i) the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, if prior to the Second Closing, or (ii) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (determined on an as-converted to Common Stock basis), if after the Second Closing.

In addition, under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, subject to applicable securities laws, the Purchasers have the right to participate in any alternative financing in which the Company proposes to offer or sell its Common Stock or convertible securities to investors on or before the Second Closing, whether or not the Company has terminated the Purchase Agreement. Under this right, the Purchasers may participate in an aggregate amount up to $2.5 million on the same terms and conditions as the other investors participating in the alternative financing.

The preceding descriptions of the form of Certificate of Designations, the form of Note, the Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Subordination Agreement, the GECC Amendment and the form of Investor Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the agreements, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 3.1, 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure provided above under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The disclosure provided above under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Notes were issued, and the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be issued, to the Purchasers without registration with the SEC in reliance on the exemption from such registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b), (d) In connection with the execution of the Purchase Agreement by the Company and the Purchasers described under Item 1.01 above, on May 12, 2015, Stéphane Bancel, who is affiliated with Flagship Ventures, resigned from the Board, effective as of that time. Also, effective as of that time, the Board appointed Harry W. Wilcox, also an affiliate of Flagship Ventures, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Bancel’s resignation. Mr. Bancel did not communicate any disputes regarding the Company’s operations, policies or practices to the Company in connection with this resignation, nor is the Company aware of any. Subject to SEC and NASDAQ corporate governance rules, Mr. Wilcox will serve on the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee and its Compensation Committee. It is anticipated that following the Second Closing of the Financing and the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, Mr. Wilcox will remain on the Board and his seat will transition into that of the Preferred Elected Director (as described above).

Harry W. Wilcox, age 61, has served on the Board since May 2015. Mr. Wilcox has been Chief Operating Officer and General Partner of Flagship Ventures, a venture capital firm, since 2013. From 2006 to 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer and Partner of Flagship Ventures. From 2004 to 2006, he was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of EXACT Sciences. Mr. Wilcox received his M.B.A. from Boston University and his B.S. in Finance from the University of Arizona. Mr. Wilcox currently serves as a director of T2 Biosystems, Inc., an in vitro diagnostics company. The Board concluded that Mr. Wilcox should serve as a director as of the date of this filing because of Mr. Wilcox’s experience leading successful healthcare and technology companies, and his experience as a venture investor.

In accordance with Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, the following is a description of the transactions in which the Company has engaged since January 1, 2013 with entities affiliated with Flagship Ventures, of which Mr. Wilcox is Chief Operating Officer and General Partner:

In January 2013, the Company closed a follow-on underwritten public offering of 6,900,000 shares of Common Stock at a price to the public of $2.00 per share, including an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares purchased at the public offering price by entities affiliated with Flagship Ventures for an aggregate offering price of $4,000,000. Shares of Common Stock purchased in the offering by entities affiliated with Flagship Ventures included 75,000 shares purchased by AGTC Advisors Fund, L.P., 500,000 shares purchased by Applied Genomic Technology Fund, L.P., 1,050,000 shares purchased by Flagship Ventures Fund 2007, L.P., 125,000 shares purchased by NewcoGen Equity Investors LLC and 250,000 shares purchased by NewcoGen Group LLC.

On December 3, 2014, the Company issued 113,989 shares of Common Stock to entities affiliated with Flagship Ventures upon the net exercise of previously issued warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, including 49,392 shares issued to NewcoGen Group LLC, 52,095 shares issued to NewcoGen Equity Investors LLC, 6,226 shares issued to ST NewcoGen LLC and 6,276 shares issued to NewcoGen—Long Reign Holding LLC.

The disclosure provided above under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

  3.1 Form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock of the Company.
  4.1 Form of Secured Convertible Promissory Note issued by the Company to each of the Purchasers.
10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and the Purchasers, dated May 12, 2015.
10.2 Security Agreement by and between the Company and the Purchasers, dated May 12, 2015.
10.3 Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement by and between the Company, the Purchasers and General Electric Capital Corporation, dated May 12, 2015.
10.4 Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement by and between the Company and General Electric Capital Corporation, dated May 12, 2015.
10.5 Form of Fifth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement by and between the Company and the stockholders named therein.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

BG MEDICINE, INC.
Date: June 9, 2015

/s/ Stephen P. Hall

Stephen P. Hall

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

FILING COPY

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK

OF

BG MEDICINE, INC.

The undersigned, Paul R. Sohmer, M.D., the President and Chief Executive Officer of BG Medicine, Inc. (including any successor in interest, the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify, in accordance with Sections 103 and 151 of the DGCL, that the following resolutions were duly adopted by its Board of Directors (the “Board”) on May 8, 2015:

WHEREAS, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), authorizes 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), issuable from time to time in one or more series;

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Board to provide by resolution for the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, the number of shares in each series, the voting powers, if any, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof; and

WHEREAS, the Board desires, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to designate a new series of Preferred Stock, set the number of shares constituting such series, and the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby designates a new series of Preferred Stock, consisting of the number of shares set forth herein, with the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to such series as follows:

SECTION 1. Number; Designation; Rank.

(a) This series of convertible participating preferred stock is designated as the “Series A Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock is [                ] shares, par value $0.001 per share.

(b) The Series A Preferred Stock ranks, with respect to the payment of dividends, redemption payments, rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company or otherwise:

(i) senior in preference and priority to the Common Stock and each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company, except for any class or series of Capital Stock hereafter issued in compliance with the terms hereof and the terms of which expressly provide that it will rank senior to or on parity, without preference or priority, with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, redemption payments, rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, or otherwise (collectively with the Common Stock, the “Junior Securities”);

 

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(ii) on parity, without preference and priority, with each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company hereafter issued in compliance with the terms hereof and the terms of which expressly provide that it will rank on parity, without preference or priority, with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, redemption payments, rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, or otherwise (collectively, the “Parity Securities”); and

(iii) junior in preference and priority to each other class or series of Preferred Stock or any other Capital Stock of the Company hereafter issued in compliance with the terms hereof and the terms of which expressly provide that it will rank senior in preference or priority to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, redemption payments, rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company or otherwise (collectively, “Senior Securities”).

SECTION 2. Dividends.

(a) Cumulative Dividends. Holders shall be entitled to receive, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends to the Company’s stockholders under Delaware law, on each Preferred Share, cumulative dividends which accrue daily at a per annum rate of 8.00% on the Accrued Value of such Preferred Share (“Cumulative Dividends”). Such Cumulative Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Issue Date. Cumulative Dividends shall be compounded quarterly and payable quarterly with respect to each Dividend Period in arrears on the first Dividend Payment Date after such Dividend Period, at the option of each such Holder of Series A Preferred Stock, (i) in cash or (ii) by the issuance of such number of additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the Stock Dividend Amount.

(b) Participating Cash Dividends. If the Company declares, makes or pays any cash dividend or distribution in respect of the Common Stock (a “Common Dividend”), each Holder shall receive a dividend (in addition to the Dividends provided for by SECTION 2(a)) in respect of each Preferred Share held thereby, in an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of such Common Dividend paid per share of Common Stock, multiplied by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable if such Preferred Share had been converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the record date for such Common Dividend (such amount per share of Preferred Stock, the “Participating Cash Dividend”). Participating Cash Dividends shall be payable to Holders on the record date for such Common Dividend at the same time and in the same manner as the Common Dividend triggering such Participating Cash Dividend is paid.

(c) In-Kind Participating Dividends. If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets, securities or property, in respect of the Common Stock (an “In-Kind Common Dividend”), including without limitation any spin-off of

 

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one or more subsidiaries or businesses of the Company but excluding: (I) dividends or distributions referred to in SECTIONS 5(f)(i)(B) and 5(f)(i)(C); and (II) cash dividends with respect to which Holders are entitled to Participating Cash Dividends, then the Holders shall receive in such distribution or other transaction, at the same time and in the same manner as holders of Common Stock, the same type and amount of consideration (the “In-Kind Participating Dividend” and, collectively with the Participating Cash Dividend, the “Participating Dividends”) as Holders would have received if, immediately prior to the record date of such In-Kind Common Dividend, they had held the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares. To the extent that the Company establishes or adopts a stockholder rights plan or agreement (i.e., a “poison pill”), the Company shall ensure that the Holders will receive, as an In-Kind Participating Dividend, rights under the stockholder rights plan or agreement with respect to any shares of Common Stock that at the time of such distribution would be issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

(d) Dividends (other than Participating Dividends) payable on the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of Dividends (other than Participating Dividends) payable on the Series A Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month.

(e) Cumulative Dividends that are payable on Series A Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to Holders of record on the applicable record date, which shall be the fifteenth (15th) calendar day before the applicable Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to any Cumulative Dividends not paid on the scheduled Dividend Payment Date therefor, such record date fixed by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board) that is not more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days prior to such date on which such accrued and unpaid Cumulative Dividends are to be paid (each such record date, a “Dividend Record Date”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.

(f) The quarterly dividend periods with respect to Cumulative Dividends shall commence on and include January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 (other than the initial Dividend Period, which shall commence on and include the Issue Date) and shall end on and include the last calendar day of the calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 preceding the next Dividend Payment Date (a “Dividend Period”).

SECTION 3. Liquidation Preference.

(a) Upon any Liquidation Event, each Preferred Share entitles the Holder thereof to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to the Company’s stockholders, before any distribution or payment may be made to a holder of any Junior Securities, an amount in cash per share equal to the sum of (A) the Accrued Value, plus (B) all accrued and unpaid Dividends (including, without limitation, accrued and unpaid Cumulative Dividends for the then current Dividend Period) (“Liquidation Preference”).

 

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(b) If upon any such Liquidation Event, the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to the Company’s stockholders are insufficient to pay the Holders the full Liquidation Preference and the holders of all Parity Securities the full liquidation preferences to which they are entitled, the Holders and the holders of such Parity Securities will share ratably in any such distribution of the assets of the Company in proportion to the full respective amounts to which they are entitled.

(c) After payment to the Holders of the full Liquidation Preference to which they are entitled, the Holders will additionally receive such per share amount distributed to each holder of Common Stock, treating for this purpose all shares of Series A Preferred Stock as if they had been converted to Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof.

(d) The value of any property not consisting of cash that is distributed by the Company to the Holders will equal the Fair Market Value thereof on the date of distribution.

(e) No holder of Junior Securities shall receive any cash upon a Liquidation Event unless the entire Liquidation Preference in respect of the Preferred Shares has been paid in cash. To the extent that there is insufficient cash available to pay the entire Liquidation Preference in respect of the Preferred Shares and any liquidation preference in respect of Parity Securities in full in cash upon a Liquidation Event, the Holders and the holders of such Parity Securities will share ratably in any cash available for distribution in proportion to the full respective amounts to which they are entitled upon such Liquidation Event.

SECTION 4. As-Converted Voting Rights; Certain Consent Rights.

(a) The Holders are entitled to vote on all matters on which the holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to vote and, except as otherwise provided herein (including under SECTION 7 below) or by law, the Holders shall vote together with the holders of shares of Common Stock as a single class. As of any record date or other determination date, each Holder shall be entitled to the number of votes such Holder would have had if all Preferred Shares held by such Holder on such date had been converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior thereto; (i) provided, however, that no Holder shall be entitled to cast votes for the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Preferred Shares held by such Holder that exceeds (subject to a proportionate adjustment in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, combination or other proportionate recapitalization) the quotient of (A) the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder for its Preferred Shares, divided by (B) the greater of (i) $0.80 and (ii) the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Issue Date of such Holder’s Preferred Shares, and (ii) provided, further, that in the event that any Holder would be required to file any Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act as a result of the receipt of any Cumulative Dividends by such Holder, the voting rights of such Holder pursuant to this SECTION 4(a) shall not be increased as a result of such Holder’s receipt of such Cumulative Dividends unless and until such Holder and the Company shall have made their respective filings under the HSR Act and the applicable waiting period shall have expired or been terminated in connection with such filings. At the request of a Holder in the case of clause (ii) of this SECTION 4(a), the Company shall make all required filings and reasonably cooperate with and assist such Holder in connection with the making of such filing and obtaining the expiration or termination of such waiting period and shall be reimbursed by such Holder for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Company in connection with such filings and cooperation.

 

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(b) In addition to the voting rights provided for by SECTION 4(a) and SECTION 7 and any voting rights to which the Holders may be entitled to under law, for so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions (including by means of merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Requisite Holders and any such actions entered into without such consent or vote shall be null and void ab initio, and of no force or effect:

(i) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the business and affairs of the Company, effect any merger or consolidation or any other Liquidation Event;

(ii) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, including this Certificate of Designations, or Bylaws of the Company;

(iii) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue shares of, any additional class or series of capital stock unless the same ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends and rights of redemption, or increase the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or increase the authorized number of shares of any additional class or series of capital stock unless the same ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends and rights of redemption;

(iv) purchase or redeem (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Company other than (i) redemptions of or dividends or distributions on the Series A Preferred Stock as expressly authorized herein, (ii) dividends or other distributions payable on the Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock and (iii) repurchases of stock from former employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons who performed services for the Company or any subsidiary in connection with the cessation of such employment or service at the lower of the original purchase price or the then-current Fair Market Value thereof;

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(vi) create, or hold capital stock in, any subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, or permit any Subsidiary to sell, lease, transfer, exclusively license or otherwise dispose (in a single transaction or series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary;

(vii) cease to maintain a directors and officers liability insurance policy in an amount of at least $15 million from financially sound and reputable insurers;

(viii) increase or decrease the size of the Board;

(ix) make, or permit any Subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to, or own any stock or other securities of, any Subsidiary or other corporation, partnership or other entity unless it is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

(x) incur any aggregate indebtedness in excess of $50,000;

(xi) guarantee, directly or indirectly, or permit any Subsidiary to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any indebtedness;

(xii) institute or settle any action, suit, litigation, petition, claim, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, or investigation by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other governmental authority or arbitral body;

(xiii) enter into, amend, terminate take or omit to take any action that would constitute a violation or default under, or waive any rights under, any contract or agreement relating to intellectual property of the Company or of a nature that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to a report filed with the SEC;

(xiv) enter into any corporate strategic relationship; or

(xv) agree to do, directly or indirectly, any of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (i) through (xiv) above, unless such agreement expressly provides that the Company’s obligation to undertake any of the foregoing is subject to the prior approval of the Requisite Holders.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this SECTION 4, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, take any action otherwise approved pursuant to SECTION 4(b) if such action would have a materially adverse and disproportionate effect on the

 

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powers, preferences, rights, limitations, qualifications and restrictions or privileges of any Holder with respect to any shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by any Holder, without the prior approval of such Holder.

(d) Any action as to which a class vote of the holders of Preferred Stock, or the holders of Preferred Stock and Common Stock voting together, is required pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Company.

SECTION 5. Conversion. Each Preferred Share is convertible into shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) as provided in this SECTION 5.

(a) Conversion at the Option of Holders of Series A Preferred Stock. Each Holder is entitled to convert, at any time and from time to time, at the option and election of such Holder, any or all outstanding Preferred Shares held by such Holder and receive therefor the property described in SECTION 5(c) upon such conversion. In order to convert Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), the Holder must surrender the certificates representing such Preferred Shares at the office of the Company’s transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock (or at the principal office of the Company, if the Company serves as its own transfer agent), together with (x) written notice that such Holder elects to convert all or part of the Preferred Shares represented by such certificates as specified therein, (y) a written instrument or instructions of transfer or other documents and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the transfer agent or the Company, as applicable (if reasonably required by the transfer agent or the Company, as applicable), and (z) funds for any stock transfer, documentary, stamp or similar taxes, if payable by the Holder pursuant to SECTION 5(e)(i). Except as provided in SECTION 5(b), the date the transfer agent or the Company, as applicable, receives such certificates, together with such notice and any other documents and amounts required to be paid by the Holder pursuant to this SECTION 5, will be the date of conversion (the “Conversion Date”).

(b) Mandatory Conversion at the Option of the Requisite Holders. Upon the written consent of the Requisite Holders, all outstanding Preferred Shares held by all Holders shall be converted into shares of Common Stock and each Holder shall receive therefor the property described in SECTION 5(c) upon such conversion. The date of the consent of the Requisite Holders shall be the Conversion Date. On the Conversion Date, all rights with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock so converted shall terminate, except any of the rights of the holders thereof upon surrender of their certificate or certificates therefor or delivery of an affidavit of loss thereof to receive certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been converted. If so required by the Company, certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. Upon surrender of such certificates or affidavit of loss, the Company shall issue and deliver to such holder, promptly at such office and in its name as shown

 

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on such surrendered certificate or certificates, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock surrendered are convertible on the Conversion Date.

(c) Amounts Received Upon Conversion. Upon a conversion of Preferred Shares pursuant to SECTION 5(a) or (b), the Holder of such converted Preferred Shares shall receive in respect of each Preferred Share a number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) equal to the amount (the “Conversion Amount”) determined by dividing (A) the Series A Original Purchase Price by (B) the Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any Holder would be required to file any Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act as a result of the conversion of any Preferred Shares into the property described above in this SECTION 5(c), at the option of such Holder upon written notice to the Company, the effectiveness of such conversion shall be delayed (only to the extent necessary to avoid a violation of the HSR Act), until such Holder shall have made such filing under the HSR Act and the applicable waiting period shall have expired or been terminated; provided, however, that in such circumstances such Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such filing and obtain the expiration or termination of such waiting period as promptly as reasonably practical and the Company shall make all required filings and reasonably cooperate with and assist such Holder in connection with the making of such filing and obtaining the expiration or termination of such waiting period and shall be reimbursed by such Holder for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Company in connection with such filings and cooperation.

(d) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock (or fractional shares in respect of Reference Property, to the extent applicable) will be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. In lieu of fractional shares, the Company shall pay cash in respect of each fractional share equal to such fractional amount multiplied by the Thirty Day VWAP as of the closing of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date (or the Fair Market Value thereof in respect of any Reference Property). If more than one Preferred Share is being converted at one time by the same Holder, then the number of full shares issuable upon conversion will be calculated on the basis of the aggregate number of Preferred Shares converted by such Holder at such time.

(e) Mechanics of Conversion.

(i) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Conversion Date (and in any event within four (4) Business Days after such date), the Company shall issue and deliver to the applicable Holder one or more certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) to which such Holder is entitled, together with, at the option of the Holder, a check or wire transfer of immediately available funds for payment of fractional shares in exchange for the certificates representing the converted Preferred Shares. Such conversion will be deemed to have been made on the Conversion Date, and the Person entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such shares of Common Stock (or

 

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Reference Property, to the extent applicable) on such date. The delivery of the Common Stock upon conversion of Preferred Shares shall be made, at the option of the applicable Holder, in certificated form or by book-entry. Any such certificate or certificates shall be delivered by the Company to the appropriate Holder on a book-entry basis or by mailing certificates evidencing the shares to such Holder at its address as set forth in the conversion notice. In cases where fewer than all the Preferred Shares represented by any such certificate are to be converted, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unconverted Preferred Shares. The Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) upon conversion or due upon the issuance of a new certificate for any Preferred Shares not converted to the converting Holder; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any such amounts, and any such amounts shall be paid by the converting Holder, in the event that such Common Stock or Preferred Shares are issued in a name other than the name of the converting Holder.

(ii) For the purpose of effecting the conversion of Preferred Shares, the Company shall: (A) at all times reserve and keep available, free from any preemptive rights, out of its treasury or authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) the full number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Preferred Shares after taking into account any adjustments to the Conversion Price from time to time pursuant to the terms of this SECTION 5and any increases to the Accrued Value from time to time and assuming for the purposes of this calculation that all outstanding Preferred Shares are held by one holder); and (B) without prejudice to any other remedy at law or in equity any Holder may have as a result of such default, take all actions reasonably required to amend its Certificate of Incorporation, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, to increase the authorized and available amount of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) if at any time such amendment is necessary in order for the Company to be able to satisfy its obligations under this SECTION 5. Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Company will take any corporate action which may be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) upon the conversion of all outstanding Preferred Shares at such adjusted Conversion Price.

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receive Dividends, but excluding the right to receive from the Company the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or any cash payment upon conversion, and except for any rights of Holders (including any voting rights) pursuant to this Certificate of Designations which by their express terms continue following conversion or, for the avoidance of doubt, rights which by their express terms continue following conversion pursuant to any of the other Transaction Agreements (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) shall immediately and automatically cease and terminate with respect to such Preferred Shares; provided that, in the event that a Preferred Share is not converted due to a default by the Company or because the Company is otherwise unable to issue the requisite shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), such Preferred Share will, without prejudice to any other remedy at law or in equity any Holder may have as a result of such default, remain outstanding and will continue be entitled to all of the rights attendant to such Preferred Share as provided herein.

(iv) The Company shall comply with all federal and state laws, rules and regulations and applicable rules and regulations of the Exchange on which shares of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) are then listed. If any shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of Preferred Shares require registration with or approval of any Person or group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) under any federal or state law or the rules and regulations of the Exchange on which shares of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) are then listed before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Company will, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to secure such registration or approval, as the case may be. So long as any Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) into which the Preferred Shares are then convertible is then listed on an Exchange, the Company will list and keep listed on any such Exchange, upon official notice of issuance, all shares of such Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon conversion.

(v) All shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares will, upon issuance by the Company, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights arising under law or contract and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof, and the Company shall take no action which will cause a contrary result.

 

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(f) Adjustments to Conversion Price.

(i) The Conversion Price shall be subject to the following adjustments:

(A) Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each Preferred Share shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each Preferred Share shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Any adjustment under this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

(B) Certain Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Company at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable on the Common Stock in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Conversion Price in effect immediately before such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying the Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:

(1) the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date; and

(2) the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Conversion Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this subsection as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions; and (b) no such adjustment shall be made if the Holders simultaneously receive a dividend or other distribution of shares of Common Stock in a number equal to the number of shares of Common Stock as they would have received if all outstanding Preferred Shares had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.

(C) Other Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Company at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in securities of the Company (other than a distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or in other property and the provisions of SECTION 2 do not apply to such dividend or distribution, then and in each such event the Holders shall receive, simultaneously with the distribution to the holders of Common Stock, a dividend or other distribution of such securities or other property in an amount equal to the amount of such securities or other property as they would have received if all outstanding Preferred Shares had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.

(D) Common Stock Issued at Less than Conversion Price.

(1) If, during the period beginning on the Original Issue Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Company issues or sells any Common Stock (or Option Securities or Convertible Securities, to the extent set forth in this SECTION 5(f)(i)(D)), other than Excluded Stock, for no consideration or for consideration per share (“New Issuance Price”) less than the Conversion Price in effect as of the date of such issuance or sale, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to each such issuance or sale will (except as provided below) be adjusted at the time of such issuance or sale to equal the New Issuance Price.

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Securities or Convertible Securities, to the extent set forth in this SECTION 5(f)(i)(D)), other than Excluded Stock, for no consideration or for consideration per share less than the Conversion Price in effect as of the date of such issuance or sale, then the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of a cent) determined in accordance with the following formula:

CP2 = CP1* (A + B) ÷ (A + C).

For purposes of the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall apply:

(i) “CP2” shall mean the Conversion Price in effect immediately following such issuance or sale;

(ii) “CP1” shall mean the Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale;

(iii) “A” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Option Securities outstanding immediately prior to such issue or upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities (including the Series A Preferred Stock) outstanding (assuming exercise of any outstanding Option Securities therefor) immediately prior to such issuance or sale);

(iv) “B” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if such additional shares of Common Stock so issued had been issued at a price per share equal to CP1 (determined by dividing the aggregate consideration received by the Company in respect of such issue by CP1); and

(v) “C” shall mean the number of additional shares of Common Stock so issued.

(E) For the purposes of any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this SECTION 5(f)(i)(D), the following provisions shall be applicable:

(1) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for cash, the amount of the consideration received by the Company shall be deemed to be the amount of the cash proceeds received by the Company for such Common Stock after deducting therefrom any discounts or commissions allowed, paid or incurred by the Company for any underwriting or otherwise in connection with the issuance and sale thereof;

 

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(2) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock (otherwise than upon the conversion of shares of Capital Stock or other securities of the Company) for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, including securities acquired in exchange therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the Fair Market Value thereof;

(3) In the case of (A) the issuance of Option Securities (whether or not at the time exercisable) or (B) the issuance of Convertible Securities (whether or not at the time so convertible or exchangeable):

(i) the issuance of Option Securities shall be deemed the issuance of all shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of such Option Securities;

(ii) such Option Securities shall be deemed to be issued for a consideration equal to the value of the consideration (determined in the manner provided in SECTION 5(f)(i)(E)(1) and (2)), if any, received by the Company for such Option Securities, plus the exercise price, strike price or purchase price provided in such Option Securities for the Common Stock covered thereby;

(iii) the issuance of Convertible Securities shall be deemed the issuance of all shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of, or in exchange for, such Convertible Securities;

(iv) such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to be issued for a consideration equal to the value of the consideration (determined in the manner provided in SECTION 5(f)(i)(E)(1) and (2) and excluding any cash received on account of accrued interest or accrued dividends), if any, received by the Company for such Convertible Securities, plus the value of the additional consideration (determined in the manner provided in SECTION 5(f)(i)(E)(1) and (2)) to be received by the Company upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, if any;

(v) upon any change in the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of any Option Securities or Convertible Securities or upon any change in the consideration to be received by the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of such securities, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be readjusted to such Conversion Price as would have been in effect had such change been in effect, with respect to any Option Securities or Convertible Securities outstanding at the time of the change, at the time such Option Securities or Convertible Securities originally were issued;

(vi) if the Conversion Price shall have been fully adjusted upon the issuance of any such options, warrants, rights or convertible or exchangeable securities, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof; and

 

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(vii) if any issuance of Common Stock, Option Securities or Convertible Securities would also require an adjustment pursuant to any other adjustment provision of this SECTION 5(f)(i), then only the adjustment most favorable to the Holders shall be made.

(F) Merger or Reorganization. Subject to the provisions of SECTION 3(a), if there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Company in which the Common Stock (but not the Series A Preferred Stock) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by SECTION 5(f)(i)(A), (B) or (C)), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, each Preferred Share shall thereafter be convertible in lieu of the Common Stock into which it was convertible prior to such event into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of one (1) share of Series A Preferred Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this SECTION 5 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth in this SECTION 5 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this SECTION 5(f)(i)(F) shall be construed as preventing the holders of Series A Preferred Stock from seeking any appraisal rights to which they are otherwise entitled under the DGCL in connection with a merger triggering an adjustment hereunder, nor shall this SECTION 5(f)(i)(F) be deemed conclusive evidence of the fair value of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in any such appraisal proceeding.

(ii) If the Company issues rights, options or warrants that are only exercisable upon the occurrence of certain triggering events (each, a “Trigger Event”), then the Conversion Price will not be adjusted pursuant to SECTION 5(f)(i)(B) until the earliest Trigger Event occurs, and the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the extent any of these rights, options or warrants are not exercised before they expire (provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, if such Trigger Event would require an adjustment pursuant to SECTION 5(f)(i)(D), such adjustment pursuant to SECTION 5(f)(i)(D) shall be made at the time of issuance of such rights, options or warrants in accordance with such Section).

(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION 5(f) to the contrary, if a Conversion Price adjustment becomes effective pursuant to any of clauses (A), (B) or (C) of this SECTION 5(f)(i) on any Ex-Date as described above, and a Holder that converts its Preferred Shares on or after such Ex-Date and on or prior to the related record date would be treated as the record holder of shares of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date based on an adjusted Conversion Price for such Ex-Date and participate on an adjusted basis in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment, then, notwithstanding the foregoing

 

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Conversion Price adjustment provisions, the Conversion Price adjustment relating to such Ex-Date will not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares of Common Stock on an un-adjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION 5(f) to the contrary, no adjustment under SECTION 5(f)(i) need be made to the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require a decrease of at least one percent (1%) of the Conversion Price then in effect. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment, if any, which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to a decrease of at least one percent (1%) of such Conversion Price; provided that, on the date of any conversion of the Preferred Shares pursuant to SECTION 5, adjustments to the Conversion Price will be made with respect to any such adjustment carried forward that has not been taken into account before such date. In addition, at the end of each year, beginning with the year ending December 31, 2015, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted to give effect to any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, and such adjustments will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.

(iv) Adjustments Below Par Value. The Company shall not take any action that would require an adjustment to the Conversion Price such that the Conversion Price, as adjusted to give effect to such action, would be less than the then-applicable par value per share of the Common Stock, except that the Company may undertake a share split or similar event if such share split results in a corresponding reduction in the par value per share of the Common Stock such that the as-adjusted new Conversion Price per share would not be below the new as-adjusted par value per share of the Common Stock following such share split or similar transaction and the Conversion Price is adjusted as provided under SECTION 5(f)(i)(A) and any other applicable provision of SECTION 5(f).

(v) Reference Property. In the case of any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification described in SECTION 5(f)(i)(A)), a consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company, a sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (or the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), or any statutory share exchange, in each case as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any of the foregoing, a “Transaction”), then, at the effective time of the Transaction, the right to convert each Preferred Share will be changed into a right to convert such Preferred Share into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (the “Reference Property”) that a Holder would have received in respect of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Preferred Shares immediately prior to such Transaction. In the event that holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in the Transaction, the Company shall make adequate provision whereby the Holders shall have a reasonable opportunity to determine the form of consideration into which all of the Preferred Shares, treated as a single class, shall be convertible from and after the effective date of the Transaction. Any such election shall be made by the Requisite Holders. Any such determination by the Holders shall be subject to any limitations to which all holders of Common Stock are subject, such as pro rata reductions

 

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applicable to any portion of the consideration payable in the Transaction, and shall be conducted in such a manner as to be completed at approximately the same time as the time elections are made by holders of Common Stock. The provisions of this SECTION 5(f)(v) and any equivalent thereof in any such securities similarly shall apply to successive Transactions. The Company shall not become a party to any Transaction unless its terms are in compliance with the foregoing.

(vi) Rules of Calculation; Treasury Stock. All calculations will be made to the nearest one-hundredth of a cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth of a share. Except as explicitly provided herein, the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding will be calculated on the basis of the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), not including shares held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall not pay any dividend on or make any distribution to shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) held in treasury.

(vii) No Duplication. If any action would require adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to more than one of the provisions described in this SECTION 5 in a manner such that such adjustments are duplicative, only one adjustment (which shall be the adjustment most favorable to the Holders) shall be made.

(viii) Notice of Record Date. In the event of:

(A) any event described in SECTION 5(f)(i)(A), (B), (C) or (D);

(B) any Transaction to which SECTION 5(f)(v) applies;

(C) the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(D) any other event constituting a Change of Control;

then the Company shall mail to the Holders at their last addresses as shown on the records of the Company, at least ten (10) days prior to the record date specified in (A) below or ten (10) days prior to the date specified in (B) below, as applicable, a notice stating:

(E) the record date for the dividend, other distribution, stock split or combination or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, other distribution, stock split or combination; or

(F) the date on which such reclassification, change, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other event constituting a Transaction or Change of Control, or any transaction which would result in an adjustment pursuant to SECTION 5(f)(i)(D), is estimated to become effective or otherwise occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record will be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for Reference Property, other securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, change, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, Transaction or Change of Control or that such issuance of Common Stock, Option Securities or Convertible Securities is anticipated to occur.

 

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(ix) Certificate of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this SECTION 5, the Company at its expense shall as promptly as reasonably practicable compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder a certificate, signed by an officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as such and not in an individual capacity), setting forth (A) the calculation of such adjustments and readjustments in reasonable detail, (B) the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, (C) the Conversion Price then in effect, and (D) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) and the amount, if any, of Capital Stock, other securities or other property (including but not limited to cash and evidences of indebtedness) which then would be received upon the conversion of a Preferred Share.

(x) No Upward Revisions to Conversion Price. For the avoidance of doubt, except in the case of a reverse share split or share combination resulting in an adjustment under SECTION 5(f)(i)(A) effected with the approvals, if any, required pursuant to SECTION 4(b), in no event shall any adjustment be made pursuant to this SECTION 5 that results in an increase in the Conversion Price.

SECTION 6. Redemption.

(a) Redemption at Maturity. Unless prohibited by Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to redeem such Holder’s Preferred Shares, in whole or in part, on or after March 31, 2016 (the “Maturity Date”) at a price per share payable, subject to SECTION 6(e), in cash and equal to the Redemption Price (the right to redeem at maturity described in this SECTION 6(a), the “Redemption Right At Maturity”); provided, however, that the Redemption Right At Maturity shall expire and have no further force or effect, if the Company closes a single or a series of related capital raising transactions in which the Company issues its Capital Stock to investors resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $5.5 million in the aggregate, excluding the conversion of any indebtedness and inclusive of the Series A Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. At any time during the period beginning on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day prior to the Maturity Date (the “Holder Redemption Notice Period”), each Holder may deliver written notice to the Company notifying the Company of such Holder’s election to require the Company to redeem all or a portion of such Holder’s Preferred Shares on or after the Maturity Date (the “Election Notice”). No later than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the commencement of the Holder Redemption Notice Period, the Company shall deliver a notice to each Holder including the following information: (A) informing the Holder of the Maturity Date and such Holder’s right to elect to have all or a portion of its Preferred Shares redeemed by Company on or after the Maturity Date, (B) the Redemption Price payable with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock on or after the Maturity Date in connection with any such redemption (to the extent the Redemption Price is known or can be calculated, and to the extent not capable of being calculated, the manner in which such price will be determined); (C) that any certificates representing Preferred Shares which a Holder elects to have redeemed must be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price at the office of the Company or any redemption agent located in New York City selected by the Company therefor together with any written instrument or instructions of transfer or other documents and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the redemption agent or the Company, as applicable (if reasonably required by the redemption agent

 

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or the Company, as applicable); (D) that, upon a Holder’s compliance with clause (C), Holder shall receive, at the option of the Holder, either (x) payment of the Redemption Price to the Holder with respect to any Preferred Shares within twenty (20) Business Days following receipt to an account specified in such Holder’s redemption Election Notice or (y) a secured promissory note issued by the Company to the Holder in principal amount equal to the Redemption Price, bearing an interest rate per annum of 12.00% and a maturity date six (6) months from the date of the Election Notice, and secured by all of the assets of the Company, in form and substance acceptable to the Holder. The Company shall issue a press release for publication on the Dow Jones News Service or Bloomberg Business News (or if either such service is not available, another broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Company) prior to the opening of business on the first Business Day following any date on which the Company provides notice to Holders pursuant to this SECTION 6(a) disclosing the right of Holders to have the Company redeem Preferred Shares pursuant to this SECTION 6(a).

(b) Redemption at Option of the Holder upon a Change of Control.

(i) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to redeem its Preferred Shares pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, which Change of Control Offer shall be made by the Company in accordance with SECTION 6(b)(ii). In such Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer a payment (such payment, a “Change of Control Payment”) in cash per Preferred Share equal to the Redemption Price.

(ii) Within thirty (30) days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constituted such Change of Control and offering to redeem the Preferred Shares on the date specified in such notice (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), which date shall be no earlier than thirty (30) days and no later than sixty-one (61) days from the date such notice is mailed. In addition, such Change of Control Offer shall further state: (A) the amount of the Change of Control Payment; (B) that the Holder may elect to have all or any portion of its Preferred Shares redeemed pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (C) that any Preferred Shares to be redeemed must be surrendered for payment of the Change of Control Payment at the office of the Company or any redemption agent selected by the Company therefor together with any written instrument or instructions of transfer or other documents and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the redemption agent or the Company, as applicable (if reasonably required by the redemption agent or the Company, as applicable); (D) that, upon a Holder’s compliance with clause (C), payment of the Change of Control Payment with will be made to the Holder on the Change of Control Payment Date to the account specified by such Holder to the Company in writing; (E) the date and time by which the Holder must make its election, (F) that any Holder may withdraw its election notice with respect to all or a portion of their Preferred Shares at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; and (G) the amount and type of property that the Holder would receive in connection with such Change of Control if the Holder elects to convert its Preferred Shares in connection with the Change of Control. The Company shall issue a press release for publication on the Dow Jones News Service or Bloomberg Business News (or if either such service is not available, another broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Company) prior to the opening of business on the first Business Day following any date on which the Company provides notice to Holders pursuant to this SECTION 6(b) disclosing the right of Holders to have the Company redeem Preferred Shares pursuant to this SECTION 6(b).

 

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(iii) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: (A) accept for payment all Preferred Shares validly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; and (B) make a Change of Control Payment to each Holder that validly tendered Preferred Shares pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.

(iv) If at any time prior to consummation of a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control, the Company has publicly announced (whether by press release, SEC filing or otherwise) such transaction or prospective transaction or the entry by the Company into any definitive agreement with respect thereto, the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days of the issuance of such public announcement, deliver a written notice to each Holder notifying them of the same and the anticipated date of consummation of such transaction.

(v) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer and makes the Change of Control Payment in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth herein applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Preferred Shares validly tendered under such Change of Control Offer.

(vi) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION 6 to the contrary, each Holder shall retain the right to elect to convert any Preferred Shares to be redeemed at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding any Redemption Date. Any Preferred Shares that a Holder elects to convert prior to the Redemption Date shall not be redeemed pursuant to this SECTION 6.

(d) Insufficient Funds. Any redemption of the Preferred Shares pursuant to this SECTION 6 shall be payable out of any cash legally available therefor, provided, however, that, other than in respect of a redemption pursuant to SECTION 6(b) (which the Company may only effectuate to the extent it has sufficient cash legally available therefor), if Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders prevents the Company from redeeming all Preferred Shares to be redeemed, then the Company may pay the maximum portion of the Redemption Price consistent with such law (valued at the Fair Market Value thereof on the date of payment). If Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders prevents the Company from redeeming all Preferred Shares to be redeemed pursuant to SECTION 6(a) or SECTION 6(b), the redemption notice delivered to Holders shall so specify, and indicate the nature of the other assets expected to be distributed and the Fair Market Value of the same. At the time of any redemption pursuant to this SECTION 6, the Company shall take all actions required or permitted under Delaware law to permit the redemption of the Preferred Shares, including, without limitation, through the revaluation of its assets in accordance with Delaware law, to make cash funds (and to the extent cash funds are insufficient, other assets) legally available for such redemption. In connection with any redemption pursuant to SECTION 6(b), to the extent that Holders elect to have their Preferred

 

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Shares redeemed and the Company has insufficient funds to redeem such Preferred Shares (after taking into account the amount of any repurchase obligations the Company has or expects to have under any Indebtedness ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock), Senior Securities or any Parity Securities resulting from the same facts and circumstances as the Change of Control hereunder), the Company shall use any available funds to redeem a portion of such Preferred Shares and Parity Securities (if any are being redeemed) ratably in proportion to the full respective amounts to which they are entitled and shall redeem the remaining shares as soon as it may lawfully do so under such law.

(e) Mechanics of Redemption.

(i) The Company (or a redemption agent on behalf of the Company, as applicable) shall pay the applicable Redemption Price on the Redemption Date or the required payment date therefor upon surrender of the certificates representing the Preferred Shares to be redeemed and receipt of any written instrument or instructions of transfer or other documents and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the redemption agent or the Company, as applicable, to the extent required by SECTIONS 6(a) and 6(b); provided that, if such certificates are lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may require an affidavit certifying to such effect and, if requested, an agreement indemnifying the Company from any losses incurred in connection therewith, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, from such Holder prior to paying such amounts.

(ii) Following any redemption of Preferred Shares on any Redemption Date, the Preferred Shares so redeemed will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the Holder thereof shall cease, including the right to receive Dividends; provided, however, that any rights of Holders pursuant to this Certificate of Designations that by their terms survive redemption of the Preferred Shares and, for the avoidance of doubt, any rights that survive pursuant to any of the other Transaction Agreements (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), shall survive in accordance with their terms. The foregoing notwithstanding, in the event that a Preferred Share is not redeemed by the Company when required, such Preferred Share will remain outstanding and will continue to be entitled to all of the powers, designations, preferences and other rights (including but not limited to the accrual and payment of dividends and the conversion rights) as provided herein.

SECTION 7. Director Election Rights.

Effective immediately following the Original Issue Date and for so long as at least 20% of the originally issued shares of Series A Preferred Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock) are outstanding, the holders of the Preferred Shares, voting or consenting, as the case may be, separately as a single class to the exclusion of all other classes of the Company’s Voting Stock and with each Preferred Share entitled to one vote, by vote of the Requisite Holders, be entitled to elect one (1) director to the Board (the “Preferred Elected Director”); provided, that the Preferred Elected Director shall initially be elected promptly following the Company’s annual meeting to be held on [            ], 2015 and shall be elected to the Board no later than [            ], 2015. Subject to applicable law, the Preferred Elected Director shall be entitled to be a member of each committee of the Board, including the Compensation Committee,

 

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the audit committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, membership on any such committee will be dependent upon such director meeting the qualification, and if applicable, independence criteria deemed necessary to so comply in accordance with any listing requirements of the Exchange on which the Company’s capital stock is then listed. The Preferred Elected Director shall be elected as set forth in this SECTION 7; provided that as a condition precedent to the election of any Preferred Elected Director, the individual to be elected by the Requisite Holders shall be required to provide to the Company a duly executed and delivered written resignation of such Person to be elected as the Preferred Elected Director, providing that effective immediately and automatically (without any further action by any Person) upon the expiration of the Requisite Holders’ right to elect such individual to the Board as provided herein, the Preferred Elected Director shall resign from the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, no Preferred Elected Director shall be elected to the Board unless the written resignation referred to in the preceding sentence is delivered to the Company prior thereto. The Preferred Elected Director shall be elected, at the option of the Requisite Holders, (i) by the written consent of the Requisite Holders or (ii) at annual or special meetings of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected. If there is a vacancy in the office of the Preferred Elected Director, then the vacancy may only be filled by a nominee of the Requisite Holders. The Preferred Elected Director will be entitled to one (1) vote on any matter with respect to which the Board votes and the Preferred Elected Director may be removed at any time with or without cause by, and shall not be removed otherwise than by, the written consent or vote of the Requisite Holders. The Company shall take all such action as may be reasonably requested by the Requisite Holders to effect SECTION 7 (including nominating and recommending the Preferred Elected Director for election, if applicable).

SECTION 8. Additional Definitions. For purposes of these resolutions, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Accrued Value” means $[        ] per share, as the same may be increased pursuant to SECTION 2.

(b) “Actively Traded Security” means, as of any date of determination, a Security of an entity with $2,000,000 average daily trading volume during the preceding 60-day period.

(c) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person.

(d) “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have a corresponding meaning.

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(f) “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares of stock of a corporation, partnership interests or other equivalent interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in such Person’s equity, entitling the holder to receive a share of the profits and losses, and a distribution of assets, after liabilities, of such Person.

(g) “Cash Equivalents” means: (i) United States dollars, or money in other currencies received in the ordinary course of business; (ii) U.S. Government Obligations or certificates representing an ownership interest in U.S. Government Obligations with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition; (iii) (A) demand deposits, (B) time deposits and certificates of deposit with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, (C) banker’s acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition, and (D) overnight bank deposits, in each case with any bank or trust company organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $500 million whose short-term debt is rated “A-2” or higher by S&P or “P-2” or higher by Moody’s; (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven (7) days for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above; (v) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P and maturing within six (6) months after the date of acquisition; and (vi) money market funds at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the assets of which consist of investments of the type described in clauses (i) through (v) above.

(h) “Certificate of Designations” means this certificate of designations for the Series A Preferred Stock, as such shall be amended from time to time.

(i) “Change of Control” means (i) a sale of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company (including by way of any reorganization, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction or a sale of Equity Securities issued by Subsidiaries of the Company), except any merger or consolidation involving the Company or a Subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least 75% by Voting Power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation; or (2) if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation immediately following such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation (ii) a direct or indirect acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of Voting Power of the Company by any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than the Holders or their Affiliates by means of any transaction or series of transactions (including any reorganization, merger, consolidation, joint venture, share transfer, share exchange, share issuance, reclassification or other similar transaction), pursuant to which the stockholders of the Company immediately preceding such transaction or transactions collectively own, following the consummation of such transaction or transactions, less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Voting Power of the Company or other surviving entity (or parent thereof), as the case may be, (iii) the obtaining by any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than the Holders or their Affiliates of the power (whether or not exercised), other than pursuant to a revocable proxy in favor of the Company’s proposed slate of directors in respect of an annual meeting or other meeting related to the election of directors, to elect a majority of the members of the Board or more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Voting Power of the Company.

 

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(j) “Closing Price” shall mean the price per share of the final trade of the Common Stock on the applicable Trading Day (or the last trade of the Common Stock preceding the applicable Trading Day if no trades of such Common Stock were made on the applicable Trading Day) on the principal Exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading; provided that if the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, the Closing Price shall be equal to the fair market value, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board.

(k) “Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company or any other Capital Stock of the Company into which such Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed.

(l) “Compensation Committee” means the compensation committee of the Board which shall consist solely of Independent Directors, which shall consist of the Preferred Elected Director at all times.

(m) “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(n) “Conversion Price” means initially $[        ], as adjusted from time to time as provided in SECTION 5.

(o) “Convertible Securities” means securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or options, warrants or rights to purchase such convertible or exchangeable securities.

(p) “Daily VWAP” means the volume-weighted average price per share of Common Stock (or per minimum denomination or unit size in the case of any security other than Common Stock) as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on the Bloomberg page for the “<equity> AQR” page corresponding to the “ticker” for such Common Stock or unit (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of such Common Stock (or per minimum denomination or unit size in the case of any security other than Common Stock) on such Trading Day. The “volume weighted average price” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

(q) “Dividend Payment Date” means December 31, March 31, June 30 and September 30 of each year, commencing on [            ], 2015; provided that, if any such Dividend Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such Dividend Payment Date shall instead be the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

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(r) “Dividends” means Cumulative Dividends, the Participating Cash Dividends and the In-Kind Participating Dividends.

(s) “Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, (i) shares of Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, such Person, (ii) any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, such Person, (iii) options, warrants, rights or other commitments or agreements to acquire from such Person, or that obligates such Person to issue, any Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, such Person, (iv) obligations of such Person to grant, extend or enter into any subscription, warrant, right, convertible or exchangeable security or other similar agreement or commitment relating to any Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, such Person and (v) the Capital Stock of such Person.

(t) “Exchange” means the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT LLC or any of their respective successors.

(u) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(v) “Excluded Stock” means: (i) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in an event subject to, and for which the Conversion Price is subject to adjustment pursuant to, SECTION 5(f)(i)(A); (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or upon the exercise or conversion of Option Securities and Convertible Securities of the Company outstanding on the Original Issue Date or otherwise permitted to be issued, or not prohibited, by any other provision of this Certificate of Designations; (iii) Common Stock that becomes issuable in connection with, or as a result of, accretions to the face amount of, or payments in kind with respect to, Preferred Shares, Option Securities and Convertible Securities of the Company outstanding on the Original Issue Date or otherwise permitted to be issued, or not prohibited, by any other provision of this Certificate of Designations; (iv) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement; (v) shares of Common Stock, Option Securities or Convertible Securities issued as a dividend or distribution on Preferred Shares; (vi) shares of Common Stock, Option Securities or Convertible Securities issued by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock that is permitted to be issued, or not prohibited, by any other provision of this Certificate of Designations; (vii) shares of Common Stock or Option Securities issued to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board; (viii) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities actually issued upon the exercise of Option Securities or shares of Common Stock actually issued upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities, in each case provided such issuance is pursuant to the terms of such Option Security or Convertible Security; and (ix) shares of Common Stock, Option Securities or Convertible Securities issued to banks, equipment lessors or other financial institutions, or to real property lessors, pursuant to a debt financing, equipment leasing or real property leasing transaction approved by the Board, which consent must include the Preferred Elected Director.

 

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(w) Ex-Date” means the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.

(x) “Fair Market Value” means: (i) in the case of any Security that is either (a) listed on an Exchange or (b) an Actively Traded Security in the over-the-counter-market that represents equity in a Person with a market capitalization of at least $25,000,000 on each Trading Day in the preceding 60 day period prior to such date, the product of (a) (i) the sum of the Daily VWAP of a single unit of such Security for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, divided by (ii) 20, multiplied by (b) the number of units of such Security being valued, (ii) in the case of any Security that is not so listed or not an Actively Traded Security or any other property or asset (other than Cash Equivalents), the fair market value thereof (defined as the price that would be negotiated in an arms’ length transaction for cash between a willing buyer and willing seller, neither of which is acting under compulsion), as determined by a written opinion of a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal, accounting or valuation firm that is not an Affiliate of the Company and is selected by the Company in good faith (provided that the Requisite Holders may object in writing to any such determination of Fair Market Value by such valuation expert once every four (4) Testing Periods and if the Requisite Holders object in writing to any such determination of Fair Market Value by such valuation expert an alternative binding valuation shall be performed by a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal, accounting or valuation firm that is not an Affiliate of the Company and is selected by the Company and the Requisite Holders jointly, or if the Company and such Requisite Holders cannot jointly select such an alternative valuation expert within ten (10) Business Days of the Requisite Holders delivering to the Company a written notice objecting to the initial valuation, by a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal, accounting or valuation firm that is not an Affiliate of the Company and is selected by one such valuation expert proposed by the Company and a second such valuation expert proposed by the Requisite Holders (it being understood that the Company shall each be responsible for the payment of all of the fees and expenses of such alternative valuation expert) and (iii) in the case of Cash Equivalents, the face value thereof; provided that with respect to any Security of the type referred to in clause (ii) above, in no event shall the Fair Market Value thereof exceed the Company’s cost basis in such Security (taking into account adjustments made in respect of follow-on capital contributions and other similar investments) plus fifty percent (50%) of any appreciation as determined pursuant to the valuation provisions set forth above.

(y) “Governmental Entity” shall mean any United States or non-United States federal, state or local government, or any agency, bureau, board, commission, department, tribunal or instrumentality thereof or any court, tribunal, or arbitral or judicial body.

(z) “hereof”; “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Certificate of Designations as a whole and not merely to any particular clause, provision, section or subsection.

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(bb) “HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(cc) “Independent Director” means any director on the Board that is “independent” as defined in the Exchange Act and the applicable rules of the Exchange on which the Common Stock is listed (or if the Common Stock is not listed on an Exchange, as defined in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15)).

(dd) “Issue Date” means, with respect to a Preferred Share, the date on which such share is first issued by the Company.

(ee) “Liquidation Event” means (i) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, (ii) the commencement by the Company of any case under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect, including pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, (iii) the consent to entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect, including pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, (iv) the consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or similar official of the Company, or any general assignment for the benefit of creditors and (v) any Change of Control unless the Requisite Holders elect otherwise by written notice sent to the Company at least three (3) days prior to the effective date of such Change of Control.

(ff) “Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence for more than one half hour period in the aggregate on any scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the applicable Exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

(gg) “Option Securities” means options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock, as well as stock appreciation rights, phantom stock units and similar rights whose value is derived from the value of the Common Stock.

(hh) “Original Issue Date” means Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

(ii) “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government, any agency or political subdivisions thereof or other “Person” as contemplated by Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

(jj) “Preferred Shares” means the shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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(kk) “Purchasers” means the several “Purchasers” named in and party to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(ll) “Redemption Date” means the Maturity Date or any Change of Control Payment Date, as applicable.

(mm) “Redemption Price” means, with respect to each Preferred Share, the greater of (i) the Fair Market Value of such Preferred Share and (ii) the Accrued Value plus all accrued and unpaid Dividends (to the extent not included in the Accrued Value, including, without limitation, accrued and unpaid Cash Dividends to the Redemption Date), if any, on each Preferred Share to be redeemed.

(nn) “Requisite Holders” means Holders owning a majority of the issued and outstanding Preferred Shares.

(oo) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(pp) “Securities” with respect to a Person means debt or equity securities issued by such Person or similar obligations of, or participations in, such Person.

(qq) “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 12, 2015, by and among the Company and the Purchasers, as amended, supplemented or modified in accordance with its terms.

(rr) “Series A Original Purchase Price” means $[        ] per share.

(ss) “Stock Dividend Amount” equals the accrued but unpaid Cumulative Dividend divided by the lower of the Accrued Value and the Conversion Price.

(tt) “Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by, or of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the economic value accrues to, or, in the case of a partnership, the sole general partner or the managing partner or the only general partners of which are, such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof). Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.

(uu) “Thirty Day VWAP” means, with respect to a security, the average of the Daily VWAP of such security for each day during a thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period ending immediately prior to the date of determination. Unless otherwise specified, “Thirty Day VWAP” means the Thirty Day VWAP of the Common Stock.

(vv) “Trading Day” means any day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) the Exchange on which the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is listed and is open for trading or, if the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any Business Day. A Trading Day only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the then standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.

 

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(ww) “Transaction Agreements” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(xx) “U.S. Government Obligations” means obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or by any agent or instrumentality thereof, provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof.

(yy) “Voting Power” means either (a) the power to elect, designate or nominate directors to the Board, or (b) vote (as Common Stock or together with Common Stock) on matters to be voted on or consented to by the Common Stock through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise.

(zz) “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.

(aaa) “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Person of which such Person owns, either directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the commons stock or other common equity interests of such Subsidiary (excluding qualifying shares held by directors).

SECTION 9. Miscellaneous. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Share Certificates. If any certificates representing Preferred Shares shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new Preferred Share certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent number of Preferred Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate and indemnity by the holder thereof, if requested, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

(b) Status of Cancelled Shares. Preferred Shares which have been converted, redeemed, repurchased or otherwise cancelled shall be retired and, following the filing of any certificate required by the DGCL, have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series, until such shares are once more designated by the Board as part of a particular series of Preferred Stock of the Company.

(c) Severability. If any right, preference or limitation of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth in this Certificate of Designations is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other rights, preferences and limitations set forth in this Certificate of Designations which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable right, preference or limitation shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no right, preference or limitation herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such right, preference or limitation unless so expressed herein.

 

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(d) Remedies.

(i) The Company acknowledges that the obligations imposed on it in this Certificate of Designations are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and irreparable damages, for which money damages, even if available, would be an inadequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Company does not perform the provisions of this Certificate of Designations in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breaches such provisions. The Holders shall be entitled to seek an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Certificate of Designations and to seek to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled, at law or in equity, including without limitation money damages.

(e) Renunciation under DGCL Section 122(17). Pursuant to Section 122(17) of the DGCL, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are presented to one or more of the Preferred Elected Director, in each case other than any business opportunities that are presented to the Preferred Elected Director solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Company.

(f) Headings. The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

(g) Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Preferred Stock shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (a) one (1) Business Day after being sent via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service guaranteeing next business day delivery, (b) on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by electronic communication, or (c) if by facsimile, upon written confirmation of receipt by facsimile. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Preferred Stock is issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the beneficial holders of Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.

(h) Other Rights. The shares of Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law and regulation.

(i) Waiver. Any of the rights, powers, preferences and other terms of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein may be waived on behalf of all holders of Series A Preferred Stock by the Requisite Holders.

(j) Requisite Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any consent, waiver, vote, decision, election or action required or permitted to be taken hereunder by the Holders of the Preferred Shares as a group (i.e., as opposed to by a specified Holder or specified subset of Holders) shall require the approval or action, as applicable, of the Requisite Holders and, after such approval or action, shall be binding on all of the Holders.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations to be executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company as of [            ], 2015.

 

BG MEDICINE, INC.
By:

 

Name: Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS]



Exhibit 4.1

THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND ARE “RESTRICTED SECURITIES” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER THE ACT. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED EXCEPT (I) IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE ACT, (II) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 OR (III) PURSUANT TO AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION OR COMPLIANCE IS NOT REQUIRED AS TO SAID SALE, OFFER OR DISTRIBUTION.

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE INDEBTEDNESS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY AND ANY LIENS OR OTHER SECURITY INTERESTS SECURING SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT”) DATED AS OF MAY 12, 2015, BY AND AMONG THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS IDENTIFIED THEREIN AND GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT FOR CERTAIN LENDERS (TOGETHER WITH ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, “SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT”), TO CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF BG MEDICINE, INC. TO SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT AND SENIOR CREDITOR (AS DEFINED THEREIN) AND LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS IN FAVOR OF SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT SECURING THE SAME ALL AS DESCRIBED IN THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT; AND EACH HOLDER AND TRANSFEREE OF THIS INSTRUMENT, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

BG MEDICINE, INC.

FORM OF SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

May 12, 2015 $ [            

For value received, BG Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to the order of [                    ](the “Holder”), the sum of $[        ], plus simple interest thereon from the date of this Secured Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”) until paid in full at an annual interest rate, calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year, equal to the lesser of (i) the Interest Rate (as defined below) and (ii) the highest rate permitted by applicable law. The principal hereof, and the interest thereon, shall be payable, on written demand by the Holder, at the principal office of the Company or by mail to the registered address of the Holder, at any time on or after the earlier of (i) September 30, 2015 and (ii) the date the Company terminates the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) in accordance with Section 11.1(b) thereof (the “Repayment Date”). This Note is issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2015, by and among the Company, the Holder and the other parties named therein, as may be amended, restated or modified from time to time (the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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This Note is one of a series of Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) which have been or will be issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement totaling (as to this Note and such other Notes together) $500,000 in principal amount, which other Notes are identical to this Note except as to the purchasers thereunder and the dates and principal amounts thereof.

The following is a statement of the rights of the Holder and the conditions to which this Note is subject, and to which the Holder, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees:

1. Definitions. As used in this Note, the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:

1.1 “Change of Control” shall mean the closing of a transaction or series of related transactions that constitute a Liquidation Event, as defined in the Company’s Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock as in effect on the date hereof.

1.2 “Company” shall mean BG Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that shall succeed to or assume the obligations of the Company under this Note.

1.3 “GE Indebtedness” shall mean the “Obligations”, as such term is defined under that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2012, by and among Company, General Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as agent thereunder, and certain financial institutions from time to time party thereto (as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated) (the “GE Loan Agreement”).

1.4 “Holder” shall mean any person or entity who shall at the time be the registered holder of this Note.

1.5 Interest Rate shall mean 8.0%.

1.6 “Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement dated as of May 12, 2015 by and among the Company, and each Holder party thereto as a secured party, as may be amended, restated or modified from time to time, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

1.7 “Series A Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series A Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company.

1.8 “Subordination Agreement” shall mean the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated the date hereof by and among the Holder, General Electric Capital Corporation as agent and the other parties named therein.

 

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2. Conversion.

2.1 Conversion upon Qualified Financing. The outstanding principal hereof and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon (together, the “Debt”) shall automatically convert into shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the Second Closing. This Note shall be automatically converted into the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest on this Note divided by the Purchase Price.

2.2 No Fractional Shares; Release of Security Interest. If upon such conversion of this Note a fraction of a share would result, the Company will pay in lieu thereof in cash the amount of Debt resulting in such fractional share. Upon the payment in full of the Notes or conversion of the Notes pursuant to the terms herein, the security interest granted under the Security Agreement shall be released pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement.

3. Issuance of Stock on Conversion. Upon the conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Company at its expense will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled on such conversion (bearing such legends as may be required by applicable state and federal securities laws in the opinion of legal counsel for the Company), together with any other securities and property (including cash payments due hereunder in lieu of fractional shares), if any, to which the Holder is entitled on such conversion under the terms of this Note.

4. Premium Payment Upon a Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control (as defined below) prior to the earlier of the conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 2 hereof or the repayment of this Note, the Holder shall be entitled, upon the closing of such Change of Control, in addition to payment of the outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest hereon in accordance with the terms hereof, to payment of a premium equal to two times (2x) the then outstanding principal hereof. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing of the anticipated occurrence of a Change of Control at least ten (10) days prior to the closing date of the Change of Control.

5. Defaults. The Required Holders may declare the entire unpaid principal and accrued interest on this Note immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Company if any of the following events (individually, an “Event of Default” and collectively, “Events of Default”) shall occur:

5.1 Default in the payment of principal of this Note, accrued interest thereon or any other amounts payable under this Note when due and payable;

5.2 The institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it under the Bankruptcy Act, or any other applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to, or acquiescence in, the filing of any such petition or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, or other similar official, of the Company, or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due;

 

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5.3 Within sixty (60) days after the commencement of proceedings against the Company seeking any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or future statute, law or regulation, such action shall not have been dismissed or all orders or proceedings thereunder affecting the operations or the business of the Company stayed, or the stay of any such order or proceedings shall thereafter be set aside, or, within sixty (60) days after the appointment without the consent or acquiescence of the Company of any trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company or of all or any substantial part of the properties of the Company, such appointment shall not have been vacated;

5.4 The failure by the Company to perform any covenant, condition or agreement under this Note, the Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement or any document entered into in connection with the foregoing; or

5.5(a) For so long as the GE Indebtedness remains outstanding, acceleration of the GE Indebtedness or (b) following the repayment in full of the GE Indebtedness (other than any obligations that specifically survive repayment), if the GE Loan Agreement has not been terminated, an occurrence of a breach or default or event of default under the GE Loan Agreement, or (c) following the repayment in full of the GE Indebtedness (other than any obligations that specifically survive termination), if the GE Loan Agreement has been terminated or is no longer in full force and effect, an action or event that would have been an occurrence of a breach or default or an event of default under the GE Loan Agreement if the GE Loan Agreement had not been terminated and was still in full force and effect.

Upon and during the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Holder shall have then, or at any time thereafter, all of the rights and remedies afforded creditors generally by the applicable federal laws or the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

6. Subordination. The indebtedness evidenced by this Note, and the payment of the principal hereof, and any interest hereon, is subordinated, junior and subject in right of payment, to the prior payment of all GE Indebtedness now outstanding, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Subordination Agreement.

7. Security. This Note is secured pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement.

8. Miscellaneous.

8.1 Waiver and Amendment. Any provision of this Note may be amended, waived or modified only upon the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders.

8.2 Assignment. All rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder shall be binding upon and benefit the successors and assigns of the parties.

8.3 Fees and Expenses. The Company shall pay: (a) all actual and reasonable costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, documentation, drafting, amendment, modification, administration, perfection and funding of this Note, the Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement and all documents entered into in connection with the foregoing; (b) and all of the Holder’s attorneys’

 

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fees, costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending this Note, the Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement and all documents entered into in connection with the foregoing (including fees and expenses of appeal or review), including the exercise of any rights or remedies afforded hereunder or under applicable law, whether or not suit is brought, whether before or after bankruptcy or insolvency, including all fees and costs incurred by the Holder in connection with the Holder’s enforcement of its rights in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding filed by or against the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or their respective property.

8.4 Pari Passu Notes. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that the payment of all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, all interest hereon and the premium payment set forth in Section 4 shall be pari passu in right of payment and in all other respects to the other Notes. In the event the Holder receives payments in excess of the Holder’s pro rata share of the Company’s payments to the holders of all of the Notes, then the Holder shall hold in trust all such excess payments for the benefit of the holders of the other Notes and shall pay such amounts held in trust to such other holders upon demand by such holders.

8.5 Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions that would require the application of laws of any other jurisdiction.

8.6 Payments; Prepayment. All payments by the Company under this Note shall be in immediately available funds and shall be made pro rata among all Holders in accordance with Section 8.4. All payments by the Company under this Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and be free and clear and without any deduction or withholding for any taxes or fees of any nature whatsoever, unless the obligation to make such deduction or withholding is imposed by law. All payments by the Company under this Note shall be applied first to any fees and expenses due and payable hereunder, then to the accrued interest due and payable hereunder and the remainder, if any, to the outstanding principal. The Company and every endorser or guarantor of this Note, regardless of the time, order or place of signing, hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notices of every kind and assents to any permitted extension of the time of payment and to the addition or release of any other party primarily or secondarily liable hereunder. The Debt may not be prepaid by the Company in full or in part prior to the Repayment Date without the consent of the Holder.

8.7 Lost or Stolen Note. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Note, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Note, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

8.8 Notices. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be conclusively deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or delivery by courier, or on the first business day after transmission if sent by confirmed electronic mail transmission, or five (5) business days after deposit in the United States first class mail, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as set forth below the Company’s or the Holder’s name, as applicable, on the signature page hereto, or at such other address as the Company or the Holder may designate by ten (10) business days’ advance written notice to the other party hereto.

 

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8.9 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Note are held unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Note and the balance of this Note shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

8.10 Heading; References. All headings used herein are used for convenience only and shall not be used to construe or interpret this Note. Except where otherwise indicated, all references herein to Sections refer to Sections hereof.

8.11 Entire Agreement. Other than the Purchase Agreement, Security Agreement and the Subordination Agreement and the other Notes, this instrument represents the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to this Note and its terms and conditions.

8.12 Counterparts. This Note may be executed in counterparts, all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement.

8.13 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in exercising any right under this Note shall operate as a waiver of such right or of any other right of the Holder, nor shall any delay, omission or waiver on any one occasion be deemed a bar to or waiver of the same or any other right on any future occasion.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Secured Convertible Promissory Note to be issued as of the date set forth above and to be executed as an instrument under seal.

 

Company: BG MEDICINE, INC.
a Delaware corporation
By:

 

Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Address:     880 Winter Street, Suite 210
    Waltham, MA 02451
Holder: [                    ]
By:

 

[Name]
[Title]
Address:


Exhibit A

Security Agreement



EXECUTION VERSION

EXHIBIT 10.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 12, 2015, by and among BG Medicine, Inc., Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the parties set forth on Annex A hereto as Purchasers (each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement of (A) Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notes”), and (B) shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Series A Preferred”), the rights, preferences and privileges of which are to be set forth in a Certificate of Designations, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Certificate of Designations”), which shares of Series A Preferred shall be convertible into authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (as defined below);

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers desire to purchase from the Company, the Notes and the Shares (as defined below);

WHEREAS, the Board (as defined below) has (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements (as defined below) to which the Company is a party providing for the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and (ii) approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the DGCL upon the terms and conditions contained herein and therein; and

WHEREAS, as a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, on the Initial Closing Date (defined below), the Company and the Purchasers will enter into the Security Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Security Agreement”) and, on the Second Closing Date, the Company and the Purchasers will enter into a Fifth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto (the “Amended IRA”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

Abbott Agreement” means the License and Distribution Agreement by and between the Company and Abbott Laboratories, dated as of November 11, 2009, as amended from time to time.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that a Portfolio Company shall not be deemed an Affiliate of a Purchaser unless such Purchaser, directly or indirectly, encouraged, directed or caused such Portfolio Company to take any action that would have been prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Alternative Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.10. 

Amended IRA” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.


Benefit Plans” with respect to any Person shall mean each material “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), and all stock purchase, stock option, severance, employment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee loan and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), whether formal or informal, oral or written, legally binding or not, under which any employee of such Person or its Subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits or which are contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Person or any of its Subsidiaries.

Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 

Business Day” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or is a day on which banking institutions located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are authorized or required by Law or other governmental action to close. 

Capitalization Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).

Certificate of Designations” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Change of Company Board Recommendation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(b).

Closing” means the Initial Closing or the Second Closing, as the case may be.

Code” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, or any other shares of capital stock into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed. 

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

Company Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(b).

Company Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(c). 

Company Option” shall mean an option to acquire shares of Common Stock that was issued under any Company Stock Plan.

Company Plan” shall mean any Benefit Plan sponsored by or contributed to the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates or for which the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates has any Liability, contingent or otherwise. 

Company SEC Filings” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(a).

Company Stock Plans” shall mean the plans listed on Schedule 1.2. 

Confidential Information” shall mean all information, knowledge, systems or data relating to the business, operations, finances, policies, strategies, intentions or inventions of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries (including any of the terms of this Agreement) from whatever source obtained, except for any such information, knowledge, systems or data which (a) has become publicly known and made generally available through no wrongful act of such Purchaser, (b) has been rightfully received by such Purchaser from a third party who, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, is not bound any obligations of confidentiality with respect to such information, knowledge, systems or data, (c) is independently developed by such Purchaser without use of Confidential Information, or (d) subject to the obligations set forth in Section 5.9(b), is required by law, court order, subpoena, stock exchange, self-regulatory organization, governmental agency, or regulatory body to be disclosed.

 

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Consent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

Contracts” shall mean the Material Contracts, together with any lease, binding commitment, option, insurance policy, benefit plan or other contract, agreement, instrument or obligation (whether oral or written) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound.

control” (including the terms “controlling” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) with respect to any Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Conversion Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred as provided for in the Certificate of Designations. 

DGCL” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals. 

Director” means any member of the Board.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3. 

Environmental Law” shall mean any and all Laws relating to the protection of the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater or land) or natural resources and any other Laws concerning human exposure to hazardous substances. 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

ERISA Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(c).

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, such Person, (ii) any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, such Person, (iii) options, warrants, rights or other commitments or agreements to acquire from such Person, or that obligates such Person to issue, any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, such Person, (iv) obligations of such Person to grant, extend or enter into any subscription, warrant, right, convertible or exchangeable security or other similar agreement or commitment relating to any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, such Person and (v) the capital stock of such Person.

Exchange” means the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT LLC or any of their respective successors.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration.

Fraud” shall mean with respect to any claim or action, all of the following elements: (a) a false statement of a material fact relating to such claim or action; (b) knowledge on the part of the Person making such statement of a material fact that the statement is false; (c) intent on the part of the Person making such statement of a material fact to deceive the receiving party by making the false statement; (d) justifiable reliance by the receiving party on the false statement of material fact; and (e) injury to the receiving party as a result of such reliance on the false statement of material fact.

 

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Foreign Benefit Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(g). 

GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(b).

Governmental Entity” shall mean any United States or non-United States federal, state or local government, or any agency, bureau, board, commission, department, tribunal or instrumentality thereof or any court, tribunal, or arbitral or judicial body. 

Indemnification Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(b). 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3. 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3. 

Initial Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Initial Closing Date” shall mean the date of the Initial Closing.

Intellectual Property” shall mean all U.S. or foreign intellectual property, including (i) patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, other source indicators and the goodwill of the business symbolized thereby, copyrights, works of authorship in any medium, designs and trade secrets, (ii) applications for and registrations of such patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights and designs (“Registered Intellectual Property”), (iii) inventions, processes, formulae, methods, schematics, technology, know-how, computer software programs and applications, and (iv) other tangible or intangible proprietary or confidential information and materials. 

Investment Securities” with respect to a Person means debt or Equity Securities issued by such Person or similar obligations of, or participations in, such Person.

Investor Rights Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated July 10, 2008, by and among the Company and the other parties named therein.

Knowledge” shall mean, with respect to the Company, the knowledge of any of the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.1. Such individuals will be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if (i) such individual has or at any time had actual knowledge of such fact or other matter or (ii) a prudent individual would be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or other matter in the course of conducting a reasonably diligent review concerning the existence thereof with each employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who reports directly to such individual and who (x) has responsibilities or (y) would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of circumstances or other information, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to be pertinent to such fact or other matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will be deemed to have knowledge of any fact or matter of which an officer of the Company has received written notice (whether in hard copy, digital or electronic format).

Law” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

Leased Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21(b). 

Legal Proceeding” shall mean any action, suit, litigation, petition, claim, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, or investigation by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Entity or arbitral body. 

Liability” shall mean any liability, obligation or commitment of any kind (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or otherwise and whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP).

 

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Lien” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

Losses” shall mean any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), it being agreed that Losses shall include any losses that any Person deciding any dispute in respect thereof (whether a court, jury or other Person) may determine are recoverable, including if so determined to be recoverable, losses that represent diminution in value.

Massachusetts Court” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(b). 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any fact, circumstance, event, change, effect, occurrence or development (each, a “Change”) that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Changes, (i) has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or with respect to the business, operations, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, prospects, results of operation or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) results in or would reasonably be expected to result in a Liability or Loss to the Company or its Subsidiaries in an amount exceeding $500,000.

Material Contracts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(a). 

Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Participation Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.10. 

Permitted Liens” means, (a) local, state and federal Laws, including, without limitation, zoning or planning restrictions, and utility lines, easements, permits, covenants, conditions, restrictions, rights-of-way, oil, gas or mineral leases of record and other restrictions or limitations on the use of real property or irregularities in title thereto, which do not materially impair the value of such properties or the continued use of such property for the purposes for which the property is currently being used by the Company or any Subsidiary, (b) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, that are payable without penalty or that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been recorded on the Company Financial Statements, (c) Liens for carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s, workers’ and similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, in each case for sums not yet due and payable or due but not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been recorded on the Company Financial Statements, (d) Liens permissible under any applicable loan agreements and indentures, (e) restrictions arising under applicable securities Laws and (f) Liens securing the indebtedness under the Security Agreement or any other existing indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or any other entity or organization. 

Portfolio Company” means, with respect to a referent Person, any other Person that issues Investment Securities if such referent Person beneficially owns Investment Securities representing a controlling interest in such Person.

Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).

Purchase Price” means, with respect to the Shares, the lesser of (a) the product of (i) 0.85 and (ii) the arithmetic average of the VWAP on each of the ten (10) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the Second Closing and (b) $0.67 (subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution affecting the Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly Common Stock) occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Second Closing).

 

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Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals. 

Purchaser Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 4.3. 

Registered Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property”. 

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, managers, trustees, principals, stockholders, members, general or limited partners, agents and other representatives. 

Required Holders” means (a) prior to the Second Closing, the Purchasers (or permitted transferees thereof) holding the Notes representing a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued to the Purchasers hereunder at the Initial Closing, and (b) after the Second Closing, the Purchasers (or permitted transferees thereof) holding a majority of the then outstanding Shares issued to the Purchasers hereunder at the Second Closing (determined on an as-converted to Common Stock basis).

Required Stockholder Vote” means the affirmative vote (by action taken at a meeting) of the holders of shares of capital stock of the Company representing a majority in voting power of the stock of the Company outstanding on the record date for a stockholders meeting and entitled to vote thereat.

Rule 144” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(a). 

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Second Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).

Second Closing Date” shall mean the date of the Second Closing.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Series A Preferred” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals. 

Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other form of legal entity (whether incorporated or unincorporated) of which (or in which) more than fifty percent (50%) of (i) the Voting Power; (ii) the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or limited liability company; or (iii) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate; is, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.

Termination Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.

Tax Returns” shall mean returns, reports, information statements and other documentation (including any additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed in connection with the calculation, determination, assessment or collection of any Tax, including any schedules or amendments thereto. 

Taxes” shall mean any and all taxes, levies, fees, imposts, duties and charges of whatever kind (including any interest, penalties or additions to the tax imposed in connection therewith or with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, taxes imposed on, or measured by, income,

 

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franchise, profits or gross receipts, and any ad valorem, value added, sales, use, service, real or personal property, capital stock, license, payroll, withholding, employment, social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, utility, severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, transfer and gains taxes and customs or duties.

Third Party Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(c). 

Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed or quoted on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed or quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that, in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

Transaction Agreements” shall mean, (i) with respect to the Initial Closing, this Agreement, the Notes and the Security Agreement and (ii) with respect to the Second Closing, this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations and the Amended IRA. 

Transfer” shall mean the direct or indirect transfer, sale, assignment, exchange, distribution, mortgage, pledge or disposition of any Equity Securities of the Company.

Treasury Regulation” shall mean the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code. 

Voting Power” shall mean either (a) the power to elect, designate or nominate directors to the Board, or (b) vote (as Common Stock or together with Common Stock) on matters to be voted on or consented to by the Common Stock through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise. 

Voting Stock” shall mean securities of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote generally for the election of (x) Directors of the Company or its successor (including the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock) or (y) directors of any Subsidiary of the Company. 

VWAP” means the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Stock on its Trading Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City Time (or such other time as the Trading Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, L.P., or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, L.P. for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for the Common Stock on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of the Common Stock shall be the fair market value of the Common Stock on such date as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith. The term “VWAP” and any amount set forth herein, shall be adjusted appropriately to account for the occurrence of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution

 

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affecting the Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Second Closing.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company of which the Company owns, either directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding equity interests of such Subsidiary.

2. Authorization, Purchase and Sale of the Notes and the Shares.

 

  2.1 Authorization, Purchase and Sale.

(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Initial Closing, a Note in the principal amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Annex A, for a purchase price equal to the principal amount of Notes being purchased by such Purchaser at the Initial Closing. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued pursuant to this Agreement is $500,000.

(b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Second Closing, the number of shares of Series A Preferred (each a “Share” and collectively, the “Shares”) set forth next to such Purchaser’s name on Annex A, which excludes the shares of Series A Preferred which shall be issued to such Purchaser as a result of the conversion of the Notes at the Second Closing. The purchase price per Share shall be equal to the Purchase Price.

 

  2.2 Closings.

(a) The closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes (the “Initial Closing”) shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, at 10:00 a.m., on the date hereof, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Purchasers holding a majority-in-interest of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased at the Initial Closing mutually agree, orally or in writing immediately following the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Section 6 with respect to the Initial Closing (other than those conditions which, by their terms, are to be satisfied or waived at the Initial Closing).

(b) The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Second Closing”) shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, at such time and place as the Company and the Required Holders agree, orally or in writing immediately following the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Section 6 with respect to the Second Closing (other than those conditions which, by their terms, are to be satisfied or waived at the Second Closing). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Second Closing shall occur within three (3) Business Days of the Required Stockholder Vote authorizing the Second Closing and the sale of the Shares by the Company to the Purchasers contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  (c) Closing Deliveries:

(i) At the Initial Closing (A) the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a Note representing the principal amount of the Note that such Purchaser is purchasing at the Initial Closing and (B) each Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Company an amount equal to the principal amount of the Note being purchased by such Purchaser at the Initial Closing as set forth on Annex A by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account set forth on Annex A under the heading “Company Wire Instructions”.

(ii) At the Second Closing (A) the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser certificates representing the Shares purchased by such Purchaser and (B) each Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Company an amount equal to the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account set forth on Annex A under the heading “Company Wire Instructions”. For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes shall be cancelled and converted into shares of Series A Preferred in accordance with their terms at the Second Closing.

 

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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in (x) the Company SEC Filings or (y) in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Purchasers on the date hereof (the “Disclosure Schedule”) (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section of the Disclosure Schedule shall also be deemed disclosure with respect to any other Section of this Agreement to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent), the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers that the following representations and warranties are true and complete as of the date of the Closing:

 

  3.1 Organization and Power.

(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its respective business as it is presently being conducted and to own, lease or operate its respective properties and assets.

(b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or other legal entity) in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The organizational or governing documents of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of its organizational or governing documents. The Company has delivered or made available to the Purchasers complete and correct copies of the certificates of incorporation and bylaws or other constituent documents, as amended to date and currently in full force and effect, of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

  3.2 Capitalization.

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized shares of capital stock of the Company consist of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”). As of the close of business on the Business Day preceding the date of (x) this Agreement for purposes of the Initial Closing and (y) the Second Closing Date for purposes of the Second Closing (as applicable, the “Capitalization Date”), (i) 34,653,150 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (ii) 3,897,548 of Common Stock were reserved for issuance under the Company Stock Plans, (iii) zero shares of Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, and (iv) zero shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock were held by the Company as treasury shares. All outstanding shares of Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights. Since the Capitalization Date, the Company has not sold or issued or repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any shares of the Company’s capital stock (other than issuances pursuant to the exercise of any Company Option or vesting of any share unit award that had been granted under any Company Stock Plan, or repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions pursuant to agreements contemplated by a Company Stock Plan). No Subsidiary of the Company owns any Equity Securities of the Company.

(b) As of the Capitalization Date, with respect to the Company Stock Plans, (i) there were 2,773,921 shares of Common Stock underlying outstanding Company Options to acquire shares of Common Stock, such outstanding Company Options having the exercise price per share as of the Capitalization Date as set forth on Schedule 3.2, (ii) there were 805,900 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of outstanding share award units, and (iii) 317,727 additional shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance for future grants pursuant to the Company Stock Plans. All shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance as noted in the foregoing sentence, when issued in accordance with the respective terms thereof, are or will be validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights. Each Company Option was granted with an exercise price per share equal to or greater than the per share fair market value (as such term is used in Code Section 409A and the Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder) of the Common Stock underlying such Company Option on the grant date thereof and was otherwise issued in material compliance with applicable Law.

 

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(c) Schedule 3.2 sets forth a list of all outstanding warrants to purchase any Equity Securities of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, together with the number of shares subject thereto, the exercise price thereof, the dates of any scheduled vesting thereof, in each case as of the date hereof.

(d) Except as set forth in this Section 3.2, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding Equity Securities of the Company and no other obligations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payments based on the price or value of any Equity Securities of the Company. There are no outstanding agreements of any kind which obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities of the Company.

(e) Except as set forth in the Transaction Agreements or as set forth in Schedule 3.2, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement relating to the voting of, requiring registration of, or granting any preemptive, anti-dilutive rights or rights of first refusal or other similar rights with respect to any Equity Securities of the Company.

(f) Prior to the Second Closing and upon the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (i) the Series A Preferred will be duly authorized and (ii) a sufficient number of Conversion Shares will have been duly authorized and validly reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Shares in accordance with the Certificate of Designations. When the Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations, all such Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights except as set forth in the Transaction Agreements. When Conversion Shares are issued in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, all such Conversion Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights except as set forth in the Transaction Agreements.

(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any Liabilities in respect of any Indebtedness (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) except for: (a) Liabilities disclosed in the Company Financial Statements; (b) normal and recurring current Liabilities that have been incurred by the Company since the date of the Company’s consolidated balance sheet dated December 31, 2014 in the ordinary course of business and which are not in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate; (c) Liabilities described in Schedule 3.2(g), and (d) Liabilities incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements. For each item of Indebtedness described on Schedule 3.2(g), Schedule 3.2(g) sets forth the debtor, the principal amount of the Indebtedness as the date of this Agreement, the creditor, the maturity date, and the collateral, if any, securing the Indebtedness. Except as described in the Company SEC Filings or as set forth on Schedule 3.2(g), neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability in respect of a guarantee of any indebtedness or other Liability of any other Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).

3.3 Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power to enter into each of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and to carry out and perform its obligations thereunder. Prior to the Closing, all corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers and directors necessary for the authorization of the Notes and Series A Preferred, as the case may be, and the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party has been taken. Except for the approval of the stockholders of the Company authorizing the issuance of the Shares, the Conversion Shares and the shares of Series A Preferred issuable upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement and the consummation of the Second Closing, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party by the Company and the issuance of the Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares, in each case in accordance with their terms, and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated herein do not require any approval of the Company’s stockholders. Upon their respective execution by the Company and the other parties thereto and assuming that they constitute legal and binding agreements of each Purchaser party thereto, each of the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that

 

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such enforceability (a) may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (b) is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law).

3.4 Registration Requirements. Subject to the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchasers in Section 4, the offer, sale and issuance of the Shares and the conversion of the Shares into Common Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Designations (i) has been and will be made in compliance with applicable exemptions from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and (ii) will have been registered or qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification) under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable Blue Sky laws.

3.5 No Conflict. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party by the Company, the issuance of the Notes, the Shares and the Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party will not (i) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, or, upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Designations, (ii) result in any breach or violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, require consent under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of any benefit under any mortgage, Contract, insurance policy (including any directors and officers insurance policy), purchase or sale order, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, right or license, binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or result in the creation of any liens, claims, mortgages, encumbrances, pledges, security interests, equities or charges of any kind (each, a “Lien”) upon any of the properties, assets or rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) subject to the matters referred to in Section 3.6, conflict with or violate any applicable material law, statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation (including rules or regulations applicable to the listing of the Company’s capital stock on any trading exchange), or agency requirement of or undertaking to or agreement with any Governmental Entity, including common law (collectively, “Laws” and each, a “Law”) or any judgment, order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Entity.

3.6 Consents. No consent, approval, order, or authorization of, or filing or registration with, or notification to (any of the foregoing being a “Consent”), any Governmental Entity or any trading exchange is required on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, or (b) the issuance of the Notes, the issuance of the Shares or the issuance of the Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares in accordance with the Certificate of Designations; other than (i) the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (ii) the filing of preliminary and definitive proxy statements by the Company with the SEC and the resolution of any SEC correspondence related thereto, (iii) the filing of one or more Forms D with the SEC, (iv) such filings and approvals as may be required by any federal or state securities Laws, including compliance with any applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and (v) those to be obtained, in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Amended IRA, under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and any related filings and approvals under applicable state securities laws.

3.7 Permits. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all material permits, licenses, authorizations, consents, approvals and franchises of Governmental Entities or any trading exchange that are required to conduct its business.

3.8 SEC Reports; Financial Statements.

(a) The Company has filed, since January 1, 2012, all forms, reports and documents with the SEC that have been required to be filed by it under applicable Laws (the “Company SEC Filings”), including the

 

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Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. Each Company SEC Filing complied as of its filing date, as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, each as in effect on the date such Company SEC Filing was filed (and, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of such amended or superseded filing). As of its filing date (and, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of such amended or superseded filing), each Company SEC Filing did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(d) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. No executive officer of the Company has failed to make the certifications required by him or her under Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to any Company SEC Filing. There are no transactions that have occurred since January 1, 2012 that are required to be disclosed in the appropriate Company SEC Filings pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K that have not been disclosed in the Company SEC Filings.

(b) The consolidated financial statements (including all related notes and schedules) of the Company and its Subsidiaries included in the Company SEC Filings and the unaudited consolidated financial statements (including all related notes and schedules) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheet, statement of operations and statement of cash flows as of March 31, 2015 and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, that have not yet been filed with the SEC (collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”) (i) comply as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods therein specified, all in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (“GAAP”) throughout the periods therein specified (except as otherwise noted therein, and in the case of quarterly financial statements except for the absence of footnote disclosure and subject, in the case of interim periods, to normal year-end adjustments, the effect of which will not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially adverse, and the absence of footnote disclosure that if presented, would not differ materially from those included in the audited Company Financial Statements).

(c) Except as disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule, there are no Liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, other than: (i) Liabilities disclosed in the Company Financial Statements; (ii) normal and recurring current Liabilities that have been incurred by the Company since the date of the Company’s consolidated balance sheet dated December 31, 2014 in the ordinary course of business and which are not in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate; or (iii) Liabilities incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements.

(d) The Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer have (i) devised and maintained a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and have evaluated such system at the times required by the Exchange Act and in any event no less frequently than at reasonable intervals and (ii) disclosed to the Company’s management, auditors and the audit committee of the Board (x) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls of the Company, and except with respect to matters disclosed in the Company SEC Filings with respect to clause (x), the Company has provided to the Purchasers copies of any written materials relating to the foregoing. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be included in the Company’s periodic reports under the Exchange Act is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal

 

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financial officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer are made aware of such material information required to be included in the Company’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act. There are no outstanding loans made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of the Company. Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary of the Company, since the date that the Company acquired (either directly or indirectly) a majority of the outstanding capital stock of such Subsidiary, has made any loans to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

3.9 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9, there are no (i) investigations or, to the Knowledge of the Company, proceedings pending or threatened by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, (ii) Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties or assets, at Law or in equity that would reasonably be expected to result in Liability to the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 or any other material non-monetary Liability or restrictions, or (iii) orders, judgments or decrees of any Governmental Entity against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

3.10 Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2014, there has not been any Change which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except as disclosed in Company SEC Filings or on Schedule 3.10, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been conducted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and there has not been:

(a) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any shares of capital stock of the Company, or any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(b) any incurrence, assumption or guarantee by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $50,000, individually, or $200,000, in the aggregate, or the repurchase, redemption or repayment of any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000, individually, or $200,000, in the aggregate, other than any such incurrence, assumption or guarantee in relation to the Transaction Agreements;

(c) any event of default (or event which with notice, the passage of time or both, would become an event of default) in the payment of any indebtedness for borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $50,000 by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(d) any change in any methods of accounting by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as may be appropriate to conform to changes in GAAP;

(e) any material Tax election made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any settlement or compromise of any material Tax Liability by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except (i) as required by applicable Law or (ii) with respect to any material Tax election, consistent with elections historically made by the Company;

(f) no change in the financial condition or operating results of the Company or any Subsidiary or in the assets, liabilities, business or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(g) no loss, destruction or damage to any property of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not insured;

(h) no acquisition or disposition of any assets (or any contract or arrangement therefor), including any Company Intellectual Property, nor any other transaction by the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise than for fair value in the ordinary course of business; or

 

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(i) no loss, or any development that is expected to result in a loss, of any significant supplier, customer, distributor or account of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than the completion in the ordinary course of business of specific projects or orders for customers).

3.11 Compliance with Law. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with and are not in default under or in violation of, and have not received any written notices of non-compliance, default or violation with, in each case, in any material respect, with respect to any Laws.

 

  3.12 Intellectual Property.

(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, license, sublicense or otherwise possess respects legally enforceable rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business or Permitted Liens). All material Intellectual Property developed for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any employees, contractors and consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is exclusively owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens (other than non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business or Permitted Liens).

(b) All Registered Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subsisting and has not expired or been cancelled or abandoned and, to the Company’s Knowledge, is valid and enforceable. To the Company’s Knowledge, no third party is infringing, violating or misappropriating any of the Company Intellectual Property in any material respect.

(c) The execution and delivery of the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in, the breach of, or create on behalf of any third party the right to terminate or modify, (i) any license or other agreement relating to any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “ Company Intellectual Property”), or (ii) any license, sublicense and other agreement as to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is authorized to use any third party Intellectual Property, excluding generally commercially available, off-the-shelf software programs licensed for a license fee of less than $25,000 in the aggregate (the “Third Party Intellectual Property”).

(d) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12(d), the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has not infringed, violated or constituted a misappropriation of any Intellectual Property of any third party and as currently conducted does not infringe, violate or constitute a misappropriation of any Intellectual Property of any third party. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12(d), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has received any written claim or notice alleging any such infringement, violation or misappropriation, or (ii) has been or is subject to any settlement, order, decree, injunction, or stipulation imposed by any Governmental Entity that may affect the use, validity or enforceability of Company Intellectual Property.

(e) The Company and its Subsidiaries take all reasonable actions to protect the Company Intellectual Property and to protect and preserve the confidentiality of their trade secrets, including disclosing trade secrets to a third party only where such third party is bound by a confidentiality agreement.

 

  3.13 Employee Benefits.

(a) With respect to any Company Plan, no Legal Proceeding has been threatened, asserted, instituted, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is anticipated (other than non-material routine claims for benefits, and appeals of such claims), and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist that would give rise to any such Legal Proceeding. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Company Plan is or, within the last six (6) years, has been the subject of an examination or audit by a Governmental Entity, is the subject of an application or filing under, or is a participant in, a government-sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance, self-correction or similar program,

 

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(ii) the Company has satisfied all reporting and disclosure requirements under the Code and ERISA that are applicable to the Company Plans, and (iii) the Company has not terminated any Company Plan or taken any action with respect thereto that would result in a Lien on any of the assets or properties of the Company.

(b) Each Company Plan has been established and administered in accordance with its terms and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, and in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations, and each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that such Company Plan is qualified under the Code (or is entitled to rely on a prototype letter with regard to such determination) and nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification. The Company and its Subsidiaries has complied with reporting and disclosure requirements under the Code and ERISA that are applicable to the Company Plans.

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13(c), neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor any other entity which, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would be treated as a single employer under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code (each such entity, an “ERISA Affiliate”) sponsors, maintains, contributes to, or has had in the past six (6) years an obligation at any time to sponsor, maintain or contribute to, or has any Liability in respect of (i) any “defined benefit pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA), (ii) any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA, including any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) (“Multiemployer Plan”), (iii) any other plan which is subject to Section 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA, or (iv) any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is not intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13(c), except as required by Section 4980B of the Code, no Company Plan provides any retiree or post-employment medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any person. The assets of any defined benefit pension plan equal or exceed the projected benefit obligation of such plan, as determined using the actuarial assumptions used for purposes of the Company Financial Statements. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13(c), (i) none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates has incurred any withdrawal liability, within the meaning of Section 4201 of ERISA, or any contingent withdrawal liability under Section 4204 of ERISA, to any Multiemployer Plan, which Liability could become a Liability of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its ERISA Affiliates or impose any lien or encumbrance against the assets of the Company, any Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, and the execution of the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby will not cause or result in any such withdrawal liability (contingent or actual), (ii) all contributions that the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates are required to have made to any Multiemployer Plan have been made, (iii) no Liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred or is expected to be incurred with respect to any Company Plan subject thereto (other than PBGC premiums incurred and paid when due), nor has there been any “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to any such Company Plan, and (iv) no non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) has occurred with respect to any Company Plan that has subjected or could reasonably be expected to subject the Company, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, to a Tax or penalty pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any other Liability or penalty with respect thereto.

(d) Each “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Code Section 409A(d)(1) and applicable regulations) with respect to any service provider to the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) complies and has been operated in compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and regulations promulgated thereunder, or (ii) is exempt from compliance under the “grandfather” provisions of IRS Notice 2005-1 and applicable regulations and has not been “materially modified” (within the meaning of IRS Notice 2005-1 and Treasury Regulations §1.409A-6(a)(4)) subsequent to October 3, 2004.

(e) All required contributions to, and premium payments on account of, each Company Plan have been made on a timely basis. Each Company Plan may be amended or terminated without penalty other than the funding or payment of benefits, fees or charges accrued or incurred through the date of termination.

 

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(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(f), neither the execution of the Transaction Agreements nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will (i) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or increase the amount of compensation or benefits due to any Company employee, or (ii) give rise to any other Liability or funding obligation under any Company Plan or otherwise, including Liability for severance pay, unemployment compensation or termination pay.

(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(g), no Benefit Plan of the Company is maintained outside the jurisdiction of the United States, or covers any employee residing or working outside the United States (any such Benefit Plan the “Foreign Benefit Plans”). Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all Foreign Benefit Plans that are required to be funded are fully funded, and with respect to all other Foreign Benefit Plans, adequate reserves therefor have been established on the accounting statements of the Company or its applicable Subsidiary.

 

  3.14 Labor Relations.

(a) No Company employee is represented by a labor union or works council and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no organizing efforts have been conducted within the last three years or are now being conducted, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any material collective bargaining agreement or other labor contract or collective agreement, and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries currently has, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is there now threatened, a strike, picket, work stoppage, work slowdown or other material labor dispute.

(b) (i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to the employment of labor, including all applicable laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security taxes and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any Liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar state or local Law within the last two years which remains unsatisfied.

 

  3.15 Taxes.

(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all federal income Tax Returns and all other material Tax Returns required to have been filed as of the date hereof (taking into account any extensions that have been duly obtained) and such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all respects and have paid all Taxes required to have been timely paid by them in full through the date hereof, regardless of whether or not shown on any such Tax Return, except to the extent such Taxes are both (i) being challenged in good faith and (ii) adequately provided for on the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any current Liability, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances which would result in any Liability, for Taxes of any Person (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.

(c) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, is bound by or has any obligation under any Tax sharing or Tax indemnity agreement or similar Contract or arrangement other than any such agreement or similar Contract or arrangement to which the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are the exclusive parties.

(d) All Taxes required to be withheld, collected or deposited by or with respect to Company and each of its Subsidiaries have been timely withheld, collected or deposited as the case may be, and to the extent required, have been paid to the relevant taxing authority.

 

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(e) No deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed or assessed in writing against or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there is no outstanding audit, assessment, dispute or claim concerning any Tax Liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or raised by an authority in writing. No written claim has been made by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries files Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any waiver of any federal, state, local or foreign statute of limitations with respect to, or any extension of a period for the assessment of, any material Tax.

(f) There are no material Liens with respect to Taxes upon any of the assets or properties of either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than with respect to Taxes not yet delinquent.

(g) No closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) has been entered into by or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

(i) The representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Section 3.15 shall be the only representations and warranties, express or implied, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter contained in this Section 3.15.

3.16 Registration. Shares of the Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and there is no action pending by the Company or any other Person to terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is currently contemplating terminating such registration.

3.17 Investment Company Act. The Company is not, nor immediately after the Company’s receipt of the aggregate proceeds from the sale of the Notes or the aggregate Purchase Price from the Purchasers, as the case may be, will the Company be, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and required to be registered under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

3.18 Brokers. The Company has not retained, utilized or been represented by any broker or finder who is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  3.19 Subsidiaries.

(a) As of the date hereof, the Company has no Subsidiaries other than as listed in Schedule 3.19.

(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.19, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, each Subsidiary of the Company (i) have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions under applicable securities Laws and Liens securing the indebtedness under the Security Agreement).

3.20 Environmental Matters. No hazardous waste, substances or materials, or oil or petroleum products have been generated, transported, used, disposed, stored or treated by the Company or any Subsidiary, except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws. No hazardous wastes, substances or materials, or oil or petroleum products have been released, discharged, disposed, or otherwise caused to enter the soil or water in, under or upon any real property owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary, except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, except where such violation has not or will not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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  3.21 Assets.

(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of its or their real or personal properties (whether tangible or intangible), rights and assets, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in each case, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens or as disclosed in the Company SEC Filings or on Schedule 3.21). The properties and assets owned and leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries are sufficient to carry on their businesses as they are now being conducted in all material respects.

(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company has good and valid leasehold interests in all of its leased properties, whether as lessee or sublessee (the “Leased Real Property”), in each case, sufficient to conduct its respective businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), assuming the timely discharge of all obligations owing under or related to Leased Real Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21(b), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or has ever owned any real property.

3.22 Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries have and maintain in effect policies of insurance covering the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective employees, properties or assets, including policies of life, property, fire, workers’ compensation, products liability, directors’ and officers’ liability and other casualty and liability insurance, that is in a form and amount that is customarily carried by persons conducting business similar to that of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which the Company reasonably believes are adequate for the operation of its business. All such insurance policies are in full force and effect, no written notice of cancellation has been received by the Company as of the date hereof and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such notice is imminent, and there is no existing default or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, by any insured thereunder, except for such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no material claim pending under any of such policies as to which coverage has been denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies and there has been no threatened termination of any such policies.

 

  3.23 Material Contracts.

(a) Except as filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Filings or as set forth on Schedule 3.23, there are none of the following (each a “Material Contract”):

(i) Contracts restricting the payment of dividends upon, or the redemption, repurchase or conversion of, the Preferred Stock or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof;

(ii) joint venture, partnership, limited liability or other similar Contract or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(iii) any Contract relating to the acquisition or disposition of any business, stock or assets that (x) is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (y) has representations, covenants, escrows, indemnities, purchase price payments, “earn-outs”, adjustments or other obligations that are still in effect;

(iv) Contracts containing any covenant (x) limiting the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or in any geographic area, or (y) prohibiting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from engaging in business with any Person or levying a fine, charge or other payment for doing so;

(v) “material contracts” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC, excluding any exhibits, schedules and annexes to such material contracts that are not required to be filed with the SEC, and those agreements and arrangements described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii)) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be filed with the SEC;

 

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(vi) Contracts relating to indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount exceeding $50,000;

(vii) Contracts (other than the Transaction Agreements) that would be or purport to be binding on the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates after the Closing;

(viii) Contracts with any Governmental Entity that imposes any material obligation or restriction on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and

(ix) any material Contract with any current or former director, officer or employee.

(b) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company (and/or each such Subsidiary of the Company party thereto) and, to the Knowledge of the Company, on each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in breach of, or default under, any such Material Contract, and no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a breach or default thereunder or would result in the termination thereof or would cause or permit the acceleration or other change of any right or obligation of the loss of any benefit thereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto.

3.24 Right of First Refusal; Stockholders Agreement; Voting and Registration Rights; and Related Party Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.24 or as provided for in this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements, no party has any right of first refusal, right of first offer, right of co-sale, preemptive right, anti-dilution right or other similar right regarding Equity Securities of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.24, there are no provisions of the Company’s organizational documents and no Material Contracts other than the Certificate of Designations, this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements, which (a) may affect or restrict the voting rights of the Purchasers with respect to the Shares in their capacity as stockholders of the Company, (b) restrict the ability of the Purchasers, or any successor thereto or assignee or transferee thereof, to transfer the Shares, (c) would adversely affect the Company’s or the Purchasers’ right or ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or comply with the terms of the other Transaction Agreements or the Certificates of Designation and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (d) require the vote of more than a majority of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or require a separate class vote, voting together as a single class, to take or prevent any corporate action (other than those matters expressly requiring a different vote under the provisions of the DGCL) or (e) entitle any party to nominate or elect any director of the Company or require any of the Company’s stockholders to vote for any such nominee or other person as a director of the Company. Except for the matters disclosed on Schedule 3.24 or as described in the Company SEC Filings, no Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no officer or director (or equivalent) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any family member of any such Person who is an individual or any entity in which any such Person or any such family member thereof owns a material interest): (a) has any material interest in any material asset owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or used in connection with the business of the Company or (b) has engaged in or is a party to any material transaction, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than payments made to, and other compensation provided to, officers and directors (or equivalent) in the ordinary course of business).

3.25 FDA. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary possesses all permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, authorizations, orders and approvals from the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business, including all such permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, authorizations, orders and approvals required by the FDA or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous materials. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the suspension, modification, revocation or cancellation of any such permit, license, registration, certificate, authorization, order or approval.

 

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3.26 Data Privacy. The Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the privacy and personal information of its employees and independent contractors, prospective employees and independent contractors, customers, prospective customers, and other individuals about whom the Company has handled personal information (including without limitation laws, rules and regulations pertaining to data security, data protection, direct marketing, consumer protection and workplace privacy), as well as all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and contractual commitments, relating to the protection of data provided to the Company by the Company’s customers, including hosted data, and has treated all such information described in this section in accordance with industry standard data security measures to protect such information from unauthorized access by the Company’s own personnel and by third parties, as well as in compliance with the Company’s own privacy policies and statements that have been published or made available to the data subjects who are protected by such policies or statements; the Company has contractually required its contractors who have had access to such information to have requirements substantially similar to those set forth in this section; the Company has not suffered a breach of personal information that was required to be reported to a data subject or a data owner or licensee pursuant to applicable state or federal law, rule, regulation or guideline.

3.27 No Other Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 (including, or as qualified by, the Disclosure Schedule), the Company makes no other representation or warranty, express or implied, written or oral, and hereby, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, disclaims any such representation or warranty, whether by the Company or any other Person, with respect to the Company or with respect to any other information (including, without limitation, pro-forma financial information, financial projections or other forward-looking statements) provided to or made available to any Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither the Company nor any other Person will have or be subject to any liability or indemnification obligation to any Purchaser or any other Person resulting from any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company, unless any such information is expressly included in a representation or warranty contained in Section 3 or in an applicable section of the Disclosure Schedule.

4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. As of the date hereof and as of the date of each Closing, each Purchaser represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to the Company as follows:

4.1 Organization. Such Purchaser is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

4.2 Authorization. Such Purchaser has all requisite corporate or other power to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which such Purchaser is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to which such Purchaser is a party and to carry out and perform its obligations thereunder. All corporate or other action on the part of such Purchaser or the holders of the capital stock or other equity interests of such Purchaser necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements to which such Purchaser is a party has been taken. Upon their respective execution by such Purchaser and the other parties thereto and assuming that they constitute legal and binding agreements of the Company, each of the Transaction Agreements to which such Purchaser is a party will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (a) may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (b) is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law).

4.3 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements to which such Purchaser is a party by such Purchaser, the issuance of the Notes and the Shares and the Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares in accordance with the Certificate of Designations and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Agreements will not (i) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or other equivalent organizational document, in each case as amended, of such Purchaser, (ii) result in any breach or violation of, or default (with or

 

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without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, require consent under, any Contract binding upon such Purchaser or (iii) subject to the matters referred to in Section 4.4, conflict with or violate any applicable Laws or any judgment, order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Entity, except in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to materially delay or hinder the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under any of the Transaction Agreements (with respect to each Purchaser, a “Purchaser Adverse Effect”).

4.4 Consents. No Consent of any Governmental Entity is required on the part of such Purchaser in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Agreements to which such Purchaser is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (b) the issuance of the Notes, the issuance of the Shares or the issuance of the Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares in accordance with the Certificate of Designations, other than (i) those to be obtained, in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Amended IRA, under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and any related filings and approvals under applicable state securities Laws, (ii) such filings and approvals as may be required by any federal or state securities Laws, including compliance with any applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and (iii) such Consents the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Adverse Effect.

4.5 Brokers. Such Purchaser has not retained, utilized or been represented by any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees or commissions the Company or its Subsidiaries would be required to pay.

4.6 Purchase Entirely for Own Account. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Notes and the Shares for its own account solely for the purpose of investment, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Notes, the Shares or the Conversion Shares in violation of the Securities Act, and such Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same, in violation of the Securities Act. Such Purchaser has no present agreement, undertaking, arrangement, obligation or commitment providing for the disposition of the Notes, the Shares or the Conversion Shares.

4.7 Investor Status. Such Purchaser certifies and represents to the Company that such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser’s financial condition is such that it is able to bear the risk of holding the Notes and the Shares for an indefinite period of time and the risk of loss of its entire investment. Such Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to receive information from, and to ask questions of and receive answers from the management of, the Company concerning this investment so as to allow it to make an informed investment decision prior to its investment and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Company.

 

  4.8 Securities Not Registered.

(a) Such Purchaser understands that the Notes, the Shares and the Conversion Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the SEC or by any state securities commission nor have the Notes, the Shares or the Conversion Shares been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of their issuance by the Company in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that the Notes, the Shares and the Conversion Shares must continue to be held by such Purchaser unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. Such Purchaser understands that the exemptions from registration afforded by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) (the provisions of which are known to it) depend on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited amounts.

 

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(b) The Notes, the Shares and the Conversion Shares shall be subject to the restrictions contained herein.

(c) It is understood that the Notes, the Shares and the Conversion Shares, and any securities issued in respect thereof or in exchange therefor, may bear one or all of the legends set forth in Section 9.

5. Covenants.

5.1 Required Consents. So long as any Note is outstanding, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with each Purchaser that it shall not, whether by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, without the written consent or affirmative vote of the Required Holders:

(a) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the business and affairs of the Company, or effect any merger or consolidation or any other Liquidation Event (as defined in the Certificate of Designations);

(b) other than file the Certificate of Designations with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, including the Certificate of Designations, or Bylaws of the Company;

(c) upon (i) payment in full of the Obligations (as defined in that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2012, by and among Company, General Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as agent thereunder, and certain financial institutions from time to time party thereto (as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated)), other than inchoate indemnity obligations or obligations that specifically survive termination pursuant to the terms therein, and (ii) termination of the Subordination Agreement (as defined below) pursuant to its terms, sell, assign, license, pledge or encumber technology or intellectual property or other assets of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(d) create, or hold capital stock in, any subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, or permit any Subsidiary to sell, lease, transfer, exclusively license or otherwise dispose (in a single transaction or series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary;

(e) cease to maintain a directors and officers liability insurance policy in an amount of at least $15 million from financially sound and reputable insurers;

(f) increase or decrease the size of the Board;

(g) make, or permit any Subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to, or own any stock or other securities of, any Subsidiary or other corporation, partnership or other entity unless it is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

(h) incur any indebtedness in excess of an aggregate of $50,000;

(i) guarantee, directly or indirectly, or permit any Subsidiary to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any indebtedness;

(j) institute or settle any Legal Proceeding;

(k) enter into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any action that would constitute a violation or default under, or waive any rights under, any contract or agreement relating to Company Intellectual Property or of a nature that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to a report filed with the SEC;

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(m) agree to do, directly or indirectly, any of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (a) through (l) above.

5.2 Second Closing. The Company covenants and agrees to use its best efforts to secure, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Required Stockholder Vote for the Second Closing and the issuance of the Shares to the Purchasers as contemplated by this Agreement and to timely satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it at the Second Closing as provided in Section 6.3 of this Agreement, unless and until the Company effects a Change of Company Board Recommendation prior to the Required Stockholder Vote.

5.3 Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company will at all times have reserved and available for issuance such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be from time to time sufficient to permit the conversion in full of the outstanding Shares into Common Stock, including as may be adjusted for share splits, combinations or other similar transactions as of the date of determination.

 

  5.4 Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances.

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Purchasers and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties or parties hereto in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, including using commercially reasonable efforts (except when best efforts is otherwise required under this Agreement) to: (i) cause the conditions to the applicable Closing set forth in Section 6 to be satisfied; (ii) obtain all necessary actions or non-actions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities and make all necessary registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities; and (iii) execute or deliver any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements.

(b) Each party agrees to cooperate with each other and their respective officers, employees, attorneys, accountants and other agents, and, generally, do such other reasonable acts and things in good faith as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and thereof and compliance with applicable Law, including taking reasonable action to facilitate the filing of any document or the taking of reasonable action to assist the other parties hereto in complying with the terms hereof and thereof.

5.5 Form 8-K. The Company shall, promptly following the date hereof (but in any event within the time period required by the rules and regulations of the SEC), file a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and filing the Transaction Agreements as exhibits thereto, provided that the Company shall afford the Purchasers with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such Current Report on Form 8-K prior to the filing thereof.

5.6 Tax Characterization. Unless otherwise required by a “determination”, as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code, the parties agree to treat the Series A Preferred as stock other than preferred stock for U.S. federal, and to the extent applicable, state and local income tax purposes.

5.7 No Conflicts Agreements. Subject to the Company’s ability to (i) consummate any other financing at any time in its sole discretion; (ii) effect a Change of Company Board Recommendation; and/or (iii) terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.1, the Company will not take any other action, enter into any agreement or make any commitment that would conflict or interfere in any material respect with the Company’s obligations to the Purchasers under the Transaction Agreements.

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practicable. Further, if the Company applies to have its Common Stock or other securities traded on any other principal stock Exchange, it shall include in such application the Conversion Shares and will take such other action as is necessary to cause such Common Stock to be so listed. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on NASDAQ and, in accordance, therewith, will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such Exchange.

 

  5.9 Confidential Information.

(a) Each Purchaser recognizes that Confidential Information may have been and may be disclosed to such Purchaser by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Each Purchaser shall not engage in the unauthorized use, and shall cause its Affiliates not to engage in the unauthorized use, or make any unauthorized disclosure to any third party, of any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Company and shall use due care to ensure that such Confidential Information is kept confidential, including by treating such information as such party would treat its own Confidential Information but no less than commercially reasonable efforts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchasers shall have the right to share any Confidential Information with any of their Representatives, each of whom shall be required to agree to keep confidential such Confidential Information to the extent required of the Purchaser under this Section 5.9. Any breach or violation of such agreement by any Purchaser’s Representative shall be deemed a breach or violation of this Section 5.9 by such Purchaser.

(b) If any Purchaser is requested to disclose any Confidential Information by any Governmental Entity or for any regulatory reason, such Purchaser will promptly notify the Company, as is reasonably practicable and legally permissible under the circumstances, to permit it to seek a protective order or take other action that the Board in its discretion deems appropriate, and such Purchaser will cooperate in any such efforts to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential Information, at the Company’s sole cost and expense. If, in the absence of a protective order, such Purchaser is compelled to disclose any such information in any proceeding or pursuant to legal process, such Purchaser may disclose to the party compelling disclosure only the part of such Confidential Information as is required to be disclosed (in which case, prior to such disclosure, such Purchaser will advise and, if requested by the Board, consult with the Company and its counsel as to such disclosure and the nature and wording of such disclosure) and such Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment therefor.

5.10 Participation Right. Subject to applicable securities laws, if the Company proposes to offer or sell its Equity Securities to investors in a single or a series of related capital raising transactions on or before the Second Closing, whether or not in connection with a Change of Company Board Recommendation (an “Alternative Financing”), the Company shall offer to the Purchasers the right to participate in such Alternative Financing by offering the Purchasers the right to purchase an aggregate amount up to $2.5 million of the Equity Securities offered in such Alternative Financing on the same terms and conditions as the other investors participating in such Alternative Financing (the “Participation Right”). Each Purchaser shall be entitled to apportion the Participation Right in such proportions as it deems appropriate among itself and its Affiliates. The Company shall provide reasonable prior written notice to the Purchasers of the closing of any Alternative Financing.

6. Conditions Precedent.

6.1 Conditions to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Consummate the Initial Closing. The obligations of the Purchasers to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Initial Closing, and to purchase and pay for the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Initial Closing.

 

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(b) The Company shall have performed and complied with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by the Company on or before the Initial Closing.

(c) The President of the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers at the Initial Closing a certificate certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 6.1(a) and (b) have been fulfilled.

(d) All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any Governmental Entity that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Initial Closing.

(e) The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Purchasers the Security Agreement.

(f) The holder of the promissory note originally issued by the Company to General Electric Capital Corporation in principal sum of $10,000,000 on February 10, 2012 shall have consented to the issuance of the Notes hereunder and the transactions contemplated by the Initial Closing.

(g) The Purchasers, the Company and General Electric Capital Corporation shall have entered into a Subordination Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers (the “Subordination Agreement”).

(h) All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated at the Initial Closing and all documents incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser (or its counsel) shall have received all such counterpart original and certified or other copies of such documents as reasonably requested. Such documents may include good standing certificates.

6.2 Conditions to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Consummate the Second Closing. The obligations of the Purchasers to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Second Closing, and to purchase and pay for the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Initial Closing and the Second Closing.

(b) The Company shall have performed and complied with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by the Company on or before the Second Closing.

(c) The President of the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers at the Second Closing a certificate certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 6.1(a) and (b) have been fulfilled.

(d) All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any Governmental Entity that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of Second Closing.

(e) The Purchasers shall have received from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., counsel for the Company, an opinion, dated as of the Second Closing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers.

(f) The Company shall have filed the Certificate of Designations with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

(g) The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Purchasers the Amended IRA.

 

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(h) The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Purchasers an amendment to the Abbott Agreement, the terms of which were approved by the Board.

(i) The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Purchasers the Indemnification Agreement for the Preferred Elected Director, unless the Purchasers shall not have notified the Company of the Purchasers’ nominee as the Preferred Elected Director.

(j) The Company shall have received the approval and authorization of the Board and the Required Stockholder Vote to consummate the Second Closing and to issue the Shares to the Purchasers as contemplated by this Agreement.

(k) The Secretary of the Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers at the Second Closing a certificate certifying resolutions of the Board approving the Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements, and resolutions of the stockholders of the Company approving the Second Closing.

(l) All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated at the Second Closing and all documents incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser (or its counsel) shall have received all such counterpart original and certified or other copies of such documents as reasonably requested. Such documents may include good standing certificates.

6.3 Conditions to the Obligation of the Company to Consummate the Initial Closing. The obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Initial Closing, and to issue and sell to the Purchasers the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained in Section 4 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Initial Closing.

(b) The Purchasers shall have performed and complied with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by them on or before Initial Closing.

(c) All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any Governmental Entity that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Initial Closing.

(d) Each Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Security Agreement.

6.4 Conditions to the Obligation of the Company to Consummate the Second Closing. The obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Second Closing, and to issue and sell to the Purchasers the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained in Section 4 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Second Closing.

(b) The Purchasers shall have performed and complied with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by them on or before the Second Closing.

(c) All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any Governmental Entity that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Second Closing.

 

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(d) Each Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Amended IRA.

(e) The Company shall have received the Required Stockholder Vote to consummate the Second Closing and to issue the Shares to the Purchasers as contemplated by this Agreement.

7. Governance; Director Matters; Additional Covenants.

 

  7.1 Preferred Elected Director.

(a) Following the Second Closing and in accordance with Section 7 of the Certificate of Designations, the Purchasers shall be entitled to nominate one (1) director to the Board (the “Preferred Elected Director”). Subject to applicable law, including the rules and regulations of the SEC and any Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, the Preferred Elected Director shall be entitled to be a member of each committee of the Board, including the compensation committee, the audit committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board. The Company agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause, subject to the terms and provisions of Section 7 of the Certificate of Designations, the Preferred Elected Director to be elected to the Board as soon as reasonably practicable after the Purchasers notify the Company of its nominee. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to nominate for re-election the Preferred Elected Director at any annual or special meeting at which the class of directors of the Company which includes the Preferred Elected Director is re-elected (unless the Purchasers advise the Company that they wish to nominate a different candidate as the Preferred Elected Director, in which case the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to nominate such new Preferred Elected Director nominee for election to the Board in accordance with the foregoing procedures); and in each case take all such actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time at which the holders of Conversion Shares are entitled to nominate the Preferred Elected Director there is a vacancy in the office of the Preferred Elected Director, then, subject to applicable Law, the Company shall, upon request of the Purchasers, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a successor Preferred Elected Director to be appointed to the Board as soon as reasonably practicable.

(b) If at any time when the Preferred Elected Director is required to resign as a member or observer of the Board pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, if so requested by the Company, the Purchasers shall promptly cause to resign, and take all other action reasonably necessary, or reasonably requested by the Company, to cause the prompt removal of, the Preferred Elected Director.

 

  7.2 D&O Insurance; Indemnification Agreements.

(a) The Preferred Elected Director shall be entitled to benefits under any director and officer insurance policy maintained by the Company to the same extent as any other director of the Board.

(b) The Company agrees that in respect of each Preferred Elected Director that is a director, the Company shall duly authorize and enter into an indemnification agreement (an “Indemnification Agreement”) with such Preferred Elected Director in form and substance acceptable to such Preferred Elected Director.

7.3 Material Non-Public Information. At any time when no Preferred Elected Director is serving on the Board, if any Purchaser has notified the Company in writing that it does not want to receive any material non-public information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Company shall thereafter not disclose material non-public information to such Purchaser, or to advisors to or representatives of such Purchaser (in their capacity as such) until such time as such Purchaser may again request in writing to receive such information.

8. Transfer Restrictions. Each Purchaser understands and agrees that the Shares and any Conversion Shares may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only (a) in a transaction not involving a public offering, (b) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available), (c) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (d) to the Company or one

 

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of its Subsidiaries, (e) to any Affiliate of such Purchaser or (f) to any other holder of shares of Series A Preferred and to any Affiliates thereof; in each of cases (a) through (e) in accordance with any applicable state and federal securities laws.

9. Legends; Securities Act Compliance.

9.1 Legend. It is understood that the Note and each certificate representing the Shares and each certificate representing Conversion Shares will bear a legend conspicuously thereon to the following effect:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THE SAME ARE REGISTERED AND QUALIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID ACT AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR SUCH OFFER, SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

9.2 Termination of 1933 Act Legend. The requirement imposed by Section 9.1 hereof shall cease and terminate as to any particular Shares (a) when, in the opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company, such legend is no longer required in order to assure compliance by the Company with the Securities Act or (b) when such Shares have been effectively registered under the Securities Act or transferred pursuant to Rule 144. Wherever (x) such requirement shall cease and terminate as to any Shares or (y) such Shares shall be transferable under paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 144, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense, new certificates not bearing the legend set forth in Section 9.1 hereof.

10. Indemnification; Survival.

10.1 Company Indemnification. The Company shall defend, indemnify, exonerate and hold free and harmless each Purchaser and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives from and against any and all Losses incurred by such Indemnified Parties that arise out of, or result from: (i) any inaccuracy in or breach of, or alleged inaccuracy or alleged breach of, the Company’s representations or warranties in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Notes or the Security Agreement; or (ii) the Company’s breach or alleged breach of its agreements or covenants in this Agreement, the Notes or the Security Agreement.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and obligations contained herein shall survive the delivery of the Notes, the Shares and the Conversion Shares and the Closings.

10.3 Procedures. A party entitled to indemnification hereunder (each, an “Indemnified Party”) shall give written notice to the party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification promptly after the discovery by such Indemnified Party of any matters giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 10 unless and to the extent that the Indemnifying Party shall have been materially prejudiced by the failure of such Indemnified Party to so notify such party. Such notice shall describe in reasonable detail such claim. In case any such action, suit, claim or proceeding is brought against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume and conduct the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party unless (i) such claim seeks remedies, in addition to or other than, monetary damages that are reasonably likely to be awarded, (ii) such claim involves a criminal proceeding or (iii) counsel to the Indemnified Party advises such Indemnifying Party in writing that such claim involves a conflict of interest that would reasonably be expected to make it inappropriate for the same counsel to represent both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party. If any one of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) applies, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to retain its own

 

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counsel at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party (except that the Indemnifying Party shall only be liable for the legal fees and expenses of one law firm for all Indemnified Parties, taken together with respect to any single action or group of related actions, other than local counsel). If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any claim, the Indemnified Party shall nevertheless be entitled to hire, at its own expense, separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof; provided, that all Indemnified Parties shall thereafter deliver to the Indemnifying Party copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party relating to the claim, and each Indemnified Party shall reasonably cooperate in the defense or prosecution of such claim. Such reasonable cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying Party’s reasonable request) the provision to the Indemnifying Party of records and information that are reasonably relevant to such claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, suit, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Indemnifying Party further agrees that it will not, without the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), settle or compromise any claim or consent to entry of any judgment in respect thereof in any pending or threatened action, suit, claim or proceeding in respect of which indemnification has been sought or may be hereunder unless such settlement or compromise includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action, suit, claim or proceeding and is solely for monetary damages.

10.4 Additional Limitations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, “Losses” shall not include (i) any Losses to the extent such Losses could not have been reasonably foreseen by the parties as of the Closing, and (ii) punitive damages, except to the extent payable by an Indemnified Party to a third party. No party hereto shall be obligated to indemnify any other Person with respect to any representation, warranty, covenant or condition specifically waived in writing by any other party on or prior to the applicable Closing.

10.5 Exclusive Remedies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, other than in the case of Fraud, the provisions of Section 10 and Section 12.6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of parties under this Agreement following the Closing for any and all breaches or alleged breaches of any representations or warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties contained in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10 shall not prevent the parties from obtaining specific performance or other non-monetary remedies in equity or at Law pursuant to Section 12.6 of this Agreement and shall not limit other remedies that may be available to the parties under any of the Transaction Agreements (other than this Agreement).

11. Termination.

11.1 Conditions of Termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may be terminated:

(a) by the mutual written consent of the Company and the Required Holders; or

(b) by the Company, at any time prior to the receipt of the Required Stockholder Vote, if the Board changes its recommendation to the stockholders of the Company and recommends that stockholders vote against the consummation of the transactions at the Second Closing and the issuance of the Shares to the Purchasers at the Second Closing (a “Change of Company Board Recommendation”), but only if the Company prior to or concurrently with such termination pays the Termination Fee to or for the account of the Purchasers in accordance with the instructions by the Purchasers.

11.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of any termination pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof, this Agreement shall become null and void and have no further effect, with no liability on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, or their directors, partners, members, employees, affiliates, officers, stockholders or agents or other representatives, with respect to this Agreement, except for the terms of Section 5.10, Section 10, Section 11.2 and Section 12 (Miscellaneous Provisions), which shall survive the termination of this Agreement. In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11.1(b), then the Company shall pay to the Purchasers prior to or concurrently with such termination, or within two (2) Business Days thereafter, a

 

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termination fee equal to $100,000 plus the reasonable, documented fees and expenses (including without limitation legal fees) actually incurred by the Purchasers after the date hereof and in connection with or in anticipation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Termination Fee”).

12. Miscellaneous Provisions.

12.1 Public Statements or Releases. Neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall make any public release or announcement with respect to the existence or terms of this Agreement or the transactions provided for herein without the prior approval of the other parties, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 12.1 shall prevent any party from making any public release required (in the exercise of its reasonable judgment) in order to satisfy its obligations under law or under the rules or regulations of any United States national securities exchange, in which case the party or parties, as applicable, required to make the release or announcement shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, allow the other party or parties, as applicable, reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance.

12.2 Interpretation. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section and subsection references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and will not limit or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The phrases “the date of this Agreement,” “the date hereof” and terms of similar import, unless the context otherwise requires, will be deemed to refer to the date set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement. The meanings given to terms defined herein will be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. All matters to be agreed to by any party hereto must be agreed to in writing by such party unless otherwise indicated herein. Except as specified otherwise herein, references to agreements, policies, standards, guidelines or instruments, or to statutes or regulations, are to such agreements, policies, standards, guidelines or instruments, or statutes or regulations, as amended or supplemented from time to time (or to successors thereto). All references herein to the Subsidiaries of a Person shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such Person, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires. The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of the Transaction Agreements and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

12.3 Notices. All notices, requests, consents, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (a) three (3) Business Days after being sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid (b) one (1) Business Day after being sent via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service guaranteeing next business day delivery, (c) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or (d) if by facsimile, upon written confirmation of receipt by facsimile, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:

if to the Company, addressed as follows:

BG Medicine, Inc.

880 Winter Street,

Suite 210,

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile: (781) 895-1119

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

One Financial Center

 

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Boston, MA 021111

Attention: Linda Rockett

Facsimile: (617) 542-2241

if to any Purchaser, to it at:

c/o Flagship Ventures

1 Memorial Drive, 7th Floor

Cambridge, MA 02142

Attention:

Facsimile: (617) 868-1115

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

John Hancock Tower, 27th Floor

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02127

Attention: Peter N. Handrinos

Facsimile: (617) 948-6001

Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, consents or other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner set forth in this Section 12.3.

12.4 Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.

 

  12.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof, and, as to all other matters, in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (without reference to the conflicts of law provisions thereof that would require the application of laws of any other jurisdiction).

(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by any party hereto against arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted in any United States federal court or Massachusetts State court located in The City of Boston (a “Massachusetts Court”), (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and (iii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of a Massachusetts Court in any such suit, action or proceeding.

(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PURCHASER OR THE COMPANY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

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not perform the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breach such provisions. The parties acknowledge and agree that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled, at law or in equity; and the parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond or other security in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief as provided herein on the basis that (x) either party has an adequate remedy at law or (y) an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

12.7 Delays or Omissions; Waiver. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to a party upon any breach or default of another party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party or parties hereto to any waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party or parties, as applicable. Any delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right.

 

  12.8 Fees; Expenses.

(a) All reasonable, documented fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be paid by the Company whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are consummated.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall reimburse the Purchasers for all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Purchasers and their advisors incurred in connection with their due diligence of the Company and its Subsidiaries, negotiation and preparation of the Transaction Agreements and participating in the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. In addition, the Company shall pay all reasonable, documented out of pocket costs and expenses of the Purchasers incurred with respect to any subsequent amendments, approvals or modifications associated with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.

(c) The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer Tax payable in connection with this Agreement, the issuance of the Shares at Closing and the issuance of the Conversion Shares.

(d) The Company shall reimburse the Preferred Elected Director for his or her reasonable, documented out of pocket expenses incurred for the purpose of attending meetings of any boards of directors (or equivalent governing bodies) or board committees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ reimbursement policies in effect from time to time.

12.9 Assignment. Except as otherwise provided herein, none of the parties may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties, provided, however, that each Purchaser may assign its right and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate of such Purchaser without the prior written consent of the Company or any other Purchaser or in connection with a transfer of Shares or Conversion Shares in accordance with Section 8 hereof with the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, further, that as a condition precedent to such assignment (x) any such Affiliate shall assume, on a several and not joint basis, all then continuing obligations of such Purchaser hereunder pursuant to a written agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company, and (y) no

 

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assignment and assumption shall relieve such Purchaser from any liability hereunder; provided, further, that any assignment to an Affiliate of such Purchaser shall only be effective for so long as such Person remains an Affiliate of such Purchaser and the rights assigned to such Person shall cease to be of further force and effect when such Person ceases to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any purported assignment other than in compliance with the terms hereof shall be void ab initio.

12.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Sections 7.2 (with respect to which any Preferred Elected Director shall be a third party beneficiary), 10 (with respect to which all Indemnified Parties shall be third party beneficiaries), 12.8(d) (with respect to which the Preferred Elected Director shall be a third party beneficiary), 12.13 (with respect to which the Preferred Elected Director shall be a third party beneficiary) and 12.14, this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto nor create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties hereto and are for the sole benefit of the parties hereto. In some instances, the representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the parties hereto of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the parties hereto. Consequently, Persons other than the parties hereto may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date.

12.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or electronic transmission) in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute a single instrument.

12.12 Entire Agreement; Amendments; Actions. This Agreement and the documents and instruments and other agreements among the parties hereto as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Disclosure Schedule and the Annexes and Exhibits hereto, constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto respecting the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements respecting the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral. No modification, alteration, waiver or change in any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto unless made in writing and duly executed by the Company, on the one hand, and subject to the last sentence of this Section 12.12, the Purchasers on the other hand. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any consent, waiver, vote, decision, election or action required or permitted to be taken hereunder by the Purchasers as a group, including with respect to the immediately foregoing clause, shall require the approval of the Required Holders, and after such approval, such decision shall be binding on all Purchasers.

12.13 Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. Each of the parties hereto expressly acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the each Purchaser and each Preferred Elected Director has the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (ii) in the event that the Purchaser or any Preferred Elected Director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter (other than to the extent knowledge of such transaction or matter was acquired by such Person solely in their capacity as a director) that may be a corporate opportunity for each of the Company and the Purchaser or any Preferred Elected Director, such Person shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Company or its Affiliates for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that the Purchaser or Preferred Elected Director, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person, or does not present such opportunity to the Company.

 

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12.14 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Owners, Etc. No director, officer, employee, incorporator, shareholder, managing member, member, general partner, limited partner, principal or other agent of any of the Purchasers or the Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Purchasers or the Company, as applicable, under this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the respective obligations of the Purchasers or the Company, as applicable, under this Agreement. Each party hereby waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is a material inducement to each party’s entry into this Agreement.

12.15 Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement 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 Agreement. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Agreement, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or 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 with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement. Each Purchaser confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated hereby and has been represented by counsel. All rights, powers and remedies provided to the Purchasers under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative or exclusive, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other rights, powers or remedies by such party or any other party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
BG MEDICINE, INC.
By:

/s/ Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.

Name: Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.

Title: President and Chief Executive

Officer

 

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]


PURCHASERS:
APPLIED GENOMIC TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL FUND, L.P.;
AGTC ADVISORS FUND, L.P.
Each by its General Partner, AGTC Partners, L.P.
By its General Partner, NewcoGen Group Inc.

 

By:

/s/ Noubar B. Afeyan

Name: Noubar B. Afeyan
Title: President

 

FLAGSHIP VENTURES FUND 2007, L.P.
By its General Partner
Flagship Ventures Fund 2007 General Partner LLC

By:

/s/ Noubar B. Afeyan

Name:

Noubar B. Afeyan

Title:

Manager

 

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]


Annex A

 

Purchaser Name

   Initial Closing - Principal
Amount of Note
     Second Closing - Aggregate
Purchase Price*
 

Applied Genomic Technology Capital Fund, L.P.

   $ 308,487.65       $ 1,233,950.60   

AGTC Advisors Fund, L.P.

   $ 22,726.86       $ 90,907.44   

Flagship Ventures Fund 2007, L.P.

   $ 168,785.49       $ 675,141.96   

TOTAL

   $ 500,000.00       $ 2,000,000.00   

 

* Second Closing allocations may be subject to change among the Flagship funds, so long as the aggregate amount is equal to $2,000,000.


Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY AND ANY LIENS OR OTHER SECURITY INTERESTS SECURING SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT”) DATED AS OF MAY 12, 2015, BY AND AMONG THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS IDENTIFIED THEREIN AND GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT FOR CERTAIN LENDERS (TOGETHER WITH ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, “SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT”), TO CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF BG MEDICINE, INC. TO SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT AND SENIOR CREDITOR (AS DEFINED THEREIN) AND LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS IN FAVOR OF SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT SECURING THE SAME ALL AS DESCRIBED IN THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT; AND EACH HOLDER AND TRANSFEREE OF THIS INSTRUMENT, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

BG MEDICINE, INC.

SECURITY AGREEMENT

This Security Agreement dated as of May 12, 2015 (this “Agreement”) by and among BG Medicine, a Delaware corporation (“Debtor”), and each Investor party to the Purchase Agreement (defined below) that is a signatory hereto (each a “Secured Party” and collectively, “Secured Parties”).

Debtor and Secured Parties hereby agree as follows:

I. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among Debtor and the Investors party thereto, dated May 12, 2015 (“Purchase Agreement”).

II. SECURITY AGREEMENT.

A. Grant. Debtor, for valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, hereby grants to Secured Parties a security interest in and Lien (defined below) on all of the property described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Collateral”) now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by Debtor or in which Debtor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest.

B. Debtor Remains Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) Debtor shall remain liable under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, to the extent set forth therein, to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by Secured Parties of any of the rights hereunder shall not release Debtor from any of its

 

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duties or obligations under such contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, and (iii) Secured Parties shall not have any obligation or liability under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall Secured Parties be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of Debtor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract, agreement or other document included in the Collateral hereunder.

C. Continuing Security Interest. Debtor agrees that this Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral which shall remain in effect until payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations (as defined below).

III. OBLIGATIONS SECURED. The security interest granted hereby secures (A) the full and timely payment of all obligations of Debtor to pay principal and interest under the Notes and all other obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Debtor to Secured Parties under the Notes, and (B) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Debtor under or pursuant to the Notes (such obligations, the “Obligations”).

IV. DEBTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. DEBTOR HEREBY REPRESENTS, WARRANTS AND COVENANTS TO SECURED PARTIES THAT:

A. Debtor’s principal place of business is 880 Winter Street, Suite 210, Waltham, MA 02451 and Debtor keeps its records concerning accounts, contract rights and other property at that location. Other than with respect to information disclosed to Secured Parties as of the date hereof, Debtor will notify Secured Parties in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the establishment of any new place of business where any of the Collateral exceeding $50,000 in value is kept. Debtor is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Debtor will notify Secured Parties in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to changing either its form or jurisdiction of organization.

B. Debtor will at all times keep in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Secured Parties accurate and complete records of the Collateral and will keep such Collateral insured to the extent similarly situated companies insure their assets. Secured Parties shall be entitled, at reasonable times and intervals after reasonable notice to Debtor, to enter Debtor’s premises for purposes of inspecting the Collateral and Debtor’s books and records relating thereto.

 

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  C. Debtor will not create or permit to be created or suffer to exist any Lien, except for Permitted Liens. “Lien” and “Permitted Liens” shall have the meanings given to such terms under that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2012, among Debtor and General Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as agent thereunder, and certain financial institutions from time to time party thereto (as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated on or prior to the date hereof the “GE Loan Agreement”).

D. Debtor shall not use the Collateral in violation of any material applicable statute, ordinance, law or regulation or in violation of any insurance policy maintained by Debtor with respect to the Collateral.

E. Other Financing Statements. Other than financing statements, security agreements, chattel mortgages, assignments, fixture filings and other agreements or instruments executed, delivered, filed or recorded for the purpose of granting or perfecting any Lien (collectively, “Financing Statements”) existing as of the date hereof and disclosed to Secured Parties or arising after the date hereof in connection with any Permitted Lien and Financing Statements in favor of Secured Parties, no effective Financing Statement naming Debtor as debtor, assignor, grantor, mortgagor, pledgor or the like and covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office in any jurisdiction.

F. Notices, Reports and Information. Debtor will (i) notify Secured Parties of any material claim made or asserted against the Collateral by any Person or other event that would be reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the value of the Collateral or Secured Parties’ Lien thereon; (ii) furnish to Secured Parties such statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports and other information in connection with the Collateral as Secured Parties may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail; and (iii) upon reasonable request of Secured Parties make such demands and requests for information and reports as Debtor is entitled to make in respect of the Collateral.

G. Debtor has taken and will continue to take all reasonable steps to protect the secrecy of and preserve its rights and interests in and to all of its trade secrets and other proprietary rights and interests that are material to its business.

H. To the best of Debtor’s knowledge, no material infringement or unauthorized use presently is being made of any of the intellectual property collateral, by any person or entity, and, to the best of Debtor’s knowledge, Debtor’s use of the intellectual property collateral does not and will not infringe upon the rights or interests of any other person or entity.

I. Debtor will not surrender or lose possession of (other than to Secured Parties or to the agent or lenders under the GE Loan Agreement), sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, any of the Collateral or any right or interest therein, except to the extent permitted by the GE Loan Agreement until all Obligations (as defined in the GE Loan Agreement), other than inchoate indemnity obligations or obligations that specifically survive termination pursuant to the terms therein, are paid and full.

 

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J. Upon payment in full of the Obligations (as defined in the GE Loan Agreement), other than inchoate indemnity obligations or obligations that specifically survive termination pursuant to the terms therein, and termination of the Subordination Agreement pursuant to its terms, Debtor agrees and covenants to Secured Parties that Debtor shall grant to Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in all of its Company Intellectual Property so that the security interest and lien granted hereunder shall be a security interest in and lien on all of Debtor’s property, including without limitation such Company Intellectual Property and all general intangibles of Debtor. Debtor further agrees to enter into any documentation or make any filings (including without limitation an amendment of this Agreement, entry into a long-form and short-form security agreement, and UCC or United States federal (patent or copyright or other office or department) level filings) reasonably requested by Secured Parties in order to document and evidence the security grant in the Company Intellectual Property that is required to be granted hereunder and any perfection of such security interest.

V. FINANCING STATEMENTS. Debtor shall at its cost execute any Financing Statement (including without limitation any short-form or long form intellectual property security agreements) in respect of any security interest created pursuant to this agreement that may at any time be required or that, in the opinion of Secured Parties, may at any time be desirable. If any recording or filing thereof (or the filing of any statements of continuation or assignment of any Financing Statement) is required to protect and preserve such Lien, Debtor shall at its cost execute the same at the time and in the manner requested by Secured Parties. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor authorizes Secured Parties to file any such Financing Statements authorized hereunder without the signature of Debtor.

VI. DEBTOR’S RIGHTS UNTIL DEFAULT. SO LONG AS AN EVENT OF DEFAULT DOES NOT EXIST, DEBTOR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO POSSESS THE COLLATERAL, MANAGE ITS PROPERTY AND SELL ITS INVENTORY IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS.

VII. EVENT OF DEFAULT. An “Event of Default” shall exist under this Agreement upon the occurrence of any “Event of Default” as defined in the Notes.

VIII. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

A. During the continuance of an Event of Default, Secured Parties shall have the right to declare all Obligations to be immediately due and payable and such Secured Parties may exercise any and all rights and remedies hereunder or under applicable law; provided, however, if any Event of Default occurs as a consequence of the commencement of a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding by or against Debtor, all of the Obligations shall be automatically and immediately due and payable without further action or demand. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Secured Parties shall have the right to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral, either at public or private sale, in lots or in bulk, for cash or for credit, with or without warranties or representations, and upon such terms and conditions, all as Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, may deem advisable, and Secured Parties shall have the right to purchase at any such sale. Debtor agrees that a notice sent at least ten (10) days before the time of any intended public sale or of the time after which any private

 

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sale or other disposition of the Collateral is to be made shall be reasonable notice of such sale or other disposition. The proceeds of any such sale, or other Collateral disposition shall be applied: first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like, and to Secured Parties’ reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses; second, to Secured Parties in satisfaction of the then unpaid Obligations; and third, to Debtor or as otherwise required by law. If, upon the sale or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which Secured Parties are legally entitled, Debtor shall be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at the rates set forth in the Notes, and the reasonable fees of any attorneys Secured Parties employs to collect such deficiency; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to require Secured Parties to resort to or initiate proceedings against the Collateral prior to the collection of any such deficiency from Debtor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against Secured Parties arising out of the retention or sale or lease of the Collateral or other exercise of Secured Parties’ rights and remedies with respect thereto. “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; provided, that, to the extent that the “UCC” is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; provided further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Secured Parties’ Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in a jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes on the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions. The rights and remedies with respect to Debtor and the Collateral, whether established hereby or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law, shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided under any other agreement, instrument or document to which Debtor is a party or by which it or any of the Collateral is bound or by law or equity.

B. Debtor will upon request promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that Secured Parties may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect and maintain the priority of the security interest granted by this Agreement and to enable Secured Parties to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies under this Agreement.

C. Debtor hereby waives: (a) the right to require Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or against any other collateral it may hold; (b) presentment, protest and notice of protest, demand and notice of nonpayment, demand of performance, notice of sale, and advertisement of sale; (c) following an Event of Default, any right to the benefit of or to direct the application of any of the Collateral until the obligations of Debtor shall have been paid in full; and (d) any defenses which may arise by reason of, or be based on, lack of diligence in collection.

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and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the Collateral sold, and shall be a perpetual bar, both at law and in equity, against Debtor, its successors and assigns, and against all Persons claiming the Collateral sold or any part thereof under, by or through Debtor, its successors or assigns.

E. Debtor appoints Secured Parties, and any trustee, authorized agent or designee of Secured Parties, with full power of substitution, as Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, effective as of the date hereof, with power, upon Secured Parties’ election, in its own name or in the name of Debtor, during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) to endorse any notes, checks, drafts, money orders, or other instruments of payment in respect of the Collateral that may come into Secured Parties’ possession, (ii) to sign and endorse any drafts against Debtor, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes or Liens at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, issue receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to notify Persons obligated with respect to the Collateral to make payments directly to Secured Parties; and, (vi) generally, to do, at Secured Parties’ option and at Debtor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things that Secured Parties deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and Secured Parties’ security interest therein to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectually as Debtor might or could do; and Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall be irrevocable as long as any of the Obligations are outstanding.

F. All of Secured Parties’ rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently.

IX. SECURED PARTIES’ RIGHTS; DEBTOR WAIVERS.

A. Secured Parties’ acceptance of partial or delinquent payment from Debtor under the Notes or hereunder, or Secured Parties’ failure to exercise any right hereunder, shall not constitute a waiver of any obligation of Debtor hereunder, or any right of Secured Parties hereunder, and shall not affect in any way the right to require full performance at any time thereafter.

B. Debtor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) any right of redemption with respect to the Collateral, whether before or after sale hereunder, and all rights, if any, of marshaling of the Collateral or other collateral or security for the Obligations; (ii) any right to require Secured Parties (A) to proceed against any Person, (B) to exhaust any other collateral or security for any of the Obligations, (C) to pursue any remedy in Secured Parties’ power or (D) to make or give any presentments, demands for performance, notices of nonperformance, protests, notices of protests or notices of dishonor in connection with any of the Collateral; and (iii) all claims, damages, and demands against Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, retention, sale or application of the proceeds of any sale of the Collateral.

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agrees to protect and hold each of them harmless from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees), causes of action, suits, claims, demands and judgments of any nature or description whatsoever, which may at any time be imposed upon, incurred by or awarded against any Indemnified Party (other than as a result of such Indemnified Party’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) as a result of the grant to any Secured Party of any interest in or to any of the Collateral or in connection with this Agreement.

X. INSURANCE; RISK OF LOSS.

A. Debtor shall maintain, at its expense, such public liability and third party property damage and business interruption insurance in such amounts and with such deductibles as it maintains as of the date hereof or as is customary for companies such as Debtor.

XI. TERMINATION; REINSTATEMENT

A. Termination. Upon the payment in full in cash or conversion to equity as provided in Section 2 of the Notes of all Obligations under the Notes and the Purchase Agreement (other than the obligations that are intended to survive the termination of the Notes or the Purchase Agreement, as the case may be) and subject to Section XI(B) herein, this Agreement and the security interest and all other rights granted hereby shall automatically terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Debtor without any further action of Secured Parties. Upon any such termination, Secured Parties shall grant Debtor authorization to file any UCC-3 or other termination statements to evidence such termination, to release all security interest on the Collateral and to return such Collateral to Debtor. Furthermore, Secured Parties shall, at Debtor’s expense and upon its written direction, execute and, subject to Section XI(B), deliver to Debtor such documents (including UCC-3 termination statements) as Debtor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination, to release all security interest on the Collateral and to return such Collateral to Debtor.

B. Reinstatement. This Agreement and the obligations of Debtor hereunder shall automatically be reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment made pursuant to this Agreement is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise with respect to Debtor or as a result of any settlement or compromise with any person (including Debtor) in respect of such payment, and Debtor shall pay Secured Parties on demand all of its actual and reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by Secured Parties in connection with such rescission or restoration.

XII. MISCELLANEOUS.

A. Amendment and Waiver. Neither this Agreement nor any part hereof may be changed, waived, or amended except by an instrument in writing signed by Secured Parties and by Debtor; and waiver on one occasion shall not operate as a waiver on any other occasion.

 

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B. Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not so confirmed, then on the next business day, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at the addresses shown below such parties signature hereunder (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section XII(B)).

C. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, the successors and assigns of the parties hereto, including, without limitation, all future holders of the Notes.

D. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, including by facsimile or other electronic transmission, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

E. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

F. Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

G. Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law that would require the application of laws of any other jurisdiction. Each party hereto consents to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in Massachusetts, if in state court, and in the United States District Court of Massachusetts, if in United States federal court, for any suit or proceeding relating to, arising out of or arising under this Agreement; such courts shall have the sole and exclusive in personam, subject matter and other jurisdiction in connection with such suit or proceeding and venue shall be appropriate for all purposes in such courts.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto as of the date first above written.

 

DEBTOR:
BG MEDICINE, INC.
By:

/s/ Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.

Name: Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Address:     880 Winter Street, Suite 210
    Waltham, MA 02451

[Signature page to Security Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto as of the date first above written.

 

SECURED PARTY:
APPLIED GENOMIC TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL FUND, L.P.;
AGTC ADVISORS FUND, L.P.
Each by its General Partner, AGTC Partners, L.P.
By its General Partner, NewcoGen Group Inc.

 

By:

/s/ Noubar B. Afeyan

Name: Noubar B. Afeyan
Title: President

 

FLAGSHIP VENTURES FUND 2007, L.P.
By its General Partner
Flagship Ventures Fund 2007 General Partner LLC

By:

/s/ Noubar B. Afeyan

Name:

Noubar B. Afeyan

Title:

Manager

[Signature page to Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

COLLATERAL DESCRIPTION

The Collateral consists of all of Debtor’s right, title and interest in and to the following personal property:

All of Debtor’s personal property of every kind and nature (except for Intellectual Property, as defined in, and to the extent excluded, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the GE Loan Agreement) whether now owned or hereafter acquired by, or arising in favor of, Debtor, and regardless of where located, including, without limitation, all accounts, chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, equipment, financial assets, fixtures, goods, instruments, investment property (including, without limitation, all securities accounts), inventory, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, securities, supporting obligations, cash, cash equivalents, any other contract rights (including, without limitation, rights under any license agreements), or rights to the payment of money, and general intangibles, and all books and records of Debtor relating thereto, and in and against all additions, attachments, accessories and accessions to such property, all substitutions, replacements or exchanges therefor, all proceeds, insurance claims, products, profits and other rights to payments not otherwise included in the foregoing (with each of the foregoing terms that are defined in the UCC having the meaning set forth in the UCC);

provided, that, the grant of the security interest herein shall not extend to and the term “Collateral” shall not include (a) equipment subject to liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(c) of the GE Loan Agreement solely to the extent that with respect to financing agreements entered into in connection therewith (i) prior to May 14, 2012, such agreements prohibit the granting of a lien in such equipment or (ii) after May 14, 2012, such agreements prohibit the granting of a lien in such equipment after Debtor have used commercially reasonable efforts to get such restriction removed; provided, that, upon the termination or expiration of any such financing arrangement or prohibition on such lien such equipment shall automatically be subject to the security interest granted in favor of the Secured Party hereunder and become part of the “Collateral”; (b) any license agreement for the use of another Person’s Intellectual Property as in effect on the date hereof (each, an “In-License”), but only to the extent that the granting of such security interest would constitute a default under such In-License as in effect on the date hereof, and only to the extent that such prohibition or default is enforceable under applicable law (including, without limitation, Sections 9-406, 9-407 and 9-408 of the UCC); provided, that, upon the termination or expiration of any such prohibition or default, such In-License shall automatically be subject to the security interest granted in favor of Secured Party hereunder and become part of the “Collateral”, and provided further that the “Collateral” shall include all proceeds, products, substitutions and replacements of any such In-License; (c) more than 66% of the issued and outstanding voting capital stock of BG Medicine N.V., a company organized under the laws of The Netherlands (“BG Netherlands”); and (d) the funds held in that certain deposit account 8800065546 at Silicon Valley Bank (the “Security Deposit Account”) securing a letter of credit issued as security for Debtor’s landlord at its Waltham, Massachusetts location (the “Existing Letter of Credit”) solely to the extent that the balance of the Security Deposit Account does not exceed the liabilities related to the Existing Letter of Credit.


Company Intellectual Property” means any and all copyright, trademark, servicemark, patent, design right, software and trade secrets of Debtor and any applications, registrations, amendments, renewals, extensions and improvements with respect thereto, now owned or hereafter acquired.

Notwithstanding the above, Debtor has agreed that upon the repayment of all amounts owed under the GE Loan Agreement, Collateral shall include Company Intellectual Property.

Furthermore, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral shall include all Debtor’s Books relating to the foregoing, and any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing, including without limitation all proceeds of and payments in connection with the Company Intellectual Property.

Terms used in this Exhibit A but not defined shall have the meaning given to such terms in the UCC.



Exhibit 10.3

Execution Version

SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

THIS SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of May 12, 2015, by and among the holders of the Subordinated Debt (as defined below) signatory hereto from time to time and their permitted successors and assigns (collectively, the “Subordinated Creditor”), and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as agent for the lenders under the Senior Loan Agreement (as defined below) (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Senior Creditor Agent”), and is consented to and acknowledged by BG MEDICINE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company has entered into the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2012 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 8, 2013 and as further amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, increased or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Senior Loan Agreement”), by and among (a) the Company, (b) Senior Creditor Agent, and (c) the financial institutions or other entities signatory thereto from time to time as Lenders (such Lenders and any other holders from time to time of any of the Senior Debt, collectively, the “Senior Creditor”), pursuant to which Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor have made and may make certain loans from time to time to the Company on the terms and conditions set forth therein. All of the Company’s obligations to Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor under the Senior Debt Documents (as hereinafter defined) are secured by first-priority liens on and security interests in all of the property of the Company in which the Company purports to grant a security interest from time to time under the Senior Debt Documents and the products and proceeds thereof (collectively, the “Collateral”).

B. On or prior to the date hereof, Subordinated Creditor has extended loans to the Company under certain Purchase Agreements described on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof, the “Purchase Agreements”), which loans are evidenced by those certain promissory notes described on Exhibit A (collectively, as amended, supplemented, replaced or modified in accordance with the terms hereof, the “Subordinated Notes”). All of the Company’s obligations evidenced by the Subordinated Debt Documents are secured by junior and subordinated liens in the Collateral pursuant to the Subordinated Debt Documents (as defined below).

C. As an inducement for Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor to continue their loans and other financial accommodations to Company and as a condition precedent under the Senior Loan Agreement to Company issuing the Subordinated Notes and the other Subordinated Debt Documents, the Subordinated Creditor is executing this Agreement in order to set forth the relative rights and priorities of Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor and Subordinated Creditor under the Senior Debt Documents and the Subordinated Debt Documents (as hereinafter defined).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the premises, the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings in this Agreement:

Bankruptcy Codeshall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time and any successor statute and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


Distribution shall mean, with respect to any indebtedness, obligation or security, (a) any payment or distribution by any Person of cash, securities or other property, including, without limitation, by the application of proceeds from the disposition of Collateral, by set-off or otherwise, on account of or to pay principal, interest or any other obligation owing in respect of such indebtedness, obligation or security, (b) any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of such indebtedness, obligation or security by any Person or (c) the granting of any lien or security interest to or for the benefit of the holders of such indebtedness, obligation or security in or upon any property of any Person.

Enforcement Action shall mean (a) to take from or for the account of the Company or any guarantor of the Subordinated Debt, by set-off or in any other manner, the whole or any part of any moneys which may now or hereafter be owing by the Company or any such guarantor with respect to the Subordinated Debt, (b) to sue for payment of, or to initiate or participate with others in any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or any such guarantor (including any initiation of any Proceeding against the Company or such guarantor) to (i) enforce payment of or to collect the whole or any part of the Subordinated Debt or (ii) commence judicial enforcement of any of the rights and remedies under the Subordinated Debt Documents or applicable law with respect to the Subordinated Debt, (c) to accelerate the Subordinated Debt, (d) to sell, license, lease, or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any Collateral, any other assets of the Company or any such guarantor, or any other collateral whatsoever, by private or public sale, other disposition or any other means permissible under applicable law, (e) to exercise any put option or to cause the Company or any such guarantor to honor any redemption or mandatory prepayment obligation under any Subordinated Debt Document, (f) to notify account debtors or directly collect accounts receivable or other payment rights of the Company or any such guarantor, (g) the solicitation of bids from third parties to conduct the liquidation of any Collateral, any other assets of the Company or any such guarantor, or any other collateral whatsoever, (h) to engage or retain sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers or other third parties for the purposes of valuing, marketing, promoting and selling any Collateral, any other assets of the Company or any such guarantor, or any other collateral whatsoever, (i) to exercise any other right relating to any Collateral, any other assets of the Company or any such guarantor, or any other collateral whatsoever (including the exercise of any voting rights relating to any capital stock and including any right of recoupment or set-off), or (j) to take any action under the provisions of any state or federal law, including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code and the Uniform Commercial Code, or under any contract or agreement, to enforce, set-off against, foreclose upon, take possession of or sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral, any other assets of the Company or any such guarantor, or any other collateral whatsoever.

Personshall mean any natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, trust, association, government, governmental agency or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

Proceeding shall mean any voluntary or involuntary insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, custodianship, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers or any other proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of a Person.

Refinancing Senior Debt Documentsshall mean any financing documentation which replaces any Senior Debt Documents and pursuant to which the Senior Debt or any portion thereof is refinanced, as such financing documentation may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, increased or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Senior Debt shall mean all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every nature of the Company from time to time owed to Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor under the Senior Debt Documents, including, without limitation, the principal amount of all debts, claims and indebtedness, accrued and unpaid interest, prepayment premiums and all fees, costs and expenses, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, heretofore, now and from time to time hereafter owing, due or payable, whether before or after the filing of a Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code together with (a) any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, increases or extensions thereof and (b) any interest, fees, expenses, premiums or other amounts accruing thereon after the commencement of a Proceeding, without regard to whether or not such interest, fees, expenses, premiums or other amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in any such Proceeding. Senior Debt shall be considered to be outstanding whenever any loan or loan commitment under any Senior Debt Document is outstanding.

Senior Debt Documents shall mean collectively, the Senior Loan Agreement and all other “Debt Documents” as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement and, after any refinancing of the Senior Debt, the Refinancing Senior Debt Documents, all as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, increased or otherwise modified from time to time.

Subordinated Creditor Representative” shall mean Applied Genomic Technology Capital Fund, L.P..

Subordinated Debt shall mean all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every nature of the Company from time to time owed to Subordinated Creditor or any of them under the Subordinated Debt Documents, including, without limitation, the principal amount of all debts, claims and indebtedness, accrued and unpaid interest and all fees, costs and expenses, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, heretofore, now and from time to time hereafter owing, due or payable, whether before or after the filing of a Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code together with (a) any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, increases or extensions thereof in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) any interest, fees, expenses, premiums or other amounts accruing thereon after the commencement of a Proceeding, without regard to whether or not such interest, fees, expenses, premiums or other amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in any such Proceeding.

Subordinated Debt Conversionshall mean any conversion of the Subordinated Notes into Series A Preferred Stock of the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 2 of the Subordinated Notes, but only so long as no cash is paid by the Company in connection with the consummation of such conversion (other than the payment of de minimis cash in lieu of fractional shares as set forth in Section 2 of the Subordinated Notes).

Subordinated Debt Documents shall mean the Purchase Agreements and Subordinated Notes described on Exhibit A attached hereto, any guaranty with respect to the Subordinated Debt, any security agreement or other collateral document securing the Subordinated Debt, any agreements or documents related to or governing the rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock of the Company issued in connection with any Subordinated Debt Conversion and all other documents, agreements and instruments now existing or hereinafter entered into evidencing or pertaining to all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt, all as amended, supplemented, replaced or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Subordination Termination Date” shall mean the date that is ninety-one (91) days after all outstanding Senior Debt is paid in full (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) in cash and Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor have no further obligation to make loans or provide any other financial accommodations to Company.

2. Subordination.

2.1 Subordination of Subordinated Debt to Senior Debt. The Company covenants and agrees, and Subordinated Creditor by its execution hereof or its acceptance of the Purchase Agreements and any Subordinated Notes (whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment) likewise covenants and agrees, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any of the Subordinated Debt Documents, that the payment of any and all of the Subordinated Debt shall be subordinate and subject in right and time of payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in this Agreement, to the prior indefeasible payment in full (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) in cash of all Senior Debt. Each holder of Senior Debt, whether such Senior Debt is now outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, shall be deemed to have acquired Senior Debt in reliance upon the provisions contained in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the terms of the Subordinated Debt Documents, the Company hereby agrees that it will not make, and Subordinated Creditor hereby agrees that it will not accept, any Distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, with respect to or as payment for the Subordinated Debt until the Subordination Termination Date; provided however that the Company may issue to the Subordinated Creditor, and the Subordinated Creditor may accept, Series A Preferred Stock in the amounts and on the conditions set forth in the Subordinated Notes in connection with a Subordinated Debt Conversion.

2.2 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. In the event of any Proceeding involving the Company:

(a) The Company shall not make and Subordinated Creditor shall not receive any Distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, on account of or as payment for any Subordinated Debt prior to the Subordination Termination Date.

(b) Any Distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property which would otherwise, but for the terms hereof, be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Debt shall be paid or delivered directly to Senior Creditor Agent (to be held and/or applied by Senior Creditor Agent in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents) until the Subordination Termination Date. Subordinated Creditor irrevocably authorizes, empowers and directs any debtor, debtor-in-possession, receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian, conservator or other Person having authority, to pay or otherwise deliver all such Distributions to Senior Creditor Agent. Subordinated Creditor also irrevocably authorizes and empowers Senior Creditor Agent, in the name of Subordinated Creditor, to demand, sue for, collect and receive any and all such Distributions and other amounts owing under the Subordinated Debt Documents.

(c) Subordinated Creditor agrees not to initiate, prosecute or participate in any claim, action or other proceeding challenging the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the Senior Debt or any liens and security interests securing the Senior Debt.

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financing) to the Company on such terms and conditions and in such amounts as Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor, in their sole discretion, may decide and, in connection therewith, the Company may grant to Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor liens and security interests upon all of the property of the Company, which liens and security interests (i) shall secure payment of all Senior Debt (whether such Senior Debt arose prior to the commencement of any Proceeding or at any time thereafter) and all other financing provided by Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor during such Proceeding and (ii) shall be superior in priority to the liens and security interests, if any, in favor of Subordinated Creditor on the property of the Company. Subordinated Creditor agrees that it will not object to or oppose a sale or other disposition of any property securing all or any part of the Senior Debt free and clear of security interests, liens or other claims of Subordinated Creditor under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code if Senior Creditor Agent or Senior Creditor has consented to such sale or disposition. Subordinated Creditor agrees not to assert any right it may have to “adequate protection” of Subordinated Creditor’s interest in any Collateral or any other assets of the Company in any Proceeding and agrees that it will not seek to have the automatic stay lifted with respect to any Collateral or any other assets of the Company without the prior written consent of Senior Creditor Agent. Subordinated Creditor waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of Senior Creditor Agent’s or Senior Creditor’s election, in any Proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code by the Company, as debtor-in-possession. Subordinated Creditor further agrees that it will not participate or seek to participate on any creditor’s committee without Senior Creditor Agent’s prior written consent.

(e) Subordinated Creditor agrees to execute, verify, deliver and file any proofs of claim in respect of the Subordinated Debt requested by Senior Creditor Agent in connection with any such Proceeding and hereby irrevocably authorizes, empowers and appoints Senior Creditor Agent its agent and attorney-in-fact to (i) execute, verify, deliver and file such proofs of claim upon the failure of Subordinated Creditor promptly to do so prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file any such proof of claim and (ii) vote the full amount of such claim in any such Proceeding; provided that Senior Creditor Agent shall have no obligation to execute, verify, deliver, file and/or vote any such proof of claim or claim. In the event that Senior Creditor Agent votes any claim in accordance with the authority granted hereby, Subordinated Creditor shall not be entitled to change or withdraw such vote.

(f) The Senior Debt shall continue to be treated as Senior Debt and the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to govern the relative rights and priorities of Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor and Subordinated Creditor even if all or part of the Senior Debt or the security interests securing the Senior Debt are subordinated, set aside, avoided, invalidated, or disallowed in connection with any such Proceeding, and this Agreement shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any of the Senior Debt is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any holder of Senior Debt or any representative of such holder.

2.3 Subordinated Debt Standstill Provisions. Until the Subordination Termination Date, Subordinated Creditor (or any of them) shall not, without the prior written consent of Senior Creditor Agent, take any Enforcement Action with respect to the Subordinated Debt or any Collateral or other assets of the Company; provided that Subordinated Creditor may exercise any rights it (or any of them) may have solely in their capacity as equityholders of the Company in a manner not inconsistent with the other terms of this Agreement. Any Distributions or other proceeds of any Enforcement Action obtained by Subordinated Creditor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence shall in any event be held in trust by it for the benefit of Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor and promptly paid or delivered to Senior Creditor Agent in the form received.

 

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2.4 Incorrect Payments and Payover. Until the Subordination Termination Date, if any Distribution on account of or as payment for the Subordinated Debt that is not permitted to be made by the Company or accepted by Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement is nonetheless made or received by Subordinated Creditor, such Distribution shall not be commingled with any of the assets of Subordinated Creditor, shall be held in trust by Subordinated Creditor for the benefit of Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor and shall be promptly paid over to Senior Creditor Agent for application (in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents) to the payment of the Senior Debt then remaining unpaid.

2.5 Subordination of Liens and Security Interests; Agreement Not to Contest; Agreement to Release Liens; Acknowledgement of Liens.

(a) Until the Subordination Termination Date, all liens and security interests of Subordinated Creditor (or any of them) in the Collateral and any other assets of the Company shall be and hereby are subordinated for all purposes and in all respects to the liens and security interests of Senior Creditor Agent in the Collateral and any other assets of the Company, regardless of the validity, enforceability, avoidance, dispute, unperfection, or the time, method, manner or order of the grant, attachment, filing or perfection of any such liens and security interests, any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Bankruptcy Code, any Senior Debt Document or any Subordinated Debt Document or any other circumstance whatsoever until the Subordination Termination Date. Subordinated Creditor agrees that it will not at any time contest the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Senior Debt, the Senior Debt Documents, or the liens and security interests of Senior Creditor Agent in the Collateral or any other assets of the Company securing the Senior Debt. In the event that Senior Creditor Agent releases or agrees to release any of its liens or security interests in the Collateral or any other assets of the Company in connection with the sale or other disposition thereof, or if any of the Collateral or any other assets of the Company is sold or retained pursuant to a foreclosure or similar action, Subordinated Creditor agrees that its liens or security interests in such Collateral and other assets of the Company, if any, shall automatically be released, and Subordinated Creditor shall (or shall cause its agent to) promptly execute and deliver to Senior Creditor Agent or authorize Senior Creditor Agent to file such termination statements and releases as Senior Creditor Agent shall reasonably request to effect the release of the liens and security interests of Subordinated Creditor in such Collateral or other assets of the Company. In furtherance of the foregoing, Subordinated Creditor hereby irrevocably appoints Senior Creditor Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of Subordinated Creditor and in the name of Subordinated Creditor or otherwise, to execute and deliver any document or instrument which Subordinated Creditor may be required to deliver pursuant to this Section 2.5.

(b) The Subordinated Creditor acknowledges, consents and agrees that Senior Creditor Agent has been granted first-priority liens upon and security interests in the Collateral for the benefit of Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor. The Subordinated Creditor agrees that it shall not obtain a lien on or security interest in any property of the Company to secure all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt unless, concurrently therewith, Senior Creditor Agent obtains a first priority lien on and security interest in such asset or collateral, and the parties hereby agree that all such liens and security interests are and will be subject to this Agreement. The Subordinated Creditor agrees that it shall not obtain any control agreement with respect to any deposit account, securities account or other property of the Company without the prior written consent of Senior Creditor Agent.

 

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2.6 Application of Proceeds from Sale or other Disposition of the Collateral. Until the Subordination Termination Date, in the event of any sale, transfer, lease, license or other disposition (including a casualty loss or taking through eminent domain) of the Collateral or any other asset of the Company, the proceeds resulting therefrom (including proceeds from insurance or any other Enforcement Action by any party hereto) shall be applied in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents or as otherwise consented to by Senior Creditor Agent.

2.7 Sale, Transfer or other Disposition of Subordinated Debt.

(a) Subordinated Creditor shall not sell, assign, pledge, dispose of or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt or any Subordinated Debt Document other than the disposal of the Subordinated Debt in connection with the Subordinated Debt Conversion.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection 2.7(a), the debt and lien subordination effected by this Agreement shall survive any sale, assignment, pledge, disposition or other transfer of all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt in violation of the terms of subsection 2.7(a), and the terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Subordinated Creditor, as provided in Section 10 hereof.

2.8 Legends. Until the Subordination Termination Date, Subordinated Creditor will cause to be clearly, conspicuously and prominently inserted on the face of the Subordinated Notes and any other Subordinated Debt Document, as well as any renewals or replacements thereof, the following legend:

“This instrument and the indebtedness, rights and obligations evidenced hereby and any liens or other security interests securing such rights and obligations are subordinate in the manner and to the extent set forth in that certain Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”) dated as of May 12, 2015, by and among the Subordinated Creditors identified therein and General Electric Capital Corporation in its capacity as agent for certain lenders (together with its successors and assigns, “Senior Creditor Agent”), to certain indebtedness, rights, and obligations of BG MEDICINE, INC. to Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor (as defined therein) and liens and security interests in favor of Senior Creditor Agent securing the same all as described in the Subordination Agreement; and each holder and transferee of this instrument, by its acceptance hereof, irrevocably agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Subordination Agreement.”

3. Modifications.

3.1 Modifications to Senior Debt Documents. Senior Creditor Agent or Senior Creditor may at any time and from time to time without the consent of or notice to Subordinated Creditor, without incurring liability to Subordinated Creditor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement, change the manner or place of payment or extend the time of payment of or renew or alter any of the terms of the Senior Debt, or amend in any manner any Senior Debt Document, including without limitation to increase the Senior Debt.

3.2 Modifications to Subordinated Debt Documents. Until the Subordination Termination Date, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Subordinated Debt Documents, neither the Company nor Subordinated Creditor shall, without the prior written consent of Senior Creditor Agent, agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or supplement to the Subordinated Debt Documents.

 

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4. Waiver of Certain Rights by Subordinated Creditor.

4.1 Notice. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Subordinated Creditor hereby waives any right to receive the following notices from Senior Creditor Agent: (a) notice of acceptance hereof; (b) notice of any loans or other financial accommodations made or extended under the Senior Debt Documents, or the creation or existence of any Senior Debt; (c) notice of the amount of the Senior Debt; (d) notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of Company or any account debtor or of any other fact that might increase Subordinated Creditor’s risk hereunder; (e) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instrument among the Senior Debt Documents; (f) notice of any default or event of default under the Senior Debt Documents or otherwise relating to the Senior Debt; and (g) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement) and demands to which Subordinated Creditor might otherwise be entitled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Subordinated Creditor is not waiving, and shall not be deemed to have waived, any rights that Subordinated Creditor has as a stockholder of the Company, including any voting, consent or information rights. Moreover, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver of, and the Subordinated Creditor is not waiving, any notice obligations that the Company has to the Subordinated Creditor.

4.2 Marshaling. Subordinated Creditor hereby waives any rights it may have under applicable law to assert the doctrine of marshaling or to otherwise require Senior Creditor Agent to marshal any property of the Company or any guarantor of the Senior Debt for the benefit of Subordinated Creditor.

4.3 Rights Relating to Senior Creditor Agent’s Actions with respect to the Collateral.

(a) Subordinated Creditor hereby waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any rights which it may have to enjoin or otherwise obtain a judicial or administrative order preventing Senior Creditor Agent and/or Senior Creditor from taking, or refraining from taking, any action with respect to all or any part of the Collateral or any other assets of the Company. Without limitation of the foregoing, Subordinated Creditor hereby agrees (a) that it has no right to direct or object to the manner in which Senior Creditor Agent and/or Senior Creditor applies the proceeds of the Collateral or any other assets of the Company resulting from the exercise by Senior Creditor Agent and/or Senior Creditor of rights and remedies under the Senior Debt Documents to the Senior Debt and (b) that Senior Creditor Agent and/or Senior Creditor has not assumed any obligation to act as the agent for Subordinated Creditor with respect to the Collateral or any other assets of the Company. Senior Creditor Agent and/or Senior Creditor shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights and exercise remedies with respect to the Collateral and any other assets of the Company until Subordination Termination Date. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral or any other assets of the Company, Senior Creditor Agent and/or Senior Creditor may enforce the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole business judgment. Such exercise and enforcement shall include, without limitation, the rights to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral or any other assets of the Company, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction. In conducting any public or private sale under the Uniform Commercial Code, Senior Creditor Agent shall give the Subordinated Creditor such notice of such sale only to the extent required by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; provided, however, that if such notice is required to be given, 10 days’ notice shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable notice. The Subordinated Creditor agrees that neither Senior Creditor Agent nor Senior Creditor shall incur any liability as

 

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a result of a sale, lease, license, application or other disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral or any other assets of the Company or any part or proceeds thereof conducted in accordance with applicable law.

(b) None of Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor or any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect, or realize upon any of the Collateral or any proceeds thereof or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral or proceeds thereof or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part or proceeds thereof. If Senior Creditor Agent or Senior Creditor should act upon, omit to act upon, or exercise any of their contractual rights or remedies under the Senior Debt Documents (subject to the express terms and conditions hereof), neither Senior Creditor Agent nor Senior Creditor shall have any liability whatsoever to the Subordinated Creditor as a result of such action, omission, or exercise.

4.4 Additional Rights of Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor. Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor will be entitled to manage and supervise the loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Debt Documents as Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor may, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Subordinated Creditor may have in the Collateral or any other assets of the Company or otherwise. Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor and each holder of Senior Debt may, from time to time, enter into agreements and settlements with the Company or other parties to the Senior Debt Documents as it may determine in its sole discretion without impairing any of the subordinations, priorities, rights or obligations of the parties under this Agreement, including substituting collateral and releasing any lien on any Collateral or any other asset of the Company.

4.5 Additional Defenses. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Subordinated Creditor hereby waives: (a) any rights to assert against Senior Creditor Agent or Senior Creditor any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which Subordinated Creditor may now or at any time hereafter have against the Company, any other holder of Senior Debt, any other party liable to Senior Creditor Agent or Senior Creditor, or any Person constituting Subordinated Creditor; (b) any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of any Senior Debt, any Subordinated Debt or any security for either; (c) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by Senior Creditor Agent or Senior Creditor; and (d) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the obligations of Subordinated Creditor hereunder or the enforcement thereof, and any act which shall defer or delay the operation of any statute of limitations applicable to the Senior Debt shall similarly operate to defer or delay the operation of such statute of limitations applicable to such obligations of the Subordinated Creditor hereunder.

5. Representations and Warranties.

5.1 Representations and Warranties of Subordinated Creditor. Each Person comprising the Subordinated Creditor hereby represents and warrants to Senior Creditor Agent, for the benefit of Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor, that as of the date hereof: (a) such Person is duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation; (b) such Person has the power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary action; (c) the execution of this Agreement by such Person will not violate or conflict with the organizational documents of such Person, any material agreement binding upon such Person or any law, regulation or order or require any consent or approval which has not been obtained; (d) this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person,

 

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enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles; (e) such Person is the sole owner, beneficially and of record, of its pro rata share of the Subordinated Debt Documents and the Subordinated Debt; and (f) such Person has no contractual put right to require that the Company redeem any equity securities.

5.2 Representations and Warranties of Senior Creditor Agent. Senior Creditor Agent hereby represents and warrants to Subordinated Creditor that as of the date hereof: (a) Senior Creditor Agent is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation; (b) Senior Creditor Agent has the power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary action; (c) the execution of this Agreement by Senior Creditor Agent will not violate or conflict with the organizational documents of Senior Creditor Agent, any material agreement binding upon Senior Creditor Agent or any law, regulation or order or require any consent or approval which has not been obtained; and (d) this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Senior Creditor Agent, enforceable against Senior Creditor Agent in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.

6. Subrogation. On and after the Subordination Termination Date, Subordinated Creditor shall be subrogated to the rights of Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor to receive Distributions with respect to the Senior Debt until the Subordinated Debt is paid in full. Subordinated Creditor agrees that in the event that all or any part of a payment made with respect to the Senior Debt is recovered from the holders of the Senior Debt in a Proceeding or otherwise, any Distribution received by Subordinated Creditor with respect to the Subordinated Debt at any time after the date of the payment that is so recovered, whether pursuant to the right of subrogation provided for in this Agreement or otherwise, shall be deemed to have been received by Subordinated Creditor in trust as property of the holders of the Senior Debt and Subordinated Creditor shall forthwith deliver the same to Senior Creditor Agent for application to the Senior Debt until the Subordination Termination Date. A Distribution made pursuant to this Agreement to Senior Creditor Agent which otherwise would have been made to Subordinated Creditor is not, as between the Company and Subordinated Creditor, a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Debt. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF ANY OTHER WAIVER OR OTHER PROVISION SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, SUBORDINATED CREDITOR HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL RIGHTS AND DEFENSES ARISING OUT OF AN ELECTION OF REMEDIES BY SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT OR SENIOR CREDITOR, EVEN THOUGH THAT ELECTION OF REMEDIES HAS DESTROYED SUBORDINATED CREDITOR’S RIGHTS OF SUBROGATION AND REIMBURSEMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY BY THE OPERATION OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW.

7. Modification. Any modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or any consent to any departure by any party from the terms hereof, shall not be effective in any event unless the same is in writing and signed by Senior Creditor Agent and Subordinated Creditor, and then such modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given. Any notice to or demand on any party hereto in any event not specifically required hereunder shall not entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances unless specifically required hereunder.

8. Further Assurances. Each party to this Agreement promptly will execute and deliver such further instruments and agreements and do such further acts and things as may be reasonably requested in writing by any other party hereto that may be necessary or desirable in order to effect fully the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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9. Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing addressed to the respective party as set forth below and may be personally served, faxed or sent by overnight courier service or registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been given (a) if delivered in person, when delivered; (b) if delivered by facsimile, on the date of transmission if transmitted on a business day before 4:00 p.m. (New York time) or, if not, on the next succeeding business day; (c) if delivered by overnight courier, one business day after delivery to such courier properly addressed; or (d) if by registered or certified United States mail, four business days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed.

Notices shall be addressed as follows:

If to any Person comprising Subordinated Creditor,

to the Subordinated Creditor Representative:

Applied Genomic Technology Capital Fund, L.P.

c/o Flagship Ventures

1 Memorial Drive, 7th Floor

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

Attention: Noubar B. Afeyan, Ph.D

If to Senior Creditor Agent:

General Electric Capital Corporation

c/o GE Healthcare Financial Services, Inc.

Two Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 600

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Attention: Senior Vice President of Risk – Life Science Finance

Phone: (301) 961-1640

Facsimile: (301) 664-9855

With a copy to:

General Electric Capital Corporation

c/o GE Healthcare Financial Services, Inc.

Two Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 600

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Attention: General Counsel

Phone: (301) 961-1640

Facsimile: (301) 664-9866

or in any case, to such other address as the party addressed shall have previously designated by written notice to the serving party, given in accordance with this Section 9.

10. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the respective successors and assigns of Senior Creditor Agent (for the benefit of Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor), Subordinated Creditor and the Company. To the extent permitted under the Senior

 

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Debt Documents, Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor may, from time to time, without notice to Subordinated Creditor, assign or transfer any or all of the Senior Debt or any interest therein to any Person and, notwithstanding any such assignment or transfer, or any subsequent assignment or transfer, the Senior Debt shall, subject to the terms hereof, be and remain Senior Debt for purposes of this Agreement, and every permitted assignee or transferee of any of the Senior Debt or of any interest therein shall, to the extent of the interest of such permitted assignee or transferee in the Senior Debt, be entitled to rely upon and be the third party beneficiary of the subordination provided under this Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce the terms and provisions hereof to the same extent as if such assignee or transferee were initially a party hereto.

11. Relative Rights; No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement shall define the relative rights of Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor and Subordinated Creditor. Nothing in this Agreement shall (a) impair, as among the Company, Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor and as between the Company and Subordinated Creditor, the obligation of the Company with respect to the payment of the Senior Debt and the Subordinated Debt in accordance with their respective terms or (b) affect the relative rights of Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor or Subordinated Creditor with respect to any other creditors of the Company. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor and Subordinated Creditor, and their respective successors and assigns, and neither Company nor any other Persons are intended to be a third party beneficiary hereunder or to have any right, benefit, priority or interest under, or because of the existence of, or to have any right to enforce, this Agreement.

12. Conflict. In the event of any conflict between any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement and any term, covenant or condition of any of the Subordinated Debt Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and govern.

13. Headings. The paragraph headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or electronic “pdf” transmission shall be equally effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement.

15. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by reason of the operation of any law or by reason of the interpretation placed thereon by any court or governmental authority, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be modified to the minimum extent permitted by law so as most fully to achieve the intention of this Agreement.

16. Continuation of Subordination; Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to govern the relative rights and priorities of Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor and Subordinated Creditor even if all or part of the Senior Debt or the security interests securing the Senior Debt are subordinated, set aside, avoided, invalidated, or disallowed, until the Subordination Termination Date after which this Agreement shall terminate without further action on the part of the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any of the Senior Debt is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any holder of Senior Debt or any representative of such holder.

 

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17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

18. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND, BY ITS ACKNOWLEDGMENT BELOW, THE COMPANY HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT’S ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND, BY ITS ACKNOWLEDGMENT BELOW, THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND, BY ITS ACKNOWLEDGMENT BELOW, THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND AGREES THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE UPON IT BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, ADDRESSED TO SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE COMPANY AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ADDRESSES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.

19. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT AND, BY ITS ACKNOWLEDGMENT BELOW, THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE SUBORDINATED DEBT DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE SENIOR DEBT DOCUMENTS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT AND, BY ITS ACKNOWLEDGMENT BELOW, THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND, IN THE CASE OF THE SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT AND THE COMPANY, THE SENIOR DEBT DOCUMENTS, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, THE COMPANY AND SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT EACH HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF REVIEWING THIS JURY WAIVER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS.

(Signature page follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subordinated Creditor and Senior Creditor Agent have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

SENIOR CREDITOR AGENT:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:

/s/ Alan M. Silbert

Name: Alan M. Silbert
Its: Duly Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Subordination Agreement (BG Medicine)


SUBORDINATED CREDITOR:
APPLIED GENOMIC TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL FUND, L.P.;
AGTC ADVISORS FUND, L.P.
Each by its General Partner, AGTC Partners, L.P.
By its General Partner, NewcoGen Group Inc.

 

By:

/s/ Noubar B. Afeyan

Name: Noubar B. Afeyan
Title: President

 

FLAGSHIP VENTURES FUND 2007, L.P.
By its General Partner
Flagship Ventures Fund 2007 General Partner LLC

By:

/s/ Noubar B. Afeyan

Name:

Noubar B. Afeyan

Title:

Manager

 

Signature Page to Subordination Agreement (BG Medicine)


COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT, CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges and consents to the execution, delivery and performance of the within and foregoing Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement among each of the holders of the Subordinated Debt and Senior Creditor Agent. Each of the undersigned further agrees to be bound by the provisions of the within and foregoing Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement as they relate to the relative rights, remedies and priorities of the Senior Creditor Agent and Senior Creditor; provided, however, that nothing in the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement shall amend, modify, change or supersede the respective terms of any of the Senior Debt Documents or the Subordinated Debt Documents as between Senior Creditor Agent, Senior Creditor or the Subordinated Creditor, respectively, on the one hand, and any of the undersigned, on the other hand.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officers or other representatives to execute and deliver this Company Acknowledgment, Consent and Agreement as of May 12, 2015.

 

BG MEDICINE, INC.
By:

/s/ Paul R. Sohmer

Name: Paul R. Sohmer
Title: President & CEO


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of May 12, 2015, made by Company in favor of Applied Genomic Technology Capital Fund, L.P.

 

2. Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of May 12, 2015, made by Company in favor of AGTC Advisors Fund, L.P.

 

3. Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of May 12, 2015, made by Company in favor of Flagship Ventures Fund 2007, L.P.

 

4. Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2015, among Company, Applied Genomic Technology Capital Fund, L.P., AGTC Advisors Fund, L.P. and Flagship Ventures Fund 2007, L.P.


Exhibit 10.4

Execution Version

SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of May 12, 2015, by and among BG MEDICINE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”); GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity, “GE Capital”), for itself as Lender and as Agent for Lenders; and the other Lenders signatory hereto from time to time.

RECITALS

A. Borrower, Lenders and Agent are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2012 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2013 and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan and Security Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan and Security Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain financial accommodations available to Borrower; and

B. Borrower desires to issue Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 (collectively, the “Subordinated Notes”) pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, among Borrower and the Purchasers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement);

C. Borrower has requested that in connection with the entry by Borrower into the Purchase Agreement and the issuance of such Subordinated Notes, the Lenders amend certain provisions of the Loan and Security Agreement; and

D. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lenders executing this Amendment are willing to so amend the Loan and Security Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

A. AMENDMENTS

1. Section 4.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (p) thereof in its entirety and replacing the same with the following:

“(p) all other documents and instruments as Agent or any Lender may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent and purpose of this Agreement (together with the Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Account Control Agreements, the Access Agreements, the Perfection Certificate, the Pledge Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Secretary’s Certificate and the Disbursement Letter, the Subordination Agreement and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates executed and/or delivered to or in favor of Agent from time to time in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, the ‘Debt Documents’); and”

2. Section 5.3 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereof:

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Subordinated Notes (each as defined below) constitute Material Agreements.”


3. Section 5.7 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of clause (j) of the second sentence thereof and replacing the same with “,” and (y) deleting the parenthetical clause appearing at the end of the second sentence thereof and replacing the same with the following:

“and (l) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(i) below, provided that all such Liens are subordinated to the Liens in favor of Agent pursuant to a subordination and intercreditor agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent (the ‘Subordination Agreement’) (all of such Liens described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (l) are called ‘Permitted Liens’).”

4. Section 6.2 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (b) thereof in its entirety and replacing the same with the following:

“(b) copies of all statements, reports and notices made available generally by any Loan Party to any holders of Subordinated Indebtedness, all notices sent to any Loan Party by the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness, notice (which shall include a copy or electronic link) of all filings and reports any Loan Party is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘SEC’) pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other filings related to any Loan Parties’ purchase or sale of securities, and copies of all notices or other written communication received by any Loan Party from the SEC or any securities exchange or governmental authority exercising a similar function, promptly, but in any event within five (5) days after delivering or receiving such information to or from such persons (provided that an electronic link to any such statement, report or notice filed with the SEC shall be sufficient to constitute a copy of the same),”

5. Section 7.2 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of clause (g) of the first sentence thereof and replacing the same with “,”, (y) deleting the “.” appearing at the end of the first sentence thereof and replacing the same with “, and” and (z) inserting the following clause (i) at the end of the first sentence thereof:

“(i) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the ‘Purchase Agreement’), dated as of the date hereof, among Borrower and the Purchasers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and evidenced by the Notes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement (the ‘Subordinated Notes’)), provided that (i) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the Subordination Agreement and (ii) the maximum aggregate principal amount incurred thereunder does not exceed $500,000.”

6. Section 7.6 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the “.” appearing at the end thereof and replacing the same with the following:

“or (e) purchase or make any payment on or with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, except as expressly permitted by the Subordination Agreement.”

6. Section 7.11 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting the word “or” appearing at the end of clause (a) thereof and (y) deleting the “.” appearing at the end thereof and replacing the same with the following:

“, or (c) any document relating to any Subordinated Indebtedness.”

 

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7. Section 8.1 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (i) thereof in its entirety and replacing the same with the following:

“(i) any provision of any Debt Document shall fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, a Loan Party that is a party thereto, (ii) any Debt Document purporting to grant a security interest to secure any Obligation shall fail to create a valid and enforceable security interest on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby or such security interest shall fail or cease to be a perfected Lien with the priority required in the relevant Debt Document, or (iii) any subordination provision set forth in the Subordination Agreement or any other document evidencing or relating to the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Purchase Agreement shall, in whole or in part, terminate or otherwise fail or cease to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any agent for or holder of the Subordinated Indebtedness (or such Person shall so state in writing) or any Person shall contest in any manner the validity or enforceability thereof or deny that it has any further liability or obligation under the Subordination Agreement, or the Obligations, for any reason shall not have the priority contemplated by this Agreement or such subordination provisions, or any Loan Party shall state in writing that any of the events described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall have occurred;”

B. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amendment and without affecting in any manner the rights of the Lenders hereunder, it is understood and agreed that this Amendment shall not become effective, and Borrower shall have no rights under this Amendment, until Agent shall have received:

 

  (i) reimbursement or payment of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment or the Loan and Security Agreement (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and Lenders);

 

  (ii) counterparts to each of the following documents: (A) this Amendment, duly executed by each Loan Party and (B) a Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and duly executed by each holder of a Subordinated Note and acknowledged by each Loan Party; and

 

  (iii) true, correct and complete copies of the Purchase Agreement, the Subordinated Notes and each other agreement, certificate and instrument entered into in connection therewith.

C. REPRESENTATIONS.

To induce the Lenders and Agent to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Agent that:

1. The execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment (a) are within each Loan Party’s corporate or limited liability company power; (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company and/or shareholder action, as applicable; (c) are not in contravention of any provision of any Loan Party’s certificate of incorporation or formation, or bylaws or other organizational documents; (d) do not violate any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any Governmental Authority; (e) do not conflict with or result in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under or accelerate any performance required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any Loan Party or any such Subsidiary or any of their respective property is bound; (f) do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other person;

 

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2. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered for the benefit of or on behalf of each Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies in general; and

3. After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in the Loan and Security Agreement and the other Debt Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except with respect to any representation or warranty that is made as of specific date in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date), and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof.

D. OTHER AGREEMENTS

1. Continuing Effectiveness of Debt Documents. As amended hereby, all terms of the Loan and Security Agreement and the other Debt Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Loan Parties party thereto. To the extent any terms and conditions in any of the other Debt Documents shall contradict or be in conflict with any terms or conditions of the Loan and Security Agreement, after giving effect to this Amendment, such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified and amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Loan and Security Agreement as modified and amended hereby. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified and amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Loan and Security Agreement as modified and amended hereby.

2. Subordination Agreement. Each Lender, by its execution and delivery of this Amendment, acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Subordination Agreement, consents to and authorizes Agent’s execution and delivery thereof on behalf of such Lender and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof.

3. Acknowledgment of Perfection of Security Interest. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, the security interests and liens granted to Agent and the Lenders under the Loan and Security Agreement and the other Debt Documents are in full force and effect, are properly perfected and are enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement and the other Debt Documents.

4. Effect of Agreement. Except as set forth expressly herein, all terms of the Loan and Security Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Debt Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Borrower to the Lenders and Agent. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders under the Loan and Security Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Loan and Security Agreement. This Amendment shall constitute a Debt Document for all purposes of the Loan and Security Agreement.

5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York and all applicable federal laws of the United States of America.

6. No Novation. This Amendment is not intended by the parties to be, and shall not be construed to be, a novation of the Loan and Security Agreement and the other Debt Documents or an accord and satisfaction in regard thereto.

 

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7. Costs and Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of Agent and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for Agent and the Lenders with respect thereto.

8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or containing an E-Signature shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

9. Binding Nature. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors, successors-in-titles, and assigns. No third party beneficiaries are intended in connection with this Amendment.

10. Entire Understanding. This Amendment sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein, and shall supersede any prior negotiations or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto.

11. Release. Each Loan Party hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges Agent and each of the Lenders, and each and every past and present subsidiary, affiliate, stockholder, officer, director, agent, servant, employee, representative, and attorney of Agent and the Lenders, from any and all claims, causes of action, suits, debts, liens, obligations, liabilities, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of any kind, character, or nature whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, which such Loan Party may have or claim to have now or which may hereafter arise out of or connected with any act of commission or omission of Agent or the Lenders existing or occurring prior to the date of this Amendment or any instrument executed prior to the date of this Amendment including, without limitation, any claims, liabilities or obligations arising with respect to the Loan and Security Agreement or the other of the Debt Documents, other than claims, liabilities or obligations caused by Agent’s or any Lender’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The provisions of this paragraph shall be binding upon each Loan Party and shall inure to the benefit of Agent, the Lenders, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BG MEDICINE, INC., as Borrower
By:

/s/ Paul R. Sohmer

Name: Paul R. Sohmer
Title: President & CEO

Signature Page to Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement


GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Agent and Lender
By:

/s/ Alan M. Silbert

Name: Alan M. Silbert
Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement


COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
By:

/s/ Jeff Chapman

Name: Jeff Chapman
Title: Senior Vice President

Signature Page to Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement


Exhibit A

Form of Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement

[Attached]



Exhibit 10.5

Execution Version

BG MEDICINE, INC.

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of [            ], 2015, by and among BG Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the holders of capital stock of the Company as set forth on Schedule A hereto (the “Stockholders”).

R E C I T A L S:

A. Whereas the Company, certain Stockholders owning shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and certain other parties entered into an Investor Rights Agreement dated as of April 20, 2001 and subsequently amended and restated such agreement on October 28, 2004, March 28, 2005, May 1, 2007 and July 10, 2008 (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).

B. Whereas the Company and the Preferred Stockholders (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) holding at least 50% of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) desire to amend and restate in its entirety the Investor Rights Agreement by their execution of this Agreement to induce certain Stockholders to purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), which are convertible into shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 12, 2015, by and among the Company, certain Stockholders and the other parties named therein.

Now, therefore, the parties hereto agree as follows:

A G R E E M E N T:

1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

Board” shall mean the Company’s Board of Directors.

Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Holders” means the Holders who are not Series A Holders.

Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Holders” or “Holders of Registrable Securities” shall mean the Stockholders and any Person who shall have acquired Registrable Securities from the Stockholders as permitted herein, either individually or jointly, as the case may be, in a transaction pursuant to which registration rights are transferred pursuant to Section 10 hereof.

 

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Person” shall mean an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a governmental or quasi-governmental entity, or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any kind.

Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) any shares of Common Stock at any time beneficially owned by the Stockholders or their respective affiliates (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock), as the case may be; and (ii) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in respect of the securities referred to in clause (i) above, whether to satisfy interest or dividend payments or upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise, until, in the case of any such security, it is: (A) sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (B) eligible to be sold into the public market by persons who are not “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Company (and have not been affiliates of the Company for the preceding three months) pursuant to the second sentence of Rule 144(b)(1)(i) (or any successor rule); (C) sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule); or (D) sold by a Person in a transaction in which registration rights are not transferred pursuant to Section 10 hereof. Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to a request or consent of holders of a certain number or percentage of Registrable Securities, the determination of such number or percentage shall be calculated on the basis of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing, filing and having declared effective a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act.

Registration Expenses” shall mean (i) all expenses, other than Selling Expenses (defined below), incurred by the Company in complying with Sections 2 or 3 hereof, including without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, exchange or quotation medium listing fees, printing and delivery expenses, escrow and custodian fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses and the expenses of accountants for the Company including the expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and (ii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel chosen by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration in connection with any Demand Registration or Piggyback Registration.

Securities Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes and the costs, fees and expenses of any accountants, attorneys (other than the cost, fees and expenses of attorneys which are Registration Expenses) or other experts retained by the Holders.

SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

Series A Holders” means (i) the Holders owning shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) the Holders who are affiliates of the Holders set forth in clause (i).

 

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2. Holders Demand Registrations.

(a) Request for Registration. Any Series A Holder or Series A Holders, or any Holder or Holders who collectively hold Registrable Securities representing at least 40% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, shall have the right (subject to the limitations set forth below), exercisable by written notice to the Company (each a “Registration Request”), to have the Company prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Registrable Securities that are the subject of such request (each, a “Demand Registration”); provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to prepare and file a registration statement if neither Form S-3 nor another short form registration statement is available to the Company to fulfill such Registration Request, unless the Registrable Securities that are the subject of such request have an expected aggregate offering price to the public of at least U.S.$1,000,000. Within 10 days after receipt of any such request, the Company will give written notice of such requested registration to all other Holders of Registrable Securities. The Company shall include such other Holders’ Registrable Securities in such offering if they have responded affirmatively within 10 days after the receipt of the Company’s notice. Subject to the foregoing, the Series A Holders shall be permitted two (2) Demand Registrations hereunder on Form S-1 and unlimited Demand Registrations hereunder on Form S-3 and the Common Holders shall be permitted one (1) Demand Registration hereunder.

A request for registration under this Section 2(a) will not count as a Demand Registration until the registration statement has become effective and remained effective until the earlier of 30 days and the sale of all securities requested to be registered thereunder are registered (unless such registration statement has not become effective due solely to the actions or failure to act with respect to such registration of the Holders requesting such registration, including a request by such Holders that such registration be withdrawn).

(b) Priority on Holders Demand Registrations. If a Demand Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such offering, exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering, the Company will include in such registration:

i. first, the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock requested to be included in such registration by the Series A Holders (or, if necessary, such Registrable Securities pro rata among such Series A Holders based upon the number of Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by each such Series A Holder or such other arrangement agreed to among such Series A Holders); and

ii. second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Common Holders (or, if necessary, such Registrable Securities pro rata among such Common Holders based upon the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Common Holder or such other arrangement agreed to among such Common Holders); and

iii. thereafter, other securities requested to be included in such registration, as determined by the Company.

 

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If, solely as a result of the pro rata cutback limitation set forth in this Section 2(b), the number of Registrable Securities requested by Holders to be included in the Demand Registration exceeds the number of Registrable Securities actually included in the Demand Registration, the Holders shall be entitled to an additional Demand Registration for the sole purpose of including the Registrable Securities that had been excluded from the first Demand Registration; provided, however, such second Registration Request may not be made until six months following the date of effectiveness of the registration statement filed for the first Demand Registration. If a second Demand Registration is effected for this purpose, it shall be considered a “Demand Registration” for all purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the threshold, notice, priority and other requirements.

The Holders of any Registrable Securities to be included in such an underwritten offering shall enter into an underwriting agreement (which shall be in customary form, may include agreements as to indemnification and contribution and shall provide that the representations and warranties by the Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters, shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders).

(c) Restrictions on Demand Registration. The Company may postpone or suspend, for up to 90 days in any 12-month period, the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement for a Demand Registration if the Board determines in good faith and notifies the Holders in writing that such Demand Registration (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (x) any proposal or plan by the Company to engage in any financing, acquisition or disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or (y) any merger, consolidation, tender offer or similar transaction or (ii) would require disclosure of any information that the Board determines in good faith the disclosure of which would be detrimental to the Company; provided, however, that in such event, the Holders initially requesting such Demand Registration shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such Demand Registration will not count as a permitted Demand Registration hereunder and the Company will pay any Registration Expenses in connection with such registration.

(d) Selection of Investment Bankers and Managers. The Company will have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer an offering pursuant to the Demand Registration, subject to the approval of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, which will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

(e) The Company represents and warrants that it is not a party to, or otherwise subject to, any agreement, other than this Agreement, granting registration rights to any other Person with respect to any securities of the Company, other than the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2013, by and between the Company and Aspire Capital Fund, LLC.

3. Piggyback Registrations.

(a) Right to Piggyback. If the Company shall propose to register shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act (other than in a registration statement relating solely to sales of securities to participants in a Company dividend reinvestment plan, or Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor form or in connection with an acquisition or exchange offer or an offering of securities solely to the existing shareholders or employees of the Company), the Company (i) will give prompt written notice to all Holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and (ii) subject to Section 2(b), Section 3(b), Section 13 and the other terms of this Agreement, will include in such registration all Registrable Securities which are permitted under applicable securities laws to be included in the form of registration statement selected by the Company and with respect to which the Company

 

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has received written requests for inclusion therein within 30 days after the receipt of the Company’s notice (each, a “Piggyback Registration”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to include Registrable Securities of a Holder who is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company (and has not been an affiliate of the Company for the preceding three months) which are eligible for resale into the public market pursuant to the second sentence of Rule 144(b)(1)(i) (or any successor rule). The Holders will be permitted to withdraw all or any part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effective date of such Piggyback Registration.

(b) Priority on Piggyback Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is to be an underwritten offering, and the managing investment bank advises the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering, the Company will include in such registration:

i. first, the securities the Company proposes to sell for its own account;

ii. second, the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock requested to be included in such registration by the Series A Holders, pro rata among such Series A Holders of such Registrable Securities, on the basis of the number of such Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by each of such Series A Holders; and

iii. third, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Common Holders and any securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Person pursuant to a demand registration request, other than Persons having a lower priority of registration than the Common Holders, pro rata among the Common Holders of such Registrable Securities and such other Persons, on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included in such registration by each of such Common Holders and such other Persons; and

iv. thereafter, other securities requested to be included in such registration, as determined by the Company.

The Holders of any Registrable Securities to be included in an underwritten offering shall enter into an underwriting agreement (which shall be in customary form, may include agreements as to indemnification and contribution, and shall provide that the representations and warranties by the Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters, shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders). Notwithstanding (i) – (iv) above, the number of securities held by each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock to be included in such registration shall not be reduced to less than 20% of the total number of securities to be included in such registration.

(c) Right to Terminate Registration. If at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any of its securities as set forth in Section 3(a) and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Holder of Registrable Securities and thereupon be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith as provided herein).

 

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(d) Selection of Underwriters/Placement Agents. The Company will have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer an offering pursuant to a Piggyback Registration, subject to the approval of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

4. Expenses of Registration. Except as otherwise provided herein or as may otherwise be prohibited by applicable law, all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with all registrations pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 hereof shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities shall be borne by such Holders.

5. Holdback Agreements.

(a) The Company agrees (i) if requested by the underwriters managing the offering, not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the 10-day period prior to, and during the 90-day period following, the effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration or any underwritten Piggyback Registration (except as part of such underwritten registration or pursuant to registration statements on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form), and (ii) to use its best efforts to cause its officers and directors and each holder of at least 5% (on a fully-diluted basis) of its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in a registered public offering) to agree not to effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of any such securities during such periods (except as part of such underwritten registration, if otherwise permitted), unless the underwriters managing the registered public offering otherwise agree.

(b) If requested by the managing underwriter(s) in an underwritten offering of Common Stock or securities convertible for Common Stock of the Company, each Holder agrees, unless such Holder is a participant in such offering, not to effect any offer, sale, distribution or transfer, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then effect) under the Securities Act (except as part of such underwritten registration), during the 10-day period prior to, and during the 90-day period in the case of any public offering of Common Stock (or (X) such longer period, if required by such underwriter, as is necessary to enable such underwriter to issue a report or make a public appearance that relates to an earnings release or announcement by the Company during an additional 15-day period, or (Y) such shorter period, as may be agreed to in writing by the Company and the Holders of at least 50% of the Registrable Securities) following, the effective date of such Registration Statement; provided, however, that (i) no Holder shall be required to enter into more than two such agreements in any 12-month period and (ii) no Holder shall be required to enter into such an agreement unless all Persons entitled to registration rights who are not parties to this Agreement, all other Persons selling shares in such offering, all Persons holding in excess of 5% (on a fully diluted basis) of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than that purchased in a registered public offering) and all executive officers and directors of the Company shall also have agreed not to offer, sell, distribute a transfer under the circumstances and pursuant to the terms set forth in this Section 5(b).

 

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6. Registration Procedures. Whenever the Holders of Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will under the time frames provided herein, or if not so provided, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement on any appropriate form for which the Company qualifies with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective (provided that before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will (i) furnish to the counsel selected by the Holders copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel, and (ii) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration of any stop order issued or threatened by the Commission);

(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be reasonably necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period equal to the shorter of (i) 180 days and (ii) the time by which all securities covered by such registration statement have been sold, and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement;

(c) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;

(d) use all reasonable efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 6(d), (ii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction or (iii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

(e) promptly notify each seller of such Registrable Securities, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, the Company will prepare and deliver to each Holder a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company shall be required to notify the Holders, but shall not be required to amend the registration statement or supplement the prospectus for a period of up to three months if the Board determines in good faith that to do so would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any proposal or plan by the Company to engage in any financing, acquisition or disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any merger, consolidation, tender offer or similar transaction or would require the disclosure of any information that the Board determines in good faith the disclosure of which would be materially detrimental to the Company, it being understood that the period for which the Company is obligated to keep the Registration Statement effective shall be extended for a number of days equal to the number of days the Company delays amendments or supplements pursuant to this provision. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this Section 6(e), the Holders shall suspend all offers and sales of securities of the Company and all use of any prospectus until advised by the Company that offers and sales may resume, and shall keep confidential the fact and content of any notice given by the Company pursuant to this Section 6(e);

 

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(f) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or quoted on Nasdaq or other quotation medium, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or quoted;

(g) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

(h) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in customary form) and take all such other actions as the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including effecting a stock split or a combination of shares);

(i) make available for inspection by the Holders of Registrable Securities included in the registration statement, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement and (ii) to participate in presentations to prospective purchasers as reasonably requested by any underwriter or placement agent;

(j) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

(k) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification of any shares of Common Stock included in such registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction, use its best efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(l) obtain a so-called “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters;

(m) use its best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; and

(n) if any such registration or comparable statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company and if in its sole and exclusive judgment, such Holder is or might be deemed to be an underwriter or a controlling person of the Company, such Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to such Holder and presented to the Company in writing, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment

 

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quality of the Company’s securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder shall assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company, or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder; provided that with respect to this clause (ii) such Holder shall (a) furnish to the Company an opinion of counsel to such effect, which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and (b) indemnify the Company against any loss or liability imposed upon and any reasonable expenses incurred by the Company as a result of such deletion.

7. Obligations of Holders. Whenever any Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Demand Registration, or a Piggyback Registration, the Holders shall be obligated to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, including the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder, and any applicable state securities or blue sky laws. In addition, each Holder of Registrable Securities will be deemed to have agreed by virtue of its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of any notice described in Section 6(e), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement or prospectus until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 6(e), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

8. Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or any amounts paid in settlement of any litigation, investigation or proceeding commenced or threatened (collectively, “Claims”) to which each such indemnified party may become subject under the Securities Act insofar as such Claim arose out of (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or (ii) 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, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein or by such Holder’s failure to deliver a copy of the registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto unless such Holder had previously requested a sufficient number of copies of the same and the Company has failed to furnish such Holder with a sufficient number of copies of the same. In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company will indemnify the underwriters, their officers and directors and each Person who controls the underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of Registrable Securities.

(b) In connection with any registration statements in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, each such Holder will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any and all Claims to which each such indemnified party may become subject under the Securities Act insofar as such Claim arose out of (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, (ii) 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; provided that with respect to a Claim arising pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above,

 

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the material misstatement or omission is contained in the information such Holder provided to the Company pursuant to Section 11 hereof; provided, further, that the obligation to indemnify will be individual to each Holder and will be limited to the amount of proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement.

(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (but the failure to provide such notice shall not release the indemnifying party of its obligation under paragraphs (a) and (b), unless and then only to the extent that, the indemnifying party has been prejudiced by such failure to provide such notice) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment, based on written advice of counsel, a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party, based on written advice of counsel, a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim.

(d) The indemnifying party shall not be liable to indemnify an indemnified party for any settlement, or consent to judgment of any such action effected without the indemnifying party’s written consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). Furthermore, the indemnifying party shall not, except with the prior written approval of each indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to each indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation without any payment or consideration provided by each such indemnified party.

(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under clauses (a) and (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company, the underwriters, the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the registration statement from the sale of shares pursuant to the registered offering of securities for which indemnity is sought but also the relative fault of the Company, the underwriters, the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the registration statement in connection with the misstatement or omission which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, the underwriters, the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the registration statement shall be deemed to be based on the relative relationship of the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) to the Company, the total underwriting commissions and fees from the offering (before deducting expenses) to the underwriters and the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) to the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the registration statement. The relative fault of the Company, the underwriters, the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the registration statement shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the sellers of Registrable Securities and the parties’ knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided that in no event

 

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shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(f) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and will survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities.

9. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Person may participate in any registration hereunder which is underwritten unless such Person (a) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided that no Holder of Registrable Securities included in any underwritten registration shall be required to make any representations or warranties to the Company or the underwriters (other than representations and warranties regarding such Holder and such Holder’s intended method of distribution) or to undertake any indemnification obligations to the Company or the underwriters with respect thereto, except as otherwise provided in Section 8 hereof.

10. Transfer of Registration Rights. The rights granted to any Holder under this Agreement may be assigned to any Person in connection with any transfer or assignment by a Holder of at least 20% of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder or to any transferee who is a partner or shareholder of such Holder, or to any entity which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common management with such Holder; provided, however, that: (a) such transfer is otherwise effected in accordance with applicable securities laws, (b) such transfer is not in violation of any effective agreement between the Company and any of the Stockholders and (c) if not already a party hereto, the assignee or transferee agrees in writing prior to such transfer to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

11. Information by Holder. Each Holder shall furnish to the Company such written information regarding such Holder and any distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement and shall promptly notify the Company of any changes in such information.

12. Exchange Act Compliance. The Company shall comply with all of the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act then applicable to it, if any, and shall comply with all other public information reporting requirements of the Commission which are conditions to the availability of Rule 144 for the sale of the Registrable Securities. The Company shall cooperate with each Holder in supplying such information as may be necessary for such Holder to complete and file any information reporting forms presently or hereafter required by the Commission as a condition to the availability of Rule 144.

13. SEC Limitations.

(a) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Sections 2(a) and 3(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders

 

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thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the initial registration statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; with respect to filing on Form S-3 or other appropriate form; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular registration statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:

i. first, the Registrable Securities (excluding Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock) requested to be included in such registration by the Common Holders (or, if necessary, such Registrable Securities pro rata among such Common Holders based upon the number of such Registrable Securities owned by each such Common Holder or such other arrangement agreed to among such Common Holders); and

ii. second, the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock requested to be included in such registration by the Series A Holders (or, if necessary, such Registrable Securities pro rata among such Series A Holders based upon the number of Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by each such Series A Holder or such other arrangement agreed to among such Series A Holders).

In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) business days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the initial registration statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the initial registration statement, as amended.

14. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. So long as any Holder owns any Registrable Securities, the Company will not enter into any agreement that is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted hereunder to the Holders of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any agreement that would require the Company to register any of its securities with priority with respect to registration over, the rights granted to the Holders hereunder, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock held by the Holders (voting as a single class and on an as-converted to Common Stock basis). This Agreement amends and supersedes in its entirety the Investor Rights Agreement.

 

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(b) Remedies. Any Person having rights under any provision of this Agreement will be entitled to enforce such rights specifically to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting any bond or other security) for specific performance and for other injunctive relief in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall any Holder have the right to enjoin, delay or interfere with any offering of securities by the Company, if such enjoinment, delay, or interference is not required to reasonably prevent the violation of any breach of any provision of this Agreement or any law or regulation by the Company with respect to any such offering, after reasonable notice and the opportunity to cure are provided to the Company.

(c) Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that without the prior written consent of all the Holders, no such amendment or waiver shall reduce the foregoing percentage required to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement.

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. In addition, whether or not any express assignment has been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of Holders of Registrable Securities are also for the benefit of, and enforceable by, any permitted transferee of Registrable Securities, in accordance with Section 10 hereof.

(e) Severability. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be in any way affected or impaired thereby.

(f) Counterparts and Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one agreement. This Agreement may be signed and delivered to the other party by facsimile transmission or other electronic means; such transmission shall be deemed a valid signature.

(g) Descriptive Headings. The section and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(h) Governing Law; Disputes. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all other matters, in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (without reference to the conflicts of law provisions thereof that would require the application of laws of any other jurisdiction).

(i) Notices. All notices, demands and requests of any kind to be delivered to any party in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally or hand delivered or if sent by internationally-recognized overnight courier or by registered

 

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or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, or by facsimile transmission, addressed as follows:

If to the Company, to:

BG Medicine, Inc.

880 Winter Street, Suite 210

Waltham, MA 02451

Attention: President

Facsimile: 781-895-1119

with a copy to:

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

Attention: William T. Whelan, Esq.

Facsimile: (617) 542-2241

if to a Holder, then to such Holder’s address listed on Schedule A.

or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party hereto in writing in accordance with provisions of this Section 14(i). Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been effectively given (i) in the case of personal or hand delivery, on the date of such delivery, (ii) in the case of an internationally-recognized overnight delivery courier, on the second business day after the date when sent or earlier upon receipt of evidence of acceptance of delivery, (iii) in the case of mailing, on the fifth business day following that day on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted and (iv) in the case of facsimile transmission, on the date of telephone confirmation of receipt.

(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the parties with respect thereto.

[Signature pages follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fifth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
BG MEDICINE, INC.
By:

 

Name: Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fifth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

HOLDERS:
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By:

 

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