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Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Senior Secured Term Loan
On August 9, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), scPharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Credit Agreement and Guaranty (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), and Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”). The Credit Agreement establishes a $75.0 million term loan facility, consisting of (i) $50.0 million (the “Tranche A Loan”) funded on the Closing Date, (ii) $25.0 million (the “Tranche B Loan” and, together with the Tranche A Loan, collectively, the “Term Loan”) that the Company may borrow in a single borrowing on or prior to March 31, 2026; provided, in the case of the Tranche B Loan, that the Company and its subsidiaries have obtained certain regulatory approval and achieved certain net sales targets, each as described in the Credit Agreement. The Term Loan has a maturity date of August 9, 2029 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company will use the proceeds of the Term Loan, together with other available cash, to (x) on the Closing Date, prepay all outstanding loans under its existing credit facility with Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), (y) support the Company’s commercialization efforts for FUROSCIX and (z) other working capital and general corporate purposes, including the payment of fees and expenses associated with the Credit Agreement. In connection with the prepayment and termination of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Company will pay an amount equal to approximately $54.2 million, which amount includes a prepayment penalty, an exit fee and accrued interest.
Borrowings under the Term Loan will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to one-month term SOFR (subject to a 3.25% floor), plus an applicable margin of 6.75%, payable monthly in arrears. There will be no scheduled repayments of outstanding principal on the Term Loan prior to the Maturity Date. The Company may voluntarily prepay the outstanding Term Loan, subject to a yield protection premium equal to (i) 5.0% of the principal amount of the Term Loan prepaid, if prepaid on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) 3.0% of the principal amount of the Term Loan if prepaid after the first anniversary of the Closing Date through and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (iii) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Term Loan if prepaid after the second anniversary of the Closing Date through and including the third anniversary of the Closing Date, with no prepayment premium due after the third anniversary of the Closing date through the Maturity Date. On the Closing Date, the Company is required to issue to Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP warrants to purchase 300,000 of shares of the Company’s common stock, in the aggregate (the “Warrant”), at an exercise price equal to the lower of (i) $4.5902 and (ii) if the Company consummates any public offering of common stock and/or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock within 30 days following the issuance date of the Warrant, (x) if such offering only includes common stock, the per share sales price to the public for such shares of common stock as set forth on the cover of the prospectus related to such public offering, and (y) if such offering includes common stock and/or such other securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock, the sum of the broad-based effective weighted average per share sales price to the public for such common stock and/or other securities, determined on the basis of the per share sales price for such common stock and/or other securities as set forth on the cover of the prospectus related to such public offering and the effective per share conversion or exercise price (or equivalent price, amount or value), if any, paid or payable for purposes of converting or exercising such other securities into common stock (as such exercise price may be adjusted from time to time as provided herein). The Warrant is immediately exercisable, and the exercise period will expire 6 years from the date of issuance.
The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) will be guaranteed by any domestic subsidiaries of the Company that become Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement), subject to certain exceptions. The Borrowers’ and the Guarantors’ (collectively, the “Loan Parties”) respective obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all assets of the Loan Parties, subject to certain customary thresholds and exceptions. As of the Closing Date, there are no Guarantors.
The Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants requiring the Company to (i) maintain certain levels of cash and cash equivalents in accounts subject to a control agreement in favor of the Agent of at least $5.0 million at all times after the Closing Date and (ii) meet minimum quarterly net sales targets described in the Credit Agreement.
In addition, the Credit Agreement contains customary events of default that entitle the Agent to cause the Company’s indebtedness under the Credit Agreement to become immediately due and payable, and to exercise remedies against the Loan Parties and the collateral securing the Term Loan, including cash. Under the Credit Agreement, an event of default will occur if, among other things, the Company fails to make payments under the Credit Agreement (subject to specified periods), the Company or its subsidiaries breach any of the covenants under the Credit Agreement (subject to specified cure periods with respect to certain breaches), a material adverse change occurs, the Company, its subsidiaries or their respective assets become subject to certain legal proceedings, such as bankruptcy proceedings, the Company and/or its subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts as they become due or default on contracts with third parties which would permit the holder of indebtedness in excess of a certain threshold to accelerate the maturity of such indebtedness or that could cause a material adverse change. Upon the occurrence and for the duration of an event of default, an additional default interest rate equal to 3.0% per annum may apply to all obligations owed under the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Credit Agreement in this Current Report is a summary only, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
Revenue Participation Right Purchase and Sale Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a revenue participation right purchase and sale agreement (the “Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP (the “Purchaser”). Under the terms of the Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement, in exchange for the Purchaser’s payment to the Company of a purchase price of $50.0 million, in the aggregate subject to certain conditions at closing (the “Purchase Price”), the Company has agreed to sell to the Purchaser its right to receive payment in full of a tiered single digit percentage of net sales of FUROSCIX (the “Revenue Payment”) for each calendar quarter commencing on the effective date of the Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement, subject to adjustments on June 30, 2028 and June 30, 2030 depending on the amount of Revenue Payments received by such dates. The Purchaser’s right to receive the Revenue Payment terminates and the Company no longer has the obligation to pay Purchaser Revenue Payments once the Purchaser receives 200.0% (subject to reductions on September 30, 2027 and September 30, 2029 depending on the amount of Revenue Payments received by such dates) of the Purchase Price. The Company may also buy-out the Purchaser’s rights to receive the Revenue Payments by paying Purchaser a tiered multiple on the Purchaser Price.
The Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement contains various representations and warranties, including with respect to organization, authorization, and certain other matters, certain covenants with respect to payment, reporting, intellectual property, in-licenses, out-licenses, and certain other actions, indemnification obligations and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature.
The foregoing description of the material terms of the Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full terms and conditions of the Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement.
The Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement in this Current Report is a summary only, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Item 1.02. | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning the prepayment and termination of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 1.02.
Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
The Company is currently finalizing its financial quarterly closing process for the three months ended June 30, 2024. While complete financial information and operating data are not yet available, set forth below are certain preliminary estimates of the results of operations that the Company expects to report for its second quarter of 2024. However, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from these estimates due to the completion of its financial closing procedures, final adjustments and other developments that may arise between now and the time the financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2024 are finalized.
The following are the Company’s preliminary estimates for the three months ended June 30, 2024:
• | Net revenue is expected to be $8.1 million, up 33% sequentially as compared to $6.1 million in the first quarter of 2024. |
• | Gross-to-net discount is expected to be 8% during the second quarter of 2024, down sequentially as compared to 19% in the first quarter of 2024, primarily driven by lower than anticipated rebates and discounts. |
• | FUROSCIX doses filled is expected to be approximately 9,300, up 15% sequentially as compared to approximately 8,100 doses filled in the first quarter of 2024. |
• | Total operating expenses are expected to be $22.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, up sequentially as compared to $22.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. |
• | Cash and cash equivalents are expected to be $38.5 million as of June 30, 2024, down sequentially as compared to $58.4 million as of March 31, 2024. |
The estimates above represent the most current information available to management and do not present all necessary information for an understanding of the Company’s financial condition as of and the results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. Further, the Company’s financial closing procedures for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 are not yet complete. As a result, there is a possibility that the Company’s final results will vary from these preliminary estimates. In addition, the estimates for the three months ended June 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of any future period and should be read together with “Risk Factors” set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The preliminary financial data included in this Current Report on Form 8-K has been prepared by, and is the responsibility of, our management. RSM US LLP has not audited or reviewed the preliminary financial data. Accordingly, RSM US LLP does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance with respect thereto.
The Company expects its closing procedures with respect to the three months ended June 30, 2024 to be completed on or about August 14, 2024.
Item 3.02. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities |
The information contained above in Item 1.01 relating to the Warrant is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02 in its entirety. Based in part upon the representations of Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP in the Warrant, the offering and sale of the Warrant will be exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The sale of the Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and the Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The sale of such securities did not and will not involve a public offering and were and will be made without general solicitation or general advertising. In the Warrant, Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP represented that it is an accredited investor, as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
Item 8.01. | Other Information |
Positive Topline Study Results for SCP-111
On August 12, 2024, the Company announced positive topline results from the pharmacokinetic (PK) study of SCP-111, an investigational, low volume, pH neutral formulation of furosemide administered via an autoinjector as an alternative to the current on-body infusor used with FUROSCIX.
The objectives of the study were to estimate the bioavailability and describe the PK and pharmacodynamics (PD) of SCP-111 (furosemide 80 mg/1 mL) administered as a subcutaneous injection via an autoinjector compared with the equivalent dose of furosemide administered as two 40mg IV injections administered over 1-to-2 minutes, two hours apart, and to describe the safety and tolerability of the SCP-111 injection.
Key highlights of the topline results from the study:
As depicted in the graph below, SCP-111 demonstrated a bioavailability of 107.3% (90% CI: 103.9 - 110.8), achieving the 90% confidence interval limit of 80 to 125 percent.
As shown in the table below, participants that received SCP-111 had similar urine output, urinary sodium excretion and urinary potassium excretion at 6, 8 and 12 hours compared to IV furosemide.
* NS means nonsignificant, meaning no statistically significant difference between SCP-111 and IV Furosemide.
As depicted in the graph below, participants reported a median pain score of 0 across all time points assessed. The minimum, 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile pain scores reported were all 0, and the maximum pain score reported was 5.
The table below shows a summary of the treatment emergent adverse events. All treatment emergent adverse events were assessed as mild except two events of hyponatremia which were assessed as moderate. There were no discontinuations due to an adverse event. The most common adverse events with SCP-111 were localized to the injection site and systemic adverse events were consistent with those reported in the prescribing information for intravenous and oral furosemide.
# | One participant was hospitalized (serious adverse event) due to hyponatremia. Healthy persons, like the healthy volunteers in this study, are generally not in a state of sodium overload like patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease. In addition, participants in this study were required to consume sodium-containing foods and drinks while in the study to prevent hyponatremia, which was not optimized in this participant. Following the serious adverse event, attention to this aspect of the protocol was emphasized. The investigator assessed hyponatremia as moderate in severity and possibly related to SCP-111, and no additional hyponatremia was observed after emphasizing the protocol. |
This study was an open-label, single-center, single-dose, randomized, two-way crossover study in 21 healthy volunteers, ranging in age from 45 to 80. Each subject completed the screening, baseline, treatment, and follow-up phases. Subjects were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to one of two treatment sequences (IV furosemide followed by SCP-111 via the autoinjector, or vice versa).
FDA Approval of Supplemental New Drug Application Expanding the FUROSCIX Indication in Heart Failure
On August 12, 2024, the Company announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its Supplemental New Drug Application seeking to expand the FUROSCIX indication for heart failure patients. At initial approval, FUROSCIX was indicated for the treatment of congestion due to fluid overload in adult patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA)
Class II and Class III chronic heart failure. The new indication now includes patients with NYHA Class IV chronic heart failure who represent the most symptomatic patients and those with the greatest limitation on physical activity, comprising approximately 10% of all heart failure patients nationally.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit 99.1 relating to Item 2.02 shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:
Exhibit |
Description | |
4.1 | Warrant, dated August 9, 2024, issued by the Company to Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP | |
10.1 | Credit Agreement and Guaranty, by and among the Company, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lender, dated August 9, 2024 | |
10.2 | Revenue Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated August 9, 2024 | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ||||||
Date: August 12, 2024 | By: | /s/ John H. Tucker | ||||
Name: | John H. Tucker | |||||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 4.1
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED UNLESS (I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT COVERING SUCH SHARES IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE AND FOREIGN LAW OR (II) THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER APPLICABLE STATE AND FOREIGN LAW AND, IN EACH CASE, IF THE COMPANY REQUESTS, AN OPINION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT HAS BEEN RENDERED BY COUNSEL.
Issuer: | SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. | |
Warrant Shares Issuable: | 300,000 shares of Common Stock | |
Warrant Certificate No.: | 1 | |
Issue Date: | August 9, 2024 (the Issue Date) |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby certifies that for good and valuable consideration, PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Initial Holder and, together with its successors and permitted transferees and assigns, a Holder) is entitled to purchase, at the per share Exercise Price, up to three hundred thousand (300,000) fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares (defined below), all subject to the terms, conditions and adjustments set forth below in this Warrant Certificate.
This Warrant Certificate has been issued as a condition precedent to the making of the loans under and pursuant to the Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of August 9, 2024 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Company, as the borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto, as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP, acting in its capacity as the administrative agent for the lenders.
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date. The following terms when used herein have the following meanings:
Aggregate Exercise Price means, with respect to any exercise of this Warrant Certificate for Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 3, an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant Certificate is then being exercised pursuant to Section 3, multiplied by (ii) the Exercise Price.
Assignment has the meaning set forth in Section 6.
Bloomberg has the meaning set forth within the definition of VWAP.
Cashless Exercise has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Certificate of Incorporation means the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 21, 2017, as amended or otherwise modified by way of amendments filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
Common Stock means the Companys common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
Company has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Convertible Securities means any Equity Interests that, directly or indirectly, are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock.
Credit Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Determination Date has the meaning set forth in the definition of VWAP.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exercise Certificate has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(i).
Exercise Date means, for any given exercise of this Warrant Certificate, whether in whole or in part, a Business Day on which the conditions to such exercise as set forth in Section 3 have been satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
Exercise Period means the period from (and including) the Issue Date to (and including) 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
Exercise Price means a per Warrant Share price equal to the lower of (i) $4.5902 and (ii) if the Company consummates any Public Offering of its Equity Interests within 30 days following the Issue Date, (x) if the Equity Interests sold in such Public Offering include only shares of Common Stock (and, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, no Options, Convertible Securities or similar Equity Interests), the per share sales price to the public for such shares of Common Stock as set forth on the cover of the definitive prospectus related to such Public Offering, and (y) if the Equity Interests sold in such Public Offering include Equity Interests other than Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, any Options, Convertible Securities or similar Equity Interests), the sum of the broad-based effective weighted average per share sales price to the public for such Equity Interests, determined on the basis of the per share sales price for such Equity Interests as set forth on the cover of the definitive prospectus related to such Public Offering (including in respect of shares of Common Stock, if any, included in such Public Offering) and the effective per share conversion or exercise price (or equivalent price, amount or value), if any, paid or payable for purposes of converting or exercising such Equity Interests (to the extent any such Equity Interests qualify as Convertible Securities, Options or the like) into shares of Common Stock, as adjusted from time to time as provided herein
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Expiration Date means August 9, 2030.
Fair Market Value means, as of any time of determination, (i) if the Warrant Shares are traded on a Trading Market, the VWAP for the Warrant Shares for the trading day immediately preceding the day on which such determination is being made, or (ii) if the Warrant Shares are not listed, quoted or otherwise available for trading on a Trading Market (so that there is no such preceding day on which the Warrant Shares traded on a Trading Market), the Fair Market Value of the Warrant Shares shall be the fair market value per Warrant Shares (including, if applicable, any Common Stock or other Equity Interests issuable upon conversion of the Warrant Shares) as reasonably determined in good faith by the Companys Board, such determination to be subject to Section 9(a) or Section 9(b) hereof, as applicable.
Holder has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Independent Advisor has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Initial Holder has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Issue Date means the date designated as such on the first page of this Warrant Certificate.
Marketable Securities means Equity Interests meeting each of the following requirements: (i) the issuer thereof is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and is current in its filing of all required reports and other information under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) such Equity Interests are traded on a Trading Market; and (iii) if delivered (or to be delivered) to a Holder, such Holder would not be restricted from publicly re-selling any or all of such Equity Interests delivered to it, except to the extent that any such restriction (x) arises under federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, and/or (y) arises in connection with a customary market stand-off provision (or similar underwriters lock-up) that does not extend beyond 180 days from the date of delivery of such Equity Interests to such Holder.
Nasdaq means The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
Options means any warrants, options or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase Equity Interests of the Company, including its Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
OTC Bulletin Board means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board.
Public Offering means, with respect to any Person, any sale of Equity Interests of such Person pursuant to an offering that is underwritten on a firm commitment basis by a nationally recognized investment banking firm and, as a result of which, such Person becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15 of the Exchange Act immediately following such offering.
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Registration Statement means, with respect to any Public Offering by the Company of its Common Stock, a registration statement of the Company that covers the offer and sale of any such Common Stock, including any prospectus, amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments and all exhibits and all materials incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Sale of the Company means an event or transaction or series of related events or transactions pursuant to which, directly or indirectly, either (x) any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or otherwise in concert (other than the Holder) acquires ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of Equity Interests of the Company having more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate ordinary voting power, determined on a fully-diluted, as-if-converted or exercised basis, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, or (y) all or substantially all of the assets or businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are transferred or sold, including by way of lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (including, without limitation, by way of irrevocable, exclusive license arrangements).
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Trading Market means, with respect to the Warrant Shares, the principal US exchange or market on which such Warrant Shares are quoted or available for trading, including the Nasdaq, the NYSE, the OTC Bulletin Board, pink sheets or otherwise.
Unrestricted Conditions has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(ii).
VWAP means, with respect to any Equity Interest, as of any day of determination (a Determination Date), the volume weighted average sale price for such Equity Interest on the trading day immediately preceding such Determination Date on the Trading Market for such Equity Interest as reported by, or based upon data reported by, Bloomberg Financial Markets or an equivalent, reliable reporting service reasonably acceptable to the Holder and the Company (collectively, Bloomberg) or, if the volume weighted average sale price has not been reported for such Equity Interest by Bloomberg for such trading day, then the last closing trade price of such Equity Interest as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last closing trade price is reported for such Equity Interest by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such Equity Interest that are listed in the over the counter market by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor) or in the pink sheets (or any successor) by the OTC Markets Group, Inc.; provided that if VWAP cannot be calculated for such Equity Interest on such date in the manner provided above (including because the applicable Equity Interest is not listed or publicly traded), the VWAP shall be the Fair Market Value of such Equity Interest (determined as provided in clause (ii) of the definition of Fair Market Value).
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Warrant Certificate means this Warrant Certificate and all subsequent warrant certificates issued upon division, combination or transfer of, or in substitution for, this Warrant Certificate.
Warrant Register has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
Warrant Shares means the shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate in accordance with the terms of this Warrant Certificate and any Equity Interests into which such Common Stock shall have been (or may be) converted, exchanged or reclassified following the Issue Date.
Warrant Shares Deemed Outstanding means, at any given time, the sum of (i) the number of shares of Warrant Shares actually outstanding at such time, plus (ii) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of Options actually outstanding at such time, plus (iii) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities actually outstanding at such time (treating as actually outstanding any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of Options actually outstanding at such time), in each case, regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time; provided that Warrant Shares Deemed Outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company or any or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries.
Section 2. Term of Warrant Certificate. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, from time to time during the Exercise Period, the Holder of this Warrant Certificate may exercise this Warrant Certificate for all or any part of the Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder (subject to adjustment as provided herein).
Section 3. Exercise of Warrant Certificate.
(a) Exercise Procedure. This Warrant Certificate may be exercised from time to time on any Business Day during the Exercise Period, for all or any portion of the unexercised Warrant Shares, upon:
(i) delivery to the Company of a duly completed and executed Exercise Certificate in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, an Exercise Certificate), which certificate will specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased and the Aggregate Exercise Price; and
(ii) substantially contemporaneously with the delivery of an Exercise Certificate, payment to the Company of the Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section 3(b); provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Exercise Price be lower than the par value of a Warrant Share.
(b) Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price. Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made, at the option of the Holder as expressed in an Exercise Certificate, by any of the following methods:
(i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company, in the amount of such Aggregate Exercise Price;
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(ii) by instructing the Company to withhold a number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate with an aggregate Fair Market Value as of the Exercise Date equal to such Aggregate Exercise Price; or
(iii) any combination of the foregoing.
In the event of any withholding of Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii) or (iii) (such method of payment is herein referred to as Cashless Exercise) where the number of such shares whose value is equal to the Aggregate Exercise Price is not a whole number, the number of such shares withheld by the Company shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share and the Company shall make a cash payment to the Holder (by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder) in an amount calculated as provided pursuant to Section 3(e) below.
For purposes of Rule 144, it is acknowledged and agreed that, so long as the Initial Holder remains the holder of the security for Rule 144 purposes, (i) the Warrant Shares issuable upon any exercise of this Warrant Certificate in any Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired on the Issue Date, and (ii) the holding period for any Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate in any Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have commenced on the Issue Date; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty regarding the commencement of the holding period of any Warrant Share.
(c) Automatic Cashless Exercise. To the extent this Warrant Certificate has not been exercised in full by the Holder prior to the date of any of the following events or circumstances, any portion of this Warrant Certificate that remains unexercised on such date shall be deemed to have been exercised automatically pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, in whole (and not in part), on the Business Day immediately preceding the earlier of (i) the occurrence of the Expiration Date; provided that, in the event that as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date the Fair Market Value of a Warrant Share is less than the Exercise Price then in effect, then such automatic Cashless Exercise shall not occur and (ii) the consummation of a Sale of the Company; provided that (x) as a result of such Sale of the Company the consideration to be received by the Company or its shareholders upon consummation thereof consists solely of cash, Marketable Securities or a combination thereof and (y) in the event that as of the Business Day immediately preceding the consummation of such Sale of the Company the Fair Market Value of a Warrant Share is less than the Exercise Price then in effect, then such automatic Cashless Exercise shall not occur.
(d) Delivery of Stock Certificates. With respect to any exercise of this Warrant Certificate by the Holder, upon receipt by the Company of an Exercise Certificate and delivery of the Aggregate Exercise Price, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days, deliver in accordance with the terms hereof to or upon the order of the Holder that number of Warrant Shares for the portion of this Warrant Certificate so exercised on such date, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 3(e) below. If such Warrant Shares are issued in certificated form, the Company shall deliver a certificate or certificates representing the number of Warrant Shares as the Holder shall request in the Exercise Certificate. If such Warrant Shares are issued in uncertificated form, the Company shall deliver upon request a
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confirmation evidencing the issuance and registration of such shares. Except as otherwise provided herein, upon any exercise hereof this Warrant Certificate shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates of Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Warrant Shares for all purposes, as of the Exercise Date.
(e) Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue a fractional Warrant Share upon exercise of any Warrant Certificate. As to any fraction of a Warrant Share that the Holder would otherwise be entitled upon such exercise, including pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall pay to such Holder an amount in cash (by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder) equal to the product of (i) such fraction multiplied by (ii) the Fair Market Value of one Warrant Share on the Exercise Date.
(f) Surrender of this Warrant Certificate; Delivery of New Warrant Certificate
(i) The Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant Certificate to the Company until this Warrant Certificate has been exercised in full, in which event, the Holder shall, at the written request of the Company, surrender this Warrant Certificate to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Business Days after the date the final Exercise Certificate is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant Certificate resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder by an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares that have been issued hereunder as a result of previous exercises and withheld in connection with Cashless Exercises, in each case subject to adjustment as provided herein. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares issued and purchased, the date of such issuances and purchases and the number of Warrant Shares withheld in connection with Cashless Exercises. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant Certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this Section 3(f), following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be fewer than the amount stated on the face hereof.
(ii) To the extent that there are unexpired and unexercised Warrant Shares remaining under the Warrant Certificate, the Holder may request from time to time that the Company (and the Company shall), upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate, deliver to the Holder one or more new Warrant Certificates evidencing the rights of the Holder to subscribe for the unexpired, unexercised and not withheld (in connection with Cashless Exercises) Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant Certificate. Unless otherwise agreed upon by the Holder in its sole discretion, any such new Warrant Certificate shall in all other respects be identical to this Warrant Certificate.
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(g) Valid Issuance of Warrant Certificate and Warrant Shares; Payment of Taxes. With respect to the exercise of this Warrant Certificate and the issuance of Warrant Shares hereunder, the Company covenants and agrees that it will:
(i) cause any Warrant Certificate issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant Certificate to be, upon issuance, duly authorized;
(ii) cause all Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate (or any substitute or replacement Warrant Certificate) to be, upon issuance, and the Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that such Warrant Shares are, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, issued without violation of any pre-emptive or similar rights of any shareholder of the Company and free and clear of all Liens and similar encumbrances;
(iii) take all such actions as may be necessary to (x) comply with Section 3(i) below and (y) ensure that all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise hereof are issued without violation by the Company of any Organic Document to which it is subject or any applicable Law or any requirements of any U.S. or non-U.S. securities exchanges upon which the Warrant Shares may be listed at the time of such exercise; and
(iv) pay all expenses in connection with, and all governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to, the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of their Warrant Certificate (for purposes hereof, to the extent any income taxes are imposed against the Holder such taxes will not be considered governmental charges).
(h) Conditional Exercise. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if an exercise of all or any portion of this Warrant Certificate is to be made in connection with a Public Offering, a Sale of the Company or other possible liquidity transaction or event, such exercise may, at the election of the Holder, be conditioned upon the consummation of such transaction, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed to be effective until immediately prior to the actual consummation of such transaction or event.
(i) Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times during the Exercise Period reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or (if applicable) other Equity Interests constituting Warrant Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate, the maximum number of Warrant Shares or other Equity Interests issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate or the conversion or exchange of Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise. The Company shall not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate above the Exercise Price then in effect, and shall take all such actions within its power as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate.
(j) Rule 144 Compliance. With a view to making available to the Holder the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall:
(i) use reasonable commercial efforts to make and keep adequate public information available, as required by clause (c) of Rule 144;
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(ii) use reasonable commercial efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(iii) furnish, or otherwise make available to the Holder so long as the Holder owns Warrant Shares, promptly upon request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company to the extent not otherwise publicly available on the SEC website, and such other reports and documents so filed or furnished by the Company as such holder may reasonably request in connection with the sale of Common Stock without registration.
(k) Ownership Cap. To the extent that the Initial Holder (or one or more of its controlled Affiliates) is a Holder hereof, the Company shall not knowingly effect the exercise of this Warrant Certificate, and the Initial Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant Certificate to the extent that, after giving effect to such exercise, the Initial Holder (together with its Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the Equity Interests of the Company having ordinary voting rights outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of such voting Equity Interests beneficially owned by the Initial Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate with respect to which the determination of such aggregate number is being made, but shall exclude Warrant Shares that do not have ordinary voting rights or that would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant Certificate beneficially owned by the Initial Holder and its Affiliates or (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other Equity Interests of the Company beneficially owned by the Initial Holder and its Affiliates (including, without limitation, any Convertible Securities) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitations contained in this Section 3(k). Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(k), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of this Warrant Certificate, in determining the number of outstanding Equity Interests of the Company having ordinary voting rights the Initial Holder of this Warrant Certificate may rely on the number of such outstanding Equity Interests as reflected in the most recent of (i) if available, the Companys Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) any other notice by the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of such Equity Interests outstanding. In addition, upon the written request of the Initial Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days, confirm to the Initial Holder the number of its shares of Equity Interests having ordinary voting rights then outstanding.
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Section 4. Adjustment to Number of Warrant Shares, Exercise Price, etc. The number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 4.
(a) Adjustment to Number of Warrant Shares Upon Reorganizations, Reclassifications, etc. In the event of any changes in the number of Warrant Shares Deemed Outstanding by reason of redemptions, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combinations or exchanges of shares, splits or reverse splits, separations, reorganizations, liquidations, substitutions, replacements or the like, the number and class of Warrant Shares available upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate in the aggregate and the Exercise Price per share shall be correspondingly adjusted as may be necessary (but only to the extent necessary) in order to give the Holder of this Warrant Certificate, upon exercise hereof, the total number, class, and kind of shares as the Holder would have owned (or would have had the right to own upon exercise hereof) had this Warrant Certificate been exercised immediately prior to any such event and had the Holder continued to hold such Warrant Shares until after the event requiring adjustment. The form of this Warrant Certificate need not be changed because of any adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant Certificate.
(b) Adjustment to Number of Warrant Shares Upon Certain Dividends, etc. If the Company declares or pays a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of its Common Stock payable in cash, Equity Interests or other property (or prior to the exercise of this Warrant Certificate in full the holders of Common Stock become entitled to receive any such dividend or distribution), then upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate, for each Warrant Share acquired as a result of such exercise, the Holder shall receive, without additional cost to the Holder, the total amount, number and kind of cash, Equity Interests or other property which the Holder would have received had the Holder owned the Warrant Shares of record as of the date such dividend or distribution occurred.
(c) Certificate as to Adjustment.
(i) As promptly as reasonably practicable upon the request of the Holder following any change or adjustment of the type described above in this Section 4, but in any event not later than three (3) Business Days thereafter, the Company shall furnish to the Holder a certificate of a Responsible Officer setting forth in reasonable detail such change or adjustment and the facts upon which it is based and certifying the calculation thereof.
(ii) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the receipt by the Company of a written request by the Holder, but in any event not later than three (3) Business Days thereafter, the Company shall furnish to the Holder a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying the number of Warrant Shares or the amount, if any, of other Equity Interests, securities or assets then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant Certificate.
(d) Notices. In the event that, at any time during the Exercise Period the Company shall take a record of the holders of its outstanding shares (or other Equity Interests at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate) for the purpose of:
(i) entitling or enabling such holders to receive any dividend or other distribution, to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other securities;
(ii) (x) any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of any outstanding securities or any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, or (y) a Sale of the Company; or
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(iii) the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or similar event of the Company (including by way of a bankruptcy or similar event involving the Company);
then, and in each such case, the Company shall send or cause to be sent to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable record date or the applicable expected effective date, as the case may be, for the event, a written notice prepared in reasonable detail specifying, as the case may be, (A) the record date for such dividend, distribution or other right, action or event, and a description of such dividend, distribution or other right, action or event, or (B) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other right, action or event is proposed to take place, and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken with respect to which the holders of record of its shares (or such other Equity Interests at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant Certificate) shall be entitled to exchange their shares (or such other Equity Interests), for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other right, action or event, and the amount per share and character of such exchange applicable to the Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Shares.
Section 5. Warrant Register. The Company shall keep and properly maintain at its principal executive offices a register (the Warrant Register) for the registration of this Warrant Certificate and any transfers thereof. The Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Warrant Certificate is registered on such register as the Holder thereof for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, except any assignment, division, combination or other transfer of this Warrant Certificate effected in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant Certificate.
Section 6. Transfer of Warrant Certificate. Subject to Section 10 hereof, this Warrant Certificate and all rights hereunder are assignable and transferable, in whole or in part, by the Holder without charge to the Holder, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate to the Company at its then principal executive offices with a properly completed and duly executed instrument of assignment in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (an Assignment). Upon such compliance, surrender and delivery, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denominations specified in such Assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the portion of this Warrant Certificate, if any, not so assigned, and this Warrant Certificate shall promptly be cancelled.
Section 7. The Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder; Limitations on Liability. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including in Section 4(b) above), (i) prior to the Exercise Date, the Holder shall not be entitled to receive dividends, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant Certificate be construed to confer upon the Holder, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to receive dividends or subscription rights, and (ii) prior to the registration of the Holder in the share register of the Company with respect to the Warrant Shares to which the Holder is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant Certificate, the Holder shall not be entitled to vote, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant Certificate be construed to confer upon the Holder, as such, any right to vote, give or withhold
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consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of shares, reclassification of shares, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise) or receive notice of meetings. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant Certificate shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate or otherwise) or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 7, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to all holders of Common Stock, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to such holders.
Section 8. Replacement on Loss; Division and Combination.
(a) Replacement of Warrant Certificate on Loss. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant Certificate and upon delivery of a customary indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (it being understood that a written indemnification agreement or affidavit of loss of the Holder shall be a sufficient indemnity) and, in case of mutilation, upon surrender of such Warrant Certificate for cancellation to the Company, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver to the Holder, in lieu hereof, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and exercisable for an equivalent number of Warrant Shares as this Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed; provided that, in the case of mutilation, no indemnity shall be required if this Warrant Certificate in identifiable form is surrendered to the Company for cancellation.
(b) Division and Combination of Warrant Certificate. Subject to compliance with the applicable provisions of this Warrant Certificate as to any transfer or other assignment which may be involved in such division or combination, this Warrant Certificate may be divided or, following any such division of this Warrant Certificate, subsequently combined with other Warrant Certificates, upon the surrender of this Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates to the Company at its then principal executive offices, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrant Certificates are to be issued, signed by each applicable Holder or its agents or attorneys. Subject to compliance with the applicable provisions of this Warrant Certificate as to any transfer or assignment which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall at its own expense execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates in exchange for this Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates so surrendered in accordance with such notice. Such new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates shall be of like tenor to the surrendered Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates and shall be exercisable in the aggregate for an equivalent number of Warrant Shares as this Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates so surrendered in accordance with such notice.
Section 9. Disputes; No Impairment, etc. The parties hereto agree as follows:
(a) Disputes. In the event of any dispute which arises between the Holder and the Company (including the Board of the Company) with respect to the calculation or determination of Fair Market Value, the adjusted Exercise Price, the number of Warrant Shares, other Equity Interests, cash or other property issuable upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate, the amount or type of consideration due to the Holder in connection with any event, transaction or other matter described in Section 4 above or any other matter involving this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Shares that is not resolved by the parties after good faith discussions and efforts to reach
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resolution, upon the request of the Holder, the disputed issue(s) shall be submitted to a firm of independent investment bankers or public accountants of recognized national standing, which (i) shall be chosen by the Company and be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and (ii) shall be completely independent of the Company (an Independent Advisor), for determination, and such determination by the Independent Advisor shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder with respect to this Warrant Certificate, any Warrant Shares issued or issuable in connection herewith, the Exercise Price therefor, or any other matter in dispute, as the case may be, absent manifest error. Costs and expenses of the Independent Advisor shall be shared 50/50 by the Company and the Holder.
(b) Equitable Equivalent. In case any event shall occur as to which the provisions of Section 9(a) above are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not, in the reasonable, good faith opinion of the Holder, fairly protect the rights and benefits of the Holder represented by this Warrant Certificate in accordance with the essential intent and principles of Sections 4 and 9(a), then, in any such case, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall submit the matter and issues raised by the Holder to an Independent Advisor, which shall make a written determination, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles established in Sections 4 and 9(a), as to whether and to what extent an adjustment, if any, is necessary to preserve, without dilution, the rights and benefits represented by this Warrant Certificate. Upon receipt of such written determination, which shall be binding on the parties hereto, the Company will promptly mail a copy thereof to the Holder and shall make the adjustments described therein, if any. Costs and expenses of the Independent Advisor shall be shared 50/50 by the Company and the Holder.
(c) No Avoidance. The Company shall not, by way of amendment of any of its Organic Documents or through any consolidation, merger, reorganization, transfer of assets, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms or provisions of this Warrant Certificate, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms or provisions and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against dilution or other impairment as if the Holder was a shareholder of the Company entitled to the benefit of fiduciary duties afforded to shareholders under Delaware law.
Section 10. Compliance with the Securities Act.
(a) Agreement to Comply with the Securities Act, etc.
(i) Legend. The Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant Certificate, agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 10 and the restrictive legend requirements set forth on the face of this Warrant Certificate and further agrees that it shall not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant Certificate or any Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act. Subject to clause (ii) below, this Warrant Certificate and all Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate (unless registered under the Securities Act) shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the form as set forth on the face hereof.
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(ii) Removal of Restrictive Legends. Neither this Warrant Certificate nor any certificates evidencing Warrant Shares issuable or deliverable under or in connection with this Warrant Certificate shall contain any legend restricting the transfer of such Warrant Certificate or Warrant Shares as applicable (including the legend required above in clause (i)) in any of the following circumstances: (A) following any sale of this Warrant Certificate or any Warrant Shares issued or delivered to the Holder under or in connection herewith pursuant to Rule 144, (B) if this Warrant Certificate or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under clause (b)(1) of Rule 144 (without the need for compliance with the current public information requirement of Rule 144), or (C) if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company, such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC) (collectively, the Unrestricted Conditions). This Warrant Certificate or Warrant Shares, as the case may be, shall be issued free of all legends if (i) the Unrestricted Conditions are met at the time of issuance and (ii) the Holder has provided customary representation letters reasonably satisfactory to the Companys counsel with respect to the Unrestricted Conditions.
(iii) Replacement Warrant Certificate. The Company agrees that at such time as the Unrestricted Conditions have been satisfied it shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) following written request from the Holder issue a replacement Warrant Certificate or replacement Warrant Shares, as the case may be, free of all restrictive legends.
(iv) Sale of Unlegended Shares. The Holder agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from this Warrant Certificate and any certificates representing securities as set forth in Section 10(a)(ii) above is predicated upon the Companys receipt of a certification from such Holder confirming that the Holder will sell this Warrant Certificate or any such securities pursuant to either an effective Registration Statement or otherwise pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if such securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and any other matters reasonably requested by the Company.
(b) Representations and Warranties of the Holder. In connection with the issuance of this Warrant Certificate, the Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the Issue Date, as follows:
(i) The Holder is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Holder is acquiring this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof for investment for its own account and not with a current view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution of this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Shares, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
(ii) The Holder understands and acknowledges that this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof are restricted securities under the Securities Act inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a Public Offering and that, under such Laws and applicable regulations, such securities may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. In addition, the Holder represents that it is familiar with Rule 144, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.
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(iii) The Holder acknowledges that it can bear the economic and financial risk of its investment for an indefinite period and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Shares. The Holder has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of this Warrant Certificate and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company.
(c) Representations and Warranties of the Company. In connection with the issuance of this Warrant Certificate, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Holder, as of the Issue Date, as follows:
(i) All Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate (or any substitute or replacement Warrant Certificate) shall be, upon issuance, (x) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (y) issued without violation of any pre-emptive or similar rights of any shareholder of the Company and (z) free and clear of all Liens and similar encumbrances.
(ii) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has the capacity and corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform this Warrant Certificate.
(iii) The Company has taken all actions necessary to ensure that all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise hereof will be issued without violation by the Company of (x) any applicable Law or any requirements of any U.S. or non-U.S. securities exchange or (y) any Organic Document of or applicable to the Company.
(iv) The Company has taken or caused to be taken all action required to be taken by it, its Board, any of its shareholders or any other Person to authorize the execution, delivery, issuance and performance of this Warrant Certificate and the issuance of the Warrant Shares.
(v) This Warrant Certificate has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
(vi) The obligations of the Company under this Warrant Certificate are legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, as applicable.
(vii) The Company has complied with all obligations set forth in Section 3(i) and 3(j), above.
Section 11. Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (i) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (ii) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (iii) on the date sent by e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business
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hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (iv) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the addresses indicated below (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 11).
If to the Company: | scPharmaceuticals Inc. | |
25 Mall Road, Suite 203 Burlington, MA 01803 Attn: Rachael Nokes; John Tucker Tel.: (781) 301-6863 Email: rnokes@scpharma.com; jtucker@scpharma.com | ||
with a copy to (which shall not qualify as notice to any party hereto): | ||
Latham & Watkins LLP 505 Montgomery St. #2000 San Francisco, CA 94111 Attn: Haim Zaltzman Email: Haim.Zaltzman@lw.com | ||
If to the Holder: | Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP | |
c/o Perceptive Advisors LLC 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor New York, NY 10003 Attention: Sandeep Dixit Email: Sandeep@perceptivelife.com; PCOFReporting@perceptivelife.com | ||
with a copy to (which shall not qualify as notice to any party hereto): | ||
Morrison & Foerster LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Attention: Mark Wojciechowski, Esq. E-mail: mwojciechowski@mofo.com |
Section 12. Cumulative Remedies. The rights and remedies provided in this Warrant Certificate are cumulative and are not exclusive of, and are in addition to and not in substitution for, any other rights or remedies available at Law, in equity or otherwise.
Section 13. Entire Agreement. This Warrant Certificate constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this Warrant Certificate with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.
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Section 14. Successor and Assigns. This Warrant Certificate and the rights evidenced hereby shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of the Holder. Such successor or permitted assign of the Holder shall be deemed to be the Holder for all purposes hereunder.
Section 15. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Warrant Certificate is for the sole benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective successors and, in the case of the Holder, permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Warrant Certificate.
Section 16. Headings. The headings in this Warrant Certificate are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Warrant Certificate.
Section 17. Amendment and Modification; Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Warrant Certificate may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by the Company or the Holder of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any rights, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Warrant Certificate shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
Section 18. Severability. If any term or provision of this Warrant Certificate is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Warrant Certificate or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 19. Governing Law. This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of New York without effect to any choice or conflict of Law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of Laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.
Section 20. Submission to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based on this Warrant Certificate or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the city and county of New York. Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of process, summons, notice or other document by certified or registered mail to such partys address set forth in Section 11 shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding, and the parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in such courts and irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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Section 21. Counterparts. This Warrant Certificate may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Warrant Certificate delivered by e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Warrant Certificate.
Section 22. No Strict Construction. This Warrant Certificate shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted.
Section 23. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS WARRANT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Warrant Certificate on the Issue Date.
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ John Tucker | |
Name: | John Tucker | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Accepted and agreed,
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV, LP | ||
By: | PERCEPTIVE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES GP, LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ Sandeep Dixit | |
Name: | Sandeep Dixit | |
Title: | Chief Credit Officer | |
By: | /s/ Sam Chawla | |
Name: | Sam Chawla | |
Title: | Portfolio Manager |
Exhibit A
to Warrant Certificate
FORM OF EXERCISE CERTIFICATE
(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant Certificate)
To: | scPharmaceuticals Inc. |
25 Mall Road, Suite 203
Burlington, MA 01803
Attn: Rachael Nokes; John Tucker
Reference is made to that certain Warrant Certificate, having an issue date of August 9, 2024 and bearing Warrant Certificate No. 1 (the Warrant Certificate), issued by scPharmaceuticals Inc. (the Company) to the undersigned (the Holder), a true and correct copy of which is attached to this Exercise Certificate. Unless otherwise defined, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Warrant Certificate.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is the Holder of the Warrant Certificate. Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Certificate, the undersigned hereby elects to exercise its purchase right represented by such Warrant Certificate for, and to purchase thereunder, [________ (_____)] Warrant Shares of the Company and herewith makes payment with respect to this Exercise Certificate of [___________ Dollars ($________)] therefor by the following method.
(Check all that apply):
☐ The undersigned hereby elects to make payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price of [_______________ Dollars ($ )] for [( )] shares of Common Stock using the method described in Section 3(b)(i).
☐ The undersigned hereby elects to make payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price of [_______________Dollars ($ )] for [( )] shares of Common Stock using the method described in Section 3(b)(ii).
☐ The undersigned hereby elects to make payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price of [ _______________Dollars ($ )] for [( )] shares of Common Stock using the method described in Section 3(b)(iii).
DATED: | ________________ |
[NAME OF HOLDER] | ||
By |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit A-1
Exhibit B
to Warrant Certificate
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[DATE OF ASSIGNMENT]
Reference is made to that certain Warrant Certificate, having an issue date of August 9, 2024 and bearing Warrant Certificate No. 1 (the Warrant Certificate), issued by scPharmaceuticals Inc. (the Company) to the undersigned (the Holder), a true and correct copy of which is attached to this Assignment. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Warrant Certificate.
Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Certificate, the Holder is entitled to purchase up to 300,000 Warrant Shares.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Holder hereby sells, assigns and transfers to [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] (the Assignee) the right to acquire [all Warrant Shares entitled to be purchased upon exercise of the Warrant Certificate] [______ of the Warrant Shares entitled to be purchased upon exercise of the Warrant Certificate]. In furtherance of the foregoing assignment, the Holder hereby irrevocably instructs the Company to (i) memorialize such assignment in the Warrant Register as required pursuant to Section 5 of the Warrant Certificate, and (ii) pursuant to Section 6 of the Warrant Certificate, execute and deliver to [each of] the Assignee [and the Holder][a new Warrant Certificate][new Warrant Certificates] reflecting the foregoing assignment (each, a Substitute Warrant Certificate).
The Assignee acknowledges and agrees that it is (and will be) bound by the terms and provisions of its Substitute Warrant Certificate, and further acknowledges and agrees that its Substitute Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise thereof are being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of its Substitute Warrant Certificate or any Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise or conversion thereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities Laws. The Assignee represents and warrants for the benefit of the Company that the Assignee is an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
To the extent (and for so long as) required pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Warrant Certificate, the Assignee acknowledges and agrees that restrictive legends shall be applied to the Assignees Substitute Warrant and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such certificate substantially consistent with the legends required pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Warrant Certificate.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto agree as set forth above as of the date first written above.
[NAME OF HOLDER] | ||
By |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
Accepted and agreed, | ||
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] | ||
By |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[_____] | ||
By |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND GUARANTY
dated as of August 9, 2024
by and among
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
as the Borrower,
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as the Guarantors,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
as the
Lenders,
and
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV, LP,
as the Administrative Agent
U.S. $75,000,000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||||||
1.01 |
Certain Defined Terms |
1 | ||||||
1.02 |
Accounting Terms and Principles |
42 | ||||||
1.03 |
Interpretation |
42 | ||||||
1.04 |
Division |
43 | ||||||
1.05 |
Currency Generally; Equivalent Amounts |
43 | ||||||
SECTION 2. THE COMMITMENT AND THE LOANS | 44 | |||||||
2.01 |
Loans |
44 | ||||||
2.02 |
Borrowing Procedures |
44 | ||||||
2.03 |
Funding of Borrowings |
44 | ||||||
2.04 |
Notes |
45 | ||||||
2.05 |
Use of Proceeds |
45 | ||||||
2.06 |
Defaulting Lenders |
45 | ||||||
SECTION 3. PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, ETC. | 46 | |||||||
3.01 |
Scheduled Repayments and Prepayments Generally; Application |
46 | ||||||
3.02 |
Interest |
47 | ||||||
3.03 |
Prepayments |
47 | ||||||
3.04 |
Commitment Termination |
50 | ||||||
3.05 |
Original Issue Discount |
50 | ||||||
SECTION 4. PAYMENTS, ETC. | 50 | |||||||
4.01 |
Payments |
50 | ||||||
4.02 |
Computations |
51 | ||||||
4.03 |
Set-Off |
51 | ||||||
SECTION 5. YIELD PROTECTION, TAXES, ETC. | 52 | |||||||
5.01 |
Additional Costs |
52 | ||||||
5.02 |
Illegality |
53 | ||||||
5.03 |
Taxes |
54 | ||||||
5.04 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
57 | ||||||
5.05 |
Inability to Determine Rates |
58 | ||||||
5.06 |
Survival |
60 | ||||||
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS | 60 | |||||||
6.01 |
Conditions to the Closing Date |
60 | ||||||
6.02 |
Conditions to the Borrowing of All Loans |
64 |
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SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
65 | |||||||
7.01 |
Power and Authority |
65 | ||||||
7.02 |
Authorization; Enforceability |
66 | ||||||
7.03 |
Governmental and Other Approvals; No Conflicts |
66 | ||||||
7.04 |
Financial Statements; Material Adverse Change |
66 | ||||||
7.05 |
Properties |
67 | ||||||
7.06 |
No Actions or Proceedings |
71 | ||||||
7.07 |
Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
72 | ||||||
7.08 |
Taxes |
72 | ||||||
7.09 |
Full Disclosure |
72 | ||||||
7.10 |
Investment Company Act and Margin Stock Regulation |
73 | ||||||
7.11 |
Solvency |
73 | ||||||
7.12 |
Subsidiaries |
73 | ||||||
7.13 |
Continuing Secured Indebtedness |
73 | ||||||
7.14 |
Material Agreements |
73 | ||||||
7.15 |
Restrictive Agreements |
74 | ||||||
7.16 |
Real Property |
74 | ||||||
7.17 |
Pension Matters |
74 | ||||||
7.18 |
Regulatory Approvals |
75 | ||||||
7.19 |
Mortgages |
77 | ||||||
7.20 |
OFAC; Anti-Terrorism Laws |
78 | ||||||
7.21 |
Anti-Corruption |
78 | ||||||
7.22 |
Priority of Obligations |
78 | ||||||
7.23 |
Royalty and Other Payments |
78 | ||||||
7.24 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
78 | ||||||
SECTION 8. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
79 | |||||||
8.01 |
Financial Statements and Other Information |
79 | ||||||
8.02 |
Notices of Material Events |
82 | ||||||
8.03 |
Existence |
83 | ||||||
8.04 |
Payment of Obligations |
84 | ||||||
8.05 |
Insurance |
84 |
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8.06 |
Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
84 | ||||||
8.07 |
Compliance with Laws and Other Obligations |
85 | ||||||
8.08 |
Maintenance of Properties, Intellectual Property, Etc. |
85 | ||||||
8.09 |
Licenses |
85 | ||||||
8.10 |
Quarterly Calls |
85 | ||||||
8.11 |
Use of Proceeds |
85 | ||||||
8.12 |
Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries; Further Assurances |
86 | ||||||
8.13 |
Termination of Non-Permitted Liens |
88 | ||||||
8.14 |
Board Materials |
88 | ||||||
8.15 |
Intellectual Property |
89 | ||||||
8.16 |
Maintenance of Regulatory Approvals, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Etc. |
89 | ||||||
8.17 |
ERISA Compliance |
90 | ||||||
8.18 |
Cash Management |
90 | ||||||
8.19 |
Investment Policy Updates |
90 | ||||||
8.20 |
Post-Closing Obligations |
90 | ||||||
SECTION 9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
91 | |||||||
9.01 |
Indebtedness |
92 | ||||||
9.02 |
Liens |
94 | ||||||
9.03 |
Fundamental Changes and Acquisitions |
96 | ||||||
9.04 |
Lines of Business |
97 | ||||||
9.05 |
Investments |
97 | ||||||
9.06 |
Restricted Payments |
100 | ||||||
9.07 |
Payments of Indebtedness |
101 | ||||||
9.08 |
Change in Fiscal Year |
101 | ||||||
9.09 |
Sales of Assets, Etc. |
101 | ||||||
9.10 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
103 | ||||||
9.11 |
Restrictive Agreements |
103 | ||||||
9.12 |
Modifications and Terminations of Material Agreements and Organic Documents |
104 | ||||||
9.13 |
Inbound and Outbound Licenses |
104 | ||||||
9.14 |
Sales and Leasebacks |
105 | ||||||
9.15 |
Hazardous Material |
105 |
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9.16 |
Accounting Changes |
105 | ||||||
9.17 |
Compliance with ERISA |
105 | ||||||
9.18 |
Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Use of Proceeds |
105 | ||||||
9.19 |
Activities of the Massachusetts Securities Subsidiary |
106 | ||||||
SECTION 10. FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
106 | |||||||
10.01 |
Minimum Liquidity |
106 | ||||||
10.02 |
Minimum Net Sales |
106 | ||||||
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
107 | |||||||
11.01 |
Events of Default |
107 | ||||||
11.02 |
Remedies |
111 | ||||||
11.03 |
Additional Remedies |
111 | ||||||
11.04 |
Going Concern Covenant Cure |
112 | ||||||
11.05 |
Payment of Yield Protection Premium |
112 | ||||||
11.06 |
Application of Payments |
113 | ||||||
SECTION 12. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
114 | |||||||
12.01 |
Appointment and Duties |
114 | ||||||
12.02 |
Binding Effect |
116 | ||||||
12.03 |
Use of Discretion |
116 | ||||||
12.04 |
Delegation of Rights and Duties |
116 | ||||||
12.05 |
Reliance and Liability |
117 | ||||||
12.06 |
Administrative Agent Individually |
118 | ||||||
12.07 |
Lender Credit Decision |
118 | ||||||
12.08 |
Expenses; Indemnities |
118 | ||||||
12.09 |
Resignation of the Administrative Agent |
119 | ||||||
12.10 |
Release of Collateral or Guarantors |
120 | ||||||
12.11 |
Additional Secured Parties |
121 | ||||||
12.12 |
Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
121 | ||||||
12.13 |
Acknowledgements of Lenders |
122 | ||||||
SECTION 13. GUARANTY |
125 | |||||||
13.01 |
The Guaranty |
125 | ||||||
13.02 |
Obligations Unconditional |
125 | ||||||
13.03 |
Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full |
127 | ||||||
13.04 |
Additional Waivers; General Waivers |
127 | ||||||
13.05 |
Reinstatement |
129 |
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13.06 |
Subrogation |
129 | ||||||
13.07 |
Remedies |
129 | ||||||
13.08 |
Instrument for the Payment of Money |
130 | ||||||
13.09 |
Continuing Guarantee |
130 | ||||||
13.10 |
Contribution with Respect to Guaranteed Obligations |
|||||||
13.11 |
General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations |
131 | ||||||
SECTION 14. MISCELLANEOUS |
131 | |||||||
14.01 |
No Waiver |
131 | ||||||
14.02 |
Notices |
131 | ||||||
14.03 |
Expenses, Indemnification, Etc. |
132 | ||||||
14.04 |
Amendments, Etc. |
133 | ||||||
14.05 |
Successors and Assigns |
134 | ||||||
14.06 |
Survival |
137 | ||||||
14.07 |
Captions |
138 | ||||||
14.08 |
Counterparts, Effectiveness |
138 | ||||||
14.09 |
Governing Law |
138 | ||||||
14.10 |
Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue |
138 | ||||||
14.11 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
139 | ||||||
14.12 |
Waiver of Immunity |
139 | ||||||
14.13 |
Entire Agreement |
139 | ||||||
14.14 |
Severability |
139 | ||||||
14.15 |
No Fiduciary Relationship |
140 | ||||||
14.16 |
Confidentiality |
140 | ||||||
14.17 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
141 | ||||||
14.18 |
Judgment Currency |
141 | ||||||
14.19 |
USA PATRIOT Act |
141 | ||||||
14.20 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
142 | ||||||
14.21 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
142 |
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(continued)
SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Schedule 1 |
| Loans Schedule | ||
Schedule 2 |
| Products | ||
Schedule 3 |
| Permitted Licenses | ||
Schedule 4 |
| Investment Policy | ||
Schedule 7.05(b) |
| Material Intellectual Property | ||
Schedule 7.06(a) |
| Litigation | ||
Schedule 7.06(c) |
| Collective Bargaining Agreements | ||
Schedule 7.08 |
| Taxes | ||
Schedule 7.12 |
| Information Regarding Subsidiaries; Equity Interests | ||
Schedule 7.13 |
| Continuing Secured Indebtedness | ||
Schedule 7.14 |
Material Agreements | |||
Schedule 7.15 |
| Restrictive Agreements | ||
Schedule 7.16 |
| Real Property Owned or Leased by Obligors | ||
Schedule 7.17 |
| Pension Matters | ||
Schedule 7.18(d) |
| Adverse Findings | ||
Schedule 7.23 |
| Royalties and Other Payments | ||
Schedule 7.24 |
| Transactions with Affiliates | ||
Schedule 9.01 |
| Existing Indebtedness | ||
Schedule 9.02 |
| Existing Liens | ||
Schedule 9.05(a) |
| Existing Investments | ||
Schedule 9.09 |
| Sale of Assets | ||
Schedule 9.10 |
| Transactions with Affiliates | ||
Schedule 9.14 |
| Existing Sales and Leasebacks | ||
Exhibit A |
| Form of Note | ||
Exhibit B |
| Form of Borrowing Notice | ||
Exhibit C |
| Form of Guarantee Assumption Agreement | ||
Exhibit D-1 |
| Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit D-2 |
| Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit D-3 |
| Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit D-4 |
| Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit E |
| Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
Exhibit F |
| Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||
Exhibit G |
| Form of Landlord Consent | ||
Exhibit H |
| Form of Intercompany Subordination Agreement | ||
Exhibit I |
| Form of Solvency Certificate | ||
Exhibit J |
| Form of Funding Date Certificate | ||
Exhibit K |
| Form of Warrant |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT AND GUARANTY
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND GUARANTY, dated as of August 9, 2024 (this Agreement), among SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower that may be required to provide Guarantees from time to time hereunder (each a Guarantor and collectively, the Guarantors), the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), and PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a first priority senior secured term loan facility to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000, consisting of (a) a Tranche A Term Loan in an aggregate principal amount up to $50,000,000 to be extended on the Closing Date and (b) a Tranche B Term Loan in an aggregate principal amount up to $25,000,000 to be extended on the Applicable Funding Date for the Tranche B Term Loan, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, including the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to provide such first priority senior secured term loan facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
1.01 Certain Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
Acquisition means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, by which any Person (for purposes of this definition, an acquirer) directly or indirectly, by means of a take over bid, tender offer, amalgamation, consolidation, merger, purchase of assets, purchase of Equity Interests, or otherwise, (a) acquires any business or all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person, (b) acquires (including via licensing and in-licensing) an entire business line, product or unit or division of any other Person, (c) with respect to any other Person that is managed or governed by a Board, acquires control of Equity Interests of such other Person representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power (determined on a fully-diluted basis) for the election of directors of such Persons Board, (d) acquires control of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Equity Interests in any other Person (determined on a fully-diluted basis) that is not managed by a Board or (e) the acquisition of, or the right to use, make, have made, import, export, develop, sell or offer for sale (in each case, including through exclusive licensing), any product, product line or Intellectual Property of or from any other Person, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property granted in the Ordinary Course.
Administrative Agent has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Adverse Regulatory Event means the occurrence of any of the following events or circumstances:
(a) the failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to hold, directly or through licensees or agents, in full force and effect, all Product Authorizations necessary or desirable for the Borrower or any Subsidiary to conduct its Product Commercialization and Development Activities as currently conducted and as currently anticipated to be conducted;
(b) the failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to make or file with the FDA or any other applicable Regulatory Authority having regulatory oversight with respect to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in compliance with such applicable Law, any required report, registration, listing, application, or similar document, instrument or notice;
(c) in connection with any clinical, preclinical, safety or other studies or tests being conducted by (or on behalf of) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of obtaining any Product Authorizations for any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, (i) the failure of any clinical, pre-clinical, safety or other required trial, study or test to be conducted in material compliance with any applicable Law or Product Authorization; (ii) the failure of any related clinical trial site to be monitored by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in material compliance with all applicable Laws and Product Authorizations; or (iii) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of written notice from the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority or an institutional review board having regulatory oversight of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which notice requires the termination or suspension of any such clinical, preclinical, safety or other study or test;
(d) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent, supplier, licensor or licensee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, receives from the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority having regulatory oversight of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries any warning letter or other written notice with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities asserting (i) that such Person lacks a required Product Authorization with respect to such Product or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, (ii) a lack of compliance by such Person with any applicable Laws or Product Authorizations (or any similar order, injunction or decree) or (iii) that the FDA or such other Regulatory Authority, as the case may be, has commenced any regulatory action, investigation or inquiry (other than routine or periodic inspections or reviews) with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities; or
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(e) with respect to any Product or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, (i) any product recall, safety alert, correction, withdrawal, marketing suspension or removal, or any closure or suspension of any related manufacturing facility or operation occurs, in each case whether voluntary or involuntary, is mandated, conducted, undertaken or issued, as the case may be, at the request, demand or order of the FDA or any other any Regulatory Authority having regulatory oversight of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or through the voluntary action of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in response to any such request, demand or order, (ii) the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority having regulatory oversight of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries commences any criminal, injunctive, seizure, detention or civil penalty action or (iii) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries enters into any consent decree, plea agreement or other settlement with the FDA any Regulatory Authority having regulatory oversight of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any of the foregoing.
Affected Financial Institution means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any U.K. Financial Institution.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided that, with respect to any Lender, an Affiliate shall include any Related Fund of such Lender.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Allocable Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 13.10(b).
Anti-Terrorism Laws means any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, (a) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957), (b) the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (e.g., 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 5330), as amended by the Patriot Act, (c) the laws, regulations and Executive Orders administered by the United States Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), (d) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 and implementing regulations by the United States Department of the Treasury, (e) any law prohibiting or directed against terrorist activities or the financing of terrorist activities (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A and 2339B), or (f) any similar laws enacted in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, or any other jurisdictions in which the parties to this agreement operate, and all other present and future legal requirements of any Governmental Authority governing, addressing, relating to, or attempting to eliminate, terrorist acts and acts of war.
Applicable Commitment means the Tranche A Commitment or the Tranche B Commitment, as the context may require.
Applicable Funding Date means, with respect to each Applicable Commitment, the date on or prior to the expiration of the availability period therefor for such Applicable Commitment on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.02 are satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Applicable Margin means a percentage equal to 6.75%.
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Arms Length Transaction means, with respect to any transaction, the terms of such transaction shall not be less favorable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries than commercially reasonable terms that would be obtained in a transaction with a Person that is an unrelated third party and not an Affiliate.
Asset Sale has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee of such Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as agreed by the Administrative Agent.
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority or U.K. Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule; and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their Affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
Bailee Letter means a bailee letter substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Security Agreement.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy.
Beneficial Ownership Certification means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefit Plan means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether governed by the laws of the United States or otherwise) maintained for employees of any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof, or any such plan to which any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
Bloomberg means Bloomberg Index Services Limited.
Board means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors or equivalent management or oversight body of such Person or any committee thereof authorized to act on behalf of such board (or equivalent body).
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Borrower has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Borrower Party has the meaning set forth in Section 14.03(b).
Borrowing means the borrowing of the Loans on each Applicable Funding Date.
Borrowing Notice means a written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are not authorized or required to close and are open for general business in New York City.
Business IT Assets has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(b)(iv).
Buyer has the meaning set forth in the definition of Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement.
Capital Lease Obligations means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any property by such Person as lessee, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease or finance lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Casualty Event means the damage, destruction or condemnation, as the case may be, of property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Change of Control means an event or series of events (a) as a result of which any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Act, but excluding any of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any Plan) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an option right)), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the Board of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); (b) as a result of which, during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Board of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of such Board on the first day of such period, (ii) who were elected, appointed or nominated to such Board, or whose election, appointment or nomination to such Board was approved, by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election, appointment, nomination or approval at least a majority of such Board or equivalent governing body or (iii) who were elected, appointed or nominated to such Board, or whose election, appointment or nomination to such Board was approved, by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election, appointment, nomination or approval at least a majority of such Board; (c) that results
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in the sale of all or substantially all of the assets or businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (d) except to the extent permitted by this Agreement, that results in the Borrowers failure to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, one-hundred percent (100%) of all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary.
Claims means (and includes) any claim, demand, complaint, investigation, grievance, action, application, suit, cause of action, order, charge, indictment, prosecution, judgement or other similar process, whether in respect of assessments or reassessments, debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, damages or losses, contingent or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, disputed or undisputed, contractual, legal or equitable, including loss of value, professional fees, including fees and disbursements of legal counsel, and all costs incurred in investigating or pursuing any of the foregoing or any proceeding relating to any of the foregoing.
Closing Date means August 9, 2024.
Closing Date Payoff means the repayment in full and termination of the Refinanced Facility and the release and termination of all Liens and Guarantees thereunder in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
CME means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.
Collaboration Partner means any of the Borrowers, its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates licensees or licensors or any third party with which the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates has entered into a Contract that relates to Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates.
Collateral means any real, personal and mixed property (including Equity Interests), whether tangible or intangible, in which Liens are granted or purported to be granted to the Administrative Agent as security for the Obligations under any Loan Document on or after the Closing Date, including future acquired or created assets or property (or collectively, all such real, personal and mixed property, as the context may require); provided that Collateral shall not include any Excluded Assets (as defined in the Security Agreement).
Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans to the Borrower on each Applicable Funding Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which commitment is in the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name in the Loans Schedule under the caption Applicable Commitment, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. The aggregate amount of Commitments on the Closing Date equals $75,000,000.
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Company Competitor means (a) any competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries primarily operating in the same line of business as the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) any of such competitors Affiliates (other than any Person that is a bona fide debt fund primarily engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or other investing in commercial loans, notes, bonds or similar extensions of credit or securities in the Ordinary Course) that are either clearly identifiable as an Affiliate of any such competitor on the basis of such Persons name or identified by name in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Company Competitor and (ii) the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Company Competitor and that the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Company Competitor.
Compliance Certificate has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(d).
Conforming Changes means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with Term SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of Term SOFR and Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of Business Day and U.S. Government Securities Business Day, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower), to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines (in consultation with the Borrower) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
Connection Income Taxes means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Contracts means any contract, license, lease, agreement, obligation, promise, undertaking, understanding, arrangement, document, commitment, entitlement or engagement under which a Person has, or will have, any liability or contingent liability (in each case, whether written or oral, express or implied, and whether in respect of monetary or payment obligations, performance obligations or otherwise).
Control means, in respect of a particular Person, the possession by one or more other Persons, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such particular Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
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Controlled Account has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18(a).
Control Agreement means a control agreement or other similar agreement with respect to one or more Controlled Accounts, entered into by the applicable depositary bank, one of more Obligors and the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in order to give the Administrative Agent control (within the meaning set forth in Section 9-104 of the UCC) of such account(s).
Copyright means, whether registered or unregistered, all copyrights (including with respect to published and unpublished works of authorship, software, website and mobile content, data, databases and other compilations of information), copyright registrations and applications for copyright registrations, including all renewals, restorations, reversions and extensions thereof, moral rights, common law rights and all other rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Cure Expiration Date means the last day of any Cure Period.
Cure Period means, with respect to any financial statements of the type described in Section 11.04, the period extending from (and including) the date such financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(c) through (and including) the 90th calendar day following such date.
Cure Right has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04.
Daily Simple SOFR means with respect to any applicable determination date means the SOFR published on such date on the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks website (or any successor source).
Default means any Event of Default and any event that, upon the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 2.06(b), any Lender, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including with respect to any Tranche B Commitments within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or (c) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided, that, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the
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ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interests in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (c) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.06(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each Lender promptly following such determination.
Deferred Acquisition Consideration means any purchase price adjustments, royalty, earn-out, milestone payments, contingent or other deferred payments of a similar nature (including any non-compete payments and consulting payments) made in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement.
Designated Jurisdiction means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of country- or territory-wide Sanctions.
Disqualified Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security, Contract or other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable upon exercise or otherwise), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable or requires such Person to use efforts to redeem such Equity Interests (in each case, other than solely for (i) Qualified Equity Interests and (ii) cash in lieu of fractional shares), including pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for (i) Qualified Equity Interests and (ii) cash in lieu of fractional shares), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends or other distributions in cash or other securities that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is one hundred and fifty (150) days after the Maturity Date.
Disqualified Lender means any Person that is any hedge fund or private equity fund that principally invests in distressed debt (but not any Affiliated fund or Person that does not principally invest in distressed debt). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Lenders and (b) the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender and that the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Lender.
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Division has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.
Dollars and $ means lawful money of the United States of America.
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Eligible Transferee means and includes (a) any commercial bank, (b) any insurance company, (c) any finance company, (d) any financial institution, (e) any Person that is a bona fide debt fund primarily engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or other investing in commercial loans, notes, bonds or similar extensions of credit or securities in the Ordinary Course, (f) with respect to any Lender, any of its Affiliates or such Lenders or Affiliates Related Funds, and (g) any other accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act) that is principally in the business of managing investments or holding assets for investment purposes; provided that, an Eligible Transferee shall not include any Company Competitor, Disqualified Lender or Defaulting Lender; provided further that (i) the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply retroactively to any Person that previously acquired an assignment or participation interest hereunder to the extent such Person was not a Company Competitor or Disqualified Lender at the time of the applicable assignment or participation, as the case may be, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or obligation to carry out due diligence in order to identify or determine whether a Person would be excluded as an Eligible Transferee as a result of the application of such proviso.
Employee Benefit Plan means any of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
Environmental Claims means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, information request, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment, arising out of a violation of Environmental Law or any Hazardous Materials Activity.
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Environmental Law means all laws (including common law and any federal, state, provincial or local governmental law), rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, notice, requirement, binding agreement, injunction or decree, whether U.S. or non-U.S., relating in any way to (a) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (c) to the extent related to Hazardous Materials Activity, occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use, natural resources or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
Environmental Liability means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person (for purposes of this defined term, an issuer), all shares of, interests or participations in, or other equivalents in respect of such issuers capital stock, including all membership interests, partnership interests or equivalent, and all debt or other securities (including warrants, options and similar rights) directly or indirectly exchangeable, exercisable or otherwise convertible into, such issuers capital stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date, and in each case, however classified or designated and whether voting or non-voting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable into Equity Interests constitute Equity Interests hereunder.
Equivalent Amount means, with respect to an amount denominated in one currency, the amount in another currency that could be purchased by the amount in the first currency determined by reference to the Exchange Rate at the time of determination.
ERISA means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof, within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA).
ERISA Event means (a) any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan, excluding, however, events for which the 30-day notice period has been waived; (b) the applicability of the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA with respect
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to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, to any Title IV Plan where an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such plan within the following thirty (30) days; (c) a withdrawal by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a Title IV Plan or the termination of any Title IV Plan resulting in liability under Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is insolvent pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA; (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan, but in the case of a multiple-employer plan or a Multiemployer Plan, only once notice has been received from the plan administrator; (f) the imposition of liability on any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof pursuant to Sections 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) the failure by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to make any required contribution to a Title IV Plan, or the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (h) the determination that any Title IV Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered to critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA, but in the case of a multiple-employer plan or a Multiemployer Plan, only once notice has been received from the plan administrator; (i) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (j) the imposition of any liability under Title I or Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof; (k) an application for a funding waiver under Section 303 of ERISA or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan, but in the case of a multiple-employer plan, only once notice has been received from the plan administrator; (l) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA for which any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof could reasonably be expected to be directly or indirectly liable; (m) a violation of the applicable requirements of Section 404 or 405 of ERISA or the exclusive benefit rule under Section 401(a) of the Code by any fiduciary or disqualified person for which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof may be directly or indirectly liable; (n) the occurrence of an act or omission which could reasonably be expected to give rise to the imposition on any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or under Sections 409, 502(c), (i) or (1) or 4071 of ERISA; (o) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Title IV Plan or the assets thereof, but in the case of a multiple-employer plan, only once notice has been received from the plan administrator, or against any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with any such plan; (p) receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of any Qualified Plan to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Qualified Plan to fail to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of
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the Code that is not corrected under the IRSs Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS), but in the case of a multiple-employer plan, only once notice has been received from the plan administrator; (q) the imposition of any lien (or the fulfillment of the conditions for the imposition of any lien) on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV, including Section 302(f) or 303(k) of ERISA or to Section 401(a)(29) or 430(k) of the Code; (r) the engagement by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (s) the establishment or amendment by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof of any welfare plan, as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of any Obligor, other than payment of premiums otherwise required by section 4980B of the Code, or (t) any Foreign Benefit Event.
ERISA Funding Rules means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Title IV Plans and Multiemployer Plans, as set forth in Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
Erroneous Payment has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.13(a).
Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.13(d).
Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.13(d).
Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.13(d).
Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.13(d).
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Excluded Accounts means (a) deposit accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll Taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of any Obligors employees in the Ordinary Course, (b) zero balance accounts swept no less frequently than weekly to a Controlled Account (including any such account where payments pursuant to Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE or other state or federal healthcare payor programs are deposited), (c) accounts (including trust accounts) used exclusively for bona fide escrow purposes, insurance or fiduciary purposes, (d) cash collateral accounts for Permitted Liens and (e) any other deposit accounts established after the Closing Date only for so long as, in the case of this clause (e), the amounts of deposit among all such deposit accounts do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate.
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Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (x) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (y) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (1) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 5.04(b)) or (2) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.03, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 5.03(f), and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Expense Deposit means the Expense Deposit as such term is defined in the Summary of Terms.
Facility means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased or operated by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
FD&C Act means the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq. (or any successor thereto), as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations issued or promulgated thereunder.
FDA means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and any successor thereto.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such days federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day
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by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided, that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to three (3) major banks on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
Foreign Benefit Event means, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (a) the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable Law, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority, (b) the failure to make the required contributions or payments, under any applicable Law, on or before the due date for such contributions or payments, (c) the receipt of a notice by a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Plan, or alleging the insolvency of any such Foreign Plan, (d) the incurrence of any liability in excess of $2,500,000 by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under applicable Law on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein, or (e) the occurrence of any transaction that is prohibited under any applicable Law and that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or the imposition on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any noncompliance with any applicable Law, in each case in excess of $2,500,000.
Fee Letter means the Fee Letter, dated as of the date of this Agreement, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
FEMA has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12(c).
Foreign Lender means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Plan means any employee pension benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to employees employed outside the United States (other than any governmental arrangement).
Funding Date Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J.
FUROSCIX means the product further described on Schedule 2 attached hereto, together with any improvements or modifications thereto, or combinations thereof, including any current or future pharmaceutical or biological Product (including any Product in development or that may be developed) that is derivative of or includes the Product further described on Schedule 2 or the subcutaneous delivery of a formulation of furosemide or chemical variants (e.g., radioisomers, enantiomers, esters, salt forms, anhydrides, hydrates, polymorphs, metabolites) of furosemide.
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. All references to GAAP shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in the preparation of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(d).
Going Concern Default has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04.
Going Concern Equity Raise Amount means (a) with respect to a Cure Right exercised in respect of a Going Concern Default resulting solely as a result of the occurrence of a breach or anticipated breach of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.01, the amount by which the Borrowers independent certified accountants have determined that the Borrower will fall short of, or has fallen short of, meeting the Minimum Liquidity Amount, as required pursuant to Section 10.01, and (b) with respect to a Cure Right exercised in respect of a Going Concern Default resulting solely as a result of a breach or anticipated breach of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.02 for any fiscal period as to which such Section 10.02 applies, the difference between (i) the Minimum Net Sales required pursuant to Section 10.02 for such fiscal period and (ii) the actual or projected Net Sales for such fiscal period giving rise to such Going Concern Default, as determined by the Borrowers independent certified accountants that have issued the related going concern or like qualification or exception or emphasis of matter.
Governmental Approval means any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise, permit, certification, accreditation, registration, clearance, exemption, listing, filing or notice that is issued or granted by or from (or pursuant to any act of) any Governmental Authority, in connection with any Law or otherwise, including any application or submission related to any of the foregoing.
Governmental Authority means any nation, government, branch of power (whether executive, legislative or judicial), state, province or municipality or other political agency, department or subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, monetary, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including without limitation regulatory authorities, governmental departments, agencies, commissions, bureaus, officials, ministers, courts, bodies, boards, tribunals and dispute settlement panels, and other Law-, rule- or regulation-making organizations or entities of any State, territory, county, city or other political subdivision of any country, in each case, whether U.S. or non-U.S., including the FDA and any other agency, branch or other governmental body that has regulatory, supervisory or administrative authority or oversight over, or is charged with the responsibility or vested with the authority to administer or enforce, any Healthcare Laws or issue or approve any Governmental Approval under or in connection with any such Healthcare Laws.
Guarantee of or by any Person (the guarantor) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation (the primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary
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obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such primary obligations or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such primary obligations of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such primary obligations, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty (including any bank guarantee) issued to support such primary obligations, or (e) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such primary obligations of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against Loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part). The amount of any Guarantee of any guarantor shall be deemed to be equal to the lower of (i) the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (ii) the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guarantors maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
Guarantee Assumption Agreement means a Guarantee Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C by an entity that, pursuant to Section 8.12(a), is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Guaranteed Obligations has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01.
Guarantor has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Guarantor Payment has the meaning set forth in Section 13.10(a).
Guaranty means the Guaranty made by the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 13 in favor of the Secured Parties (including any Guaranty assumed by an entity that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to a Guarantee Assumption Agreement).
Hazardous Material means any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority or which may or would reasonably be expected to pose a hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor environment.
Hazardous Materials Activity means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, release, threatened release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, recycling, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any investigation, monitoring, corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
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Healthcare Laws means, collectively, the FD&C Act, the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal False Claims Act, and all Laws applicable to the coverage of prescription drugs pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the TRICARE Program, and federal employee health benefit plans; and all rules and regulations promulgated under or pursuant to any of the foregoing, including any state and non-U.S. equivalents.
Hedging Agreement means any interest rate exchange agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
Immaterial Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) individually constitutes or holds less than two and one half percent (2.5%) of the Borrowers consolidated total assets and generates less than two and one half percent (2.5%) of the Borrowers consolidated total revenue, and (b) when taken together with all then existing Immaterial Subsidiaries, such Subsidiary and such Immaterial Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, would constitute or hold less than five percent (5%) of the Borrowers consolidated total assets and generate less than five percent (5%) of the Borrowers consolidated total revenue, in each case of the foregoing clauses as of the last day of, or for, the most recently ended fiscal period for which financial statements were required to have been delivered pursuant to 8.01(c) or (c).
IND means an investigational new drug application submitted to the FDA pursuant to 21 C.F.R. Part 312 for allowance to initiate human clinical trials in the United States, including all amendments that may be submitted with respect to the foregoing.
Indebtedness of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or obligations of such Person with respect to deposits or advances of any kind by third parties, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) obligations under any Hedging Agreement, currency swaps, forwards, futures or derivatives transactions, (k) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers acceptances, (l) all obligations of such Person under license or other agreements containing a guaranteed minimum payment or purchase by such Person, (m) all other obligations required to be classified as indebtedness of such Person under GAAP, excluding any of the foregoing to the extent comprised of an obligation in respect of a trade payable, a commercial letter of credit supporting one or more trade payables or similar obligations to a trade creditor, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (n) any Disqualified Equity Interests of or issued by such Person. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
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partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Permitted Warrant Transaction shall constitute Indebtedness.
Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 14.03(b).
Indemnified Taxes means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any Obligation and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
Information and Collateral Certificate means the Information and Collateral Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(c) to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Insolvency Proceeding means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, administration, moratorium, liquidation, receivership, examinership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of any Persons creditors generally or any substantial portion of such Persons creditors, in each case undertaken under U.S. federal or state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual property or proprietary rights anywhere in the world, including any rights in or to Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Technical Information, in each case, whether registered or not, U.S. or non-U.S., including, without limitation, all of the following:
(a) applications, registrations amendments and extensions relating to such Intellectual Property;
(b) rights and privileges arising under any Law with respect to such Intellectual Property;
(c) rights to sue for or collect any damages for any past, present or future infringements of such Intellectual Property; and
(d) rights of the same or similar effect or nature in any jurisdiction corresponding to such Intellectual Property throughout the world.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement means a subordination agreement to be executed and delivered by each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to which all obligations in respect of any Indebtedness owing to any such Person by an Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall be subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations, such agreement to be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H.
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Intercreditor Agreement means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Buyer, or any other intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Interest Period means (a) initially, the period commencing on (and including) the Closing Date and ending on (and including) the last day of the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurred, and (b) thereafter, the period beginning on (and including) the first day of each succeeding calendar month and ending on the earlier of (and including) (i) the last day of such calendar month and (ii) the Maturity Date.
Interest Rate means, for any Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the Applicable Margin plus (b) One-Month Term SOFR for such Interest Period, as may be increased pursuant to Section 3.02(b).
Invention means any novel, inventive and useful art, apparatus, method, process, machine (including any article or device), manufacture or composition of matter, or any novel, inventive and useful improvement in any art, method, process, machine (including article or device), manufacture or composition of matter.
Investment means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of any debt or Equity Interests, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or other securities of any other Person (including any short sale or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan, assumption of debt or other extension of credit to, or capital contribution in any other Person (including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person); (c) the entering into of any Guarantee of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person; (d) an Acquisition or (e) the entering into of any Hedging Agreement. The amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value.
Investment Policy means the Borrowers investment policy set forth on Schedule 4, as amended or modified in accordance with Section 8.19.
IRS means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency, and to the extent relevant, the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
IT Assets means technology devices, computers, software, servers, networks, workstations, routers, hubs, circuits, switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment, and all data stored therein or processed thereby, and all associated documentation.
Landlord Consent means a Landlord Consent substantially in the form of Exhibit G.
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Law means, collectively, all U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes or administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including any interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
Lenders has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Lien means any claim, mortgage, deed of trust, levy, charge, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, security interest, license, lien, or other encumbrance of any kind, and any other security interest or any other agreements or arrangement having a similar effect, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise against any property, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature of a security interest or any preferential arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security interest.
Loan means each loan advanced by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.
Loan Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Warrant, the Fee Letter, any Guarantee Assumption Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and any other guaranty, security agreement, subordination agreement, intercreditor agreement or other present or future document, instrument, agreement, certificate or other amendment, waiver or modification of the foregoing delivered to the Administrative Agent (for itself or for the benefit of any other Secured Party) or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Loans Schedule means Schedule 1 attached hereto.
Loss means judgments, debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, damages or losses, contingent or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, disputed or undisputed, contractual, legal or equitable, including loss of value or revenue, professional fees, including fees and disbursements of legal counsel on a full indemnity basis, and all costs incurred in investigating or pursuing any Claim or any proceeding relating to any Claim.
Majority Lenders means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate unused Commitments then in effect and the outstanding principal amount of the Loans at such time. The Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Majority Lenders at any time.
Malicious Code means disabling codes or instructions, spyware, Trojan horses, worms, viruses or other software routines that facilitate or cause unauthorized access to, or disruption, impairment, disablement, or destruction of, software, data or other materials.
Mandatory Prepayment has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b)(i).
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Margin Stock means margin stock within the meaning of Regulations U and X.
Market Capitalization means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the average of the daily volume weighted average price of the Borrowers common stock as reported for each of the thirty (30) trading days preceding such date of determination (it being understood that a trading day shall mean a day on which shares of the Borrowers common stock trade on the main exchange of the NASDAQ (or, if the primary listing of such common stock is on the main exchange of the New York Stock Exchange, on such other exchange) in an ordinary trading session) multiplied by (b) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Borrowers common stock that are issued and outstanding on the date of the determination and listed on the main exchange of the NASDAQ (or, if the primary listing of such common stock is on the main exchange of the New York Stock Exchange, on such other exchange), subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
Material Adverse Change and Material Adverse Effect mean any event, occurrence, fact, development or circumstance that has had a material adverse change in or material adverse effect upon (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance or property of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Loan Document or (d) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties under any Loan Document.
Material Agreement means (a) each Contract listed in Schedule 7.14, (b) any other Contract to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a beneficiary from time to time and as to which the absence or termination thereof could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) any other Contract to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a guarantor (or equivalent) that, during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months is reasonably expected to (i) result in payments or receipts (including royalty, licensing or similar payments) made to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount in excess of the then applicable Specified Threshold, or (ii) require payments or expenditures (including royalty, licensing or similar payments) to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount in excess of the then applicable Specified Threshold.
Material Environmental Liability means any Environmental Liability that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Material Inbound License means any inbound license, lease, royalty or similar agreement in respect of Intellectual Property or similar intangible property requiring the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, during any twelve (12) month period during the term of such license agreement, to make aggregate payments in excess of $5,000,000; provided that inbound license agreements in the nature of over the counter software commercially available to the public and entered into in the ordinary course of business shall not qualify as Material Inbound Licenses.
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Material Indebtedness means, at any time, (a) Indebtedness pursuant to the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement (and any refinancing or replacement thereof) and (b) any other Indebtedness of any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof, the outstanding principal amount of which, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $2,500,000.
Material Intellectual Property means, (a) any Intellectual Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether currently owned or licensed or acquired, developed or otherwise licensed or obtained after the date hereof, (i) that is necessary or required in order for such Person to conduct its Product Commercialization and Development Activities in the ordinary course as currently conducted or as currently contemplated to be conducted as of the date hereof, including such Material Intellectual Property described in Schedule 7.05(c); or (ii) the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a Material Regulatory Event, or (b) any Intellectual Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether currently owned or licensed or acquired, developed or otherwise licensed or obtained after the date hereof that has a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000.
Material Real Property means any real property owned in fee by the Borrower or any other Obligor (or owned by any person required to become an Obligor hereunder) (a) with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 and (b) not located in an area determined by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) to be located in a special flood hazard area.
Material Regulatory Event means an Adverse Regulatory Event that (a) individually has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a fine, penalty or Loss (excluding a loss of revenue) in excess of $2,500,000 per occurrence, (b) when taken together with each other Adverse Regulatory Event that has occurred since the Closing Date, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a fine, penalty or Loss (excluding a loss of revenue) in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate or (c) has, directly or indirectly, resulted in a mandatory or voluntary recall of any such Product for a period in excess of ninety (90) consecutive days.
Material Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
Maturity Date means August 9, 2029.
Maximum Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 14.17.
Medicaid means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XIX, P.L. 89-97 of the Social Security Act, which provides federal grants to states for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth on Section 1396, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code.
Medicare means that government-sponsored insurance program under Title XVIII, P.L. 89-97, of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code.
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Minimum Liquidity Amount means $5,000,000.
Minimum Net Sales Covenant has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.
Mortgage means each mortgage, deed of trust and similar agreement or instrument creating a Lien on Material Real Property made by any Obligor in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and containing such provisions as shall be advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be recorded, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
MSC Subsidiary means a wholly owned Subsidiary incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts solely for the purpose of holding Investments as a Massachusetts security corporation under 830 CMR 63.38B.1 of the Massachusetts tax code and applicable regulations (as the same may be amended, modified or replaced from time to time), including, as of the Closing Date, scPharmaceuticals Securities Corporation.
Multiemployer Plan means any multiemployer plan of the type described in Section 400l(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, during the preceding five plan years has made or been obligated to make contributions, or has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
NDA means (a) a new drug application submitted to the FDA pursuant to Section 505(b) of the FD&C Act seeking authorization to market a new drug in the United States and (b) all supplements and amendments that may be submitted with respect to any of the foregoing.
Net Cash Proceeds means, (a) with respect to any Casualty Event experienced or suffered by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, the amount of cash proceeds received from time to time by or on behalf of such Person in respect thereof (other than the proceeds of any business interruption insurance) after deducting therefrom only (w) reasonable costs and expenses related thereto incurred by such Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (x) Taxes (including transfer Taxes or net income Taxes) paid or payable in connection therewith, (y) reasonable reserves established for liabilities estimated to be payable in respect of such Casualty Event and deposited into escrow with a third party escrow agent on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or set aside in a separate deposit account that is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent and (z) any amounts required to be used to prepay Permitted Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 9.01(j) and 9.01(l) secured by the assets subject to such Casualty Event (other than (A) Indebtedness owing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset); and (b) with respect to any Asset Sale by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, the amount of cash proceeds received from time to time by or on behalf of such Person in respect thereof after deducting therefrom only (w) reasonable costs and expenses related thereto incurred by such Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (x) Taxes (including transfer Taxes or net income Taxes) paid or payable in connection therewith, (y) reasonable reserves established for liabilities estimated to be payable in respect of such Asset
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Sale and deposited into escrow with a third party escrow agent on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or set aside in a deposit account that is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent and (z) any amounts required to be used to prepay Permitted Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 9.01(j) and 9.01(l) secured by the assets subject to such Asset Sale (other than (A) Indebtedness owing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset); provided that, in each case of clauses (a) and (b), costs and expenses shall only be deducted to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are (x) actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) properly attributable to such Casualty Event or Asset Sale, as the case may be; it being understood that Net Cash Proceeds shall include, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by any obligor in any Casualty Event or Asset Sale.
Net Sales means, for any period, without duplication (a) (i) aggregate amounts invoiced, billed or otherwise recorded by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for sales of FUROSCIX in the United States and (ii) royalties received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from all licensing partners on the sales of FUROSCIX in the United States (but excluding any one-time developmental, regulatory and/or commercial milestones), which in each case shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP, less, without duplication, (b)(i) all normal and customary discounts of any type or nature (such as cash discounts and quantity discounts), cash and non-cash coupons, retroactive price reductions, charge-back payments and rebates granted to managed care organizations or to federal, state and local governments, their agencies, and purchasers and reimbursers or to customers; (ii) chargebacks, credits or allowances (including those granted on account of price adjustments, co-pay programs, billing errors, damaged goods, rejections, outdated or returns of FUROSCIX, (including returned in connection with recalls or withdrawals)); (iii) government mandated rebates and other rebates, credits, allowances, fees, reimbursements and other payments customarily given to wholesalers and other distributors (including retailers), buying groups or other institutions; (iv) taxes or duties levied on, absorbed or otherwise imposed on sale of FUROSCIX, including value-added taxes, healthcare taxes or other governmental charges otherwise imposed upon the billed amount (to the extent not paid by the third party), and that portion of annual fees due under Section 9008 of the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-48) and any other fee imposed by any equivalent applicable law, in each case as adjusted for rebates and refunds; (v) freight, postage, shipping, insurance costs and third party distribution costs and expenses; (vi) allowances for uncollectible accounts accrued in the ordinary course of business; provided however, that if such amounts due under previously uncollectible accounts, such amounts recovered shall be included in Net Sales; and (vii) customs duties and other governmental charges incurred for exportation or importation of FUROSCIX. Net Sales shall exclude any sales or transfers (x) not billed in arms-length transactions to third parties or (y) where FUROSCIX is transferred to third parties for research and trials, samples, compassionate sales or use, or a patient assistance program when the consideration received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, licensees or sublicensees is less than the average cost of FUROSCIX plus ten percent (10%).
Note means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, executed and delivered by the Borrower to any Lender in accordance with Section 2.04.
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NY UCC means the UCC as in effect from time to time in New York.
Obligations means, with respect to any Obligor, all amounts, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by such Obligor to any Secured Party (including all Guaranteed Obligations and Warrant Obligations) or any other indemnitee hereunder or any participant, arising out of, under, or in connection with, any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether liquidated or not, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, and whether or not evidenced by any instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (a) if such Obligor is the Borrower, all Loans, (b) all interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or after the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post- filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding, and (c) all other fees, expenses (including fees, charges and disbursement of counsel), interest, Yield Protection Premium, commissions, charges, costs, disbursements, indemnities and reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to such Obligor under any Loan Document.
Obligors means, collectively, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and any Subsidiary of the Borrower required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor or execute and deliver or become a party to any Security Document pursuant to Section 8.12, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
OFAC has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Anti-Terrorism Laws.
One-Month Term SOFR means, with respect to any Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (x) three and a quarter percent (3.25%) per annum and (y) the Term SOFR for a one-month interest period.
Ordinary Course means ordinary course of business or ordinary trade activities that are customary for similar businesses in the normal course of their ordinary operations and not while in financial distress.
Organic Document means, for any Person, such Persons formation documents, including, as applicable, its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar agreements and arrangements applicable to such Persons Equity Interests, or any equivalent document of any of the foregoing.
Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
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Other Taxes means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 5.04).
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 14.05(e).
Participant Register has the meaning set forth in Section 14.05(e).
Patents means all patents and patent applications, including (a) the Inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (b) patents and patent applications in any form in any worldwide jurisdiction, including but not limited to reissues, oppositions, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions, expired, abandoned, rulings from any governmental authority regarding including ones arising from any proceeding such as Inter Partes review, and continuations in part thereof, and (c) all income, royalties, damages and payment now, previously or hereafter due and payable with respect thereto, (d) all damages and payment for past or future infringements thereof, and rights to sue thereof, and (e) all rights whatsoever pertaining to patents and patent applications accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Patriot Act has the meaning set forth in Section 14.19.
Payment Date means (a) the last Business Day of each calendar month, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided, that if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; and (b) the Maturity Date.
Payment Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 12.13(b).
Payment Recipient has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.13(a).
PBGC means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
Permitted Acquisition means any Acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by license, purchase, merger or otherwise; provided that:
(a) immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) all representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct, (ii) all representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are not qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct in all material respects, and (iii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or could reasonably be expected to result therefrom;
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(b) such Acquisition shall comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws and all applicable Governmental Approvals;
(c) in the case of any Acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, after giving effect to such Acquisition, all Equity Interests of such other Person acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries the Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, each of the actions set forth in Section 8.12(a)(iii), and, in the event of an Acquisition that results in the creation or acquisition of a new Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, each of the actions set forth in Section 8.12(a), if applicable and such Person (in the case of an Acquisition of Equity Interests of such Person) or assets (in the case of an Acquisition of assets or a division of such Person) shall be engaged or used, as the case may be, in businesses or lines of business that would be permitted pursuant to Section 9.04;
(d) if such Acquisition is structured as the acquisition or in-licensing of the right to use, make, have made, import, export, develop, sell or offer for sale, any product, product line or Intellectual Property of or from any other Person, such product, product line or Intellectual Property shall be acquired or in-licensed by an Obligor, shall be free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens and all other actions shall have been taken that are necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to provide and perfect a first priority Lien to the Administrative Agent in such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property directed to such product or product line (in each case, subject to Permitted Liens);
(e) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 10;
(f) to the extent that all or any portion of the purchase price (including reasonable estimates of any Deferred Acquisition Consideration) for any such Acquisition is paid in cash, the amount thereof shall not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate with all other Permitted Acquisitions in any fiscal year or $30,000,000 in the aggregate with all other Permitted Acquisitions at any time since the Closing Date;
(g) to the extent that all or any portion of the purchase price for any such Acquisition is paid in Equity Interests, all such Equity Interests shall be Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(h) in the case of any such Acquisition that has a purchase price in excess of $10,000,000, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice (or such shorter period as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) of any such Acquisition, together with (i) summaries, prepared in reasonable detail, of all due diligence conducted by or on behalf of the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary, as applicable, prior to such Acquisition, in
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each case subject to customary confidentiality restrictions, (ii) subject to customary confidentiality restrictions, a copy of the draft purchase agreement related to the proposed Acquisition (and any related documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent), (iii) pro forma financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to the date of consummation of such Acquisition for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to 8.01(b) or (c)) after giving effect to such Acquisition and (iv) subject to customary confidentiality restrictions, any other information reasonably requested (to the extent available), by the Administrative Agent and available to the Obligors; provided that in the case of any such Acquisition that has a purchase price less than $10,000,000, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent the foregoing items no later than thirty (30) days after the consummation thereof.
(i) no Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries (including any acquired Person) shall, in connection with, and upon giving effect to, any such Acquisition, assume or remain liable with respect to, or be subject to (i) any Indebtedness of the related seller or the business, Person or assets acquired, except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 9.01(l), (ii) any Lien on any business, Person or assets acquired, except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 9.02, (iii) any other liabilities that are not Indebtedness (including Tax, ERISA and environmental liabilities) and that are not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, except to the extent the assumption of such liabilities could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that if such assumed liabilities exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, the Administrative Agent shall have consented in writing to such Acquisition in its sole discretion. Any other such Indebtedness, liabilities or Liens not permitted to be assumed, continued or otherwise supported by any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof hereunder shall be paid in full or released within thirty (30) days after the acquisition date (or such longer period of time as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) as to the business, Persons or properties being so acquired on or before the consummation of such Acquisition; and
(j) at least three (3) Business Days subsequent to the proposed date of any Acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (prepared in reasonable detail), certifying that the Acquisition complies with the requirements of this definition, which certificate shall include a summary (prepared in reasonable detail), certifying as to any contingent liabilities and prospective research and development costs associated with the Person, business or assets being acquired.
Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Borrowers common stock (or other securities or property (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) following a merger event, reclassification or other similar fundamental change of the Borrower, or adjustment with respect to the common stock of the Borrower) that is (i) purchased or otherwise entered into by the Borrower in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Debt, the primary purpose of which is to mitigate dilution upon conversion of such Permitted Convertible Debt, (ii) settled in common stock of the Borrower (or such other securities or property), cash or a
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combination thereof (such amount of cash determined by reference to the price of the Borrowers common stock or such other securities or property), and cash in lieu of fractional shares of common stock of the Borrower and (iii) on terms and conditions customary for bond hedge transactions in respect of transactions related to public market convertible indebtedness (pursuant to a public offering or an offering under Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act) as reasonably determined by the Borrower. For all purposes under this Agreement, a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction shall be treated as an Investment.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any state thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than two hundred and seventy (270) days after the date of its creation and rated at least A-1 or P-1 by Standard & Poors Ratings Group or Moodys Investors Service, Inc., (c) any Dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or bankers acceptance issued or accepted by any commercial bank that is (i) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) adequately capitalized (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulators) and (iii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $500,000,000, (d) registered money market funds at least ninety-five percent (95.0%) of the assets of which constitute Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments of the kinds described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above and (e) any investments made pursuant to the Investment Policy.
Permitted Convertible Debt means Indebtedness of the Borrower in the form of notes having a feature which entitles the holder thereof to convert all or a portion of such Indebtedness into the Borrowers common stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) (or other securities or property (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) following a merger event, reclassification or other similar fundamental change of the Borrower, or adjustment with respect to the common stock of the Borrower), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such common stock or such other securities); provided, that (a) such Permitted Convertible Debt shall (i) be unsecured, (ii) not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Borrower, and (iii) be issued or incurred pursuant to an offering document and/or subscription agreement(s) containing disclosure that such Indebtedness is the Borrowers senior unsecured Indebtedness and will rank effectively junior in right of payment to any of the Borrowers secured Indebtedness (including the Obligations) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such secured Indebtedness; and structurally junior to all Indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of the Borrowers Subsidiaries, (b) such Permitted Convertible Debt shall not include any financial maintenance covenants and shall only include covenants, defaults and conversion rights that are customary for public market convertible indebtedness (pursuant to a public offering or an offering under Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act) as of the date of issuance, (c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of offering or incurrence of such Permitted Convertible Debt or would result from the issuance thereof, (d) such Permitted Convertible Debt shall not have a scheduled maturity date and shall not be subject to any mandatory repurchase or redemption (other than in connection with a customary conversion, change of control or fundamental change provision) earlier than 91 calendar days after the Maturity Date and any such repurchase or redemption right is subject to the repayment of all outstanding monetary
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Obligations in full and in cash, (e) such Permitted Convertible Debt shall not have an all-in-yield (excluding any arrangement, amendment, syndication, commitment, underwriting, structuring, ticking or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with all of the holders of such Indebtedness) greater than (i) 6.00% where such Permitted Convertible Debt is less than $100,000,000, (ii) 5.00% where such Permitted Convertible Debt is less than $125,000,000 but greater than or equal to $100,000,000 and (iii) 4.00% where such Permitted Convertible Debt is less than or equal to $150,000,000 but greater than or equal to $125,000,000 (with any original issue discount equated to interest based on the convertible debt maturity date and excluding any additional or special interest that may become payable from time to time) and (f) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying as to the foregoing clauses (a) through (e).
Permitted Hedging Agreement means a Hedging Agreement entered into by any Obligor in such Obligors Ordinary Course for the purpose of hedging currency risks or interest rate risks (and not for speculative purposes) and (x) with respect to hedging currency risks, in an aggregate notional amount for all such Hedging Agreements not in excess of $2,500,000 and (y) with respect to hedging interest rate risks, in an aggregate notional amount for all such Hedging Agreements not in excess of 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding at such time.
Permitted Indebtedness means any Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01.
Permitted Licenses means (a) non-exclusive licenses of off-the-shelf software that is commercially available to the public, (b) intercompany licenses, sublicenses or grants of rights for development, manufacture, production, commercialization (including commercial sales to end users), marketing, promotion, co-promotion, sales or distribution solely between or among the Obligors, (c) any outbound non-exclusive license or sublicense for the use of (or covenant not to sue with respect to) Intellectual Property of any Obligor for purposes of its Product Commercialization and Development Activities; provided, that, with respect to each such license described in this clause (c), (i) such license or sublicense is entered into in the Ordinary Course, (ii) no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing at the time of execution of such license or sublicense or would result therefrom, and (iii) such license or sublicense constitutes an Arms Length Transaction, the terms of which on their face, do not provide for a sale or assignment of legal title (or equivalent) of the licensed property and do not restrict the ability of the Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary to pledge, grant a security interest in or Lien on, or assign or otherwise transfer, any Intellectual Property, (d) with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), exclusive licenses (whether exclusive as to geographical scope or otherwise) for the use of the Intellectual Property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries within the United States; provided, that, with respect to each such license described in this clause (d), (i) such license does not (nor could not reasonably be expected to) result in a sale or assignment of legal title (or equivalent) of the licensed property; (ii) no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing at the time of execution of such license or sublicense or would result therefrom; and (iii) such license constitutes an Arms Length Transaction, the terms of which on their face, do not restrict the ability of the Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary to pledge, grant a security interest in or Lien on, or assign or otherwise transfer, any Intellectual Property, (e) Permitted Non-US Licenses,
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and (f) any non-exclusive or exclusive license of (or covenant not to sue with respect to) Intellectual Property or technology or a grant of rights for development, manufacture, production, commercialization (including commercial sales to end users), marketing, co-promotion, or distribution existing on or contemplated as of the Closing Date, in each case, to the extent set forth on Schedule 3.
Permitted Liens means any Liens permitted under Section 9.02.
Permitted Non-US Licenses means exclusive licenses for the use of the Intellectual Property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for discrete geographical areas outside the United States.
Permitted Refinancing means, with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced hereunder, any refinancings, extensions, renewals and replacements of such Indebtedness; provided that such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement shall not (a) increase the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, except by an amount equal to accrued interest and a reasonable premium on the debt being refinanced or other reasonable and customary fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith, (b) contain terms relating to outstanding principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral security (if any) or subordination (if any), or other material terms that, taken as a whole, are less favorable in any material respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the Secured Parties than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Indebtedness being refinanced (provided that the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be on or after the final maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced), (c) have an applicable interest rate or equivalent yield that exceeds the interest rate or equivalent yield of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (d) contain any new requirement to grant any Lien or to give any Guarantee that was not an existing requirement of the Indebtedness being refinanced and (e) after giving effect to such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, no Default shall have occurred (or could reasonably be expected to occur) as a result thereof.
Permitted Warrant Transaction means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Borrowers common stock (or other securities or property (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the common stock of the Borrower) sold by the Borrower and with recourse to the Borrower only, substantially concurrently with any purchase and with respect to any purchase by the Borrower of a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and settled in common stock of the Borrower, cash or a combination thereof (such amount of cash determined by reference to the price of the Borrowers common stock or such other securities or property (other than Disqualified Equity Interests)), and cash in lieu of fractional shares of common stock of the Borrower, with a strike price higher than the strike price of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
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Person means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Prepayment Price has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a)(i).
Product means (a) those pharmaceutical products (and described in reasonable detail) on Schedule 2 attached hereto, and (b) any current or future pharmaceutical or biological product developed, distributed, dispensed, imported, exported, labeled, promoted, manufactured, licensed, marketed, sold or otherwise commercialized by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, including any such product in development or which may be developed.
Product Authorizations means any and all Governmental Approvals, whether U.S. or non-U.S. (including all applicable NDAs, INDs, supplements, amendments, of any Regulatory Authority), in each case, necessary to be held or maintained by, or for the benefit of, any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries for the research, development, ownership, use or commercialization of any Product or for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect thereto in any country or jurisdiction.
Product Commercialization and Development Activities means, with respect to any Product, any combination of research, development, testing, manufacture, formulation, import, use, sale, licensing, importation, exportation, shipping, storage, handling, design, labeling, marketing, promotion, supply, distribution, packaging, purchasing or other commercialization activities, receipt of payment in respect of any of the foregoing (including, in respect of licensing, royalty or similar payments), or any similar or other activities the purpose of which is to commercially exploit such Product.
Product Related Information means, with respect to any Product, all books, records, lists, ledgers, files, manuals, correspondence, reports, plans, drawings, data and other information of every kind (in any form or medium), and all techniques and other know-how, owned or possessed by the Obligors or any of their respective Subsidiaries that are necessary or useful for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to such Product, including (a) brand materials and packaging, customer targeting and other marketing, promotion and sales materials and information, referral, customer, supplier and other contact lists and information, product, business, marketing and sales plans, research, studies and reports, sales, maintenance and production records, training materials and other marketing, sales and promotional information, (b) clinical data, information included or supporting any Product Authorization, any regulatory filings, updates, notices and correspondence (including adverse event and other pharmacovigilance and other post-marketing reports and information, etc.), technical information, product development and operational data and records, and all other documents, records, files, data and other information relating to product development, manufacture and use, (c) litigation and dispute records, and accounting records; (d) all documents, records and files relating to Intellectual Property, including all correspondence from and to third parties (including Intellectual Property counsel and patent, trademark and other intellectual property registries, including the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office), and (e) all other information, techniques and know-how necessary or useful in connection with the Product Commercialization and Development Activities for any Product.
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Prohibited Payment means any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment or gift of money or anything of value (including meals or entertainment) to any officer, employee or ceremonial office holder of any government or instrumentality thereof, political party or supra-national organization (such as the United Nations), any political candidate, any royal family member or any other person who is connected or associated personally with any of the foregoing that is prohibited under any Law for the purpose of influencing any act or decision of such payee in his official capacity, inducing such payee to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duty, securing any improper advantage or inducing such payee to use his influence with a government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality.
Proportionate Share means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the Commitment (or, if the Commitments are terminated, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans) of such Lender then in effect by (b) the sum of the Commitments (or, if the Commitments are terminated, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans) of all Lenders then in effect.
Qualified Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.
Qualified Plan means an employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan (a) that is or was at any time within the preceding five years maintained or sponsored by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof or to which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has within the preceding five years ever made, or was within the preceding five years ever obligated to make, contributions, and (b) that is intended to be tax qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.
Real Property Security Documents means any Mortgages, Landlord Consents or Bailee Letters or any other real property security document executed or required hereunder to be executed by any Obligor and granting a security interest in real property owned or leased (as tenant) by any Obligor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Recipient means any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation.
Refinanced Facility means the Indebtedness of the Borrower under and arising out of the Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of October 13, 2022, as amended from time to time, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC as administrative agent for such lenders.
Register has the meaning set forth in Section 14.05(d).
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Regulation T means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended.
Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended.
Regulatory Authority means any Governmental Authority, whether U.S. or non-U.S., that has regulatory or supervisory oversight under applicable Laws with respect to the use, permitting, control, safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, sale or other Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to any Product of any Obligor, including the FDA and all equivalent Governmental Authorities, whether U.S. or non-U.S.
Reinvestment has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b)(i).
Reinvestment Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b)(i).
Related Fund means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as such Lender or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a Fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of such Lender.
Related Parties has the meaning set forth in Section 14.16.
Resignation Effective Date has the meaning set forth in Section 12.09(a).
Resolution Authority means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any U.K. Financial Institution, a U.K. Resolution Authority.
Responsible Officer of any Person means each of the president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, or senior vice president, finance of such Person.
Restricted Payment means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, Equity Interests or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, Equity Interests or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or on account of any return of capital to any Obligor or any of its Subsidiarys stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof), any payment of interest, principal or fees in respect of any Indebtedness owed by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to any holder of any Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that the issuance of, entry into (including any payments of premiums in connection therewith), performance of obligations under (including any payments of interest), and conversion, exercise,
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repurchase, redemption, settlement or early termination or cancellation of (whether in whole or in part and including by netting or set-off) (in each case, whether in cash, common stock of the Borrower or, following a merger event or other change of the common stock of Borrower, other securities or property (other than Disqualified Equity Interests)), or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any Permitted Convertible Debt, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction, including any payment or delivery in connection with a Permitted Warrant Transaction by (a) delivery of shares of the Borrowers common stock upon net share settlement thereof and any related purchase of such common stock required to be made in connection with such delivery, (b) set-off or payment of an early termination payment or similar payment thereunder, in each case, in the Borrowers common stock upon any early termination thereof or (c) in the event of cash settlement upon settlement, any payment of a cash settlement or equivalent amount, in each case, shall not constitute a Restricted Payment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Restrictive Agreement means any Contract or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than (i) customary provisions in Contracts restricting the assignment thereof (including any leases and in-bound licenses of Intellectual Property) and (ii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any Contract governing secured Permitted Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(j), to the extent that such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness), or (b) the ability of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to make Restricted Payments with respect to any of their respective Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to any other Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or such other Obligor or to Guarantee Indebtedness of any other Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries thereof or such other Obligor.
Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement means that certain Revenue Participation Right Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Borrower and Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP (the Buyer), including any refinancing or replacement thereof (so long as such (a) such transaction shall be structured as a true sale of royalties or revenues or in the form of Indebtedness, (b) such transaction shall not have or provide for any (x) redemption or buy-back obligations or any financial covenants (and, in any event, shall permit the Indebtedness and other Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents), (y) Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except as such Liens substantially similar with the Liens provided for in the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement entered into on the Closing Date and, subject to the entry into an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or (z) negative pledge restricting incurrence of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (except that such transaction may contain a customary negative pledge on the royalties or revenues sold pursuant to such transaction and the proceeds thereof), (c) the consideration received for such transaction shall not exceed $60,000,000 thereof, and (d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom), as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.
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Sanction means any international economic or financial sanction or trade embargo imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the United States Government (including OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or its Member States, Her Majestys Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority where the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is located or conducts business.
Sanctioned Person means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United States Government (including OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or its Member States, Her Majestys Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction or (c) any Person fifty percent (50%) or more owned or is controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
Scheduled Unavailability Date has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a)(ii).
Secured Parties means the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any of their respective permitted transferees or assigns.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Security Agreement means the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Obligors and the Administrative Agent, granting a security interest in the Obligors Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Security Documents means, collectively, the Security Agreement, each Short-Form IP Security Agreement, the Information and Collateral Certificate, each Real Property Security Document, and each other security document, Control Agreement or financing statement, registration, recordation, filing, instrument or approval required, entered into or recommended to grant, perfect and otherwise render enforceable Liens in favor of the Secured Parties for purposes of securing the Obligations (other than the Warrant Obligations), including (without limitation) pursuant to Section 8.12, in each case, as amended or modified from time to time.
Short-Form IP Security Agreements means short-form Copyright, Patent or Trademark (as the case may be) security agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit C, D and E to the Security Agreement, entered into by one or more Obligors in favor of the Secured Parties, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and as amended, modified or replaced from time to time).
Solvent means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured in the Ordinary Course, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature in the Ordinary Course and (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute an unreasonably small capital after giving due
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consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage. The amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Specified Licensing Condition means that, with respect to any Permitted Non-US License, (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Permitted Non-US License is consummated or otherwise becomes effective, (b) Net Sales for the trailing twelve (12) consecutive month period prior to such consummation or effectiveness exceeded $50,000,000 and (c) the Borrower has delivered written certification to the Administrative Agent of the foregoing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
Specified Regulatory Approvals means any Product Authorization relating to any autoinjector Product of the Obligors or the SNDA FDA Approval (as defined in the Loans Schedule).
Specified Threshold means (a) on or prior to August 9, 2025, $5,000,000, (b) at any time after August 9, 2025 but on or prior to August 9, 2026, $6,500,000 and (c) at any time after August 9, 2026, $8,000,000.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person (the parent) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parents consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which Equity Interests or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, directly or indirectly, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Subsidiary Guarantors means each Subsidiary of the Borrower identified under the caption SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS on the signature pages hereto and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes, or is required to become, a Subsidiary Guarantor after the date hereof pursuant to Section 8.12(a) or 8.12(b); provided, that the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not include any MSC Subsidiary.
Successor Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a)(ii)(B).
Summary of Terms means the Proposal Letter, dated April 8, 2024, between the Borrower and Perceptive Advisors LLC, together with the Outline of Proposed Terms and Conditions attached thereto.
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Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Technical Information means all Product Related Information and, with respect to any Products or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, all related know-how, trade secrets and other proprietary or confidential information, any information of a scientific, technical, or business nature in any form or medium, Invention disclosures, all documented research, developmental, demonstration or engineering work, algorithms, concepts, data, databases, designs, discoveries, methods, processes, protocols, chemistries, compositions, show-how, specifications for Products, techniques, technology, and all improvements thereof and thereto, and all other technical data and information related thereto.
Term SOFR means for any Interest Period the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto.
Term SOFR Replacement Date has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.05(a)(ii)(A).
Term SOFR Screen Rate means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
Termination Conditions has the meaning set forth in Section 13.03.
Title IV Plan means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) (a) that is or was at any time within the preceding five years maintained or sponsored by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof or to which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has within the preceding five years ever made, or was within the preceding five years obligated to make, contributions, and (b) that is or was subject to Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA.
Trademarks means all trade names, trademarks and service marks, monograms, logos, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark and service mark registrations, including (a) all renewals of trademark and service mark registrations, (b) all rights to recover for all past, present and future infringements thereof and all rights to sue therefor, and (c) all rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world, together, in each case, with the goodwill of the business connected with the use thereof.
Tranche A Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Tranche A Term Loans to the Borrower on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which commitment is in the amount set forth
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opposite such Lenders name in the Loans Schedule under the caption Applicable Commitment for Tranche A Term Loans, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise. The aggregate amount of Tranche A Commitments on the date of this Agreement equals $50,000,000.
Tranche A Term Loans has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a)(i).
Tranche B Availability Period has the meaning set forth in the Loans Schedule.
Tranche B Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Tranche B Term Loans to the Borrower on the Applicable Funding Date for Tranche B Term Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which commitment is in the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name in the Loans Schedule under the caption Applicable Commitment for Tranche B Term Loans, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise. The aggregate amount of Tranche B Commitments on the date of this Agreement equals $25,000,000.
Tranche B Funding Condition has the meaning set forth in the Loans Schedule.
Tranche B Term Loans has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a)(ii).
Transactions means (a) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Obligor is (or is intended to be) a party, the making of the Loans hereunder, and all other transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, (b) the Closing Date Payoff, (c) the transactions contemplated by the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement and (d) the payment of all fees and expenses incurred or paid by the Obligors in connection with the foregoing.
UCC means, with respect to any applicable jurisdictions, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such jurisdiction, as may be modified from time to time.
U.K. Financial Institution means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
U.K. Resolution Authority means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any U.K. Financial Institution.
United States or U.S. means the United States of America, its fifty states and the District of Columbia.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day means any day, except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
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U.S. Person means a United States Person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(f)(ii)(B)(3).
Warrants means those certain Warrants, delivered to each of the Lenders (or their designated Affiliates) pursuant to Section 6.01(r) or 6.02(h) and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K.
Warrant Obligations means all Obligations of the Borrower arising out of, under or in connection with the Warrants.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness on any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the product obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Withholding Agent means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any U.K. Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Yield Protection Premium means with respect to any repayment or prepayment of all or any portion of the Loans or any requirement to repay or prepay any Loans, whether by optional or mandatory prepayment, acceleration or otherwise (including as a result of acceleration, an Insolvency Proceeding or other Event of Default) occurring (a) on or prior to August 9, 2025, an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans being so repaid or prepaid, (b) at any time after August 9, 2025 but on or prior to August 9, 2026, an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans being so repaid or prepaid, (c) at any time after the August 9, 2026 but on or prior to August 9, 2027, an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans being so repaid and (d) if the prepayment is made after August 9, 2027, zero percent (0%).
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1.02 Accounting Terms and Principles. Unless otherwise specified, all accounting terms used in each Loan Document shall be interpreted, and all accounting determinations and computations thereunder (including under Section 10 and any definitions used in such calculations) shall be made, in accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all financial covenants and defined financial terms shall be computed on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case without duplication. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) all financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared, and all financial covenants contained herein shall be calculated, without giving effect to any election under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (or any similar accounting principle) permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities or Indebtedness at the fair value thereof and (ii) the financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared without giving effect to the implementation of Accounting Standards Codification 606: Revenue from Contracts with Customers. If the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of (a) any change in GAAP or the application thereof or (b) the issuance of any new accounting rule or guidance or in the application thereof, in each case, occurring after the date of this Agreement, then the Lenders and Borrower agree that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly affected by such change or issuance with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and Borrower after such change or issuance conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, (i) the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such change or issuance has occurred and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Lenders a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, between calculations of any baskets and other requirements hereunder before and after giving effect to such change or issuance.
1.03 Interpretation. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) the terms defined in this Agreement include the plural as well as the singular and vice versa;
(b) words importing gender include all genders;
(c) any reference to a Section, Annex, Schedule or Exhibit refers to a Section of, or Annex, Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement;
(d) any reference to this Agreement refers to this Agreement, including all Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits hereto, and the words herein, hereof, hereto and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement and its Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits as a whole and not to any particular Section, Annex, Schedule, Exhibit or any other subdivision;
(e) references to days, months and years refer to calendar days, months and years, respectively;
(f) all references herein to include or including shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation;
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(g) the word from when used in connection with a period of time means from and including and the word until means to but not including;
(h) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer broadly to any and all assets and properties, whether tangible or intangible, real or personal, including cash, Equity Interests, rights under Contractual obligations and permits and any right or interest in any such assets or property;
(i) accounting terms not specifically defined herein (other than property and asset) shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.02;
(j) the word will shall have the same meaning as the word shall;
(k) where any provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refers to an action to be taken by any Person, or an action which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly;
(l) references to any Lien granted or created hereunder or pursuant to any other Loan Document securing any Obligations shall be deemed to be a Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and
(m) references to any Law will include all statutory and regulatory provisions amending, consolidating, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law from time to time.
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to Organic Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto permitted by the Loan Documents.
1.04 Division. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdictions laws) (a Division), if (a) any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
1.05 Currency Generally; Equivalent Amounts. For purposes of determining compliance with Section 9 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of currency exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred, made or acquired (so long as such Indebtedness or Investment, at the time incurred, made or acquired, was permitted hereunder). The applicable amount of any currency other than Dollars for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Equivalent Amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 2.
THE COMMITMENT AND THE LOANS
2.01 Loans.
(a) | On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Lender agrees: |
(i) | to make Loans to the Borrower in a single borrowing in a principal amount up to the amount of such Lenders Tranche A Commitment (Tranche A Term Loans), on the Closing Date; and |
(ii) | to make Loans to the Borrower in a single borrowing in a principal amount up to the amount of such Lenders Tranche B Commitment (Tranche B Term Loans), on a date specified by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.02 during the Tranche B Availability Period. |
(b) No amounts paid, repaid or prepaid with respect to any Loan may be reborrowed.
(c) Any term or provision hereof (or of any other Loan Document) to the contrary notwithstanding, Loans made to the Borrower will be denominated solely in Dollars and will be repayable solely in Dollars and no other currency.
2.02 Borrowing Procedures. (a) At least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, for a Borrowing of Tranche A Term Loans occurring on the Closing Date, and (b) prior to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) at least seven (7) Business Days prior to any Applicable Funding Date after the Closing Date (or, in each case, such shorter period agreed by the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable Borrowing Notice in the form of Exhibit B signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (which notice, if received by the Administrative Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on a Business Day, may be deemed to have been delivered on the next Business Day). Each Borrowing of Tranche B Term Loans shall be in a principal amount of not less than $5,000,000 (or such lower amount as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion). Each Borrowing Notice shall specify (i) the requested date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the tranche of Loans to be Borrowed, (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, and (iv) the Borrowers wire instructions (except to the extent there is a separate direction letter signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower providing such wire instructions).
2.03 Funding of Borrowings. Promptly following receipt of any written Borrowing Notice the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenders Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer of immediately available funds, by 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time), to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. Upon receipt of all funds the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower promptly by wire transfer of the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Notice.
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2.04 Notes. If requested by any Lender, the Loan of such Lender shall be evidenced by one or more Notes. The Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Lender such promissory note(s) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
2.05 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans for (a) the Closing Date Payoff, (b) support of commercialization efforts for FUROSCIX and (c) other working capital and general corporate purposes, including the payment of fees and expenses associated with this Agreement.
2.06 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendment. The Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 14.04.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 11 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.03), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 6.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments, repayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.06(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided, that, no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c) Certain Fees. No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any upfront fee set forth in the Fee Letter for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such upfront fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
SECTION 3.
PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, ETC.
3.01 Scheduled Repayments and Prepayments Generally; Application.
(a) Interest Only; Repayment. There will be no scheduled repayments of outstanding principal on the Loan prior to the Maturity Date. The Borrower hereby promises to pay in cash to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (as such amounts may in each case be reduced from time to time in accordance with Section 3.03) on the Maturity Date, all outstanding Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) in full, together with accrued and unpaid interest and any other accrued and unpaid charges thereon and all other obligations due and payable by the Borrower under this Agreement.
(b) Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each payment pursuant to this Section 3.01 (including each repayment and prepayment) by the Borrower (other than fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter) will be deemed to be made ratably in accordance with the Lenders Proportionate Shares and applied ratably among each tranche of the Loans. On any date occurring prior to the Maturity Date that payment or prepayment in full of the Loans hereunder occurs, the Borrower shall pay in full all outstanding Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made), which shall include the Yield Protection Premium, if applicable.
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3.02 Interest.
(a) Interest Generally. The outstanding principal amount of the Loans, as well as the amount of all other outstanding Obligations (including, without limitation, any applicable Yield Protection Premium), shall accrue interest at the Interest Rate on and from the Closing Date. The Administrative Agents determination of the Interest Rate shall be binding on the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.
(b) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall increase (i) automatically, in the case of any Event of Default under Sections 11.01(a), 11.01(b), 11.01(d) (solely in respect of a failure to comply with Section 10) or 11.01(h) and (ii) upon the request of the Majority Lenders, in the case of any other Event of Default, by three percent (3.0%) per annum (the Interest Rate, as increased pursuant to this Section 3.02(b), being the Default Rate); provided that, with respect to the preceding clause (ii), the Majority Lenders may impose the Default Rate retroactively to the occurrence of such Event of Default. If any Obligation (including fees, costs and expenses payable hereunder) is not paid when due (giving effect to any applicable grace period) under any applicable Loan Document, the amount thereof shall accrue interest at the Default Rate.
(c) Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on the Loans shall be payable in cash in arrears on each Payment Date with respect to the most recently completed Interest Period, and upon the payment or prepayment of the Loans (on the principal amount being so paid or prepaid); provided that interest payable at the Default Rate or any accrued interest not paid on or before the Maturity Date shall also be payable in cash from time to time on demand by the Administrative Agent.
(d) Compensation for Losses. In the event of the payment of any principal of any Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for any loss, cost or expense attributable to such event, including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or redeployment of funds. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.02(d) shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
3.03 Prepayments.
(a) Optional Prepayments.
(i) Subject to prior written notice pursuant to clause (ii) below, the Borrower shall have the right to optionally prepay in whole or in part the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and/or any tranche thereof (i.e., any of the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans) on any Business Day for an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, (B) any accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, (C) any applicable Yield Protection Premium and (D) any other unpaid amounts then due and owing pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any fees, costs, expenses and indemnities (other than inchoate indemnity and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) (such aggregate amount, the Prepayment Price); provided that each partial prepayment of principal of Loans shall be in an aggregate amount at least equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the full remaining outstanding principal amount of the Loans).
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(ii) A notice of optional prepayment shall be effective only if received by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on a date not less than three (3) (nor more than five (5)) Business Days prior to the proposed prepayment date; provided that a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditional upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied. Each notice of optional prepayment shall specify the proposed prepayment date, the Prepayment Price, the principal amount to be prepaid, the applicable tranche or tranches to be prepaid (if a partial prepayment) and any conditions to prepayment (if applicable).
(b) Mandatory Prepayments.
(i) Mandatory Prepayments for Casualty Events or Asset Sales. Upon the occurrence of any Casualty Event or any Asset Sale (other than pursuant to Section 9.09(a), (b), (c), (d) (but including any Asset Sale consisting of a Permitted Non-US License unless the Specified Licensing Condition shall have been satisfied at the time such Permitted Non-US License is consummated or otherwise becomes effective), (e), (f), (m), or (n)), the Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Loans, together with any accrued but unpaid interest (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be paid in cash) on any principal amount of the Loans being prepaid and any applicable Yield Protection Premium (collectively, the Mandatory Prepayment), which Mandatory Prepayment shall be in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such Asset Sale or insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event, as the case may be; provided that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or shall result therefrom, if, within fifteen (15) Business Days following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a written notice to the effect that the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary intends to apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale or insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event, to reinvest in replacement assets, in the case of a Casualty Event, or long-term assets, in the case of an Asset Sale, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a Reinvestment), then such Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale or insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event may be applied for such purpose in lieu of such mandatory prepayment to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale or insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event are actually applied for such purpose; provided, further, that, unless consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent, no such Reinvestment may be made in respect of an Asset Sale resulting from a Permitted Non-US License; provided, further, that if such Casualty Event or Asset Sale occurs with respect to any Obligor, such Reinvestment shall be made in the business of an Obligor; provided, further, that in the event that Net Cash Proceeds have not been so applied within one hundred eighty (180) days following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds
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(such period, the Reinvestment Period) (or, if the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than ninety-five (95) days following the last day of the Reinvestment Period, ninety-five (95) days after the expiry of the Reinvestment Period), the Borrower shall no later than the end of such period make a Mandatory Prepayment in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the unused balance of such Net Cash Proceeds received by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such Asset Sale or insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event. Any such Mandatory Prepayment shall include any accrued but unpaid interest on any principal amount of the Loans being prepaid (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be paid in cash) and any applicable Yield Protection Premium resulting from such prepayment.
(ii) Mandatory Prepayments for Debt Issuances. Immediately upon receipt by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries of proceeds from any issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 9.01, on or after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and other Obligations in an amount equal to 100% of the cash proceeds received, plus any accrued but unpaid interest on any principal amount of the Loans being prepaid (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be paid in cash) and any applicable Yield Protection Premium resulting from such prepayment.
(iii) Mandatory Prepayment for Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control, the Borrower shall prepay all of the Loans and Obligations, including any accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be paid in cash) and any applicable Yield Protection Premium resulting from such prepayment.
(iv) Notice. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on a date not less than three (3) (nor more than five (5)) Business Days prior to any mandatory prepayment (or such shorter agreed by the Administrative Agent). Each notice of mandatory prepayment shall specify the proposed prepayment date, the Prepayment Price, the principal amount to be prepaid and the subsection under which the prepayment is required.
(c) Yield Protection Premium. Without limiting the foregoing, whenever the Yield Protection Premium is in effect and payable pursuant to the terms hereof or any other Loan Document, such Yield Protection Premium shall be payable on each prepayment of all or any portion of the Loans, whether by optional or mandatory prepayment, acceleration or otherwise.
(d) Prepayments. All prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, and any applicable Yield Protection Premium.
(e) Declined Payment. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.03 to the contrary, any Lender may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the required prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any mandatory prepayment of its Loans pursuant to this Section 3.03, in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay Loans but was so declined may be retained by the Borrower and used for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement.
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3.04 Commitment Termination. Each Applicable Commitment shall terminate automatically without further action upon the earlier of (a) the making by the Lenders of the Loans to which such Applicable Commitment relates on the Applicable Funding Date and (b) in respect of the Tranche B Term Loans the last day of the Tranche B Availability Period. The Borrower shall have the right at any time or from time to time to terminate in full (but not in part) all of the then outstanding Applicable Commitments with respect to the Tranche B Term Loans; provided that the Borrower shall give the Lender and the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days notice of each such termination. Any notice of termination delivered pursuant to this Section 3.04 may state that such notice is conditional upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, in which case such notice of termination may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of termination) if such condition is not satisfied. The termination of any Applicable Commitment shall be permanent.
3.05 Original Issue Discount. The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge that the Loans will be treated as issued with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes, within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code. The issue price, amount of original issue discount, issue date and yield to maturity for the Loans may be obtained by submitting a written request for such information to the Borrower care of Rachael Nokes, Chief Financial Officer (which request shall also be sent via email to [***]).
SECTION 4.
PAYMENTS, ETC.
4.01 Payments.
(a) Payments Generally. Each payment of principal, interest and other amounts to be made by the Obligors under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made (i) in Dollars in cash, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set off or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, to the deposit account of the Administrative Agent designated by the Administrative Agent by notice to the Borrower, and (ii) not later than 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date on which such payment is due (each such payment made after such time on such due date may, in the Administrative Agents discretion, be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day).
(b) Application of Insufficient Payments. Subject to Section 11.06, if at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest, fees and other amounts then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
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(c) Non-Business Days. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, if the due date of any payment under this Agreement (whether in respect of principal, interest, fees, costs or otherwise) would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall continue to accrue and be payable for the period of such extension; provided that if such next succeeding Business Day would fall after the Maturity Date, payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
4.02 Computations. All computations of interest and fees hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days and actual days elapsed during the period for which payable.
4.03 Set-Off.
(a) Set-Off Generally. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, each of the Lenders and each of their Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by the Administrative Agent, any Lender and any of their Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of any Obligor against any and all of the Obligations, whether or not such Person shall have made any demand and although such obligations may be unmatured; provided, that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Any Person exercising rights of set off hereunder agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each of their Affiliates under this Section 4.03 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Persons may have.
(b) Exercise of Rights Not Required. Nothing contained in Section 4.03(a) shall require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Affiliates to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of such Persons to exercise, and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of any Obligor.
(c) Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Obligor is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of the foregoing exercises its right of setoff pursuant to this Section 4.03, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is
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subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Affiliate in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then (i) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (ii) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect.
SECTION 5.
YIELD PROTECTION, TAXES, ETC.
5.01 Additional Costs.
(a) Change in Law Generally. If, on or after the date hereof (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement), the adoption of any Law, or any change in any Law, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any court or other Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders (or its lending office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), special deposit, contribution, insurance assessment or similar requirement, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement), against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, a Lender (or its lending office) or shall impose on a Lender (or its lending office) any other condition affecting the Loans or the Commitment, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining the Loans, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or subject any Lender to any Taxes (other than (i) Indemnified Taxes, (ii) Taxes described in clauses (ii) through (iv) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (iii) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender on demand such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.
(b) Change in Capital Requirements. If a Lender shall have determined that, on or after the date hereof (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement), the adoption of any Law regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof (or, with
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respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement), has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of a Lender (or its parent) as a consequence of a Lenders obligations hereunder or the Loans to a level below that which a Lender (or its parent) could have achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive by an amount reasonably deemed by it to be material, then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender on demand such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender (or its parent) for such reduction.
(c) Notification by Lender. Each Lender promptly will notify the Borrower of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement), which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 5.01. Before giving any such notice pursuant to this Section 5.01(c) such Lender shall designate a different lending office if such designation (x) will, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and (y) will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. A certificate of such Lender claiming compensation under this Section 5.01, setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error.
(d) Delays in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.01 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation.
(e) Other Changes. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to constitute a change in Law for all purposes of this Section 5.01, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
5.02 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that on or after the date hereof (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) the adoption of or any change in any Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by any competent Governmental Authority shall make it unlawful for a Lender or its lending office to make or maintain the Loans (and, in the opinion of such Lender, the designation of a different lending office would either not avoid such unlawfulness or would be disadvantageous to such Lender), then such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof, following which if such Law shall so mandate, the Loans shall be prepaid by the Borrower on or before such date as shall be mandated by such Law in an amount equal to the Prepayment Price (notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, without any Yield Protection Premium) applicable on such prepayment date in accordance with Section 3.03(a).
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5.03 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any Obligation shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by any Law. If any Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by such Obligor shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws, or at the option of the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender, timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 5, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by the Obligors. The Borrower and each other Obligor each hereby jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless and reimburse each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with the provisions of Section 14.05(e) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of
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such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.03(e).
(f) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two (2) sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.03(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B), and (ii)(D)) shall not be required if in such Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 (or successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E as applicable (or successor forms) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the interest article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E as applicable (or successor forms) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
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(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form);
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a 10 percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E as applicable (or successor forms); or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or successor form), accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or D-3, IRS Form W-9 (or successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner.
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Tax Refunds. If any party to this Agreement determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 5 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 5 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 5.03(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.03(g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 5.03(g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 5.03(g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Warrant. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans are part of an investment unit within the meaning of Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code, which includes the Warrants.
5.04 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the sole reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation would (i) eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or this Section 5.03, as the case may be, in the future, (ii) not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and (iii) not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.
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(b) If any Lender requests compensation pursuant to Section 5.01, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03, and such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 5.04(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at such Lenders sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 14.05(b)) (other than such Lenders consent), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to any assignee permitted pursuant to Section 14.05(b) that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 14.05(b); (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to (A) the outstanding principal of its Loans, (B) accrued interest thereon, (C) accrued fees and (D) all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts); (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 5.01 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 5.03, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
5.05 Inability to Determine Rates.
(a) Replacement of Term SOFR or Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Majority Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Majority Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Majority Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term SOFR pursuant to the definition thereof, including because the Term SOFR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii) CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which three month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of U.S. dollar denominated syndicated loans or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
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that will continue to provide such interest periods of Term SOFR after such specific date, (the latest date on which such interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the Scheduled Unavailability Date);
then
(A) in the case of events or circumstances of the type described in Section 5.05(a)(i), or (ii) affecting Term SOFR, on a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent (any such date, the Term SOFR Replacement Date), which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any other Loan Document with Daily Simple SOFR, in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and all interest payments on Loans with a Successor Rate of Daily Simple SOFR will be payable on the next Payment Date; or
(B) (x) if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date, or (y) if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 5.05(a)(i), or (ii) affecting any Successor Rate are then in effect, then, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Interest Rate or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 5.05 with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a Successor Rate), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Majority Lenders object to such amendment.
(b) The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate.
(c) Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower).
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(d) Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(e) In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
5.06 Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section 5 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.
SECTION 6.
CONDITIONS
6.01 Conditions to the Closing Date. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Lenders to make the Tranche A Loans on the Closing Date shall be subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 6.01.
(a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received each Loan Document required to be executed by the appropriate Obligor on the Closing Date and delivered by each applicable Obligor in such number as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (which may be delivered by electronic means for the purposes of satisfying this clause (a) on the Closing Date) and such Loan Documents shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective counsels.
(b) Secretarys Certificate, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Obligor (x) a copy of a good standing certificate, dated a date reasonably close to the Closing Date, for each such Person and (y) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by such Persons Responsible Officer, as to:
(i) resolutions of each such Persons Board then in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to be executed by such Person and the Transactions;
(ii) the incumbency and signatures of Responsible Officers authorized to execute and deliver each Loan Document to be executed by such Person; and
(iii) the full force and validity of each Organic Document of such Person and copies thereof;
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which certificates shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and upon which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely until they shall have received a further certificate of the Responsible Officer of any such Person updating the prior certificate of such Person.
(c) Information and Collateral Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a fully completed Information and Collateral Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. All documents and agreements required to be appended to the Information and Collateral Certificate, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, shall have been executed and delivered by the requisite parties and shall be in full force and effect.
(d) Security Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of a Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by each Obligor, together with all documents (including share certificates, transfers and stock transfer forms, notices or any other instruments) required to be delivered or filed under the Security Documents and evidence satisfactory to it that arrangements have been made with respect to all registrations, notices or actions required under the Security Documents to be effected, given or made in order to establish a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents, including:
(i) delivery of all certificates (in the case of Equity Interests that are certificated securities (as defined in the UCC)) evidencing the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by each Obligor that are required to be pledged or otherwise secured and so delivered under the Security Documents, which certificates in each case shall be accompanied by undated instruments of transfer duly executed in blank, or, in the case of Equity Interests that are uncertificated securities (as defined in the UCC), confirmation and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the security interest required to be pledged therein under the Security Agreement has been transferred to and perfected by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the NY UCC and all laws otherwise applicable to the perfection of the pledge of such Equity Interests;
(ii) financing statements naming each Obligor as a debtor and the Administrative Agent as the secured party, or other similar instruments or documents, in each case suitable for filing, filed under the UCC (or equivalent law) of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Agreement;
(iii) UCC-3 termination statements, if any, necessary to release all Liens and other rights of any Person in any collateral described in the Security Agreement previously granted by any Person;
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(iv) all applicable Short-Form IP Security Agreements required to be provided under the Security Agreement, each dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by each applicable Obligor;
(v) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement or such other subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(vi) to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents, all instruments, documents and chattel paper in the possession of any of the Obligors, together with allonges or assignments as may be necessary or appropriate to perfect the Administrative Agents security interest in the Collateral.
(e) Financial Information, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received, or such information shall be publicly available on EDGAR:
(i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023; and
(ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024, in each case, together with the related consolidated statement of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter.
(f) Solvency. The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, duly executed and delivered by the chief financial officer, or other Responsible Officer who is a financial officer, of the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with Lien searches regarding the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors made as of a date reasonably close to the Closing Date.
(h) Evidence of Insurance. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the Obligors evidencing liability and casualty insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured (in the case of liability insurance) or lenders loss payee (in the case of hazard insurance) on behalf of the Secured Parties.
(i) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed legal opinion of counsel to the Obligors, addressed the Administrative Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(j) Fee Letter. The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed counterpart of the Fee Letter, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower.
(k) Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2023, no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred.
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(l) Know Your Customer. The Administrative Agent shall have received, as applicable, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and Anti-Terrorism Laws, in each case to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent in writing at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(m) No Default. No event shall have occurred or be continuing that would constitute a Default or Event of Default.
(n) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless such representations are already qualified by reference to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.
(o) Minimum Liquidity. The Administrative Agent shall have received written evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that, as of the Closing Date, the Borrower is in compliance with Section 10.01.
(p) Beneficial Ownership Certificate. To the extent requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have provided to such Lender and the Administrative Agent all documentation and other information so requested, including a duly executed IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 of the Borrower (or such other applicable tax form), in connection with applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, and if the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification, in each case prior to the Closing Date.
(q) Payoff of Existing Credit Facility. The Refinanced Facility (other than contingent obligations (including indemnification obligations) that by their terms are to survive the termination of the relevant loan documentation and debt instruments evidencing the Refinanced Facility) shall have been (or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date shall be) repaid or satisfied and discharged, and in connection therewith all Guarantees and Liens shall have been released, on or prior to the Closing Date, on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received an executed payoff letter in connection therewith in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(r) Warrants. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of the Warrants, dated as of the Closing Date, exercisable in the aggregate into 300,000 shares of the Borrowers common stock at a per share exercise price as set forth therein, each duly executed, delivered and validly issued by the Company, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(s) Delivery of Notes. Each requesting Lender shall have received a Note in favor of such Lender evidencing such Lenders Loan, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(t) Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Effective Date under the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement shall have occurred, resulting in gross proceeds to the Borrower in an amount not less than $50,000,000. The Administrative Agent shall have received fully executed copies of the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement and all transaction documents related thereto, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(u) Intercreditor Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received the Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by the Buyer and the Borrower.
6.02 Conditions to the Borrowing of All Loans. The obligation of each Lender to make all Loans shall be subject to the delivery of a Borrowing Notice as required pursuant to Section 2.02, a funds flow memorandum summarizing, in reasonable detail, the use of proceeds of the Loans and the prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 6.02:
(a) Applicable Funding Date Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Funding Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J dated as of the Applicable Funding Date, duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(b) Delivery of Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Note to the extent requested by any Lender at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Applicable Funding Date and pursuant to Section 2.04 for the Loans made on such Applicable Funding Date duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(c) Fees, Expenses, Etc. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received for its own account all fees, costs and expenses due and payable to it on or prior to the Applicable Funding Date pursuant to the Fee Letter (including the upfront fees related to each Loan), the Summary of Terms and Section 14.03, including all reasonable closing costs and fees and all unpaid reasonable expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders incurred in connection with the Transactions (including the Administrative Agents and the Lenders legal fees and expenses) in excess of the Expense Deposit (if applicable).
(d) No Default or Event of Default. No event shall have occurred or be continuing or would result from the making of the Loans on the Applicable Funding Date that would constitute a Default or Event of Default.
(e) Representations and Warranties; Updated Schedules. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless such representations are already qualified by reference to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Applicable Funding Date, except (i) to the extent such representations and warranties
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specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date and (ii) the representations and warranties made under Section 7.04(a) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements of the Borrower furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01(c); provided that, in respect of a requested borrowing of the Tranche B Term Loans, with respect to the representation, warranty and certification referenced above relating to representations and warranties set forth in each Loan Document, (1) references in such representations and warranties to the Closing Date shall be deemed to be references to the Applicable Funding Date and (2) the Borrower may supplement the schedules to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as reasonably necessary in order for such certification to be true and correct on the Applicable Funding Date; provided, further, that no such supplement shall be permitted if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the circumstance or event necessitating such supplement either (A) was the result of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default or (B) constituted a Material Adverse Effect or (with respect to any supplement that does not reflect an action or transaction permitted by this Agreement) was otherwise materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders under the Loan Documents. All documents and agreements required to be appended to the certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 6.02(e), if any, shall have been, as applicable, executed and delivered by the requisite parties, and shall, as applicable, be in full force and effect.
(f) Funding Condition. With respect to the Tranche B Term Loans, the Tranche B Funding Condition shall have been satisfied as set forth on the Loans Schedule.
(g) Availability Period. With respect to the Tranche B Term Loans, the Tranche B Term Loans shall be borrowed on or prior to the last day of the Tranche B Availability Period.
(h) Warrants. (i) With respect to the Tranche B Term Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of the Warrants, exercisable in the aggregate into 200,000 shares of the Borrowers common stock at a per share exercise price as set forth therein, each duly executed and delivered by the Borrower.
SECTION 7.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower and each other Obligor hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as set forth below:
7.01 Power and Authority. Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite corporate or other power, and has all Governmental Approvals necessary to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted, except to the extent that failure to have the same could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where failure so to qualify could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) has full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow the Loans hereunder.
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7.02 Authorization; Enforceability. Each Transaction to which an Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (or to which it or any of its assets or properties is subject) are within such Persons corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action including, if required, approval by all necessary holders of its Equity Interests. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitutes, and each of the other Loan Documents to which each Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party when executed and delivered by such Person will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
7.03 Governmental and Other Approvals; No Conflicts. None of the execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or the consummation by each Obligor of the Transactions (i) requires any Governmental Approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except for (x) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (y) filings and recordings in respect of perfecting or recording the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and (z) filings required under applicable securities laws, (ii) will violate or conflict with (1) any Law, (2) any Organic Document of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or (3) any Governmental Approval of any Governmental Authority, that in the case of clause (ii)(1) or clause (ii)(3), individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) will violate or result in a default under any Material Agreement binding upon any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any asset of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries.
7.04 Financial Statements; Material Adverse Change.
(a) Financial Statements. The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent (who shall forward to the Lenders) consolidated financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement. Such financial statements, and all other financial statements delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (whether prior to the Closing Date or otherwise) present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements of the type described in Section 8.01(c). Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material contingent liabilities or unusual forward or long-term commitments not disclosed in the aforementioned financial statements.
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(b) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2023, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has caused, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Change.
7.05 Properties.
(a) Property Generally. Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or license to, all its real and personal property, including (i) all properties and assets, whether tangible or intangible, relating to its Products or Product Commercialization and Development Activities and (ii) all Material Intellectual Property, subject only to Permitted Liens and as could not reasonably be expected to (x) interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such assets and properties for their intended purposes, including in connection with Product Commercialization and Development Activities, and (y) prevent or interfere with the ability of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to any of its Products.
(b) Intellectual Property; IT Assets; Privacy.
(i) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.05(b)(i),
(A) the Obligors are the sole and exclusive legal and beneficial owners of all right, title and interest in and to all Material Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, with no breaks in chain of title and with good and marketable title, free and clear of (i) any Claims that could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to any of the Obligors and (ii) any Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(B) to the extent any Intellectual property is necessary or required in order for the Obligors to conduct their respective Product Commercialization and Development Activities, the Obligors have sufficient and valid rights to use all such Intellectual Property; and
(C) with respect to any Material Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 7.05(b) that is in-licensed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from a third party, such in-licensing arrangement is subject to a license agreement or similar Contract that is in full force and effect, there are no unpaid fees or royalties (or similar payment obligations) payable by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries currently past due and there is no currently outstanding breach or default outstanding under any such licensing agreement or other Contract.
(ii) Without limiting Section 7.05(b)(i), and except as set forth in Schedule 7.05(b)(ii):
(A) other than (1) customary restrictions in in-bound licenses of Material Intellectual Property and non-disclosure Contracts, or (2) as permitted by Section 9.09, there are no judgments, licenses, covenants not to sue, grants, Liens (other than Permitted Liens), or other Claims or Contracts relating to or otherwise adversely affecting any Material Intellectual Property, which materially restrict any Obligor with respect to its use, enforcement, or other exploitation of any Material Intellectual Property or in connection with Product Commercialization and Development Activities;
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(B) the operation and conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including the exploitation of any Intellectual Property, does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any rights arising under any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any manner that has resulted in (or could reasonably be expected to result in) a Material Adverse Effect;
(C) (1) there are no pending, and there have been no, actual Claims or Claims threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries asserted by any other Person relating to any of such Persons Intellectual Property, including any Claims of adverse ownership, invalidity, infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any rights arising under such other Persons Intellectual Property, in any such case that have resulted in (or could reasonably be expected to result in) a Material Adverse Effect; and (2) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice from, or Claim by, any Person that the operation and conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including their respective Product Commercialization and Development Activities), infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any rights arising under the Intellectual Property of such other Person that has resulted in (or could reasonably be expected to result in) a Material Adverse Effect;
(D) no Material Intellectual Property is being, or has been, infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated in any material respect by any other Person without the express authorization of the Borrower; and neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has put any other Person on notice of such actual or potential infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any such Material Intellectual Property or initiated the enforcement of any Claim with respect to any such Material Intellectual Property;
(E) all current and former employees and contractors that have developed Material Intellectual Property for or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries have executed written and valid confidentiality and invention assignment Contracts in favor of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, that irrevocably and presently assign to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or its designee all rights of such employees and contractors in or to any such Material Intellectual Property and no such employee or contractor has excluded any rights in respect of such Material Intellectual Property from the assignment of thereof pursuant to such Persons confidentiality agreement (or equivalents), which excluded rights would be material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the conduct of their business as now conducted or currently proposed to be conducted and the Borrower is not aware that any current or former employee or contractor is in violation of any such confidentiality agreement (or equivalents); and
(F) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of the Material Intellectual Property consisting of trade secrets and confidential information and to the Borrowers knowledge, there has been no unlawful, accidental or unauthorized access to or use or disclosure of any material confidential information or of any trade secrets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries intended to maintain as confidential or a trade secret.
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(iii) With respect to Material Intellectual Property consisting of Patents, except as set forth in Schedule 7.05(b)(iii), and without limiting the representations and warranties in Section 7.05(b)(i) and Section 7.05(b)(ii):
(A) each of the issued claims in such Patents is valid and, to the knowledge of the Obligors, enforceable and neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice asserting that any such Patent or any issued claims therein is invalid or unenforceable;
(B) all such Patents are in good standing and none of the Patents, or the Inventions claimed in any such Patent, have been dedicated to the public;
(C) to the knowledge of the Borrower, all prior art material to such Patents has been adequately disclosed to or considered by the respective patent offices during prosecution of such Patents;
(D) subsequent to the issuance of such Patents, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Obligors, any of its or their predecessors-in-interest, has filed any disclaimer or made or permitted any other voluntary reduction in the scope of the Inventions claimed in such Patents;
(E) no written Claim has been made or, to the Borrowers knowledge, threatened in writing, by any Person that any allowable or allowed claim in such Patents is subject to any competing conception claims of allowable or allowed subject matter of any patent applications or patents of any third party, and no such allowable or allowed claim has been the subject of any interference or been the subject of any re-examination, opposition or other post-grant proceedings, and there is no written or, to the Borrowers knowledge threatened in writing, Claim by any Person for any such interference, re-examination, opposition, inter partes review, post grant review or any other post-grant proceedings;
(F) none of such Patents owned by or exclusively licensed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries have ever been finally adjudicated to be invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable for any reason in any administrative, arbitration, judicial or other proceeding, and, with the exception of publicly available documents in the applicable patent office recorded with respect to any such Patents, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice asserting that any such Patent is invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable; and to the extent any such Patent is terminally disclaimed to another patent or patent application, all patents and patent applications subject to such terminal disclaimer are included in the Collateral;
(G) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not received a written opinion from patent counsel which concludes that a challenge to the validity or enforceability of any such Patents is more likely than not to succeed;
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(H) neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any prior owner of any such Patent, or any of their respective agents or representatives, have engaged in any conduct, or omitted to perform any necessary act, the result of which would invalidate or render unpatentable or unenforceable any such Patent; and
(I) all maintenance fees, annuities, and the like due or payable on or with respect to any such Patents constituting Material Intellectual Property have been timely paid; and
(J) each Obligor, and each of its attorneys, agents and relevant employees, have met the duty of candor and good faith required under 37 C.F.R. §1.56, which includes a duty to disclose all information known to that individual to be material to patentability, as such is defined in 37 C.F.R. §1.56, and complied with any analogous Laws outside the United States.
(iv) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.05(b)(iv):
(A) the IT Assets owned, used or held for use by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (the Business IT Assets) are sufficient for the current and currently anticipated needs of the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Obligors, in the past three (3) years, there has been no unauthorized access to or unauthorized use of, or any other security incident with respect to, any (1) such IT Assets, or (2) any confidential or proprietary information that is in the Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries possession or control, in each case of (1) and (2), in a manner that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in or is reasonably likely to result in material liability to, or material disruption of the business operations of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(B) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable precautions consistent with industry standards to (1) protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the Business IT Assets from any unauthorized intrusion, breach, use, access, interruption, destruction or modification by any Person, and (2) ensure that all Business IT Assets are fully functional and operate and run in a reasonable and efficient business manner, in each case of (1) and (2), except as has not, individually or in the aggregate, resulted in and is not reasonably likely to result in, material liability to, or material disruption of the business operations of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(C) without limiting the foregoing, except as has not, individually or in the aggregate, resulted in and is not reasonably likely to result in, material liability to, or material disruption of the business operations of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have maintained and regularly tested commercially reasonable security, disaster recovery and business continuity plans, procedures, and facilities, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Business IT Assets do not contain any Malicious Code, and to the knowledge of any Obligor, the Business IT Assets do not contain any Malicious Code; and
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(D) except as has not, individually or in the aggregate, resulted in and is not reasonably likely to result in, material liability to, or material disruption of the business operations of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (x) have had and have appropriate privacy policies and data security policies in place that are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable data protection, privacy and other Laws, and generally accepted industry standards relating to the protection, collection, use, access, storage, maintenance, processing, transmission, distribution, transfer (including cross-border transfer) or disclosure of personally identifiable information and data, (y) are and have been in compliance with (and have contractually required Persons who have access to such information or data to comply with) such policies, Laws and standards, and contractual obligations to which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are bound that relate to the protection, collection, use, access, storage, maintenance, processing, transmission, distribution, transfer (including cross-border transfer) or disclosure of personally identifiable information or data, and (z) have not received any written notice, and are not and have not been subject to any Claim, and, to the knowledge of any Obligor, no such notice or Claim is or has been threatened, regarding the protection, collection, use, access, storage, maintenance, processing, transmission, distribution, transfer (including cross-border transfer) or disclosure of personally identifiable information or data.
(v) Schedule 7.05(b) contains, with respect to the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (set for forth on a Person-by-Person basis):
(A) a complete and accurate list of all applied for, issued or registered Patents that would qualify as Material Intellectual Property, owned by or licensed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including the jurisdiction and patent number;
(B) a complete and accurate list of all registered, unregistered or applied for Trademarks that would qualify as Material Intellectual Property, owned by or licensed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including the jurisdiction, trademark application or registration number and the application or registration date;
(C) a complete and accurate list of all applied for or registered Copyrights that would qualify as Material Intellectual Property, owned by or licensed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(D) a complete and accurate list of all Technical Information necessary for the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course.
7.06 No Actions or Proceedings.
(a) Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.06(a), there is no litigation, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of any Obligor threatened in writing, with respect to such Obligor or any such Subsidiaries by or before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that, (i) individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Material Regulatory Event or (ii) involves this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any of the Transactions.
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(b) Environmental Matters. Except with respect to any matters that (either individually or in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law in all material respects or to obtain, maintain or comply with any material permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any material Environmental Liability, (iii) has received any material Environmental Claim, or has knowledge that any is threatened, (iv) has entered into any agreement in which such Obligor or any Subsidiary has assumed or undertaken material responsibility or obligations of any other Person with respect to any Environmental Liability or (v) has knowledge of any basis for any other material Environmental Liability.
(c) Labor Matters. No Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in unfair labor practices as defined in 29 U.S.C. § §152(8) and 158 of the National Labor Relations Act and there are no pending or threatened in writing labor actions, disputes, grievances, arbitration proceedings, or similar Claims or actions involving the employees of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no strike or work stoppages in existence or threatened in writing against any Obligor and to the knowledge of such Obligor, no union organizing activity is taking place, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.06(c), there are no collective bargaining agreements covering employees of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries.
7.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each Obligor is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and all Contracts binding upon it or its property. The Obligors and their Subsidiaries are, and all Product Commercialization and Development Activities of such Persons are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws.
7.08 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.08, each Obligor and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all federal and state income tax returns and other material tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP.
7.09 Full Disclosure. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders) in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains when furnished any material misstatement of material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time delivered, and it being understood that such projected financial information and all other forward looking information are not to be viewed as facts and are subject to significant
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uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and that actual results during the period or periods covered thereby may differ significantly from such projected results and that the differences may be material.
7.10 Investment Company Act and Margin Stock Regulation.
(a) Investment Company Act. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries is an investment company as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(b) Margin Stock. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to buy or carry any Margin Stock, to extend credit to others for the purpose of buying or carrying any Margin Stock, or in any way that is in violation of Regulation T, U or X.
7.11 Solvency. The Obligors and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are and, immediately after giving effect to the making of any Loans on such date, the use of proceeds thereof, and the consummation of the Transactions, will be, Solvent.
7.12 Subsidiaries. Set forth on Schedule 7.12 is a complete and correct list of all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Each such Subsidiary is duly organized and validly existing under the jurisdiction of its organization shown in said Schedule 7.12, and the percentage ownership by each Obligor of each such Subsidiary thereof is as shown in said Schedule 7.12. Set forth on Schedule 7.12 is a complete and correct list of all other Equity Interests held by each Obligor in any Person that is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower as of the Closing Date. Such Schedule 7.12 also sets forth, in reasonable detail, the type of Equity Interest held by each such Obligor in such Person and the fully-diluted percentage ownership held beneficially by such Obligor in such Person.
7.13 Continuing Secured Indebtedness. Set forth on Schedule 7.13 is a complete and correct list of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries outstanding as of the date hereof that (i) will remain outstanding immediately after the borrowing of the Loan and the application of the proceeds therefrom on the Closing Date and (ii) is secured by a Lien on assets or properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Schedule also describes, in reasonable detail, the assets or properties (and the locations thereof) secured by any such Lien.
7.14 Material Agreements. Set forth on Schedule 7.14 is a complete and correct list, of each Material Agreement (including any such Contract creating or evidencing Material Intellectual Property or Material Indebtedness). Accurate and complete copies of each Contract disclosed on such schedule have been made available to the Administrative Agent. All such Material Agreements are in full force and effect without material modification from the form in which the same were disclosed to the Administrative Agent. None of the Obligors nor any of their Subsidiaries is in default under any such Material Agreement, and none of the Obligors has knowledge of any default by any counterparty to such Material Agreement and there are no pending or, to any Obligors knowledge, threatened in writing Claims against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries asserted by any other Person relating to any Material Agreements, including any Claims of breach or default under any such Material Agreements.
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7.15 Restrictive Agreements. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.15, as of the Closing Date, no Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Restrictive Agreement, except (i) those permitted under Section 9.11, (ii) restrictions and conditions imposed by Law or by the Loan Documents, (iii) any stockholder agreement, charter, by-laws, or other Organic Documents of an Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries as in effect on the date hereof and (iv) limitations associated with Permitted Liens.
7.16 Real Property. Schedule 7.16 correctly sets forth all real property that is owned or leased by the Obligors, indicating in each case whether the respective property is owned or leased, the identity of the owner and lessor (if applicable) and the location of the respective property. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.16, no Obligor owns or leases (as tenant thereof) any real property as of the Closing Date.
7.17 Pension Matters. Schedule 7.17 sets forth, a complete and correct list of, and that separately identifies, (i) all Title IV Plans, (ii) all Multiemployer Plans and (iii) all material Benefit Plans. Each Qualified Plan, and each trust thereunder, has received a favorable determination or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype plan letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, as of the date of this Agreement, to the knowledge of the Obligors, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Except for those that could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (x) each Benefit Plan is in compliance with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Laws, (y) there are no existing or pending (or to the knowledge of any Obligor, threatened) claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions, lawsuits or other proceedings or investigation involving any Benefit Plan to which any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof incurs or otherwise has or could have an obligation or any liability or Claim and (z) no ERISA Event is reasonably expected to occur. The Borrower and each of its ERISA Affiliates has met all applicable requirements under the ERISA Funding Rules with respect to each Title IV Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the ERISA Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained. As of the most recent valuation date for any Title IV Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is at least sixty percent (60%), and neither any Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of its ERISA Affiliates knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage to fall below sixty percent (60%) as of the most recent valuation date. As of the Closing Date, no ERISA Event has occurred in connection with which obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) remain outstanding. To the extent applicable, each Foreign Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable requirements of Law and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, except to the extent that the failure so to comply could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has incurred any material obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan. The present value of
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the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Plan that is funded, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year of the Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, on the basis of actuarial assumptions, each of which is reasonable, did not exceed the current value of the property of such Foreign Plan by a material amount, and for each Foreign Plan that is not funded, the obligations of such Foreign Plan are properly accrued.
7.18 Regulatory Approvals.
(a) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries holds, either directly or through licensees and agents, all material Product Authorizations necessary or required for the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries to conduct its Product Commercialization and Development Activities. All such Product Authorizations are (i) legally and beneficially owned or held exclusively by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, (ii) validly registered and on file with the applicable Governmental Authority, in material compliance with all registration, filing and maintenance requirements (including any fee requirements) thereof, and (iii) in good standing, valid and enforceable with the applicable Governmental Authority in all material respects.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from the FDA or any Regulatory Authority that the FDA or such Regulatory Authority is threatening suspending, revoking or limiting any material Product Authorization. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have made all required material notices, registrations and reports (including field alerts or other reports of adverse drug experiences) and other filings with respect to FUROSCIX and all Product Commercialization and Development Activities related thereto. All manufacturing operations with respect to FUROSCIX have been and are being conducted in accordance, in all material respects, with the FDAs current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements for drug products, as those requirements are set forth in FDA regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211, or otherwise under 21 U.S.C. 351, and all comparable foreign Laws, in each case, as such laws are applicable to such manufacturing operations.
(c) (i) All material regulatory filings, notices, registrations, listings, reports and similar items required to be filed or made to any Regulatory Authority or with respect to FUROSCIX or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities related thereto have been made, and all such filings are complete and correct in all material respects and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws and (ii) all clinical trials and pre-clinical studies that have been and are being conducted by the Borrower with respect to FUROSCIX are being or have been conducted in material compliance with all applicable Healthcare Laws.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 7.18(d), and without limiting the generality of any other representation or warranty made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries hereunder or under any other Loan Document: (i) all Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX comply in all material respects with (A) all applicable Healthcare Laws and any comparable laws enforced by other applicable Regulatory Authority, whether U.S. or non-U.S., and (B) all Product Authorizations with respect to FUROSCIX; (ii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of
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their respective agents, suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees have received any FDA Form-483s, warning letters or notices or similar documents relating to any of their respective Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX from any Regulatory Authority within the last six (6) years that asserts lack of compliance with any applicable Healthcare Laws or Product Authorizations; (iii) neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective agents, suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees have received any notification from any Regulatory Authority within the last six (6) years, asserting that FUROSCIX lacks a required Product Authorization or other material Product Authorization; (iv) there is no pending adverse regulatory action, investigation or inquiry (other than non-material routine or periodic inspections or reviews) against the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees, in each case where such adverse regulatory action, investigation or inquiry reasonably relates to any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there is no reasonable basis for any such adverse regulatory action against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective suppliers agents, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees with respect to FUROSCIX; and (v) without limiting the foregoing, (A) (1) there have been no product recalls, safety alerts, corrections, withdrawals, marketing suspensions, or removals conducted, undertaken or issued by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether voluntary, at the request, demand or order of any Regulatory Authority, with respect to FUROSCIX within the last six (6) years, (2) no such product recall, safety alert, correction, withdrawal, marketing suspension, or removal has been requested, demanded or ordered by any Regulatory Authority within the last six (6) years, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there is no reasonable basis for the issuance of any such product recall, safety alert, correction, withdrawal, marketing suspension, or removal with respect to FUROSCIX by any Regulatory Authority, and (B) no criminal, injunctive, seizure, detention or civil penalty action has been commenced or threatened in writing by any Regulatory Authority within the last six (6) years with respect to or in connection with FUROSCIX, there are no consent decrees (including plea agreements) that relate to FUROSCIX, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there is no reasonable basis for the commencement of any criminal injunctive, seizure, detention or civil penalty action by any Regulatory Authority relating to FUROSCIX or for the issuance of any consent decree. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor to the knowledge of the Borrower any of their respective agents, suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensees or licensors is employing or utilizing the services of any individual who has been debarred or temporarily suspended under any applicable Law, including but not limited to 21 U.S.C. § 335a, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or their respective officers, employees, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, agents (when acting in such capacity), has intentionally made an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statements to the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority, or committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made (or was not made), establishes a basis for any Governmental Authority to assert a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 or could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any such other Regulatory Authority to invoke its policy respecting Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery and Illegal Gratuities, set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar applicable policy of the Regulatory Authority.
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(f) All clinical, preclinical, safety and other required studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or in respect of which FUROSCIX were (and if still pending, are), being conducted materially in accordance with all applicable Healthcare Laws, Product Authorizations or the Product Authorizations in place at the time. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or other correspondence from the FDA or any such other Regulatory Authority or an institutional review board requiring the termination or suspension of any clinical, preclinical, safety or other required studies or tests, the results of which would reasonably be expected to be used to support a Product Authorization with respect to FUROSCIX.
(g) (i) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is operating, and at all times during the past six (6) years has operated, in compliance in all material respects with all Healthcare Laws; and (ii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, managers, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its employees and consultants (when acting in such capacity), is in violation of any applicable Healthcare Laws. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries have, within the past six (6) years, (x) been the subject of any adverse investigation (other than routine or periodic inspections or reviews) conducted by any Governmental Authority with respect to a material violation of applicable Healthcare Laws, or (y) a defendant in any unsealed qui tam or other False Claims Act litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, are currently subject to any enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceedings against or affecting the Borrower or its Subsidiaries relating to or arising under any Healthcare Law, and to the Borrowers knowledge, no such enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceeding has been threatened in writing.
(h) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, are or have during the past six (6) years participated in any federal health care programs.
(i) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Borrowers knowledge, none of its officers, employees, agents, or contractors (while employed or engaged by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) are or have been: (i) debarred, excluded or suspended from participating in any federal health care program, (ii) subject to a civil monetary penalty assessed under Section 1128A of the Social Security Act or (iii) listed on the General Services Administration published list of parties excluded from federal procurement programs and non-procurement programs.
7.19 Mortgages. Each of the Mortgages will be effective, upon delivery of the same to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Material Real Properties described therein, and when the Mortgages are validly filed in the applicable recorders offices and all relevant mortgage Taxes and recording and registration charges are duly paid, each such Mortgage shall be, assuming the proper indexing thereof, sufficient to provide constructive notice to third parties of the Administrative Agents Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Obligors in such Material Real Property and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, subject only to Permitted Liens.
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7.20 OFAC; Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(a) No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(b) No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees (i) is currently the target of any Sanctions, (ii) is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction in violation of Sanctions, or (iii) is or has been (within the previous five (5) years) engaged in any transaction with, or for the benefit of, any Person who is now or was then the target of Sanctions or who is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, in violation of Sanctions. No Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan, has been or will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, indirectly, to lend, contribute or provide to, or has been or will be otherwise made available for the purpose of funding, any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction in violation of Sanctions or for the purpose of funding any activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions, in violation of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any party to this Agreement of Sanctions.
7.21 Anti-Corruption. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, directly or indirectly, has (i) materially violated or is in material violation of any applicable anti-corruption Law, or (ii) made, offered to make, promised to make or authorized the payment or giving of, directly or indirectly, any Prohibited Payment.
7.22 Priority of Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.13, other than the Obligations, no Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is secured by a Lien. The Obligations constitute unsubordinated obligations of the Obligors, and except for any obligations which have priority under applicable Law, rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Obligors.
7.23 Royalty and Other Payments. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.23 or as provided for in the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement, as of the Closing Date, no Obligor, not any of its Subsidiaries, is obligated to pay any royalty, milestone payment or any other contingent payment in respect of FUROSCIX.
7.24 Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.24, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any transaction or other arrangement (including the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate that, after giving effect to the Closing Date, would not be permitted pursuant to Section 9.10.
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SECTION 8.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor jointly and severally covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and all Obligations (other than Warrant Obligations and any inchoate indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no Claim has been made) have been paid in full in cash:
8.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent:
(a) as soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the end of each calendar month, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that, as of the last day of such calendar month, the Borrower is in compliance with the Minimum Liquidity requirement set forth in Section 10.01, which evidence may be in the form of Borrowers bank account statements;
(b) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of the each fiscal quarter of each fiscal year (i) the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and (ii) the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such fiscal quarter, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, all in reasonable detail and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(b) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on EDGAR;
(c) as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and (ii) the related audited consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, all in reasonable detail and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, accompanied by a report and opinion thereon of RSM US LLP or another firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and shall not be subject to any going concern or like qualification or exception or emphasis of matter (other than a going concern qualification based solely on the upcoming maturity date of the Loans or any Material Indebtedness occurring within 12 months of the date of such audit) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, and in the case of such consolidated financial statements, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(c) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on EDGAR;
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(d) together with the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 8.01(b) and (c), (A) a compliance certificate signed by the chief financial or accounting Responsible Officer of the Borrower as of the end of the applicable accounting period substantially in the form of Exhibit E (a Compliance Certificate) including (i) a statement that such financial statements (x) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date and (y) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to changes resulting from normal, year-end audit adjustments and except for the absence of notes, (ii) a statement as to whether or not such financial statements contain a going concern or like qualification or exception or emphasis of matter, (iii) details of any other issues that are material that are raised by the Borrowers auditors and any occurrence or existence of any event, circumstance, act or omission that would cause any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.07, Section 7.18 or Section 7.22 to be incorrect in any material respect (or in any respect if such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or by reference to Material Adverse Effect or Material Adverse Change) if such representation or warranty were to be made at the time of delivery of a Compliance Certificate and (iv) a certification as to whether or not the Borrower is in compliance with the Minimum Net Sales Covenant as of the last day of such period and a summary of Net Sales by type of Product, (B) a copy of managements discussion and analysis with respect to such financial statements and (C) a list (in reasonable detail) of the deposit accounts, securities accounts, investment accounts or other similar accounts of each MSC Subsidiary and the balances therein. For the avoidance of doubt, no representation or warranty contained in Section 7.07, Section 7.18 or Section 7.22 is required to be, shall be or shall be deemed to be made in connection with a delivery of any Compliance Certificate;
(e) after being prepared by the Borrower and approved by its Board, and promptly following the Administrative Agents request therefor, a consolidated budget for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year to which such budget relates; provided that, for each fiscal year, on or before the sixtieth (60th) day following the beginning of such fiscal year, the Borrower shall prepare, and its Board shall approve such consolidated budgets for such fiscal year, and the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly after the Board has given such approval;
(f) promptly after the same are released, copies of all press releases (other than any press release that is routine or administrative in nature); provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(f) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on EDGAR;
(g) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by an Obligor thereof, copies of each material notice or other material correspondence received from (i) any securities regulator or stock exchange to the authority of which any Obligor may become subject from time to time, concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of such Obligor, in each case, excluding any investigation or inquiry that is routine or administrative in nature, or (ii)
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copies of any material written correspondence or any other material written communication with the FDA or any other regulatory body relating to any event or circumstance which would reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower in excess of $1,000,000; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(g) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on EDGAR;
(h) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of each Obligor and its Subsidiaries (other than any report or any communication that is routine or administrative in nature), and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which any Obligor or its Subsidiaries may file or be required to file with any securities regulator or stock exchange to the authority of which such Obligor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, may become subject from time to time; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(h) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on EDGAR;
(i) copies of all letters of representation signed by any Obligor to its auditors and, promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all auditor reports delivered for each fiscal quarter;
(j) promptly, and in any event within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of any calendar month (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), copies of any reports of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to key performance indicators in the form provided to senior management of the Borrower; provided that any such materials may be redacted by the Borrower to (A) exclude information relating to the performance of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, to the Borrowers strategy regarding the Loans or performance or non-performance under the Loan Documents or to matters of conflict of interest to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (B) preserve attorney-client privilege; provided, further that such redactions are restricted so as to be only as extensive as is reasonably necessary in order to exclude information described in clauses (A) or (B); and
(k) such other information respecting the operations, properties, business, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Obligors (including with respect to the Collateral and compliance with Section 10), taken as a whole, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
The Obligors hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their respective personnel may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons securities. Neither the Borrower nor any Person acting on its behalf will provide, or become obligated to provide, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or their respective representatives or agents with any information that the Borrower reasonably believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto, such receiving Person shall have confirmed to the Borrower in writing that it consents to receive such information; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the information required to be delivered pursuant to (i) clauses (b), (c), (d), and (g) of Section 8.01 and (ii) clauses (a), (h), (i), (j) and (k) of Section 8.02 shall be furnished and delivered to the Administrative Agent as provided herein whether or not such information qualifies as material non-public information. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and each Lender is relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Borrower.
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8.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of the following promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries first learns of or acquires knowledge of the existence of any of the below circumstances or events (prepared in reasonable detail):
(a) the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default;
(b) the occurrence of any event or series of related events with respect to the property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries resulting in a Loss aggregating $2,500,000 or more;
(c) any Claim, action, suit, notice of violation, hearing, investigation or other Borrower pending, or to the Borrowers knowledge, threatened in writing against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to the ownership, use, maintenance and operation of their respective businesses, operations or properties or any Product or inventory, in each case, involving more than $2,500,000;
(d) the assertion of any Claim under any Environmental Law by any Person against, or with respect to the activities of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any alleged liability or non-compliance with any Environmental Laws or any permits, licenses or authorizations issued pursuant to Environmental Laws, in each case, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Environmental Liability;
(e) (i) the intention of any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate to file any notice of intent to terminate any Title IV Plan, a copy of such notice and (ii) the filing by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate of a request for a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan, in each case in writing and in reasonable detail (including a description of any action that any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining thereto);
(f) (i) The termination of any Material Agreement other than in accordance with its terms, including as a result of a breach or default or (ii) the entering into of any new Material Agreement by an Obligor (and a copy thereof). In the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries enters into any new Material Agreement, the Borrower shall update Schedule 7.14 to reflect such new Material Agreement and shall deliver the updated Schedule 7.14 (along with a copy of such Material Agreement) to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days after the end of the fiscal quarter during which such new Material Agreement is executed;
(g) any labor controversy resulting in or threatening to result in any strike, work stoppage, boycott, shutdown or other material labor disruption against or involving an Obligor;
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(h) written Claim received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of actual or alleged violation, infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would, if proven true, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) any Contract entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any material Claim of actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or violation of any Intellectual Property by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(j) the creation, development or other acquisition (including any in-bound exclusive licenses) of any Intellectual Property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date that is issued or registered, or becomes issued or registered or the subject of an application for registration or issuance with any Governmental Authority; provided that, with respect to any such Intellectual Property created, developed or acquired (including through any in-bound exclusive license) in any fiscal quarter, notice thereof pursuant to this Section 8.02(n) shall be made in accordance with the timing of the financial statements for such fiscal quarter required pursuant to Section 8.01(b);
(k) any change to any Obligors or any of its Subsidiaries ownership of any Controlled Account, by delivering the Administrative Agent a notice setting forth a complete and correct list of all such accounts as of the date of such change;
(l) the acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in a single or series of related transactions, of any fee interest in any real property having a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000;
(m) concurrently with the delivery thereof to the Buyer, copies of all notices and other reports required to be delivered by the Borrower to the Buyer under the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement; and
(n) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect or a Material Regulatory Event.
Each notice delivered under this Section 8.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto. Nothing in this Section 8.02 is intended to waive, consent to or otherwise permit any action or omission that is otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that any documents or notices required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.02 shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on EDGAR.
8.03 Existence. The Obligors shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and all Governmental Approvals necessary or material to its Product Commercialization and Development Activities; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 9.03 or any Asset Sale permitted under Section 9.09.
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8.04 Payment of Obligations. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable, all of its obligations, including (i) all Tax and related liabilities imposed upon it or upon its properties or assets prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might become a Lien upon any properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not constituting a Permitted Lien, except to the extent such Taxes or such claims are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Obligor or such Subsidiary and (ii) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property not constituting a Permitted Lien.
8.05 Insurance. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall furnish the Administrative Agent from time to time with (i) material information as to the insurance carried by it and, if so requested, copies of all such insurance policies and (ii) a certificate from the Borrowers insurance broker or other insurance specialist stating that all premiums then due on the policies relating to insurance on the Collateral have been paid and that such policies are in full force and effect. The Obligors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure, or cause others to ensure, that all insurance policies required under this Section 8.05 shall provide that they shall not be terminated or cancelled without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice (or 10 days for nonpayment of premium) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Receipt of notice of termination or cancellation of any such insurance policies or reduction of coverages or amounts thereunder shall entitle the Secured Parties to renew any such policies, cause the coverages and amounts thereof to be maintained at levels required pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 8.05 or otherwise to obtain similar insurance in place of such policies, and in each case, the Borrower will be responsible for the reasonable and documented cost of such insurance (to be payable on demand). The amount of any such reasonable and documented expenses shall accrue interest at the Default Rate if not paid on demand and shall constitute Obligations.
8.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct (in all material respects) entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition (financial or otherwise) with its officers and independent accountants (so long as a representative of the Borrower is provided a reasonable opportunity to participate in any such discussion), during normal business hours (but not more often than once per year in total for all such visits and inspections unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may reasonably request; provided that such representative shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to minimize disruption to the business and affairs of the Borrower as a result of any such visit, inspection, examination or discussion. The Borrower shall pay all reasonable and documented costs of (a) one such inspection per calendar year if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) all such inspections during a continuing Event of Default.
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8.07 Compliance with Laws and Other Obligations. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) comply with all Laws (including Anti-Terrorism Laws, Sanctions and Environmental Laws) applicable to it and its business activities, (ii) comply with all Healthcare Laws and Governmental Approvals (including Product Authorizations) applicable to it and its business activities and (iii) remain in compliance with, and perform all obligations under all Material Agreements to which it is a party, except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Obligor shall maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance by such Obligor, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions.
8.08 Maintenance of Properties, Intellectual Property, Etc.
(a) Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and preserve all of its assets and properties (including all assets and properties, whether tangible or intangible, relating to its Products or Product Commercialization and Development Activities) necessary or useful in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition in accordance with the general practice of other Persons of similar character and size, ordinary wear and tear and damage from casualty or condemnation excepted.
(b) Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to renew, file for, prosecute, enforce and maintain all Material Intellectual Property, owned or controlled by such party, excluding the renewal, filing for, prosecution and maintenance of Material Intellectual Property that in the commercially reasonable business judgment of the Obligors are not necessary or material for the conduct of the business of the Obligors or their Subsidiaries.
8.09 Licenses. Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, obtain and maintain all material Governmental Approvals necessary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, the consummation of the Transactions or the operation and conduct of its business and ownership of its properties (including its Product Commercialization and Development Activities).
8.10 Quarterly Calls. At the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall hold a conference call with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at reasonable times to be mutually agreed to with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to discuss the financial results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that no more than one call per fiscal quarter shall be required.
8.11 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only as provided in Section 2.05. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that violates any of the Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X.
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8.12 Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries; Further Assurances.
(a) Subsidiary Guarantors, etc. In the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall form or acquire any new Subsidiary (other than an MSC Subsidiary), the Borrower shall promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days (subject to extensions consented to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned))):
(i) cause such new Subsidiary to become a an Obligor and a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder pursuant to a Guarantee Assumption Agreement, a Grantor under the Security Agreement, and a Subsidiary Party under the Intercompany Subordination Agreement (provided that each Subsidiary of the Borrower (including an MSC Subsidiary) shall be a Subsidiary Party under the Intercompany Subordination Agreement);
(ii) take such action or cause such Subsidiary to take such action (including joining the Security Agreement and delivering certificated Equity Interests together with undated transfer powers executed in blank, applicable Control Agreements and other instruments) as shall be reasonably necessary or desirable (as determined by the Administrative Agent) in order to create and perfect, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, valid and enforceable first priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens), on substantially all of the personal property of such new Subsidiary as collateral security for the Obligations hereunder as and when required by the terms of the Security Agreement; provided that any such security interest or Lien shall be subject to the relevant requirements of the Security Documents and the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(iii) cause the parent of such Subsidiary to execute and deliver a pledge agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all outstanding issued Equity Interests of such Subsidiary for the purpose of creating and perfecting, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and perfected first priority Lien on such Equity Interests; and
(iv) deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other applicable documents as is consistent with those delivered by each Obligor pursuant to Section 6.01 or as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(b) Further Assurances.
(i) Each Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries (including any newly formed or newly acquired Subsidiaries) to take such action from time to time as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent to effectuate the purposes and objectives of this Agreement and the Security Agreement.
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(ii) In the event that any Obligor holds or acquires any Intellectual Property or other assets or properties, such Subsidiary shall take any action as shall be reasonably necessary to ensure that the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Agreement shall apply thereto and any such Intellectual Property or other assets or properties shall constitute part of the Collateral under the Security Documents.
(iii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, within ten (10) Business Days following written request from the Administrative Agent, each Obligor shall, and shall cause each Person that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor to, take such action from time to time (including joining the Security Agreement and delivering certificated Equity Interests together with undated transfer powers executed in blank, applicable Control Agreements and other instruments) as shall be required by the terms of the Security Documents or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to create, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, perfected security interests and Liens in substantially all of the personal property (other than Excluded Assets (as defined in the Security Agreement)) of such Obligor as collateral security for the Obligations as and when required by the terms of the Security Agreement; provided that any such security interest or Lien shall be subject to the relevant requirements of the Security Documents.
(c) Real Property. If the Borrower or any other Obligor acquires any Material Real Property located in the United States after the Closing Date (i) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days following the acquisition thereof) and (ii) subject to clause (iii) below, within sixty (60) days after the date of such acquisition (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) the Borrower shall or shall cause the applicable Obligor to deliver to the Administrative Agent, with respect to such Material Real Property located in the United States, (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to such Material Real Property, duly executed, notarized (to the extent required by applicable Law) and delivered by the applicable Obligor and suitable for recording or filing in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and enforceable Lien subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens, at the time of recordation thereof with all filing and recording taxes and fees having been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (ii) with respect to the Mortgage encumbering such Material Real Property, customary opinions of local counsel in the state or jurisdiction in which such Material Real Property is located regarding the enforceability of such Mortgage, and any related fixtures and, in the state or jurisdiction where the applicable Obligor granting such Mortgage is organized, an opinion regarding due authorization, execution and delivery of such Mortgage, (iii) with respect to each such mortgaged property located in the United States, the completed Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to any such Material Real Property subject to the applicable FEMA rules and regulations; provided that in the event that any such Material Real Property is located in an area determined by FEMA to have special flood hazards, such property shall not become subject to a Mortgage.
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(d) Costs and Benefits. Notwithstanding any term or provision of this Section 8.12 to the contrary, without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to require a Lien or a security interest in the Equity Interests of, or Guarantee from, any newly acquired or created Subsidiary of the Borrower, or a Lien or security interest on any assets or properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may request in writing to the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders waive the requirements of this Section 8.12 to provide a Lien, security interest or Guarantee, as the case may be, due to the cost or burden thereof to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (when taken as a whole) being unreasonably excessive relative to the benefit that would inure to the Secured Parties, and describing such cost or burden in reasonable detail. Upon receipt of any such written notice, the Administrative Agent shall review and consider such request in good faith and, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such request, the Administrative Agent shall determine in their sole but commercially reasonable discretion, and notify the Borrower of such determination, whether the Administrative Agent will grant such request for a waiver. With respect to any Subsidiary for which the requirement to provide a Lien, security interest or Guarantee, as the case may be, has been waived by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Section 8.12(d), such waiver may be terminated by the Administrative Agent if it determines in its sole but commercially reasonable discretion that the cost or burden of providing such Lien, security interest or Guarantee is no longer unreasonably excessive relative to the benefits that would inure to the Secured Parties. If such waiver is terminated, such Subsidiary shall be required to comply with the requirements of this Section 8.12.
8.13 Termination of Non-Permitted Liens. In the event that any Obligor shall become aware of, or be notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of the existence of, any outstanding Lien against any assets or property of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, which Lien is not a Permitted Lien, such Obligor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly terminate or cause the termination of such Lien.
8.14 Board Materials. Upon request by the Administrative Agent the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent: (i) copies of any agenda and other written materials provided to the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of the Borrower prior to any meeting of the board of directors (or such committee thereof), at or promptly after such materials are furnished to the members of the board of directors (or such committee thereof), (ii) copies of all minutes of meetings of the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of the Borrower at or promptly after such minutes are furnished to the members of the board of directors (or such committee thereof), (iii) copies of all material written consents duly passed by the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of the Borrower and (iv) promptly upon presentation of any regular periodic materials to the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of the Borrower reporting on the current, past or future financial performance and business and operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (which shall include, among other things, development updates with respect to material Products, and updates with respect to material events relating to other Material Agreements), copies of such materials; provided that any such material may be redacted by the Borrower to (A) exclude information relating to the performance of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, to the Borrowers strategy regarding the Loans or performance or non-performance under the Loan Documents or to matters of conflict of interest to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (B) preserve attorney-client or work-product privilege or (C) protect proprietary information, trade secrets, or individually identifiable health information (as defined under HIPAA) or other confidential information relating to healthcare patients; provided, further that such redactions are restricted so as to be only as extensive as is reasonably necessary in order to exclude information described in clauses (A) or (B).
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8.15 Intellectual Property(b) . In the event that any of the Obligors or any of their respective Subsidiaries acquire, develop or create Intellectual Property during the term of this Agreement, then the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to the extent applicable, shall automatically apply thereto and any such Intellectual Property shall automatically constitute part of the Collateral under the Security Documents, without further action by any party, in each case from and after the date of such acquisition, development or creation (except that any representations or warranties of any Obligor shall apply to any such Intellectual Property only from and after the date, if any, subsequent to such acquisition or creation that such representations and warranties are brought down or made anew as provided herein). Promptly after such creation, development or acquisition of Intellectual Property that constitutes Material Intellectual Property, the Borrower shall give written notice thereof, in reasonable detail, to the Administrative Agent.
8.16 Maintenance of Regulatory Approvals, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Etc. Each Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries (to the extent applicable) to, (i) maintain in full force and effect all Product Authorizations, Material Agreements, Material Intellectual Property and other material rights, interests or assets (whether tangible or intangible) necessary or required for such Person to conduct its operations and businesses, in each case in all material respects, including for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities related thereto, (ii) maintain in full force and effect, and pay all costs and expenses relating to, such Product Authorizations, Material Agreements and Material Intellectual Property owned, used or controlled by such Obligor or any such Subsidiary that is used in and is necessary for the operations of the business of such Person, including Product Commercialization and Development Activities, and all Material Agreements, (iii) promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent of any material infringement, misappropriation or other violation by any Person of such Obligors or any such Subsidiaries Material Intellectual Property, and aggressively pursue any such infringement or other violation, to the extent the Borrower deems it commercially reasonable to do so, (iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue and maintain in full force and effect legal protection for all new Material Intellectual Property developed or controlled by the Borrower or any other Obligor, as the case may be, that is used in and necessary for the operations of the business of such Person, or in connection with any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, (v) notify the Administrative Agent, promptly after learning of any warning letter or untitled letter issued by the FDA or any investigation or enforcement action is initiated by the Department of Justice or other investigatory or law enforcement body, (vi) notify the Administrative Agent, promptly after learning of (x) any product recalls, safety alerts, corrections, withdrawals, marketing suspensions, removals or the like conducted, to be undertaken or issued by the Borrower, any such Obligor or any of their respective suppliers, as the case may be, whether or not at the request, demand or order of any Governmental Authority or otherwise with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, or (y) any reasonable basis for any Governmental Authority to undertake or issue any such material action or item, in each case for clauses (x) and (y) to the extent such event could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (vii) except as set forth on Schedule 7.05(b), promptly after
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obtaining knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent, promptly after learning thereof, of (x) any claim by any Person that the conduct of the Borrowers or any such Obligors business (including any Product Commercialization and Development Activities) infringes any Intellectual Property of such Person, or (y) any event, circumstance, act or omission that would cause any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.18 to be incorrect in any material respect if such representation or warranty was to be made at the time such Obligor learned of such event, circumstance, act or omission.
8.17 ERISA Compliance. Such Obligor shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with the provisions of ERISA with respect to any Benefit Plans to which such Obligor or such Subsidiary is a party as an employer.
8.18 Cash Management. Such Obligor shall:
(a) maintain at all times deposit accounts, disbursement accounts, investment accounts (and other similar accounts) and/or lockboxes (other than Excluded Accounts) with a bank or financial institution within the U.S. which has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Control Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (each such deposit account, disbursement account, investment account (or similar account) and lockbox, a Controlled Account); provided that each such Controlled Account shall be a cash collateral account, with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such account securing payment of the Obligations, and each Obligor shall have granted a Lien to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, over such Controlled Accounts;
(b) deposit promptly, and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days after the date of receipt thereof (or such longer period of time as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), all cash, checks, drafts or other similar items of payment and relating to or constituting payments made in respect of any and all accounts and other rights and interests into Controlled Accounts; and
(c) at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Administrative Agent, each Obligor shall cause all payments constituting proceeds of accounts to be directed into lockbox accounts under agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
8.19 Investment Policy Updates. The Board of the Borrower, acting reasonably and in good faith, may amend or otherwise modify the Investment Policy with ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, with such notice to provide a summary (in reasonable detail) of the proposed amendment or other modification.
8.20 Post-Closing Obligations.
(a) Controlled Accounts. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such longer period of time as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that (i) all deposit accounts, disbursement accounts, investment accounts (and other similar accounts) and/or lockboxes (other than
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Excluded Accounts) of each Obligor located within the U.S. are Controlled Accounts to the extent required to comply with the requirement of Section 8.18 and (ii) such Controlled Accounts are subject to one or more account control agreements, in favor of, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent that (among other things) (A) ensures, to the extent necessary under applicable Law, the perfection of a first priority security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent on such Controlled Account, subject only to Permitted Liens, (B) provides that, upon written notice from the Administrative Agent, such bank or financial institution shall comply with instructions originated by the Administrative Agent directing disposition of the funds in such Controlled Account without further consent by the applicable Obligor, and (C) may not be terminated by the applicable Obligor without prior written consent of the Administrative Agent;
(b) Landlord Consents; Bailee Letters. Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), if Collateral having an aggregate fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 or any substantial portion of an Obligors books and records or any of its material books and records in the United States, is (i) in the possession of any single bailee, warehouseman or consignee, or (ii) located at any single leased real property in the United States, such Obligor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such bailee, warehouseman or consignee, or the applicable landlord, as the case may be, to sign and deliver a Landlord Consent or Bailee Letter, as applicable.
(c) Insurance Policies. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such longer period of time as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), all such insurance policies required pursuant to each Loan Document shall name the Administrative Agent (for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders) loss payee or additional insured, as applicable, and provide that no cancellation of the policies will be made without at least ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of such insurance policies (or binders in respect thereof).
(d) Pledged Collateral. Within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date (or such longer period of time as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent certificates or other instruments representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) in existence on the Closing Date, accompanied by appropriate duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor jointly and severally covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and all Obligations (other than Warrant Obligations and any inchoate indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no Claim has been made) have been paid in full in cash:
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9.01 Indebtedness. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, whether directly or indirectly, except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 9.01 and Permitted Refinancings thereof; provided that, if such Indebtedness is intercompany Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall be subject to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(c) accounts payable to trade creditors for goods and services and current operating liabilities (not the result of the borrowing of money) incurred in the Ordinary Course of such Obligors or such Subsidiarys business in accordance with customary and paid within the specified time, unless contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserved for in accordance with GAAP;
(d) Indebtedness consisting of Guarantees resulting from the endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the Ordinary Course;
(e) Indebtedness of an Obligor owing to any other Obligor, in each case, subject to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(f) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor owing to any other Subsidiary that is not an Obligor;
(g) Indebtedness of (i) any Obligor owing to any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor and (ii) any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor owing to any Obligor, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) subject to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement; provided any Indebtedness owing pursuant to this clause (g) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;
(h) [reserved];
(i) Guarantees by any Obligor and any Subsidiary of Permitted Indebtedness of any Obligor;
(j) Ordinary Course equipment and software financing and leasing (including Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness); provided that (i) if secured, the collateral therefor consists solely of the assets being financed, the products and proceeds thereof and books and records related thereto, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed $5,000,000;
(k) Indebtedness under Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(l) Indebtedness assumed pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) no such Indebtedness (individually) shall exceed 15% of the total purchase price paid in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Section 9.01(l) shall not exceed $10,000,000 and (iii) no such Indebtedness was created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition;
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(m) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower owing to the Buyer pursuant to the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) any Indebtedness that refinances Indebtedness referred to in subclause (i) to the extent such refinancing is permitted in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement;
(n) [reserved];
(o) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time;
(p) Permitted Convertible Debt; provided that (i) the Borrowers Market Capitalization at the time of pricing of such Permitted Convertible Debt is at least $300,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (p) shall not exceed the lesser of (x) 20% of Borrowers Market Capitalization (determined as of the date of pricing of such Permitted Convertible Debt) and (y) $150,000,000;
(q) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers acceptances or similar instruments issued or created, or related to obligations or liabilities incurred, in the Ordinary Course in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time outstanding, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits, leases, commercial contracts, Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.01(s), property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(r) Indebtedness arising in connection with the financing of insurance premiums in the Ordinary Course;
(s) Indebtedness in respect of (i) performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, customs bonds, government bonds, performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations arising in the Ordinary Course and (ii) customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Asset Sales permitted by Section 9.09;
(t) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections, business credit cards, purchasing cards, payment processing, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, arrangements in respect of pooled deposit or sweep accounts, check endorsement guarantees, and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts or cash management services, in each case in the Ordinary Course; and
(u) purchase price adjustments, indemnity payments and other Deferred Acquisition Consideration in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, in each case that are permitted pursuant to the definition of Permitted Acquisition.
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9.02 Liens. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien or security interest on any property or assets now or in the future owned by it or such Subsidiary, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except for the following:
(a) Liens securing the Obligations;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 9.02 and renewals and extensions thereof in connection with Permitted Refinancings of the Indebtedness being secured by such Lien; provided that (i) no such Lien (including any renewal or extension thereof) shall extend to any other property or asset of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries (other than improvements and accessions to such property or asset) and (ii) any such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and renewals, extensions and replacements thereof in connection with Permitted Refinancings of the Indebtedness being secured by such Lien that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount equal to unpaid interest and premiums thereon, including tender premium, and any customary underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses associated with such extension, renewal or replacement);
(c) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(j); provided that such Liens are restricted solely to the collateral described in Section 9.01(j);
(d) Liens imposed by any Law and arising in the Ordinary Course, including carriers, warehousemens, landlords, and mechanics liens, liens relating to leasehold improvements and other similar Liens arising in the Ordinary Course and which (x) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially impair the use thereof in the operations of the business of such Person or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to such Liens and for which adequate reserves have been made if required in accordance with GAAP;
(e) pledges or deposits made in the Ordinary Course in connection with bids, contract leases, appeal bonds, workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other similar social security legislation;
(f) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, the payment of which is not yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings timely initiated and diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(g) servitudes, easements, rights of way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances on real property imposed by any Law and Liens consisting of zoning or building restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of real property or minor imperfections in title thereto which, in the aggregate, are not material, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of any of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries;
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(h) with respect to any real property, (i) such defects or encroachments as might be revealed by an up-to-date survey of such real property, and such other defects in title that (A) do not interfere in any material respect with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and (B) could not reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with the ability of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct any Product Commercialization and Development Activities in any material respect; (ii) the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in the original grant, deed or patent of such property by the original owner of such real property pursuant to all applicable Laws; and (iii) rights of expropriation, access or use or any similar right conferred or reserved by or in any Law, which, in the aggregate for clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), are not material, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of any of the Obligors or its Subsidiaries;
(i) (i) Liens that are contractual or common law rights of set-off relating to the establishment of depository relations in the Ordinary Course with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) other Liens securing cash management obligations (that do not constitute Indebtedness) in the Ordinary Course and (iii) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts, in each case, incurred in the Ordinary Course and not for speculative purposes;
(j) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(l); provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition pursuant to which such Indebtedness was assumed, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secured immediately prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Sections 9.01(q) and (s);
(l) any judgment Lien or Lien arising from decrees or attachments, in each case, not constituting an Event of Default;
(m) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases of personal property and consignment arrangements entered into in the Ordinary Course in an Arms Length Transaction;
(n) other Liens which secure obligations in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $5,000,000;
(o) [reserved];
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(p) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods and incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Permitted Licenses;
(r) Liens on cash and Permitted Cash Equivalents securing obligations under Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(s) (i) Liens to secure payment of workers compensation, employment insurance, old age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course (other than Liens imposed by ERISA) and (ii) deposits in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of any Obligor or any Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above or Section 9.01(q);
(t) to the extent constituting a Lien, customary cash escrow arrangements securing indemnification obligations associated with a Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment permitted under Section 9.05 not to exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate;
(u) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
(v) Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the Ordinary Course, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
(w) any Lien arising under conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods in the Ordinary Course; provided that such Lien attaches only to the goods subject to such sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangement; and
(x) (i) Liens granted in favor of the Buyer securing the Borrowers obligations under the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement so long as such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the transactions contemplated by the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement.
provided that no Lien otherwise permitted under any of the foregoing clauses (b), (d), (e), (g) through (x) (other than clause (q)) shall apply to any Material Intellectual Property.
9.03 Fundamental Changes and Acquisitions. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) enter into any transaction of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, (ii) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), (iii) sell or issue any of its Equity Interests other than Qualified Equity Interests or (iv) make any Acquisition or otherwise acquire any business or substantially all the property from, or Equity Interests of, or be a party to any Acquisition of, any Person, except for the following (in each case, solely to the extent that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or could not reasonably be expected to result therefrom):
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(a) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation or liquidation of any (i) Subsidiary with or into any Obligor; provided that with respect to any such transaction involving (x) the Borrower, the Borrower must be the surviving or successor entity of such transaction or (y) any other Obligor, an Obligor must be the surviving or successor entity of such transaction or the surviving Person shall concurrently therewith become an Obligor or (ii) any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition by (i) any Subsidiary of any or all of its property (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any Obligor or to any entity that concurrently therewith shall become an Obligor or (ii) any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor of any or all of its property (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any other Subsidiary that is not an Obligor;
(c) the sale, transfer or other disposition of the Equity Interests of (i) any Subsidiary to any Obligor or, (ii) any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor to other Subsidiary that is not an Obligor;
(d) Asset Sales permitted under Section 9.09;
(e) Permitted Acquisitions;
(f) in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted under Section 9.05, any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, so long as (i) the Person surviving such merger with any Subsidiary shall be a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) in the case of any such merger to which the Borrower is a party, the Borrower is the surviving Person, and (iii) in the case of any such merger to which a Subsidiary Guarantor is a party, the surviving Person is such Subsidiary Guarantor or concurrently therewith becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(g) any Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time, provided, that, such dissolution, liquidation or winding up could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all of such Subsidiarys assets and business are transferred to an Obligor or solely in the case of a Subsidiary that is not an Obligor, another Subsidiary that is not an Obligor prior to or concurrently with such dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
9.04 Lines of Business. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any line of business other than the business engaged in on the date hereof by such Persons or a business reasonably related, incidental or complementary thereto or reasonable expansions or extensions thereof.
9.05 Investments. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make, directly or indirectly, or permit to remain outstanding any Investments except:
(a) Investments outstanding on the date hereof and identified in Schedule 9.05(a) and any renewals, amendments and replacements thereof that do not increase the amount thereof of any such Investment, or require that any additional Investment be made (unless otherwise permitted hereunder);
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(b) deposit accounts with banks (or similar deposit-taking institutions) and securities accounts maintained by the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries, that comply with Section 8.18;
(c) extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the sales of goods or services in the Ordinary Course in an Arms Length Transaction;
(d) Investments in cash and Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments (including Investments in assets that were Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments when such Investments were made), which in the case of the Obligors shall be maintained in Controlled Accounts (unless maintained in Excluded Accounts);
(e) Investments (i) by an Obligor in another Obligor and (ii) by an Obligor in any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor; provided that the total outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to this subclause (ii) shall not exceed $5,000,000;
(f) Investments (i) by a Subsidiary that is not an Obligor in any other Subsidiary that is not an Obligor and (ii) consisting of Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(g)(ii);
(g) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or could reasonably be expected to result therefrom, Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(h) Investments consisting of prepaid expenses, deposits under commercial contracts for the purchase of assets, negotiable instruments held for collection or deposit, security deposits with utilities, landlords and other like Persons and deposits in connection with workers compensation and similar deposits, in each case, made in the Ordinary Course, and other deposits and cash collateral constituting Permitted Liens;
(i) employee, officer and director loans, travel advances and guarantees in accordance with the Borrowers usual and customary practices with respect thereto (if permitted by applicable Laws) and non-cash loans to employees, officers, or directors relating to the purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements, which in the aggregate shall not exceed $2,500,000 outstanding;
(j) Investments received in connection with any Insolvency Proceedings in respect of any customers, suppliers or clients or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers, suppliers or clients;
(k) other Investments in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $5,000,000;
(l) Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Investment was not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof;
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(m) Investments permitted under Section 9.03;
(n) Permitted Acquisitions, earnest money deposits in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, and Investments acquired as a result of a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition;
(o) Investments consisting of the non-cash portion of the sales consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted under Section 9.09;
(p) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the Ordinary Course;
(q) to the extent constituting Investments, Guarantees of Indebtedness, which Guarantees are permitted under Section 9.01;
(r) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investment is made solely with Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower;
(s) Investments with respect to cash management made in accordance with the Investment Policy;
(t) Investments made in any MSC Subsidiary (i) existing as of Closing Date and listed on Schedule 9.05(a) and (ii) after the Closing Date so long as, immediately before and after giving effect to such Investments, the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalent Investments held in Controlled Accounts is greater than or equal to 105% of the amount required to prepay the outstanding Obligations in full at such time (it being acknowledged and agreed that the cash and Cash Equivalent Investments held by any MSC Subsidiary shall not count towards such test); and
(u) Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions entered into in connection with Permitted Convertible Debt; provided that the net purchase price for any such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction less the amount received by the Borrower in respect of any Permitted Warrant Transaction in connection with such Permitted Convertible Debt (without double counting) shall not exceed 15% of the net proceeds received by the Borrower in the related Permitted Convertible Debt issuance.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Obligors shall not, and shall not permit any of their Subsidiaries to (x) directly or indirectly transfer, by means of contribution, sale, assignment, lease or sublease, license or sublicense, or other disposition of any kind (including as an Investment, Restricted Payment or Asset Sale), any Material Intellectual Property or Material Agreement other than pursuant to Permitted Licenses or (y) permit any Person other than an Obligor to license or own any interest in any Material Intellectual Property or Material Agreement owned by such Obligor other than pursuant to Permitted Licenses, and (ii) no Material Intellectual Property or Material Agreement shall be contributed as an Investment or distributed as a Restricted Payment to any Subsidiary other than an Obligor (other than pursuant to Permitted Licenses).
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9.06 Restricted Payments. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment; provided that the following Restricted Payments shall be permitted so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or could reasonably be expected to occur or result from such Restricted Payment:
(a) dividends with respect to the Borrowers Equity Interests payable solely in shares of its Qualified Equity Interests (or the equivalent thereof);
(b) the Borrowers purchase, redemption, retirement, or other acquisition of shares of its Equity Interests with the proceeds received from a substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its Qualified Equity Interests;
(c) (i) each Subsidiary that is an Obligor may make Restricted Payments to any other Obligor, and (ii) each Subsidiary that is not an Obligor may make Restricted Payments to an Obligor and to another Subsidiary that is not an Obligor and pro rata Restricted Payments to minority stockholders of any such Subsidiary;
(d) any purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests of the Borrower held by officers, directors and employees or former officers, directors or employees (or their transferees, estates, or beneficiaries under their estates) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year (it being agreed that, to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 9.05(i), the amount of any Indebtedness of such Persons owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary forgiven in connection with such Restricted Payment shall be excluded from any determination pursuant to this clause (d));
(e) cashless repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercises of options and warrants or the settlement or vesting of other equity awards if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants, or similar equity incentive awards;
(f) cash payments made by the Borrower to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire its obligations under options, warrants and other convertible securities issued by it in the nature of customary cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with the terms thereof;
(g) the Borrower may acquire (or withhold) its Equity Interests pursuant to any employee stock option or similar plan to pay withholding or similar taxes for which the Borrower is liable in respect of a current or former officer, director, employee, member of management or consultant upon such grant or award (or upon vesting or exercise thereof) and the Borrower may make deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;
(h) any payment of interest, principal or fees in respect of any Indebtedness owed by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to any holder of any Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent permitted under Section 9.07; and
(i) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year.
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9.07 Payments of Indebtedness. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit, directly or indirectly, any of its Subsidiaries to, make any payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, a prepayment, repayment, repurchase or redemption) in respect of any Indebtedness (including under the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement) other than (i) payments of the Obligations, (ii) scheduled payments of other Indebtedness to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms, if any, of any applicable subordination or intercreditor agreement in respect of the Obligations, (iii) payments of intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01, (iv) payments of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Sections 9.01(b), (j), (k), (l), (o), (q), (r), (s)(i), (t) and (u), (v) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 9.01(p); provided that any such payments shall only be made or settled (x) to the extent such payments constitute interest payments, (y) in Qualified Equity Interests, cash in lieu of fractional shares and cash to pay any accrued interest on the date of any payment made in Qualified Equity Interests, or (z) so long no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result therefrom, solely from net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from one or more issuances of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or additional Permitted Convertible Debt, (vi) Permitted Refinancings permitted hereunder and (vii) payments under the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement.
9.08 Change in Fiscal Year. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change the last day of its fiscal year from that in effect on the date hereof without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, except to change the fiscal year of a Subsidiary acquired in connection with an Acquisition to conform its fiscal year to that of the Borrower.
9.09 Sales of Assets, Etc. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, lease or sublease (as lessor or sub-lessor), sale and leaseback, assign, convey, exclusively license (including in terms of geography or field of use), transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of its businesses, assets or property of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including accounts receivable and Equity Interests of Subsidiaries), or forgive, release or compromise any amount owed to such Obligor or Subsidiary, in each case, in one transaction or series of transactions (any thereof, an Asset Sale), except:
(a) sales, transfers and other dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the Ordinary Course;
(b) sales of inventory, including to end users (through wholesalers or other typical sales channels) or to distributors, in the Ordinary Course in an Arms Length Transaction;
(c) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or could not reasonably be expected to result therefrom, the forgiveness, release or compromise of any amount owed to any Obligor or Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course;
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(d) Permitted Licenses and the transfer of any non-U.S. Product Authorization in connection therewith;
(e) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or could not reasonably be expected to result therefrom, transfers of assets, rights or property (i) among Obligors or (ii) from any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor to an Obligor or another Subsidiary that is not an Obligor;
(f) dispositions (including by way of abandonment or cancellation) of any equipment and other tangible property that is obsolete or worn out or no longer used or useful in the business disposed of in the Ordinary Course in an Arms Length Transaction;
(g) the unwinding of any Hedging Agreement permitted by Section 9.05 pursuant to its terms;
(h) the unwinding or settlement of any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction;
(i) Asset Sales identified in Schedule 9.09;
(j) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result therefrom, other Asset Sales (other than with respect to Material Intellectual Property) with a fair market value not in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year;
(k) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or could not reasonably be expected to result therefrom, other Asset Sales (other than with respect to Material Intellectual Property) not in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate in which any Obligor or any Subsidiary will receive cash proceeds in an amount equal to no less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the total consideration (fixed or contingent) paid or payable to such Obligor or such Subsidiary, but only so long as, unless otherwise waived by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale are utilized to repay or prepay, in whole or in part, Indebtedness under and in accordance with Section 3.03(b);
(l) dispositions in the Ordinary Course consisting of the abandonment of Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property) which, in the reasonable good faith determination of Borrower, are not material to the conduct of the business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted or anticipated to be conducted;
(m) dispositions of cash and Permitted Cash Equivalents Investment in the Ordinary Course or otherwise in transactions permitted hereunder; and
(n) the transactions contemplated by the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement.
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9.10 Transactions with Affiliates. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction to sell, lease, license or otherwise transfer any assets to, or purchase, lease, license or otherwise acquire any assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, unless such arrangement or transaction (i) is an Arms Length Transaction, (ii) is of the kind which would be entered into by a prudent Person in the position of the Borrower with another Person that is not an Affiliate, (iii) is between or among (x) one or more Obligors, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, one or more Obligors, (y) one or more Subsidiaries of the Obligors that are not Obligors, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, one or more Subsidiaries of the Obligors that are not Obligors and (z) one or more Obligors or their Subsidiaries that are not Obligors, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, one or more Obligors or their Subsidiaries that are Obligors (provided that, with respect to clause (z) only, the terms thereof are no less favorable than those that would be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction with a non-affiliated Person), (iv) constitutes customary compensation (including performance, discretionary, retention, relocation, transaction and other special bonuses and payment, severance payments and payments pursuant to employment agreements), other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans, life insurance, disability insurance and other equity (or equity-linked) awards) and indemnification of, and other employment arrangements with, directors, officers, and employees of any Obligor or its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course, (v) constitutes payment of customary fees, reimbursement of expenses, and payment of indemnification to officers and directors and customary payment of insurance premiums on behalf of officers and directors by the Obligors or their Subsidiaries, in each case, in the Ordinary Course, or (vi) are the transactions set forth on Schedule 9.10.
9.11 Restrictive Agreements. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any Restrictive Agreement other than (i) restrictions and conditions imposed by applicable Laws or by the Loan Documents, (ii) Restrictive Agreements listed on Schedule 7.15, and, to the extent such Restrictive Agreement is set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof, so long as such restrictions are not (taken as a whole) materially less favorable to the Lenders (taken as a whole) than those in the original Indebtedness, (iii) limitations associated with Permitted Liens or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, (iv) any documentation governing Indebtedness referenced in Section 9.01(l) (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof), (v) customary provisions in leases, Permitted Licenses and other Contracts restricting the assignment thereof or restricting the assignment, pledge, transfer or sublease or sublicense of the property leased, licensed or otherwise the subject thereof; (vi) restrictions or conditions set forth in the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement; (vii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to purchase money Indebtedness and other secured Indebtedness or to leases and licenses permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or the property leased or licensed; (viii) customary provisions in contracts for the disposition of any assets; provided that the restrictions in any such contract shall apply only to the assets or Subsidiary that is to be disposed of and such disposition is permitted hereunder; (ix) customary provisions regarding confidentiality or restricting assignment, pledges or transfer of any Permitted License or any other agreement entered into in the Ordinary Course; (x) customary restrictions or encumbrances in any agreement evidencing Permitted Convertible Debt that restricts the merger or consolidation of, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of, the Borrower, or taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Obligors in any material respect than the comparable restrictions and encumbrances in the Loan Documents, taken as a whole (as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in good faith and as certified by a
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certificate from such Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent); and (xi) restrictions or encumbrances in any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as (x) such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (y) such restrictions or encumbrances do not extend beyond such Subsidiary or its assets.
9.12 Modifications and Terminations of Material Agreements and Organic Documents. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) waive, amend, terminate, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of any Organic Document in any manner materially adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or the interests of the Secured Parties in their capacities as such;
(b) waive, amend, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of any Material Agreement in any manner materially adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or the interests of the Secured Parties in their capacities as such;
(c) (x) take or omit to take any action that results in the termination of, or permits any other Person to terminate, any Material Agreement or (y) take or omit to take any action that permits any Material Agreement to be terminated by any counterparty thereto prior to its stated date of expiration, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) (x) take or omit to take any action that results in the termination of, or permits any other Person to terminate, any rights in or to any Material Intellectual Property or (y) take or omit to take any action that permits any rights in or to any Material Intellectual Property to be terminated by any counterparty thereto prior to its stated date of expiration, except as could not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; or
(e) waive, amend, terminate, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement, except as permitted pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement.
9.13 Inbound and Outbound Licenses.
(a) Set forth on Schedule 9.13(a) is a list of all Material Inbound Licenses entered into on or prior to the Closing Date that are currently in effect and as to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. After the Closing Date no Obligor shall nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any Material Inbound License unless (i) such license has been entered into by such Obligor or one of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in the Ordinary Course and is an Arms Length Transaction, and (ii) the Borrower has provided prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of the material terms of such Material Inbound License with a description of its anticipated and projected impact on the Borrowers or such Subsidiarys business or financial condition, as the case may be.
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(b) No Obligor will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or become or remain bound by any outbound license (including any collaboration or development agreement), covenant not to sue or other similar grant of rights under any Material Intellectual Property, except for Permitted Licenses and for such rights granted to the Buyer under the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement.
9.14 Sales and Leasebacks. Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.14, except as otherwise consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a Capital Lease Obligation, of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (i) which such Person has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person and (ii) which such Obligor or Subsidiary intends to use for substantially the same purposes as property which has been or is to be sold or transferred.
9.15 Hazardous Material(a) . Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use, generate, manufacture, install, treat, release, store or dispose of any Hazardous Material, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Environmental Liability.
9.16 Accounting Changes. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any significant change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP.
9.17 Compliance with ERISA. No Obligor or ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer to exist (i) any event that could result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (ii) any other ERISA Event that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer to exist any event that could result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Benefit Plan.
9.18 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Use of Proceeds.
(a) No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries or their respective agents shall (i) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Sanctioned Person in violation of Sanctions, including making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person; (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Sanctions; or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any applicable Sanctions, the Patriot Act or any other Anti-Terrorism Law.
(b) The Borrower will not, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption Law, or (ii) (A) for the purpose of funding any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person or any Designated Jurisdiction in violation of Sanctions or (B) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions applicable to any party to this Agreement.
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9.19 Activities of the Massachusetts Securities Subsidiary. No MSC Subsidiary shall incur any Indebtedness or Liens, make any Investments nor shall it engage in any business activities or own any property other than (a) activities permitted by, and Investments made in accordance with, Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 63, Section 38B, (b) activities and contractual rights incidental to the maintenance of its corporate existence, and (c) the performance of its obligations in its Organic Documents.
SECTION 10.
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
10.01 Minimum Liquidity. The Obligors shall at all times maintain the Minimum Liquidity Amount in cash and/or Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments in one or more Controlled Accounts that is free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens granted under the Loan Documents in favor of the Administrative Agent.
10.02 Minimum Net Sales. Beginning with the calendar quarter of the Borrower ending on September 30, 2024, and with respect to each subsequent calendar quarter thereafter, the Net Sales of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the twelve (12) consecutive month period ending on the last day of such calendar quarter shall not be less than the amount set forth set forth opposite such date in the table below for such quarter (the Minimum Net Sales Covenant).
Fiscal Quarter Ended |
Minimum Net Sales | |||
September 30, 2024 |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||
December 31, 2024 |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
March 31, 2025 |
$ | 27,500,000 | ||
June 30, 2025 |
$ | 35,000,000 | ||
September 30, 2025 |
$ | 45,000,000 | ||
December 31, 2025 |
$ | 55,000,000 | ||
March 31, 2026 |
$ | 65,000,000 | ||
June 30, 2026 |
$ | 75,000,000 | ||
September 30, 2026 |
$ | 90,000,000 | ||
December 31, 2026 |
$ | 100,000,000 | ||
March 31, 2027 |
$ | 110,000,000 | ||
June 30, 2027 |
$ | 120,000,000 | ||
September 30, 2027 |
$ | 130,000,000 | ||
December 31, 2027 |
$ | 140,000,000 | ||
March 31, 2028 |
$ | 150,000,000 | ||
June 30, 2028 |
$ | 175,000,000 | ||
September 30, 2028 |
$ | 175,000,000 | ||
December 31, 2028 |
$ | 175,000,000 | ||
March 31, 2029 |
$ | 175,000,000 | ||
June 30, 2029 |
$ | 175,000,000 |
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SECTION 11.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
11.01 Events of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Principal Payment Default. The Obligors shall fail to pay any principal of the Loan, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof, at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise.
(b) Other Payment Defaults. The Obligors shall fail to pay interest or any other Obligation (other than an amount referred to in Section 11.01(a)) when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days.
(c) Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof, shall (i) have been incorrect when made or deemed made to the extent that such representation or warranty contains any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier; or (ii) have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made to the extent that such representation or warranty does not otherwise contain any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier.
(d) Certain Covenants. Subject to Section 11.04, any Obligor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Sections 8.01, Section 8.02, Section 8.03 (solely as to the Borrower), Section 8.07, Section 8.08, Section 8.11, Section 8.12, Section 8.14, Section 8.16, Section 8.18, Section 8.20, Section 9 or Section 10.
(e) Other Covenants. Any Obligor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in Section 11.01(a), (b) or (d)) or any other Loan Document, and, in the case of any failure that is capable of cure, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) or more days.
(f) Payment Default on Other Indebtedness. Any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness or other Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $2,500,000, in any such case, when and as the same shall become due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period as originally provided by the terms of such Indebtedness.
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(g) Defaults on Other Indebtedness. (i) Any material breach of, or event of default or similar event under, the documentation governing any Material Indebtedness shall occur, (ii) any event or condition occurs (A) that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity, (iii) there occurs under any Hedging Agreement an early termination date (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) resulting from (x) any event of default under such Hedging Agreement as to which any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is the defaulting party (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) or (y) any termination event (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) under such Hedging Agreement as to which any Obligor or any Subsidiary is an affected party (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) and, in either event, the termination value (if determined in accordance with the Hedging Agreement) or the amount determined as the mark-to-market value (if the termination value has not been so determined) for such affected Hedging Agreement that is owed by any Obligor or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $5,000,000, or (iv) as a consequence of a breach or default by the Borrower of any material term in the Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement, the Borrower becomes subject to an event of default fee (or similar payment) not otherwise constituting a scheduled or a catch-up payment thereunder; provided that this Section 11.01(g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Material Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness is repaid when required under the documents related to such Material Indebtedness; provided further that this Section 11.01(g) shall not apply to any redemption, exchange, repurchase, conversion or settlement with respect to any Permitted Convertible Debt, or satisfaction of any condition giving rise to or permitting the foregoing, pursuant to their terms unless such redemption, repurchase, conversion or settlement results from a default thereunder or an event of the type that constitutes an Event of Default.
(h) Insolvency, Bankruptcy, Etc.
(i) Any Obligor or any of its Material Subsidiaries fails to be Solvent.
(ii) Any Obligor or any of its Material Subsidiaries commits an act of bankruptcy or makes an assignment of its property for the general benefit of its creditors or makes a proposal (or files a notice of its intention to do so).
(iii) Any Obligor or any of its Material Subsidiaries voluntarily institutes any proceeding seeking to adjudicate it as not Solvent, or seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, examinership, compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection, moratorium, relief, stay of proceedings of creditors generally (or any class of creditors), or composition of it or its debts or any other relief, under any Law, whether U.S. or non-U.S., now or hereafter in effect relating to bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, examinership, receivership, plans of arrangement or relief or protection of debtors or at common law or in equity, or files an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding.
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(iv) Any Obligor or any of its Material Subsidiaries applies for the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, sequestrator, conservator, custodian, administrator, examiner, trustee, liquidator, voluntary administrator, receiver and manager or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property.
(v) Any Obligor or any of its Material Subsidiaries takes any action, corporate or otherwise, to approve, effect, consent to or authorize any of the actions described in this Section 11.01(h), or otherwise acts in furtherance thereof or fails to act in a timely and appropriate manner in defense thereof.
(vi) Any involuntary petition is filed, involuntary application made or other proceeding instituted against or in respect of any Obligor or any of its Material Subsidiaries:
(A) seeking to adjudicate it as not Solvent;
(B) seeking a receiving order against it;
(C) seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection, moratorium, relief, examinership stay of proceedings of creditors generally (or any class of creditors), deed of company arrangement or composition of it or its debts or any other relief under any Law, whether U.S. or non-U.S., now or hereafter in effect relating to bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, plans of arrangement or relief or protection of debtors or at common law or in equity; or
(D) seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, examiner sequestrator, conservator, custodian, administrator, trustee, liquidator, voluntary administrator, receiver and manager or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property, and such petition, application or proceeding continues undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of forty-five (45) days after the institution thereof; provided that if an order, decree or judgment is granted or entered (whether or not entered or subject to appeal) against such Obligor or such Subsidiary thereunder in the interim, such grace period will cease to apply; provided, further, that if such Obligor or Material Subsidiary files an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, such grace period will cease to apply.
(vii) Any other event occurs which, under the Laws of any applicable jurisdiction, has an effect equivalent to any of the events referred to in this Section 11.01(h).
(i) Judgments. One or more final judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000 (to the extent not fully covered (other than to the extent of customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed or bonded pending appeal, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Obligor to enforce any such judgment.
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(j) ERISA. An ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000.
(k) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall have occurred.
(l) Material Adverse Change. A Material Adverse Change shall have occurred (it being acknowledged and agreed that the failure (in and of itself) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to obtain any Specified Regulatory Approvals shall not constitute a Material Adverse Change).
(m) Regulatory Matters, Etc. If any of the following occurs: (i) a Material Regulatory Event, (ii) the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority initiates enforcement action against, or issues a warning letter with respect to, any Obligor or FUROSCIX or, to the knowledge of the Obligors, any manufacturing facilities related to the foregoing that (x) causes any Obligor to discontinue or withdraw, marketing or sales of FUROSCIX, or causes a delay in the manufacture or sale of FUROSCIX, and (y) results in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) a recall of FUROSCIX that results in a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Warrants. The Borrower breaches any of its material obligations under any Warrant and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) or more Business Days.
(o) Impairment of Security, Etc. Subject in all respects to any applicable post-closing periods and certain other time periods and exceptions under the Loan Documents for any Obligor or Subsidiary to take perfection actions, if any of the following events occurs: (i) Any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall at any time (except as expressly permitted by the terms of any Loan Document) not constitute a valid and perfected Lien on the applicable Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties, free and clear of all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) other than solely as the result of any action(s) taken by the Administrative Agent or the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any action(s) within its control, or any combination thereof, which does not arise from a breach by any Obligor, (ii) except for expiration in accordance with its terms, any of the Security Documents or any Guarantee of any of the Obligations (including that contained in Section 13) shall for whatever reason cease to be in full force and effect, (iii) other than solely as the result of any action(s) taken by the Administrative Agent or the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any action(s) within its control, or any combination thereof, which does not arise from a breach by any Obligor, any rights or remedies of the Secured Parties (or their ability to exercise such rights or remedies) as secured creditors under and pursuant to the Security Documents are diminished, impeded or otherwise impaired in any material respect (including the exercise of rights of acceleration, foreclosure and related rights upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default) (iv) any Obligor shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or
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enforceability of any such Lien or any Loan Document, (v) any injunction, whether temporary or permanent, shall be rendered against any Obligor that prevents the Obligors from selling or manufacturing the Products or (vi) the Obligations cease to constitute First Lien Obligations of the Obligors under the Intercreditor Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to be legal, valid and binding in obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, in each case, other than as expressly permitted by the terms of any Loan Document.
11.02 Remedies.
(a) Defaults Other Than Bankruptcy Defaults. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in Section 11.01(h)), the Administrative Agent may, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the outstanding principal amount of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations, including any applicable Yield Protection Premium, shall become due and payable immediately (in the case of the Loans, at the Prepayment Price therefor), without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Obligor.
(b) Bankruptcy Defaults. In case of an Event of Default described in Section 11.01(h), the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal amount of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations, including any applicable Yield Protection Premium, shall automatically become due and payable immediately (in the case of the Loans, at the Prepayment Price therefor), without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Obligor. Unless expressly provided otherwise herein, upon the occurrence thereof Events of Default shall remain outstanding until waived or otherwise cured in writing by the Administrative Agent.
11.03 Additional Remedies. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, if any Obligor shall be in default under a Material Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to cause the default or defaults under such Material Agreement to be remedied (including by paying any unpaid amount thereunder) and otherwise exercise any and all rights of such Obligor, as the case may be, thereunder, as may be necessary to prevent or cure any default. Without limiting the foregoing, upon any such default, each Obligor shall promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Administrative Agent such instruments as may reasonably be required of such Obligor to permit the Administrative Agent to cure any default under the applicable Material Agreement or permit the Administrative Agent to take such other action required to enable the Administrative Agent to cure or remedy the matter in default and preserve the interests of the Administrative Agent. Any amounts paid by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 11.03 shall be payable in accordance with Section 14.03(a), shall accrue interest at the Default Rate if not paid when due, and shall constitute Obligations.
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11.04 Going Concern Covenant Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11.02, in the event that a Default occurs under Section 11.01(d) as a result of a breach of Section 8.01(c) as a result of the consolidated audited financial statements of the Borrower being subject to a going concern or like qualification or exception or emphasis of matter based solely on a breach or anticipated breach of a financial covenant set forth in Section 10.01 or 10.02 (a Going Concern Default), during the Cure Period applicable to such financial statements the Borrower shall have the right to cure such Going Concern Default by raising cash from the issuance or sale of Qualified Equity Interests in the Borrower in an amount equal to the applicable Going Concern Equity Raise Amount (the Cure Right) and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be permitted to exercise the right to accelerate the Loans or terminate the Commitments, and no Secured Party shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral or exercise any other right or remedy pursuant to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or applicable Law prior to the Cure Expiration Date solely on the basis of a Going Concern Default. All such cash raised in connection with the exercise of a Cure Right of a Going Concern Default resulting solely as a result of a breach or anticipated breach of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.01 shall be immediately deposited into a Controlled Account. Upon the Administrative Agents receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of such issuance or sale of Qualified Equity Interests in the Borrower (the proceeds of which are immediately deposited into a Controlled Account) prior to the Cure Expiration Date, the Obligors shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of Section 8.01(c) as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the Going Concern Default shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement. Any term or provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may not exercise a Cure Right more than two (2) times during the term of this Agreement nor in consecutive fiscal years. Upon the Administrative Agents receipt of a notice from the Borrower that it intends to exercise the Cure Right, until the Cure Expiration Date to which such notice relates, no Lender shall be required to extend any credit pursuant to its Commitment during such period.
11.05 Payment of Yield Protection Premium. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Yield Protection Premium shall automatically be due and payable at any time the Obligations become due and payable prior to the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms hereof as though such Indebtedness was voluntarily prepaid and shall constitute part of the Obligations, whether due to acceleration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (in which case it shall be due immediately, upon the giving of notice to Borrower in accordance with Section 11.02(a), or automatically, in accordance with Section 11.02(b)), by operation of law or otherwise (including on account of any bankruptcy filing), in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining the actual amount of damages to the Lenders or profits lost by the Lenders as a result of such acceleration, and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable estimation and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Lenders as a result thereof. Any Yield Protection Premium (or, if required, both the Yield Protection Premium) payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Lender as the result of the early termination, acceleration or prepayment and each Obligor agrees that such Yield Protection Premium is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. The Yield Protection Premium shall also be payable in the event the Obligations (and/or this Agreement) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial
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proceeding), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means or the Obligations are reinstated pursuant to Section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code. If the Yield Protection Premium becomes due and payable pursuant to this Agreement, such Yield Protection Premium shall be deemed to be principal of the Loans and Obligations under this Agreement and interest shall accrue on the full principal amount of the Loans (including the Yield Protection Premium) from and after the applicable triggering event. In the event the Yield Protection Premium is determined not to be due and payable by order of any court of competent jurisdiction, including by operation of the Bankruptcy Code, despite such a triggering event having occurred, such Yield Protection Premium, shall nonetheless constitute Obligations under this Agreement for all purposes hereunder. EACH OBLIGOR HEREBY WAIVES THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE YIELD PROTECTION PREMIUM AND ANY DEFENSE TO PAYMENT, WHETHER SUCH DEFENSE MAY BE BASED IN PUBLIC POLICY, AMBIGUITY, OR OTHERWISE. The Obligors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that any Yield Protection Premium due and payable in accordance with this Agreement shall not constitute unmatured interest, whether under Section 5.02(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Each Obligor further acknowledges and agrees, and waives any argument to the contrary, that payment of such amount does not constitute a penalty or an otherwise unenforceable or invalid obligation. Each Obligor expressly agrees that (i) the Yield Protection Premium are each reasonable and each is the product of an arms-length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel, (ii) the Yield Protection Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made, (iii) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Obligors giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Yield Protection Premium, (iv) the Obligors shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this Section 11.05, (v) their agreement to pay the Yield Protection Premium is a material inducement to the Lenders to make the Loans, and (vi) the Yield Protection Premium represents a good faith, reasonable estimate and calculation of the lost profits, losses or other damages of the Lenders and that it would be impractical and extremely difficult to ascertain the actual amount of damages to the Lenders or profits lost by the Lenders as a result of such event.
11.06 Application of Payments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, all payments received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:
(a) first, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid fees, indemnities, expenses or other amounts (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel payable under Section 14.03) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
(b) second, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid fees, indemnities, costs, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel payable under Section 14.03, any Yield Protection Premium) payable to the Lenders arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (b) payable to them;
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(c) third, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (c) payable to them;
(d) fourth, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (d) payable to them;
(e) fifth, in reduction of any other Obligation then due and owing, ratably among the Administrative Agent and the Lenders based upon the respective aggregate amount of all such Obligations owing to them in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and
(f) sixth, the balance, if any, after all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled to or directed by the Borrower to receive the remainder.
SECTION 12.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
12.01 Appointment and Duties. Subject in all cases to clause (c) below:
(a) Appointment of the Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP (together with any successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.09) as the Administrative Agent hereunder and authorizes the Administrative Agent to (i) execute and deliver the Loan Documents and accept delivery thereof on its behalf from any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent under such Loan Documents and (iii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except as expressly set forth herein, the provisions of this Section 12 (other than Sections 12.09, 12.10 and 12.13, and solely to the extent expressly set forth therein) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and no Obligor or any Affiliate thereof shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any such provisions.
(b) Duties as Collateral and Disbursing Agent. Without limiting the generality of Section 12.01(a), the Administrative Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents (including in any proceeding described in Section 11.01(h) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding) provided that (x) the Administrative Agent shall only be required to act in such agency capacity if it has notified the Borrower and the Lenders in writing that it has elected to do so, and (y) so long as the Administrative Agent has not delivered any such election notice it shall not be deemed to be acting as a disbursing and collecting agent for any other Lender or Secured Party and no Person shall be authorized to make any payment to the Administrative Agent for such purpose, (ii) file and prove claims and file
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other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 11.01(h) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of acquiring, holding, enforcing and perfecting all Liens created by the Loan Documents and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created by the Loan Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Loan Document, exercise all remedies given to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Loan Documents, applicable Laws or otherwise, (vii) [reserved], (viii) enter into non-disturbance agreements and similar agreements and (ix) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Loan Documents on behalf of any Lender that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver; provided that the Administrative Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all Liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by an Obligor with, and cash and cash equivalents held by, such Lender, and may further authorize and direct the Lenders to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Administrative Agent, and each Lender hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.
(c) Limited Duties. The Lenders and the Obligors hereby each acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent (i) has undertaken its role hereunder purely as an accommodation to the parties hereto and the Transactions and (ii) subject only to the notice provisions set forth in Section 12.09, may resign from such role at any time for any reason or no reason whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that under the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders (except to the limited extent provided in Section 12.11), with duties that are entirely administrative in nature and do not (and are not intended to) create any fiduciary obligations, notwithstanding the use of the defined term the Administrative Agent, the terms agent, administrative agent and collateral agent and similar terms in any Loan Document to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any duty or obligation under any Loan Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Loan Document (fiduciary or otherwise), in each case, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, and each Lender hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in this clause (c). Without in any way limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Obligor or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
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12.02 Binding Effect. Each Lender agrees that (i) any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, (ii) any action taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.
12.03 Use of Discretion.
(a) No Action without Instructions. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take, or to omit to take, any action, including with respect to enforcement or collection, except (subject to clause (b) below) any action it is required to take or omit to take (i) under any Loan Document or (ii) pursuant to written instructions from the Majority Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders).
(b) Right Not to Follow Certain Instructions. Notwithstanding Section 12.03(a) or any other term or provision of this Section 12, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take, or to omit to take, any action (i) unless, upon demand, the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders (or, to the extent applicable and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, any other Secured Party) against all liabilities that, by reason of such action or omission, may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any Related Party thereof or (ii) that is, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, contrary to any Loan Document, Law or the best interests of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or Related Parties, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding.
12.04 Delegation of Rights and Duties. The Administrative Agent may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any Loan Document by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any other Person (including any Secured Party). The Administrative Agent and any such Person may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. Any such Person and its Related Parties shall benefit from this Section 12 to the extent provided by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the exculpatory provisions of this Section 12 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with their activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
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12.05 Reliance and Liability.
(a) The Administrative Agent may, without incurring any liability hereunder, (i) consult with any of its Related Parties and, whether or not selected by it, any other advisors, accountants and other experts (including advisors to, and accountants and experts engaged by, any Obligor) and (ii) rely and act upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including and electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution), telephone message or conversation or oral conversation, in each case believed by it to be genuine and transmitted, signed or otherwise authenticated by the appropriate parties. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan.
(b) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Loan Document, and each Lender and the Borrower hereby waives and shall not assert (and the Borrower shall cause each other Obligor to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or cause of action based thereon, except to the extent of liabilities resulting primarily from the fraudulent conduct or behavior of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Party (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) in connection with the duties expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(i) shall not be responsible or otherwise incur liability for any action or omission taken in reliance upon the instructions of, or with the consent of, the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 14.04) or for the actions or omissions of any of its Related Parties selected with reasonable care (other than employees, officers and directors of the Administrative Agent, when acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent);
(ii) shall not be responsible to any Secured Party for the (a) validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (b) due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Loan Document;
(iii) makes no warranty or representation, and shall not be responsible, to any Secured Party for, and shall not have any duty to ascertain or inquire into, any statement, document, information, certificate, report, representation or warranty made or furnished by or on behalf of any Related Party, in or in connection with any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein, whether or not transmitted by the Administrative Agent, including as to completeness, accuracy, scope or adequacy thereof, or for the scope, nature or results of any due diligence performed by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement or elsewhere herein (other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent); and
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(iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any provision of any Loan Document or whether any condition set forth in any Loan Document is satisfied or waived, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as to the financial condition of any Obligor or as to the existence or continuation or possible occurrence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default and shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of such occurrence or continuation unless it has received a notice from the Borrower, any Lender describing such Default or Event of Default clearly labeled notice of default (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice of such receipt to all Lenders);
and, for each of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, each Lender and the Borrower hereby waives and agrees not to assert (and the Borrower shall cause each other Obligor to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or cause of action it might have against the Administrative Agent based thereon.
12.06 Administrative Agent Individually. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may make loans and other extensions of credit to, acquire stock and stock equivalents of, accept deposits from, act as the financial advisor for or in any other advisory capacity for, or engage in any kind of business with, any Obligor or Affiliate thereof as though it were not acting as the Administrative Agent and may receive separate fees and other payments therefor. To the extent the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates makes any Loan or otherwise becomes a Lender hereunder, it shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities as any other Lender and the terms Lender, Majority Lender, and any similar terms shall, except where otherwise expressly provided in any Loan Document, include the Administrative Agent or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its individual capacity as Lender or as one of the Majority Lenders, respectively.
12.07 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Related Parties or upon any document solely or in part because such document was transmitted by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties, conducted its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and has made and continues to make its own credit decisions in connection with entering into, and taking or not taking any action under, any Loan Document or with respect to any transaction contemplated in any Loan Document, in each case based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate.
12.08 Expenses; Indemnities.
(a) Each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Parties (to the extent not reimbursed by any Obligor) promptly upon demand for such Lenders Proportionate Share of any costs and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and Other Taxes paid in the name of, or on behalf of, any Obligor) that may be incurred by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties in
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connection with the preparation, syndication, execution, delivery, administration, modification, consent, waiver or enforcement (whether through negotiations, through any work-out, bankruptcy, restructuring or other legal or other proceeding or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, any Loan Document.
(b) Each Lender further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) and any Related Parties of the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) (to the extent not paid by any Obligor), from and against such Lenders aggregate Proportionate Share of the liabilities (including taxes, interests and penalties imposed for not properly withholding or backup withholding on payments made to on or for the account of any Lender) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Parties of the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in any matter relating to or arising out of, in connection with or as a result of any Loan Document or any other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any such document, or, in each case, any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Parties of the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) under or with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Parties of the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) to the extent such liability has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or, as the case may be, such Related Party of the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order.
12.09 Resignation of the Administrative Agent.
(a) At any time upon not less than fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent may resign as the the Administrative Agent hereunder (in the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrative Agent). If the Administrative Agent delivers any such notice, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be (i) a Lender holding at least thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans or any Affiliate thereof or (ii) any other financial institution consented to by the Borrower (provided that the consent of the Borrower shall not be required to the extent an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). If a successor Administrative Agent has not been appointed on or before the effectiveness of the resignation of the resigning Administrative Agent (or such earlier date as shall be agreed by the Majority Lenders) (the Resignation Effective Date), then the resigning Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint any Person reasonably chosen by it as the successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective on the Resignation Effective Date.
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(b) Effective from the Resignation Effective Date, (i) the resigning Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents to the extent set forth in the applicable resignation notice, (ii) the Majority Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent until a successor Administrative Agent shall have accepted a valid appointment hereunder, (iii) the resigning Administrative Agent and its Related Parties shall no longer have the benefit of any provision of any Loan Document other than with respect to (x) any actions taken or omitted to be taken while such resigning Administrative Agent was, or because the Administrative Agent had been, validly acting as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or (y) any continuing duties such resigning Administrative Agent will continue to perform, and (iv) subject to its rights under Section 12.04, the resigning Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Effective immediately upon its acceptance of a valid appointment as the Administrative Agent, a successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.
12.10 Release of Collateral or Guarantors. Each Lender hereby consents to the release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent to release, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees, (or, in the case of Section 12.10(b), release or subordinate) the following:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Obligor (i) if all of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary owned by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries are disposed of in an Asset Sale permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, such Subsidiary would not be required to guaranty any Obligations pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and (ii) upon (x) termination of the Commitments and (y) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans and all other Obligations that the Administrative Agent has been notified in writing are then due and payable (other than inchoate indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made); and
(b) any Lien held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (i) any Collateral that is disposed of by an Obligor in an Asset Sale permitted by the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), (ii) any property subject to a Lien described in Section 9.02(c) or (j), and (iii) all of the Collateral and all Obligors, upon (x) termination of the Commitments and (y) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans and all other Obligations that the Administrative Agent has been notified in writing are then due and payable (other than inchoate indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made).
Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release the guarantees and Liens when and as directed in this Section 12.10 and deliver to the Borrower, at the expense of the Borrower, any portion of such Collateral so released pursuant to this Section 12.10 that is in possession of the Administrative Agent. In addition, in connection with any Permitted Licenses, each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to, and at the request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall, negotiate and enter into a non-disturbance agreement and other similar agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, (i) the release of any Obligor from its guaranty of any Obligations under this Section 12.10 or otherwise hereunder shall only be permitted if any such permitted transaction or series of related transactions is not consummated for the primary purpose of effecting a release of such Obligor from its Obligations under the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms hereof, and (ii) the Administrative Agent may not effect a release of any Obligor that ceases to be an Obligor due solely to a disposition of Equity Interests in (or issuance of Equity Interests by) such Obligor, unless in the case of this clause (ii) the transaction related to such release is a disposition of Equity Interests for fair market value to an unaffiliated third party and for a bona fide primary business purpose.
12.11 Additional Secured Parties. The benefit of the provisions of the Loan Documents directly relating to the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder shall extend to and be available to any Secured Party that is not a Lender as long as, by accepting such benefits, such Secured Party agrees, as among the Administrative Agent and all other Secured Parties, that such Secured Party is bound by (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, shall confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent) this Section 12 and the decisions and actions of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) to the same extent a Lender is bound; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) such Secured Party shall be bound by Section 12.08 only to the extent of liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to or otherwise relating to the Collateral held for the benefit of such Secured Party, in which case the obligations of such Secured Party thereunder shall not be limited by any concept of Proportionate Share or similar concept, (ii) each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion, without regard to the interest of such Secured Party, regardless of whether any Obligation to such Secured Party thereafter remains outstanding, is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral, becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to such Secured Party or any such Obligation and (iii) such Secured Party shall not have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under any Loan Document.
12.12 Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding or any other judicial proceeding relating to any Obligor, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower or any other Obligor) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention or such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 14.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
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(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Administrative Agent under Section 14.03.
12.13 Acknowledgements of Lenders.
(a) If the Administrative Agent notifies a Lender, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender (any such Lender or other recipient, a Payment Recipient), that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an Erroneous Payment) and demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 12.13 and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Lender shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient, hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment (a Payment Notice), (y) that was not preceded or
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accompanied by a Payment Notice, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then, in each such case: (i) it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and (ii) such Payment Recipient shall promptly (and, in all events, within one (1) Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) or (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.13(b)(ii).
(c) Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender under any Loan Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under the preceding clause (a) above.
(d) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding clause (a) above, from any Lender that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf) (such unrecovered amount, an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency), upon the Administrative Agents notice to such Lender at any time, then effective immediately (with the consideration therefor being acknowledged by the parties hereto), (i) such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned its Loans (but not its Commitments) with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans) in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loans (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans, the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment) (on a cashless basis and such amount calculated at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by the Administrative Agent in such instance)), and is hereby (together with the Borrower) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and such Lender shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (but the failure of such Person to deliver any such notes shall not affect the effectiveness of the foregoing assignment), (ii) the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall be deemed to have acquired the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (iii) upon such deemed acquisition, the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall become a Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Lender shall cease to be a Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Lender, (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall each be deemed to have waived any consents required under this Agreement to any such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and (v) the Administrative
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Agent will reflect in the Register its ownership interest in the Loans subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. Subject to Section 14.05, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Loans acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such Loan (or portion thereof), and the Administrative Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Lender (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Lender and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In addition, each party hereto agrees that, except to the extent that the Administrative Agent has sold a Loan (or portion thereof) acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, the Administrative Agent shall be contractually subrogated to all the rights and interests of the applicable Lender under the Loan Documents with respect to each Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights) (provided, that the Obligors Obligations under the Loan Documents in respect of the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights shall not be duplicative of such Obligations in respect of Loans that have been assigned to the Administrative Agent under an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment).
(e) The parties hereto agree that an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Obligor; provided, that this Section 12.13 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrower relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, the last sentence of clause (d) above and this clause (e) shall not apply to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Obligor for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.
(f) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including waiver of any defense based on discharge for value or any similar doctrine.
(g) Each partys obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 12.13 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
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SECTION 13.
GUARANTY
13.01 The Guaranty. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby unconditionally jointly and severally guarantee to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their successors and assigns, the full and punctual payment in full or performance (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, including (i) principal of and interest on the Loans, (ii) all fees and other amounts and Obligations from time to time owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower and each other Obligor under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and (iii) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance and fulfillment by the Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors of all the agreements, conditions, covenants and obligations of the Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors contained in the Loan Documents (such obligations being herein collectively called the Guaranteed Obligations). The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby further jointly and severally agree that if the Borrower or any other Obligor shall fail to pay any amount in full when due or perform any such obligation (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), the Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly pay the same or perform such obligation at the place and in the manner specified herein or in the relevant Loan Document, as the case may be, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or performance or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full or performed when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
13.02 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 13.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection and are absolute and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by all applicable Laws, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 13.02 that the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, joint and several, under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be done or omitted;
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(c) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(d) any lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, the Secured Parties as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected or preserved;
(e) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any such amendment which may increase the amount of, or the interest rates applicable to, any of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby;
(f) any change in the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any Insolvency Proceeding or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any of their respective assets, or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(g) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which any Subsidiary Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in connection with any unrelated transactions; provided that, notwithstanding any other provisions in this Guaranty, nothing in this Guaranty shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(h) the unenforceability or invalidity of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or the lack of genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to the Collateral, if any, securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason, related to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable Law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations by the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(i) the disallowance, under any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law, of all or any portion of the claims of the Secured Parties or the Administrative Agent for repayment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(j) the failure of any other guarantor to sign or become party to this Agreement or any amendment, change, or reaffirmation hereof;
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(k) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver, subordination or modification, with or without consideration, of any Collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, any other guaranties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other obligation of any person or entity with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(l) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, such Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this Section 13.02, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantors obligations hereunder.
The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
13.03 Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full. Subject to any prior release herefrom of any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Administrative Agent in accordance with (and pursuant to authority granted to the Administrative Agent under) the terms of this Agreement, each Subsidiary Guarantors obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash (other than Warrant Obligations inchoate indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) and all other financing arrangements among the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Secured Parties under or in connection with this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall have terminated (herein, the Termination Conditions), and until the prior and complete satisfaction of the Termination Conditions all of the rights and remedies under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents shall survive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to release any Subsidiary of the Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Obligor if all of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary owned by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries are disposed of in an Asset Sale permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, such Subsidiary would not be required to guarantee any Obligations pursuant to Section 8.12(a).
13.04 Additional Waivers; General Waivers.
(a) Additional Waivers. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby absolutely, unconditionally, knowingly, and expressly waives:
(i) any right it may have to revoke this Guaranty as to future indebtedness or notice of acceptance hereof;
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(ii) (A) notice of acceptance hereof; (B) notice of any other financial accommodations made or maintained under the Loan Documents or the creation or existence of any Guaranteed Obligations; (C) notice of the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, subject, however, to each Subsidiary Guarantors right to make inquiry of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties to ascertain the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time; (D) notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower or of any other fact that might increase such Subsidiary Guarantors risk hereunder; (E) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instruments among the Loan Documents; (F) notice of any Event of Default; and (G) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty or under the other Loan Documents) and demands to which each Subsidiary Guarantor might otherwise be entitled;
(iii) its right, if any, to require the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties to institute suit against, or to exhaust any rights and remedies which the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties now have or may hereafter have against, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any third party, or against any Collateral provided by such other guarantors or any third party; and each Subsidiary Guarantor further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense (other than the defense that the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully and finally performed and paid) of any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations in respect thereof;
(iv) (A) any rights to assert against the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which such Subsidiary Guarantor may now or at any time hereafter have against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any third party liable to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties; (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 the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor; (C) any defense such Subsidiary Guarantor has to performance hereunder, and any right such Subsidiary Guarantor has to be exonerated, arising by reason of: (1) the impairment or suspension of the Administrative Agents and the Secured Parties rights or remedies against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; (2) the alteration by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of the Guaranteed Obligations; (3) any discharge of the obligations of any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties by operation of Law as a result of the Administrative Agents and the Secured Parties intervention or omission; or (4) the acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of anything in partial satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (D) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Subsidiary Guarantors liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof, and any act which shall defer or delay the operation of any statute of limitations applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations shall similarly operate to defer or delay the operation of such statute of limitations applicable to such Subsidiary Guarantors liability hereunder; and
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(v) any defense arising by reason of or deriving from (A) any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties; or (B) any election by the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties under any provision of any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law to limit the amount of, or any Collateral securing, its claim against the Subsidiary Guarantors.
(b) General Waivers. Each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any notice not provided for herein.
13.05 Reinstatement. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Section 13 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is at any time rescinded, annulled, avoided, set aside, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or must be otherwise restored or repaid by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization, equitable cause or otherwise, and the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify the Secured Parties on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including fees of counsel) incurred by such Persons in connection with such rescission, repayment or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law. The provisions of this Section 13.05 shall survive termination of this Guaranty.
13.06 Subrogation. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that, until the prior and complete satisfaction of all Termination Conditions, they (i) shall have no right of subrogation with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations and (ii) waive any right to enforce any remedy which the Secured Parties or the Administrative Agent now have or may hereafter have against the Borrower, any endorser or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, and each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or Collateral that may from time to time be given to the Secured Parties and the Administrative Agent to secure the payment or performance of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability of the Borrower to the Secured Parties. Should any Subsidiary Guarantor have the right, notwithstanding the foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights prior to complete satisfaction of the Termination Conditions, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably (A) subordinates any and all rights at Law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set-off that such Subsidiary Guarantor may have prior to the complete satisfaction of the Termination Conditions, and (B) waives any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until all Termination Conditions are satisfied in full. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Subsidiary Guarantors liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Guaranty, and that the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 13.06.
13.07 Remedies. The Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 11 (and shall
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be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 11) for purposes of Section 13.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition, including any such stay upon an Insolvency Proceeding, preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for purposes of Section 13.01.
13.08 Instrument for the Payment of Money. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Section 13 constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, at their sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Subsidiary Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to proceed by motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint pursuant to N.Y. Civ. Prac. L&R § 3213.
13.09 Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Section 13 is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
13.10 Contribution with Respect to Guaranteed Obligations.
(a) To the extent that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall make a payment under this Guaranty (a Guarantor Payment) which, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Subsidiary Guarantor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or attributable to such Subsidiary Guarantor if each Subsidiary Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guaranteed Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion as such Subsidiary Guarantors Allocable Amount (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following the prior and complete satisfaction of the Termination Conditions, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Subsidiary Guarantor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.
(b) As of any date of determination, the Allocable Amount of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law or other applicable Law.
(c) This Section 13.10 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and nothing set forth in this Section 13.10 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor or Subsidiary Guarantors to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.
(e) The rights of the indemnifying Subsidiary Guarantors against other Subsidiary Guarantors under this Section 13.10 shall be exercisable only upon the prior and complete satisfaction of the Termination Conditions.
13.11 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any provincial, territorial or state corporate Law, or any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 13.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 13.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
SECTION 14.
MISCELLANEOUS
14.01 No Waiver. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Law.
14.02 Notices. All notices, requests, instructions, directions and other communications provided for herein (including any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this Agreement) or in the other Loan Documents shall be given or made in writing (including by telecopy or email) delivered, if to the Borrower, another Obligor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, to its address specified on the signature pages hereto or its Guarantee Assumption Agreement, as the case may be, or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or therein, all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt of a legible copy thereof, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid. All such communications provided for herein by telecopy shall be confirmed in writing promptly after the delivery of such communication (it being understood that non-receipt of written confirmation of such communication shall not invalidate such communication).
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14.03 Expenses, Indemnification, Etc.
(a) Expenses. Each Obligor, jointly and severally, agrees to pay or reimburse on demand (i) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates for all of their reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented out of pocket fees, expenses, charges and disbursements of Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the reasonable and documented fees (if necessary) of one local counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (taken as a whole) in each relevant material jurisdiction, and one regulatory counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (taken as a whole), and reasonable and documented printing, reproduction, document delivery, communication and travel costs) in connection with (x) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of the Loans, including post-closing costs, and (y) the negotiation or preparation of any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (whether or not consummated); provided, that, in the case of such expenses on the Closing Date, the amount of such expenses obligated to be paid by the Obligors shall be net of any amounts previously paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a deposit against such fees, costs and expenses and (ii) each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all of their reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of reasonably necessary legal counsel) in connection with the enforcement, exercise or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including their rights under this Section 14.03, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans and in connection with any enforcement or collection proceedings resulting from the occurrence of an Event of Default.
(b) Indemnification. Each Obligor, jointly and severally, hereby indemnifies the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, advisors and controlling parties (each, an Indemnified Party) from and against, and agrees to hold them harmless against, any and all Claims and Losses of any kind including reasonable and documented out of pocket fees and disbursements of any counsel for each Indemnified Party (limited to one legal counsel in each relevant jurisdiction), that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or relating to (i) this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the Transactions, (ii) any use made or proposed to be made with the proceeds of the Loans, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort, or any other theory, whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Obligor, any of its Subsidiaries, shareholders or creditors, an Indemnified Party or any other Person, or an Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto, and whether or not any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 are satisfied or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, except to the extent such Claim or Loss is (i) found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Partys gross negligence or willful misconduct or (ii) is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from a claim brought by any Obligor against an Indemnified Party for material breach in bad faith or reckless disregard of such Indemnified Partys obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document. No Obligor shall assert any claim against any
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Indemnified Party, on any theory of liability, for consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Transactions or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Loans. The Borrower, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, advisors and controlling parties are each sometimes referred to in this Agreement as a Borrower Party. None of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall assert any claim against any Borrower Party, on any theory of liability, for consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Transactions or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 14.03(b), the Obligors shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without the Obligors consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but if settled with the Obligors written consent, or if there is a judgment against an Indemnified Party in any such proceeding, the Obligors shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party to the extent and in the manner set forth above. The Obligors shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding against such Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party unless (a) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of, or arise out of, such proceeding and (b) such settlement does not include any statement as to, or any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party. This Section shall not apply with respect to (x) Taxes other than Taxes arising from any non-Tax Claim or Loss governed by this Section 14.03(a) and (y) yield protection matters covered by Section 5.01, which shall be governed exclusively by Section 5.01.
14.04 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any provision of this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be modified or supplemented only by an instrument in writing signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders; provided that:
(a) any such modification or supplement that is disproportionately adverse to any Lender as compared to other Lenders or subjects any Lender to any additional obligation shall not be effective without the consent of such affected Lender;
(b) the consent of all of the Lenders directly affected thereby shall be required to:
(i) amend, modify, discharge, terminate or waive any of the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document if such amendment, modification, discharge, termination or waiver would increase the amount of the Loans or Commitment, reduce the fees payable hereunder, reduce interest rates (provided that the Majority Lenders may rescind an imposition of default interest hereunder) or other amounts payable with respect to the Loans (excluding mandatory prepayments), extend any date fixed for payment of principal (excluding mandatory prepayments) (it being understood that the waiver of any prepayment of Loans shall not constitute an extension of any date fixed for payment of principal), interest or other amounts payable relating to the Loans or extend the repayment dates of the Loans (excluding mandatory prepayments); provided that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 6.02 or of any Default or Event of Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments shall not be considered an increase in Commitments of any Lender;
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(ii) amend, modify, discharge, terminate or waive any Security Document if the effect is to release all or substantially all of the Collateral subject thereto other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof; or
(iii) amend this Section 14.04 or the definition of Majority Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to (1) cure any factual or typographical error, omission, defect or inconsistency therein, or (2) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Lenders, extend an additional Lien over additional property for the benefit of the Lenders or join additional Persons as Obligors and (B) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
14.05 Successors and Assigns.
(a) General. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto or thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby or thereby, except that no Obligor may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (except in connection with an event permitted under Section 9.03) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.05(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.05(e), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 14.05(f). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 14.05(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnified Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lender. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Transferees (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or with the prior written consent of the Borrower in its sole and absolute discretion, to any Person) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it) and the other Loan Documents; provided that no such assignment shall be made to any Obligor, any Affiliate of any Obligor, any employees or directors of any Obligor at any
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time and no such assignment shall be made without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to an Eligible Transferee described in clause (vi) of the definition thereof; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received written notice thereof. Subject to the recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 14.05(d), and to receipt by the Administrative Agent of a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500 (provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment) from and after the date such Assignment and Assumption is recorded in the Register, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of the Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and correspondingly the assigning Lender shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) and the other Loan Documents but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 5 and Section 14.03. Any assignment or transfer by the Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 14.05(b) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 14.05(e). If an assignee is not a Lender, the assignee shall provide the Administrative Agent with all know your customer documents requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to anti-money laundering rules and regulations.
(c) Amendments to Loan Documents. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Obligors agrees to enter into such amendments to the Loan Documents, and such additional Security Documents and other instruments and agreements, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Obligors, as shall reasonably be necessary to implement and give effect to any assignment made under this Section 14.05.
(d) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any assignment of any Loan shall be effective only upon appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the Register.
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(e) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or any Obligor or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of the Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection therewith. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which any Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (i) increase or extend the term of such Lenders Commitment (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 6.02 or of any Default or Event of Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments shall not be considered an increase of any Commitment), (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal (excluding mandatory prepayments) of or interest on the Loans or any portion of any fee hereunder payable to the Participant, (iii) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal, or (iv) reduce the rate at which interest is payable thereon to a level below the rate at which the Participant is entitled to receive such interest (other than a waiver of default interest). Subject to Section 14.05(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.01 or 5.03 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 5.03(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 5.03(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 14.05(b); provided that such Participant (i) shall not be entitled to such benefits unless such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with the documentation requirements of Section 5.03(e)(ii) as if it were a Lender and complies with such requirements, (ii) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 5.04 as if it were an assignee under Section 14.05(b) and (iii) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 5.01 or 5.03, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.03(a) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under
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Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(f) Limitations on Rights of Participants. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 5.01 or 5.03 than such Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent.
(g) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under the Loan Documents to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable Proportionate Share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full Proportionate Share of all Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
14.06 Survival. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 14.03, 14.05, 14.06, 14.09, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13 and 14.14 and the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 13 (solely to the extent Guaranteeing any of the obligations under the foregoing Sections) shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments and, in the case of the Lenders assignment of any interest in the Commitments or the Loans hereunder, shall survive, in the case of any event or circumstance that occurred prior to the effective date of such assignment, the making of such assignment, notwithstanding that the Lenders may cease to be Lenders hereunder. In addition, each representation and warranty made, or deemed to be made by a Borrowing Notice, herein or pursuant hereto shall survive the making of such representation and warranty.
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14.07 Captions. The table of contents and captions and section headings appearing herein are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
14.08 Counterparts, Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including electronic imaging means), all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by electronic transmission (e.g., pdf or tif format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The words execution, execute, signed, signature, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
14.09 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction; provided that Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law shall apply.
14.10 Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue.
(a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or tort or otherwise, against such other party in any way relating to this Agreement or any Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
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(b) Alternative Process. Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to serve any process or summons in any manner permitted by any applicable Law.
(c) Waiver of Venue, Etc. Each party hereto irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and hereby further irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. A final judgment (in respect of which time for all appeals has elapsed) in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which such party is or may be subject, by suit upon judgment.
14.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
14.12 Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that any Obligor may be or become entitled to claim for itself or its property or revenues any immunity on the ground of sovereignty or the like from suit, court jurisdiction, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or execution of a judgment, and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed such an immunity (whether or not claimed), such Obligor hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
14.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including any confidentiality (or similar) agreements. EACH OBLIGOR ACKNOWLEDGES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IN DECIDING TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR IN TAKING OR NOT TAKING ANY ACTION HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER, IT HAS NOT RELIED, AND WILL NOT RELY, ON ANY STATEMENT, REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OF OR WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE LENDERS OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
14.14 Severability. If any provision hereof is found by a court to be invalid or unenforceable, to the fullest extent permitted by any Law the parties agree that such invalidity or unenforceability shall not impair the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by the Bankruptcy Code, or any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for
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the benefit of creditors, examinership, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
14.15 No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no fiduciary relationship with, or fiduciary duty to, the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Lenders and the Borrower is solely that of creditor and debtor. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not create a joint venture among the parties.
14.16 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent and each Lender agree to keep confidential, and not disclose to any Person all non-public information provided to them by or on behalf of any Obligor pursuant to this Agreement; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (i) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, any Eligible Transferee or other assignee permitted under Section 14.05(b), (ii) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective direct or indirect counterparty to any Hedging Agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (iii) to its employees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants, trustees and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates (collectively, its Related Parties) (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential), (iv) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority or any Regulatory Authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (v) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Law, (vi) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (vii) that has been publicly disclosed (other than as a result of a disclosure in violation of this Section 14.16), (viii) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lenders investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, (ix) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (x) on a confidential basis to (A) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Loans or (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers of other market identifiers with respect to the Loans or (xi) to any other party hereto; provided that, in the case of disclosure pursuant to clause (iv), (v) and (vi) above, the Administrative Agent or applicable Lender, as applicable, shall promptly provide notice to the Borrower to the extent reasonable and not prohibited by Law or any applicable Governmental Authority.
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14.17 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively, charges), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the Maximum Rate) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Administrative Agent and the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate. To the extent lawful, the interest and charges that would have been paid in respect of such Loan but were not paid as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the amount collectible at the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. Any amount collected by such Lender that exceeds the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of such Loan so that at no time shall the interest and charges paid or payable in respect of such Loan exceed the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate.
14.18 Judgment Currency.
(a) If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Administrative Agent could purchase Dollars with such other currency at the buying spot rate of exchange in the New York foreign exchange market on the Business Day immediately preceding that on which any such judgment, or any relevant part thereof, is given.
(b) The obligations of the Obligors in respect of any sum due to the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than Dollars, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency the Administrative Agent may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase Dollars with such other currency. If the amount of Dollars so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent against such loss. If the amount of Dollars so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, the Administrative Agent shall remit such excess to the Borrower.
14.19 USA PATRIOT Act. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby notify the Obligors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act), they are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Obligors, which information includes the name and address of each Obligor and other information that will allow such Person to identify such Obligor in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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14.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
14.21 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Person that becomes party hereto after the date hereof as a Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or Guarantors, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) of one or more Employee Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Notes or this Agreement;
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Notes and this Agreement;
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(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a Qualified Professional Asset Manager (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Notes and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Notes and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84- 14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Notes and this Agreement; or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender making the representation in clause (a) or (2) a Lender making the representation in clause (a) has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that none of the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Notes and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any other Loan Documents or any documents related hereto or thereto).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER: | ||
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ John Tucker | |
Name: John Tucker | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Address for Notices:
scPharmaceuticals Inc. 25 Mall Road, Suite 203 Burlington, MA 01803 Attn: Rachael Nokes Tel.: [***] Email: [***]
With copies to:
Attn: John Tucker Email: [***]
and
Latham & Watkins LLP 505 Montgomery St. #2000 San Francisco, CA 94111 Attn: Haim Zaltzman Tel.: [***] |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDER: | ||
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV, LP | ||
By: |
Perceptive Credit Opportunities GP, LLC | |
Its: |
General Partner | |
By: |
/s/ Sandeep Dixit | |
Name: Sandeep Dixit | ||
Title: Chief Credit Officer | ||
By: |
/s/ Sam Chawla | |
Name: Sam Chawla | ||
Title: Portfolio Manager | ||
Address for Notices:
Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP c/o Perceptive Advisors LLC 51 Astor place, 10th floor New York, NY 10003 Attn: Sandeep Dixit Email: [***]; [***]
With copies to:
Morrison & Foerster LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Attn: Mark S. Wojciechowski Email: [***] Tel.: [***] |
Loans Schedule
Tranche A Term Loans
Lenders and their respective Applicable Commitments:
Lender |
Applicable Commitment | |||
Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP |
$ | 50,000,000.00 | ||
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Tranche A Commitment |
$ | 50,000,000.00 | ||
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Tranche B Term Loans
Lenders and their respective Applicable Commitments:
Lender |
Applicable Commitment | |||
Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP |
$ | 25,000,000.00 | ||
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Tranche B Commitment |
$ | 25,000,000.00 | ||
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The following defined terms apply to the Tranche B Term Loans:
SNDA FDA Approval means the written approval from the FDA of a supplemental NDA permitting the expansion of the Indications and Usage section of the FUROSCIX label to include treatment of edema due to fluid overload in certain adult patients with chronic kidney disease, including nephrotic syndrome, with any modifiers or limitations as determined by the FDA reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Indications and Usage means the section of the FDA-approved labeling for a drug product that states such drug is indicated for the treatment, prevention, mitigation, cure, or diagnosis of a recognized disease or condition, or of a manifestation of a recognized disease or condition, or for the relief of symptoms associated with a recognized disease or condition, as set forth in 21 C.F.R. Section 201.57(c)(2).
Tranche B Availability Period means the period starting on the first Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Tranche B Condition Certificate and ending on March 31, 2026.
Tranche B Condition Certificate means a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that conditions set forth in the definition of Tranche B Funding Condition have been met and attaching evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Tranche B Funding Condition means that (a) the SNDA FDA Approval shall have been received by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (b) Net Sales for the most recently ended trailing twelve (12) consecutive month period exceeded $75,000,000, and the Administrative Agent shall have received the Tranche B Condition Certificate.
Exhibit 10.2
Revenue Participation Right
Purchase and Sale Agreement
By and Between
s
and
Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP
Dated as of August 9, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||||
Section 1.1 |
Definitions |
1 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Accounting Terms and Principles |
27 | ||||
Section 1.3 |
Certain Interpretations |
28 | ||||
Section 1.4 |
29 | |||||
Section 1.5 |
Headings |
29 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE, SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE REVENUE PARTICIPATION RIGHT | 29 | |||||
Section 2.1 |
Purchase, Sale and Assignment |
29 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
No Assumed Obligations, Etc. |
29 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
True Sale |
29 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 CLOSING; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE | 30 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Closing |
30 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Payment of Upfront Purchase Price |
31 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date |
31 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Bill of Sale |
33 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER | 35 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Power and Authority |
35 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Authorization |
36 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Enforceability |
36 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Governmental and Other Approvals; No Conflicts |
36 | ||||
Section 4.5 |
No Litigation |
36 | ||||
Section 4.6 |
Compliance |
37 | ||||
Section 4.7 |
Licenses, Intercompany Agreement and Material Contracts |
39 | ||||
Section 4.8 |
Manufacturing Matters |
40 | ||||
Section 4.9 |
Intellectual Property |
40 | ||||
Section 4.10 |
Title to Revenue Participation Right; No Liens |
43 | ||||
Section 4.11 |
Indebtedness |
43 | ||||
Section 4.12 |
Lien Related Representation and Warranties |
43 | ||||
Section 4.13 |
Brokers Fees | 43 | ||||
Section 4.14 |
OFAC; Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption |
43 |
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ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER | 44 | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Power and Authority |
44 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Authorization |
44 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Enforceability |
44 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Approvals; No Conflicts |
44 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
No Litigation |
45 | ||||
Section 5.6 |
Financing |
45 | ||||
Section 5.7 |
Brokers Fees |
45 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 45 | |||||
ARTICLE 7 COVENANTS | 45 | |||||
Section 7.1 |
Seller Diligence Requirements |
45 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Reporting |
46 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Revenue Payments; Put Option; Call Option; Buy-Out Price |
46 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Inspections and Audits of the Seller; Quarterly Meetings |
47 | ||||
Section 7.5 |
Intellectual Property Matters |
48 | ||||
Section 7.6 |
In-Licenses and Intercompany Agreements |
49 | ||||
Section 7.7 |
Out-Licenses, Contract Manufacturing Agreements and Material Contracts |
50 | ||||
Section 7.8 |
Disclosures |
51 | ||||
Section 7.9 |
[Reserved] |
51 | ||||
Section 7.10 |
Efforts to Consummate Transactions |
51 | ||||
Section 7.11 |
Further Assurances |
51 | ||||
Section 7.12 |
Late Payments |
51 | ||||
Section 7.13 |
Negative Pledge; Preservation of Assets; Lien Cooperation |
51 | ||||
Section 7.14 |
Limitations on Indebtedness |
52 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 INDEMNIFICATION | 52 | |||||
Section 8.1 |
General Indemnity |
52 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Notice of Claims |
53 | ||||
Section 8.3 |
Limitations on Liability |
53 | ||||
Section 8.4 |
Third Party Claims |
53 | ||||
Section 8.5 |
Exclusive Remedy |
54 | ||||
Section 8.6 |
Tax Treatment for Indemnification Payments | 54 |
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ARTICLE 9 CONFIDENTIALITY | 54 | |||||
Section 9.1 |
Confidentiality |
54 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Authorized Disclosure |
55 | ||||
ARTICLE 10 TERMINATION | 56 | |||||
Section 10.1 |
Term and Expiration; Surviving Payments |
56 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
Mutual Termination |
56 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Lien Release |
56 | ||||
Section 10.4 |
Survival |
57 | ||||
ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS | 57 | |||||
Section 11.1 |
Notices |
57 | ||||
Section 11.2 |
Expenses |
58 | ||||
Section 11.3 |
Assignment; Transfer Restrictions |
59 | ||||
Section 11.4 |
Amendment and Waiver |
59 | ||||
Section 11.5 |
Entire Agreement |
59 | ||||
Section 11.6 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries |
59 | ||||
Section 11.7 |
Governing Law |
60 | ||||
Section 11.8 |
Jurisdiction; Venue |
60 | ||||
Section 11.9 |
Severability |
61 | ||||
Section 11.10 |
Specific Performance |
61 | ||||
Section 11.11 |
Counterparts |
61 | ||||
Section 11.12 |
Relationship of the Parties; Cooperation | 61 |
Index of Exhibits
Exhibit A: | PaymentInstructions | |
Exhibit B: | Form of Bill of Sale | |
Exhibit C: | Permitted Intercompany Agreements | |
Exhibit D: | Products | |
Exhibit E: | Form of Secretarys Certificate |
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REVENUE PARTICIPATION RIGHT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
This REVENUE PARTICIPATION RIGHT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of August 9, 2024 (the Effective Date), is made and entered into by and between Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Buyer) and scPharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Seller).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Seller is in the business of, among other things, conducting Product Commercialization and Development Activities; and
WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to purchase the Revenue Participation Right and receive the Revenue Payments from the Seller, and the Seller desires to sell the Revenue Participation Right and make the Revenue Payments to the Buyer, in each case on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, shall have the following meanings:
Administrative Agent is defined in the definition of Credit Agreement.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided that, with respect to the Buyer, an Affiliate shall include any Related Fund of the Buyer.
Agreement is defined in the preamble.
Anti-Terrorism Laws means any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, (i) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957), (ii) the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (e.g., 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 5330), as amended by the Patriot Act, (iii) the laws, regulations and Executive Orders administered by the United States Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), (iv) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 and implementing regulations by the United States Department of the Treasury, (v) any law prohibiting or directed against terrorist activities or the financing of terrorist activities (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A and 2339B), or (vi) any similar laws enacted in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, or any other jurisdictions in which the parties to this agreement operate, and all other present and future legal requirements of any Governmental Authority governing, addressing, relating to, or attempting to eliminate, terrorist acts and acts of war.
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Applicable Tiered Percentage means, for each Calendar Quarter during a Calendar Year, a percentage based on the level of Net Sales in such Calendar Year, as set forth below:
Payment Tiers based on Annual Net Sales |
Applicable Tiered Percentages |
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Portion of Net Sales in the Calendar Year less than or equal to $150,000,000 |
8.00 | % | ||
Portion of Net Sales in the Calendar Year exceeding $150,000,000 and less than or equal to $300,000,000 |
3.00 | % | ||
Portion of Net Sales in the Calendar Year in excess of $300,000,000 |
1.00 | % |
provided that (i) if the Buyer has not received Revenue Payments totaling, in the aggregate, 50% of the Purchase Price (the First Adjustment Threshold) on or before June 30, 2028, then each of the percentages set forth above shall be increased by 4.00% and, in addition, (ii) if the Buyer has not received Revenue Payments totaling, in the aggregate, 100% of the Purchase Price (the Second Adjustment Threshold) on or before June 30, 2030, then each of the then-applicable percentages set forth above (after giving effect to clause (i) hereof, if applicable) shall be increased (or further increased, as the case may be) by 4.00%.
Arms Length Transaction means, with respect to any transaction, the terms of such transaction shall not be less favorable to the Seller or any of its Affiliates than commercially reasonable terms that would be obtained in a transaction with a Person that is an unrelated third party and not an Affiliate.
Audit Arbitrator is defined in Section 7.4(d).
Back-Up Security Interest is defined in Section 2.3.
Bankruptcy Laws means, collectively, bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
Bill of Sale is defined in Section 3.3.
Board means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors or equivalent management or oversight body of such Person or any committee thereof authorized to act on behalf of such board (or equivalent body).
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Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are not authorized or required to close and are open for general business in New York City.
Buy-Out Price means an amount equal to (i) the product of (x) the Purchase Price and (y) the applicable percentage set forth below based on the date the Put/Call Exercise Date occurs, less (ii) the amount of Revenue Payments paid to the Buyer as of the time of payment of the Buy-Out Price:
Put/Call Exercise Date |
Applicable Percentage |
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The Put/Call Exercise Date occurs on or prior to September 30, 2026 |
140 | % | ||
The Put/Call Exercise Date occurs after September 30, 2026 and on or prior to September 30, 2027 |
160 | % | ||
The Put/Call Exercise Date occurs after September 30, 2027 and on or prior to September 30, 2029 |
180 | % | ||
The Put/Call Exercise Date occurs after September 30, 2029 |
200 | % |
For avoidance of doubt, if the Put/Call Exercise Date is after June 30, 2026, the specified percentages based on the Purchase Price will be in accordance with the Hard Cap Percentage (defined below).
Buyer is defined in the preamble.
Buyer Indemnified Parties is defined in Section 8.1(a).
Calendar Quarter means a period of three (3) consecutive months ending at midnight, New York City time on the last day of March, June, September, or December, respectively.
Calendar Year means a period of twelve (12) consecutive months commencing on January 1 of any year.
Call Option is defined in Section 7.3(d).
Call Option Closing Date is defined in Section 7.3(d).
Capital Lease Obligations means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any property by such Person as lessee, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease or finance lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Change of Control means an event or series of events:
(a) as a result of which any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Act, but excluding any of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any employee pension benefit plan under applicable Laws of the United States) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an option right)), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Equity Interests of the Seller entitled to vote for members of the Board of the Seller on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);
(b) as a result of which, during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Board of the Seller cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of such Board on the first day of such period, (ii) who were elected, appointed or nominated to such Board, or whose election, appointment or nomination to such Board was approved, by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election, appointment, nomination or approval at least a majority of such Board or equivalent governing body or (iii) who were elected, appointed or nominated to such Board, or whose election, appointment or nomination to such Board was approved, by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election, appointment, nomination or approval at least a majority of such Board;
(c) that results in the sale of all or substantially all of the assets or businesses of the Seller and its Affiliates, taken as a whole; or
(d) except to the extent permitted by this Agreement, that results in the Sellers failure to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, one-hundred percent (100%) of all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of its Subsidiaries which hold any Royalty Collateral.
Claims means (and includes) any claim, demand, complaint, investigation, grievance, action, application, suit, cause of action, order, charge, indictment, prosecution, judgement or other similar process, whether in respect of assessments or reassessments, debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, damages or losses, contingent or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, disputed or undisputed, contractual, legal or equitable, including loss of value, professional fees, including fees and disbursements of legal counsel, and all costs incurred in investigating or pursuing any of the foregoing or any proceeding relating to any of the foregoing.
Collaboration Partner means any of the Sellers or its Affiliates licensees or licensors or any other third party with which the Seller or any of its Affiliates has entered into a Contract that relates to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller or any of its Affiliates.
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Commercial Updates means a summary of material updates with respect to the Related Parties for the conduct of Product Commercialization and Development Activities.
Commercialize shall mean to engage in Product Commercialization and Development Activities.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts means, with respect to the efforts to be expended by the Seller and its Affiliates with respect to any objective, such reasonable and diligent efforts to accomplish such objective as a biopharmaceutical enterprise of a comparable size and product portfolio would normally use to accomplish a similar objective under similar circumstances, measured by the facts and circumstances existing at the time such efforts are due. It is understood and agreed that the Product Commercialization and Development Activities by the Seller and its Affiliates, such efforts shall be substantially equivalent to those efforts and resources commonly used by a recently commercial stage biopharmaceutical enterprise for pharmaceutical products owned by it, which product is at a similar stage in its product life and is of similar market potential taking into account efficacy, safety, approved labeling, the competitiveness of alternative products in the marketplace, the patent and other proprietary position of the product and the profitability of the product (excluding the amounts payable to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement).
Confidential Information is defined in Section 9.1.
Contract Manufacturing Agreement means any agreement or arrangement between the Seller or any of its Affiliates and any Third Party for the manufacture of a product, including bulk drug product, bulk drug substance and finished product.
Contracts means any contract, license, lease, agreement, obligation, promise, undertaking, understanding, arrangement, document, commitment, entitlement or engagement under which a Person has, or will have, any liability or contingent liability (in each case, whether written or oral, express or implied, and whether in respect of monetary or payment obligations, performance obligations or otherwise).
Control means, in respect of a particular Person, the possession by one or more other Persons, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such particular Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Copyright means, whether registered or unregistered, all copyrights (including with respect to published and unpublished works of authorship, software, website and mobile content, data, databases and other compilations of information), copyright registrations and applications for copyright registrations, including all renewals, restorations, reversions and extensions thereof, moral rights, common law rights and all other rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between the Seller, certain Subsidiaries of the Seller required to provide Guarantees from time to time thereunder, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP, as administrative agent for the lenders (together with any successors,
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assigns or other agents in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) including any refinancing or replacement thereof (so long as such (i) such transaction is subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness thereunder shall not exceed the Senior Debt Cap, and (iii) no Put Option Event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom), as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.
Designated Jurisdiction means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of country- or territory-wide Sanctions.
Disclosing Party is defined in Section 9.1.
Disclosure Schedule means the Disclosure Schedule, dated as of the Effective Date, delivered to the Buyer by the Seller concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.
Disqualified Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security, Contract or other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable upon exercise or otherwise), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable or requires such Person to use efforts to redeem such Equity Interests (in each case, other than solely for (x) Qualified Equity Interests and (y) cash in lieu of fractional shares), including pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for (x) Qualified Equity Interests and (y) cash in lieu of fractional shares), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends or other distributions in cash or other securities that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests.
Dollars and $ means lawful money of the United States of America.
Effective Date is defined in the preamble.
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person (for purposes of this defined term, an issuer), all shares of, interests or participations in, or other equivalents in respect of such issuers capital stock, including all membership interests, partnership interests or equivalent, and all debt or other securities (including warrants, options and similar rights) directly or indirectly exchangeable, exercisable or otherwise convertible into, such issuers capital stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the Effective Date, and in each case, however classified or designated and whether voting or non-voting.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Excluded Asset means:
(a) any property or assets (excluding any Material Agreement) the grant of a security interest therein (i) is prohibited by applicable Law or (ii) requires the consent, approval or waiver of any Governmental Authority (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the NY UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law); and
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(b) any intent-to-use trademark or service mark application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use pursuant to Sections 1(c) or 1(d) of the Lanham Act, to the extent that, and during the period in which, the grant of such security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of, render void or voidable, or result in the cancellation of, such intent-to-use trademark or service mark application under applicable federal Law;
provided that Excluded Assets shall not include any Proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets unless such Proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements themselves constitute Excluded Assets and to the extent any asset or item of property of the Seller or any of its Affiliates that, but for this defined term and its use herein, would otherwise constitute Royalty Collateral ceases to qualify as an Excluded Asset, it shall automatically cease to be an Excluded Asset for purposes hereof and shall be included as Royalty Collateral, unless otherwise provided herein.
Existing Contract Manufacturing Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
FD&C Act means the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq. (or any successor thereto), as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations issued or promulgated thereunder.
FDA means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and any successor thereto.
First Adjustment Threshold has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Tiered Percentage.
First Milestone Purchase Price means ten million dollars ($10,000,000).
Funding Date means the date on which any of the Upfront Purchase Price, the First Milestone Purchase Price or the Second Milestone Purchase Price are paid pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions hereof.
FUROSCIX means the Product further described on Exhibit D attached hereto, together with any improvements or modifications thereto or combinations thereof, including any current or future pharmaceutical or biological Product (including any Product in development or that may be developed), that is derivative of or includes the Product further described on Exhibit D or the subcutaneous delivery of a formulation of furosemide or chemical variants (e.g., radioisomers, enantiomers, esters, salt forms, anhydrides, hydrates, polymorphs, metabolites) of furosemide.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. All references to GAAP shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in the preparation of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 3.3(f).
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Governmental Approval means any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise, permit, certification, accreditation, registration, clearance, exemption, listing, filing or notice that is issued or granted by or from (or pursuant to any act of) any Governmental Authority, in connection with any Law or otherwise, including any application or submission related to any of the foregoing.
Governmental Authority means any nation, government, branch of power (whether executive, legislative or judicial), state, province or municipality or other political agency, department or subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, monetary, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including without limitation regulatory authorities, governmental departments, agencies, commissions, bureaus, officials, ministers, courts, bodies, boards, tribunals and dispute settlement panels, and other Law, rule- or regulation-making organizations or entities of any State, territory, county, city or other political subdivision of any country, in each case, whether U.S. or non-U.S, including the FDA and any other agency, branch or other governmental body that has regulatory, supervisory or administrative authority or oversight over, or is charged with the responsibility or vested with the authority to administer or enforce, any Healthcare Laws or issue or approve any Governmental Approval under or in connection with any such Healthcare Laws.
Guarantee of or by any Person (the guarantor) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation (the primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such primary obligations or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such primary obligations of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such primary obligations, (iv) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty (including any bank guarantee) issued to support such primary obligations, or (v) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such primary obligations of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against Loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part). The amount of any Guarantee of any guarantor shall be deemed to be equal to the lower of (i) the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (ii) the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guarantors maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Seller in good faith.
Hard Cap means an amount equal to the product of (i) the Purchase Price and (ii) the applicable Hard Cap Percentage.
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Hard Cap Percentage means initially, 200%; provided that such percentage shall be automatically reduced as of the time of the occurrence of the events set forth below:
(a) (i) If on or before September 30, 2029, the Buyer has received Revenue Payments in an aggregate amount at least equal to 100% of the Purchase Price, but (ii) on or before September 30, 2027, the Buyer did not receive Revenue Payments in an aggregate amount at least equal to 50% of the Purchase Price, then the Hard Cap Percentage shall be automatically reduced to 180%.
(b) If on or before September 30, 2027, the Buyer has received Revenue Payments in an aggregate amount at least equal to 50% of the Purchase Price, then the Hard Cap Percentage shall be automatically reduced to 160%.
Healthcare Laws means, collectively, the FD&C Act, the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal False Claims Act, and all Laws applicable to the coverage of prescription drugs pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the TRICARE Program, and federal employee health benefit plans; and all rules and regulations promulgated under or pursuant to any of the foregoing, including any state and non-U.S. equivalents.
Hedging Agreement means any interest rate exchange agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
IND means an investigational new drug application submitted to the FDA pursuant to 21 C.F.R. Part 312 for allowance to initiate human clinical trials in the United States, including all amendments that may be submitted with respect to the foregoing.
Indebtedness of any Person means, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or obligations of such Person with respect to deposits or advances of any kind by third parties, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (iv) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (v) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (vi) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (vii) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (viii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (ix) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (x) obligations under any Hedging Agreement, currency swaps, forwards, futures or derivatives transactions, (xi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers acceptances, (xii) all obligations of such Person under license or other agreements containing a guaranteed minimum payment or purchase by such Person, (xiii) all other obligations required to be classified as indebtedness of such Person under GAAP, excluding any of the foregoing to the extent comprised of an obligation in respect of a trade payable, a commercial letter of credit supporting one or more trade payables or similar obligations to a trade creditor, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (xiv) any Disqualified Equity Interests of or issued by such Person. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
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Indemnified Party is defined in Section 8.2.
Indemnifying Party is defined in Section 8.2.
Indications and Usage means the section of the FDA-approved labeling for a drug product that states such drug is indicated for the treatment, prevention, mitigation, cure, or diagnosis of a recognized disease or condition, or of a manifestation of a recognized disease or condition, or for the relief of symptoms associated with a recognized disease or condition, as set forth in 21 C.F.R. Section 201.57(c)(2).
In-License means any (i) in-license or (ii) settlement agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, in each case of (i) and (ii), between the Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Third Party, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates obtain an in-license or a covenant not to sue or similar grant of rights under any Patents or other Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Third Party that are necessary for the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller and its Affiliates.
Insolvency Event means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the Seller fails to be Solvent;
(b) the Seller commits an act of bankruptcy or makes an assignment of its property for the general benefit of its creditors or makes a proposal (or files a notice of its intention to do so);
(c) the Seller voluntarily institutes any proceeding seeking to adjudicate it as not Solvent, or seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, examinership, compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection, moratorium, relief, stay of proceedings of creditors generally (or any class of creditors), or composition of it or its debts or any other relief, under any Law, whether U.S. or non-U.S., now or hereafter in effect relating to bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, examinership, receivership, plans of arrangement or relief or protection of debtors or at common law or in equity, or files an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding;
(d) the Seller applies for the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, sequestrator, conservator, custodian, administrator, examiner, trustee, liquidator, voluntary administrator, receiver and manager or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property;
(e) The Seller takes any action, corporate or otherwise, to approve, effect, consent to or authorize any of the actions described in the definition of Insolvency Event, or otherwise acts in furtherance thereof or fails to act in a timely and appropriate manner in defense thereof;
(f) Any involuntary petition is filed, involuntary application made or other proceeding instituted against or in respect of the Seller:
(i) seeking to adjudicate it as not Solvent;
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(ii) seeking a receiving order against it;
(iii) seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection, moratorium, relief, examinership stay of proceedings of creditors generally (or any class of creditors), deed of company arrangement or composition of it or its debts or any other relief under any Law, whether U.S. or non-U.S., now or hereafter in effect relating to bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, plans of arrangement or relief or protection of debtors or at common law or in equity; or
(iv) seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, examiner sequestrator, conservator, custodian, administrator, trustee, liquidator, voluntary administrator, receiver and manager or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property, and such petition, application or proceeding continues undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of forty-five (45) days after the institution thereof; provided that if an order, decree or judgment is granted or entered (whether or not entered or subject to appeal) against the Seller thereunder in the interim, such grace period will cease to apply; provided, further, that if the Seller files an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, such grace period will cease to apply;
(g) any other event occurs which, under the Laws of any applicable jurisdiction, has an effect equivalent to any of the events referred to in the definition of Insolvency Event.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual property or proprietary rights anywhere in the world, including any rights in or to Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Technical Information, in each case, whether registered or not, U.S. or non-U.S., including, without limitation, all of the following:
(a) applications, registrations amendments and extensions relating to such Intellectual Property;
(b) rights and privileges arising under any Law with respect to such Intellectual Property;
(c) rights to sue for or collect any damages for any past, present or future infringements of such Intellectual Property; and
(d) rights of the same or similar effect or nature in any jurisdiction corresponding to such Intellectual Property throughout the world.
Intellectual Property Updates means an updated list of the Intellectual Property of the Seller or any of its Affiliates that relates to the Product or the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller or any of its Affiliates and identifying any newly issued or filed, amended or supplemented, or any abandonments or other termination of prosecution of any, Intellectual Property.
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Intercompany Agreements means any license, settlement agreement or other agreement or arrangement between the Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any of the Sellers Affiliates, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates obtains or grants a license, sublicense, or a covenant not to sue or similar grant of rights to any Patents or other Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Seller or any of its Affiliates that are necessary to for the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller and its Affiliates.
Intercreditor Agreement means (i) that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and among the Seller, the Administrative Agent and the Buyer (the Initial Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) any intercreditor agreement on terms substantially identical to those contained in the Initial Intercreditor Agreement (subject to changing names of parties, documents and addresses, as appropriate), or (iii) any other intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, in each case, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Invention means any novel, inventive and useful art, apparatus, method, process, machine (including any article or device), manufacture or composition of matter, or any novel, inventive and useful improvement in any art, method, process, machine (including article or device), manufacture or composition of matter.
Judgment means any judgment, order, writ, injunction, citation, award or decree of any nature.
Law means, collectively, all U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes or administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including any interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case having the force of law.
Lien means any claim, mortgage, deed of trust, levy, charge, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, security interest, license, lien, or other encumbrance of any kind, and any other security interest or any other agreements or arrangement having a similar effect, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise against any property, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature of a security interest or any preferential arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security interest.
Loss means judgments, debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, damages or losses, contingent or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, disputed or undisputed, contractual, legal or equitable, including loss of value or revenue, professional fees, including fees and disbursements of legal counsel on a full indemnity basis, and all costs incurred in investigating or pursuing any Claim or any proceeding relating to any Claim. No failure of the Product to perform, in and of itself, shall be considered a Loss, except to the extent such failure results in any third party claim for damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including professional fees) or similar Losses.
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Market Capitalization means, for any given date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the average of the daily volume weighted average price of Sellers common stock as reported for each of the thirty (30) trading days preceding such date of determination (it being understood that a trading day shall mean a day on which shares of Sellers common stock trade on the main exchange of the NASDAQ (or, if the primary listing of such common stock is on the main exchange of the New York Stock Exchange, on such other exchange) in an ordinary trading session) multiplied by (ii) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Sellers common stock that are issued and outstanding on the date of the determination and listed on the main exchange of the NASDAQ (or, if the primary listing of such common stock is on the main exchange of the New York Stock Exchange, on such other exchange), subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
Material Adverse Effect any event, occurrence, fact, development or circumstance that has had a material adverse change in or material adverse effect upon (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance or property of the Seller or the Seller and its Affiliates taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Seller or any of its Affiliates to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party, (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (iv) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, the Buyer under any Transaction Document.
Material Agreement means (i) each Contract listed in Schedule 4.7(d), (ii) any other Contract to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party or a beneficiary from time to time and as to which the absence or termination thereof could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) any other Contract to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party or a guarantor (or equivalent) that, during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months is reasonably expected to (x) result in payments or receipts (including royalty, licensing or similar payments) made to the Seller or any of its Affiliates in an aggregate amount in excess of the then applicable Specified Threshold, or (y) require payments or expenditures (including royalty, licensing or similar payments) to be made by the Seller or any of its Affiliates in an aggregate amount in excess of the then applicable Specified Threshold.
Material Indebtedness means, at any time, (i) Indebtedness pursuant to the Credit Agreement (and any refinancing or replacement thereof) and (ii) any other Indebtedness of the Seller or any of its Affiliates the outstanding principal amount of which, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $5,000,000.
Material Intellectual Property means all Intellectual Property that is (i) owned by (or purported to be owned by); (ii) In-Licensed or controlled by, or (iii) subject to a covenant not to sue or other similar right for the benefit of the Seller or any of its Affiliates, whether as of or after the date hereof, in each case, that is related to FUROSCIX.
Medicaid means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XIX, P.L. 89-97 of the Social Security Act, which provides federal grants to states for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth on Section 1396, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code.
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Medicare means that government-sponsored insurance program under Title XVIII, P.L. 89-97, of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code.
NDA means (i) a new drug application submitted to the FDA pursuant to Section 505(b) of the FD&C Act seeking authorization to market a new drug in the United States and (ii) all supplements and amendments that may be submitted with respect to any of the foregoing.
Net Sales means, for any period, without duplication:
(a) (i) aggregate amounts invoiced, billed or otherwise recorded for sales of FUROSCIX by the Seller and its Affiliates and (ii) royalties received by the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries from all licensing partners on the worldwide sales of FUROSCIX (but excluding any one-time developmental, regulatory and/or commercial milestones), which in each case shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP; less, without duplication
(b)(i) all normal and customary discounts of any type or nature (such as cash discounts and quantity discounts), cash and non-cash coupons, retroactive price reductions, charge-back payments and rebates granted to managed care organizations or to federal, state and local governments, their agencies, and purchasers and reimbursers or to customers; (ii) chargebacks, credits or allowances (including those granted on account of price adjustments, co-pay programs, billing errors, damaged goods, rejections, outdated or returns of FUROSCIX, (including returned in connection with recalls or withdrawals)); (iii) government mandated rebates and other rebates, credits, allowances, fees, reimbursements and other payments customarily given to wholesalers and other distributors (including retailers), buying groups or other institutions; (iv) taxes or duties levied on, absorbed or otherwise imposed on sale of FUROSCIX, including value-added taxes, healthcare taxes or other governmental charges otherwise imposed upon the billed amount (to the extent not paid by the third party), and that portion of annual fees due under Section 9008 of the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-48) and any other fee imposed by any equivalent applicable law, in each case as adjusted for rebates and refunds; (v) freight, postage, shipping, insurance costs and third party distribution costs and expenses; (vi) allowances for uncollectible accounts accrued in the ordinary course of business; provided however, that if such amounts due under previously uncollectible accounts, such amounts recovered shall be included in Net Sales; and (vii) customs duties and other governmental charges incurred for exportation or importation of FUROSCIX. Net Sales shall exclude any sales or transfers (a) not billed in arms-length transactions to third parties or (b) where FUROSCIX is transferred to third parties for research and trials, samples, compassionate sales or use, or a patient assistance program when the consideration received by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, licensees or sublicensees is less than the average cost of FUROSCIX plus ten percent (10%).
Ordinary Course means ordinary course of business or ordinary trade activities that are customary for similar businesses in the normal course of their ordinary operations and not while in financial distress.
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Organic Document means, for any Person, such Persons formation documents, including, as applicable, its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar agreements and arrangements applicable to such Persons Equity Interests, or any equivalent document of any of the foregoing.
Out-License means any license between the Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Third Party, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates grants a license or sublicense under any Material Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Seller or any of its Affiliates to conduct Product Commercialization and Development Activities.
Patents means all provisional patent applications, patents and patent applications in any form in any worldwide jurisdiction, including but not limited to reissues, reexaminations, oppositions, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions, and continuations in part thereof.
Permitted Convertible Debt means Indebtedness having a feature which entitles the holder thereof to convert or exchange all or a portion of such Indebtedness into the Sellers common stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) (or other securities or property (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) following a merger event, reclassification or other similar fundamental change of the Seller, or adjustment with respect to the common stock of the Seller), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such common stock or other such securities); provided, that (a) such Permitted Convertible Debt shall (i) be unsecured and (ii) not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Seller, (b) such Permitted Convertible Debt shall not include any financial maintenance covenants and shall only include covenants, defaults and conversion rights that are customary for public market convertible indebtedness (pursuant to a public offering or an offering under Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act) as of the date of issuance, as determined by the Seller in its good faith judgment, (c) no Put Option Event shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of offering or incurrence of such Permitted Convertible Debt or would result from the issuance thereof, (d) such Permitted Convertible Debt shall not have an all-in-yield (excluding any arrangement, amendment, syndication, commitment, underwriting, structuring, ticking or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with all of the holders of such Indebtedness) greater than (i) 6.00% where such Permitted Convertible Debt is less than $100,000,000, (ii) 5.00% where such Permitted Convertible Debt is less than $125,000,000 but greater than or equal to $100,000,000 and (iii) 4.00% where such Permitted Convertible Debt is less than or equal to $150,000,000 but greater than or equal to $125,000,000 (with any original issue discount equated to interest based on the convertible debt maturity date and excluding any additional or special interest that may become payable from time to time) and (e) the Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Seller certifying as to the foregoing clauses (a) through (d).
Permitted Hedging Agreement means a Hedging Agreement entered into by the Seller in the Ordinary Course for the purpose of hedging currency risks or interest rate risks (and not for speculative purposes) and (x) with respect to hedging currency risks, in an aggregate notional amount for all such Hedging Agreements not in excess of $3,000,000 and (y) with respect to hedging interest rate risks, in an aggregate notional amount for all such Hedging Agreements not in excess of 50% of the aggregate principal amount of senior secured Permitted Indebtedness outstanding at such time.
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Permitted Indebtedness means:
(a) Indebtedness under any of the Transaction Documents;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.14 of the Disclosure Schedules and Permitted Refinancings thereof; provided that, if such Indebtedness is intercompany Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall be subject to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(c) accounts payable to trade creditors for goods and services and current operating liabilities (not the result of the borrowing of money) incurred in the Ordinary Course of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries business in accordance with customary and paid within the specified time, unless contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserved for in accordance with GAAP;
(d) Indebtedness consisting of Guarantees resulting from the endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the Ordinary Course;
(e) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Seller owing to any other Subsidiary of the Seller;
(f) Indebtedness of (i) the Seller owing to any Subsidiary of the Seller and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Seller owing to the Seller; provided any Indebtedness owing pursuant to this clause (f) shall not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;
(g) Guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Seller of Permitted Indebtedness of the Seller;
(h) Ordinary Course equipment and software financing and leasing (including Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness); provided that (i) if secured, the collateral therefor consists solely of the assets being financed, the products and proceeds thereof and books and records related thereto, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed $6,000,000;
(i) Indebtedness under Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(j) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Seller; provided that (i) no such Indebtedness (individually) shall exceed 15% of the total purchase price paid in connection with the acquisition of such Person, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this clause (j) shall not exceed $12,000,000 and (iii) no such Indebtedness was created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, the acquisition of such Person;
(k) (i) Indebtedness of the Seller owing to any lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) any Indebtedness that refinances Indebtedness referred to in subclause (i) to the extent such refinancing is permitted in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement;
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(l) other Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $12,000,000 at any time;
(m) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers acceptances or similar instruments issued or created, or related to obligations or liabilities incurred, in the Ordinary Course, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits, leases, commercial contracts, the financing of insurance premiums in the Ordinary Course, property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(n) Indebtedness arising in connection with the financing of insurance premiums in the Ordinary Course;
(o) Indebtedness in respect of (i) performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, customs bonds, government bonds, performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations arising in the Ordinary Course and (ii) customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with any disposition of assets permitted hereunder;
(p) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections, business credit cards, purchasing cards, payment processing, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, arrangements in respect of pooled deposit or sweep accounts, check endorsement guarantees, and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts or cash management services, in each case in the Ordinary Course;
(q) purchase price adjustments, indemnity payments and other deferred acquisition consideration in connection with the acquisition of any Person, in each case that are permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and
(r) Permitted Convertible Debt; provided that (i) the Sellers Market Capitalization at the time of pricing of such Permitted Convertible Debt is at least $300,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (r) shall not exceed the lesser of (x) 20% of Sellers Market Capitalization (determined as of the date of pricing of such Permitted Convertible Debt) and (y) $150,000,000.
Permitted Intercompany Agreements means the Intercompany Agreements set forth on Exhibit C.
Permitted Licenses means:
(a) non-exclusive licenses of off-the-shelf software that is commercially available to the public;
(b) intercompany licenses, sublicenses or grants of rights for development, manufacture, production, commercialization (including commercial sales to end users), marketing, promotion, co-promotion, sales or distribution among the Seller and any of its Affiliates;
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(c) any non-exclusive Out-License for the use of (or covenant not to sue with respect to) Intellectual Property of any of the Seller or any of its Affiliates for development, manufacture, production, commercialization (including commercial sales to end users), marketing, promotion, co-promotion, sales or distribution of any Product; provided, that, with respect to each such license described in this clause (c), (i) such license or sublicense is entered into in the Ordinary Course, (ii) no Put Option Event has occurred or is continuing at the time of execution of such license or sublicense, and (iii) such license, sublicense or grant constitutes an Arms Length Transaction, the terms of which on their face, do not provide for a sale or assignment of any Intellectual Property;
(d) so long as no Put Option Event has occurred and is continuing, exclusive Out-Licenses for the use of Intellectual Property of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries for discrete geographical areas outside the United States;
(e) with the consent of Buyer in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), exclusive Out-Licenses (whether exclusive as to geographical scope or otherwise) for the use of the Intellectual Property of Seller or any of its Affiliates within the United States; provided that, with respect to each such license described in this clause (e), (i) such license could not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property; (ii) no Put Option Event has occurred or is continuing at the time of execution of such license or sublicense; and (iii) such license, sublicense or grant constitutes an Arms Length Transaction, the terms of which on their face, do not provide for a sale or assignment of any Intellectual Property;
(f) any non-exclusive or exclusive license of (or covenant not to sue with respect to) Intellectual Property or technology or a grant of rights for development, manufacture, production, commercialization (including commercial sales to end users), marketing, co-promotion, or distribution existing on or contemplated as of the Effective Date, in each case, to the extent set forth on Schedule 7.7 of the Disclosure Schedules; and
(g) any In-License that has been entered into by the Seller or any Affiliate in the Ordinary Course in an Arms Length Transaction; with respect to which the Seller has provided the Buyer with at least at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the material terms of such In-License with a description of its anticipated and projected impact on the Sellers or such Affiliates business or financial condition.
Permitted Liens means any of the following:
(a) Liens in favor of the Buyer created pursuant to the Transaction Documents;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.13 of the Disclosure Schedules and renewals and extensions thereof in connection with Permitted Refinancings of the Indebtedness being secured by such Lien; provided that (i) no such Lien (including any renewal or extension thereof) shall extend to any other property or asset of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (other than improvements and accessions to such property or asset) and (ii) any such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and renewals, extensions and replacements thereof in connection with Permitted Refinancings of the Indebtedness being secured by such Lien that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount equal to unpaid interest and premiums thereon, including tender premium, and any customary underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses associated with such extension, renewal or replacement);
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(c) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that such Liens are restricted solely to the collateral described in clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(d) Liens imposed by any Law and arising in the Ordinary Course, including carriers, warehousemens, landlords, and mechanics liens, liens relating to leasehold improvements and other similar Liens arising in the Ordinary Course and which (x) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially impair the use thereof in the operations of the business of such Person or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to such Liens and for which adequate reserves have been made if required in accordance with GAAP;
(e) pledges or deposits made in the Ordinary Course in connection with bids, contract leases, appeal bonds, workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other similar social security legislation;
(f) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, the payment of which is not yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(g) servitudes, easements, rights of way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances on real property imposed by any Law and Liens consisting of zoning or building restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of real property or minor imperfections in title thereto which, in the aggregate, are not material, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of any of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries;
(h) with respect to any real property, (i) such defects or encroachments as might be revealed by an up-to-date survey of such real property, and such other defects in title that (A) do not interfere in any material respect with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and (B) could not reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with the ability of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX in any material respect; (ii) the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in the original grant, deed or patent of such property by the original owner of such real property pursuant to all applicable Laws; and (iii) rights of expropriation, access or use or any similar right conferred or reserved by or in any Law, which, in the aggregate for clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), are not material, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of any of the Seller or its Subsidiaries;
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(i) (i) Liens that are contractual or common law rights of set-off relating to (A) the establishment of depository relations in the Ordinary Course with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, or (B) pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Seller and any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course (ii) other Liens securing cash management obligations (that do not constitute Indebtedness) in the Ordinary Course and (iii) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts, in each case, incurred in the Ordinary Course and not for speculative purposes;
(j) Liens on the property of a Person existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Seller or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secured immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under clauses (m) and (o) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(l) any judgment Lien or Lien arising from decrees or attachments, in each case, not constituting a Put Option Event;
(m) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases of personal property and consignment arrangements entered into in the Ordinary Course in an Arms Length Transaction;
(n) other Liens which secure obligations in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $6,000,000;
(o) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods and incurred in the Ordinary Course;
(p) Permitted Licenses;
(q) (i) Liens to secure payment of workers compensation, employment insurance, old age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course (other than Liens imposed by applicable employee benefit Laws) and (ii) deposits in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of any of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above or clause (n) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(r) to the extent constituting a Lien, customary cash escrow arrangements securing indemnification obligations associated with an acquisition or any other investment not to exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate;
(s) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
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(t) Liens of sellers of goods to the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the Ordinary Course, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
(u) any Lien arising under conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods in the Ordinary Course; provided that such Lien attaches only to the goods subject to such sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangement; and
(v) (i) Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement so long as such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement.
Permitted Refinancing means, (a) any refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement of the Credit Agreement permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement and up to the Senior Debt Cap and (b) with respect to any other Indebtedness permitted to be refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced hereunder, any refinancings, extensions, renewals and replacements of such Indebtedness; provided that such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement shall not (i) increase the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, except by an amount equal to accrued interest and a reasonable premium on the debt being refinanced or other reasonable and customary fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith, (ii) contain terms relating to outstanding principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral security (if any) or subordination (if any), or other material terms that, taken as a whole, are less favorable in any material respect to the Seller and its Affiliates or the Buyer than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Indebtedness being refinanced (provided that the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be on or after the final maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced), (iii) have an applicable interest rate or equivalent yield that exceeds the interest rate or equivalent yield of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (iv) contain any new requirement to grant any Lien or to give any Guarantee that was not an existing requirement of the Indebtedness being refinanced and (v) immediately after giving effect to such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, no Put Option Event shall have occurred and be continuing or would reasonably be expected to occur as a result thereof.
Person means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Prime Rate means the prime rate published by The Wall Street Journal, from time to time, as the prime rate.
Product means (i) FUROSCIX, and (ii) any current or future pharmaceutical or biological product developed, distributed, dispensed, imported, exported, labeled, promoted, manufactured, licensed, marketed, sold or otherwise commercialized by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, including any such product in development or which may be developed.
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Product Authorizations means any and all Governmental Approvals, whether U.S. or non-U.S. (including all applicable NDAs, INDs, supplements, amendments, of any Regulatory Authority), in each case, necessary to be held or maintained by, or for the benefit of, the Seller or any of its Affiliates for the research, development, ownership, use or commercialization of any Product or for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect thereto in any country or jurisdiction.
Product Commercialization and Development Activities means, with respect to any Product, any combination of research, development, testing, manufacture, formulation, import, use, sale, licensing, importation, exportation, shipping, storage, handling, design, labeling, marketing, promotion, supply, distribution, packaging, purchasing or other commercialization activities, receipt of payment in respect of any of the foregoing (including, in respect of licensing, royalty or similar payments), or any similar or other activities the purpose of which is to commercially exploit such Product.
Product Related Information means, with respect to any Product, all books, records, lists, ledgers, files, manuals, correspondence, reports, plans, drawings, data and other information of every kind (in any form or medium), and all techniques and other know-how, owned or possessed by the Seller or any of its Affiliates that are necessary or useful for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to such Product, including (i) brand materials and packaging, customer targeting and other marketing, promotion and sales materials and information, referral, customer, supplier and other contact lists and information, product, business, marketing and sales plans, research, studies and reports, sales, maintenance and production records, training materials and other marketing, sales and promotional information and (ii) clinical data, information included or supporting any Product Authorization, any regulatory filings, updates, notices and correspondence (including adverse event and other pharmacovigilance and other post-marketing reports and information, etc.), technical information, product development and operational data and records, and all other documents, records, files, data and other information relating to product development, manufacture and use, (iii) litigation and dispute records, and accounting records, except for any such records and related information that are covered by attorney-client privilege; and (iv) all other information, techniques and know-how used in connection with the Product Commercialization and Development Activities for any Product.
Product Rights means all of the Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Seller or any of its Affiliates at any time during the term of this Agreement that directly relates to the Product or the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller or any of its Affiliates.
Prohibited Payment means any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment or gift of money or anything of value (including meals or entertainment) to any officer, employee or ceremonial office holder of any government or instrumentality thereof, political party or supra-national organization (such as the United Nations), any political candidate, any royal family member or any other person who is connected or associated personally with any of the foregoing that is prohibited under any Law for the purpose of influencing any act or decision of such payee in his official capacity, inducing such payee to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duty, securing any improper advantage or inducing such payee to use his influence with a government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality.
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Purchase Price means, as of the date of determination, the aggregate amount that has been paid by the Buyer to the Seller in the form of the Upfront Purchase Price, the First Milestone Purchase Price and the Second Milestone Purchase Price. The maximum aggregate Purchase Price hereunder shall not exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000).
Put Option is defined in Section 7.3(c).
Put Option Closing Date is defined in Section 7.3(c).
Put Option Event means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) Subject to Section 11.3, any Change of Control of the Seller;
(b) any Insolvency Event of the Seller;
(c) any sale, assignment, conveyance, Out-License, transfer or other disposition of the Sellers right, title or interest in and to all or substantially all of any Product, Product Right or Product Authorization or any other form of divestment of all or substantially all of the Sellers right, title or interest in and to any Product, the Product Rights or the Product Authorizations (in each case, other than pursuant to, or as otherwise expressly permitted by, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document);
(d) the Seller fails to make any Revenue Payment when due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;
(e) the Seller or any of its Affiliates asserts (or acquiesces in any assertion made by any other Person) that the purchase of the Revenue Participation Right contemplated by this Agreement is not a true, absolute and irrevocable sale;
(f) the Seller fails to make any principal or interest payment in respect of any Material Indebtedness, in any such case, when and as the same shall become due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period (i) that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (ii) that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; or
(g) the Seller or any of its Affiliates breaches any covenant or agreement set forth in any Transaction Document and such breach results in (or could reasonably be expected to result in) a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the failure to obtain any Government Approval with respect to (x) FUROSCIX indication expansion for the treatment of congestion due to fluid overload in patients with chronic kidney disease and/or (y) any auto-injector Product of the Seller shall not be considered to have or create a Material Adverse Effect for purposes of this clause (g).
Put/Call Exercise Date means the earliest to occur of the date of exercise of the Put Option and the Call Option.
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Qualified Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.
Quarterly Payment Date means, with respect to any Calendar Quarter, the date that is sixty (60) calendar days following the end of such Calendar Quarter; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the applicable Quarterly Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
Quarterly Report is defined in Section 7.2(a).
Receiving Party is defined in Section 9.1.
Regulatory Authority means any Governmental Authority, whether U.S. or non-U.S., that has regulatory or supervisory oversight under applicable Laws with respect to the use, permitting, control, safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, sale or other Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to any Product of any of the Seller or its Affiliates, including the FDA and all equivalent Governmental Authorities, whether U.S. or non-U.S.
Related Fund means, with respect to the Buyer, any fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the Buyer or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a Fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the Buyer.
Related Party means each of the Seller, and its Affiliates, as applicable.
Representative means, with respect to any Person, any director, trustee, officer, employee, agent, attorneys, accountants, or other professional advisors of such Person.
Responsible Officer of any Person means each of the president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, or senior vice president, finance of such Person.
Revenue Participation Right means the right to receive payment in full of all Revenue Payments due and payable hereunder, and an undivided ownership interest in all Net Sales occurring from and after the Effective Date, including all accounts (as defined in the UCC), general intangibles (as defined in the UCC), payment intangibles (as defined in the UCC) and all other rights to payment on account of, in connection with or arising from such Net Sales, and all proceeds thereof.
Revenue Payment means for each Calendar Quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Revenue Payment Term, an amount payable to the Buyer equal to the product of (i) Net Sales during such Calendar Quarter (or, for any Calendar Quarter occurring in part during the Revenue Payment Term, Net Sales for the calendar days falling within the Revenue Payment Term during such Calendar Quarter) and (ii) the Applicable Tiered Percentage.
Revenue Payment Term means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the earliest to occur of the following: (i) the date on which the Buyer has received Revenue Payments, paid in full in cash, in an amount equal to the Hard Cap, (ii) the date on which the Buy- Out Price is received by the Buyer, paid in full in cash, in connection with either (x) the Buyers exercise, or deemed automatic exercise, of the Put Option in accordance with Section 7.3(c) or (y) the Sellers exercise of a Call Option in accordance with Section 7.3(d).
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Revenue Report is defined in Section 7.2(b).
Royalty Collateral is defined in Section 2.3.
Safety Notices means any recalls, field notifications, market withdrawals, warnings, dear doctor letters, investigator notices, safety alerts, or other notices of action relating to an alleged lack of safety or regulatory compliance of the Product.
Sanction means any international economic or financial sanction or trade embargo imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the United States Government (including OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or its Member States, Her Majestys Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority where the Seller or any of its Affiliates is located or conducts business.
Second Adjustment Threshold has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Tiered Percentage.
Second Milestone Purchase Price means fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
Seller is defined in the preamble.
Seller Indemnified Parties is defined in Section 8.1(b).
Senior Debt Cap means $100,000,000.
SNDA FDA Approval means the written approval from the FDA of a supplemental NDA permitting the expansion of the Indications and Usage section of the FUROSCIX label to include treatment of edema due to fluid overload in certain adult patients with chronic kidney disease, including nephrotic syndrome, with any modifiers or limitations as determined by the FDA reasonably acceptable to the Buyer.
Solvent means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, that on such date (i) the fair value of the assets of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair saleable value of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured in the Ordinary Course, (iii) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature in the Ordinary Course and (iv) such Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute an unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage. The amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
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Specified Threshold means: (a) on or prior to August 9, 2025, $5,000,000, (b) at any time after August 9, 2025 but on or prior to August 9, 2026, $6,500,000 and (c) at any time after August 9, 2026, $8,000,000.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person (the parent) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parents consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (i) of which Equity Interests or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, directly or indirectly, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Seller.
Tax or Taxes means all present or future federal, state, local or foreign taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto, whether disputed or not.
Technical Information means all Product Related Information and, with respect to any Products or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, all related know-how, trade secrets and other proprietary or confidential information, any information of a scientific, technical, or business nature in any form or medium, Invention disclosures, all documented research, developmental, demonstration or engineering work, algorithms, concepts, data, databases, designs, discoveries, methods, processes, protocols, chemistries, compositions, show-how, specifications for Products, techniques, technology, and all improvements thereof and thereto, and all other technical data and information related thereto.
Third Party means any Person that is not the Seller or the Sellers Affiliates.
Trademarks means all trade names, trademarks and service marks, monograms, logos, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark and service mark registrations, including (i) all renewals of trademark and service mark registrations, (ii) all rights to recover for all past, present and future infringements thereof and all rights to sue therefor, and (iii) all rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world, together, in each case, with the goodwill of the business connected with the use thereof.
Transaction Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Intercreditor Agreement and any other present or future documents or agreements delivered to the Buyer in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including without limitation waivers or consents), in each case, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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Transactions means (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the sale of the Revenue Participation Right hereunder, and all other transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and (ii) the payment of all fees and expenses incurred or paid by the Seller or any of its Affiliates in connection with the foregoing.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code in the State of New York; provided that, if with respect to any financing statement or by reason of any provisions of law, the perfection, priority or the effect of perfection, priority or non-perfection of the security interests granted to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code in a jurisdiction of the United States other than New York, then UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of this Agreement and any financing statement relating to such perfection, priority or effect of perfection, priority or non-perfection.
Upfront Purchase Price means twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000).
US Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness on any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the product obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Section 1.2 Accounting Terms and Principles. Unless otherwise specified, all accounting terms used in each Transaction Document shall be interpreted, and all accounting determinations and computations thereunder shall be made, in accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all defined financial terms shall be computed on a consolidated basis for the Seller and its Affiliates, in each case without duplication. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) all financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared, and all financial covenants contained herein shall be calculated, without giving effect to any election under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (or any similar accounting principle) permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities or Indebtedness at the fair value thereof and (ii) the financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared without giving effect to the implementation of Accounting Standards Codification 606: Revenue from Contracts with Customers. If the Seller requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of (i) any change in GAAP or the application thereof or (ii) the issuance of any new accounting rule or guidance or in the application thereof, in each case, occurring after the date of this Agreement, then the Buyer and Seller agree that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly affected by such change or issuance with the intent of having the respective positions of the Buyer and the Seller after such change or issuance conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, (i) the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such change or issuance has occurred and (ii) the Seller shall provide to the Buyer a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, between calculations of any baskets and other requirements hereunder before and after giving effect to such change or issuance.
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Section 1.3 Certain Interpretations. Except where expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation apply to this Agreement:
(a) the terms defined in this Agreement include the plural as well as the singular and vice versa;
(b) words importing gender include all genders;
(c) any reference to a Section, Annex, Schedule or Exhibit refers to a Section of, or Annex, Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement;
(d) any reference to this Agreement refers to this Agreement, including all Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits hereto, and the words herein, hereof, hereto and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement and its Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits as a whole and not to any particular Section, Annex, Schedule, Exhibit or any other subdivision;
(e) references to days, months and years refer to calendar days, months and years, respectively;
(f) all references herein to include or including shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation;
(g) the word from when used in connection with a period of time means from and including and the word until means to but not including;
(h) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer broadly to any and all assets and properties, whether tangible or intangible, real or personal, including cash, equity interests, rights under contractual obligations and permits and any right or interest in any such assets or property;
(i) accounting terms not specifically defined herein (other than property and asset) shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.2;
(j) the word will shall have the same meaning as the word shall;
(k) where any provision in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document refers to an action to be taken by any Person, or an action which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly;
(l) for covenants that are to be undertaken reasonably by the Seller or its Affiliates, such actions (or inactions) shall take into account the Buyers economic interest in the Revenue Participation Right and the Revenue Payments and the impact of the applicable action (or inaction) on such interest; and
(m) references to any Law will include all statutory and regulatory provisions amending, consolidating, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law from time to time.
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Section 1.4 Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to organic documents, agreements (including the Transaction Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto permitted by the Transaction Documents.
Section 1.5 Headings. The table of contents and the descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not control or affect, in any way, the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE, SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE REVENUE PARTICIPATION RIGHT
Section 2.1 Purchase, Sale and Assignment. On the Effective Date and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, in exchange for the Buyers payment of the Upfront Purchase Price, the Seller shall (and shall cause its Affiliate(s) to) sell, transfer, assign and convey to the Buyer, and the Buyer shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Seller (either directly or through the Sellers Affiliates), the Revenue Participation Right free and clear of all Liens. From and after the Effective Date, the Seller relinquishes all of the Sellers and its Affiliates right, title and interest in and to the Revenue Participation Right, and all such right, title and interest shall vest in the Buyer. In addition, the Seller hereby agrees to pay to the Buyer the Revenue Payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Section 2.2 No Assumed Obligations, Etc. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Buyer is, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, only purchasing, acquiring and accepting the Revenue Participation Right and is not assuming any liability or obligation of the Seller or its Affiliates of whatever nature, whether presently in existence or arising or asserted hereafter. Except as specifically set forth herein in respect of the Revenue Participation Right, the Buyer does not, by such purchase, acquisition and acceptance of the Revenue Participation Right, acquire any other rights of the Seller or its Affiliates, or any other assets of the Seller or its Affiliates, in each case, other than to the extent of the Back-Up Security Interest granted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this provision limits any other obligation of the Buyer or the Seller under this Agreement or otherwise, including without limitation any indemnity obligations under ARTICLE 8.
Section 2.3 True Sale. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Revenue Participation Right contemplated by this Agreement be, and is, a true, complete, absolute and irrevocable sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance by the Seller (on behalf of itself and, as applicable, its Affiliates) to the Buyer of all of the Sellers and its Affiliates rights, title and interests in and to the Revenue Participation Right. Neither the Seller nor the Buyer intends the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be, or for any purpose characterized as, a loan from the Buyer to the Seller, or a pledge, a financing transaction or a borrowing. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the beneficial interest in and title to the Revenue Participation Right and any proceeds (as such term is defined in the UCC) thereof shall not be part of the Sellers or its Affiliates estates in the event of the filing of a petition by or against the Seller or any of its Affiliates under any Bankruptcy Laws. The Seller (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any
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right to contest or otherwise assert that the sale contemplated by this Agreement does not constitute a true, complete, absolute and irrevocable sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance by the Seller (directly or through one or more of its Affiliates) to the Buyer of all of the Sellers and its Affiliates right, title and interest in and to the Revenue Participation Right under applicable law, which waiver shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be enforceable against the Seller and its Affiliates in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding relating to the Seller or any of its Affiliates. Accordingly, the Seller and its Affiliates shall treat the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Revenue Participation Right as a sale of accounts, or payment intangibles (as appropriate) in accordance with the UCC, and the Seller hereby authorizes the Buyer and its representatives at any time to file one or more financing statements or any amendments to financing statements previously filed by the Buyer (and continuation statements with respect to such financing statements when applicable) naming the Seller (or its Affiliate) as the seller and the Buyer as the buyer in respect of the Revenue Participation Right. Not in derogation of the foregoing statement of the intent of the parties hereto in this regard, and for the purposes of providing additional assurance to the Buyer, including in the event that, despite the intent of the parties hereto, the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance contemplated hereby is hereafter held not to be a sale, the Seller (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates) hereby grants to the Buyer a first priority security interest in, to and under the following (collectively, the Royalty Collateral): the Revenue Participation Right, the Revenue Payments, the Product Rights and any proceeds (as defined in the UCC) of each of the foregoing as security for all of the Sellers and its Affiliates obligations under this Agreement, including the obligations to pay the Revenue Payments (the Back-Up Security Interest), and the Seller (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates) does hereby authorize the Buyer and its representatives, from and after the Effective Date, to file one or more financing statements (and continuation statements and any amendments with respect to such financing statements when applicable) in such manner and such jurisdictions as are necessary or appropriate to perfect such Back-Up Security Interest. The Seller agrees from time to time to execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further actions, that the Buyer may reasonably request in order to perfect and protect the Back-Up Security Interest, to create, perfect or protect the security interest purposed to be granted hereby or to enable the Buyer to exercise or enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to the Back-Up Security Interest, including but not limited to entering into any United States law governed intellectual property security agreements with respect to the Product Rights and filing such agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, (x) in no event shall the Royalty Collateral include, nor shall the Back-Up Security Interest attach to, any Excluded Asset and (y) the representations and covenants set forth herein regarding the assets of the Seller shall not apply to any such Excluded Asset.
ARTICLE 3
CLOSING; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 3.1 Closing. The purchase and sale of the Revenue Participation Right shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures on the date hereof or such other place, time and date as the parties hereto may mutually agree, subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth below in Section 3.3.
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Section 3.2 Payment of Upfront Purchase Price. Subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth below in Section 3.3, on the Effective Date, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the Upfront Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified on Exhibit A, without set-off, reduction or deduction, or withholding for or on account of any Taxes.
Section 3.3 Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Buyer to purchase the Revenue Participation Right and pay the Upfront Purchase Price therefor on the Effective Date shall be subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 3.3:
(a) Delivery of Transaction Documents. The Buyer shall have received each Transaction Document required to be executed and delivered by the Seller or any of its Affiliates (which may be delivered by electronic means for purposes of satisfying this Section 3.3) and such Transaction Documents shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer and its counsel.
(b) Secretarys Certificate, Etc. The Buyer shall have received from the Seller (x) a copy of a good standing certificate, dated a date reasonably close to the Effective Date, for the Seller and (y) a certificate, dated as of the Effective Date, duly executed and delivered by the Sellers Responsible Officer, as to:
(i) resolutions of the Sellers Board then in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document to be executed by the Seller and the Transactions;
(ii) the incumbency and signatures of Responsible Officers authorized to execute and deliver each Transaction Document to be executed by the Seller; and
(iii) the full force and validity of each Organic Document of the Seller and copies thereof;
which certificates shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and upon which the Buyer may conclusively rely until they shall have received a further certificate of the Responsible Officer of any such Person updating the prior certificate of such Person.
(c) Security Documents. The Buyer shall have received (i) a financing statement naming the Seller as a debtor and the Buyer as the secured party, or other similar instruments or documents, in each case suitable for filing, filed under the UCC (or equivalent law) of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Buyer, desirable to perfect the Buyers interest in the Revenue Participation Right, (ii) a financing statement naming the Seller as a debtor and the Buyer as the secured party, or other similar instruments or documents, in each case suitable for filing, filed under the UCC (or equivalent law) of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Buyer, desirable to perfect the Liens of the Buyer pursuant to the Back-Up Security Interest and (iii) all such other instruments and documents that the Buyer may reasonably request in order to perfect and protect the Back-Up Security Interest.
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(d) Lien Searches. The Buyer shall be satisfied with Lien searches regarding the Seller made as of a date reasonably close to the Effective Date.
(e) Opinions of Counsel. The Buyer shall have received a duly executed legal opinion of counsel to the Buyer, addressed the Buyer, dated as of the Effective Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyer.
(f) Financial Information. The Buyer shall have received, or such information shall be publicly available on EDGAR, audited consolidated financial statements of the Seller and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
(g) Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2023, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred; provided that the failure to obtain any Government Approval with respect to (x) FUROSCIX indication expansion for the treatment of congestion due to fluid overload in patients with chronic kidney disease and/or (y) any auto-injector Product of the Seller shall not be considered to have or create a Material Adverse Effect for purposes of this Section 3.3(g).
(h) Know Your Customer. The Buyer shall have received, as applicable, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and Anti-Terrorism Laws, in each case to the extent requested by the Buyer in writing at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date.
(i) No Put Option Event. No event shall have occurred or be continuing that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Put Option Event.
(j) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless such representations are already qualified by reference to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.
(k) Credit Agreement. The Buyer shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Closing Date under the Credit Agreement shall have occurred, resulting in gross proceeds to the Seller in an amount not less than $50,000,000. The Buyer shall have received fully executed copies of the Credit Agreement and all transaction documents related thereto, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer.
(l) Intercreditor Agreement. The Buyer shall have received the Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by the Administrative Agent and the Seller.
(m) Seller From W-9. The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer a valid, properly executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that the Seller is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.
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(n) Buyer Form W-9. The Buyer shall have delivered to the Seller a valid, properly executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that the Buyer is exempt from U.S. federal withholding and backup withholding tax with respect to the Revenue Payments.
(o) Fees, Expenses, Etc. The Buyer shall have received all fees, costs and expenses due and payable to it on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to Section 11.2, including all reasonable closing costs and fees and all unpaid reasonable expenses of the Buyer incurred in connection with the Transactions (including the Buyers legal fees and expenses).
Section 3.4 Bill of Sale. On the Effective Date, upon confirmation of the receipt of the Upfront Purchase Price, the Seller shall deliver (and the Seller shall cause its Affiliate(s) to deliver) to the Buyer a duly executed bill of sale and agreement evidencing the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Revenue Participation Right and certain other agreements in form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Bill of Sale).
Section 3.5 Conditions Precedent to Payment of the First Milestone Purchase Price. Subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 3.5, on the Funding Date of the First Milestone Purchase Price, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the First Milestone Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified on Exhibit A, without set-off, reduction or deduction, or withholding for or on account of any Taxes:
(a) Funding Date. The Funding Date of the First Milestone Purchase Price shall have occurred on or before September 30, 2025.
(b) Minimum Net Sales. The Seller shall have received Net Sales for the twelve (12) consecutive month period ending on the Funding Date of the First Milestone Purchase Price in an aggregate amount not less than $50,000,000 and shall have provided reasonably satisfactory evidence thereof to the Buyer.
(c) Secretarys Certificate, Etc. The Buyer shall have received from the Seller (x) a copy of a good standing certificate, dated a date reasonably close to the Funding Date of the First Milestone Purchase Price, for the Seller and (y) a certificate, dated as of the Funding Date of the First Milestone Purchase Price, duly executed and delivered by the Sellers Responsible Officer, as to:
(i) resolutions of the Sellers Board then in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document to be executed by the Seller and the Transactions;
(ii) the incumbency and signatures of Responsible Officers authorized to execute and deliver each Transaction Document to be executed by the Seller; and
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(iii) the full force and validity of each Organic Document of the Seller and copies thereof;
which certificates shall be in the form of Exhibit E hereto and upon which the Buyer may conclusively rely until they shall have received a further certificate of the Responsible Officer of any such Person updating the prior certificate of such Person.
(d) No Put Option Event. No event shall have occurred or be continuing that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Put Option Event.
(e) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless such representations are already qualified by reference to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Funding Date of the First Milestone Purchase Price, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.
(f) Fees, Expenses, Etc. The Buyer shall have received all fees, costs and expenses due and payable to it on or prior to the Funding Date of the First Milestone Purchase Price pursuant to Section 11.2, including all reasonable closing costs and fees and all unpaid reasonable expenses of the Buyer incurred in connection with the Transactions (including the Buyers legal fees and expenses).
Section 3.6 Conditions Precedent to Payment of the Second Milestone Purchase Price. Subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 3.5, on the Funding Date of the Second Milestone Purchase Price, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the Second Milestone Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified on Exhibit A, without set-off, reduction or deduction, or withholding for or on account of any Taxes:
(a) Funding Date. The Funding Date of the Second Milestone Purchase Price shall have occurred on or before June 30, 2026.
(b) Minimum Net Sales. The Seller shall have received Net Sales for the twelve (12) consecutive month period ending on the Funding Date of the Second Milestone Purchase Price in an aggregate amount not less than $110,000,000 and shall have provided satisfactory evidence thereof to the Buyer.
(c) Secretarys Certificate, Etc. The Buyer shall have received from the Seller (x) a copy of a good standing certificate, dated a date reasonably close to the Funding Date of the Second Milestone Purchase Price, for the Seller and (y) a certificate, dated as of the Funding Date of the Second Milestone Purchase Price, duly executed and delivered by the Sellers Responsible Officer, as to:
(i) resolutions of the Sellers Board then in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document to be executed by the Seller and the Transactions;
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(ii) the incumbency and signatures of Responsible Officers authorized to execute and deliver each Transaction Document to be executed by the Seller; and
(iii) the full force and validity of each Organic Document of the Seller and copies thereof;
which certificates shall be in the form of Exhibit E hereto and upon which the Buyer may conclusively rely until they shall have received a further certificate of the Responsible Officer of any such Person updating the prior certificate of such Person.
(d) No Put Option Event. No event shall have occurred or be continuing that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Put Option Event.
(e) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless such representations are already qualified by reference to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Funding Date of the Second Milestone Purchase Price, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.
(f) Fees, Expenses, Etc. The Buyer shall have received all fees, costs and expenses due and payable to it on or prior to the Funding Date of the Second Milestone Purchase Price pursuant to Section 11.2, including all reasonable closing costs and fees and all unpaid reasonable expenses of the Buyer incurred in connection with the Transactions (including the Buyers legal fees and expenses).
Section 3.7 The Buyer and the Seller agree to treat (and cause their respective Affiliates to treat) any payment from the Buyer received by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.6 as additional consideration for the Revenue Participation Right for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, the Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer that as of each Funding Date:
Section 4.1 Power and Authority. The Seller (i) is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite corporate or other power, and has all Governmental Approvals necessary to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted, except to the extent that failure to have the same could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii)
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is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where failure so to qualify could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) has full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to sell the Revenue Participation Right.
Section 4.2 Authorization. Each Transaction to which the Seller is a party (or to which it or any of its assets or properties is subject) are within the Sellers corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action including, if required, approval by all necessary holders of its Equity Interests.
Section 4.3 Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party when executed and delivered by such Person will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 4.4 Governmental and Other Approvals; No Conflicts. None of the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the consummation by the Seller of the Transactions (i) requires any Governmental Approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except for (x) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (y) filings and recordings in respect of perfecting or recording the Liens created pursuant to the Transaction Documents and (z) filings required under applicable securities laws, (ii) will violate or conflict with (1) any Law, (2) any Organic Document of the Seller or (3) any Governmental Approval of any Governmental Authority, that in the case of clause (ii)(1) or clause (ii)(3), individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) will violate or result in a default under any Material Agreement binding upon the Seller or (iv) will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Royalty Collateral (other than Permitted Liens).
Section 4.5 No Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.5, there is no litigation, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller threatened in writing, with respect to the Seller or any of its Affiliates by or before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that, (i) individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) involves this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any of the Transactions.
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Section 4.6 Compliance.
(a) The Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and all Contracts binding upon it or its property, except where failure to do so with respect to any property other than the Royalty Collateral could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Seller and its Affiliates are, and all Product Commercialization and Development Activities of such Persons are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws, except where the failure to do so with respect to any property other than the Royalty Collateral could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Seller and each of its Affiliates holds, either directly or through licensees and agents, all material Product Authorizations necessary or required for the Seller and each of its Affiliates to conduct its operations and businesses in the manner currently conducted, in each case in all material respects, including all Product Commercialization and Development Activities related thereto. All such material Product Authorizations are (i) legally and beneficially owned or held exclusively by the Seller or such Affiliate, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, (ii) validly registered and on file with the applicable Governmental Authority, in material compliance with all registration, filing and maintenance requirements (including any fee requirements) thereof, and (iii) in good standing, valid and enforceable with the applicable Governmental Authority in all material respects.
(c) Neither the Seller nor its Affiliates has received any written notice from the FDA or any Regulatory Authority that the FDA or such Regulatory Authority is threatening suspending, revoking or limiting any material Product Authorization. The Seller and its Affiliates have made all required material notices, registrations and reports (including field alerts or other reports of adverse drug experiences) and other filings with respect to FUROSCIX and their Product Commercialization and Development Activities.
(d) All material regulatory filings, notices, registrations, listings, reports and similar items required to be filed or made to any Regulatory Authority or with respect to any Product Authorization or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities for FUROSCIX have been made, and all such filings are complete and correct in all material respects and have complied in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws.
(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, and without limiting the generality of any other representation or warranty made by the Seller hereunder or under any other Transaction Document: (i) FUROSCIX complies in all material respects with (A) all applicable Healthcare Laws, and (B) all Product Authorizations; (ii) neither the Seller, nor any of its Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of the Seller, any of their respective agents, suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees have received any FDA Form-483s, warning letters or notices or similar documents relating to any of their respective Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX from any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years that asserts lack of material compliance with any applicable Healthcare Laws or Product Authorizations; (iii) neither the Seller, nor any of its Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of the Seller, any of their respective agents, suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees have received any notification from any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years, asserting that FUROSCIX lacks a required Product Authorization; (iv) there is no pending adverse regulatory action, investigation or inquiry (other than non-material routine or periodic inspections or reviews) against the Seller, any of its Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Seller, any of their respective suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees, in each case, where such adverse regulatory action, investigation or inquiry reasonably relates to any such partys Product
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Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX, and, to the knowledge of the Seller, there is no reasonable basis for any such adverse regulatory action against the Seller or any of its Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Seller, any of their respective suppliers agents, Collaboration Partners, licensors or licensees with respect to FUROSCIX; and (v) without limiting the foregoing, (A) (1) there have been no product recalls, safety alerts, corrections, withdrawals, marketing suspensions, or removals conducted, undertaken or issued by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, whether voluntary, at the request, demand or order of any Regulatory Authority, with respect to FUROSCIX within the last three (3) years, (2) no such product recall, safety alert, correction, withdrawal, marketing suspension, or removal has been requested, demanded or ordered by any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years, and, to the knowledge of the Seller, there is no reasonable basis for the issuance of any such product recall, safety alert, correction, withdrawal, marketing suspension, or removal with respect to FUROSCIX by any Regulatory Authority, and (B) no criminal, injunctive, seizure, detention or civil penalty action has been commenced or threatened in writing by any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years with respect to or in connection with FUROSCIX, there are no consent decrees (including plea agreements) that relate to FUROSCIX, and, to the knowledge of the Seller, there is no reasonable basis for the commencement of any criminal injunctive, seizure, detention or civil penalty action by any Regulatory Authority relating to FUROSCIX or for the issuance of any consent decree. Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates nor to the knowledge of the Seller any of their respective agents, suppliers, Collaboration Partners, licensees or licensors is employing or utilizing the services of any individual who has been debarred or temporarily suspended under any applicable Law, including but not limited to 21 U.S.C. § 335a, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates, to the knowledge of Seller, any officer, employee or agent thereof (when acting in such capacity), has intentionally made an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statements to the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority, or committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made (or was not made), establishes a basis for any Governmental Authority to assert a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 or could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any such other Regulatory Authority to invoke its policy respecting Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery and Illegal Gratuities, set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar applicable policy of the Regulatory Authority.
(g) The clinical, preclinical, safety and other required studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, or in respect of which FUROSCIX participated, were (and if still pending, are), being conducted materially in accordance with all applicable Healthcare Laws, Product Authorizations or the Product Authorizations in place at the time. Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates has received any written notice or other correspondence from the FDA or any such other Regulatory Authority or an institutional review board requiring the termination or suspension of any clinical, preclinical, safety or other required studies or tests, the results of which would reasonably be expected to be used to support any Product Authorization with respect to FUROSCIX.
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(h) (i) Each of the Seller and each of its Affiliates is operating, and at all times during the past three (3) years has operated, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws; and (ii) none of the Seller or any of its Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Seller, their respective directors, officers, managers, employees and consultants (when acting in such capacity), is in violation of any applicable Healthcare Laws. Neither the Seller, nor any of its Affiliates have, within the past three (3) years, (x) been the subject of any adverse investigation (other than routine or periodic inspections or reviews) conducted by any Governmental Authority with respect to a material violation of applicable Healthcare Laws, or (y) a defendant in any unsealed qui tam or other False Claims Act litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Seller, nor any of its Affiliates, are currently subject to any enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceedings against or affecting the Seller or its Affiliates relating to or arising under any applicable Healthcare Law, and to the Sellers knowledge, no such enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceeding has been threatened in writing.
(i) Neither the Seller, nor any of its Affiliates, are or have during the past three (3) years participated in any federal healthcare program.
(j) Neither the Seller, nor any of its Affiliates and, to the Sellers knowledge, none of its officers, employees, agents, or contractors (while employed or engaged by the Seller or any of its Affiliates) are or have been: (i) debarred, excluded or suspended from participating in any federal healthcare program, (ii) subject to a civil monetary penalty assessed under Section 1128A of the Social Security Act or (iii) listed on the General Services Administration published list of parties excluded from federal procurement programs and non-procurement programs.
Section 4.7 Licenses, Intercompany Agreement and Material Contracts.
(a) In-Licenses. There are no In-Licenses other than those listed on Schedule 7.6 of the Disclosure Schedules and others permitted pursuant to Section 7.6.
(b) Out-Licenses. There are no Out-Licenses other than those listed on Schedule 7.7(a) of the Disclosure Schedules and others permitted pursuant to Section 7.7.
(c) Intercompany Agreements. There are no Intercompany Agreements other than the Permitted Intercompany Agreements.
(d) Material Contracts. Set forth on Schedule 4.7(d) is a complete and correct list, of each Material Agreement (including any such Contract creating or evidencing any Royalty Collateral or Material Indebtedness). Accurate and complete copies of each Contract disclosed on such schedule have been made available to the Buyer. All such Material Agreements are in full force and effect without material modification from the form in which the same were disclosed to the Buyer. Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates is in default under any such Material Agreement, and the Seller does not have knowledge of any default by any counterparty to such Material Agreement that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX and there are no pending or, to the Sellers knowledge, threatened in writing Claims against any of the Seller or any of its Affiliates asserted by any other Person relating to any Material Agreements, including any Claims of breach or default under any such Material Agreements that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX.
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Section 4.8 Manufacturing Matters. A true, correct and complete copy of each Contract Manufacturing Agreement (together with any amendment, supplement or modification thereto) pursuant to which commercial manufacturing of the Product is carried out for the purpose of Product Commercialization and Development Activities that is currently in effect to which Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party has been provided in the data room and is listed on Schedule 4.8 of the Disclosure Schedule (each, an Existing Contract Manufacturing Agreement). Each Existing Contract Manufacturing Agreement is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and qualifies as an Arms Length Transaction. There is and has been no breach or default under any provision of any Existing Contract Manufacturing Agreement either by the Seller or any of its Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Seller, by the respective counterparty (or any predecessor thereof) thereto, and no termination of any Existing Contract Manufacturing Agreements has been notified or threatened. No party to any Existing Contract Manufacturing Agreement has assigned all or part of such Existing Contract Manufacturing Agreement to any other Person.
Section 4.9 Intellectual Property.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.9(a) of the Disclosure Schedule,
(i) the Seller and its Affiliates are the sole and exclusive legal and beneficial owners of all right, title and interest in and to all Material Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, free and clear of (1) any Claims that could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to any of the Seller or any of its Affiliates, and (2) any Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) the Seller and its Affiliates own or have sufficient and valid rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary to the conduct the businesses of the Seller and its Affiliates as currently conducted and planned to be conducted, including the Product Commercialization and Development Activities; and
(iii) with respect to any such Material Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 4.9 of the Disclosure Schedule that is subject to an In-License by the Seller or any of its Affiliates from a Third Party, such In-License is in full force and effect, there are no material unpaid and undisputed fees or royalties (or similar payment obligations) payable by the Seller or any of its Affiliates currently past due and there is no currently outstanding material breach or default outstanding under any such In-License.
(b) Without limiting Section 4.9(a), and except as set forth in Schedule 4.9(b) of the Disclosure Schedule:
(i) other than (1) customary restrictions in in-bound licenses of the Material Intellectual Property and non-disclosure Contracts, or (2) as permitted by Section 7.6 or Section 7.7, there are no judgments, licenses, covenants not to sue, grants, Liens (other than Permitted Liens), or other Claims or Contracts relating to or otherwise adversely affecting any Material Intellectual Property, which materially restrict the Seller or any of its Affiliates with respect to its use, enforcement, or other exploitation of any Material Intellectual Property or in connection with Product Commercialization and Development Activities;
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(ii) the operation and conduct of the business of the Seller or any of its Affiliates, including the exploitation of any Material Intellectual Property, does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any rights arising under any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material respect;
(iii) (1) there are no pending, and in the past three (3) years there have been no, actual Claims or Claims threatened in writing, against the Seller or any of its Affiliates asserted by any other Person relating to any of such Persons Intellectual Property, including any Claims of adverse ownership, invalidity, infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any rights arising under such Persons Intellectual Property, in each case, which are material in any respect; and (2) neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates has received any notice from, or Claim by, any Person that the operation and conduct of the business of the Seller or any of its Affiliates (including their exploitation of Material Intellectual Property), or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any rights arising under the Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material respect;
(iv) the Material Intellectual Property is not, or has not been in the past three (3) years, infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated in any material respect by any other Person without the express authorization of the Seller; and neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has put any other Person on notice of such actual or potential infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any such Material Intellectual Property or initiated the enforcement of any Claim with respect to any such Material Intellectual Property;
(v) all current and former employees and contractors that have developed Material Intellectual Property for or on behalf of the Seller or any of its Affiliates have executed written and valid confidentiality and invention assignment Contracts in favor of the Seller or such Affiliate, as applicable, that irrevocably and presently assign to the Seller or such Affiliate, as applicable, or its designee all rights of such employees and contractors in or to any such Material Intellectual Property and no such employee or contractor has excluded any rights in respect of such Material Intellectual Property from the assignment of thereof pursuant to such Persons confidentiality agreement (or equivalents), which excluded rights would be material to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller and its Affiliates as now conducted or currently proposed to be conducted and the Seller is not aware that any current or former employee or contractor is in material violation of any such confidentiality agreement (or equivalents); and
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(vi) the Seller and each of its Affiliates has taken reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of the Material Intellectual Property consisting of trade secrets and confidential information and to the Sellers knowledge, there has been no unlawful, accidental or unauthorized access to or use or disclosure of any material confidential information or of any trade secrets of the Seller or any of its Affiliates that the Seller or any of its Affiliates intended to maintain as confidential or a trade secret.
(c) With respect to Material Intellectual Property consisting of Patents, except as set forth in Schedule 4.9(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, and without limiting the representations and warranties in Section 4.9(a) and Section 4.9(b):
(i) each of the issued claims in such Patents is valid and, to the knowledge of the Seller, enforceable and neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates has received any written notice asserting that any such Patent or any issued claims therein is invalid or unenforceable;
(ii) all such Patents are in good standing;
(iii) to the knowledge of the Seller, all prior art material to such Patents has been adequately disclosed to the respective patent offices during prosecution of such Patents;
(iv) subsequent to the issuance of such Patents, neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Seller, any of its or their predecessors-in-interest, has filed any disclaimer or made or permitted any other voluntary reduction in the scope of the Inventions claimed in such Patents;
(v) To the Sellers knowledge, (1) the Seller and its Affiliates have not received a Claim in writing by any Third Party that any allowable or allowed claim in such Patents is subject to any competing conception claims of allowable or allowed subject matter of any patent applications or patents of any Third Party, and no such allowable or allowed claim has been the subject of any interference or been the subject of any re-examination, opposition or other post-grant proceedings, and (2) the Seller and its Affiliates have not received a written Claim by any Third Party for any such interference, re-examination, opposition, inter partes review, post grant review or any other post-grant proceedings;
(vi) none of such Patents owned by or exclusively licensed to the Seller or any of its Affiliates have ever been finally adjudicated to be invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable for any reason in any administrative, arbitration, judicial or other proceeding, and, with the exception of publicly available documents in the applicable patent office recorded with respect to any such Patents, neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates has received any written notice asserting that any such Patent is invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable;
(vii) all maintenance fees, annuities, and the like due or payable on or with respect to any such Patents constituting Material Intellectual Property have been timely paid; and
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(viii) the Seller, and each of its attorneys, agents and relevant employees, have met the duty of candor and good faith required under 37 C.F.R. § 1.56, which includes a duty to disclose all information known to that individual to be material to patentability, as such is defined in 37 C.F.R. § 1.56, and complied with any analogous Laws outside the United States.
(d) Schedule 4.9(d) of the Disclosure Schedule contains, with respect to the Seller and each of its Affiliates (set for forth on a Person-by-Person basis):
(i) a complete and accurate list of all applied for, issued or registered Patents that is Material Intellectual Property, owned by or licensed to the Seller or any of its Affiliates, including the jurisdiction and patent number;
(ii) a complete and accurate list of all registered or applied for Trademarks that is Material Intellectual Property, owned by or exclusively licensed to the Seller or any of its Affiliates, including the jurisdiction, trademark application or registration number and the application or registration date; and
(iii) a complete and accurate list of all applied for or registered Copyrights that is Material Intellectual Property, owned by or exclusively licensed to the Seller or any of its Affiliates.
Section 4.10 Title to Revenue Participation Right; No Liens. The Seller and/or its Affiliates holds all rights, interests, and title necessary to sell, transfer, assign and convey the Revenue Participation Right to the Buyer. From and after the Effective Date, the Buyer will have acquired, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, good and marketable title to the Revenue Participation Right and Revenue Payments, in each case free and clear of all Liens (other than the Back-Up Security Interest, which shall be a first priority Lien), other than Permitted Liens. None of the Royalty Collateral (other than the Revenue Participation Right and Revenue Payments, which are covered by the immediately preceding sentence) is subject to, or encumbered by, any Lien other than Permitted Liens. The Seller holds all rights, interests, and title necessary to fully grant or authorize the grant of the Back-Up Security Interest.
Section 4.11 Indebtedness. Schedule 4.11 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of the outstanding Indebtedness of, or incurred by, the Seller.
Section 4.12 Lien Related Representation and Warranties. The Sellers exact legal name as of the Effective Date (as defined in Section 9-503 of the UCC) is scPharmaceuticals Inc..
Section 4.13 Brokers Fees. Except for TD Securities (USA) LLC, there is no investment banker, broker, finder, financial advisor or other intermediary who has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Seller or any of its Affiliate who might be entitled to any fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.14 OFAC; Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption.
(a) Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws.
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(b) Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of the Seller, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees (i) is currently the target of any Sanctions, (ii) is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction in violation of Sanctions, or (iii) is or has been (within the previous five (5) years) engaged in any transaction with, or for the benefit of, any Person who is now or was then the target of Sanctions or who is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, in violation of Sanctions.
(c) Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of the Seller, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, directly or indirectly, has (i) materially violated or is in material violation of any applicable anti-corruption Law, or (ii) made, offered to make, promised to make or authorized the payment or giving of, directly or indirectly, any Prohibited Payment.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
The Buyer hereby represents and warrants to the Seller that as of the Effective Date:
Section 5.1 Power and Authority. The Buyer (i) is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and (ii) has full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to purchase the Revenue Participation Right.
Section 5.2 Authorization. Each Transaction to which the Buyer is a party is within the Buyers corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action including, if required, approval by all necessary holders of its Equity Interests.
Section 5.3 Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Buyer and constitutes, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which the Buyer is a party when executed and delivered by the Buyer will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 5.4 Approvals; No Conflicts. None of the execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the consummation by the Buyer of the Transactions (i) requires any Governmental Approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except for (x) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (y) filings and recordings in respect of perfecting or recording the Liens created pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (ii) will violate or conflict with (1) any Law, (2) any Organic Document of the Buyer or (3) any Governmental
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Approval of any Governmental Authority, that in the case of clause (ii)(1) or clause (ii)(3), individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Buyers ability to purchase the Revenue Participation Right or (iii) will violate or result in a default under any material agreement binding upon the Buyer. .
Section 5.5 No Litigation. There is no action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, threatened before any Governmental Authority to which the Buyer is a party that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Buyer to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 5.6 Financing. The Buyer has sufficient cash to pay the Upfront Purchase Price on the Effective Date. The Buyer acknowledges that its obligations under this Agreement are not contingent on obtaining financing.
Section 5.7 Brokers Fees. There is no investment banker, broker, finder, financial advisor or other intermediary who has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Buyer who might be entitled to any fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE 6
NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DOCUMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS DELIVERED HEREUNDER, NONE OF THE PARTIES HERETO MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR GRANTS ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OR EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE OR ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE VALIDITY OF ANY PATENT RIGHTS OR THE NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES.
ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Seller Diligence Requirements. The Seller shall, directly or indirectly through its Affiliates or any Collaboration Partners, use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to conduct its Product Commercialization and Development Activities, to obtain SNDA FDA Approval and to Commercialize the Product within its approved indications for use. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and any Collaboration Partners to, use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to prepare, execute, deliver and file any and all agreements, documents or instruments that are necessary to secure and maintain any Product Authorization that is necessary to Commercialize the Product, and the Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and Collaboration Partners to not, withdraw or abandon, or fail to take any action necessary to prevent the withdrawal or abandonment of, any Product Authorization for the Product.
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Section 7.2 Reporting.
(a) From and after the Effective Date, the Seller shall provide the Buyer promptly following the end of each Calendar Quarter, but in any event no later than the applicable Quarterly Payment Date, a reasonably detailed report (the Quarterly Report) setting forth, with respect to such same period, (i) the Commercial Updates and (ii) the Intellectual Property Updates. The Seller shall also provide the Buyer with such additional information directly related to the Product as the Buyer may reasonably request from time to time in writing, no more frequently than once per Calendar Quarter, which additional information the Seller may provide orally.
(b) For each Calendar Quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Revenue Payment Term, the Seller shall provide the Buyer promptly following the end of such Calendar Quarter, but in any event no later than the applicable Quarterly Payment Date, a report (a Revenue Report) in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer setting forth in reasonable detail (i) Net Sales for such Calendar Quarter and Calendar Year to date (including a detailed break-down of all permitted deductions from gross sales used to determine Net Sales), and (ii) the calculation of the Revenue Payment payable to the Buyer for the applicable Calendar Quarter, identifying the Products sold by the Seller, its Affiliates and each Collaboration Partner.
(c) The Seller shall prepare and maintain and shall cause its Affiliates to prepare and maintain reasonably complete and accurate records of the information to be disclosed in each Quarterly Report. In addition, the Seller shall provide the Buyer with prompt (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) written notice of any Safety Notices.
Section 7.3 Revenue Payments; Put Option; Call Option; Buy-Out Price.
(a) For each Calendar Quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Revenue Payment Term, the Seller shall pay to the Buyer the Revenue Payment for each such Calendar Quarter promptly, but in any event no later than the applicable Quarterly Payment Date, commencing with the initial Quarterly Payment Date which shall occur on November 29, 2024.
(b) Provided that the Buyer has complied with its obligations under Section 3.3(m) of this Agreement (and, if applicable, any assignee under Section 11.3 has provided the Seller with a valid and properly executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that such assignee is exempt from U.S. federal withholding and backup withholding tax with respect to the Revenue Payments), the Seller shall make all payments required to be made by it to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement in U.S. dollars by wire transfer of immediately available funds, without set-off, reduction or deduction, or withholding for or on account of any Taxes, to the bank account designated in writing from time to time by the Buyer. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Buyer or the Buyers assignee fails to provide an IRS Form W-9, then the Seller shall be entitled to make any deduction or withholding of Taxes from the Revenue Payments that is required by applicable Law and such withheld amount shall for all purposes of this Agreement be treated as paid to and received by the Buyer.
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(c) Upon the occurrence of a Put Option Event, the Buyer shall have the right, but not the obligation (the Put Option), to require the Seller to repurchase from the Buyer all, but not less than all, of the Revenue Participation Right at the applicable Buy-Out Price therefor. In the event that the Buyer elects to exercise the Put Option, the Buyer shall deliver written notice to the Seller specifying the closing date for the payment of such Buy-Out Price which date shall be three (3) Business Days from such notice date (the Put Option Closing Date). On the Put Option Closing Date, the Seller shall repurchase from the Buyer the Revenue Participation Right at the Buy-Out Price then applicable to the Put Option, in cash, the payment of which shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Buyer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if an Insolvency Event occurs, the Buyer shall be deemed to have automatically elected, immediately prior to the occurrence of such Insolvency Event, to have the Seller repurchase from the Buyer the Revenue Participation Right for the Buy-Out Price applicable to the Put Option in cash and such Buy-Out Price shall be immediately due and payable without any further action or notice by any party. For the avoidance of doubt, the Buyers election not to exercise the Put Option with respect to a given Put Option Event will not preclude the Buyer from exercising the Put Option with respect to a continuing or subsequent Put Option Event.
(d) At any time after the Effective Date, the Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation (the Call Option), exercisable upon three (3) Business Days written notice to the Buyer, to repurchase, all, but not less than all, of the Revenue Participation Right from the Buyer at a repurchase price equal to the Buy-Out Price then applicable to the Call Option. In order to exercise the Call Option, the Seller shall deliver written notice to the Buyer of its election to so repurchase the Revenue Participation Right not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed closing date therefor (such closing date, the Call Option Closing Date). On the Call Option Closing Date, the Seller shall repurchase from the Buyer Revenue Participation Right at the Buy-Out Price then applicable to the Put Option, in cash, the payment of which shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Buyer.
Section 7.4 Inspections and Audits of the Seller; Quarterly Meetings.
(a) Upon reasonable prior written notice and during normal business hours, the Buyer may cause an inspection and/or audit, by an independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Seller and subject to confidentiality agreement between the Seller and such public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Seller, the Buyer and such independent public accounting firm, of the Sellers and its Affiliates books of account, for the purpose of determining the correctness of any information contained in any Revenue Report or the amount of Revenue Payments made under this Agreement.
(b) Any such inspection and/or audit shall be permitted with respect to the Revenue Report and the Revenue Payments no more frequently than once per Calendar Year for the Sellers and its Affiliates books of account for any period commencing no earlier than January 1st of the third (3rd) full Calendar Year preceding the Calendar Year in which the Buyer submits the written request for such inspection and/or audit; provided that if a Put Option Event has occurred, the Buyer may cause any such inspection and/or audit as often as the Buyer shall determine. In connection with any such inspection and/or audit, upon the Buyers request, the Seller and its Affiliates shall exercise any rights it may have under any Out-License relating to the Product to cause an inspection and/or audit by the Buyers representatives to be made of the books of account of any counterparty thereto for the purpose of determining the correctness of the information contained in the any Revenue Report or the Revenue Payments made under this Agreement.
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(c) All of the expenses of any inspection or audit requested by the Buyer hereunder (including the fees and expenses of such independent public accounting firm designated for such purpose) shall be borne by (i) the Buyer, if the independent public accounting firm determines that the Revenue Payments previously paid were incorrect by an amount less than or equal to five percent (5%) of the Revenue Payment actually paid or (ii) the Seller, if the independent public accounting firm determines that the Revenue Payments previously paid were incorrect by an amount of greater than five percent (5%) of the Revenue Payments actually paid. Any such independent public accounting firm shall not disclose to the Buyer the confidential information of the Seller or any counterparty to any Out-License relating to the Product except to the extent such disclosure is either necessary to determine the correctness of a Revenue Payment or otherwise would be included in a Quarterly Report or Revenue Report. All information obtained by the Buyer as a result of any such inspection or audit shall be Confidential Information subject to ARTICLE 9.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Seller disputes any of the inspection and/or audit results of Section 7.4(a), the parties shall work in good faith to resolve the dispute. If the parties are unable to reach a mutually acceptable resolution of any such dispute within thirty (30) days, the dispute shall be submitted for resolution to an independent certified public accounting firm jointly selected by each partys certified public accountants or to such other Person as the parties shall mutually agree (the Audit Arbitrator). The decision of Audit Arbitrator shall be final and the costs of such arbitration as well as the initial audit shall be borne between the parties consistent with Section 7.4(c). Not later than sixty (60) days after such decision and in accordance with such decision, the audited party shall pay the additional amounts, with interest from the date originally due, or the auditing party shall reimburse the excess payments, as applicable.
(e) At the request of Buyer, the Seller shall hold a conference call with the Buyer at reasonable times to be mutually agreed to with the Buyer to discuss the financial results of operations of the Seller and its Affiliates, the Revenue Report and the commercial efforts of the Seller and its Affiliates and any ongoing business activities related to, directly or indirectly, the Product.
Section 7.5 Intellectual Property Matters.
(a) The Seller shall provide to the Buyer a copy of any written notice received by any Related Party from a Third Party alleging or claiming that the Product Commercialization and Development Activities infringe or misappropriate any Patents or other intellectual property rights of a Third Party, together with copies of material correspondence sent or received by any Related Party related thereto, as soon as practicable and in any event not more than ten (10) Business Days following such delivery or receipt.
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(b) The Seller shall promptly inform the Buyer upon filing or otherwise submitting a written claim to a Third Party of any infringement or misappropriation by such Third Party of any Patent or other Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Seller or its Affiliates that relates to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities, or if Seller or its Affiliates receive a written notice from a Third Party alleging that any such Patent or other Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Seller or its Affiliates that directly relates to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities is invalid or unenforceable; provided that, reasonably prior to the Sellers or any of its Affiliates initiating, or permitting a Collaboration Partner to initiate, an enforcement action regarding any suspected infringement or misappropriation by a Third Party of any such Patent or other Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Seller or its Affiliates that directly relates to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller and any of its Affiliates, the Seller shall provide the Buyer with written notice of such enforcement action and thereafter shall provide the Buyer with such additional information on a regular basis.
(c) The Seller shall (i) take all actions, and prepare, execute, deliver and file any and all agreements, documents or instruments, that are material or reasonably necessary to preserve diligently or maintain all Patents owned or controlled by Seller or any of its Affiliates that directly relate to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller and any of its Affiliates, (ii) diligently defend and enforce all such Patents against infringement or interference by any other Person and against any claims of invalidity or unenforceability thereof, and (iii) diligently defend against any material claim or action by any other Person that the manufacture, use, marketing, sale, offer for sale, importation or distribution of the Products infringes on any Intellectual Property rights of any other Person.
(d) If the Seller or any of its Affiliates or Collaboration Partners recovers monetary damages from a Third Party, where such damages, whether in the form of judgment or settlement, result from the infringement by such Third Party of any Patents that directly relate to the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller and any of its Affiliates, such recovery will be allocated first to the reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Seller and its Affiliates or Collaboration Partners in bringing such action (including all reasonable attorneys fees), and any remaining amounts to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates are entitled will be treated as Net Sales hereunder.
Section 7.6 In-Licenses and Intercompany Agreements.
(a) The Seller shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) provide the Buyer with (i) executed copies of any In-License entered into by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) executed copies of each material amendment, supplement, modification or written waiver of any provision of any In-License. The Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, amend or modify in any material respect, terminate or assign, any In-License that may reasonably materially adversely affect the Buyers rights or economic interests under this Agreement.
(b) The Seller shall, or shall cause its Affiliates (as applicable) to, comply in all material respects with its and their obligations under each In-License and shall not take any action or forego any action that would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach thereof. Promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the Sellers or its Affiliates notice to a counterparty to any In-License of an alleged breach by such counterparty under any such In-License, the Seller shall provide the Buyer with a copy thereof.
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(c) The Seller will, or will cause its Affiliates to, (i) maintain the Permitted Intercompany Agreements in a manner that permits the Seller and its Affiliates to conduct Product Commercialization and Development Activities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) not assign, transfer, terminate, amend or waive any provision of, or otherwise modify, any Permitted Intercompany Agreement in any manner except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or to the extent otherwise required pursuant to a determination, within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the US Code, or a comparable provision of non-U.S. law.
Section 7.7 Out-Licenses, Contract Manufacturing Agreements and Material Contracts.
(a) Except for a Permitted License, the Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, enter into an Out-License without the Buyers prior written consent. The Seller shall notify the Buyer in writing at least three (3) Business Days prior to the issuance of any public announcement regarding a Permitted License, which notice shall include a copy of the draft public announcement.
(b) The Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, (i) amend or modify in any material respect, terminate or assign any Out-License (except for a Permitted License) without obtaining the Buyers prior written consent (not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed) or (ii) amend, modify, terminate or assign any Contract Manufacturing Agreement pursuant to which commercial manufacturing of the Product is carried out in connection with any Product Commercialization and Development Activities if such amendment, modification, termination or assignment of or to such Contract Manufacturing Agreement would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Seller shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) provide the Buyer with (i) executed copies of each Out-License, and (ii) executed copies of each material amendment, supplement, modification or written waiver of any provision of an Out-License.
(d) The Seller shall provide the Buyer with prompt (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) written notice of a breach by a counterparty to any Out-License of its obligations under any Out-License, in each case of which a member of the Sellers executive or legal team becomes aware.
(e) The Seller shall provide the Buyer with written notice promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the termination of any Out-License.
(f) The Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, (i) waive, amend, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of any Material Agreement in any manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX, (ii) (x) take or omit to take any action that results in the termination of, or permits any other Person to terminate, any Material Agreement or any Material Intellectual Property or (y) take any action that permits any Material Agreement or any Material Intellectual Property to be terminated by any counterparty thereto prior to its stated date of expiration, in the case of each of clause (x) and (y) hereof, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to FUROSCIX, or (iii) waive, amend, terminate, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of the Credit Agreement, except as permitted pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement.
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Section 7.8 Disclosures. Except for a press release previously approved in form and substance by the Seller and the Buyer or any other public announcement using substantially the same text as such press release, neither the Buyer nor the Seller shall, and each party shall cause its respective Representatives, Affiliates and Affiliates Representatives not to, issue a press release or other public announcement or otherwise make any public disclosure with respect to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof without the prior written consent of the other party except as may be required by applicable law or stock exchange rule (in which case either party required to make the press release or other public announcement or disclosure shall allow the other party reasonable time to comment on, and, if applicable, reasonably request the disclosing party to seek confidential treatment in respect of portions of, such press release or other public announcement or disclosure in advance of such issuance).
Section 7.9 [Reserved].
Section 7.10 Efforts to Consummate Transactions. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Seller and the Buyer will use, and will cause its respective Affiliates to use, its and their commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary under applicable law to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 7.11 Further Assurances. The Seller and the Buyer agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary in order to give effect to and carry on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 7.12 Late Payments. A late fee of the lesser of (i) 2.00% per annum over the Prime Rate, and (ii) the highest rate permitted under applicable law shall accrue on all unpaid amounts with respect to any payment owed by the Seller to the Buyer, including but not limited to any Revenue Payment and, if applicable, the Buy-Out Price, from the date such obligation was due until the date payment is made. The imposition and payment of a late fee shall not constitute a waiver of the rights of the Buyer with respect to such payment default.
Section 7.13 Negative Pledge; Preservation of Assets; Lien Cooperation(g) . The Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, and shall not approve, consent to or otherwise enable a Collaboration Partner to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on the Revenue Participation Right, the Revenue Payments, Product Rights, or any other Royalty Collateral except for (i) the Back-Up Security Interest and (ii) as applicable, any Permitted Lien. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates shall take any actions, fail to take any actions, permit any actions, fail to permit any actions, enter into any contracts or arrangements, or amend, restate, supplement, waive any rights under or otherwise modify any contracts or arrangements in a manner that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the Revenue Participation Right, the Revenue Payments or the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of the Seller and its
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Affiliates, with the intent to circumvent the provisions of, or obligations under, this Agreement. For clarity, this Agreement shall not be construed, understood, or interpreted to limit Seller or its Affiliates rights to (a) enter into any license or other similar arrangements between the Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Third Party, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates grants a license, sublicense or other similar rights under any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Seller or any of its Affiliates to make, have made, sell, offer for sale, import, use or otherwise exploit (A) Intellectual Property solely related to a product other than the Product in the United States or (B) the Product outside the United States, and (b) enable, permit or grant a Third Party to use or reference the Product Authorization of the Product in the United States for purposes outside of the United States (such actions described in clauses (a) and (b), a Permitted Business Development Transaction). The Buyer agrees to cooperate with Seller and its Affiliates to reasonably accommodate any Permitted Business Development Transaction.
Section 7.14 Limitations on Indebtedness. The Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except for Permitted Indebtedness.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 General Indemnity. Subject to Section 8.3, from and after the Effective Date:
(a) The Seller hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Buyer and its Affiliates and its and their directors, managers, trustees, officers, agents and employees (the Buyer Indemnified Parties) from, against and in respect of all Losses suffered or incurred by the Buyer Indemnified Parties to the extent arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach of any of the representations or warranties (in each case, when made) of the Seller in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including the Bill of Sale) and (ii) any breach of any of the covenants or agreements of the Seller in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including the Bill of Sale); provided that the foregoing shall exclude any indemnification to any Buyer Indemnified Party to the extent resulting from the gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud of any Buyer Indemnified Party.
(b) The Buyer hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller and its Affiliates and its and their directors, officers, agents and employees (the Seller Indemnified Parties) from, against and in respect of all Losses suffered or incurred by the Seller Indemnified Parties to the extent arising out of or resulting from (i) any or breach of any of the representations or warranties (in each case, when made) of the Buyer in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including the Bill of Sale) or (ii) any breach of any of the covenants or agreements of the Buyer in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including the Bill of Sale); provided that the foregoing shall exclude any indemnification to any Seller Indemnified Party to the extent resulting from the gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud of any Seller Indemnified Party.
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Section 8.2 Notice of Claims. If either a Buyer Indemnified Party, on the one hand, or a Seller Indemnified Party, on the other hand (such Buyer Indemnified Party on the one hand and such Seller Indemnified Party on the other hand being hereinafter referred to as an Indemnified Party), has suffered or incurred any Losses for which indemnification may be sought under this ARTICLE 8, the Indemnified Party shall so notify the other party from whom indemnification is sought under this ARTICLE 8 (the Indemnifying Party) promptly in writing describing such Loss, the amount or estimated amount thereof, if known or reasonably capable of estimation, and the method of computation of such Loss, all with reasonable particularity and containing a reference to the provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Document (or the Bill of Sale) in respect of which such Loss shall have occurred. If any claim, action, suit or proceeding is asserted or instituted by or against a Third Party with respect to which an Indemnified Party intends to claim any Loss under this Section 8.2, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and tender to the Indemnifying Party the defense of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. A failure by an Indemnified Party to give notice and to tender the defense of such claim, action, suit or proceeding in a timely manner pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall not limit the obligation of the Indemnifying Party under this ARTICLE 8, except to the extent such Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced thereby.
Section 8.3 Limitations on Liability. No party hereto shall be liable (and no claim for indemnification hereunder shall be asserted) for any indirect, consequential, punitive, special or incidental damages, including loss of profits, under this ARTICLE 8 as a result of any breach or violation of any covenant or agreement of such party (including under this ARTICLE 8) in or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including the Bill of Sale). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer shall be entitled to make indemnification claims, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this ARTICLE 8, for Losses that include any portion of the Revenue Payments that the Buyer was entitled to receive but did not receive timely or at all due to any indemnifiable events under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including the Bill of Sale), and such portion of the Revenue Payments shall not be deemed indirect, consequential, punitive, special or incidental damages, including loss of profits, for any purpose of this Agreement or such other Transaction Document (including the Bill of Sale).
Section 8.4 Third Party Claims. Upon providing notice to an Indemnifying Party by an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 8.2 of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnified Party by a Third Party with respect to which such Indemnified Party intends to claim any Loss under this ARTICLE 8, such Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend such claim, at such Indemnifying Partys expense and with counsel of its choice reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of such claim, the Indemnified Party shall, at the request of the Indemnifying Party, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in such defense; provided that the Indemnifying Party shall bear the Indemnified Partys reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with such cooperation. The Indemnified Party may retain separate co-counsel at its expense and may participate in the defense of such claim. The Indemnifying Party shall not consent to the entry of any Judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to such claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party unless such Judgment or settlement (A) provides for the payment by the Indemnifying Party of money as the sole relief (if any) for the claimant (other than customary and reasonable confidentiality obligations relating to such claim, Judgment or settlement), (B) results in the full and general release of the Indemnified Party from all liabilities arising out of, relating to or in connection with such claim and (C) does not involve a finding or
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admission of any violation of any law, rule, regulation or Judgment, or the rights of any Person, and has no effect on any other claims that may be made against the Indemnified Party. In the event the Indemnifying Party does not or ceases to conduct the defense of such claim in compliance with this Section 8.4, (i) the Indemnified Party may defend against, and consent to the entry of any reasonable Judgment or enter into any reasonable settlement with respect to, such claim in any manner such Indemnified Party reasonably deems appropriate, (ii) subject to the limitations in Section 8.3, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party promptly and periodically for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs of defending against such claim, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses against reasonably detailed invoices, and (iii) the Indemnifying Party shall remain responsible for any Losses the Indemnified Party may suffer as a result of such claim to the full extent provided in this ARTICLE 8.
Section 8.5 Exclusive Remedy. Except as set forth in Section 11.10, from and after the Effective Date, the rights of the Indemnified Parties pursuant to (and subject to the conditions of) this ARTICLE 8 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Indemnified Parties with respect to any Losses for which indemnification may be sought under this ARTICLE 8, and each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, and agrees not to assert any other claim or action in respect of any such Loss. Notwithstanding the foregoing, claims for fraud or willful misconduct shall not be waived or limited in any way by this ARTICLE 8.
Section 8.6 Tax Treatment for Indemnification Payments. Any indemnification payments made pursuant to this ARTICLE 8 will be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, except to the extent otherwise required pursuant to a determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the US Code.
ARTICLE 9
CONFIDENTIALITY
Section 9.1 Confidentiality. Except as provided in this ARTICLE 9 or otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, the parties agree that, during the term of this Agreement and for three (3) years thereafter, each party (the Receiving Party) shall (i) keep confidential and shall not publish or otherwise disclose, except as permitted pursuant to Section 9.2, any information furnished to it by or on behalf of the other party (the Disclosing Party) pursuant to this Agreement (such information, Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party), and (i) shall not use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose other than as provided for in this Agreement (which includes the exercise of any rights or the performance of any obligations hereunder), except in each case ((i) and (ii)) for that portion of such information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by competent proof:
(a) was already known to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party;
(b) was generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of its disclosure to the Receiving Party;
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(c) became generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain after its disclosure and other than through any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement;
(d) is independently developed by the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates without the use of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party; or
(e) is subsequently disclosed to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis by a Third Party who did not receive such Confidential Information from the Disclosing Party and without obligations of confidentiality with respect thereto.
Section 9.2 Authorized Disclosure.
(a) Either party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary in the following situations:
(i) prosecuting or defending litigation between the parties hereto;
(ii) complying with applicable laws and regulations, including regulations promulgated by securities exchanges;
(iii) complying with a valid order of a court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority;
(iv) disclosure to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates Representatives; provided that each recipient of Confidential Information must be bound by obligations of confidentiality and non-use at least as stringent as those set forth in this Agreement prior to any such disclosure;
(v) disclosure to its actual or potential investors, lenders or acquirers, and their respective accountants, financial advisors and other professional representatives, provided that such disclosure shall be made only to the extent customarily required to consummate such investment, financing transaction or acquisition and that each recipient of Confidential Information must be bound by obligations of confidentiality and non-use at least as stringent as those set forth in this Agreement prior to any such disclosure; or
(vi) upon the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Receiving Party is required to make a disclosure of the Disclosing Partys Confidential Information pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(ii) or (iii), it will, except where impracticable, give reasonable advance notice to the Disclosing Party of such disclosure and use reasonable efforts to secure confidential treatment of such information. Without limiting the foregoing, a party may disclose the other partys Confidential Information, without the other partys prior written permission, to the extent it is required to do so by law, regulation, or a court or administrative order or an order of another Governmental Authority; however, prior to such disclosure, the compelled party shall notify the other party (which notice shall include a copy of the relevant portion of any applicable subpoena or order) as promptly as possible after it
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learns of such requirement to disclose, except to the extent such notification would be impractical or legally impermissible (in which event notification shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable and permissible), provide the other party with reasonable opportunity to pursue legal action to prevent or limit the required disclosure, and, if requested, provide reasonable assistance at the other partys expense in undertaking reasonable legal action to prevent or limit the required disclosure. In the event of any such required disclosure, the party required to disclose the other partys Confidential Information shall disclose only that portion of the other partys Confidential Information that it is legally required to disclose based on the advice of its counsel. The Receiving Party shall continue to hold in confidence hereunder any such disclosed Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party unless and until such information is no longer required to be held in confidence under the terms of this Agreement.
The Buyer shall not seek, because of, or based upon, any Confidential Information of the Seller, Patent or any other form of intellectual property protection with respect to, or related to, any such Confidential Information or use the Confidential Information of the Seller to obtain, or seek to obtain, a commercial advantage over the Seller. Without limiting the foregoing, the Buyer shall not file any Patent application based upon, disclosing or using any of the Confidential Information of the Seller provided hereunder.
(b) Either party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent such disclosure is necessary or advisable upon reasonable advice of counsel.
ARTICLE 10
TERMINATION
Section 10.1 Term and Expiration; Surviving Payments. Unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 10.2, this Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue in full force and effect until (and including) the last day of the of the Revenue Payment Term, at which time this Agreement shall automatically terminate, except in each case with respect to any rights or obligations that accrued or arose prior to such termination.
Section 10.2 Mutual Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by mutual written agreement of the Buyer and the Seller.
Section 10.3 Lien Release.
(a) Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms and discharge of all obligations of the Seller and its Affiliates under this Agreement (including payment of the Hard Cap or the Buy-Out Price, as applicable), all right, title, and interest in and to the Royalty Collateral shall automatically revert to Seller, and Buyer will have no further rights, title, or interest in the Royalty Collateral.
(b) In the event of a sale, transfer or any other disposition of any Royalty Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement and subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement in effect, all Liens in such Royalty Collateral shall automatically be released.
(c) In connection with any of the foregoing terminations and/or releases, Buyer shall, at the sole cost and expense of Seller, execute and deliver to and authorize the filing by Seller all documents Seller shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and release.
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Section 10.4 Survival. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this ARTICLE 10, the following provisions shall survive termination of this Agreement: ARTICLE 1; Section 7.4 (Inspections and Audits of the Seller); Section 7.12 (Late Payments); ARTICLE 8 (Indemnification); ARTICLE 9 (Confidentiality); Section 10.1 (Term and Expiration; Surviving Payments); Section 10.4 (Survival); ARTICLE 11 (Miscellaneous). Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party of liability in respect of breaches under this Agreement by any party on or prior to termination.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Notices. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be by email with PDF attachment, courier service or personal delivery to the following addresses, or to such other addresses as shall be designated from time to time by a party hereto in accordance with this Section 11.1:
If to the Seller, to it at:
scPharmaceuticals Inc.
25 Mall Road, Suite 203
Burlington, MA 01803
Attn: Rachael Nokes
Tel.: (781) 301-6863
Email: [***]
With copies to:
Attn: John Tucker
Email: [***]
and
Latham & Watkins LLP
505 Montgomery St. #2000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attn: Haim Zaltzman
Tel.: (415) 395-8870
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If to the Buyer, to it at:
Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP
c/o Perceptive Advisors LLC
51 Astor place, 10th floor
New York, NY 10003
Attn: Sandeep Dixit
Email: [***]; [***]
With copies to:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Mark S. Wojciechowski
Email: [***]
Tel.: [***]
All notices and communications under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered by hand, if personally delivered, (ii) when received by a recipient, if sent by email, with an acknowledgement of receipt being produced by the recipients email account, or (iii) one (1) Business Day following sending within the United States by overnight delivery via commercial one-day overnight courier service.
Section 11.2 Expenses. Subject to Section 7.4, the Seller agrees to pay or reimburse on demand (i) the Buyer and its respective Affiliates for all of their reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented out of pocket fees, expenses, charges and disbursements of Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel to the Buyer, the reasonable and documented fees (if necessary) of one local counsel to the Buyer in each relevant material jurisdiction, and one regulatory counsel for the Buyer, and reasonable and documented printing, reproduction, document delivery, communication and travel costs) in connection with (x) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the purchase of the Revenue Participation Right, including post-closing costs, and (y) the negotiation or preparation of any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (whether or not consummated); provided that, in the case of such expenses on the Effective Date, the amount of such expenses obligated to be paid by the Seller shall be net of any amounts previously paid by the Seller to the Buyer as a deposit against such fees, costs and expenses and (ii) the Buyer for all of its reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of reasonably necessary legal counsel) in connection with the enforcement, exercise or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including their rights under this Section 11.2, or in connection with the purchase of the Revenue Participation Right, including such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any negotiations in respect of such Revenue Participation Right and in connection with any enforcement or collection proceedings resulting from the occurrence of Put Option Event.
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Section 11.3 Assignment; Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, assign or otherwise transfer, including by asset sale, merger, change of control, operation of law, or otherwise, this Agreement or any portion of the Product Rights to any Person without the prior written consent of the Buyer (not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed) except (i) to an Affiliate if such Affiliate transferee agrees in a writing reasonably acceptable to the Buyer that such Affiliate assumes all of the obligations of the Seller to the Buyer under this Agreement and the Seller guarantees the performance of such Affiliate or (ii) to any other Person with which the Seller may merge or consolidate or to which it may sell all or substantially all of its assets or all or substantially all of its assets related to the Product; provided that with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), the assignee under any such assignment agrees in a writing acceptable to the Buyer (x) that it assumes all of the obligations of Seller the Buyer under this Agreement and (y) to otherwise be bound by the terms of the Transaction Documents. For clarity, nothing in this Section 11.3 shall prohibit any Out-Licenses permitted by and entered into in accordance with Section 7.7.
(b) The Buyer may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Seller if the Buyer provides prior written notice to Seller regarding such assignment.
(c) A party assigning this Agreement as set forth in this Section 11.3 will promptly notify the other party of such assignment.
(d) Any purported sale, assignment or transfer in violation of this Section 11.3 shall be null and void.
This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
Section 11.4 Amendment and Waiver.
(a) This Agreement may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented only in a writing signed by each of the Seller and the Buyer. Any provision of this Agreement may be waived only in a writing signed by the parties hereto granting such waiver.
(b) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No course of dealing between the parties hereto shall be effective to amend, modify, supplement or waive any provision of this Agreement.
Section 11.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Exhibits annexed hereto and the Disclosure Schedule constitute the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all other understandings and negotiations with respect thereto.
Section 11.6 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Seller and the Buyer and their permitted successors and assigns and nothing herein expressed or implied shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and such successors and assigns, any legal or equitable rights hereunder, except that the Indemnified Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the benefits provided for in ARTICLE 8.
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Section 11.7 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
Section 11.8 Jurisdiction; Venue.
(A) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTY AND ASSETS, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT OR FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, AND THE BUYER AND THE SELLER EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. THE BUYER AND THE SELLER EACH HEREBY AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EACH OF THE BUYER AND THE SELLER HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE BUYER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT AGAINST THE SELLER OR ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS OR THEIR PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. THE BUYER AND THE SELLER EACH AGREE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THAT PROCESS MAY BE SERVED ON THE BUYER OR THE SELLER IN THE SAME MANNER THAT NOTICES MAY BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.1 HEREOF.
(B) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE BUYER AND THE SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
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(C) EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 11.9 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction, then, to the extent that the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in a manner that is materially adverse to either party hereto, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect and the enforceability and validity of the offending term or provision shall not be affected in any other situation or jurisdiction.
Section 11.10 Specific Performance. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that the other parties may be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached or violated. Accordingly, notwithstanding Section 8.5, each of the parties agrees that, without posting bond or other undertaking, the other parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or violations of the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the terms and provisions hereof and thereof in any action, suit or other proceeding instituted in any court of the United States or any state thereof having jurisdiction over the parties and the matter in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. Each party further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach or violation, it shall not assert that the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
Section 11.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy, facsimile or other similar means of electronic transmission, including PDF, shall be considered original executed counterparts, provided receipt of such counterparts is confirmed.
Section 11.12 Relationship of the Parties; Cooperation. The relationship between the Buyer, on the one hand, and the Seller, on the other hand, is solely that of purchaser and seller, and no party hereto has any fiduciary or other special relationship with any other party or any of its Affiliates. This Agreement is not a partnership or similar agreement, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute the Buyer, the Seller, or any of their Affiliates as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity or legal form for any purposes, including any Tax purposes. The Buyer and the Seller acknowledge and agree that the Buyers interests hereunder (including the Revenue Participation Right) are not equity interests and that the Buyer shall have the rights of a secured party (as defined in the UCC) with respect to the Revenue Participation Right. The Buyer and the Seller agree to treat the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as a sale of the Revenue Participation Right for U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax purposes, and that they shall not take any position that is inconsistent with this sentence in any filing with any Governmental Authority or any audit or other Tax-related administrative or judicial proceeding unless the other party hereto has consented in writing to such actions or to the extent
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otherwise required pursuant to a determination, within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the US Code, or a comparable provision of non-U.S. law. Each of the Buyer and the Seller shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of tax returns and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes relating to the Revenue Participation Right. If there is an inquiry by any Governmental Authority of the Buyer or the Seller related to the treatment described in this Section 11.12, the parties hereto shall cooperate with each other in responding to such inquiry in a reasonable manner which is consistent with this Section 11.12.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective representatives thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
SELLER | ||
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ John Tucker | |
Name: John Tucker | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Revenue Participation Right Purchase and Sale Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective representatives thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
BUYER | ||
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV, LP | ||
By: | Perceptive Credit Opportunities GP, LLC | |
Its: | General Partner | |
By: | /s/ Sandeep Dixit | |
Name: Sandeep Dixit | ||
Title: Chief Credit Officer | ||
By: | /s/ Sam Chawla | |
Name: Sam Chawla | ||
Title: Portfolio Manager |
[Signature Page to Revenue Participation Right Purchase and Sale Agreement]
Exhibit A
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
[On file with the Buyer]
Exhibit B
FORM OF BILL OF SALE
This BILL OF SALE is dated as of August 9, 2024 (the Closing Date) by SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the Seller), in favor of PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Buyer).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Seller and the Buyer are parties to that certain Revenue Participation Right Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the Purchase and Sale Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things, the Seller agrees to sell, transfer, convey, assign, contribute and grant to the Buyer, and the Buyer agrees to purchase, acquire and accept from the Seller, all of the Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under the Purchased Assets, for the consideration described in the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto now desire to carry out the purposes of the Purchase and Sale Agreement by the execution and delivery of this instrument evidencing the Buyers purchase, acquisition and acceptance of the Purchased Assets;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. | The Seller, by this Bill of Sale, does hereby sell, transfer, convey, assign, contribute, grant, release, set over, confirm and deliver to the Buyer, and the Buyer does hereby purchase, acquire and accept, all of the Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under the Purchased Assets. |
2. | The parties hereto acknowledge that the Buyer is not assuming any of the Excluded Liabilities and Obligations. |
3. | The Seller hereby covenants that, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, at the Buyers reasonable request and without further consideration, the Seller shall execute and deliver to the Buyer such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, contribution, granting and confirmation, provide such materials and information and take such other actions, each as the Buyer may reasonably deem necessary to sell, transfer, convey, assign, contribute, grant, release, set over, confirm and deliver to the Buyer, and to confirm the Buyers title to, the Purchased Assets and to put the Buyer in actual possession of such Purchased Assets and assist the Buyer in exercising all rights with respect thereto. |
4. | This Bill of Sale shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Seller, the Buyer and their respective successors and assigns, for the uses and purposes set forth and referred to above, effective immediately upon its delivery to the Buyer. |
5. | THIS BILL OF SALE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. |
6. | This Bill of Sale may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. |
7. | The following terms as used herein shall have the following respective meanings: |
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided that, with respect to the Buyer, an Affiliate shall include any Related Fund of the Buyer.
Calendar Quarter means a period of three (3) consecutive months ending at midnight, New York City time on the last day of March, June, September, or December, respectively.
Control means, in respect of a particular Person, the possession by one or more other Persons, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such particular Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Copyright means, whether registered or unregistered, all copyrights (including with respect to published and unpublished works of authorship, software, website and mobile content, data, databases and other compilations of information), copyright registrations and applications for copyright registrations, including all renewals, restorations, reversions and extensions thereof, moral rights, common law rights and all other rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Excluded Liabilities and Obligations means any liability or obligation of the Seller or its Affiliates of whatever nature, whether presently in existence or arising or asserted hereafter.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual property or proprietary rights anywhere in the world, including any rights in or to Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Technical Information, in each case, whether registered or not, U.S. or non-U.S., including, without limitation, all of the following:
(a) applications, registrations amendments and extensions relating to such Intellectual Property;
(b) rights and privileges arising under any Law with respect to such Intellectual Property;
(c) rights to sue for or collect any damages for any past, present or future infringements of such Intellectual Property; and
(d) rights of the same or similar effect or nature in any jurisdiction corresponding to such Intellectual Property throughout the world.
Invention means any novel, inventive and useful art, apparatus, method, process, machine (including any article or device), manufacture or composition of matter, or any novel, inventive and useful improvement in any art, method, process, machine (including article or device), manufacture or composition of matter.
Law means, collectively, all U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes or administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including any interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case having the force of law.
Net Sales means, for any period, without duplication:
(a) (i) aggregate amounts invoiced, billed or otherwise recorded for sales of FUROSCIX by the Seller and its Affiliates and (ii) royalties received by the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries from all licensing partners on the worldwide sales of FUROSCIX (but excluding any one-time developmental, regulatory and/or commercial milestones), which in each case shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP; less, without duplication
(b)(i) all normal and customary discounts of any type or nature (such as cash discounts and quantity discounts), cash and non-cash coupons, retroactive price reductions, charge-back payments and rebates granted to managed care organizations or to federal, state and local governments, their agencies, and purchasers and reimbursers or to customers; (ii) chargebacks, credits or allowances (including those granted on account of price adjustments, co-pay programs, billing errors, damaged goods, rejections, outdated or returns of FUROSCIX, (including returned in connection with recalls or withdrawals)); (iii) government mandated rebates and other rebates, credits, allowances, fees, reimbursements and other payments customarily given to wholesalers and other distributors (including retailers), buying groups or other institutions; (iv) taxes or duties levied on, absorbed or otherwise imposed on sale of FUROSCIX, including value-added taxes, healthcare taxes or other governmental charges otherwise imposed upon the billed amount (to the extent not paid by the third party), and that portion of annual fees due under Section 9008 of the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-48) and any other fee imposed by any equivalent applicable law, in each case as adjusted for rebates and refunds; (v) freight, postage, shipping, insurance costs and third party distribution costs and expenses; (vi) allowances for uncollectible accounts accrued in the ordinary course of business; provided however, that if such amounts due under previously uncollectible accounts, such amounts recovered shall be included in Net Sales; and (vii) customs duties and other governmental charges incurred for exportation or importation of FUROSCIX. Net Sales shall exclude any sales or transfers (a) not billed in arms-length transactions to third parties or (b) where FUROSCIX is transferred to third parties for research and trials, samples, compassionate sales or use, or a patient assistance program when the consideration received by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, licensees or sublicensees is less than the average cost of FUROSCIX plus ten percent (10%).
Patents means all provisional patent applications, patents and patent applications in any form in any worldwide jurisdiction, including but not limited to reissues, reexaminations, oppositions, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions, and continuations in part thereof.
Person means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Product means (i) FUROSCIX, and (ii) any current or future pharmaceutical or biological product developed, distributed, dispensed, imported, exported, labeled, promoted, manufactured, licensed, marketed, sold or otherwise commercialized by the Seller or any of its Affiliates, including any such product in development or which may be developed.
Product Authorizations means any and all Governmental Approvals, whether U.S. or non-U.S. (including all applicable NDAs, INDs, supplements, amendments, of any Regulatory Authority), in each case, necessary to be held or maintained by, or for the benefit of, the Seller or any of its Affiliates for the research, development, ownership, use or commercialization of any Product or for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect thereto in any country or jurisdiction.
Product Commercialization and Development Activities means, with respect to any Product, any combination of research, development, testing, manufacture, formulation, import, use, sale, licensing, importation, exportation, shipping, storage, handling, design, labeling, marketing, promotion, supply, distribution, packaging, purchasing or other commercialization activities, receipt of payment in respect of any of the foregoing (including, in respect of licensing, royalty or similar payments), or any similar or other activities the purpose of which is to commercially exploit such Product.
Product Related Information means, with respect to any Product, all books, records, lists, ledgers, files, manuals, correspondence, reports, plans, drawings, data and other information of every kind (in any form or medium), and all techniques and other know-how, owned or possessed by the Seller or any of its Affiliates that are necessary or useful for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to such Product, including (i) brand materials and packaging, customer targeting and other marketing, promotion and sales materials and information, referral, customer, supplier and other contact lists and information, product, business, marketing and sales plans, research, studies and reports, sales, maintenance and production records, training materials and other marketing, sales and promotional information and (ii) clinical data, information included or supporting any Product Authorization, any regulatory filings, updates, notices and correspondence (including adverse event and other pharmacovigilance and other post-marketing reports and information, etc.), technical information, product development and operational data and records, and all other documents, records, files, data and other information relating to product development, manufacture and use, (iii) litigation and dispute records, and accounting records, except for any such records and related information that are covered by attorney-client privilege; and (iv) all other information, techniques and know-how used in connection with the Product Commercialization and Development Activities for any Product.
Purchased Assets means the Revenue Participation Right.
Regulatory Authority means any Governmental Authority, whether U.S. or non-U.S., that has regulatory or supervisory oversight under applicable Laws with respect to the use, permitting, control, safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, sale or other Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to any Product of any of the Seller or its Affiliates, including the FDA and all equivalent Governmental Authorities, whether U.S. or non-U.S.
Related Fund means, with respect to the Buyer, any fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the Buyer or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a Fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the Buyer.
Revenue Participation Right means the right to receive payment in full of all Revenue Payments due and payable hereunder, and an undivided ownership interest in all Net Sales occurring from and after the Closing Date, including all accounts (as defined in the UCC), general intangibles (as defined in the UCC), payment intangibles (as defined in the UCC) and all other rights to payment on account of, in connection with or arising from such Net Sales, and all proceeds thereof.
Revenue Payment means for each Calendar Quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Revenue Payment Term, an amount payable to the Buyer equal to the product of (i) Net Sales during such Calendar Quarter (or, for any Calendar Quarter occurring in part during the Revenue Payment Term, Net Sales for the calendar days falling within the Revenue Payment Term during such Calendar Quarter) and (ii) the Applicable Tiered Percentage.
Technical Information means all Product Related Information and, with respect to any Products or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, all related know-how, trade secrets and other proprietary or confidential information, any information of a scientific, technical, or business nature in any form or medium, Invention disclosures, all documented research, developmental, demonstration or engineering work, algorithms, concepts, data, databases, designs, discoveries, methods, processes, protocols, chemistries, compositions, show-how, specifications for Products, techniques, technology, and all improvements thereof and thereto, and all other technical data and information related thereto.
Trademarks means all trade names, trademarks and service marks, monograms, logos, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark and service mark registrations, including (i) all renewals of trademark and service mark registrations, (ii) all rights to recover for all past, present and future infringements thereof and all rights to sue therefor, and (iii) all rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world, together, in each case, with the goodwill of the business connected with the use thereof.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code in the State of New York; provided that, if with respect to any financing statement or by reason of any provisions of law, the perfection, priority or the effect of perfection, priority or non-perfection of the security interests granted to the Buyer pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code in a jurisdiction of the United States other than New York, then UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and any financing statement relating to such perfection, priority or effect of perfection, priority or non-perfection.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective representatives thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
SELLER | ||
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ John Tucker | |
Name: John Tucker | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
BUYER | ||
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS IV, LP | ||
By: | Perceptive Credit Opportunities GP, LLC | |
Its: | General Partner | |
By: | /s/ Sandeep Dixit | |
Name: Sandeep Dixit | ||
Title: Chief Credit Officer | ||
By: | /s/ Sam Chawla | |
Name: Sam Chawla | ||
Title: Portfolio Manager |
Exhibit C
PERMITTED INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENTS
None.
Exhibit D
PRODUCTS
1. | FUROSCIX for the treatment of congestion due to fluid overload in adults with NYHA Class II/III chronic heart failure. FUROSCIX is a single-dose prefilled cartridge co-packaged with a single-use, on-body infusor. The single-dose prefilled cartridge contains 80 mg per 10 mL sterile, clear to slightly yellow, and non-pyrogenic furosemide solution. The pH of FUROSCIX, 7.4, differs from that of Furosemide Injection, USP. |
2. | Development of a pharmaceutical formulation including 80mg/mL furosemide and at least another active ingredient, including a solubility enhancer, is in process. |
3. | Development of an autoinjector that will administer the above 80mg furosemide formulation in a single injection is in process. |
Exhibit E
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.
[FORM OF] OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
[], 2024
Reference is made to [(i) that certain Credit Agreement and Guaranty (the Credit Agreement), dated as of the date hereof, by and among scPharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), as borrower, the entities from time to time party thereto as lenders and Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP, as administrative agent for (and on behalf of) the lenders party thereto (in such capacity, the Agent), and (ii)]1 that certain Revenue Participation Right Purchase and Sale Agreement (the Royalty Agreement), dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, as seller, and the Agent, as buyer. This certificate is delivered pursuant to [Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement and] Section 3.3(b) of the Royalty Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but otherwise not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the [Credit Agreement or] Royalty Agreement[, as applicable].
The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of the Company, solely in his capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and not in his individual capacity, hereby certifies that:
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company dated as of November 21, 2017, including all amendments, modifications and restatements thereto (the Charter), as in full force and effect on the date hereof and certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and no further amendment, modification or rescission of such Charter has been authorized by the Company.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the amended and restated bylaws (the Bylaws) of the Company, including all amendments, modifications and restatements thereto, as in full force and effect on the date hereof, and no further amendment, modification or rescission of Bylaws has been authorized by the Company.
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of the resolutions approving and authorizing (subject in all respect to the terms set forth therein) the [execution and delivery by the Company of the Credit Agreement, the Royalty Agreement and the related documents in connection therewith and] performance of its obligations [thereunder] [under the Royalty Agreement], duly adopted by the board of directors of the Company as required by law and by the Bylaws, which resolutions are in full force and effect, without amendment, modification or rescission, on the date hereof.
4. The Company is organized, duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in the State of Delaware, as evidenced by the Certificate of Good Standing attached hereto as Exhibit D.
5. The individuals named on the attached Exhibit E are duly elected (or appointed), qualified and acting officers of the Company, hold the offices set forth opposite their names, and the signatures written opposite the names and titles of such officers are their true, correct and genuine signatures.
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1 | NTD: Credit Agreement references to be included for the Officers Certificate delivered on the Effective Date. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name as of the date first set forth above.
By: |
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Name: |
John Tucker | |
Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
I, Rachael Nokes, do hereby certify on behalf of the Company, solely in my capacity Chief Financial Officer, and not in an individual capacity, that John Tucker is the duly appointed and incumbent President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of the date hereof, and the signature above is his genuine signature.
By: |
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Name: |
Rachael Nokes | |
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |