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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

Amendment No. 1

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 7, 2025 (November 6, 2024)

 

 

 

OCUGEN, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36751   04-3522315

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

11 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

 

(484) 328-4701

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

(Title of each class)   (Trading
Symbol)
  (Name of each exchange
on which registered)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value   OCGN  

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(The Nasdaq Capital Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K is to add exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, which were inadvertently omitted from the Current Report on Form 8-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2024 (the “Original Report”). The information in the Original Report is being filed in its entirety for convenience and ease of reference, but the only change is the inclusion of the exhibits and related paragraphs set forth above. 

 

Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Loan and Security Agreement 

 

On November 6, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary Ocugen OpCo, Inc., each as borrowers, entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan and Security Agreement”), with Avenue Capital Management II, L.P., as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Agent”), Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P., as a lender (“Avenue 2”), and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P., as a lender (“Avenue 1”, and together with Avenue 2, the “Lenders”).

 

Amount. The Loan and Security Agreement provides for term loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $30.0 million (the “Loan Amount”) to be delivered in one tranche on the Closing Date (the “Term Loans”). The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Term Loans for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

Maturity. The Term Loans mature on November 1, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

Interest Rate and Amortization. The principal balance of the Term Loans bears interest at a variable rate per annum equal to the sum of 4.25% and the prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal, subject to a prime floor equal to The Wall Street Journal prime rate on Closing Date. The Term Loans will amortize in equal payments of principal from the end of interest only period to the Maturity Date.

 

Final Payment. The Company will pay 4.25% of the Loan Amount, due upon the earlier of the Maturity Date or prepayment of the Term Loans (the “Final Payment”).

 

Prepayment Fee. The Company may, at its option at any time, prepay the Term Loans in their entirety by paying the then outstanding principal balance and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans, subject to a prepayment premium equal to (i) 3.0% of the principal amount outstanding if the prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary following the Closing Date, (ii) 2.0% of the principal amount outstanding if the prepayment occurs after the first anniversary following the Closing Date, but on or prior to the second anniversary following the Closing Date, (iii) 1.0% of the principal amount outstanding if the prepayment occurs after the second anniversary following the Closing Date, but on or prior to the third anniversary following the Closing Date, and (iv) 0.5% of the principal amount outstanding if the prepayment occurs at any time thereafter.

 

Security. The Loan and Security Agreement is collateralized by all of the Company’s assets in which the Agent is granted senior secured lien. The Company also grants the Lenders a negative pledge on the Company’s intellectual property.

 

Covenants; Representations and Warranties; Other Provisions. The Loan and Security Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants by the Company limiting additional indebtedness, liens (including a negative pledge on intellectual property and other assets), guaranties, mergers and consolidations, substantial asset sales, investments and loans, certain corporate changes, transactions with affiliates and fundamental changes.

 

 

 

 

Default Provisions. The Loan and Security Agreement provides for events of default customary for term loans of this type, including but not limited to non-payment, breaches or defaults in the performance of covenants, insolvency, bankruptcy and the occurrence of a material adverse effect on the Company. After the occurrence of an event of default, the Agent may (i) accelerate payment of all obligations, impose an increased rate of interest, and terminate the Lenders’ commitments under the Loan and Security Agreement and (ii) exercise any other right or remedy provided by contract or applicable law.

 

Conversion Right. Additionally, the Lenders have the right to convert an aggregate amount of up to $6.0 million of the outstanding principal amount into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price per share equal to a 80% of the trading price on the date of conversion, which shall be at Lenders’ option. In the event the Company elects to prepay the Term Loans in full, Lenders shall have 10 days to elect to exercise its conversion right prior to such prepayment. All conversion rights shall terminate on Term Loans payoff. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of Common Stock issued pursuant to the “Conversion Right” and the “Equity Grant” shall not exceed a number of shares equal to 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock.

 

The foregoing summary of the Loan and Security Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Loan and Security Agreement, and the Supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3 and are incorporated by reference herein. The representations, warranties and covenants Loan and Security Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates and were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement.

 

Subscription Agreement

 

In connection with the entry into the Loan and Security Agreement, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) by and among the Company and the Lenders, pursuant to which the Company issued (i) 211,268 shares of Common Stock to Avenue 1 and (ii) 845,070 shares of Common Stock to Avenue 2, with an issue date as of the Closing Date. The issuance of the shares of Common Stock was made in reliance on the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D thereunder, because the offer and sale of such securities does not involve a “public offering” as defined in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and other applicable requirements are met.

 

Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC within 90 days of the Closing Date a registration statement on Form S-3, registering the resale of the shares granted pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Conversion Right pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement.

 

The foregoing summary of the Subscription Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Subscription Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The representations, warranties and covenants Subscription Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates and were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement.

 

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

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the Loan and Security Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the Subscription Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On November 7, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Loan and Security Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
Description
   
10.1† Subscription Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2024, by and among the Company and the Lenders.
   
10.2† Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2024, by and among the Company, Ocugen OpCo, Inc., the Agent, and the Lenders.  
   
10.3† Supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2024, by and among the Company, Ocugen Opco, Inc., the Agent, and the Lenders.
   
99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated November 7, 2024.
   
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 † Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) were omitted in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  OCUGEN, INC.
   
Date: February 7, 2025 /s/ Shankar Musunuri
  Name: Shankar Musunuri
  Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & Co-Founder

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO REGULATION S-K, ITEM 601(b)(10)(iv). SUCH EXCLUDED INFORMATION IS NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.

 

Execution Version

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

Ocugen, Inc.

11 Great Valley Parkway Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “Subscription Agreement”) is being entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto, by and among Ocugen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. (“Avenue”) and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. (“Avenue 2,” and together with Avenue, each an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).

 

This Subscription Agreement is entered into in connection with that certain Loan and Security Agreement by and among the Company, Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. (the “Agent”) and the Investors, dated as of even date herewith, as supplemented by the Supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement, by and among the Company, the Agent and the Investors (collectively, the “LSA”).

 

In connection therewith, and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Investors and the Company acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

1.             Subscription. Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes for the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company set forth on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement (the “Shares”) on the terms and subject to the conditions provided for herein.

 

2.             Closing. The closing of the issuance of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall occur substantially concurrently with and conditioned upon the execution of the LSA (as defined above) (the “Closing Date”). On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the number of Shares to Investor set forth on the signature page to this Subscription Agreement, and shall subsequently cause such Shares to be registered in book entry form in the name of Investor on the Company’s share register. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which commercial banks in New York, New York are open for the general transaction of business.

 

3.Closing Conditions.

 

(a)           The obligation of the parties hereto to consummate the issuance of the Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)the execution of the LSA;

 

(ii)           no applicable governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

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(iii)          all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction shall have been satisfied or waived (as determined by the parties thereto and other than those conditions which, by their nature, are to be fulfilled at the closing of the Transaction, including to the extent that any such condition is dependent upon the consummation of the issuance of the Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement); and

 

(iv)          the Company certifies that it is in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 3(f) of the Supplement to the LSA.

 

(b)           The obligation of the Company to consummate the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the condition that all representations and warranties of Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 5(d) herein), which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date, and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by Investor of each of the representations and warranties of Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date.

 

(c)           The obligation of Investor to consummate the purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the condition that all representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein), which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date, and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by the Company of each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date.

 

4.             Further Assurances. The parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

5.             Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Investor that:

 

(a)           The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

(b)           As of the Closing Date, the Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Investor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement and the LSA, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (as amended to the Closing Date) or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

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(c)           This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Investor, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

(d)           The issuance and sale of the Shares and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or materially affect the validity of the Shares or the legal authority of the Company to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of the Company; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of their properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially affect the validity of the Shares or the legal authority of the Company to comply in all material respects with this Subscription Agreement.

 

6.             Investor Representations and Warranties. Investor represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a)           The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

(b)           The Investor’s residence (if an individual) or offices in which its investment decision with respect to the Securities was made (if an entity) are located at the address immediately below the Investor’s name on the signature page hereto, except as otherwise communicated by the Investor to the Company.

 

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(c)           Investor (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A, (ii) is acquiring the Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, and (iii) is not acquiring the Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and shall provide the requested information set forth on Schedule A). Investor is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares and is an “institutional account” as defined by FINRA Rule 4512(c).

 

(d)           Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Investor absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (iii) pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions, and that any certificates representing the Shares shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, Investor may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Shares for an indefinite period of time. Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Shares will not be eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act until at least six months from the Closing Date. Investor acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition of any of the Shares.

 

(e)           Investor acknowledges that there have been no representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to Investor by or on behalf of the Company, any of its affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company expressly set forth in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement.

 

(f)            Investor’s acquisition and holding of the Shares will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any applicable similar law.

 

(g)           Investor acknowledges and agrees that Investor has received such information as Investor deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares, including, with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the Company’s filings with the SEC. Investor acknowledges and agrees that Investor and Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as Investor and such Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares.

 

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(h)           Investor became aware of this offering of the Shares solely by means of direct contact between Investor and the Company or a representative of the Company, and the Shares were offered to Investor solely by direct contact between Investor and the Company or a representative of the Company. Investor acknowledges that the Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Company, any of its affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company.

 

(i)            Investor acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Shares, including those set forth in the Company’s filings with the SEC. Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares, and Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. Investor is able to sustain a complete loss on its investment in the Shares, has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the Shares and has no reason to anticipate any change in circumstances, financial or otherwise, which may cause or require any sale or distribution of all or any part of the Shares.

 

(j)            Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Shares and determined that the Shares are a suitable investment for Investor and that Investor is able at this time and in

 

the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Investor’s investment in the Company. Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

(k)           In making its decision to purchase the Shares, Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by Investor.

 

(l)            Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

(m)          The execution, delivery and performance by Investor of this Subscription Agreement are within the powers of Investor, have been duly authorized and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which Investor is a party or by which Investor is bound, and will not violate any provisions of Investor’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable. The signature on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, and the signatory has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, and this Subscription Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Investor, enforceable against Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

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(n)           Investor is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (iii) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). Investor agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that Investor is permitted to do so under applicable law. If Investor is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by Investor and used to purchase the Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.

 

(o)           In connection with the issue and purchase of the Shares, no person, firm or corporation has acted as Investor’s financial advisor or fiduciary.

 

7.             Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate if any of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 3 of this Subscription Agreement are (i) not satisfied or waived prior to the Closing (and if the failure to so satisfy such condition is capable of being cured prior to the Closing, such failure shall not have been cured by the thirtieth calendar day following receipt of written notice from the party claiming such condition has not been satisfied) or (ii) not capable of being satisfied on the Closing and, in each case of (i) and (ii), as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement will not be and are not consummated at the Closing (collectively, the “Termination Events”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful breach. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, this Subscription Agreement shall be void and of no further effect and any monies paid by Investor to the Company in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one business day) following the Termination Event be returned to Investor, which obligation to return such monies and remedies for losses, liabilities and damages arising from willful breach shall survive termination of this Subscription Agreement.

 

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8.             Registration Rights. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) within 90 days of the Closing Date a registration statement on Form S-3, or such successor form promulgated by the SEC, registering the resale of the Shares, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Conversion Right in Section 3(d) of the Supplement to the LSA (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”) (as amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”), subject to applicable limitations on the amount of Registrable Securities that may be registered for resale on the Registration Statement by the Investors without being deemed a primary offering by or on behalf of the Company under applicable guidelines of the SEC. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Registration Statement is declared effective within 150 days following the Closing Date (or, if the SEC notifies the Company that it does not intend to review the Registration Statement, 120 days following the Closing Date). The Company will agree to make such filings as are necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective until the earliest of (i) such time as all Registrable Securities held by the Investors and registered under the Registration Statement have been sold; (ii) the date on which the Investors may sell such Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the SEC) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale or current public information requirements). Upon the Registration Statement becoming declared effective by the SEC, (i) the Company will promptly notify the Investors of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and (ii) if after the date the Registration Statement is declared effective, the Investors seek to sell the Registrable Securities, the Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to allow, and shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Company’s transfer agent and counsel facilitate the sale or transfer of the subject Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

9.Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Investor hereunder (other than the Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned.

 

(b)           Investor acknowledges that the Company may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement of the Company and disclose all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and LSA and any other agreements related hereto and thereto.

 

(c)           Investor acknowledges that the Company and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, Investor agrees to promptly notify the Company if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 above are no longer accurate. Investor acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by Investor of Shares from the Company will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein (as modified by any such notice) by Investor as of the time of such purchase.

 

(d)           The Company is entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

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(e)           All of the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

(f)            This Subscription Agreement may not be modified, waived or terminated (other than pursuant to the terms of Section 8 above) except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto. No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

 

(g)           This Subscription Agreement (including the schedule hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 7, Section 9(c), Section 9(d), Section 9(f), this Section 9(g), and the last sentence of Section 9(k) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successor and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

(h)           Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

(i)            If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(j)            This Subscription Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement; provided that a facsimile or pdf signature including any electronic signatures complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile or pdf (or other electronic reproduction of a) signature.

 

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(k)           The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise.

 

(l)            This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof) as to all matters (including any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, mediation, claim, charge, complaint, inquiry, proceeding, hearing, audit, investigation or reviews by or before any governmental entity related hereto), including matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies.

 

(m)          Any action, suit or proceeding between or among the parties hereto, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, arising in connection with any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or any related document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (“Legal Dispute”) shall be brought only to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware or the federal courts located in the State of Delaware, and each party hereto hereby consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and 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 such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding that is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. During the period a Legal Dispute that is filed in accordance with this Section 9(m) is pending before a court, all actions, suits or proceedings with respect to such Legal Dispute or any other Legal Dispute, including any counterclaim, cross- claim or interpleader, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court. A final judgment in any action, suit or proceeding described in this Section 9(m) following the expiration of any period permitted for appeal and subject to any stay during appeal shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable laws. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY ON ANY CLAIMS OR COUNTERCLAIMS ASSERTED IN ANY LEGAL DISPUTE RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED.

 

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(n)           This Subscription Agreement is the joint product of each Investor and the Company and each provision of this Subscription Agreement has been subject to the mutual consultation, negotiation and agreement of such parties and shall not be construed for or against any party hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Investor:  State/Country of Formation or Domicile:
    
AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.  Delaware
    
By: Avenue Venture Opportunities Partners, LLC 
Its: General Partner 
    
By: /s/ Sonia Gardner   
Name: Sonia Gardner   
Title: Authorized Signatory   
Date:   

 

Name in which Shares are to be registered (if different):

 

Investor’s EIN: [***]

 

Business Address-Street: 11 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor

City, State, Zip: New York, New York 10036

Attn: Todd Greenbarg, Senior Managing Director

Telephone No.: [***]

Email[***]

 

For notices, with copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

[·]

Attn: [·]

Email: [·]

 

Number of Shares: 211,268

 

Signature Page to Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Investor:  State/Country of Formation or Domicile:
    
AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.  Delaware
    
By: Avenue Venture Opportunities Partners II, LLC 
Its: General Partner 
    
By: /s/ Sonia Gardner   
Name: Sonia Gardner   
Title: Authorized Signatory   
Date:   
    

Name in which Shares are to be registered (if different):

 

Investor’s EIN: [***]

 

Business Address-Street: 11 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor

City, State, Zip: New York, New York 10036

Attn: Todd Greenbarg, Senior Managing Director

Telephone No.: [***]

Email: [***]

 

For notices, with copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

[·]

Attn: [·]

Email: [·]

 

Number of Shares: 845,070

 

Signature Page to Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has accepted this Subscription Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

  OCUGEN, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Shankar Musunuri
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:

 

Signature Page to Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF INVESTOR

 

A.QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

 

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

¨ We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”)).

 

B.INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

 

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

1. ¨ We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity holders are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), and have marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.”

 

2.¨ We are not a natural person.

 

Rule 501(a), in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. Investor has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to Investor and under which Investor accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

¨ Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

¨ Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

¨Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

¨ Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

¨ Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person;

 

Schedule A – Page 1

 

 

¨ Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a); or

 

¨ Any natural person who (i) has an individual net worth, or joint net worth with their spouse or equivalent, in excess of $1,000,000, (ii) had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or (iii) had joint income with their spouse or equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of the two most recent years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.

 

This page should be completed by Investor

 

and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 

Schedule A – Page 2

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO REGULATION S-K, ITEM 601(b)(10)(iv). SUCH EXCLUDED INFORMATION IS NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.

 

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of November 6, 2024

 

among

 

OCUGEN, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

(“Parent”),

 

OCUGEN OPCO, INC.,

a Delaware corporation,

(“Opco” and together with Parent, jointly and severally, individually and collectively, “Borrower”),

 

and

 

AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P.,

a Delaware limited partnership

as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity “Agent”)

 

and

 

AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.,

a Delaware limited partnership, (“Avenue 2”)
as a lender

 

and

 

AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.,

a Delaware limited partnership (“Avenue”)

as a lender (in such capacity, with Avenue 2, a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”)

 

 

 

 

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Borrower, Lenders and Agent have entered or anticipate entering into one or more transactions pursuant to which each Lender agrees to make available to Borrower a loan facility governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this document and one or more Supplements executed by Borrower, Lenders and Agent which incorporate this document by reference. Each Supplement constitutes a supplement to and forms part of this document, and will be read and construed as one with this document, so that this document and the Supplement constitute a single agreement between the parties (collectively referred to as this Agreement). Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1 - INTERPRETATION

 

1.1          Definitions. The terms defined in Article 10 and in the Supplement will have the meanings therein specified for purposes of this Agreement.

 

1.2          Inconsistency. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of any Supplement and this document, the provisions of the Supplement will be controlling for the purpose of all relevant transactions.

 

ARTICLE 2 - THE COMMITMENT AND LOANS

 

2.1          The Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender agrees to make term loans to Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date and to and including the Termination Date in an aggregate original principal amount not exceeding the Commitment. The Commitment is not a revolving credit commitment, and Borrower does not have the right to repay and reborrow hereunder. The aggregate Loans requested by Borrower to be made on a single Business Day shall be for a minimum principal amount set forth in the Supplement, except to the extent the remaining Commitment is a lesser amount.

 

2.2          Notes Evidencing Loans; Repayment. Each Loan shall be evidenced by a separate Note payable to the order of each Lender of such Loan, in the total principal amount of the Loan. Principal and interest of each Loan shall be payable at the times and in the manner set forth in the Note and regularly scheduled payments thereof shall be effected by automatic debit of the appropriate funds from Borrower’s Primary Operating Account as specified in the Supplement hereto. Repayment of the Loans and payment of all other amounts owed to each Lender will be paid by Borrower in the currency in which the same has been provided (i.e., United States Dollars).

 

2.3          Procedures for Borrowing.

 

(a)           At least five (5) Business Days prior to a proposed Borrowing Date (or such lesser period of time as may be agreed upon by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion), Lender shall have received from Borrower a written request for a borrowing hereunder (a Borrowing Request). Each Borrowing Request shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit “B” to the Supplement, shall be executed by a responsible executive or financial officer of Borrower, and shall state how much is requested, and shall be accompanied by such other information and documentation as any Lender may reasonably request, including the executed Note(s) for the Loan(s) covered by the corresponding Borrowing Request.

 

(b)           No later than 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the Borrowing Date, if Borrower has satisfied the conditions precedent in Article 4 by 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on such Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make its Loan available to Borrower in immediately available funds.

 

2.4          Interest. Except as otherwise specified in the applicable Note and/or Supplement, Basic Interest on the outstanding principal balance of each Loan shall accrue daily at the Designated Rate from the Borrowing Date. If the outstanding principal balance of such Loan is not paid at maturity, interest shall accrue at the Default Rate until such outstanding principal balance of such Loan is paid in full, as further set forth herein.

 

2.5          Intentionally Omitted.

 

2.6          Interest Rate Calculation. Basic Interest, along with charges and fees under this Agreement and any Loan Document, shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year, which results in higher interest, charge or fee payments than if a 365-day year were used. In no event shall Borrower be obligated to any pay Lender interest, charges or fees at a rate in excess of the highest rate permitted by applicable law from time to time in effect.

 

 

 

 

2.7          Default Interest. Any unpaid payments in respect of the Obligations shall bear interest from their respective maturities, whether scheduled or accelerated, at the Default Rate, compounded monthly. Borrower shall pay such interest on demand.

 

2.8          Late Charges. If Borrower is late in making any scheduled payment in respect of the Obligations by more than five (5) days, then Borrower agrees to pay a late charge of five percent (5%) of the payment due, but not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for any one such delinquent payment. This late charge shall be charged by Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incidental to the handling of such delinquent amounts. Borrower acknowledges that such late charge represents a reasonable sum considering all of the circumstances existing on the date of this Agreement and represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs that will be sustained by Lenders due to the failure of Borrower to make timely payments. Borrower further agrees that proof of actual damages would be costly and inconvenient. Such late charge shall be paid without prejudice to the right of Lenders and Agent to collect any other amounts provided to be paid or to declare a default under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or from exercising any other rights and remedies of Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders.

 

2.9          Lender’s Records. Principal, Basic Interest and all other sums owed under any Loan Document shall be evidenced by entries in records maintained by each Lender for such purpose. Each payment on and any other credits with respect to principal, Basic Interest and all other sums outstanding under any Loan Document shall be evidenced by entries in such records. Lender shall furnish a copy of such records to Borrower as Borrower reasonably requests. Absent manifest or demonstrable error, each Lender’s records shall be conclusive evidence thereof.

 

2.10        Grant of Security Interests; Filing of Financing Statements.

 

(a)           To secure the timely payment and performance of all of Borrower’s Obligations, Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, continuing security interests in all of the Collateral. In connection with the foregoing, Borrower authorizes Agent to prepare and file any financing statements describing the Collateral without otherwise obtaining Borrower’s signature or consent with respect to the filing of such financing statements. Such financing statements may indicate the Collateral as “all assets of the Debtor” or words of similar effect.

 

(b)           In furtherance of Borrower’s grant of the security interests in the Collateral pursuant to Section 2.10(a) above, Borrower hereby pledges and grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in all the Shares, together with all proceeds and substitutions thereof, all cash, stock and other moneys and property paid thereon, all rights to subscribe for securities declared or granted in connection therewith, and all other cash and noncash proceeds of the foregoing, in each case, to the extent constituting Collateral, as security for the performance of the Obligations. On the Closing Date or at any time thereafter following Agent’s request, the certificate or certificates for the Shares, if any, will be delivered to the Agent, accompanied by an instrument of assignment duly executed in blank by Borrower, unless such Shares have not been certificated or constitute Excluded Property. To the extent required by the terms and conditions governing the Shares, Borrower shall cause the books of each Subsidiary whose Shares are part of the Collateral and any transfer agent to reflect the pledge of the Shares. Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon written notice from Agent of exercise of remedies hereunder, Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, may effect the transfer of any securities included in the Collateral (including but not limited to the Shares) into the name of Agent and cause new certificates representing such securities to be issued in the name of Agent or its transferee(s). Borrower will execute and deliver such documents, and take or cause to be taken such actions, as Agent may reasonably request to perfect or continue the perfection of Agent’s security interest in the Shares. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Agent shall have delivered written notice to Borrower of Agent’s intention to suspend such rights, Borrower shall be entitled to exercise any voting rights with respect to the Shares and to give consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof, provided that no vote shall be cast or consent, waiver or ratification given or action taken which would constitute a violation of any of the terms of this Agreement. All such rights to vote and give consents, waivers and ratifications shall terminate upon Agent’s, at the direction of the Required Lenders, written notice to Borrower of Agent’s intent to exercise its rights and remedies under this Agreement, including this Section 2.10(b), in each case to the extent an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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(c)           Borrower is and shall remain absolutely and unconditionally liable for the performance of its Obligations, including, without limitation, any deficiency by reason of the failure of the Collateral to satisfy all amounts due to each Lender under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(d)           All Collateral pledged by Borrower under this Agreement and any Supplement shall secure the timely payment and performance of all Obligations when due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Except in connection with dispositions permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise as expressly provided in this Agreement (in which case the Lien on the Collateral so transferred shall be automatically deemed released), no Collateral pledged under this Agreement or any Supplement shall be released until such time as all Obligations have been satisfied and paid in full (other than inchoate indemnity or reimbursement obligations or other obligations which, by their terms, survive termination of this Agreement).

 

(e)           Other than with respect to Permitted Liens, Borrower shall not grant any Person a security interest in its Intellectual Property or otherwise encumber any of its Intellectual Property.

 

ARTICLE 3 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Borrower represents and warrants that, except as set forth in the Supplement or the Schedule of Exceptions hereto, if any, as of the Closing Date and each Borrowing Date:

 

3.1          Due Organization. Borrower is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which its business is conducted or its properties are located, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.2          Authorization, Validity and Enforceability. The execution, delivery and performance of all Loan Documents executed by Borrower are within Borrower’s powers, have been duly authorized, and are not in conflict with Borrower’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, or the terms of any charter or other organizational document of Borrower, as amended from time to time; and all such Loan Documents constitute valid and binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general, and subject to general principles of equity).

 

3.3          Compliance with Applicable Laws. Borrower has complied with all licensing, permit and fictitious name requirements necessary to lawfully conduct the business in which it is engaged, and to any sales, leases or the furnishing of services by Borrower, including without limitation those requiring consumer or other disclosures, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.4          No Conflict. The execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower of all Loan Documents are not in conflict with any law, rule, regulation, order or directive, or any indenture, agreement, or undertaking to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound or affected. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Equity Grant does not violate any material agreement or instrument by which Borrower is bound or require the consent of any holders of Borrower’s securities other than consents which have been obtained prior to the Closing Date.

 

3.5          No Litigation, Claims or Proceedings. There is no litigation, tax claim, proceeding or dispute pending, or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting Borrower, its property or the conduct of its business which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6          Correctness of Financial Statements. Borrower’s financial statements which have been delivered to Lender fairly and accurately, in all material respects, reflect Borrower’s financial condition in accordance with GAAP as of the latest date of such financial statements, subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments (in the case of interim monthly financial statements); and, since December 31, 2023 there has been no Material Adverse Change.

 

3.7          No Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, Parent is not a majority owner of or in a control relationship with any other business entity, except for Opco, Histogenics, Ocugen Ireland, Ocugen India, and Vaccigen.

 

3.8          Environmental Matters. To its knowledge, Borrower is in compliance with Environmental Laws applicable to its business, except to the extent a failure to be in such compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.9          No Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

3.10        Full Disclosure. None of the representations or warranties made by Borrower in the Loan Documents as of the date such representations and warranties are made or deemed made, and none of the written statements contained in any exhibit, report, statement or certificate furnished by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with the Loan Documents (including disclosure materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower to Lenders prior to the Closing Date or pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, but excluding in all cases projections, forecast and other forward- looking information), taken as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not materially misleading as of the time when made or delivered. It is understood and acknowledged by Agent and Lenders that projections, forecasts and other forward-looking information delivered by or on behalf of Borrower in good faith upon reasonable assumptions shall not be viewed as facts and that actual results may vary materially from such projections and forecasts.

 

3.11       Specific Representations Regarding Collateral.

 

(a)           Title. Except for the security interests created by this Agreement and Permitted Liens, (i) Borrower is and will be the legal and beneficial owner of or has valid rights to, as applicable, the Collateral, and (ii) the Collateral is genuine and subject to no Liens. There exist no prior collateral assignments or encumbrances of record with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or U.S. Copyright Office affecting any Collateral in favor of any third party, other than Permitted Liens.

 

(b)           Rights to Payment. The names of the obligors, amount owing to Borrower, due dates and all other information with respect to the Rights to Payment are and will be correctly stated in all material respects in all Records relating to the Rights to Payment. Borrower further represents and warrants, to its knowledge, that each Person appearing to be obligated on a Right to Payment has authority and capacity to contract and is bound as it appears to be.

 

(c)           Location of Collateral. As of the Closing Date, Borrower’s chief executive office, Inventory (other than Inventory in transit) with a value in excess of [***] Dollars ($[***]), Records, Equipment (other than mobile equipment in the possession of Borrower’s employees or agents) with a value in excess of [***] Dollars ($[***]), and any other offices or places of business are located at the address(es) shown on the Supplement.

 

(d)           Business Names. Other than its full corporate name, as of the Closing Date, Borrower has not conducted business in the past five (5) years using any trade names or fictitious business names except as shown on the Supplement.

 

3.12        Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses.

 

(a)           Borrower owns or is licensed or otherwise has the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, contractual franchises, authorizations and other similar rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business as currently being conducted, without known conflict with the rights of any other Person, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           To Borrower’s knowledge, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by Borrower infringes upon any rights held by any other Person if the consequence thereof could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)           No claim or litigation involving Borrower or any Subsidiary regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, threatened in writing, and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no patent, invention, device, application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code is pending or proposed which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.13        Regulatory Compliance. To the extent applicable to Borrower, Borrower has met the minimum funding requirements of ERISA with respect to any employee benefit plans subject to ERISA. No event has occurred resulting from Borrower’s failure to comply with ERISA that is reasonably likely to result in Borrower’s incurring any liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower is not required to be registered as an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T and U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). Borrower has complied in all material respects with all the applicable provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

 

3.14        Shares. Borrower has full power and authority to create a first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens that are permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to have, or that by operation of law have, superior priority) on the Shares and no disability or contractual obligation exists that would prohibit Borrower from pledging the Shares pursuant to this Agreement. To Borrower’s knowledge, there are no subscriptions, warrants, rights of first refusal or other restrictions on transfer relative to, or options exercisable with respect to the Shares. The Shares have been and will be duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable. To Borrower’s knowledge, the Shares are not the subject of any suit, action, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding (present or threatened in writing).

 

3.15        Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws. Borrower has not taken any action that would cause a material violation of any applicable anti-corruption law, including but not limited to, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and all other applicable anti-corruption laws. Borrower, and to its knowledge, its employees, agents and representatives have not, directly or indirectly, offered, paid, given, promised or authorized the payment of any money, gift or anything of value to any person acting in an official capacity for any government department, agency or instrumentality, including state-owned or controlled companies or entities, and public international organizations, as well as a political party or official thereof or candidate for political office in violation of applicable law. None of Borrower’s principals or staff are officers, employees or representatives of governments, government agencies, or government-owned or controlled enterprises.

 

3.16        Survival. The representations and warranties of Borrower as set forth in this Agreement survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 4 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

4.1          Conditions to First Loan. The obligation of each Lender to make its first Loan hereunder is, in addition to the conditions precedent specified in Section 4.2 and in any Supplement, subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions and to the receipt by Lenders of the documents described below, duly executed and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each Lender:

 

(a)           Resolutions. A certified copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of the Loan Documents.

 

(b)           Incumbency and Signatures. A certificate of the secretary of each Borrower certifying the names of the officer or officers of each Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents, together with a sample of the true signature of each such officer.

 

(c)           Legal Opinion. The opinion of legal counsel for Borrower as to such customary matters as Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

(d)           Charter Documents. Copies of the organizational and charter documents of Borrower (e.g., Articles or Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws), as amended through the Closing Date, certified by an officer of Borrower as being true, correct and complete.

 

(e)           This Agreement. Counterparts of this Agreement and the initial Supplement, with all schedules completed and attached thereto.

 

(f)            Financing Statements. Filing copies (or other evidence of filing satisfactory to Agent) of such UCC financing statements, and termination statements, with respect to the Collateral as Agent shall reasonably request.

 

(g)           [Reserved].

 

(h)           Lien Searches. UCC lien, judgment, bankruptcy and tax lien searches of Borrower from such jurisdictions or offices as Lender may reasonably request, all as of a recent date.

 

(i)           Good Standing Certificate. A certificate of status or good standing of Borrower as of a date acceptable to Lender from the jurisdiction of Borrower’s organization and any foreign jurisdictions where Borrower is qualified to do business except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(j)            Equity Grant. Duly executed documentation issued by Parent to each Lender effectuating the Equity Grant.

 

(k)           Insurance Certificates. Insurance certificates with respect to property insurance showing Agent as loss payee or and with respect to general liability insurance showing Agent as additional insured.

 

(l)            Subordination Agreement. A subordination agreement duly executed by [***].

 

(m)          Account Control Agreements. Duly executed Account Control Agreements with respect to any Deposit Account, Securities Account, or Commodity Account of Borrower (other than any Excluded Accounts).

 

(n)           Side Letter. The duly executed Side Letter.

 

(o)           Other Documents. Such other documents and instruments as Agent or Lenders may reasonably request to effectuate the intents and purposes of this Agreement.

 

4.2          Conditions to All Loans. The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Loan and each subsequent Loan is subject to the following further conditions precedent that:

 

(a)           No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will immediately result from the making of any such Loan, and the representations and warranties of Borrower contained in Article 3 of this Agreement and Part 3 of the Supplement are true and correct in all material respects as of the Borrowing Date of such Loan, except as set forth in the Schedule of Exceptions hereto, in each case, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date.

 

(b)           No Material Adverse Change. No event has occurred that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

 

(c)           Borrowing Request. Borrower shall have delivered to Agent a Borrowing Request for the Loans.

 

(d)           Note. Borrower shall have delivered an executed Note to each Lender evidencing the Loan made by such Lender, substantially in the form attached to the Supplement as an exhibit.

 

(e)           Supplemental Lien Filings. Borrower shall have executed and delivered such amendments or supplements to this Agreement and additional Security Documents, financing statements and third party waivers as Agent may reasonably request in connection with the proposed Loan (prior to the funding thereof), in order to create, protect or perfect or to maintain the perfection of Agent’s Liens on the Collateral.

 

(f)           [Reserved].

 

(g)           Borrower shall have delivered to Agent Borrower’s business plan and/or financial projections or forecasts as most recently approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE 5 - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

During the term of this Agreement and until its performance of all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity or reimbursement obligations or other obligations which, by their terms, survive termination of this Agreement), Borrower will:

 

5.1          Notice to Lenders. Promptly give written notice to Agent of:

 

(a)           Any litigation or administrative or regulatory proceeding affecting Borrower where the amount claimed against Borrower is [***] Dollars ($[***]) or more, or where the granting of the relief requested could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or of the acquisition by Borrower of any commercial tort claim where the amount claimed by Borrower exceeds [***]Dollars ($[***]), including brief details of such claim and such other information as Agent may reasonably request to enable Agent to better perfect its Lien in such commercial tort claim as Collateral.

 

(b)           Any substantial dispute which may exist between Borrower and any governmental or regulatory authority which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)           The occurrence of any Event of Default or, to Borrower’s knowledge, any Default.

 

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(d)           Any change in the location of any of Borrower’s places of business or Collateral (other than mobile Equipment in the possession of Borrower’s employees or agents or inventory in transit) with a value in excess of [***]Dollars ($[***]) at least ten (10) Business Days in advance of such change, or of the establishment of any new, or the discontinuance of any existing, place of business.

 

(e)           Any dispute or default by Borrower or any other party under any joint venture, partnering, distribution, cross-licensing, strategic alliance, collaborative research or manufacturing, license or similar agreement which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)            Any other matter which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(g)           Any Subsidiary Borrower to acquires or creates (or that Borrower’s Board resolves to intend to acquire or create).

 

5.2          Financial Statements. Deliver to Agent or cause to be delivered to Agent (it being understood that, with respect to such financial statements as are filed by Borrower with the SEC, the form and detail thereof shall be deemed satisfactory), in form and detail satisfactory to Agent the following financial and other information, which Borrower warrants shall be accurate and complete in all material respects:

 

(a)           Monthly Financial Statements. As soon as available but no later than thirty (30) days after the end of each month, Borrower’s unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such period, and Borrower’s unaudited income statement and cash flow statement for such period and for that portion of Borrower’s financial reporting year ending with such period, prepared in accordance with GAAP and attested by a responsible financial officer of Borrower as being complete and correct in all material respects and fairly presenting Borrower’s financial condition and the results of Borrower’s operations as of the date(s) and for the period(s) covered thereby.

 

(b)           Year-End Financial Statements. No later than ninety (90) days after the end of each financial reporting year of Borrower, a complete copy of Borrower’s audit report, which shall include balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for such year, prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified by any “Big Four” accounting firm or any other independent certified public accountant selected by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Lender (the Accountant). The Accountant’s certification shall not be qualified (other than for an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness occurring within one (1) year from the time such report is delivered) or limited due to a restricted or limited examination by the Accountant of any material portion of Borrower’s records. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Borrower’s Board of Directors does not require Borrower’s financial statements to be audited for a particular reporting year, then Borrower shall deliver to Lender unaudited financial statements for such fiscal year of the type otherwise described in (other than the Accountant’s certification), and in the timeframe specified in, this Section 5.2(b).

 

(c)           Compliance Certificates. Simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in Sections 5.2(a)(1) and, as applicable, 5.2(b) above, a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower (or other executive officer) substantially in the form of Exhibit “C” to the Supplement (a Compliance Certificate) stating, among other things, whether any Default or Event of Default exists on the date of such certificate, and if so, setting forth the details thereof and the action which Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(d)           Government Required Reports. Promptly after Borrower’s sending, issuing, making available, or filing, copies of all reports, proxy statements, and financial statements that Borrower sends or makes available generally to its stockholders, and, not later than five (5) Business Days after actual filing or the date such filing was first due, all registration statements and reports that Borrower files or is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental or regulatory authority having similar authority; provided that Borrower’s obligations pursuant to this Section 5.2(d) shall be subject to applicable laws, regulations and agreements by which Borrower is bound including, without limitation, securities laws and nondisclosure agreements.

 

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(e)           Other Information. Such other statements, lists of property and accounts, budgets (as updated), sales projections, forecasts, reports, 409A valuation reports (as updated), operating plans, financial exhibits, capitalization tables (as updated) and information relating to equity and debt financings consummated after the Closing Date (including post- closing capitalization table(s)), or other information as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such information may be redacted (or withheld) to the extent that (i) Borrower determines in good faith that such redaction is reasonably necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege; (ii) to protect highly confidential proprietary information; or (iii) such redacted material relates to Borrower’s strategy regarding the Loans or Agent and/or Lenders or to matters of conflict of interest to or any Lender. Lender acknowledges and agrees that any projections, forecasts, strategic plans or other forward looking information that may be provided by Borrower in good faith and based upon reasonable assumptions are not viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections, forecasts, strategic plans or other forward looking information may differ materially from the projected or forecasted results.

 

(f)            Board Packages. In addition to the information described in Section 5.2(e), Borrower will promptly provide Lenders with copies of all minutes, consents and other material documentation distributed in anticipation of meetings, financial or otherwise, which Borrower provides to its Board of Directors (collectively, Board Packages); provided, however, that Borrower need not provide Lender with copies of routine Board actions, such as option and stock grants under Borrower’s equity incentive plan in the normal course of business; and provided, further, however, that such Board Packages may be redacted to the extent that (i) such redaction is reasonably necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege, to protect highly confidential proprietary information, or for other similar reasons, (ii) such redacted material relates to any Lender (or Borrower’s strategy regarding the Loans or any Lender), or (iii) disclosure of such redacted material is prohibited by applicable law or binding agreement.

 

5.3          [Reserved].

 

5.4          Existence. Maintain and preserve Borrower’s existence, present form of business, and all rights and privileges necessary in the normal course of its business the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and keep all Borrower’s property in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty damage excepted.

 

5.5          Insurance. Obtain and keep in force insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are currently in force with Borrower’s insurance carriers. unless otherwise approved by the Required Lenders. Such insurance policies must be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders(it being understood that policies substantially consistent with those currently in force shall be deemed satisfactory), and shall, from and after the date that is forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date, in the case of general liability insurance, list Agent as an additional insured and, in the case of property insurance list Agent as loss payee, in each case on endorsement(s) in form reasonably acceptable to Agent. Borrower shall furnish to Agent such endorsements in accordance with the preceding sentence, and upon Agent’s or any Lender’s request, copies of any or all such insurance policies. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, proceeds payable under any casualty policy will, at Borrower’s option (made in Borrower’s good faith business judgment), be payable to Borrower to repair or replace the property subject to the claim, provided that any such replacement property shall be deemed Collateral in which Lender has been granted a security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens). If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then, proceeds payable under any policy will be payable to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, toward the satisfaction of the Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

5.6          Accounting Records. Maintain adequate books, accounts and records, and prepare all financial statements in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the omission of footnotes and subject to normal, year-end adjustments), and in compliance with the regulations of any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over Borrower or Borrower’s business where noncompliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and permit, upon reasonable prior written notice to Borrower, employees or agents of Agent at such reasonable times as Agent may reasonably request, at Borrower’s expense (not to exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) in any 12-month period unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to inspect Borrower’s properties, and to examine, review and audit, and make copies and memoranda of Borrower’s books, accounts and records; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent shall not conduct more than one such inspection in any twelve month period.

 

5.7          Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws (including Environmental Laws), rules, regulations applicable to, and all orders and directives of any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over, Borrower or Borrower’s business, and with all material agreements to which Borrower is a party, except, in each case, where the failure to so comply could not reasonable be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.8          Taxes and Other Liabilities. Pay all Borrower’s Indebtedness when due; taxes and other governmental or regulatory assessments before delinquency or before any penalty attaches thereto, except, in each case, as may be contested in good faith by the appropriate procedures and for which Borrower shall maintain appropriate reserves; and timely file all required tax returns (subject to any applicable extensions).

 

5.9          Special Collateral Covenants.

 

(a)           Maintenance of Collateral; Inspection. Do all commercially reasonable things to maintain, preserve, protect and keep all Collateral in good working order and salable condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty damage excepted, deal with the Collateral in all commercially reasonable ways as are considered good practice by owners of like property, and use the Collateral lawfully and, to the extent applicable, only as permitted by Borrower’s insurance policies. Maintain, or cause to be maintained, complete and accurate Records, in all material respects, relating to the Collateral. Without duplication with Section 5.6, upon reasonable prior notice at reasonable times during normal business hours (but in no case more than once per year if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), Borrower hereby authorizes Agent’s officers, employees, representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral and to discuss the Collateral and the Records relating thereto with Borrower’s officers and employees, and, in the case of any Right to Payment during the continuance of an Event of Default, after consultation with Borrower, with any Person which is or may be obligated thereon.

 

(b)           Documents of Title. Not sign or authorize the signing of any financing statement or other document naming Borrower as debtor or obligor (other than a precautionary financing statement with respect to a lease that is not in the nature of a security interest), or acquiesce or cooperate in the issuance of any bill of lading, warehouse receipt or other document or instrument of title with respect to any Collateral, except those negotiated to Agent, or those naming Agent as secured party, or if solely to create, perfect or maintain a Permitted Lien.

 

(c)           Change in Location or Name. Without at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent: (a) not relocate any Collateral (other than mobile Equipment in the possession of Borrower’s employees or agents or Inventory in transit) with an aggregate value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000), its chief executive office or principal place of business at a location other than as specified in the Supplement; and (b) not change its name, mailing address, location of Collateral with a value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) (except Transfers permitted by Section 6.5 and other than mobile Equipment in the possession of Borrower’s employees or agents or Inventory in transit), jurisdiction of incorporation or its legal structure.

 

(d)           [Reserved].

 

(e)           Agreement with Persons in Possession of Collateral. Use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain such acknowledgments, consents, waivers and agreements (each a Waiver) from the owner, operator, lienholder, mortgagee, landlord or any Person in possession of tangible Collateral in excess of [***] Dollars ($[***]) per location as Agent may require, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. In addition, Agent shall have the right to require Borrower to use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide Agent with a Waiver for location holding tangible Collateral in excess of [***] Dollars ($[***]) that is located in a jurisdiction that provides for statutory landlord’s Liens and for any location at which the Person in possession of such Collateral has a Lien thereon.

 

(f)            Certain Agreements on Rights to Payment. Other than as approved in the Borrower’s commercially reasonable judgment, not make any material discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in the original amount owing on a Right to Payment or accept in satisfaction of a Right to Payment less than the original amount thereof.

 

5.10        Authorization for Automated Clearinghouse Funds Transfer. (i) Authorize each Lender to initiate debit entries to Borrower’s Primary Operating Account, specified in the Supplement hereto, through Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) transfers, in order to satisfy the regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest; (ii) provide each Lender at least thirty (30) days’ notice of any change in Borrower’s Primary Operating Account; and (iii) grant each Lender any additional authorizations necessary to begin ACH debits from a new account which becomes the Primary Operating Account.

 

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5.11        Anti-Corruption Laws. Provide true, accurate and complete information, in all material respects, in all product orders, reimbursement requests and other communications relating to Borrower and its products.

 

ARTICLE 6 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

During the term of this Agreement and until the performance of all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity or reimbursement obligations or other obligations which, by their terms, survive termination of this Agreement), Borrower will not:

 

6.1          Indebtedness. Be indebted for borrowed money, the deferred purchase price of property, or leases which would be capitalized in accordance with GAAP; or become liable as a surety, guarantor, accommodation party or otherwise for or upon the obligation of any other Person, except for Permitted Indebtedness.

 

6.2          Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien, or grant any other Person a negative pledge, on any of Borrower’s property, in each case, except in connection with Permitted Liens, the licensors of licenses of Intellectual Property to Borrower and any negative pledge in respect of any asset subject to a Lien permitted by clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Liens. Borrower, Agent and each Lender agree that this covenant is not intended to constitute a lien, deed of trust, equitable mortgage, or security interest of any kind on any of Borrower’s real property, and this Agreement shall not be recorded or recordable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, violation of this covenant by Borrower shall constitute an Event of Default.

 

6.3          Dividends. Pay any dividends or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or make any other distribution with respect to any of Borrower’s capital stock, except (a) dividends or other distributions solely of capital stock of Borrower, (b) repurchases of stock from employees, directors, consultants, advisors, service providers or contractors upon termination of employment or services or under reverse vesting, option or similar repurchase plans not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in any calendar year so long as no Event of Default has occurred and be continuing, (c) the conversion of Borrower’s convertible securities into other securities pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities or otherwise in exchange thereof and payments of de minimus cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the conversion or exercise of convertible securities, (d) distributions made for the purpose of paying taxes in the ordinary course of business, provided that such distributions shall not exceed that actual tax liability, and (d) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of Borrower’s capital stock with the proceeds received from a substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its capital stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subsidiaries of Borrower shall be permitted to pay dividends to or make distributions to Parent and its Subsidiaries which are co-Borrowers hereunder or guarantors of the Obligations.

 

6.4          Fundamental Changes.

 

(a)           (i) Liquidate or dissolve; (ii) consummate, or permit any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries to consummate, any Change of Control; or (iii) acquire, or permit any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person other than Permitted Investments.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.4, Borrower may enter into a transaction that will constitute a Change of Control so long as: (i) the Person that results from such Change of Control (the Surviving Entity) shall have executed and delivered to Agent and Lenders an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Lenders, containing an assumption by the Surviving Entity of the due and punctual payment and performance of all Obligations and performance and observance of each covenant and condition of Borrower in the Loan Documents; (ii) all such obligations of the Surviving Entity to Lenders shall be guaranteed by any Person that directly or indirectly owns or controls 50% or more of the voting stock of the Surviving Entity; (iii) immediately after giving effect to such Change of Control, no Event of Default or, event which with the lapse of time or giving of notice or both, would result in an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iv) the credit risk to Lenders, in each Lender’s commercially reasonable discretion, with respect to the Obligations and the Collateral shall not be increased. In determining whether the proposed Change of Control would result in an increased credit risk, Lenders may consider, among other things, changes in Borrower’s management team, employee base, access to equity markets, venture capital support, financial position and/or disposition of intellectual property rights which may reasonably be anticipated as a result of the Change of Control.

 

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(c)           In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.4, (i) a Subsidiary which is not a co-Borrower or guarantor of the Obligations may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary; (ii) a Subsidiary which is a co-Borrower or guarantor of the Obligations may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary provided that the continuing or surviving Person is a co-Borrower or guarantor of the Obligations; and (iii) Borrower may consolidate or merge with any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries provided that Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person.

 

6.5          Sales of Assets. Sell, transfer, lease, license or otherwise dispose of (a “Transfer”) any of Borrower’s assets except (i) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business, provided that such licenses of Intellectual Property neither result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed Intellectual Property nor have the same effect as a sale of such Intellectual Property; (ii) exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property that are limited to specific geographies (excluding, in all cases other than other than licenses granted in connection with the commercialization of such Intellectual Property, the United States of America), provided that (A) any such license is entered into on an arm’s length bases for reasonable value (as determined in Borrower’s good faith business judgment) with persons that are not Borrower Affiliates, and (B) such licenses of Intellectual Property neither result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed Intellectual Property nor have the same effect as a sale of such Intellectual Property; (iii) other exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property that are limited to specific geographies provided that (A) at least ten (10) Business Days prior to entering into such license Agent shall have received a reasonable detailed summary of the material terms of such license, (B) Agent shall not have, within seven (7) Business Days of receipt of such summary objected (in good faith) to such license, (C) any such license is entered into on an arm’s length bases for reasonable value (as determined in Borrower’s good faith business judgment) with persons that are not Borrower Affiliates, and (D) such licenses of Intellectual Property neither result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed Intellectual Property nor have the same effect as a sale of such Intellectual Property; (iv) Transfers of worn-out, obsolete or surplus property (each as determined by Borrower in its reasonable business judgment); (v) Transfers of Inventory in the ordinary course of business; (vi) Transfers constituting Permitted Liens; (vii) Transfers permitted in Section 6.3, 6.4, 6.6 or 6.7 hereunder; (viii) Transfers of assets (other than Intellectual Property) for fair consideration and in the ordinary course of its business; (ix) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of real or personal property (including Intellectual Property) in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (x) Transfers of cash or cash equivalents not prohibited by this Agreement; and (xi) dissolutions and liquidations of Subsidiaries provided that Borrower provides Agent with advance written notice.

 

6.6          Loans/Investments. Make or suffer to exist any loans, guaranties, advances, or investments (Investments), except for Permitted Investments.

 

6.7          Transactions with Related Persons. Directly or indirectly enter into any transaction with or for the benefit of a Related Person on terms more favorable to the Related Person than would have been obtainable in an “arms’ length” dealing, except (a) sales of equity securities to existing investors in Borrower for capital raising purposes or Subordinated Debt in favor of investors, (b) reasonable and customary director, officer and employee compensation (including bonuses) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans and indemnification arrangements approved by the relevant board of directors, board of managers, or equivalent corporate body, (c) transfer pricing, cost plus, shared services or licensing arrangements between Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (d) transactions permitted pursuant to Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4. 6.5 and 6.6.

 

6.8          Other Business. Engage in any material line of business other than the business Borrower conducts as of the Closing Date and any business substantially similar or related or incidental or ancillary thereto or a natural reasonable extension thereof.

 

6.9          Financing Statements and Other Actions. Fail to (i) promptly upon Agent’s request, execute and deliver to Agent all financing statements, notices and other documents (including, without limitation, any filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office) from time to time reasonably requested by Agent to maintain a perfected security interest in the Collateral in favor of Agent, subject only to Permitted Liens; or (ii) promptly upon Agent’s request, perform such other acts, and execute and deliver to Agent such additional conveyances, assignments, agreements and instruments, as Agent may at any time reasonably request in connection with the administration and enforcement of this Agreement or Agent’s rights, powers and remedies hereunder.

 

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6.10        Compliance. Become required to be registered as an “investment company” or controlled by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or become principally engaged in, or undertake as one of its important activities, the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, or use the proceeds of any Loan for such purpose. Fail to meet the minimum funding requirements of ERISA, permit a Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, as defined in ERISA, to occur, fail to comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act or violate any law or regulation, in each case, which non-compliance or violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the Collateral or the priority of Agent’s Lien on the Collateral, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing.

 

6.11        Other Deposit and Securities Accounts.

 

(a)           Maintain any Deposit Accounts or accounts holding securities owned by Borrower except (i) Deposit Accounts and investment/securities accounts as set forth in the Supplement, and (ii) other Deposit Accounts and securities/investment accounts, in each case, with respect to which Borrower and Agent shall have taken such action as Agent reasonably deems necessary to obtain a first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens that are permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to have, or that by operation of law have, superior priority) perfected security interest therein, subject only to Permitted Liens.

 

(b)           The provisions of the previous sentence shall not apply to (a) Deposit Accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of Borrower’s employees and identified to Agent as such, so long as the aggregate amount maintained in all such accounts does not exceed the amount reasonably estimated to be required to fund the then-next two (2) payroll cycles (including bonuses) at any time; provided that Borrower shall promptly furnish supporting documentation for such estimations upon Agent’s request, (b) any payment processor accounts,

 

(c)           any cash collateral accounts permitted under this Agreement and identified to Agent as such, and (d) any other Deposit Accounts for no more than thirty (30) days after the opening thereof and only so long as all such accounts under this clause (d) hold less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) on deposit in the aggregate at any time (the accounts listed in clauses (a) through (d), each an “Excluded Account” and collectively, the “Excluded Accounts”.

 

6.12        Prepayment of Indebtedness. Prepay, redeem or otherwise satisfy in any manner prior to the scheduled repayment thereof any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1 hereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and each Lender agrees that the conversion or exchange into Borrower’s equity securities of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) shall not be prohibited by this Section 6.12.

 

6.13        Repayment of Subordinated Debt. Repay, prepay, redeem or otherwise satisfy in any manner any Subordinated Debt, except in accordance with the terms of any subordination agreement among Borrower, Agent and the holder(s) of such Subordinated Debt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender agrees that the conversion or exchange into Borrower’s equity securities of any Subordinated Debt and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares shall not be prohibited by this Section 6.13.

 

6.14        Subsidiaries.

 

(a)          Acquire or create any Subsidiary, unless such Subsidiary becomes, at Agent and Required Lender’s option, either a co-borrower hereunder or executes and delivers to Agent one or more agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, containing a guaranty of the Obligations that is secured by first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens that are permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to have, or that by operation of law have, superior priority) Liens on such Person’s assets that would constitute Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens. For clarity, the parties acknowledge and agree that Agent and Required Lenders shall have the exclusive right to determine whether any such Person will be made a co-borrower hereunder or a guarantor of the Obligations. Prior to the acquisition or creation of any such Subsidiary, Borrower shall notify Agent thereof in writing, which notice shall contain the jurisdiction of such Person’s formation and include a description of such Person’s fully diluted capitalization and Borrower’s purpose for its acquisition or creation of such Subsidiary.

 

(b)           Sell, transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of Borrower’s ownership interest in any Subsidiary other than Permitted Liens or as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 6.5.

 

(c)           Cause or permit a Subsidiary to do any of the following: (i) grant Liens on such Subsidiary’s assets, except for Liens that would constitute Permitted Liens if incurred by Borrower and Liens on any property held or acquired by such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such property; provided, that such Lien attaches solely to the property acquired (and the proceeds thereof) with such Indebtedness and that the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of such property; and (ii) issue any additional Shares, except to Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary of Borrower.

 

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(d)           Notwithstanding and without limiting the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Borrower shall not cause or permit any foreign Subsidiary to maintain cash or assets (other than Intellectual Property) with a value in excess of (i) prior to Commercialization, (x) with respect to [***], [***] Dollars ($[***]) or such greater amount as Agent shall consent to in advance in writing in the aggregate at any time and (y) with respect to any other foreign Subsidiary, [***]Dollars ($[***]) or such greater amount as Agent shall consent to in advance in writing at any time and (ii) after Commercialization, the greater of (x) the amounts contemplated by the preceding clause (i) and (y) [***]Dollars ($[***]) or such greater amount as Agent shall consent to in advance in writing in the aggregate at any time.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding and without limiting the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Borrower shall cause [***] [***].

 

6.15        Leases. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any obligation as lessee for the rental or hire of any personal property (“Personal Property Leases”), except for Personal Property Leases of Equipment in the ordinary course of business that do not in the aggregate require Borrower to make payments (including taxes, insurance, maintenance and similar expenses which Borrower is required to pay under the terms of any such lease) in any calendar year in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in aggregate amount. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.15 will not be applicable to Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section 6.1(f) of this Agreement.

 

6.16        Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(a)           Take any action that would cause a violation of any applicable anti-corruption law, including but not limited to, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and all other applicable anti-corruption laws.

 

(b)           Directly or indirectly, offer, pay, give, promise or authorize the payment of any money, gift, or anything of value to any person acting in an official capacity for any government department, agency, or instrumentality, including state-owned or controlled companies or entities, and public international organizations, as well as a political party or official thereof or candidates for political office, except in compliance with applicable law.

 

6.17       [***] Subordinated Debt. Borrower shall not request loans, credit extensions or any other credit accommodations which would cause the principal amount of Indebtedness owing to [***] to be in excess of [***]Dollars ($[***]) at any time.

 

ARTICLE 7 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

7.1          Events of Default; Acceleration. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, the obligation of each Lender to make any additional Loan shall be suspended. The occurrence and continuation of any of the following (each, an Event of Default) shall at the option of Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders (1) make all sums of Basic Interest and principal, as well as any other Obligations and amounts owing under any Loan Documents, immediately due and payable without notice of default, presentment or demand for payment, protest or notice of nonpayment or dishonor or any other notices or demands, and (2) give Agent the right to exercise any other right or remedy provided by contract or applicable law:

 

(a)           Borrower shall fail to pay any principal or interest under this Agreement or any Note, or fail to pay any fees or other charges when due under any Loan Document, and such failure continues for three (3) Business Days or more after the same first becomes due; provided, however, that Agent’s or any Lender’s failure to effect, or effort in effecting, timely automatic debits of the appropriate funds from the Primary Operating Account as provided in Sections 2.2 and 5.10 hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default.

 

(b)           Any representation or warranty made, or financial statement, certificate or other document provided, by Borrower under any Loan Document shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made herein.

 

(c)           If there occurs any circumstance or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(d)           (i) Borrower shall fail to pay its debts generally as they become due; or (ii) Borrower shall commence any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to itself, an involuntary Insolvency Proceeding shall be filed against Borrower, or a custodian, receiver, trustee, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other similar official, shall be appointed to take possession, custody or control of the properties of Borrower, and such involuntary Insolvency Proceeding, petition or appointment is acquiesced to by Borrower or is not dismissed within forty five (45) days; (iii) the dissolution, winding up, or termination of the business or cessation of operations of Borrower (including any transaction or series of related transactions deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Borrower (other than as permitted by Section 6.4 hereof) pursuant to the provisions of Borrower’s charter documents); or (iv) Borrower shall take any corporate action for the purpose of effecting, approving, or consenting to any of the foregoing.

 

(e)           Borrower shall be in default beyond any applicable period of grace or cure under any other agreement involving the borrowing of money, the purchase of property on credit, the advance of credit or any other monetary liability of any kind to any Lender or to any other Person in an amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), however, that the Event of Default under this Section 7.1(e) caused by the occurrence of a breach or default under such other agreement shall be cured or waived for purposes of this Agreement upon Agent receiving written notice from the party asserting such breach or default of such cure or waiver of the breach or default under such other agreement.

 

(f)           Any governmental or regulatory authority shall take any judicial or administrative action which is not dismissed, stayed or otherwise resolved within thirty (30) days, or any defined benefit pension plan maintained by Borrower shall have any unfunded liabilities, any of which, in the reasonable judgment of Agent and each Lender, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(g)           Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Sections 6.4 or 6.5, any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or a substantial or material part of the assets constituting Collateral of Borrower, except for the creation of Permitted Liens, including without limitation to any trust or similar entity, shall occur.

 

(h)           Any judgment(s) (not covered by third- party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) singly or in the aggregate in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) (excluding amounts covered by third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) shall be entered against Borrower which remain unsatisfied, unvacated or unstayed pending appeal for thirty (30) or more days after entry thereof.

 

(i)            Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any covenant contained in Article 6 of this Agreement.

 

(j)            Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any covenant contained in Article 5 or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than a covenant which is dealt with specifically elsewhere in this Article 7) and, if capable of being cured, the breach of such covenant is not cured within ten (10) days after the sooner to occur of Borrower’s receipt of notice of such breach from Agent or the date on which such breach first becomes known to any senior officer of Borrower (the “Notice Date”); provided, however that if such breach is not capable of being cured within such 10-day period and Borrower timely notifies Agent and Borrower diligently pursues such cure, then the cure period shall be extended to the date requested in Borrower’s notice but in no event more than thirty (30) days from the Notice Date.

 

7.2          Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, shall be entitled to exercise any or all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law, and exercise any or all of its rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement and in any other Loan Document. The obligations of Borrower under this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by Agent or any Lender upon, on account of, or in connection with, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

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7.3          Sale of Collateral. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, may sell all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sales, to itself, a wholesaler, retailer or investor, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices as Agent or the Required Lenders may deem commercially reasonable. Any such public or private sales shall be held at such times and at such place(s) as Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, may determine. In case of the sale of all or any part of the Collateral on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by Agent until the selling price is paid by the purchaser, but neither Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability in case of the failure of such purchaser to pay for the Collateral and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be resold. Agent may, at the direction of the Required Lenders, instead of exercising its power of sale, proceed to enforce its security interest in the Collateral by seeking a judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if an Event of Default is in existence,

 

(1)           Subject to the rights of any third parties, Agent may license, or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks included in the Collateral throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions and in such manner as the Required Lenders shall in their sole discretion determine;

 

(2)           Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, may (without assuming any obligations or liability thereunder), at any time and from time to time, enforce (and shall have the exclusive right to enforce) against any licensee or sublicensee all rights and remedies of Borrower in, to and under any Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses or Trademark Licenses, in each case, to the extent included in the Collateral, and take or refrain from taking any action under any thereof, and Borrower hereby releases Agent and each Lender from, and agrees to hold Agent and each Lender free and harmless from and against any claims arising out of, any lawful action so taken or omitted to be taken with respect thereto other than claims arising out of Agent’s or any Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; and

 

(3)           Upon request by Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, Borrower will execute and deliver to Agent a power of attorney, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent for the implementation of any lease, assignment, license, sublicense, grant of option, sale or other disposition of a Copyright, Patent or Trademark, in each case, to the extent included in the Collateral. In the event of any such disposition pursuant to this clause 3, Borrower shall supply its know-how and expertise relating to the products or services made or rendered in connection with Patents, the manufacture and sale of the products bearing Trademarks, and its customer lists and other records relating to such Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks and to the distribution of said products, to Agent.

 

(4)           If, at any time when Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, shall determine to exercise the right to sell the whole or any part of the Shares hereunder, such Shares or the part thereof to be sold shall not, for any reason whatsoever, be effectively registered under the Securities Act (or any similar statute), then Agent may, in its discretion (subject only to applicable requirements of law), sell such Shares or part thereof by private sale in such manner and under such circumstances as Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders may deem necessary or advisable, but subject to the other requirements of this Article 7, and shall not be required to effect such registration or to cause the same to be effected. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in any such event, Agent may, at the direction of the Required Lenders in their sole discretion (i) in accordance with applicable securities laws proceed to make such private sale notwithstanding that a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Shares or part thereof could be or shall have been filed under the Securities Act (or similar statute), (ii) approach and negotiate with a single possible purchaser to effect such sale, and (iii) restrict such sale to a purchaser who is an accredited investor under the Securities Act and who will represent and agree that such purchaser is purchasing for its own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale of such Shares or any part thereof. In addition to a private sale as provided above in this Article 7, if any of the Shares shall not be freely distributable to the public without registration under the Securities Act (or similar statute) at the time of any proposed sale pursuant to this Article 7, then Agent shall not be required to effect such registration or cause the same to be effected but, in its discretion (subject only to applicable requirements of law), may require that any sale hereunder (including a sale at auction) be conducted subject to restrictions:

 

(A)            as to the financial sophistication and ability of any Person permitted to bid or purchase at any such sale;

 

(B)            as to the content of legends to be placed upon any certificates representing the Shares sold in such sale, including restrictions on future transfer thereof;

 

(C)            as to the representations required to be made by each Person bidding or purchasing at such sale relating to such Person’s access to financial information about Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and such Person’s intentions as to the holding of the Shares so sold for investment for its own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof; and

 

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(D)            as to such other matters as Agent may, in its discretion, deem necessary or appropriate in order that such sale (notwithstanding any failure so to register) may be effected in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws.

 

(5)            Borrower recognizes that Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Shares and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof in accordance with clause (4) above. Borrower also acknowledges that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale being private. Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Shares for the period of time necessary to permit the applicable Subsidiary to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if Borrower and/or the Subsidiary would agree to do so.

 

7.4            Borrower’s Obligations upon Default. Upon the request of Agent, at the direction of Lenders, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower will:

 

(a)            Assemble and make available to Agent the Collateral at such place(s) as Agent shall reasonably designate, segregating all Collateral so that each item is capable of identification; and

 

(b)            Subject to the rights of any lessor, permit Agent, by Agent’s officers, employees, agents and representatives, to peaceably enter any premises where any Collateral is located, to take possession of the Collateral, to complete the processing, manufacture or repair of any Collateral, and to remove the Collateral, or to conduct any public or private sale of the Collateral, all without any liability of Agent or any Lender for rent or other compensation owing to Borrower for the use of Borrower’s premises.

 

ARTICLE 8 - SPECIAL COLLATERAL PROVISIONS

 

8.1            Compromise and Collection. Borrower and Agent recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be asserted by obligors with respect to certain of the Rights to Payment; that certain of the Rights to Payment may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part; and that the expense and probability of success of litigating a disputed Right to Payment may exceed the amount that reasonably may be expected to be recovered with respect to such Right to Payment. Borrower hereby authorizes Agent, after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to compromise with the obligor, accept in full payment of any Right to Payment such amount as Agent shall negotiate with the obligor, or abandon any Right to Payment. Any such action by Agent shall be considered commercially reasonable so long as the Required Lenders have made the determination in good faith based on information known to them at the time Agent takes any such action.

 

8.2            Performance of Borrower’s Obligations. Without having any obligation to do so, upon reasonable prior notice to Borrower, Agent may, at the direction of the Required Lenders, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default perform or pay any obligation which Borrower has agreed to perform or pay under this Agreement and which Agent reasonably believes in good faith Borrower has not paid or performed and will not pay or perform in a timely fashion, including, without limitation, the payment or discharge of taxes or Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral. In so performing or paying, Agent and the Required Lenders shall determine the action to be taken and the amount necessary to discharge such obligations. Borrower shall reimburse Agent on demand for any reasonable documented out-of-pocket amounts paid by Agent pursuant to this Section, which amounts shall constitute Obligations secured by the Collateral and shall bear interest from the date of demand at the Default Rate.

 

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8.3            Power of Attorney. For the purpose of protecting and preserving the Collateral and Agent’s rights under this Agreement, Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Agent, with full power of substitution, as its attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to do any act which Borrower is obligated to do hereunder; to exercise such rights with respect to the Collateral as Borrower might exercise; to use such Inventory, Equipment, Fixtures or other property as Borrower might use; to enter Borrower’s premises; to give notice of Agent’s security interest in, and to collect the Collateral; and before or after Default, to execute and file in Borrower’s name any financing statements, amendments and continuation statements, Account Control Agreements or other Security Documents necessary or desirable to create, maintain, perfect or continue the perfection of Agent’s security interests in the Collateral. Borrower hereby ratifies all that Agent shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this appointment (absent any such action constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct).

 

8.4            Authorization for Agent to Take Certain Action. The power of attorney created in Section 8.3 is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the repayment in full of the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity or reimbursement obligations or other obligations which, by their terms, survive termination of this Agreement). The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Agent to exercise such powers. Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers and in no event shall Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives be responsible to Borrower for any act or failure to act, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may exercise this power of attorney without notice to or assent of Borrower, in the name of Borrower, or in Agent’s own name, from time to time in Agent’s sole discretion and at Borrower’s expense. To further carry out the terms of this Agreement, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may, at the direction of the Required Lenders:

 

(a)            Execute any statements or documents or take possession of, and endorse and collect and receive delivery or payment of, any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments and documents constituting Collateral, or constituting the payment of amounts due and to become due or any performance to be rendered with respect to the Collateral.

 

(b)            Sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts; drafts, certificates and statements under any commercial or standby letter of credit relating to Collateral; assignments, verifications and notices in connection with Accounts; or any other documents relating to the Collateral, including without limitation the Records.

 

(c)            Use or operate Collateral or any other property of Borrower for the purpose of preserving or liquidating Collateral.

 

(d)            File any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or as otherwise deemed appropriate by Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all monies due or securing any performance to be rendered with respect to the Collateral.

 

(e)            Commence, prosecute or defend any suits, actions or proceedings or as otherwise deemed appropriate by Agent for the purpose of protecting or collecting the Collateral. In furtherance of this right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may apply for the appointment of a receiver or similar official to operate Borrower’s business.

 

(f)            Prepare, adjust, execute, deliver and receive payment under insurance claims, and collect and receive payment of and endorse any instrument in payment of loss or returned premiums or any other insurance refund or return, and apply such amounts at Agent’s sole discretion, toward repayment of the Obligations or replacement of the Collateral.

 

8.5            Application of Proceeds. Any Proceeds and other monies or property received by Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Loan Document may be applied as follows:

 

(a)            First, to Agent, the aggregate amount of all costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts required to be reimbursed to Agent, in its capacity as such, until paid in full;

 

(b)            Second, to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders (in accordance with the portion funded by each Lender), the aggregate amount of all Obligations arising on account of payments made by Agent in accordance with Section 8.2, until repaid in full;

 

(c)            Third, to Lenders, ratably in accordance with principal amount of the Loans held by each Lender, an amount equal to the aggregate costs, expenses, indemnities or other amounts then required to be reimbursed to Lenders, until paid in full;

 

(d)            Fourth, to Lenders, ratably in accordance with aggregate amount of any fees, premiums or similar payments due to each Lender in respect of the Loans held by such Lender, an amount equal to the aggregate fees, premiums or other similar such payments due to such Lender in respect of the Loans, until paid in full;

 

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(e)            Fifth, to Lenders, ratably in accordance with accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Loans and the other Obligations due to each Lender, an amount equal to the aggregate accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations then due, until paid in full;

 

(f)            Sixth, to Lenders, ratably in accordance outstanding principal due to each Lender in respect of the Loans, an amount equal to the aggregate principal outstanding in respect of the Loans then due, until paid in full;

 

(g)           Seventh, to Agent and each Lender, ratably in accordance with the any other Obligations due to such Lender, an amount equal to all other Obligations due and payable to Agent and each Lender, until paid in full; and

 

(h)           Last, the balance, if any, to Borrower or as otherwise required by applicable law.

 

8.6           Deficiency. If the Proceeds of any disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such sale and the payment in full of all the Obligations, plus all other sums required to be expended or distributed by Agent to Lenders, then Borrower shall be liable for any such deficiency.

 

8.7           Agent Transfer. Upon the transfer of all or any part of the Obligations, Agent may transfer all or part of the Collateral and shall be fully discharged thereafter from all liability and responsibility with respect to such Collateral so transferred, and the transferee shall be vested with all the rights and powers of Agent hereunder with respect to such Collateral so transferred, but with respect to any Collateral not so transferred, Agent shall retain all rights and powers hereby given.

 

8.8Agent’s Duties.

 

(a)            Agent shall use reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession. Without limitation on other conduct which may be considered the exercise of reasonable care, Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of such Collateral if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Agent accords its own property, it being understood that Agent shall not have any responsibility for ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, declining value, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, regardless of whether Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters; or taking any necessary steps to preserve any rights against any Person with respect to any Collateral. Under no circumstances shall Agent be responsible for any injury or loss to the Collateral, or any part thereof, arising from any cause beyond the reasonable control of Agent.

 

(b)            Agent may at any time deliver the Collateral or any part thereof to Borrower and the receipt of Borrower shall be a complete and full acquittance for the Collateral so delivered, and Agent shall thereafter be discharged from any liability or responsibility therefor.

 

(c)            Neither Agent, nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys or any other person affiliated with or representing Agent shall be liable for any claims, demands, losses or damages, of any kind whatsoever, made, claimed, incurred or suffered by Borrower or any other party through the ordinary negligence of Agent, or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys or any other person affiliated with or representing Agent.

 

8.9           Termination of Security Interests and Loan Documents. Upon the payment in full of the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity or reimbursement obligations or other obligations which, by their terms, survive termination of this Agreement) and satisfaction of all Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and if Lenders have no further obligations under their Commitment, the security interest granted hereby shall automatically and immediately terminate without further action by any party, all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Borrower and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically and immediately terminate without further action by any party; provided that (i) those obligations, liabilities, covenants and terms that are expressly specified herein and in any other Loan Document as surviving that respective agreement’s termination, including without limitation, Borrower’s indemnity obligations set forth in this Agreement, shall continue to survive notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, and (ii) nothing set forth herein shall affect or be deemed to affect those obligations, liabilities, covenants and terms set forth in any warrant instrument issued to a Lender’s parent company or set forth in any other equity securities or convertible debt securities of Borrower acquired by any Lender in connection with this Agreement. Upon any such termination, Agent shall return all Collateral in its possession or control to Borrower and, at Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to Borrower such documents as Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

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ARTICLE 9 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

9.1           Notices. Any notice given by any party under any Loan Document shall be in writing and personally delivered, sent by overnight courier, or United States mail, postage prepaid, or sent by electronic mail, or other authenticated message, charges prepaid, to the other party’s or parties’ addresses shown on the Supplement. Each party may change the address or email address to which notices, requests and other communications are to be sent by giving written notice of such change to each other party. Notice given by hand delivery shall be deemed received on the date delivered; if sent by overnight courier, on the next Business Day after delivery to the courier service; if by first class mail, on the third Business Day after deposit in the U.S. Mail; and if by electronic mail, on the date of transmission.

 

9.2           Binding Effect. The Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower, Lenders, Agent and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that Borrower may not assign or transfer Borrower’s rights or obligations under any Loan Document. Upon written notice to Borrower, each Lender reserves the right, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, to sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in, such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Lender shall not assign any of such rights or obligations to any competitor of Borrower or any vulture fund or distressed debt fund. Without limiting the foregoing, any Lender may sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in, such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to any Affiliate of such Lender. In connection with any of the foregoing, Lenders and Agent may disclose to any prospective purchaser or assignee all documents and information which Lenders and Agent now or hereafter may have relating to the Loans, Borrower, or its business, provided that any Person who receives such information shall have agreed in writing in advance to maintain the confidentiality of such information on terms no less favorable to Borrower than are set forth in Section 9.13 hereof.

 

9.3           No Waiver. Any waiver, consent or approval by Agent and the Required Lenders of any Event of Default or breach of any provision, condition, or covenant of any Loan Document must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent set forth in writing and signed by Agent and the Required Lenders. No waiver of any breach or default shall be deemed a waiver of any later breach or default of the same or any other provision of any Loan Document. No failure or delay on the part of Agent or any Lender in exercising any power, right, or privilege under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, or privilege shall preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or privilege. Agent and the Required Lenders have the right, at their sole option, to continue to accept interest and/or principal payments due under the Loan Documents after default, and such acceptance shall not constitute a waiver of said default or an extension of the maturity of any Loan unless the Required Lenders agree otherwise in writing.

 

9.4           Rights Cumulative. All rights and remedies existing under the Loan Documents are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any other rights or remedies available under contract or applicable law.

 

9.5           Unenforceable Provisions. Any provision of any Loan Document executed by Borrower which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, shall be so only as to such jurisdiction and only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability, but all the remaining provisions of any such Loan Document shall remain valid and enforceable.

 

9.6           Accounting Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, accounting terms and financial covenants and information shall be determined and prepared in accordance with GAAP (except with respect to the footnote disclosure required thereby and subject to year-end adjustments); provided that for purposes of compliance with the financial covenants and negative covenants and, for purposes of such covenants, any related definitions herein (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not any covenants or obligations in respect of the preparation or provision of financial statements hereunder), GAAP shall be deemed to treat operating leases and capital lease obligations in a manner consistent with the treatment thereof under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018, notwithstanding any modifications or interpretive changes thereto that have occurred.

 

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9.7            Indemnification; Exculpation. Borrower shall pay and protect, defend and indemnify each Lender, Agent and each Lender’s and Agent’s employees, officers, directors, shareholders, affiliates, correspondents, agents and representatives (other than Lender, collectively “Representatives”) against, and hold each Lender, Agent and each of such Representatives harmless from, all claims, actions, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses (limited to, in the case of legal expenses, reasonable documented out-of- pocket attorneys’ charges and disbursements) and other amounts incurred by each Lender, Agent and each of such Representatives, arising from (i) the matters contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, (ii) any dispute between Borrower and a third party, or (iii) any contention that Borrower has failed to comply with any law, rule, regulation, order or directive applicable to Borrower’s business; provided, however, that this indemnification shall not apply to any of the foregoing to the extent incurred as the result of any Lender’s, Agent’s or any of such Representative’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. This indemnification shall survive the payment and satisfaction of all of Borrower’s Obligations to Lenders.

 

9.8          Reimbursement. Borrower shall reimburse each Lender and Agent for all reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including without limitation reasonable documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and disbursements expended or incurred by each Lender and Agent in any arbitration, mediation, judicial reference, legal action or otherwise in connection with (a) the preparation and negotiation of the Loan Documents, (b) the amendment and enforcement of the Loan Documents, including without limitation during any workout, attempted workout, and/or in connection with the rendering of legal advice as to each Lender’s and Agent’s rights, remedies and obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) collecting any sum which becomes due to each Lender under any Loan Document, (d) any proceeding for declaratory relief, any counterclaim to any proceeding, or any appeal, or (e) the protection, preservation or enforcement of any rights of Lenders or Agent under the Loan Documents. For the purposes of this section, attorneys’ fees shall be limited to reasonable documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ charges and disbursements, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing incurred in connection with the following: (1) contempt proceedings; (2) discovery; (3) any motion, proceeding or other activity of any kind in connection with an Insolvency Proceeding; (4) garnishment, levy, and debtor and third party examinations; and (5) post-judgment motions and proceedings of any kind, including without limitation any activity taken to collect or enforce any judgment. All of the foregoing costs and expenses shall be payable upon demand by any Lender or Agent, and if not paid within forty-five (45) days of presentation of invoices shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

9.9           Execution in Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents may be executed by electronic signatures. Borrower, Agent and Lenders expressly agree to conduct the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by electronic means (including, without limitation, with respect to the execution, delivery, storage and transfer of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents by electronic means and to the enforceability of electronic Loan Documents). Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents by electronic mail transmission (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof and thereof, as applicable. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import herein shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping systems, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

9.10        Entire Agreement. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no approval or consent thereunder, or any consent to any departure by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Borrower, Agent and the Required Lenders provided that:

 

(a)            no such amendment, waiver or other modification that would have the effect of increasing or reducing a Lender’s Commitment shall be effective as to such Lender without such Lender’s written consent;

 

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(b)            no such amendment, waiver or modification that would affect the rights and duties of Agent shall be effective without Agent’s written consent;

 

(c)            no such amendment, waiver or other modification shall, unless signed by all the Lenders directly affected thereby, (A) reduce the principal of, rate of interest on or any fees with respect to any Loan or forgive any principal, interest (other than default interest) or fees (other than late charges) with respect to any Loan (B) postpone the date fixed for, or waive, any payment of principal of any Loan or of interest on any Loan (other than default interest) or any fees provided for hereunder (other than late charges or for any termination of any commitment); (C) change the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or the percentage of Lenders which shall be required for the Lenders to take any action hereunder; (D) release all or substantially all or substantially all or any material portion of the Collateral, authorize Borrower to sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all or any material portion of the Collateral, except, in each case with respect to this clause (D), as otherwise may be expressly permitted under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder); (E) amend, waive or otherwise modify this Section 9.10 or the definitions of the terms used in this Section 9.10 insofar as the definitions affect the substance of this Section 9.10; (F) consent to the assignment, delegation or other transfer by Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document or release Borrower of its payment obligations under any Loan Document, except, in each case with respect to this clause (F), pursuant to a merger or consolidation permitted pursuant to this Agreement; (G) amend any of the provisions that provide for Lenders to receive their pro rata portion of any fees, payments, setoffs or proceeds of Collateral hereunder; or (H) subordinate the Liens granted in favor of Agent securing the Obligations.

 

(d)            The Loan Documents are intended by the parties as the final expression of their agreement and therefore contain the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior understandings or agreements concerning the subject matter hereof.

 

9.11Governing Law and Jurisdiction.

 

(a)            THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

 

(b)            ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF BORROWER, AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF BORROWER, AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. BORROWER, AGENT AND EACH LENDER EACH WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY CALIFORNIA LAW.

 

9.12        Waiver of Jury Trial. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER, AGENT AND EACH LENDER EACH WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY PARTICIPANT OR ASSIGNEE, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. BORROWER, AGENT AND EACH LENDER EACH AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEMS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

 

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9.13        Confidentiality. Agent and each Lender agrees to hold in confidence all confidential information that it receives from Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, except for disclosure as shall be reasonably required (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): (a) to legal counsel and accountants for Agent and each Lender; (b) to other professional advisors to Agent and each Lender that are subject to professional obligations of confidentiality; (c) to regulatory officials having jurisdiction over Lender to the extent required by law; (d) to Agent’s and each Lender’s investors and bona fide prospective investors (subject to the same confidentiality obligation set forth herein), and in Agent’s and each Lender’s SEC filings as required by law; (e) as required by law or legal process or in connection with any legal proceeding to which Agent, any Lender and Borrower are adverse parties; (f) in connection with a disposition or proposed disposition of any or all of Agent’s and any Lender’s rights hereunder to any bona fide assignee or participant (provided, that any such assignee or participant shall have first executed a confidentiality agreement with terms no less restrictive than the terms hereof and a copy of such agreement shall have been delivered to Borrower); (g) to Agent’s and each Lender’s subsidiaries or Affiliates in connection with their business with Borrower (subject to the same confidentiality obligation set forth herein); (h) as required by valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction, administrative agency or governmental body, or by any applicable law, rule, regulation, subpoena, or any other administrative or legal process, or by applicable regulatory or professional standards, including in connection with any judicial or other proceeding involving Agent or any Lender relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and (i) as reasonably required in connection with Agent’s and any Lender’s examination or audit. For purposes of this section, Agent, each Lender and Borrower agree that “confidential information” shall mean any information regarding or relating to Borrower other than: (i) information which is or becomes generally available to the public other than as result of a disclosure by Agent or any Lender in violation of this section, (ii) information which becomes available to Agent or any Lender from any other source (other than Borrower) which neither Agent nor the relevant Lender knows is bound by a confidentiality agreement with respect to the information made available, and (iii) information that Agent or such Lender knows on a non-confidential basis prior to Borrower disclosing it to Agent or such Lender. In addition, Borrower agrees that, following prior review and written approval by Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Agent and each Lender may use Borrower’s name, logo and/or trademark in connection with certain promotional materials that Agent and any Lender may disseminate to the public, including, but are not limited to, brochures, internet website, press releases and any other materials relating to the fact that Agent and each Lender has a financing relationship with Borrower.

 

ARTICLE 10 - AGENCY.

 

10.1        Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. to act on its behalf as the administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

10.2         Indemnity. Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of Borrowers to do so), according to its respective Commitment percentage in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 10.2, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, this Agreement, a Supplement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of each Loan and all other amounts payable hereunder. Agent shall not be liable to any Lender for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of any Lender or as Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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10.3        Duties. Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 4 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.

 

10.4        Reliance by Agent. Agent may rely, and shall be fully protected in acting, or refraining to act, upon, any resolution, statement, certificate, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond or other paper or document that it has no reason to believe to be other than genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties or, in the case of e-mail, to have been sent by the proper party or parties. In the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct, Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to Agent and conforming to the requirements of the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Agent may consult with counsel, and any opinion or legal advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, not taken or suffered by Agent hereunder or under any Loan Documents in accordance therewith. Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of the Collateral from any court of competent jurisdiction. Agent shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers granted to Agent by this Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the request or direction of Lenders unless Agent shall have been provided by Lenders with adequate security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

10.5        Collateral Agent. The Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by Borrowers to secure any of the Obligations. Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in its capacity as collateral agent, to enter into any of the Loan Documents as secured party for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing all Liens on Collateral (and any other collateral from time to time securing the Obligations), and as Agent for and representative of Lender thereunder, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each such document. All powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the benefit of Lenders and Agent in accordance with the terms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Agent, as agent for and representative of Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled (subject to the proviso at the end of this sentence), for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by Agent at such sale; provided however, that neither Agent nor any Lender shall “credit bid” at any foreclosure and/or other public or private sale absent the consent of the Required Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) that bind Lenders with respect to (i) the Collateral and the rights of Lenders with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (ii) any other subordination agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt.

 

10.6        Successor Agents. Agent may resign upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Lenders and Borrowers. If Agent shall resign in its capacity under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor agent (provided that, if such successor agent is not a US Person, then such appointment shall require Borrower’s consent), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of Agent in its capacity, and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent in its capacity shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any Lender. If no applicable successor agent has accepted appointment as such Agent in its capacity by the date that is twenty (20) days following such retiring Agent’s notice of resignation, such retiring Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of such Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Section 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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ARTICLE 11 - DEFINITIONS

 

The definitions appearing in this Agreement or any Supplement shall be applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms:

 

Accountmeans any “account,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all accounts receivable, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) now owned or hereafter received or acquired by or belonging or owing to Borrower (including, without limitation, under any trade name, style or division thereof) whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered by Borrower or from any other transaction, whether or not the same involves the sale of goods or services by Borrower (including, without limitation, any such obligation that may be characterized as an account or contract right under the UCC) and all of Borrower’s rights in, to and under all purchase orders or receipts now owned or hereafter acquired by it for goods or services, and all of Borrower’s rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, unpaid seller’s rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), and all monies due or to become due to Borrower under all purchase orders and contracts for the sale of goods or the performance of services or both by Borrower or in connection with any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of Borrower), now in existence or hereafter occurring, including, without limitation, the right to receive the proceeds of said purchase orders and contracts, and all collateral security and guarantees of any kind given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Account Control Agreementmeans any control agreement entered into among the depository institution at which a Borrower (or any Subsidiary guarantor of the

 

Obligations) maintains a Deposit Account or the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary at which a Borrower (or any Subsidiary guarantor of the Obligations) maintains a Securities Account or a Commodity Account, pursuant to which Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, obtains control (within the meaning of the UCC over such Deposit Account, Securities Account, or Commodity Account; provided that, unless otherwise expressly agreed to after the Closing Date, any such control agreement shall only require and provide for customary “springing” control.

 

Affiliatemeans any Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Borrower. “Control,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” mean direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise); provided, that control shall be conclusively presumed when any Person or affiliated group directly or indirectly owns ten percent (10%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of a corporation.

 

Agreementmeans this Loan and Security Agreement and each Supplement thereto, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Bankruptcy Codemeans the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §101, et seq.), as amended.

 

Basic Interestmeans the rate of interest payable on the outstanding balance of each Loan at the applicable Designated Rate.

 

Borrowing Datemeans the Business Day on which the proceeds of a Loan are disbursed by any Lender.

 

Borrowing Requestmeans a written request from Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit “B” to the Supplement, requesting the funding of one or more Loans on a particular Borrowing Date.

 

Business Daymeans any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or San Francisco are authorized or required by law to close.

 

Change of Controlmeans: (a) any sale, license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Borrower; (b) any reorganization, consolidation, merger or other transaction involving Borrower where Borrower is not the surviving entity; or (c) any transaction or series of related transactions in which any Person or group of two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, the power to control the management of Borrower, or to control the equity interests of Borrower entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of Borrower on a fully- diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such Person or Persons have the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of such securities (other than in connection with a public offering or a sale to recognized venture capital investors in a transaction or series of transactions effected by Borrower for financing purposes, so long as Borrower identifies to Agent and each Lender the venture capital investors prior to the closing of the transaction and provides Agent and each Lender with a description of the material terms of such transaction).

 

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Chattel Papermeans any “chattel paper,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Closing Datemeans the date of this Agreement.

 

Collateralmeans all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located: (a) all Receivables; (b) all Equipment; (c) all Fixtures; (d) all General Intangibles; (e) all Inventory; (f) all Investment Property; (g) all Deposit Accounts; (h) all Shares; (i) all other Goods and personal property of Borrower, whether tangible or intangible and whether now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired by, Borrower and wherever located; (j) all Records; and (k) all Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of each of the foregoing.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing the term “Collateral” shall not include: (i) more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, membership units or other securities entitled to vote owned or held of record by Borrower in any Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code), provided that the Collateral shall include one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding non-voting capital stock of such Subsidiary; (ii) Intellectual Property, (iii) any contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper in which Borrower has any right, title or interest if and to the extent such contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper includes a provision containing a restriction on assignment such that the creation of a security interest

 

in the right, title or interest of Borrower therein would be prohibited and would, in and of itself, cause or result in a default thereunder enabling another person party to such contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper to enforce any remedy with respect thereto; provided, however, that the foregoing exclusion shall not apply if (A) such prohibition has been waived or such other person has otherwise consented to the creation hereunder of a security interest in such contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper, or (B) such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9- 407(a) or 9-408(a) of the UCC, as applicable and as then in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code or principles of equity); provided, further, that immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such provision, the term “Collateral” shall include, and Borrower shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all its rights, title and interests in and to such contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper as if such provision had never been in effect; and provided further that the foregoing exclusion shall in no way be construed so as to limit, impair or otherwise affect Agent’s unconditional continuing security interest in and to all rights, title and interests of Borrower in or to any payment obligations or other rights to receive monies due or to become due under any such contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper and in any such monies and other proceeds of such contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper; (iv) any property (including any accessions, additions, replacements or substitutions) subject to a Permitted Lien under clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Lien if the Borrower is prohibited from granting a security interest in such property, provided, that immediately upon the lapse or termination of any such provision, the term “Collateral” shall include, and Borrower shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all its rights, title and interests in and to such property; or (v) any Excluded Account (clauses (i) through (iv), “Excluded Property”); and provided, further, that Borrower has agreed not to consensually encumber any of its Intellectual Property.

 

Commercializationmeans Borrower has received FDA approval of [***] for commercialization in the United States and has provided reasonably satisfactory evidence to Agent of same.

 

Commitmentmeans the obligation of each Lender to make Loans to Borrower up to the aggregate principal amount set forth in the Supplement.

 

Copyright Licensemeans any written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or Copyright registration now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

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Copyrightsmeans all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (i) all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, held pursuant to the laws of the United States, any State thereof or of any other country; (ii) all registrations, applications and recordings in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country; (iii) all continuations, renewals or extensions thereof; and (iv) any registrations to be issued under any pending applications.

 

Defaultmeans an event which with the giving of notice, passage of time, or both would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Ratemeans the lesser of (a) the applicable Designated Rate plus five percent (5%) per annum and (b) the highest rate permitted by law from time to time.

 

Deposit Accountsmeans any “deposit accounts,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Designated Ratemeans the rate of interest per annum described in the Supplement as being applicable to an outstanding Loan from time to time.

 

Documentsmeans any “documents,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Dollarsor $means lawful currency of the United States.

 

[***] Loan Agreementmeans that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of [***], by and between Parent and [***], as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

[***]Subordinated Debtmeans the subordinated Indebtedness owing by Parent to [***] pursuant to the [***].

 

Environmental Lawsmeans all federal, state or local laws, statutes, common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes, together with all administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any governmental authorities, in each case relating to environmental, health, or safety matters.

 

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Equipmentmeans any “equipment,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located, together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.

 

Equity Granthas the meaning specified in the Supplement.

 

Event of Defaulthas the meaning specified in Section 7.1.

 

FDAmeans the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any successor thereto.

 

Fixturesmeans any “fixtures,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Excluded Accounthas the meaning specified in Section 6.11.

 

Excluded Propertyhas the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral.”

 

GAAPmeans generally accepted accounting principles and practices consistent with those principles and practices promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, their respective predecessors and successors. Each accounting term used but not otherwise expressly defined herein shall have the meaning given it by GAAP.

 

General Intangiblesmeans any “general intangibles,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all right, title and interest that Borrower may now or hereafter have in or under any contract, all customer lists, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, websites, domain names, and all applications therefor and reissues, extensions, or renewals thereof, other items of, and rights to, Intellectual Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business associations, Licenses, permits, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know-how, software, data bases, data, skill, expertise, recipes, experience, processes, models, drawings, materials and records, goodwill (including, without limitation, the goodwill associated with any Trademark, Trademark registration or Trademark licensed under any Trademark License), claims in or under insurance policies, including unearned premiums, uncertificated securities, money, cash or cash equivalents, deposit, checking and other bank accounts, rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents, rights to receive tax refunds and other payments and rights of indemnification.

 

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Goodsmeans any “goods,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

[***]means [***].

 

Indebtednessof any Person means at any date, without duplication and without regard to whether matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent: (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business; (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases; (v) all obligations of such Person to reimburse or prepay any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, or similar instrument, whether drawn or undrawn; (vi) all obligations of such Person to purchase securities which arise out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities; (vii) all mandatory obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, exchange, convert or otherwise acquire for value any capital stock of such Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such capital stock, now or hereafter outstanding, prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days following the maturity of Obligations under this Agreement, in each case, except to the extent that such obligations remain performable solely at the option of such Person; (viii) all obligations to repurchase assets previously sold (including any obligation to repurchase any accounts or chattel paper under any factoring, receivables purchase, or similar arrangement); (ix) obligations of such Person under interest rate swap, cap, collar or similar hedging arrangements; and (x) all obligations of others of any type described in clause (i) through clause (ix) above guaranteed by such Person.

 

Insolvency Proceedingmeans with respect to a Person (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other governmental authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors with respect to such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of such Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code, but in each case, excluding any avoidance or similar action against such Person commenced by an assignee for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy trustee, debtor in possession, or other representative of another Person or such other Person’s estate.

 

Instrumentsmeans any “instrument,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Intellectual Propertymeans all of Borrower’s Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, Licenses, trade secrets, source codes, customer lists, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know-how, software, data bases, skill, expertise, experience, processes, models, drawings, materials, records and goodwill associated with the foregoing.

 

Inventorymeans any “inventory,” as such term is defined in the UCC, wherever located, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest, and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all inventory, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of Borrower for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service or that constitute raw materials, work in process or materials used or consumed or to be used or consumed in Borrower’s business, or the processing, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, and all finished goods, whether or not the same is in transit or in the constructive, actual or exclusive possession of Borrower or is held by others for Borrower’s account, including, without limitation, all goods covered by purchase orders and contracts with suppliers and all goods billed and held by suppliers and all such property that may be in the possession or custody of any carriers, forwarding agents, truckers, warehousemen, vendors, selling agents or other Persons.

 

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Investment Propertymeans any “investment property,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Letter of Credit Rightsmeans any “letter of credit rights,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest, including any right to payment under any letter of credit.

 

Licensemeans any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest and any renewals or extensions thereof.

 

Lienmeans any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, security interest, encumbrance, levy, lien or charge of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise, against any property, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature of a security interest, and the filing of any financing statement (other than a precautionary financing statement with respect to a lease that is not in the nature of a security interest) under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction.

 

Loanmeans an extension of credit by each Lender under this Agreement.

 

Loan Documentsmeans, individually and collectively, this Loan and Security Agreement, each Supplement, each Note, and any other security or pledge agreement(s), any Account Control Agreement and all other contracts, instruments, addenda and documents executed in connection with this Agreement or the extensions of credit which are the subject of this Agreement.

 

Material Adverse Effector “Material Adverse Change” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, or financial condition of Borrower; (b) a material impairment of the ability of Borrower to perform under any Loan Document; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against Borrower of any Loan Document.

 

Notemeans a promissory note substantially in the form attached to the Supplement as Exhibit “A”, executed by Borrower evidencing each Loan.

 

Obligationsmeans all debts, obligations and liabilities of Borrower to each Lender or Agent now or hereafter made, incurred or created under, pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Equity Grant and any warrants to purchase or other agreements pertaining to stock), whether voluntary or involuntary and however arising or evidenced, whether direct or acquired by such Lender or Agent by assignment or succession, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, and whether Borrower may be liable individually or jointly, or whether recovery upon such debt may be or become barred by any statute of limitations or otherwise unenforceable; and all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof; and all reasonable documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Lenders and Agent in connection with the collection and enforcement thereof as provided for in any such Loan.

 

Ocugen Indiameans Ocugen India Private Limited, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent and incorporated in India.

 

Ocugen Irelandmeans Ocugen Limited, a wholly- owned Subsidiary of Parent and a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland.

 

Opcomeans Ocugen OpCo, Inc., a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent and Delaware corporation.

 

Patent Licensemeans any written agreement granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is in existence now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Patentsmeans all of the following property now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (a) all letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto in, the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto in, the United States or any other country, including, without limitation, registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country; (b) all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof; (c) all petty patents, divisionals, and patents of addition; and (d) all patents to be issued under any such applications.

 

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Permitted Indebtednessmeans:

 

(a)            Indebtedness incurred for the acquisition of supplies, inventory or other property or services on normal trade credit;

 

(b)            Indebtedness incurred pursuant to one or more transactions permitted under Section 6.4;

 

(c)            Indebtedness of Borrower or any guarantor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

 

(d)            Subordinated Debt; provided that the outstanding principal amount of the EB5 Subordinated Debt shall not exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) at any time;

 

(e)           any Indebtedness shown on Schedule 6.1;

 

(f)            Indebtedness secured by a Lien described in clause (c) of the defined term “Permitted Liens” not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) or such greater amount as Agent shall consent to in writing in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time;

 

(g)           Indebtedness incurred under corporate credit cards not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time;

 

(h)           guaranties and similar surety obligations in respect of Indebtedness otherwise constituting Permitted Indebtedness;

 

(i)            to the extent constituting Indebtedness, Permitted Investments;

 

(j)            any Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the ordinary course of business;

 

(k)           Indebtedness in respect of Personal Property Leases in an aggregate amount not to exceed [***]Dollars ($[***]) in any calendar year;

 

(l)            Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit securing real estate leases and other obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)          Indebtedness arising from the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business in an amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000);

 

(n)           workers compensation claims, disability, health and other employee benefits and self-insurance obligations or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)            Indebtedness owed to any Person (including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments issued for the benefit of such Person) providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(p)            to the extent constituting Indebtedness, transfer pricing, cost plus or similar arrangements with Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(q)            Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business;

 

(r)            to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations in respect of netting services or overdraft protection or otherwise in connection with deposit or securities accounts in the ordinary course of business;

 

(s)            to the extent constituting Indebtedness, Personal Property Leases incurred in accordance with Section 6.15;

 

(t)            other Indebtedness not otherwise permitted hereunder not to exceed [***]Dollars ($[***]); and

 

(u)           extensions, refinancings and renewals of any of the foregoing; provided that the principal amount thereof is not increased.

 

Permitted Investmentmeans:

 

(a)            accounts receivable in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;

 

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(b)            Investments in domestic certificates of deposit issued by, and other domestic investments with, financial institutions organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof, having at least [***] Dollars ($[***]) in capital and a rating of at least “investment grade” or “A” by Moody’s or any successor rating agency;

 

(c)            Investments in marketable obligations of the United States of America and in open market commercial paper given the highest credit rating by a national credit agency and maturing not more than one year from the creation thereof;

 

(d)            temporary advances to cover incidental expenses to be incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)            Investments in joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing and similar arrangements customary in Borrower’s industry and which do not require Borrower to assume or otherwise become liable for the obligations of any third party not directly related to or arising out of such arrangement or, without the prior written consent of Agent and each Lender, require Borrower to transfer ownership of non-cash assets to such joint venture or other entity;

 

(f)            Investments in (i) one or more wholly- owned domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower, so long as in accordance with Section 6.14(a) of this Agreement, each such Person has been made a co-borrower hereunder or has executed and delivered to Agent an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, containing a guaranty of the Obligations, and (ii) one or more wholly-owned foreign Subsidiaries of Parent (A) to finance bona fide estimated operating costs of any such Subsidiary (such as, but not limited to, payroll and rent expense) so long as (I) the aggregate amount of any such Investment made by the Loan Parties to or in any such Subsidiary does not exceed the bona fide estimated operating costs of such Subsidiary for the three months following the date of such Investment, and (II) after giving effect to such Investment, such Subsidiary is in compliance with Section 6.14(d), and (B) otherwise in an amount not to exceed (I) (x) with respect to [***], [***]Dollars ($[***]) or such greater amount as Agent shall consent to in advance in writing in the aggregate in any fiscal year and (y) with respect to any other foreign Subsidiary, [***]Dollars ($[***]) or such greater amount as Agent shall consent to in advance in writing in the aggregate in any fiscal year and (II) after Commercialization, the greater of (x) the amounts contemplated by the preceding subclause (I) and (y) [***]Dollars ($[***]) or such greater amount as Agent shall consent to in writing in the aggregate in any fiscal year;

 

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(g)            Investments shown on Schedule 6.6;

 

(h)            Investments accepted in connection with Transfers permitted by Section 6.5;

 

(i)            non-cash loans approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors, limited to an aggregate total of [***]Dollars ($[***]) at any time outstanding;

 

(j)            Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;

 

(k)           Investments approved by Agent and each Lender prior to the Closing Date as shown on Schedule 6.6;

 

(l)            Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions to, customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)          Investments by wholly owned Subsidiaries which are not co-borrowers hereunder in other wholly owned Subsidiaries or in Borrower;

 

(n)            money market accounts subject to an Account Control Agreement (other than to the extent constituting Excluded Accounts);

 

(o)            any investments permitted by Borrower’s investment policy, as amended from time to time, provided that such investment policy (and any amendment thereto) has been approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors and furnished to Agent;

 

(p)            deposit and investment accounts of Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(q)            other Investments not otherwise permitted hereunder not to exceed [***]Dollars ($[***]); and

 

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(r)            Investments consisting of the formation and ownership of equity interests in Subsidiaries, in each case so long as such formation and ownership is in accordance with the terms of Section 6.14 hereof.

 

Permitted Lienmeans:

 

(a)            involuntary Liens which, in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect and which in any event would not exceed, in the aggregate, the Threshold Amount;

 

(b)            Liens for current taxes or other governmental or regulatory assessments which are not delinquent, or which are contested in good faith by the appropriate procedures and for which appropriate reserves are maintained;

 

(c)            security interests on any property held or acquired by Borrower in the ordinary course of business securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such property; provided, that such Lien attaches solely to the property acquired with such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof and that the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of such property;

 

(d)            Liens in favor of Agent;

 

(e)            bankers’ liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens incurred on deposits made in the ordinary course of business as long as an Account Control Agreement (or equivalent) for each account in which such deposits are held in a form reasonably acceptable to Agent has been executed and delivered to Agent to the extent required under Section 6.11;

 

(f)            materialmen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’, landlord’s (subject to Section 5.9(e) hereof), employees’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and which are not delinquent for more than 45 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(g)            any judgment, attachment or similar Lien, that does not constitute an Event of Default;

 

(h)            licenses or sublicenses of Intellectual Property in accordance with the terms of Section 6.5 hereof;

 

(i)            Liens securing Subordinated Debt;

 

(j)            Liens shown on Schedule 6.2 hereto;

 

(k)           the interests of licensors under inbound licenses to Borrower;

 

(l)            the interests of sub-lessees under subleases of real property;

 

(m)            Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than Liens imposed by ERISA);

 

(n)            deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than capital lease obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature arising as a matter of law and incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)            zoning restrictions, easements, rights of way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(p)           security deposits securing real estate leases;

 

(q)            pledges and deposits securing letters of credit and corporate credit cards;

 

(r)            Liens on insurance proceeds in favor of insurance companies granted solely as security for financed premiums granted in the ordinary course of business;

 

(s)            Liens arising from the filing of any precautionary financing statement on operating leases covering the leased property, to the extent such operating leases are permitted under this Agreement; and

 

(t)            Liens not otherwise permitted securing Indebtedness not to exceed [***]Dollars ($[***]) outstanding; and

 

(u)           Liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of indebtedness secured by Liens descried in (a) through (t) above, but any extension, renewal or replacement Lien must be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness may not increase.

 

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Personmeans any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, other entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign, or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).

 

Proceedsmeans “proceeds,” as such term is defined in the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, (a) any and all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments, cash or other forms of money or currency or other proceeds payable to Borrower from time to time in respect of the Collateral, (b) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to Borrower from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (c) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to Borrower from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental authority), (d) any claim of Borrower against third parties (i) for past, present or future infringement of any Copyright, Patent or Patent License or (ii) for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Trademark or Trademark License or for injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark, Trademark registration or Trademark licensed under any Trademark License and (e) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

 

Receivablesmeans all of Borrower’s Accounts, Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper, Supporting Obligations, and letters of credit and Letter of Credit Rights.

 

Recordsmeans all Borrower’s computer programs, software, hardware, source codes and data processing information, all written documents, books, invoices, ledger sheets, financial information and statements, and all other writings concerning Borrower’s business.

 

Related Personmeans any Affiliate of Borrower, or any officer, employee, director or equity security holder of Borrower or any Affiliate.

 

Required Lendersmeans the Lenders holding at least sixty six percent (66%) of the aggregate principal balance of the Loans.

 

Rights to Paymentmeans all Borrower’s accounts, instruments, contract rights, documents, chattel paper and all other rights to payment, including, without limitation, the Accounts, all negotiable certificates of deposit and all rights to payment under any Patent License, any Trademark License, or any commercial or standby letter of credit.

 

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto, and any analogous Governmental Authority.

 

Security Documentsmeans this Loan and Security Agreement, the Supplement hereto, and any and all Account Control Agreements, collateral assignments, chattel mortgages, financing statements, amendments to any of the foregoing and other documents from time to time executed or filed to create, perfect or maintain the perfection of Agent’s Liens on the Collateral.

 

Sharesmeans: (a) one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, membership units or other securities owned or held of record by Borrower in any Subsidiary that is not a controlled foreign corporation (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code), and (b) 65% of the issued and outstanding capital stock, membership units or other securities entitled to vote owned or held of record by Borrower in any Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code).

 

Subordinated Debtmeans (i) the [***] up to an aggregate principal amount of [***] Dollars ($[***]); (ii) Indebtedness (a) approved by Required Lenders; and (b) where the holder’s right to payment of such Indebtedness, the priority of any Lien securing the same, and the rights of the holder thereof to enforce remedies against Borrower following default have been made subordinate to the Liens of Agent and to the prior payment to each Lender of the Obligations, either (A) pursuant to a written subordination agreement approved by Required Lenders in their sole but reasonable discretion or (B) on terms otherwise approved by Required Lenders in their sole but reasonable discretion.

 

Subsidiarymeans any Person a majority of the equity ownership or voting stock of which is directly or indirectly now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or by one or more other Subsidiaries.

 

Supplementmeans that certain supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, and any other supplements entered into between Borrower, Agent and each Lender, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.

 

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Supporting Obligationsmeans any “supporting obligations,” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Termination Datehas the meaning specified in the Supplement.

 

Threshold Amounthas the meaning specified in the Supplement.

 

Trademark Licensemeans any written agreement granting any right to use any Trademark or Trademark registration now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.

 

Trademarksmeans all of the following property now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest:

 

(a) all trademarks, tradenames, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and any applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof and

 

(b) reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.

 

UCCmeans the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in effect in the State of California; provided, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms that are defined in the UCC and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the UCC.

 

[Signature page to Loan and Security Agreement]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:  
     
OCUGEN, INC.  
     
By:   /s/ Shankar Musunuri  
Name:   Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA  
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  
     
OCUGEN OPCO, INC.  
     
By:   /s/ Shankar Musunuri  
Name:   Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA  
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  

 

[Signature page to Loan and Security Agreement]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
     
AGENT:  
     
AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P.  
     
By: Avenue Capital Management II GenPar, LLC  
Its: General Partner  
     
By:   /s/ Sonia Gardner  
Name:   Sonia Gardner  
Title: Member  
     
LENDERS:  
     
AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.  
     
By:   Avenue Venture Opportunities Partners, LLC  
Its: General Partner  
     
By:   /s/ Sonia Gardner  
Name:   Sonia Gardner  
Title: Authorized Signatory  
     
     
AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.  
     
By:   Avenue Venture Opportunities Partners II, LLC  
Its: General Partner  
     
By:   /s/ Sonia Gardner  
Name:   Sonia Gardner  
Title: Authorized Signatory  

 

 

Schedules to

Loan and Security Agreement

dated as of November 6, 2024

among

OCUGEN, INC.

OCUGEN OPCO, INC.

and

Avenue Capital Management II, L.P., as Agent

and

the Lenders from time to time party thereto

 

Schedule of Exceptions

 

[***]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO REGULATION
S-K, ITEM 601(b)(10)(iv). SUCH EXCLUDED INFORMATION IS NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE
REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.

 

SUPPLEMENT
to the
Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of November 6, 2024
among

 

OCUGEN, INC.
(“Parent”),

 

OCUGEN OPCO, INC.,
a Delaware corporation,
(“Opco”; and together with Parent, jointly and severally, individually and collectively, “Borrower”),

 

and

 

AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership,
as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity “Agent”)
and

 

AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. II,
a Delaware limited partnership (“Avenue 2”), as a lender
and

 

AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership (“Avenue”), as a lender
(together with Avenue 2, each a “Lender” and collectively, “Lenders”)

 

 

 

 

This is a Supplement identified in the document entitled Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented and modified from time to time, the “Loan and Security Agreement”), by and among Borrower, Lenders and Agent. All capitalized terms used in this Supplement and not otherwise defined in this Supplement have the meanings ascribed to them in Article 10 of the Loan and Security Agreement, which is incorporated in its entirety into this Supplement. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Loan and Security Agreement and this Supplement, this Supplement is controlling.

 

In addition to the provisions of the Loan and Security Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

Part 1 - Additional Definitions:

 

Affiliate” means each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate of such Person. For purpose of this definition, “control” and related words are used as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the Regulations promulgated thereunder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall not be considered “Affiliates” of each other.

 

“Amortization Period” means the period commencing on the first day of the first full calendar month following the Interest-only Period and continuing until the Maturity Date.

 

“Commitment” means, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement and this Supplement, Lenders’ commitment to make Growth Capital Loans to Borrower up to an aggregate original principal amount of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), with Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) funded by Avenue and Twenty Four Million Dollars ($24,000,000) funded by Avenue 2 on the Closing Date.

 

 

 

 

“Designated Rate” means, for each Growth Capital Loan, a variable rate of interest per annum equal to the greater of (A) the Prime Rate plus four and one quarter percent (4.25%) and (B) twelve and one quarter percent (12.25%). Changes to the Designated Rate based on changes to the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the next scheduled interest payment date immediately following such change.

 

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

 

“Final Payment” means a payment (in addition to and not a substitution for the regular monthly payments of principal plus accrued interest) equal to One Million Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($1,275,000).

 

“Growth Capital Loan” means any Loan requested by Borrower and funded by a Lender under its Commitment for working capital and general corporate purposes of Borrower.

 

“Interest-only Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and continuing until the earlier of (i) the twenty four (24) month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) receipt of notice from Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default that is continuing.

 

“Loan” or “Loans” mean, as the context may require, individually a Growth Capital Loan, and collectively, the Growth Capital Loans.

 

“Loan Commencement Date” means, with respect to each Growth Capital Loan: (a) the first day of the first full calendar month following the Borrowing Date of such Loan if such Borrowing Date is not the first day of a month; or (b) the same day as the Borrowing Date if the Borrowing Date is the first day of a month.

 

“Market Price” means the 1-day VWAP, as calculated on the date of issuance.

 

“Maturity Date” means November 1, 2028.

 

“Prepayment Fee” means, with respect to any prepayment of the Loans:

 

(i)            if the prepayment occurs during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on (and including) the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to the principal amount of the Loans prepaid multiplied by three percent (3.00%);

 

(ii)           if the prepayment occurs during the period commencing on the day immediately following the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on (and including) the two-year anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to the principal amount of the Loans prepaid multiplied by two percent (2.00%);

 

(iii)          if the prepayment occurs at any time after the date immediately following the two-year anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on (and including) the three-year anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to the principal amount of the Loans prepaid multiplied by one percent (1.00%); and

 

(iv)          if the prepayment occurs at any time after the date immediately following the three-year anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the Maturity Date, an amount equal to the principal amount of the Loans prepaid multiplied by one-half percent (0.50%).

 

“Prime Rate” is the rate of interest per annum from time to time published in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal or any successor publication thereto as the “prime rate” then in effect; provided that, in the event such rate of interest is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Supplement; and provided further that if such rate of interest, as set forth from time to time in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal, becomes unavailable for any reason as determined by Agent, the “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced by Wells Fargo Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in the State of California (such announced Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by such institution in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); provided that, in the event such rate of interest is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Supplement.

 

 

 

 

“Principal Trading Market” for any Security, means the principal Trading Market for such Security, as listed in the applicable offering documents for such Security. The “Principal Trading Market” for the Common Stock is the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

“Termination Date” means the date Lender may terminate making Growth Capital Loans or extending other credit pursuant to the rights of Lender under Article 7 of the Loan and Security Agreement.

 

“Threshold Amount” means Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000).

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the Principal Trading Market for the Common Stock is open for trading; provided, that, if the Common Stock does not trade on any Trading Market, “Trading Day” shall mean “Business Day”.

 

Part 2 - Additional Covenants and Conditions:

 

1.            Growth Capital Loan Facility. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Sections 4.1 and Section 4.2 of the Loan and Security Agreement and this Supplement, each Lender agrees to make Growth Capital Loans to Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate, original principal amount up to, but not exceeding, such Lender’s Commitment.

 

(a)           Minimum Funding Amount. The Growth Capital Loans shall be funded on the Closing Date in the aggregate original principal amount of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000).

 

(b)           Repayment of Growth Capital Loans. Principal of, and interest on, each Growth Capital Loan shall be payable as follows: principal shall be fully amortized over the Amortization Period in equal, monthly principal installments plus, in each case, unpaid interest thereon at the Designated Rate, commencing after the Interest- only Period of interest-only installments at the Designated Rate. In particular, on the Borrowing Date applicable to such Growth Capital Loan, Borrower shall pay to Agent (i) if the Borrowing Date is earlier than the Loan Commencement Date, interest only at the Designated Rate, in advance, on the outstanding principal balance of the Growth Capital Loan for the period from the Borrowing Date through the last day of the calendar month in which such Borrowing Date occurs (it being understood that this clause (i) shall not apply in the case the Borrowing Date is on the same date as the Loan Commencement Date), and (ii) the first (1st) interest-only installment at the Designated Rate, in advance, on the outstanding principal balance of the Note evidencing such Loan for the ensuing month. Commencing on the first day of the second full month after the Borrowing Date and continuing on the first day of each month during the Interest-only Period thereafter, Borrower shall pay to Agent interest only at the Designated Rate, in advance, on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan evidenced by such Note for the ensuing month. Commencing on the first day of the first full month after the end of the Interest-only Period, and continuing on the first day of each consecutive calendar month thereafter, Borrower shall pay to Agent equal consecutive monthly principal installments in advance in an amount sufficient to fully amortize the Loan evidenced by such Note over the Amortization Period, plus interest at the Designated Rate for such month. On the Maturity Date, all principal and accrued but unpaid interest then remaining unpaid and the Final Payment shall be due and payable.

 

2.            Prepayment. The Growth Capital Loans may be prepaid as provided in this Section 2 only. Borrower may prepay all, but not less than all, outstanding Growth Capital Loans in whole, but not in part, at any time upon no less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent, by tendering to each Lender a cash payment in respect of such Loans in an amount determined by such Lender equal to the sum of: (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Loans; (ii) the accrued and unpaid interest on such Loans as of the date of prepayment; (iii) the Prepayment Fee; and (iv) the Final Payment; provided that, if a Lender has not yet exercised its rights under Section 3(d) hereof, Borrower shall provide the Agent written notice of prepayment at least ten (10) days in advance of the proposed prepayment date and each Lender shall have the option, with respect to the Conversion Option, to exercise its rights pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof by delivering written notice to Borrower at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the proposed prepayment date.

 

 

 

 

3.            Equity Grant and Right to Invest; Conversion Right.

 

(a)           Equity Grant. As additional consideration for the making of its Commitment, Lenders have earned and are entitled to receive immediately upon the making of the Growth Capital Loan, an aggregate number of shares of Borrower’s common stock purchasable by dividing (A) One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) by (b) the Market Price, to be allocated to each Lender in accordance with the pro rata Commitment of each Lender (the “Equity Grant”).

 

(b)           Equity Grant General. The documentation of the Equity Grant shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Lender.

 

(c)           Right to Invest. Lenders shall have the right, in their respective discretion, but not the obligation, to invest an aggregate amount of up to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in equity securities of Borrower on the same terms, conditions, and pricing offered by Borrower to any investor investing at such time, in connection with any offering of Borrower’s equity securities during the term of the Loan and Security Agreement; provided, however, (A) Borrower shall deliver written notice to Agent of any transaction involving Borrower’s equity securities at least five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of such transaction; and (B) the terms shall exclude a board or observer seat on the Borrower’s Board of Directors, which may be offered to other investors at Borrower’s discretion, and any other terms that are not offered generally to all investors participating in such financing. With respect to any at-the-market offering, this right shall be exercisable as of the same date of such agreement at the closing price of Borrower’s common stock on the date of such agreement.

 

(d)           Conversion Right. Lenders shall have the right, in their respective discretion, but not the obligation, at any time and from time to time, while the Loan is outstanding, to convert an aggregate amount of up to Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) of the principal amount of the outstanding Growth Capital Loans (the “Conversion Option”) into Borrower’s unrestricted, freely tradeable common stock (the “Common Stock”) (subject to Section 8 of the Subscription Agreement) at a price per share equal to eighty percent (80.00%) of the trading price of such share on the date of exercise of the Conversion Option (the price per share, the “Conversion Price;” the exercise of such Conversion Option, a “Conversion”). The Conversion Option will be exercised by such Lender delivering a written, signed conversion notice to the Borrower in accordance with this Section 3(d) which will include (i) the date of which the conversion notice is given, (ii) a statement to the effect that the Lender is exercising the Conversion Option, (iii) the amount in respect of which the Conversion Option is being exercised and the number of shares issued and (iv) a date on which the allotment and issuance of the shares is to take place (the “Notice of Conversion”).

 

(e)           Conversion Limitations. Borrower shall not exercise the Conversion Option, and Lender shall not have the right to exercise the Conversion Option, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, Lender (together with Lender’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with Lender or any of the Lender’s Affiliates, the “Attribution Parties”) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Lender and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Lender’s exercise of the Conversion Option with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of the outstanding Growth Capital Loans beneficially owned by Lender or any of its Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of Borrower subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by Lender or any of its Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 3(e) applies, the determination of whether Lender can exercise the Conversion Option (in relation to other securities owned by Lender together with any Attribution Parties) shall be in the sole discretion of Lender, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be Lender’s determination of whether Lender may exercise the Conversion Option (in relation to other securities owned by Lender together with any Attribution Parties) in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 3(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, Lender may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) Borrower’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by Borrower, or (iii) a more recent written notice by Borrower or Borrower’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of Lender, Borrower shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to Lender the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of Borrower, including the Conversion Option, by Lender or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Conversion Option. Lender may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 3(e).

 

 

 

 

(f)           Maximum Issuance. Notwithstanding anything anywhere in the Loan Documents to the contrary, the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to the Equity Grant and the Conversion Right shall not exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which Borrower may issue pursuant to the terms of this Loan and Security Agreement without breaching Borrower’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Trading Market (the number of shares which may be issued without violating such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that Borrower obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Principal Trading Market, including, but not limited to, Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(b) and 5635(d), for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount or such approval is not required pursuant to the applicable rules of the Principal Trading Market.

 

4.            Commitment Fee. Borrower shall pay to each Lender, in accordance with each Lender’s respective Commitment, a commitment fee in the amount of one percent (1.00%) of the total Commitment of such Lender, due and payable on the Closing Date, of which One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) has been paid by Borrower to Avenue as an advance deposit prior to the date hereof. As an additional condition precedent under Section 4.1 of the Loan and Security Agreement, each Lender shall have completed to its satisfaction its due diligence review of Borrower’s business and financial condition and prospects, and such Lender’s pro rata share of the Commitment shall have been approved (which condition shall be deemed satisfied upon the making of the Growth Capital Loan). If this condition is not satisfied, the One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) advance deposit previously paid by Borrower shall be refunded. Except as set forth in this Section 4, the Commitment Fee is not refundable.

 

5.            Documentation Fee Payment. On the Closing Date, Borrower shall reimburse each Lender and Agent pursuant to Section 9.8(a) of the Loan and Security Agreement for (i) its reasonable documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and negotiation of the Loan Documents and (ii) Agent’s costs and filing fees related to perfection of its Liens in the Collateral in any jurisdiction in which the same is located and confirming the priority of such Liens.

 

6.            Account Information

 

(a)           Borrower’s “Primary Operating Account” (as of the Closing Date) and Wire Transfer Instructions:

 

Institution Name: [***]
ABA No.: [***]
Contact Name: [***]
Phone No.: [***]
E-mail: [***]
Account Title: [***]
Account No.: [***]

 

 

 

 

7.           Debits to Account for ACH Transfers. For purposes of Sections 2.2 and 5.10 of the Loan and Security Agreement, the Primary Operating Account shall be the bank account set forth in Section 6 above, unless and until such account is changed in accordance with Section 5.10 of the Loan and Security Agreement. Borrower hereby agrees that the Growth Capital Loans will be advanced to the account specified above and regularly scheduled payments of principal, interest and fees due to each Lender will be automatically debited by each Lender from the same account. Borrower hereby confirms that the bank at which the Primary Operating Account is maintained uses that same ABA Number for incoming wires transfers to the Primary Operating Account and outgoing ACH transfers from the Primary Operating Account.

 

Part 3 - Additional Representations:

 

Borrower represents and warrants that as of the Closing Date:

 

  a) Its chief executive office is located at: 11 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355

 

  b) In addition to its chief executive office, the borrower maintains Equipment or Inventory with an aggregate value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) per location at the following locations: 263 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355

 

  c) [Reserved].

 

  d) In addition to any locations disclosed pursuant to the preceding clause (a) and (b), the borrower maintains non-duplicate Records with respect to Collateral at the following locations: N/A

 

  e) [Reserved].

 

  f) Other than its full corporate name, in the past five (5) years Borrower has conducted business using the following trade names or fictitious business names: N/A

 

  g) Its state corporation identification number is:
     
    Parent: [***]
    Opco: [***]

 

  h) Its U.S. federal tax identification number is:
     
    Parent: [***]
    Opco: [***]

 

 

 

 

  i) Other than Borrower’s Primary Operating Account identified in Section 6(a), Borrower maintains the following Deposit Accounts and investment accounts:

 

Bank Name Account
Number
Branch Address Company/ Subsidiary Purpose of
Account
Avg. Balance
[***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***]
[***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***]
[***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***]
[***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***]
[***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***]
[***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***]
[***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***]

 

Part 4 - Additional Loan Documents:

 

Form of Promissory Note Exhibit “A”
Form of Borrowing Request Exhibit “B”
Form of Compliance Certificate Exhibit “C”

 

[Remainder of this page intentionally left blank; signature page follows]  

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Supplement as of the date first above written.

 

  BORROWER:
   
  OCUGEN, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Shankar Musunuri
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
   
  OCUGEN OPCO, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Shankar Musunuri
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Address for Notices: 11 Great Valley Parkway
  Malvern, PA 19355
  Attn: Chief Executive Officer
  Email:

 

[Signature page to Supplement to Loan and Security Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  AGENT:
   
  AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P.
   
  By: Avenue Capital Management II GenPar, LLC
  Its: General Partner
   
  By:  /s/ Sonia Gardner
  Name: Sonia Gardner
  Title:  Member

 

Address for Notices:  11 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor
  New York, New York 10036
  Attn: Todd Greenbarg, Senior Managing Director
  Email: [***]
  Phone [***]

 

LENDERS:

 

  AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.
   
  By: Avenue Venture Opportunities Partners, LLC
  Its: General Partner
   
  By: /s/ Sonia Gardner
  Name:  Sonia Gardner
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Address for Notices: 11 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor
  New York, New York 10036
  Attn: Todd Greenbarg, Senior Managing Director
  Email: [***]
  Phone # [***]

 

  AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.
   
  By: Avenue Venture Opportunities Partners II, LLC
  Its: General Partner
   
  By:  /s/ Sonia Gardner
  Name:  Sonia Gardner
  Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

Address for Notices: 11 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor
  New York, New York 10036
  Attn: Todd Greenbarg, Senior Managing Director
  Email: [***]
  Phone # [***]

 

[Signature page to Supplement to Loan and Security Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT “A”

 

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Note No. X-XXX

 

$30,000,0001 November 6, 2024

 

The undersigned (“Borrower”) promises to pay to the order of [AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.][AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, L.P.]2, a Delaware limited partnership (“Lender”), at such place as Lender may designate in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America, the principal sum of                                                           Dollars ($                            ), with interest thereon from the date hereof until maturity, whether scheduled or accelerated, at a variable rate per annum equal to the greater of (A) the Prime Rate plus four and one quarter percent (4.25%) and (B) twelve and one quarter percent (12.25%) (the “Designated Rate”), according to the payment schedule described herein, except as otherwise provided herein. In addition, on the Maturity Date, the Borrower promises to pay to the order of Lender (i) all principal and accrued interest then remaining unpaid and (ii) the Final Payment (as defined in the Loan Agreement (as defined herein)).

 

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to all the benefits of, a Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2024, among Borrower, Lender, the other lender party thereto and Agent (as the same has been and may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). Each capitalized term not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the happening of certain stated events.

 

Principal of and interest on this Note shall be payable as provided under Section 2 of Part 2 of the Supplement to the Loan Agreement.

 

This Note may be prepaid only as permitted under Section 2 of Part 2 of the Supplement to the Loan Agreement.

 

Any unpaid payments of principal or interest on this Note shall bear interest from their respective maturities, whether scheduled or accelerated, at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate, compounded monthly. Borrower shall pay such interest on demand.

 

Interest, charges and fees shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year, which results in higher interest, charge or fee payments than if a 365-day year were used. In no event shall Borrower be obligated to pay interest, charges or fees at a rate in excess of the highest rate permitted by applicable law from time to time in effect.

 

If Borrower is late in making any scheduled payment under this Note by more than five (5) days, Borrower agrees to pay a “late charge” of five percent (5%) of the installment due, but not less than fifty dollars ($50) for any one such delinquent payment. This late charge may be charged by Lender for the purpose of defraying the expenses incidental to the handling of such delinquent amounts. Borrower acknowledges that such late charge represents a reasonable sum considering all of the circumstances existing on the date of this Note and represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs that will be sustained by Lender due to the failure of Borrower to make timely payments. Borrower further agrees that proof of actual damages would be costly and inconvenient. Such late charge shall be paid without prejudice to the right of Lender to collect any other amounts provided to be paid or to declare a default under this Note or any of the other Loan Documents or from exercising any other rights and remedies of Lender.

  

 

1 To be split pro rata according to each Lender’s commitment.

2 Borrower to provide a Note to each Lender.

 

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This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, excluding those laws that direct the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

Borrower’s execution and delivery of this Note via electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Note and agreement to and acceptance of the terms hereof for all purposes. The fact that this Note is executed, signed, stored or delivered electronically shall not prevent the assignment or transfer by Lender of this Note pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement or the enforcement of the terms hereof. Physical possession of the original of this Note or any paper copy thereof shall confer no special status to the bearer thereof. In no event shall an original ink-signed paper copy of this Note be required for any exercise of Lender’s rights hereunder.

 

  OCUGEN, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
   
  OCUGEN OPCO, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature page to Promissory Note]

 

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EXHIBIT “B”

 

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

 

November 6, 2024

 

AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P., as Agent

11 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10036

 

Re: OCUGEN, INC.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Loan and Security Agreement, November 6, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”; the capitalized terms used herein as defined therein), among Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. (“Agent”), as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, “Agent”), Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P., as a lender (“Avenue”), Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. (“Avenue 2” and together with Avenue, collectively, “Lenders”, and each a “Lender”), and Ocugen, Inc. (“Borrower”).

 

The undersigned is the                          of Borrower and hereby requests on behalf of Borrower a Loan under the Loan Agreement, as follows:

 

1.             The amount of the proposed Loan is Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000). The Borrowing Date of the proposed Loan is November [•], 2024 (the “Borrowing Date”).

 

(a)3         On the Borrowing Date,

 

(i) Avenue will wire $[      ] less fees and expenses to be deducted on the Borrowing Date of (a) [$      ] in respect to the Commitment Fee, of which $      has been paid to Avenue prior to the date hereof, (b) $[      ] in respect to the interest fee, and (c) $[      ] in respect to the legal fees for net proceeds of $[            ], and

 

(ii)      Avenue 2 will wire $[      ] less fees and expenses to be deducted on the Borrowing Date of (a) [$            ] in respect to the Commitment Fee, of which [$      ] has been paid to Avenue 2 prior to the date hereof, (b)      $[      ] in respect to the interest fee, and (c) $[      ] in respect to the legal fees for net proceeds of $[            ],

 

to Borrower pursuant to the following wire instructions:

 

Institution Name:  
Address:  

 

 

3 Restricted Account wire instructions to be added.

 

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ABA No.:  
Contact Name:  
Phone No.:  
E-mail:  
Account Title:  
Account No.:  

 

(b)           4On the Borrowing Date, in connection with the payoff, i) Avenue will wire $[      ], and (ii) Avenue 2 will wire $[      ] to [      ] pursuant to the following wire instructions:

 

Institution Name:  
Address:  
ABA No.:  
Contact Name:  
Phone No.:  
E-mail:  
Account Title:  
Account No.:  

 

(c)           On the Borrowing Date, i) Avenue will wire $[      ], and (ii) Avenue 2 will wire $[      ] to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP for fees and expenses pursuant to the following wire instructions:

 

Institution Name: [***]
ABA No.: [***]
Account Title: [***]
Account No.: [***]
Reference: [***]
Confirm remittance: [***]

 

2.             As of this date, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or will immediately result from the making of the proposed Loan, subject to the Schedule of Exceptions, the representations and warranties of Borrower contained in Article 3 of the Loan Agreement and Part 3 of the Supplement are true and correct in all material respects other than those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date which are true and correct in all material respects as of such date, and the conditions precedent described in Sections 4.1 and/or 4.2 of the Loan Agreement and Part 2 of the Supplement, as applicable, have been met.

 

3.             No event has occurred and is continuing that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

 

4.             Borrower’s most recent financial statements, financial projections or business plan dated                            , as reviewed by Borrower’s Board of Directors, are enclosed herewith in the event such financial statements, financial projections or business plan have not been previously provided to Agent.

 

 

4 To be completed with payoff wire instructions from payoff letter.

 

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Borrower shall notify you promptly before the funding of the Loan if any of the matters to which I have certified above shall not be true and correct on the Borrowing Date.

 

  Very truly yours,

OCUGEN, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
   
  OCUGEN OPCO, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Address for Notices: 11 Great Valley Parkway
  Malvern, PA 19355
  Attn: Chief Executive Officer
  Email:

 

[Signature page to Borrowing Request]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT “C”

 

FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P., as Agent 

11 West 42nd Street, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10036

 

Re: OCUGEN, INC.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2024 (as the same has been and may be supplemented, amended and modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement,” the capitalized terms used herein as defined therein), among Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. (“Agent”), as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, “Agent”), Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P., as a lender (“Avenue”), Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. (“Avenue 2” and together with Avenue, collectively, “Lenders”, and each a “Lender”), and Ocugen, Inc.(“Borrower”).

 

The undersigned authorized representative of Borrower hereby certifies in such capacity that in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, except as has been disclosed in accordance with Section 5.1(c) of the Loan Agreement or otherwise noted below, and (ii) Borrower is in compliance for the financial reporting period ending                               with all required financial reporting under the Loan Agreement, except as noted below. Attached herewith are the required documents supporting the foregoing certification with respect to any, if any, applicable financial covenants. The undersigned authorized representative of Borrower further certifies in such capacity that: (a) the accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Borrower’s past practices applied on a consistent basis, or in such manner as otherwise disclosed in writing to Agent, throughout the periods indicated; and (b) the financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and operating results of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, if any, as of the dates, and for the periods, indicated therein, subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments (in the case of interim monthly financial statements), except as explained below.

 

Please provide the following requested information and

indicate compliance status by circling (or otherwise indicating) Yes/No under “Included/Complies”:

 

REPORTING REQUIREMENT REQUIRED INCLUDED/COMPLIES
     
Balance Sheet, Income Statement & Cash Flow Statement Monthly, within 30 days YES / NO / N/A
     
Operating Budgets As modified YES / NO / N/A
     
Annual Financial Statements Annually, within 90 days of fiscal year-end YES / NO / N/A
     
Board Packages As when delivered to Board of Directors YES / NO / N/A

 

Date of most recent Board-approved budget/plan                                                

 

Any change in budget/plan since version most recently delivered to Agent   YES / NO / N/A

 

If Yes, please attach

 

Date of most recent capitalization table:                                               

 

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EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE NOTE FINANCINGS

 

Please provide the following information (if applicable) regarding Borrower’s most-recent equity and/or convertible note financing each time this Certificate is delivered to Agent

 

Date of Last Round Raised:                                                

Has there been any new financing since the last Compliance Certificate submitted?      YES / NO

If “YES” please attach a copy of the Capitalization Table

 

Date Closed:             Series:               Per Share Price: $                               
Amount Raised:                      Post Money Valuation:                              

 

Any stock splits since date of last report?      YES / NO

If yes, please provide any information on stock splits which would affect valuation:

 

 

 

Any dividends since date of last report?      YES / NO

If yes, please provide any information on dividends which would affect valuation:

 

 

 

Any unusual terms? (i.e., Anti-dilution, multiple preference, etc.)      YES / NO

If yes, please provide any information on dividends which would affect valuation:

 

 

 

ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENTS

 

Pursuant to Section 6.11 of the Loan Agreement, Borrower represents and warrants that: (i) as of the date hereof, it maintains only those deposit and investment accounts set forth below; and (ii) to the extent required by Section 6.11 of the Loan Agreement, a control agreement has been executed and delivered to Agent with respect to each such account [Note: If Borrower has established any new account(s) since the date of the last compliance certificate, please so indicate].

 

Deposit Accounts5

 

  Name of Institution Account Number Control Agt.
In place?
Complies New
Account
1.) [            ] [          ] YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
2.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO

 

 

5 Company: Please complete with existing accounts.

 

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Investment Accounts

 

  Name of Institution Account Number Control Agt.
In place?
Complies New
Account
1.) None                                  YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
2.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
3.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
4.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO

 

AGREEMENTS WITH PERSONS IN POSSESSION OF TANGIBLE COLLATERAL

 

Pursuant to Section 5.9(e) of the Loan Agreement, Borrower represents and warrants that: (i) as of the date hereof, tangible Collateral with a value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) (other than mobile Equipment in the possession of Borrower’s employees or agents or inventory in transit) is located at the addresses set forth below; and (ii) to the extent required by Section 5.9(e) of the Loan Agreement, a Waiver has been executed and delivered to Agent, or such Waiver has been waived by Agent, [Note: If Borrower has located Collateral at any new location since the date of the last compliance certificate, please so indicate].

 

  Location of Collateral Value of Collateral at such
Locations
Waiver
In place?
Complies? New
Location?
1.)                                  $                                  YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
2.)                                  $                                  YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
3.)                                  $                                  YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
4.)                                  $                                  YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO

 

SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER PERSONS

 

Pursuant to Section 6.14(a) of the Loan Agreement, Borrower represents and warrants that since the date of the last Compliance Certificate delivered to Agent: (i) as of the date hereof, it has directly or indirectly acquired or created, or it intends to directly or indirectly acquire or create, each Subsidiary or other Person described below; and (ii) if the acquisition has been consummated or Subsidiary created, to the extent required by the Loan Agreement, such Subsidiary or Person has been made a co-borrower under the Loan Agreement or a guarantor of the Obligations [Note: If Borrower has acquired or created any Subsidiary since the date of the last compliance certificate, please so indicate].

 

  Name: Jurisdiction of 
formation or organization
:6
Co-borrower
or guarantor?
Complies? New 
Subsidiary
or Person?
1.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
2.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
3.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO
4.)                                                                   YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO

 

 

6 Under the “Explanations” heading (see below) please include a description of such Subsidiary’s or Person’s fully diluted capitalization and Borrower’s purpose for its acquisition or creation of such Subsidiary if such information has not been previously furnished to Agent.

 

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EXPLANATIONS

 

   
   
   

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  OCUGEN, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
   
  OCUGEN OPCO, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature page to Compliance Certificate]

 

 

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