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EX-10.2 FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE

Convertible Promissory Note

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Title: EX-10.2 FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 9/30/2005
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Law Firm: Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP;Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP     Sector: Healthcare

EX-10.2 FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE, Parties: emisphere technologies inc
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EXHBIT 10.2

11% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

 

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THIS PROMISSORY NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS (II) PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH TRANSFER.

THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER CONDITIONS, AS SET FORTH IN THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT AND THE INVESTMENT AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT BOTH ENTERED INTO AS OF THE CLOSING DATE, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AND WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITY UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.

      FOR VALUE RECEIVED, EMISPHERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [MHR Fund Management LLC], a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Holder ”), the principal amount of [                    ] MILLION DOLLARS ($[                    ]), on the terms set forth herein. The obligations under this 11% Senior Secured Convertible Note (this “ Note ”) are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all assets of the Company pursuant to the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents.

      1.      Definitions; Interpretation.

      (a)  Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

 

 

 

      “ 18-Month Budget ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale proposed to be made pursuant to Section 7(n)(iii), the Company’s operating budget covering the period from the date of the consummation of such Asset Sale to the date 18 months thereafter.

 

 

 

      “ Additional Documentation ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(b).

 

 

 

      “ Additional Shares of Common Stock ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(d)(iv).

 

 

 

      “ Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person (i) that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; (ii) who is a director or officer (A) of such Person; (B) of any Subsidiary of such Person; or (C) of any Person described in clause (i) above with respect to such Person; or (iii) which, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is the beneficial or record owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, as is in effect on the date hereof) of 10% or more of any class of the outstanding voting stock, securities or other equity or ownership interests of such Person; provided that notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, any Permitted Holder shall be deemed not to be an Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (and the correlative terms, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, whether through ownership of securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise.

 

 

 

      “ Affiliate Transaction ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7(o).

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      “ Asset Sale ” means (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights (including, without limitation, a sale/leaseback transaction, and the sale or transfer of any FDA licenses or approvals) other than any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition involving assets or rights (or a series of related sales, leases, conveyances or other dispositions) having a fair market value less than $50,000 individually and $100,000 in the aggregate during the period from the Closing Date until the Repayment Date (which fair market value shall in each case be determined as of the date of such disposition), and other than sales, conveyances or transfers of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices with the prior written consent of the Holder (which shall not be unreasonably withheld); and (ii) the issuance or sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales: (i) a transfer of assets by the Company to a Subsidiary or by a Subsidiary to the Company or to another Subsidiary; (ii) an issuance or sale of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary to the Company or to another Subsidiary; (iii) a sale or other disposition of property or equipment that has become worn out, obsolete or otherwise unsuitable for its purpose; (iv) a disposition of Cash Equivalents; (v) transactions consummated in compliance with Section 7(n) or Restricted Payments in accordance with Section 7(s); and (vi) the exercise of rights (including foreclosure) in respect of any Lien permitted by Section 7(k).

 

 

 

      “ Bank ” means a financial institution at which the Company and the Holder shall mutually agree to maintain the Disbursement Account.

 

 

 

      “ Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

 

 

      “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

 

 

      “ Budget ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7(a), as updated and amended from time to time pursuant to Section 7(d)(iii) and Section 7(n).

 

 

 

      “ Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York.

 

 

 

      “ Capital Lease ” means, for any Person, a lease of any interest in any kind of property (whether real, personal or mixed) or asset by such Person as lessee that is, should be or should have been recorded as a “capital lease” on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

 

 

      “ Cash Equivalents ” means (i) Dollars, (ii) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof ( provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than 6 months from the date of acquisition, (iii) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 6 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 6 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and a Thompson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better, (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 7 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above, (v) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and in each case maturing within 6 months after the date of acquisition and (vi) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (i) - (v) of this definition.

 

 

 

      “ Change of Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred when (i) any person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, becomes the beneficial owner (as the term “beneficial owner” is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of a majority of the combined voting power of the Common Stock; (ii) the Company merges or consolidates with or into another Person as a result of which the shareholders of the Company

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immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction do not own at least 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the remaining, consolidated or successor entity, as the case may be, or the Company sells or disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person; (iii) the liquidation, dissolution, or the winding up of the affairs of the Company; or (iv) during any 12 month-period following the date hereof, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors (and any new members of the Board of Directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by (A) a vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or (B) the Permitted Holders), cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors.

 

 

 

      “ Closing Date ” means September 26, 2005. The date of the initial closings under the Loan Agreement and the Investment Agreement.

 

 

 

      “ Code ” or “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York; 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 the Holder’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 New York, the term “Code” 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.

 

 

 

      “ Collateral ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1 of the Security Agreement.

 

 

 

      “ Common Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

 

 

 

      “ Company 2004 10-K ” means the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, as amended and filed with the SEC prior to the Closing Date.

 

 

 

      “ Company Intellectual Property ” constitutes all present and future Intellectual Property owned, controlled, licensed or used by the Company or necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

 

 

      “ Company Ongoing SEC Documents ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7(ff).

 

 

 

      “ Company SEC Documents ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(k).

 

 

 

      “ Confidential Information ” means all proprietary and confidential information or materials possessed or developed, whether developed before or after the date hereof; including without limitation, information or materials on substances, formulations, technology, equipment, data, reports, Know-How, sources for supply, patent position and business plans, inventions, discoveries, improvements and methods, marketing techniques or plans, manufacturing and other plant designs, location of operations, and any other information regarding business operations.

 

 

 

      “ Conversion Amount ” means the portion of the principal amount of this Note being converted plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the Conversion Date each as specified in the Notice of Conversion.

 

 

 

      “ Conversion Date ” means, for any conversion, the date specified in the Notice of Conversion so long as the copy of the Notice of Conversion is faxed (or delivered by other means resulting in notice) to the Company at or before 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on the Conversion Date indicated in the Notice of Conversion; provided , however , that if the Notice of Conversion is not so faxed or otherwise delivered before such time, then the Conversion Date shall be the date the Holder faxes or otherwise delivers the Notice of Conversion to the Company.

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      “ Conversion Price ” means $3.78 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustments as set forth herein.

 

 

 

      “ Conversion Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a).

 

 

 

      “ Convertible Securities ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(d)(iv)(A).

 

 

 

      “ Copyright Licenses ” means all written agreements granting any right under any Copyright, including the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

 

 

 

      “ Copyrights ” means all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and the right to obtain all renewals of any of the foregoing.

 

 

 

      “ Daily Market Price ” means, as of any date of determination, the closing sale price for the Common Stock, for the Trading Day of such date of determination (subject to equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications or similar events during such Trading Day or that are not otherwise reflected in such closing price and further subject to adjustment as provided herein) on the principal United States securities exchange or trading market where the Common Stock is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the closing sale price for the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no sale price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the closing sale price as reported in the “pink sheets” by the Pink Sheets LLC, in each case for such date or, if such date was not a Trading Day for such security, on the next preceding date which was a Trading Day. If the Daily Market Price cannot be calculated for such security as of either of such dates on any of the foregoing bases, the Daily Market Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as reasonably determined by an investment banking firm selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, with the costs of such appraisal to be borne by the Company.

 

 

 

      “ Delivery Period ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(c).

 

 

 

      “ Default ” means any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

 

 

      “ Default Rate ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(b).

 

 

 

      “ Disbursement Account ” means (a) an investment account (i) maintained at Bank in the name of the Company, and (ii) as to which the right to transfer, withdraw or otherwise disburse funds therefrom shall reside, pursuant to the terms hereof and the terms of any account control agreement if one was entered into, solely with the Holder to the exclusion of the Company, as such investment account may have been reconstituted or replaced pursuant to Section 7(hh)(ii) hereof, or (b) such other deposit account as the Holder and Borrower shall reasonably agree, and in each case subject to an account control agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Holder and the Company.

 

 

 

      “ Disqualified Equity Interests ” means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security into which they are convertible, or for which they are exchangeable, at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, mature or are mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date.

 

 

 

      “ Disregarded Securities ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(d)(iv)(E).

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      “ Dollars ” or “ $ ” means lawful money of the United States.

 

 

 

      “ DTC ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(c).

 

 

 

      “ DTC Transfer ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(c).

 

 

 

      “ Environmental Law ” means any present and future federal, state, local or foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, relating to protection of human health or the environment, including but not limited to those relating to Hazardous Substances.

 

 

 

      “ Equity Interest ” means, (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such Person and all options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing; and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person, and all options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.

 

 

 

      “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

 

 

      “ ERISA Affiliate ” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company or Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the IRC.

 

 

 

      “ ERISA Event ” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate, (i) the complete or partial withdrawal (as such terms are defined in Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, respectively) of the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan; (ii) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (iii) the failure by the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate to make when due required contributions to a Multiemployer Plan unless such failure is cured within 30 days; (iv) any other event or condition that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (v) the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA; (vi) the loss of a Qualified Plan’s qualification or tax exempt status; or (vii) any other event or condition that could constitute grounds for the imposition of material liability with respect to any Plan and which, if curable, is not cured within 30 days.

 

 

 

      “ Event of Default ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8(a).

 

 

 

      “ Excepted Transaction ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7(x).

 

 

 

      “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

 

      “ Excluded Issuances ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(d)(v).

 

 

 

      “ Extraordinary Event ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(d)(iii).

 

 

 

      “ FDA ” means the Food and Drug Administration, as from time to time constituted, created under the Food and Drug Act of 1906.

 

 

 

      “ Final Withdrawal Date ” means the date immediately following the date on which all proceeds have been disbursed from the Disbursement Account in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof.

 

 

 

      “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time as applied by nationally recognized accounting firms.

 

 

 

      “ Guarantee ” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing, or having the economic effect of guaranteeing, any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “ Primary Obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person: (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for

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the payment of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness of the payment of such Indebtedness, or (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the Primary Obligor so as to enable the Primary Obligor to pay such Indebtedness (and “ Guaranteed ,” “ Guaranteeing ” and “ Guarantor ” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided , however , that the Guarantee by any Person shall not include endorsements by such Person for collection or deposit, in either case, in the ordinary course of business.

 

 

 

      “ Guarantors ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that executes a guaranty in accordance with Section 7(v).

 

 

 

      “ Hazardous Substances ” includes, but is not limited to, any and all substances defined, listed or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, medical wastes, hazardous substances, radiological substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws, or that may have a negative impact on human health or the environment.

 

 

 

      “ Hedge Agreement ” means any and all transactions, agreements or documents now existing or hereafter entered into by the Company which provide for an interest rate, credit, commodity or equity swap, cap, floor, collar, forward foreign exchange transaction, currency swap, cross currency rate swap, currency option, or any combination of, or option with respect to, these or similar transactions, for the purpose of hedging exposure to fluctuations in interest or exchange rates, loan, credit exchange, security or currency valuations or commodity prices.

 

 

 

      “ Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, interest rate swaps, hedges, derivatives or other financial products; (iii) all obligations of such Person as a lessee under Capital Leases; (iv) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed; (v) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets; (vi) all obligations of such Person owing under Hedge Agreements; and (vii) any obligations of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness of such other Person under any of clauses (i) through (vi) above.

 

 

 

      “ Intellectual Property ” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including the Know-How, Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

 

 

 

      “ Interest Rate ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(b).

 

 

 

      “ Investment Agreement ” means Investment and Exchange Agreement, dated the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Lender, MHR Capital Partners (500) LP, MHR Capital Partners (100) LP, and MHR Institutional Partners II LP.

 

 

 

      “ Investment Guidelines ” means the Company’s Corporate Investment Policy, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

 

 

      “ Investments ” means, (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interest, or other ownership interest in, any other Person, and (ii) any direct or indirect loan, advance or capital contribution by the Company or any Subsidiary to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business.

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      “ IRC ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Treasury Regulations (final, temporary and, as applicable, proposed) promulgated thereunder.

 

 

 

      “ Know-How ” means any and all proprietary unpatented technical information, data, ideas, test results, inventions, instructions, processes, knowledge, techniques, discoveries, formulae, specifications, designs, regulatory filings, and biological or other materials (including, without limitation, biological, chemical, toxicological, physical and analytical, safety, manufacturing and quality control data and information).

 

 

 

      “ Knowledge ” means, with respect to the knowledge of the Company, the knowledge of the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company after due and diligent inquiry.

 

 

 

      “ Lender ” means the Lender under the Loan Agreement on the Closing Date.

 

 

 

      “ Lien ” means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).

 

 

 

      “ Line of Business ” means (a) the Company’s development of improved dosage forms of drugs, either alone or with corporate partners, by applying its proprietary eligen® technology to those drugs or licensing its eligen® technology to partners who typically apply it directly to their marketed drugs (which has included oral delivery of proteins, peptides, macromolecules and charged organics), (b) the Company’s and its partners’ clinical trials of oral formulations or prototypes of salmon calcitonin, heparin, insulin, parathyroid hormone, human growth hormone and cromolyn sodium, and (c) the continued development of any studies being actively undertaken by the Company as of the Closing Date that are related to the activities of the Company under clauses (a) and (b) (including improved oral dosage forms of already orally bioavailable drugs, trans and intra dermal delivery, and buccal delivery).

 

 

 

      “ Loan Agreement ” means the Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and the Lender.

 

 

 

      “ Loan Documents ” means this Note, the Investment Agreement, the Security Documents and any certificates, instruments, agreements or other documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

 

 

      “ Material Adverse Effect ” means, individually or together with other adverse effects, any material adverse effect on the liabilities, operations, financial condition, tangible or intangible properties, business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents, or the Proposed Transactions; provided, however , that any such effects resulting from (i) any change affecting the pharmaceutical industry generally, (ii) any change in general United States economic conditions, (iii) any change in law, rule or regulation or GAAP; except, in the case of each of (i), (ii) and (iii), to the extent that such changes affect the Company disproportionately to the pharmaceutical industry taken as a whole; (iv) any change, event, occurrence or state of facts directly arising out of or resulting from any action taken, or the failure to take an action, by the Company with the Holder’s express written consent or in accordance with the express written instructions of the Holder or as otherwise expressly required or explicitly and specifically permitted to be taken by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, this Note, the other Loan Documents or the Investment Agreement; or (v) any change in the Company’s stock price or any failure by the Company to meet revenue or earnings projections published by industry analysts (provided that this clause (v) shall not be construed as providing, or be used or relied upon for any determination, that the change, event, occurrence or state of facts giving rise to such change or failure does not constitute, cause, contribute to or result in a Material Adverse Effect) shall in each case not be considered when determining if a Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

 

 

 

      “ Maturity Date ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(a).

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      “ MHR ” means MHR Fund Management LLC and any successor thereto.

 

 

 

      “ Multiemployer Plan ” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and to which the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate is making, is obligated to make or has made or been obligated to make, contributions on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.

 

 

 

      “ Net Cash Proceeds ,” with respect to any issuance or sale of Equity Interests or Indebtedness, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of all reasonable and customary attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes actually paid as a result thereof.

 

 

 

      “ Non-Domestic Intellectual Property ” means any and all Intellectual Property other than Intellectual Property arising under the laws of the United States.

 

 

 

      “ Notice of Conversion ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(b).

 

 

 

      “ Novartis ” means Novartis Pharma AG, a company registered in Switzerland.

 

 

 

      “ Novartis Note ” means the Convertible Promissory Note Due December 1, 2009, issued by the Company for the benefit of Novartis, as delivered to the Lender on the Closing Date.

 

 

 

      “ Novartis Option and License Agreement ” means the Research Collaboration Option and License Agreement by and between the Company and Novartis, dated as of December 1, 2004, as delivered to the Lender on the Closing Date.

 

 

 

      “ Obligation ” means all principal of and interest (including all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against Holder in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding) on this Note, and any penalties, fees, charges, expenses, indemnification payments, reimbursements and any other sum chargeable to the Company under this Note or any of the other Loan Documents (other than the Investment Agreement).

 

 

 

      “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company and delivered to the Holder.

 

 

 

      “ Options ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(d)(iv)(A).

 

 

 

      “ Ownership Change ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(y).

 

 

 

      “ Patent Licenses ” means all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent.

 

 

 

      “ Patents ” means (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated therewith; (ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof; and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

 

 

 

      “ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

 

 

      “ Pension Plan ” means a Plan described in Section 3(2) of ERISA.

 

 

 

      “ Perfected Lien ” means a legal, valid and enforceable perfected, first priority lien and security interest under the internal laws of the relevant state in the United States (without reference to conflicts of law) for the benefit of the Holder, pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

 

 

      “ Peril ” means, collectively, fire, lightning, flood, windstorm, hail, earthquake, explosion, riot and civil commotion, vandalism and malicious mischief, damage from aircraft, vehicles and smoke and all other perils covered by the “all-risk” endorsement then in use in the jurisdictions where the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries are located.

 

 

 

      “ Permitted Holders ” means MHR and any Related Party or Affiliate of MHR.

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      “ Permitted Liens ” means the following: (i) Liens granted to secure payment of the Obligations; (ii) Liens imposed by law for taxes (other than payroll taxes), assessments or charges of any governmental authority for claims not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained in accordance with GAAP to the satisfaction of the Holder, in its sole discretion; (iii) (A) statutory Liens of landlords ( provided that any such landlord has executed a landlord waiver and consent in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder, in its sole discretion); and (B) other Liens imposed by law or that arise by operation of law in the ordinary course of business from the date of creation thereof, in each case only for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained in accordance with GAAP to the satisfaction of the Holder, in its sole discretion; (iv) Liens (A) incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, surety bonds and appeal bonds) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security benefits or to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of Indebtedness), statutory obligations and other similar obligations; or (B) arising as a result of progress payments under government contracts; (v) purchase money Liens in connection with the purchase by the grantor of such Lien of equipment in the normal course of business, including without limitation the Lien securing Indebtedness under the Master Lease Agreement between the Company and General Electric Capital Corporation dated as of March 14, 2004 (including related schedules); (vi) Liens subordinated in all respects to the Lien securing payment of the Obligations on terms and conditions and pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder in its sole discretion; (vii) Liens to secure the financing of insurance premiums for insurance policies obtained pursuant to and in compliance with Section 7(l), provided , that such Liens are limited to the proceeds (including loss payments) of the insurance policies so financed, un-earned premiums on and dividends under such insurance policies, and the Company’s interest under any state insurance guarantee funds that may arise relating to such insurance policies; and (viii) to the extent constituting a Lien, the transfer of technology licenses in the ordinary course of business of the Company and otherwise permitted or disclosed hereunder.

 

 

 

      “ Person ” means any corporation, limited liability company, natural person, firm, joint venture, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization or government, or any political subdivision, department or agency of any government.

 

 

 

      “ Plan ” means, at any time, an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

 

 

      “ Precedent Obligations ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 19.

 

 

 

      “ Proceeding ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10.

 

 

 

      “ Proposed Transactions ” means the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement.

 

 

 

      “ Redemption Date ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(b).

 

 

 

      “ Redemption Premium ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(b).

 

 

 

      “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the Lender, MHR Capital Partners (500) LP, MHR Capital Partners (100) LP, and MHR Institutional Partners II LP.

 

 

 

      “ Related Party ” means (1) any controlling stockholder, controlling member, general partner, majority owned Subsidiary, or spouse or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of any Permitted Holder, (2) any estate, trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons holding a controlling interest of which consist solely of one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1), (3) any executor, administrator, trustee, manager, director or other similar fiduciary of any Person

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referred to in the immediately preceding clause (2) acting solely in such capacity, (4) any investment fund or other entity controlled by, or under common control with, the Holder or the principals that control the Holder, or (5) upon the liquidation of any entity of the type described in the immediately preceding clause (4), the former partners or beneficial owners thereof to the extent any Voting Stock may still be held by such entity.

 

 

 

      “ Repayment Date ” means the date on which all Obligations are irrevocably repaid in full, in Dollars, to the Holder or converted into Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

 

 

      “ Restricted Payment ” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, (i) the declaration or payment of any dividend or the incurrence of any liability to make any other payment or distribution of cash or other property or assets in respect of any Equity Interest of such Person, other than a payment or distribution of Equity Interests in connection with the exercise of any warrant, option or other right to acquire Equity Interests permitted under or issued pursuant to any Transaction Document; (ii) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund or other retirement of any Equity Interest of such Person or any other payment or distribution made in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, other than a payment made in Equity Interests in connection with the exercise of any warrant, option or other right to acquire Equity Interests permitted under or issued pursuant to any Transaction Document; (iii) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interest of such Person now or hereafter outstanding, other than a payment made in Equity Interests in connection with the exercise of any warrant, option or other right to acquire Equity Interests permitted under or issued pursuant to any Transaction Document; (iv) any payment of a claim for the rescission of the purchase or sale of, or for material damages arising from the purchase or sale of, any Equity Interests of such Person or of a claim for reimbursement, indemnification or contribution arising out of or related to any such claim for damages or rescission; (v) any payment, loan, contribution, or other transfer of funds or other property to any stockholder of such Person, except as otherwise permitted hereunder, in the other Loan Documents, the Investment Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, and other than payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to stockholders who are employees of such Person; and (vi) any payment of management fees (or other fees of a similar nature) or out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith by such Person to any Stockholder.

 

 

 

      “ Retiree Welfare Plan ” means, at any time, a welfare plan that provides for continuing coverage or benefits for any participant or any beneficiary of a participant after such participant’s termination of employment (other than (i) coverage mandated by applicable laws, including without limitation, COBRA continuation coverage; (ii) death benefits or retirement benefits under any “employee pension plan”, as that term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA; (iii) deferred compensation benefits accrued as liabilities on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate; or (iv) benefits, the full direct cost of which is borne by current or former employees (or beneficiary thereof)).

 

 

 

      “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

      “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

 

      “ Security Agreement ” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Company and MHR Institutional Partners II LP, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

 

 

      “ Security Documents ” means the collective reference to the Security Agreement (including the Security Agreement (Copyrights); Security Agreement (Patents); Security Agreement (Trademarks) and Security Agreement (Domain Name Registrations) attached thereto), any account control agreements delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty, any Subsidiary Security Agreement, the UCC financing statements required to be filed and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Holder in connection with granting a Lien on any of the assets of the Company or a Subsidiary to secure the Obligations.

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      “ Stockholder ” means, with respect to any Person, each holder of any Equity Interests of such Person.

 

 

 

      “ Subsidiary ” means (i) as to the Company, any Person in which more than 25% of all equity, membership, partnership or other ownership interests is owned directly or indirectly by the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries; and (ii) as to any other Person, any Person in which more than 25% of all equity, membership, partnership or other ownership interests is owned directly or indirectly by such Person or by one or more of such Person’s Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise specified in this Note or any Loan Document, references to a Subsidiary refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

 

 

      “ Subsidiary Guaranty ” means a guaranty agreement executed by a Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7(v), in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder, the Company and such Subsidiary, guaranteeing payment of the Obligations and providing, without limitation, that such Subsidiary shall be bound by the covenants set forth in this Note, and shall make such representations and warranties as the Holder may require.

 

 

 

      “ Subsidiary Security Agreement ” means a pledge and security agreement executed by a Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7(v), substantially in the form of the Security Agreement, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder, the Company and such Subsidiary, securing payment of the Obligations.

 

 

 

      “ Taxes ” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or fee of any nature that is imposed by any government or taxing authority.

 

 

 

      “ Trademark Licenses ” means, collectively, each agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant of any right to use any Trademark.

 

 

 

      “ Trademarks ” means (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether 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, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto; and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

 

 

 

      “ Trading Day ” shall mean any day on which the principal United States securities exchange or trading market where the Common Stock is then listed or traded, is open for trading.

 

 

 

      “ Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Investment Agreement.

 

 

 

      “ Trigger Issuance ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(d)(iv).

 

 

 

      “ United States ” means the United States of America.

 

 

 

      “ Voting Stock ” of a Person means all classes of Equity Interests or other interests of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

      (b)  Interpretation . The headings of the articles and sections of this Note are included for convenience of reference. They shall not affect the construction of any provision of this Note. References herein to articles, sections, subsections or exhibits without further identification of the document to which reference is made are references to provisions or parts of this Note. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” are used in this Note to refer to this Note as a whole including all Exhibits and Schedules, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, modified, or supplemented and not to any particular section, subsection, or clause contained in this Note or any such Exhibit or Schedule. The meaning given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires

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otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein); (b) any reference to statute shall be construed to refer to such statute as amended from time to time, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns.

      2.      Payments of Interest and Principal . Subject to the provisions of this Note, payments of principal plus interest on the unpaid principal balance of this Note outstanding from time to time, and any applicable additional payments shall be payable in accordance with the following:

 

 

 

      (a)  Maturity . On September 26, 2012 (the “ Maturity Date ”), the Company shall repay the outstanding principal of this Note, all interest accrued on this Note, all fees and all other obligations due or accrued to the Holder unless this Note is earlier converted or redeemed in full pursuant to Sections 3 or 4 hereof. If the Maturity Date is a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the applicable rate during such extension. Contemporaneously with the repayment of this Note, the Holder shall surrender this Note, duly endorsed, at the office of the Company.

 

 

 

      (b)  Interest . Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal of this Note during the period commencing on the date hereof and terminating on the Maturity Date at an annual interest rate (the “ Interest Rate ”) equal to 11.00% per annum, compounded monthly, and will be payable monthly in arrears in kind through issuance to the Holder of additional Notes (in a form substantially similar to the form of this Note with appropriate notations for the date of issuance and initial principal amount), up to and including the Maturity Date. So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the election of the Holder, interest shall accrue on all outstanding Obligations at a rate equal to 2% per annum above the Interest Rate (“ Default Rate ”). Interest at the Default Rate shall accrue from the initial date of such Event of Default until that Event of Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon demand and, if not paid when due, shall itself bear interest as provided in this Section.

 

 

 

      (c)  Payments . Except as provided in Section 2(b), all payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts due hereunder shall be made by the Company in Dollars by wire transfer or by any other method approved in advance by the Holder to the account of the Holder at the address of the Holder set forth in Section 11 hereof or at such other place designated by the Holder in writing to the Company.

 

 

 

      (d)  Acceleration of the Maturity Date . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Note shall become due and payable together with all accrued interest due on the outstanding principal amount hereunder upon the occurrence of an Event of Default in accordance with Section 8(b) hereof.

      3.      Conversion .

      (a)  Conversion at the Option of the Holder . The Holder may, at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof, convert all or any part of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued interest thereon through the Conversion Date, into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (“ Conversion Shares ”) upon surrender of this Note. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon surrender of this Note shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

Conversion Amount

Conversion Price

      (b)  Mechanics of Conversion . In order to effect a conversion pursuant to this Section 3, the Holder shall: (a) fax (or otherwise deliver) a copy of the fully executed Notice of Conversion, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Notice of Conversion ”), to the Company and (b) surrender or cause to be surrendered this Note, duly endorsed, along with a copy of the Notice of Conversion as soon as practicable thereafter to the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of a facsimile copy of a Notice of Conversion from a Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days send, via facsimile, a confirmation to such Holder stating that

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the Notice of Conversion has been received, advising the Holder of any additional documentation reasonably required by the transfer agent for the Common Stock to issue the Conversion Shares in the manner provided in the Notice of Conversion (the ” Additional Documentation ”) and the name and telephone number of a contact person at the Company regarding the conversion. The Company shall not be obligated to issue Conversion Shares upon a conversion unless either this Note is delivered to the Company as provided above, or the Holder notifies the Company that such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed and delivers the documentation to the Company required by Section 14.

      (c)  Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion . Upon the surrender of this Note accompanied by a Notice of Conversion and any Additional Documentation, the Company shall, no later than the later of (a) the second Business Day following the Conversion Date and (b) the third Business Day following the date of such surrender (or, in the case of lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, after provision of indemnity pursuant to Section 14) (the “ Delivery Period ”), issue and deliver to the Holder or its nominee (x) that number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the portion of this Note being converted and (y) a new Note in the form hereof representing the balance of the principal amount hereof not being converted, if any. If the Company’s transfer agent is participating in the Depositary Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer program, and so long as the certificates therefor do not bear a legend and the Holder thereof is not then required to return such certificate for the placement of a legend thereon, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit the Conversion Shares to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder or its nominee with DTC, as specified in the Notice of Conversion, through its DTC Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“ DTC Transfer ”). If the aforementioned conditions to a DTC Transfer are not satisfied, the Company shall deliver to the Holder physical certificates representing the Conversion Shares. Further, the Holder may instruct the Company to deliver to the Holder physical certificates representing the Conversion Shares in lieu of delivering such shares by way of DTC Transfer.

      (d)  Adjustment to Conversion Price . The Conversion Price in effect at any time shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events, as follows:

 

 

 

      (i)  Common Stock Dividends; Common Stock Splits; Reverse Common Stock Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding, (A) shall pay a stock dividend on its Common Stock, (B) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (C) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(d)(i) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

 

 

      (ii)  Subscription Rights . If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding, shall fix a record date for the distribution to all of the holders of Common Stock evidence of its indebtedness or assets or rights, options, warrants or other securities entitling them to subscribe for, purchase, convert to, exchange for or to otherwise acquire any security (excluding those referred to in Section 3(d)(i) above), then in each such case the Conversion Price at which this Note shall thereafter be exercisable shall be determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction, the denominator of which shall be the average Daily Market Price of the Common Stock for the ten (10) Trading Days prior to the record date mentioned above, and the numerator of which shall be such average Daily Market Price of the Common Stock for the ten (10) Trading Days prior to such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such evidence of indebtedness or assets or rights, options, warrants or other securities so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith; provided , however , that in the event of a distribution exceeding twenty percent (20%) of the net assets of the Company, such fair market value shall be determined by an appraiser selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company. The

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Company shall pay for all such appraisals. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

 

 

 

      (iii)  Other Events . In case of (A) any reclassification of the Common Stock into other securities of the Company, (B) any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (C) any merger or consolidation with or into any persons, or any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any person (each of (A), (B) or (C), an “ Extraordinary Event ”), the Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such Extraordinary Event, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive had it converted this Note immediately prior to such Extraordinary Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note). In the case of an Extraordinary Event, the terms of any such Extraordinary Event shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder the right to receive the securities, cash or property set forth in this Section 3(d)(iii) upon any conversion following such Extraordinary Event. This provision shall similarly apply to successive Extraordinary Events. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this clause (iii) shall be construed to impair the Company’s or the Holder’s rights under Section 5.

 

 

 

      (iv)  Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock . Except as provided in subsection (v) hereof, if and whenever the Company shall issue or sell, or is, in accordance with any of subsections (iv)(A) through (iv)(H) hereof, deemed to have issued or sold, any Additional Shares of Common Stock (defined below) for a consideration per share less than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then and in each such case (a “ Trigger Issuance ”) the then-existing Conversion Price shall be reduced, as of the close of business on the effective date of the Trigger Issuance, to the lowest price per share at which any share of Common Stock was issued or sold or deemed to be issued or sold in the Trigger Issuance. For purposes of this subsection (iv), “ Additional Shares of Common Stock ” means all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company or deemed to be issued pursuant to this subsection (iv), other than Excluded Issuances (as defined in subsection (v) hereof).

 

 

 

      For purposes of this subsection (iv), the following subsections (iv)(A) to (iv)(H) shall also be applicable (subject, in each such case, to the provisions of subsection (v) hereof) and to each other subsection contained in this subsection (iv):

 

 

 

 

      (A)  Issuance of Rights or Options . In case at any time the Company shall in any manner grant (directly and not by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such warrants, rights or options being called “ Options ” and such convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being called “ Convertible Securities ”) whether or not such Options or the right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration) of (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Options, plus (z), in the case of such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the granting of such Options, then the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total amount of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of granting of such Options and thereafter shall be deemed to be

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outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Conversion Price. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (iv)(D), no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

 

 

      (B)  Issuance of Convertible Securities . In case the Company shall in any manner issue (directly and not by assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration) of (x) the total amount received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Conversion Price, provided that (a) except as otherwise provided in subsection (iv)(D), no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b) no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of the issue or sale of Convertible Securities upon exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Conversion Price have been made pursuant to the other provisions of subsection (iv).

 

 

 

      (C)  Change in Warrant Price or Amount . Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (iii), if the exercise price provided for in any warrants of the Company on the date hereof is below the Conversion Price and (i) such exercise price is reduced, the then-existing Conversion Price shall be reduced, as of the close of business on the effective date of such reduction in exercise price by an amount equal to the product of (x) the original exercise price minus (y) the reduced exercise price and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired upon exercise, if any, of the warrants whose exercise price is reduced and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired upon exercise of all of the outstanding warrants or (ii) the Company amends the terms of such warrants to increase the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired upon exercise of the warrants, the then-existing Conversion Price shall be reduced, as of the close of business on the effective date of amendment by an amount equal to the product of (1) (x) the original exercise price minus (y) the product of the original exercise price and a fraction, the numerator of which is the old number of shares for which the warrants were exercisable immediately prior to such amendment and the denominator of which is the new number of shares for which the warrants are exercisable immediately following such amendment and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock t


 
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