Exhibit 10.41
EXECUTION COPY
PHARMATHENE, INC.
INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT (the “
Agreement ”) is entered into as of October 10,
2008, by and among PHARMATHENE, INC., a Delaware corporation having
its office at One Park Place; Suite #450, Annapolis, MD 21401
(the “ Company ”), and its successors and
permitted assigns, and Kelisia Holdings Ltd., a company limited by
shares established under the laws of Cyprus having its office at 29
Theklas Lyssioti Street; Cassandra Centre, 2nd Floor; 3731
Limassol; Cyprus (the “ Investor ”), an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of Panacea Biotec Limited, a public limited
company established under the laws of India, having its registered
office at Ambala-Chandigarh Highway, Lalru-140501, Punjab, India
and its successors and permitted assigns.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the
Company has sold and issued (i) 3,733,334 shares of its Common
Stock having par value of US$0.0001 per share, of the Company at a
price of US$3.50 per share (“ Common Stock ”),
and (ii) a warrant (the “ Warrant ”) to
purchase up to 2,745,098 shares of its Common Stock at an exercise
price of US$5.10 per share, in each case to the Investor pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated September 30,
2008, between the Company and the Investor (the “
Securities Purchase Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, as a condition of
purchasing the shares of Common Stock and the Warrant, the Investor
has requested that the Company extend to it registration rights and
pre-emptive rights as set forth below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the investment of the
Investor in the Common Stock and the Warrant, the parties mutually
agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
GENERAL
1.1
Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms
that are not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings
given such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and
(b) the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
“ Affiliate
” means with
respect to any Person, any Person that directly or indirectly,
Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such
Person.
“ Common Stock
” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the
Company.
“ Control
” (including with
correlative meaning, Controlled by and under common Control with)
shall mean, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise, provided
that in all events
(and in addition to the above), the direct and
indirect ownership of more than 50% of the paid-up and issued
voting capital of a Person shall be deemed to constitute control
over such Person.
“ Equity
Percentage ” shall mean, as to the Investor or a
transferee of the Investor, that percentage figure that expresses
the ratio that (a) the number of Shares owned by such Person
and which such Person may acquire upon exercise of the Warrant
(subject to the limitation described in the definition of Shares
below) bears to (b) the aggregate number of shares of issued
and outstanding Common Stock on the date hereof immediately after
giving effect to the issuance of the Shares.
“ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Form S-3
” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on
the date hereof or any successor registration form under the
Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits
inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference
to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
“ Person ”
means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, government (or agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind, whether
incorporated, registered or not.
“ Piggy-Back
Registration Statement ” means a Registration
Statement filed with respect to a registration described in
Section 2.3 hereof.
“ Register
,” “ registered ” and “
registration ” refer to a registration effected
by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with
the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such registration statement or
document.
“ Registrable
Securities ” means (a) the Shares and
(b) any common stock of the Company issued as (or issuable
upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other
security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with
respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, such
Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Registrable
Securities” shall not include any securities sold by a person
or eligible for sale without restriction to the public pursuant to
a registration statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act
or sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s
rights under Section 2 of this Agreement are not expressly
assigned.
“ Registrable Securities
then outstanding ” shall be the number of shares
determined by calculating the total number of shares of Common
Stock that are Registrable Securities and either (a) are then
issued and outstanding or (b) are issuable pursuant to then
exercisable or convertible securities.
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“ Registration
Expenses ” shall mean all expenses incurred by the
Company in complying with Sections 2.2 hereof, including,
without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing
expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company,
blue-sky fees and expenses.
“ Registration
Statement ” means the Shelf Registration Statement or
the Piggy-Back Registration Statement, as applicable.
“ SEC ” or
“ Commission ” means the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act
” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“ Selling
Expenses ” shall mean all underwriting discounts and
selling commissions applicable to the sale.
“ Shares ”
shall mean (i) the shares of Common Stock issued to the
Investor pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and
(ii) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant to purchase up to 2,745,098 shares of
Common Stock, dated October 10, 2008, issued by the Company to
the Investor (the “ Warrant ”); provided that,
for the purposes of calculating the number of shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant, consideration is given, and such amount is
limited to, the maximum amount that could be exercised after
consideration of the limitation contained in
Section 2(d) of the Warrant.
“ Trading Day
” means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted on the Trading Market, or (b) if the Common Stock is
not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, then any Business
Day.
SECTION 2. REGISTRATION;
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
2.1
Restrictions on
Transfer.
(a)
Investor and each
transferee, if any, agrees not to make any disposition of all or
any portion of the Shares or other Registrable Securities unless
and until:
(i)
There is then in
effect (and not suspended pursuant to
Section 2.4(b) hereof) a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such
disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement
(including without limitation the method of disposition set forth
therein); or
(ii)
Such disposition
is made pursuant to and in compliance with (A) Rule 144
or a successor rule thereof (as amended from time to time) or
(B) any other applicable exemption from registration under the
Securities Act (in which case the Investor shall have notified the
Company of the disposition and, if requested by the Company,
Investor shall have
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furnished the Company with
an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that
such disposition will not require registration of such shares under
the Securities Act); or
(iii)
(A) Any
proposed transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement by executing a counterpart signature
page hereto (which shall not be deemed to be an amendment
hereto), (B) Investor shall have notified the Company of the
disposition, and (C) if requested by the Company, Investor
shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel,
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such disposition will
not require registration of such shares under the Securities
Act.
(b)
Each certificate
representing Shares or other Registrable Securities shall (unless
otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Agreement) be stamped
or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially similar to the
following (in addition to any legend required under applicable
state securities laws):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR WITH THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN
RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ ACT ”) AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED,
PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(c)
Within fifteen
(15) days of written request, the Company shall be obligated to
reissue unlegended certificates at the request of any holder of
Shares or other Registrable Securities if such holder shall have
obtained an opinion of counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the
Company) reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that
the applicable securities may lawfully be so disposed of without
registration.
(d)
Any legend that
may be endorsed on an instrument pursuant to applicable state
securities laws and the stop-transfer instructions with respect to
such securities shall be removed upon receipt by the Company of an
order of the appropriate blue-sky authority authorizing such
removal.
(e)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.1, the restrictions
imposed by this Section 2.1 upon the transferability of any
Shares or other Registrable Securities shall cease and terminate
when (i) any such Shares or other Registrable Securities are
sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with a registration
statement (including without limitation the method of disposition
set forth therein); (ii) the holder of such Shares or other
Registrable Securities has met the applicable requirements for
transfer of such
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Shares or other Registrable
Securities, as the case may be, pursuant to
subparagraph (b) of Rule 144 under the Securities
Act or a successor rule thereof (as amended from time to
time)(“ Rule 144 ”) or (iii) any
such Shares or other Registrable Securities are sold or otherwise
disposed of by such other method contemplated by this
Section 2.1 that does not require that the securities
transferred bear the legend set forth in this
Section 2.1. Whenever the restrictions imposed by this
Section 2.1 have terminated, a holder of a certificate for
Shares or other Registrable Securities as to which such
restrictions have terminated shall be entitled to receive from the
Company, without expense, a new certificate not bearing the
restrictive legend set forth in this Section 2.1 and not
containing any other reference to the restrictions imposed by this
Section 2.1.
(f)
The Company
covenants that, to the extent it does not qualify as a
“reporting issuer” as defined under
Rule 144(c) during the period ending with the termination
of the transferability restrictions as described in
Section 2.1(e) above, it will take such action in
connection with the furnishing of information as the Investor may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to
enable the Investor to sell Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the
exemption provided by Rule 144.
(g)
The Investor
represents and warrants that, during the period beginning 30 days
prior to the date of this Agreement and ending on the date of this
Agreement, none of the Investor or its Affiliates, or any entity
acting under their direction or control, have engaged, directly or
indirectly, in any trading of Common Stock, including, without
limitation, short sales or hedging of any kind, other than as
contemplated by this Agreement.
2.2
Shelf Registration.
(a) The
Company shall, within 45 days from the date of this Agreement (the
“ Filing Date
”), file a
registration statement (as amended or supplemented from time to
time, the “ Shelf
Registration Statement ”) under the Securities
Act covering all of the Registrable Securities then outstanding,
and shall use its best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration
Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable thereafter
(provided that in the event the Company receives notice from the
SEC that it will not “review” the Shelf Registration
Statement and that the Company can request acceleration of
effectiveness, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration
Statement to become effective within ten (10) days of receipt
of such notice), and shall use its best efforts to keep such Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable
Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144 without
volume, manner of sale or other restrictions under such
rule and (ii) the date on which all Registrable
Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold (the “ Effectiveness Period ”). Such Shelf
Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the
Company is not eligible to register for resale the Shelf
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, then such registration
shall be on such other appropriate form as the Company may
reasonably select), and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by
the Investor) the “Plan of Distribution” attached
hereto as Annex A.
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(b)
The amount of Registrable Securities
required to be included in the initial Shelf Registration Statement
as described in Section 2.2(a) shall be not less than the
maximum amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in a
Registration Statement without exceeding registration limitations
imposed by the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act (the “ Rule 415 Amount ”). In the
event that less than all of the Registrable Securities are included
in the Shelf Registration Statement as a result of the limitation
described in this Section 2.2(b), then the Company will file
additional Shelf Registration Statements each registering the
Rule 415 Amount, seriatim , until all of the
Registrable Securities have been registered.
2.3
Piggy-Back Registration
.
(a)
If the Company
proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration
effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Investor)
any of its Common Stock under the Securities Act in connection with
the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than
(i) a registration on Form S-8 (or similar or successor
form) relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in
a Company stock plan or to other compensatory arrangements to the
extent includable on Form S-8 (or similar or successor form),
(ii) a registration on Form S-4 (or similar or successor
form), (iii) a shelf registration statement covering the offer
and sale of securities from time to time in one or more offerings
or (iv) unless a Registration Statement has not already been
filed for the Registrable Securities, a registration in connection
with a rights offering to existing securityholders of the Company),
the Company shall, at such time, give the Investor written notice
of such registration. Upon the written request of the
Investor received by the Company within twenty (20) Trading Days
after mailing of such notice by the Company, the Company shall use
its best efforts to cause to be registered under the Securities Act
all of the Registrable Securities that the Investor has requested
to be registered; provided that the right of the Investor to have
such Registrable Securities so registered shall be subordinated in
all respects to the rights of any other holders of registration
rights, whether now existing or to be granted in the future.
The Company may grant any registration rights, including
registration rights that are superior in priority to the piggy-back
registration rights granted to the Investor pursuant to this
Section 2.3, to third parties, as it deems to be in its best
interest. Except as otherwise required pursuant to this
Agreement, the Company shall have no obligation under this
Section 2.3 to make any offering of its securities, or to
complete an offering of its securities that it has proposed to
make. The Investor may withdraw its written notice of
registration at any time, but such notice may not be reinstated if
the twenty (20) day Trading Day period referred to above has
expired.
(b)
Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.3(c) hereof, the amount of Registrable
Securities required to be included in the initial Piggy-Back
Registration Statement as described in
Section 2.3(a) shall be not less than the lesser of
(a) the amount of Registrable Securities that the Investor has
requested to be so registered and (b) the maximum amount of
Registrable Securities which may be included in a Registration
Statement without exceeding the Rule 415 Amount.
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(c)
In the event that any registration
pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be, in whole or in part, an
underwritten public offering of securities of the Company, the
number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such
underwriting may be reduced by the managing underwriter if and to
the extent that the managing underwriter shall be of the opinion
that such inclusion would adversely affect the marketing of the
securities to be sold by the Company therein; provided, however,
that the Company shall notify the Investor in writing of any such
reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the
Company may withdraw or delay or suffer a delay of any registration
statement referred to in this Section 2.3 without thereby
incurring any liability to the Investor or its
Affiliates.
2.4
Expenses of Registration
. Except as
specifically provided herein, all Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any registration, qualification or compliance
pursuant to Sections 2.2 or 2.3 shall be borne by the
Company. All Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any
registrations hereunder shall be borne by the holders selling the
securities.
2.5
Shelf Registration Procedures
. In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations
hereunder with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement, the
Company shall:
(a)
Not less than ten
(10) Trading Days prior to the filing of the Shelf
Registration Statement or any related prospectus (“
Prospectus ”) or any amendment or
supplement thereto, the Company shall (i) furnish to the
Investor and its counsel (“ Investor Counsel ”) copies of such
documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to
the review of Investor and Investor Counsel, and (ii) cause
its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified
public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be
necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel, to
conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the
Securities Act. The Company shall not file such Shelf
Registration Statement or any related Prospectus, amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Investor and Investor Counsel
shall reasonably object.
(b)
(i) Prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus
used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable
Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period;
(ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so
supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Securities Act; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably
possible, and in any event within twenty (20) Trading Days, to any
comments received from the Commission with respect to the Shelf
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and promptly
thereafter provide copies of such response to the Investor; and
(iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the
disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance
with the intended methods of disposition by the Investor set forth
in the Shelf Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
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(c)
Notify the
Investor within three (3) Trading Days of receipt, and if
requested by the Investor, confirm such notice in writing within
three (3) Trading Days thereafter, of any of the following
events: (i) the Commission notifies the Company of whether it
plans to “review” the Registration Statement;
(ii) the Commission comments in writing on the Registration
Statement (in which case the Company shall deliver to the Investor
a true and complete copy of such comments within three
(3) Trading Days of receipt, a timeline relating to the
proposed drafting of responses within six (6) Trading Days of
receipt and of all such written responses); (iii) the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto is
declared effective; (iv) the Commission or any other Federal
or state governmental authority requests any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or requests
additional information related thereto; (v) the Commission
issues any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or if the Company receives notice that the
Commission initiates any Proceedings for that purpose;
(vi) the Company receives notice of any suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of any Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or
threat of any Proceeding for such purpose; or (vii) the
financial statements included in the Registration Statement become
ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in the
Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference is
untrue in any material respect or any revision to the Registration
Statement, related Prospectus or other document is required so that
it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(d)
Use its best
efforts to avoid the issuance of or, if issued, obtain the
withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement or (ii) any suspension of the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the
earliest practicable moment.
(e)
Furnish to the
Investor and Investor Counsel, without charge, copies of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits to the extent
and in such quantity as requested by such Person (excluding those
previously furnished or incorporated by reference) within three
(3) Trading Days after the filing of such documents with the
Commission.
(f)
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