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EXECUTION VERSION |
SIRION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Investors’ Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered
into as of February 14, 2006, by and among the individuals listed as “Shareholders”
on Exhibit A hereto (the “Shareholders”), PharmaBio
Development Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“PharmaBio”), and
Sirion Therapeutics, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the
“Company”). The Shareholders and PharmaBio are sometimes collectively
referred to herein as the “Investors” and the Shareholders,
PharmaBio and the Company are collectively referred to as the
“Parties.”
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS,
contemporaneously with this Agreement, PharmaBio is providing certain credit
facilities to the Company pursuant a Loan Agreement between the Company and
PharmaBio dated as of the date hereof (the “Loan Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
each of the Shareholders is a shareholder of the Company;
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Loan Agreement, the Parties desire to set forth certain
covenants of the Parties and certain rights of the Investors by entering into
this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
PharmaBio is relying on this Agreement as an essential part of the
consideration for its obligations under the Loan Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged by the Parties, the Parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1
Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the text of this
Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them on Exhibit A
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
ARTICLE II
Sales by Shareholders
2.1
Restrictions on Transfers.
(a)
General. No Shareholder shall sell, offer, assign, pledge, encumber,
dispose, or otherwise transfer (collectively, “Transfer”) any
interest in any Shares (whether with
or without consideration and
whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law), except pursuant
to (i) any sale of Shares to the public pursuant to an underwritten
offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), or through a broker, dealer or market maker
pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 adopted under the Securities Act or
(ii) the provisions of ARTICLES II and III. In addition, any transferee of
Shares must execute an agreement to join as a party to this Agreement.
(b)
Selling Shareholder Notice. If any Shareholder proposes to Transfer any
interest in any Shares (a “Selling Shareholder”) in one transaction
or a series of related transactions, then such Selling Shareholder shall
promptly give written notice (the “Notice”) to the Company, each of
the Shareholders not selling or otherwise transferring Shares (the
“Non-selling Shareholders”), and to PharmaBio at least thirty
(30) days prior to the closing of such proposed Transfer. The Notice shall
describe in reasonable detail the proposed Transfer including, without
limitation, the number of Shares to be Transferred, the nature of such proposed
Transfer, the aggregate consideration to be paid for the Shares, and the name
and address of each prospective transferee. If the Transfer is being made
pursuant to the provisions of ARTICLE III hereof, the Notice shall state under
which section and subsection the Transfer is being made.
2.2
Right of First Refusal.
(a) With
respect to proposed Transfers of Shares, each Non-selling Shareholder shall
have the right, exercisable upon written notice to the Selling Shareholder
within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Notice, to elect to purchase
the Shares covered in the Notice directly from the Selling Shareholder, on the
same terms and conditions specified in the Notice. To the extent that one or
more of the Non-selling Shareholders exercise such right in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth below, the number of Shares that the Selling
Shareholder may Transfer in the transaction contemplated in the Notice shall be
correspondingly reduced.
(b) Each
Non-selling Shareholder may purchase from the Selling Shareholder all or any
part of that number of Shares equal to the product obtained by multiplying
(i) the aggregate number of Shares covered by the Notice by (ii) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Shares owned by the
Non-selling Shareholder as of the date of the Notice and the denominator of
which is the total number of Shares owned by all Non-selling Shareholders as of
the date of the Notice.
(c) If
any Non-selling Shareholder fails to elect to fully purchase its pro rata share
of the Shares pursuant to this Section 2.2, then the Selling Shareholder
shall give notice of such failure to the Non-selling Shareholders who did so elect
(the ‘Purchasing Participants”), PharmaBio and the Company. Such
notice may be made by telephone if confirmed in writing within forty-eight (48)
hours. The Purchasing Participants shall have five (5) days from the date
such notice was given to agree to acquire their pro rata share of the portion
of the Shares not elected to be purchased by the Non-selling Shareholders
pursuant to Section 2.2(a). For purposes of this Section 2.2(c), a
Purchasing Participant’s pro rata share shall be equal to the product
obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Shares not elected to be purchased by
Non-selling Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.2(a) by (ii) a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number
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of Shares held by such
Purchasing Participant and the denominator of which is the total number of
Shares held by all of the Purchasing Participants.
(d) The
Company may, within five (5) days after the Purchasing Participants
determine whether to acquire their respective pro rata share, elect to acquire
any remaining portion of the Purchasing Participants’ aggregate pro rata
share (the “Remaining Shares”) on the terms set forth in the
Notice. If the Company does not elect to purchase all of the Remaining Shares,
then the Company shall send written notice to PharmaBio stating the number of
shares of Remaining Shares available for purchase by PharmaBio. Within fifteen
(15) days after receipt of the Company’s notice, PharmaBio shall
have the right to elect to acquire all or any part of that number of Remaining
Shares.
(e) At
the conclusion of the procedure outlined in Section 2.2(d), if all of the
Remaining Shares have not been purchased by the Non-selling Shareholders, the
Company or PharmaBio, then the Selling Shareholder shall send a second notice
(a “Co-Sale Notice”) to all Non-selling Shareholders who did not
elect to purchase the Shares notifying them of such failure and of their right
of co-sale under Section 2.3 of this Agreement The Co-Sale Notice shall
specify the number of Shares not elected to be purchased pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) hereof.
2.3
Right of Co-Sale.
(a) In
the event that less than all Shares subject to the Notice have been purchased
in accordance with Section 2.2 above, each Non-selling Shareholder that
does not elect to purchase Shares pursuant to Section 2.2 shall have the
right, exercisable upon, written notice to the Selling Shareholder within ten
(10)days after the receipt of the Co-Sale Notice described in
Section 2.2(e), to Transfer Shares held by such Non-selling Shareholder
with the Selling Shareholder to the prospective transferee, on the same terms
and conditions specified in the Notice. To the extent that one or more of the
Non-selling Shareholders exercises such right in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth below, the number of Shares that the Selling Shareholder
may Transfer in the transaction shall be correspondingly reduced.
(b) Each
Non-selling Shareholder may Transfer all or any part of that number of Shares
held by him equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the aggregate
number of Shares covered by the Co-Sale Notice by (b) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of Shares owned by the Non-selling Shareholder
at the time of the Transfer and the denominator of which is the total number of
Shares owned by all Shareholders at the time of the Transfer.
(c) If
any Non-Selling Shareholder fails to elect to fully participate in such sale
pursuant to this Section 2.3, the Selling Shareholder shall give notice of
such failure to the Shareholders who did so elect (the “Selling
Participants”). Such notice may be made by telephone if confirmed in
writing within forty-eight (48) hours. The Selling Participants shall have
five (5) days from the date such notice was given to agree to Transfer
their pro rata share of the remaining Shares available for co-sale. For
purposes of this Section 2.3, a Selling Participant’s pro rata share
shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the number of
remaining Shares available for co-sale by (b) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of Shares held by such Selling Participant and the
denominator of which is the total number of Shares held by all of the Selling
Participants and the Selling Shareholder.
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2.4
Delivery of Co-Sale Shares. Each Selling Participant shall effect its
participation in the Transfer by promptly delivering to the Selling Shareholder
for Transfer to the prospective purchaser one or more certificates, properly endorsed
for transfer, which represent that number of Shares that such Selling
Participant elects to Transfer.
2.5
Closing. The stock certificate or certificates, if any, that the Selling
Participant delivers to the Selling Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.4
shall be transferred to the prospective transferee in consummation of the
Transfer of the Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the
Notice, and the Selling Shareholder shall concurrently therewith remit to such
Selling Participant that portion of the Transfer proceeds to which such Selling
Participant is entitled by reason of its participation in such Transfer. To the
extent that any prospective transferee prohibits such assignment or otherwise
refuses to purchase Shares or other securities from a Selling Participant
exercising its rights of co-sale hereunder, the Selling Shareholder shall not
Transfer to such prospective transferee any Shares unless and until,
simultaneously with such Transfer, the Selling Shareholder shall purchase such
Shares or other securities from such Selling Participant. To the extent that
the Non-selling Shareholders, the Company or PharmaBio as provided in
Section 2.2 elect to purchase the Shares covered in the Notice directly
from the Selling Shareholder, then such Selling Shareholder shall within ninety
(90) days of the date of the Notice (or, if earlier, simultaneous with the
consummation of the Transfer of the Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions
specified in the Notice) deliver certificate(s) for such Shares to the
acquiring Non-selling Shareholder, the Company or PharmaBio as the case may be
who shall deliver to the Selling Shareholder the consideration of the type and
on the terms set forth in the Notice.
2.6
No Effect on Rights. The exercise or non-exercise of rights by any Party
under Sections 22 or 2.3 in one or more Transfers of Shares made by any
Selling Shareholder shall not adversely affect such Party’s rights to
participate in subsequent Transfers of Shares subject to this ARTICLE II. The
failure of any Non-selling Shareholder to exercise its rights pursuant to this
ARTICLE II with respect to any proposed Transfer shall not constitute a waiver
of such Non-selling Shareholder’s right to exercise its rights under this
ARTICLE II with respect to subsequent Transfers.
2.7
Reoffers. Upon compliance in full with the terms and conditions of this
ARTICLE II, if there are any Shares remaining to be Transferred, the Selling
Shareholder may, no later than seventy-five (75) days following delivery
to the Company and each of the Non-selling Shareholders of the Notice, enter
into an agreement providing for the closing of the Transfer of the remaining
Shares covered by the Notice within thirty (30) days of such agreement on
terms and conditions not more favorable to the transferor than those described
in the Notice. It shall be a condition to such closing that the transferee
shall execute and deliver to the Company an agreement to join as a party to
this Agreement. Any proposed Transfer on terms and conditions more favorable
than those described in the Notice, as well as any subsequent proposed Transfer
of any of the remaining Shares by the Selling Shareholder, shall again be
subject to the right of first refusal, co-sale and other rights of the
Non-selling Shareholders, the Company and PharmaBio set forth in this ARTICLE
II and shall require compliance by the Selling Shareholder with the procedures
described in this ARTICLE II.
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ARTICLE III
Exempt Transfers
3.1
Certain Transfers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of
ARTICLE II shall not apply to any transfer to the ancestors, descendants or
spouse of a Shareholder, or to trusts or family limited partnerships for the
benefit of such persons including such Shareholder; provided that, in any such
case (i) the transferor shall inform the Company of such Transfer prior to
effecting it; and (ii) the transferee shall furnish the Company and the
Shareholders with a written agreement to be bound by and comply with all
provisions of this Agreement as well as the terms of any other restrictive
agreement to which Shares are subject. Such transferred Shares shall remain
“Shares” hereunder, and such transferee shall be treated as a
“Shareholder” and “Investor” for purposes of this Agreement.
As a condition to any Transfer pursuant to this Section 3.1, the
transferee must agree in writing that it, its heirs, successors and assigns,
shall be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement.
3.2
Public Offering; Company Transfers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provisions of ARTICLE II shall not apply to the Transfer of any Shares
(a) to the public pursuant to a registration statement filed with, and
declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act; or (b) to the Company.
ARTICLE IV
Prohibited Transfers
4.1
Put Option Right. If a Shareholder Transfers any Shares in contravention
of the co-sale rights under Section 2.3 (a “Prohibited
Transfer”), each Non-selling Shareholder, in addition to such other
remedies as may be available at law, in equity or hereunder, shall have the put
option provided below, and the Selling Shareholder shall be bound by the
applicable provisions of such option.
4.2
Put Option. In the event of a Prohibited Transfer, each Non-selling
Shareholder shall have the right to Transfer to the Selling Shareholder the
number of Shares equal to the number of shares each Non-selling Shareholder
would have been entitled to Transfer to the transferee had the Prohibited
Transfer been effected pursuant to and in compliance with the terms hereof.
Such Transfer shall be made on the following terms and conditions:
(a) The
price per share at which the Shares are to be Transferred shall be equal to the
price per share paid by the purchaser in the Prohibited Transfer, provided,
that if the price per share paid by the purchaser was not determined in an arms
length transaction or no consideration was paid for the Shares Transferred in
the Prohibited Transfer, the price per share to be paid by the Selling
Shareholder for the Shares shall be the fair market value of the Shares as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or, if the Board of
Directors cannot agree, as determined by an independent business valuation firm
engaged by the Company to determine such fair market value.
(b) The
Selling Shareholder shall also reimburse each Non-selling Shareholder and the
Company for any and all fees and expenses, including legal fees and
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expenses, incurred in
connection with the exercise or the attempted exercise of the Non-selling
Shareholder’s rights under ARTICLE II, within five (5) days after
receipt of a written demand for reimbursement, in cash or by other means
acceptable to the Non-selling Shareholder or the Company as the case may be.
(c) Within
ninety (90) days after the later of the dates on which the Non-selling
Shareholder (i) received notice of the Prohibited Transfer or
(ii) otherwise became aware of the Prohibited Transfer, each Non-selling
Shareholder shall, if exercising the option created hereby, deliver to the
Selling Shareholder the certificate or certificates representing the Shares to
be Transferred, each certificate to be properly endorsed for transfer.
(d) The
Selling Shareholder shall, within five (5) days after receipt of the
certificate or certificates for the Shares to be Transferred by a Non-selling
Shareholder, pursuant to this Section 4.2, pay the aggregate purchase
price therefor, as specified in Section 4.2(a), in cash or by other means
acceptable to the Non-selling Shareholder.
ARTICLE V
Voting Provisions
5.1
Size of the Board of Directors. Each Shareholder agrees to vote, or
cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Shareholder, or over which such
Shareholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever
manner as shall be necessary to ensure that the size of the Board shall be set
and remain at four (4) directors.
5.2
Board Composition. Each Shareholder agrees to vote, or cause to be
voted, all Shares owned by such Shareholder, or over which such Shareholder has
voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall
be necessary to ensure that at each annual or special meeting of shareholders
at which an election of directors is held or pursuant to any written consent of
the shareholders, the following persons shall be elected to the Board:
(a) two
individuals designated by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares
(the “Founder Directors”); and
(b) two
individuals designated by PharmaBio (the “PharmaBio Directors”).
Any committees of the Board
of Directors created pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws will include as
members at least one Founder Director and one PharmaBio Director.
5.3
Failure to Designate a Board Member. In the absence of any designation
from the persons or groups with the right to designate a director as specified
above, the director previously designated by them and then serving shall be
reelected if still eligible to serve as provided herein.
5.4
Removal of Board Members. Each Shareholder also agrees to vote, or cause
to be voted, all Shares owned by such Shareholder, or over which such
Shareholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever
manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:
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(a) no
director elected pursuant to Sections 5.2 or 5.3 of this Agreement may be
removed from office unless such removal is directed or approved by the person
or persons entitled under Section 5.2 to designate that director; and
(b) any
vacancies created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected
pursuant to Sections 5.2 or 5.3 shall be filled pursuant to the provisions
of this ARTICLE V.
All Shareholders agree to
execute any written consents required to perform the obligations of this
Agreement, and the Company agrees at the request of any Party or Parties
entitled to designate directors to call a special meeting of shareholders for
the purpose of electing directors.
5.5
Irrevocable Proxy. Each Shareholder hereby constitutes and appoints the
other Parties hereto, and each of them, with full power of substitution, as the
proxies of such Shareholder with respect to the election of persons as members
of the Board in accordance with this ARTICLE V, and hereby authorizes each of
them to represent and to vote, if and only if such Shareholder (i) fails
to vote or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written
consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement,
all of such Shareholder’s Shares in favor of the election of persons as
members of the Board determined pursuant to and in accordance with the terms
and provisions of this Agreement. The proxy granted pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of
the Parties in connection with the Transactions and, as such, is coupled with
an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates
pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof. Each Party hereto hereby revokes any and
all previous proxies with respect to the Shares and shall not hereafter, unless
and until this Agreement terminates pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof,
purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of
the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any
agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any
person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions
with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to
the election of persons as members of the Board in accordance with this
ARTICLE V.
5.6
Termination Upon Exercise of the Option. Upon an exercise of the Option
under Section 7.2(b) by written notices to all Shareholders with
outstanding Shares, effective as of the date that the last such notice is
sufficiently given under Section 11.2, (i) all Founder Directors shall
be deemed to have resigned as directors of the Company, and
(ii) Section 5.2(a) and all provisions hereunder requiring the
approval of a Founder Director or requiring membership of a Founder Director on
a Board committee shall be void and of no further force or effect. Upon request
of the Company, each Founder Director shall tender confirmation of his or her
resignation pursuant to the preceding sentence.
ARTICLE VI
Covenants of the Company
6.1
Financial Information. So long as (i) any of the Advances or other
obligations of the Company under the Loan Agreement shall remain unpaid or
outstanding or PharmaBio shall
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have any Commitment
thereunder, or (ii) a Shareholder continues to hold all of the Shares
owned by such Shareholder on the date hereof, the Company will furnish, upon
request, the following reports or information to PharmaBio or such Shareholder,
as the case may be:
(a) as
soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, and in
any event within ninety (90) days thereafter, (i) a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such fiscal year, and
consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company for such year,
prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and
certified by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, and
(ii) a comparison to the Company’s operating plan for such year
prepared by the Company;
(b) as
soon as practicable after the end of the first, second, and third quarterly
accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Company, and in any event within
thirty (30) days thereafter, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company
as of the end of each such quarterly period, and consolidated statements of
income and cash flows of the Company for such period and for the current fiscal
year to date, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year and to the Company’s
operating plan then in effect and approved by its Board of Directors, subject
to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments, all in reasonable detail
and certified by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company,
except that such financial statements are not required to contain the notes
required by GAAP;
(c) as
soon as practicable after the end of each month, and in any event within thirty
(30) days after the end of each month, a one-page management summary of
operations of the Company prepared by an executive officer of the Company; and
(d) not
later than fifteen (15) days prior to the last day of each fiscal year,
capital and operating expense budgets, each of which shall have been approved
by the Board of Directors, which shall include projections of sources and
applications of funds and profit and loss projections, a consolidated balance
sheet and statement of income and cash flows (prepared in accordance with GAAP)
for the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, on a consolidated basis for each
month of the next succeeding fiscal year, all itemized in reasonable detail and
prepared by the Company and any material revisions made in such budgets or
projections shall be furnished promptly to each Investor.
6.2
Notice of Reportable Events. The Company shall provide notice of a
Reportable Event (as hereinafter defined) to PharmaBio and each Shareholder
within three (3) Business Days following the occurrence of said event. The
following events shall be “Reportable Events”:
(a) the
termination by a Shareholder of his or her employment or other engagement with
Borrower or serious illness of any Shareholder;
(b) the
commencement of any material lawsuit, claim or proceeding involving the
Company; provided that copies of the pleadings and other related documents with
respect to such lawsuit, claim or proceeding shall be provided to PharmaBio
within ten (10) Business Days;
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(c) the
receipt by the Company of a notice that the Company is in default under any
Material Contract or that any Material Contract is subject to termination;
(d) the
existence of any default by the Company under any of the Transaction Documents;
and
(e) any
notice of any violation of Law and any material filing with or correspondence
to or from Governmental or Regulatory Authorities, including, without
limitation, the Internal Revenue Service and Food and Drug Administration;
provided that copies of all material documents with respect to such notice of
violation or filing or correspondence shall be provided to the PharmaBio within
ten (10) Business Days after such filing.
6.3
Inspection. The Company shall permit PharmaBio to visit and inspect the
Company’s properties; examine its books of account and records; and
discuss the Company’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers,
during normal business hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested by
PharmaBio.
6.4
Negative Covenants. The Company shall not take any of the following
actions without the consent of the Board of Directors (which shall include the
consent of at least one Founder Director and at least one PharmaBio Director):
(a) issue,
or agree to issue, to any person shares of any class or series of capital stock
of the Company, including pursuant to any warrant or option;
(b) create
any class or series of capital stock of the Company with powers, rights,
preferences and privileges senior to, or on parity with, the Common Stock;
(c) pay
or declare any dividend on Common Stock, or apply any of its assets to the
redemption, retirement, purchase or acquisition, directly or indirectly,
through subsidiaries or otherwise, of any capital stock of the Company;
(d) amend
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
(e) agree
to effect any sale, conveyance, assignment, pledge, lease, license or other
transfer of all or any significant portion of the assets, properties or rights
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including sale-leasebacks), or any
consolidation, merger, share exchange or other business combination involving
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any reclassification or other change
in the capital stock of the Company, or any recapitalization of the Company;
(f) Transfer
any assets, properties or rights in excess of $50,000;
(g) make
any capital expenditures in excess of $50,000 per year;
(h) enter
into any contracts, agreements, loans, leases, or other transactions
(i) with respect to any Licensing Transaction, (ii) that require
payments in excess of $50,000, or (iii) with any director, officer, key
employee, or shareholder of the Company, or any member of any such
person’s immediate family, including the parents, spouse, children and
other relatives of any
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such person, or
(iv) with Rx Development Resources, LLC or its Affiliates (collectively,
“Material Contracts”);
(i) incur
any Debt in excess of $50,000;
(j) change,
alter or otherwise amend any material provision of any agreement with respect
to Debt of the Company;
(k) create
or incur or allow to be created, incurred or exist any Lien upon or with
respect to any of the Company’s assets or properties;
(l) change
the location or nature of the business of the Company or use the proceeds from
the Loan Agreement other than in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Loan
Agreement;
(m) enter
into any contract or agreement or otherwise grant rights or assume obligations
which conflict with the rights of the Investors under the Transaction Documents
or the obligations of the Company thereunder; or
(n) take
any action to liquidate or otherwise dissolve the Company.
6.4
Meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall conduct
at least one(1) meeting in each fiscal quarter unless otherwise agreed by the
Board of Directors (including the consent of at least one Founder Director and
at least one PharmaBio Director). The Company shall reimburse the directors for
their out-of-pocket expenses in connection with attending meetings of the Board
of Directors of the Company and all committees thereof
6.5
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreements. The Company will
cause each person now or hereafter employed by it or any subsidiary with access
to Confidential Information to enter into a customary proprietary information
and inventions agreement substantially in the form approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
ARTICLE VII
Purchase Option
7.1
Purchase of Shares. Prior to the date hereof, each Shareholder purchased
from the Company, and the Company sold to each Shareholder, Twenty-Five
Thousand (25,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a purchase
price of $0.10 per share.
7.2
Option.
(a) PharmaBio
is hereby granted the right (the “Option”) to purchase at the
Appraised Value all or any portion of the Shares of (i) any Shareholder
who ceases to be an employee or independent contractor of the Company for any
reason (including death or disability) before the first closing of a Qualified
Financing or while there exists any Commitment or unpaid principal and interest
amounts of Advances under the Loan Agreement, and (ii) any or all Shareholders
in the event that the first closing of a Qualified Financing shall not have
occurred by December 31, 2006, or an Event of Default shall have occurred.
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(b) The
Option shall be exercisable by written notice delivered to the applicable
Shareholder(s). The notice shall indicate the number of Shares to be purchased
and the date on which the purchase is to be effected. The applicable
Shareholder(s) shall, prior to the close of business on the date specified for
the purchase, deliver to PharmaBio the certificates representing the Shares to
be purchased, each certificate to be properly endorsed for transfer. PharmaBio
shall, concurrently with the receipt of such stock certificates from the
applicable Shareholder(s) as herein provided, pay to each such Shareholder in
cash or cash equivalents, an amount equal to the Appraised Value of the Shares
being purchased from such Shareholder pursuant to exercise of the Option. For
the avoidance of doubt, if PharmaBio exercises the Option with respect to more
than one Shareholder pursuant to written notices delivered within five
(5) days of one another, then the Appraised Value of the Shares subject to
such Option exercises shall be determined in a single appraisal proceeding
under Section 7.2(d).
(c) For
purposes of this Section 7.2, “Appraised Value” means the
price equal to the proceeds that the applicable Shareholder would receive with
respect to the Shares being purchased pursuant to exercise of the Option in a
transaction in which the Company would be sold as a going concern for its fair
market value and in which the Company’s assets would then be liquidated
and the net proceeds of such liquidation, after payment of all liabilities,
would be distributed to all of the Company’s shareholders in accordance
with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, determined as if
all preferred stock were converted to common stock (a“Hypothetical
Sale”).
(d) Within
fourteen (14) days after the Option is exercised with respect to one or
more Shareholders, PharmaBio shall designate by written notice to the
applicable Shareholder(s) an appraiser acceptable to PharmaBio, and the
applicable Shareholder(s) shall designate by written notice to PharmaBio an
appraiser acceptable to the applicable Shareholder(s). If the Option has been
exercised with respect to more than one Shareholder, the applicable
Shareholders shall have the right to jointly designate an appraiser, provided,
however, that if the applicable Shareholders cannot unanimously agree within
such fourteen (14)-day period, then the American Arbitration Association office
in Charlotte, North Carolina shall appoint an appraiser on behalf of the
applicable Shareholders. The two appraisers designated as described above shall
select a third appraiser within the ten (10)-day period following the date of
designation of the last of them to be designated. If the two appraisers fail to
select a third appraiser within such ten (10)-day period, then the third
appraiser shall be appointed by the American Arbitration Association office in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Each appraiser shall be asked to determine the fair
market value of the Company in a Hypothetical Sale, the proceeds that each
shareholder would receive in a Hypothetical Sale, and the Appraised Value of
the Shares being purchased pursuant to exercise of the Option, and shall use
best efforts to make such determinations within thirty (30) days after
selection of the final appraiser. The mutual agreement of any two appraisers as
to the Appraised Value shall be binding on all parties. If no two appraisers
can agree, then the Appraised Value shall be determined by averaging the
determinations of the two appraisers whose determinations are closest in
amount. All appraisers must be unaffiliated with and independent from the
parties to such purchase transaction and experienced (ten years or more) in the
appraisal of corporations comparable to the Company.
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ARTICLE VIII
Other Agreements
8.1
Additional Shareholders; Transferees.
(a) The
Company agrees that, prior to the issuance of any shares of capital stock of
the Company to any person not a Party to this Agreement, as a condition to the
issuance of such shares, the Company shall require that any purchaser become a
party to this Agreement by executing and delivering (i) an agreement to
join this Agreement as a Party, or (ii) a counterpart signature page
hereto, in either case agreeing to be bound by and subject to the terms of this
Agreement as an Investor and Shareholder hereunder. In either event, each such
person thereafter shall be deemed an Investor and Shareholder for all purposes
under this Agreement.
(b) Each
transferee or assignee of any Shares subject to this Agreement shall continue
to be subject to the terms hereof, and, as a condition precedent to the
Company’s recognizing such transfer, each transferee or assignee shall
execute and deliver to the Company (i) an agreement to join this Agreement
as a Party, or (ii) a counterpart signature page hereto, in either case
agreeing to be bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement as an
Investor and Shareholder hereunder. Upon such execution and delivery, such
transferee shall be deemed to be a party hereto as if such transferee were the
transferor and shall be deemed to be an Investor and Shareholder. The Parties
agree that the Company shall not permit the Transfer of any Shares in violation
of ARTICLE II and any attempt by a Selling Shareholder to Transfer Shares in
violation of ARTICLE II hereof shall be void. The Parties further agree that
the Company shall not permit the Transfer of any Shares subject to this
Agreement on its books or issue a new certificate representing any such Shares
unless and until such transferee shall have complied with the terms of this
Section 8.1(b)
8.2
Legends.
(a) Each
certificate representing the Shares subject to this Agreement if issued on or
after the date of this Agreement shall be endorsed by the Company with the
following legend, which shall be removed upon termination of this Agreement:
“THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT,
PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN
INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT BY AND) BETWEEN THE SHAREHOLDER, THE
CORPORATION, AND CERTAIN INVESTORS IN THE CORPORATION, AS THE SAME MAY BE
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION.”
(b) Each
certificate representing the Shares subject to this Agreement if issued on or
after the date of this Agreement shall be endorsed by the Company with the
following legend:
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“THE SHARES OF STOCK
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING SUCH SHARES, COMPLIANCE WITH AN
EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”
8.3
Termination. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
the rights established in this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of
(a) the closing of a Qualified Financing, and (b) the closing of the
Company’s sale, lease, assignment, transfer, or other conveyance of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any consolidation,
merger, share exchange or other business combination involving the Company, or
any reclassification or other change in the capital stock of the Company, or
any recapitalization of the Company, in each case in which the Company is not
the surviving or successor entity.
8.4
Engagement of Dr. Roger Vogel as Chief Medical Officer. The Parties
acknowledge that Dr. Roger Vogel has been engaged as a consultant of the
Company to serve as the Company’s Chief Medical Officer and it is
expected that he will devote at least fifty percent (50%) his full professional
time to the performance of services as Chief Medical Officer of the Company.
The Parties agree that Dr. Vogel will be hired not later than
December 31, 2006 as a full-time employee to serve in that capacity.
8.5
Rx Development Resources, LLC Services. The Parties acknowledge and
agree that Rx Development Resources, LLC (“RxDR”) will be engaged
to provide services to the Company on the following terms and conditions:
(a) RxDR
will be engaged to provide services to the Company at cost. In order to
calculate the appropriate payments, RxDR will submit to the Board of Directors
an hourly cost for each RxDR employee, which will be the fully burdened cost
including overhead and benefits. Each RxDR employee that works on the Company
projects will keep a detailed record of hours worked.
(b) Any
reasonable expenses incurred by RxDR on behalf of the Company will be billed as
pass-through expenses. The Company by written notice to RxDR may establish
special pre-approval requirements for specified categories of expenses (e.g.,
travel expenses) and RxDR’s reimbursement for such expenses shall be
conditioned upon such pre-approval having been provided by the Company.
(b) RxDR
will invoice the Company at the end of each month for services provided and
pass-through expenses, which invoice shall include reasonable documentation of
services provided.
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(c) Payment
will be due within thirty (30) days of receipt of an invoice. The Board of
Directors will have responsibility for the review and audit of RxDR charges.
ARTICLE IX
Restrictions on Shareholder Activities
9.1
Shareholder Acknowledgement. Each Shareholder acknowledges and agrees
that: (i) by virtue of his employment by or consulting relationship with the
Company, he or she has or will have access to Confidential Information of the
Company, including valuable information about its business operations and
methods and entities with whom it does business in various locations throughout
the world, and he or she has developed or will develop relationships with the
Company’s clients and customers and others with whom it does business in
various locations throughout the world; (ii) the Company seeks to acquire
Products through Licensing Transactions worldwide and intends to market any
such Products on a worldwide basis in competition with other pharmaceutical
companies with ophthalmic products; (iii) the Shareholder has highly specialized
scientific knowledge in the ophthalmic pharmaceuticals industry that is
essential to the Company’s ability to compete within that industry,
(iv) this Agreement is being executed contemporaneously with the Loan
Agreement dated on or about the date hereof among the Company and PharmaBio,
and this Agreement (including this ARTICLE IX) constitutes part of the
consideration for the parties entering into such Loan Agreement, and each of
the Company and PharmaBio are relying on this Agreement in connection with entering
into such Loan Agreement and the Transactions; (v) the Shareholders owns a
significant portion of the capital stock of the Company and the Loan
Transactions will directly inure to the benefit of Shareholder, and
(vi) the “Competitive Business Activities” provisions set
forth in this ARTICLE IX are reasonably necessary to protect legitimate
business interests of the Company and PharmaBio, are reasonable as to the time,
territory and scope of activities which are restricted, do not interfere with
public policy or public interest and are described with sufficient accuracy and
definiteness to enable such Shareholder to understand the scope of the
restrictions imposed upon him or her.
9.2
Competitive Business Activities. During the term of his or her
independent contractor engagement or employment with the Company and during the
two-year period following the termination of such engagement or employment, a
Shareholder will not engage in the following activities:
(a) on
the Shareholder’s own or another’s behalf, whether as an officer,
director, stockholder, member, partner, associate, owner, investor, employee,
consultant, advisor or otherwise, directly or indirectly:
(i) compete
with the Company or engage in the same, similar or otherwise competitive
business as the Company, including without limitation the Company’s
existing or prospective business in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical industry, in
each case within the geographical areas set forth in Section 9.3;
(ii) solicit
or do business which is the same as, similar to or otherwise in competition
with the business engaged in by the Company from or with persons or entities:
(A) who are customers of the Company; (B) who the Shareholder, or
someone for whom he had
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management responsibility or
supervision, solicited, negotiated, contracted, serviced or had contact with on
the Company’s behalf; (C) who were customers of the Company at any
time during the last year of Shareholder’s employment with the Company;
or (D) to whom the Company had made proposals to do business at any time
during the last year of Shareholder’s employment with the Company, or
(iii) offer
employment to or otherwise solicit for employment or engagement (as a
consultant, advisor, independent contractor or otherwise) any employee or other
person who had been employed or engaged by the Company during the last year of
Shareholder’s employment with the Company; or
(b) within
the geographical areas set forth in Section 9.3, be employed (or otherwise
engaged) by any person or entity that engages in the same, similar or otherwise
competitive business as the Company, in (i) a management capacity,
(ii) other capacity providing the same or similar services which
Shareholder provided to the Company, or (iii) any capacity connected with
competitive business activities; or
(c) directly
or indirectly take any action which is materially detrimental or otherwise
intended to be adverse to the Company’s goodwill, name, business
relations, prospects and operations.
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