This Stock
Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated
June 30, 2009, by and between Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI
S.A., a public limited company organized and existing under the
laws of Spain (the “ Investor ”), and Novavax,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”
and, together with the Investor, the “ Parties
”), whereby the parties agree as set forth herein. Certain
terms are defined in Section 9 of this Agreement.
WHEREAS ,
the Parties have entered into an Amended and Restated Head of Terms
dated as of June 30, 2009 (the “ Head of Terms
”) providing the terms and conditions pursuant to which the
Parties intend to negotiate definitive agreements for a
collaboration to develop and commercialize certain vaccines;
and
WHEREAS ,
in connection with the collaboration, the Investor has also agreed
to make an equity investment in the Company, in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises herein made, and in consideration of the representations,
warranties, and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as
follows:
(a) Investor
agrees to buy and the Company agrees to sell and issue to Investor
1,094,891 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the
Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the
“ Common Stock ”), at a per share price of $2.74
for an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,001.34 (the “
Purchase Price ”).
(b) The
Shares have been registered on a Registration Statement on Form
S-3, Registration No. 333-138893 (the “ Registration
Statement ”), which registration statement has been
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ Commission ”) and is effective on the date
hereof (together with any registration statement filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “ Securities Act ”)). A final
prospectus supplement will be delivered to the Investor as required
by law.
(c) On
the closing date, which, in accordance with Rule 15c6-1
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “ Exchange Act ”), is expected to occur on
or about July 1, 2009 (the “ Closing Date
”), upon satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions to
closing set forth in this Agreement, (i) the Purchase Price
for the Shares purchased by the Investor will be delivered by or on
behalf of the Investor to the Company against delivery of the
Shares, and (ii) the Company shall cause its transfer agent to
release to the Investor the number of Shares being purchased by the
Investor (such release shall be made through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company’s DWAC system). The provisions set
forth in Exhibit A hereto shall be incorporated herein
by reference as if set forth fully herein.
2.
Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company .
The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with Investor as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and any other date
specified below, that:
(a) The
Company has been duly incorporated and has a valid existence and
the authorization to transact business as a corporation under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority
to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, except for such jurisdictions wherein the failure to
be so qualified and in good standing would not individually or in
the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
subsidiary of the Company, Fielding Pharmaceutical Company, has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business
and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction
in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so
as to require such qualification, except for such jurisdictions
wherein the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would
not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect. All of the outstanding capital stock or other voting
securities of the subsidiary is owned by the Company, directly or
indirectly, free and clear of any lien and free of any other
limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right
to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other
voting securities). Other than the Company’s 4.75% senior
convertible notes (the “ Convertible Notes ”)
and warrants to purchase 3,343,325 of Company Common Stock (the
“ 2008 Warrants ”), there are no outstanding
(i) securities of the Company or its subsidiary which are
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or
voting securities of the subsidiary or (ii) options or other
rights to acquire from the Company or its subsidiary, or other
obligation of the Company or its subsidiary to issue, any capital
stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of the
subsidiary (collectively, the “ Subsidiary Securities
”). There are no outstanding obligations of the Company or
its subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
outstanding Subsidiary Securities.
(c) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby are within the corporate powers of the Company and have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Company, and this Agreement, when duly executed and delivered
by the Company, will constitute a valid and legally binding
instrument of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement hereof may be limited by the effect of any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws
or court decisions affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and except as enforcement hereof is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(d) The
Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and when issued
and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as
contemplated by this Agreement, the Shares will (i) be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) not be subject to
any statutory or contractual preemptive rights or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock,
which have not been waived or complied with, and (iii) conform
to the description of the Common Stock contained in the Prospectus.
The capital stock of the Company, including the Common Stock,
conforms as to the legal matters to the description thereof, if
any, contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
and as of the date thereof, the Company had authorized capital
stock as set forth therein. The Shares are in due and
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proper form and
the holders of Shares will not be subject to personal liability by
reason of being such holders.
(e) The
execution and delivery of the Agreement does not, and the
compliance by the Company with the terms hereof will not,
(i) violate the Certificate of Incorporation (as amended to
date) of the Company or the By-Laws (as amended to date) of the
Company, (ii) result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiary is
bound, or (iii) result in a violation of, or failure to be in
compliance with, any applicable statute or any order, judgment,
decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental, regulatory
or self-regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or its subsidiary, except in the case of (ii) and
(iii) where such breach, violation, default or the failure to
be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental, regulatory
or self-regulatory agency or body is required for the valid
authorization, execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of the Agreement or the issuance of the Shares, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings or
qualifications as may be required under the Securities Act or state
securities or “blue sky” laws and have been or will be
obtained and which have been or will be made in connection with the
listing of the Shares on the NASDAQ Global Market.
(f) The
Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act for the primary issuance of securities. The
Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
Commission and at the time it became effective, and as of the date
hereof, the Registration Statement complied and complies with
Rule 415 under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and
no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. On the
effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration
Statement complied, on the date of the Prospectus, the Prospectus
will comply, and at the date of the Closing, the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus will comply, in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; on
the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration
Statement did not, on the date of the Prospectus, the Prospectus
did not, and at the date of the Closing, the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus will not, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made
(with respect to the Prospectus), not misleading; and when filed
with the Commission, the documents incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, complied or will comply
in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder. There is no material document of a character
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement that is not described or filed as required.
(g) The
consolidated financial statements of the Company included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus comply as to form with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (except,
with respect to the unaudited consolidated financial statements and
the accompanying footnotes which are subject to customary audit
adjustments) applied on a consistent basis, are consistent in all
material respects with the books and records of the Company, and
accurately present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position, results of operations and cash flow of the
Company and its
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subsidiary as
of and for the periods covered thereby. There are no other
financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to
be included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(h) There
are no material liabilities of the Company or its subsidiary of any
kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined,
determinable or otherwise, and there is no existing condition,
situation or set of circumstances which could reasonably be
expected to result in such a liability, other than liabilities
disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and financial
schedules of the Company included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and other
undisclosed liabilities which, individually or in the aggregate,
are not material to the Company and its subsidiary, taken as a
whole.
(i) Neither
the Company nor its subsidiary has sustained, since the date of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business
from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as disclosed
in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and Prospectus;
and, since the date as of which information is given in the
Prospectus, there has not been any material change in the capital
stock or long-term debt of the Company or its subsidiary, the
Company and its subsidiary have not incurred any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, nor entered into
any material transactions, except for entering into purchase orders
in the ordinary course of business, and there has not been any
material adverse change in or affecting the general affairs,
assets, business, management, financial position or condition,
stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiary considered as a whole, otherwise than as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(j) Other
than as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
there are no legal, governmental or regulatory proceedings pending
to which the Company or its subsidiary is a party or of which any
material property of the Company or its subsidiary is the subject
which, taking into account the likelihood of the outcome, the
damages or other relief sought and other relevant factors, would
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the ability of the
Company to issue and sell the Shares; to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental or regulatory authorities or
threatened by others.
(k) The
Company and its subsidiary have good and marketable title to all
the real property and own all other properties and assets,
reflected as owned in the financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind except those, if any, reflected in such
financial statements or which are not material to the Company and
its subsidiary taken as a whole. The Company and its subsidiary
hold their respective leased real and personal properties under
valid and binding leases, except where the failure to do so would
not reasonably be expected to individually or in the aggregate have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) The
Company has filed all necessary federal and state income and
franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes shown as due thereon
or has filed all necessary extensions, and there is no tax
deficiency that has been, or to the knowledge of the Company might
be, asserted against the Company or any of its properties or assets
that would in the aggregate or individually reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Affect.
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(m) There
are no authorized options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of
first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any
capital stock of the Company or its subsidiary other than those
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in
documents incorporated by reference therein. There are no holders
or beneficial owners of securities of the Company having rights to
registration thereof whose securities have not been previously
registered or who have not waived such rights with respect to the
registration of the Company’s securities on the Registration
Statement, except where the failure to obtain such waiver would not
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Other
than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company together with its
subsidiary owns and possesses all right, title and interest in and
to, or, to the Company’s knowledge, has duly licensed from
third parties, all patents, patent rights, trade secrets,
inventions, know-how, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, service
marks and other proprietary rights (“ Intellectual
Property ”) material to the business of the Company and
its subsidiary taken as a whole as currently conducted and as
described in the Prospectus. To the Company’s knowledge and
except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect, there is no infringement or other
violation by third parties of any of the Intellectual Property of
the Company. Neither the Company nor its subsidiary has received
any notice of infringement or misappropriation from any third party
that has not been resolved or disposed of. Further, there is no
pending or, to the Company’s knowledge and except as would
not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
governmental authorities or others that the Company is infringing a
patent, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge and except as would not individually or in the aggregate
have a Material Adverse Effect, threatened legal or administrative
proceeding relating to patents and patent applications of the
Company, other than proceedings initiated by the Company before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the patent offices of
certain foreign jurisdictions which are in the ordinary course of
patent prosecution. To the Company’s knowledge, the patent
applications of the Company presently on file disclose patentable
subject matter, and the Company is not aware of any inventorship
challenges, any interference which has been declared or provoked,
or any other material fact that (i) would preclude the
issuance of patents with respect to such applications, or
(ii) would lead outside patent counsel for the Company to
reasonably conclude that such patents, when issued, would not be
valid and enforceable in accordance with applicable
regulations.
(o) The
Company conducts its business in compliance in all respects with
applicable laws, rules and regulations of governmental and
regulatory bodies to which it is subject, except where the failure
to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p) All
offers and sales of the Company’s capital stock prior to the
date hereof were at all relevant times registered pursuant to the
Securities Act or exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and were issued in compliance in all material
respects with applicable state securities or blue sky
laws.
(q) The
Company has filed with the NASDAQ Global Market a Notification of
Listing of Additional Shares with respect to the Shares required by
the rules of the NASDAQ Global Market and has not received a notice
from the NASDAQ Global Market that such notification is
insufficient. The offer and sale of the Shares does not require
stockholder approval under Rule 5635 of the NASDAQ Listing
Rules.
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(r) Neither
the Company nor its subsidiary nor, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or
its subsidiary, has (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign
or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds,
(iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended, or (iv) made any other unlawful
payment.
(s) There
is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive
from the Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee
or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(t) The
Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
since the most recent audit of the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting, there
has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting (whether or not
remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(u) The
Company has established, maintains and evaluates “disclosure
controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), which
(i) are designed to ensure that material information relating
to the Company is made known to the Company’s principal
executive officer and its principal financial officer by others
within the Company and its subsidiary, particularly during the
periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange
Act are being prepared, (ii) have been evaluated for
effectiveness as of the end of the last fiscal period covered by
the Registration Statement; and (iii) such disclosure
con
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