Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreemen t”) dated as of the 18th day of June,
2009 and effective as of December 22, 2008 with respect to the
below-defined 2008 Convertible Note, the below-defined 2008
Purchase Agreement and all obligations related thereto, from GTC
BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. (“ Debtor ”) in favor
of LFB BIOTECHNOLOGIES S.A.S. (together with its successors
and assigns, if any, “ Secured Party ”). Secured
Party has an office at 3, avenue des Tropiques, Les Ulis,
Courtaboeuf, France. Debtor is a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “
State ”). Debtor’s mailing address and chief
place of business is 175 Crossing Blvd., Framingham, MA
01702.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS , the Debtor issued and sold to the Secured
Party a subordinated convertible note dated as of December 14,
2006 in the original principal amount of $2,558,650 (the “
2006 Convertible Note ”).
WHEREAS , pursuant to that certain Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement by and between the Debtor and the Secured Party
dated as of October 31, 2008 (the “ 2008 Purchase
Agreement ”), the Debtor issued and sold to the Secured
Party a secured convertible note dated as of December 22, 2008
in the original principal amount of $15,000,000 (the “
2008 Convertible Note ”) and that certain Warrant
dated as of December 22, 2008 (the “ Warrant
”) to purchase up to 23,193,548 shares of common stock of the
Debtor.
WHEREAS , it was a condition to the 2008 Purchase
Agreement that the Debtor execute and deliver the Security
Agreement dated as of December 22, 2008 from Debtor in favor
of Secured Party (the “ Original Security Agreement
”), pursuant to which the obligations of the Debtor to the
Secured Party under the 2008 Purchase Agreement and the 2008
Convertible Note were secured.
WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof
by and between the Debtor and the Secured Party (the “
2009 Purchase Agreement ”), the Debtor intends to
issue and sell to the Secured Party a secured convertible note
dated as of the date hereof in the original principal amount of
$4,512,268 (the “ 2009 Convertible Note
”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as
of the date hereof between the Debtor and Secured Party and subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions contained therein, the
Secured Party has committed to make a term loan to the Debtor in
the aggregate principal amount of $3,500,000 and in connection
therewith the Debtor is issuing to the Secured Party a promissory
note dated as of the date hereof in the original principal amount
of $3,500,000 (the “ Secured Note ”, and
together with the 2006
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Convertible Note, the 2008 Convertible Note and
the 2009 Convertible Note, collectively, the “ Notes
”).
WHEREAS , in connection with the issuance of the Secured
Note and the 2009 Convertible Note, the Debtor is amending and
restating the Original Security Agreement in its entirety and
delivering this Agreement in favor of Secured Party, pursuant to
which all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Debtor to the
Secured Party are secured, including without limitation, the
obligations under the 2008 Purchase Agreement, the 2009 Purchase
Agreement, the Loan Agreement, the 2006 Convertible Note, the 2008
Convertible Note, the 2009 Convertible Note and the Secured
Note.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and undertakings herein contained, Debtor and Secured
Party agree as follows:
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CREATION OF
SECURITY INTEREST.
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Debtor grants to Secured Party, its
successors and assigns, a continuing security interest in, to and
against all property listed on any collateral schedule now or in
the future annexed to or made a part of this Agreement (“
Collateral Schedule ”), including without limitation
the property listed on Collateral Schedule No. 1, whether now
owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wheresoever
located, and in and against all additions, attachments, accessories
and accessions to such property, all substitutions, replacements or
exchanges therefor, and all proceeds or products thereof, in
whatever form, including without limitation cash, deposit accounts
(whether or not comprised solely of proceeds), certificates of
deposit, insurance proceeds (including hazard, flood and credit
insurance), negotiable instruments for the payment of money,
chattel paper, security agreements, documents, eminent domain
proceeds, condemnation proceeds and/or tort claim proceeds (all
such property is individually and collectively called the “
Collateral ”). This security interest is given to
secure the payment and performance of all debts, obligations and
liabilities of any kind whatsoever (including all interest (whether
or not allowed or disallowed), charges, expenses, fees and other
sums accruing after commencement of any case, proceeding or other
action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of
Debtor) of Debtor to Secured Party, now existing or arising in the
future, including without limitation, the debts, obligations and
liabilities of Debtor to Secured Party in connection with the
payment and performance of the 2006 Convertible Note, the 2008
Convertible Note, the 2009 Convertible Note, the Secured Note, the
2008 Purchase Agreement (excluding the Warrant), the 2009 Purchase
Agreement, the Loan Agreement, that certain Trademark and License
Security Agreement by and between the Debtor and the Secured Party
dated as of December 22, 2008 (the “ Trademark
Security Agreement ”), that certain Patent and License
Security Agreement by and between the Debtor and the Secured Party
dated as of December 22, 2008 (the “ Patent Security
Agreement ”), and that certain Second Mortgage, Security
Agreement and Fixture Filing dated December 22, 2008 granted
by Debtor to Secured Party, as amended by that certain Amendment to
Mortgage, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of the
date hereof (as so amended, the “ Mortgage ”),
together with all Schedules and attachments thereto and any
renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments and/or restatements
of any such debts, obligations and liabilities (such
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Notes, the 2008 Purchase Agreement, the 2009
Purchase Agreement, Loan Agreement, Trademark Security Agreement,
Patent Security Agreement, Mortgage, Schedules, debts, obligations
and liabilities are called the “ Indebtedness
”).
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF
DEBTOR.
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Debtor represents, warrants and
covenants as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of
each Collateral Schedule that:
(a) Debtor’s exact legal name
is as set forth in the preamble of this Agreement and Debtor is,
and will remain, duly organized, existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State set forth in the preamble of this
Agreement, has its chief executive offices at the location
specified in the preamble, and is, and will remain, duly qualified
and licensed in every jurisdiction wherever necessary to carry on
its business and operations. As of the date hereof, GTC Holding
Ltd., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under
the laws of the Cayman Islands, is the only Subsidiary of the
Debtor that is a “significant subsidiary” as determined
in accordance with Regulation S-X;
(b) Debtor has adequate power and
capacity to enter into, and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, each Note, the Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark
Security Agreement, the Mortgage, the Warrant, the Loan Agreement,
and any other documents evidencing, or given in connection with,
any of the Indebtedness (all of the foregoing are called the
“ Debt Documents ”);
(c) This Agreement and the other
Debt Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
Debtor and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent
that the enforcement of remedies may be limited under applicable
bankruptcy and insolvency laws and general principles of
equity;
(d) No approval, consent or
withholding of objections is required from any governmental
authority or instrumentality with respect to the entry into, or
performance by Debtor of any of the Debt Documents, except any
already obtained;
(e) The entry into, and performance
by, Debtor of the Debt Documents will not (i) violate any of
the organizational documents of Debtor or any judgment, order, law
or regulation applicable to Debtor or (ii) result in any
breach of or constitute a default under any contract or agreement
to which Debtor is a party, or result in the creation any lien,
claim or encumbrance on any of Debtor’s property (except for
liens in favor of Secured Party) pursuant to any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan, credit agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which Debtor is a party;
(f) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2(f) attached hereto, there are no suits or
proceedings pending in court or before any commission, board or
other administrative agency against or affecting Debtor which
could, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on Debtor,
its business or operations, or its ability to perform its
obligations under
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the Debt Documents, nor does Debtor have reason
to believe that any such suits or proceedings are
threatened;
(g) All financial statements
delivered to Secured Party in connection with the Indebtedness have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, except that quarterly financial statements will not
provide footnotes and will be subject to normal year-end
adjustments, and since the date of the most recent financial
statement, except as disclosed in the Debtor’s most recently
filed periodic report with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“ SEC ”), there has been no material adverse
change in Debtor’s financial condition;
(h) The Collateral is not, and will
not be, used by Debtor for personal, family or household
purposes;
(i) The Collateral is, and will
remain, in good condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear
excepted), and Debtor will not be negligent in its care and
use;
(j) Debtor is, and will remain, the
sole and lawful owner, and in possession of (other than the Offsite
Collateral (defined below) (solely with respect to possession)),
the Collateral, and has the sole right and lawful authority to
grant the security interest described in this Agreement;
(k) The Collateral is, and will
remain, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any
kind whatsoever, except for (i) liens in favor of Secured
Party, (ii) liens existing as of the date of this Agreement
and set forth on Schedule 2(k) attached hereto,
(iii) liens for taxes not yet due or for taxes being contested
in good faith and which do not involve, in the judgment of Secured
Party, any risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any of the
Collateral and with respect to which adequate reserves have been
set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP,
(iv) liens relating to purchase money financings that have
been entered into in the ordinary course of business, and
(v) inchoate materialmen’s, mechanic’s,
repairmen’s and similar liens arising by operation of law in
the normal course of business for amounts which are not delinquent
(all of such liens are called “ Permitted Liens
”);
(l) Debtor is and will remain in
full compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to it
including without limitation (i) ensuring that no person who
owns a controlling interest in or otherwise controls Debtor is or
shall be (A) listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Person List maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control (“ OFAC ”), Department of the Treasury,
and/or any other similar lists maintained by OFAC pursuant to any
authorizing statute, Executive Order or regulation or (B) a
person designated under Section 1(b), (c) or (d) of
Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001), any related
enabling legislation or any other similar Executive Orders, and
(ii) compliance with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act (“
BSA ”) laws, regulations and government guidance on
BSA compliance and on the prevention and detection of money
laundering violations;
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(m) Debtor’s and each
Subsidiary’s (defined below) Intellectual Property (as
defined in Section 7 below) is and will remain free and clear
of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever,
except for Permitted Liens as defined in subsection (k) of
this Section, the granting of licenses of Debtor’s
Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and other
licensing, partnership or joint ventures entered into in the
ordinary course of Debtor’s business and permitted hereunder.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Subsidiary
” shall mean a corporation or other entity of which more than
50% of the outstanding stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors (or
other persons performing similar functions) of such corporation is
owned, directly or indirectly, by Debtor;
(n) Debtor has not and will not, and
will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any other agreement
or financing arrangement in which it grants a negative pledge in
Debtor’s or any Subsidiary’s Intellectual Property to
any other party;
(o) Debtor agrees that it shall not,
and shall not allow any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume, permit to exist, guarantee or
otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with
respect to, any Debt (as hereinafter defined), except for
(i) Debt of Debtor to Secured Party, (ii) Debt existing
on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 2(o) to this
Agreement, (iii) Debt (a) secured by a Lien described in
Section 2(k)(iv) hereof, (b) related to unsecured letter
of credit obligations incurred by Debtor in the ordinary course of
its business and (c) unsecured obligations to trade creditors
incurred in the ordinary course of business and more than ninety
(90) days past due, provided , that the amount
of such additional Debt permitted by (a)-(c) shall not exceed
$1,500,000 in the aggregate, and (iv) Debt pursuant to which
the Debtor, the Secured Party and the holder of such debt have
entered into a subordination agreement acceptable to the Secured
Party, if any (“ Subordinated Debt ”). The term
“ Debt ” shall mean, with respect to any person,
at any date, without duplication, (A) all obligations of such
person for borrowed money, (B) all obligations of such person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (C) all
obligations of such person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services incurred in the ordinary course of business if
the purchase price is due more than six (6) months from the
date the obligation is incurred, (D) all capital lease
obligations of such person, (E) the principal balance
outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating
lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet
financing product, (F) all obligations of such person to
purchase securities (or other property) which arise out of or in
connection with the issuance or sale of the same or substantially
similar securities (or property), (G) all contingent or
non-contingent obligations of such person to reimburse any bank or
other person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or
similar instrument, (H) all equity securities of such person
subject to repurchase or redemption otherwise than at the sole
option of such person, (I) all Indebtedness secured by a lien
on any asset of such person, whether or not such Debt is otherwise
an obligation of such person, (J) all obligations of such
person under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other
similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of
that person arising from fluctuations in currency values or
interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured,
(K) all obligations or liabilities of others guaranteed by
such
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person; and (L) all obligations of such
person to trade creditors (other than Genzyme Corporation) incurred
in the ordinary course of business and more than ninety
(90) days past due;
(p) Debtor agrees that it shall not,
and shall not allow any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) make any
payment in respect of any Subordinated Debt, except in accordance
with any applicable Subordination Agreement or (ii) amend,
supplement, modify or waive any of the terms of any document
governing any Subordinated Debt. Debtor further agrees to provide
Secured Party copies of any notices, reports, financial statements,
financial information or other information either delivered or
received by Debtor in relation to the Subordinated Debt or pursuant
to any subordinated note except to the extent that such information
is to be provided to Secured Party under this Agreement or any of
the other Debt Documents;
(q) After the Closing Date (as
defined in the Loan Agreement), Debtor shall not and shall not
allow any of its Subsidiaries to open or maintain any securities,
depository or disbursement accounts except upon thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice to Secured Party, and
Debtor shall not, and shall not allow any Subsidiary to, use any
such accounts until such time as the applicable securities
intermediary or depository institution, as the case may be, Debtor
or such subsidiary of Debtor, as the case may be, and Secured Party
have entered into a control agreement satisfactory to Secured Party
in its reasonable discretion and in any event sufficient to perfect
a first priority lien and security interest in such account in
favor of Secured Party. All funds in or transferred into any such
account on or after the Closing Date shall be subject to the
security interest granted under this Agreement. Each control
agreement entered into pursuant to the above shall grant Secured
Party control of such securities, depository or disbursement
account and provide that the applicable securities intermediary or
depository institution, as the case may be, will comply with
instructions originated by the Secured Party directing disposition
of the funds in such account without further consent by Debtor,
provided, that Debtor shall have full access to such
accounts and the funds therein until the earlier to occur of
(A) an Event of Default or (B) Debtor shall have acted in
a fraudulent manner or shall have committed an act of
fraud;
(r) Debtor agrees that it shall not,
and shall not allow any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior
written consent of Secured Party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, purchase or acquire obligations or stock of,
or any other interest in, any corporation or other entity (other
than cash equivalents and equity investments in its Subsidiaries
existing as of the date hereof), or form any Subsidiary or enter
into any partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement;
and
(s) Debtor will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, engage in any
transaction with any Affiliate, except where such transactions are
(i) on terms that are no less favorable to the Debtor or such
Subsidiary than those which might be obtained at the time from
unaffiliated third parties and (ii) entered into in the
ordinary course of business. As used herein, “
Affiliate ” of any person means (a) any person
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by,
or is under common control with such person, or (b) any person
who is a partner, shareholder, director or
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officer (i) of such person, or (ii) of
any person described in clause (a) above, and, for purposes of
this definition, control of a person shall mean the power, direct
or indirect, (x) to vote 10% or more of the voting equity
interests of such person, or (y) to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such person whether by
contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Party
shall not be considered to be an “Affiliate” of Debtor
or any Subsidiary.
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COLLATERAL;
SUBSIDIARIES.
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(a) Until repossession of Collateral
by Secured Party in the exercise of its remedies under
Section 7 hereof, Debtor shall remain in possession of the
Collateral, other than such portion of the Collateral as shall be
located from time to time at the locations in connection with the
purification, packaging and storage arrangements more fully
described in Schedule 3 attached hereto (the “
Offsite Collateral ”); except that the Secured Party
shall have the right to possess (i) any chattel paper or
instrument that constitutes a part of the Collateral, and
(ii) any other Collateral in which the Secured Party’s
security interest may be perfected only by possession. Secured
Party may inspect any of the Collateral during normal business
hours after giving Debtor reasonable prior notice.
(b) Debtor shall (i) use the
Collateral only in its trade or business, (ii) maintain all of
the Collateral in good operating order and repair, normal wear and
tear excepted, (iii) use and maintain the Collateral only in
compliance with manufacturers recommendations and all applicable
laws and (iv) keep all of the Collateral free and clear of all
liens, claims and encumbrances (except for Permitted
Liens).
(c) Secured Party does not authorize
and Debtor agrees it shall not, and shall not allow any of its
Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Secured
Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(i) part with possession of any of
its assets (including without limitation in respect of Debtor, the
Collateral) (except for (A) the Offsite Collateral,
(B) to Secured Party, (C) for maintenance and repair,
(D) any sale or disposition of inventory in the ordinary
course of business or the sale of equipment or other assets which
are determined by the Debtor in good faith to be obsolete or no
longer used or useful in Debtor’s business and (E) any
non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property entered into in the
ordinary course of business);
(ii) remove any of the Collateral
from the continental United States (except for that portion of the
Offsite Collateral which from time to time shall be located in
Europe as set forth in Schedule 3 attached hereto or any
sale or disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of
business); or
(iii) sell, rent, lease, mortgage,
license, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer or
encumber (except for Permitted Liens) any of its assets (including,
without limitation, in respect of Debtor, the Collateral) (except
for (A) any sale or disposition of inventory in the ordinary
course of business, (B) the sale of equipment or
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other assets which are determined by the Debtor
in good faith to be obsolete or no longer used or useful in
Debtor’s business, (C) transfers of Intellectual
Property expressly permitted under Section 2(m), and
(D) liens on assets financed under capital leases, to the
extent such the amount of related capital lease obligations
together with other Debt permitted hereunder, do not violate the
terms of Section 2(o).
(d) Debtor shall pay promptly when
due all taxes, license fees, assessments and public and private
charges levied or assessed on any of the Collateral, on its use, or
on this Agreement or any of the other Debt Documents. At its
option, Secured Party may discharge taxes, liens, security
interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the
Collateral and may pay for the maintenance, insurance and
preservation of the Collateral and effect compliance with the terms
of this Agreement or any of the other Debt Documents. Debtor agrees
to reimburse Secured Party, on demand, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with
such payment or performance and agrees that such reimbursement
obligation shall constitute Indebtedness.
(e) Debtor shall, at all times, keep
accurate and complete records of the Collateral, and Secured Party
shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all of
Debtor’s books and records relating to the Collateral during
normal business hours, after giving Debtor reasonable prior
notice.
(f) Debtor agrees and acknowledges
that any third person who may at any time possess all or any
portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to hold, and shall hold,
the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, Secured
Party. Secured Party may at any time give notice to any third
person described in the preceding sentence that such third person
is holding such Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder
for, the Secured Party.
(g) Upon reasonable notice to Debtor
(unless a default or Event of Default has occurred hereunder),
Debtor shall permit Secured Party or one or more agents to perform,
at Debtor’s expense, appraisals of Collateral, field
examinations, collateral analysis, monitoring or other business
analysis as reasonable required by Secured Party and sha