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Title: EXECUTION COPY AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING STANDSTILL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 10/17/2005

EXECUTION COPY AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING STANDSTILL AGREEMENT, Parties: altus pharmaceuticals inc
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.5

 

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

 

                AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING STANDSTILL AGREEMENT

 

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING STANDSTILL AGREEMENT, dated as of May 21,

2004 (this "Agreement"), is entered into by and among ALTUS PHARMACEUTICALS

INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") (f/k/a "Altus Biologics Inc."),

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, a Massachusetts corporation ("Vertex"), and

each of the parties identified on Schedule A hereto (individually, a "Purchaser"

and, collectively, the "Purchasers"), and amends and restates that certain

Voting Standstill Agreement among the Company, Vertex and the other parties

thereto dated September 26, 2001, as amended on December 7, 2001 (the "Prior

Agreement").

 

     WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Purchasers (the "Series C

Purchasers") contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this

Agreement, entered into a Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant

Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Purchase Agreement") which

provides for the purchase by the Series C Purchasers of shares of the Company's

Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Series C

Convertible Preferred Stock") and warrants exercisable for Series C Convertible

Preferred Stock;

 

     WHEREAS, as an essential condition and inducement to the Series C

Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and consummate the transactions

contemplated thereby, and in consideration therefor, Vertex and the Company have

agreed to enter into this Agreement;

 

     WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Vertex is the record and/or beneficial

owner of 1,000,100 shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value per

share (the "Common Stock"), 450,000 shares of the Company's Redeemable Preferred

Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Redeemable Preferred Stock"), 87,500

shares of the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per

share (the "Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, and together with the Common

Stock and Redeemable Preferred Stock, the "Current Shares"), and warrants to

purchase an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Warrants");

 

     WHEREAS, the parties to the Prior Agreement desire to amend and restate the

Prior Agreement in its entirety as set forth therein; and

 

     WHEREAS, the undersigned parties represent the necessary voting power

required to amend the Prior Agreement pursuant to Section 3.3 thereof.

 

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants

and agreements contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement, and for other

good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby

acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree

as follows:

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                                   ARTICLE I

 

                                VOTING OF SHARES

 

     1.1 AGREEMENT TO VOTE.

 

           (a) For purposes of this Agreement, "Shares" shall mean the Current

Shares and any shares of the Company's capital stock currently held by a Vertex

Affiliate (as defined below) or acquired by Vertex or any Vertex Affiliate after

the date hereof, whether upon the exercise of warrants or options, by operation

of law or otherwise, and whether as record or beneficial owner. In the event of

a stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the Company's capital stock

by reason of any stock dividend or distribution, split-up, recapitalization,

combination, exchange of shares or the like, the term "Shares" shall be deemed

to refer to and include the Shares as well as all such stock dividends and

distributions and any shares into which or for which any or all of the Shares

may be changed or exchanged. For purposes of this Agreement, "Vertex Affiliate"

shall mean any person or entity, which controls or is controlled by, or is under

common control with Vertex. For purposes of this definition, "control" means the

possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management or

policies of a person or entity, whether by ownership of voting securities, by

contract or otherwise, or the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than

fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities or other interest of a person or

entity.

 

          (b) If, at the time of any meeting (whether annual or special and

whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting) of the stockholders of the

Company, however called, or in connection with any written consent of

stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares then owned by Vertex and

Vertex Affiliates exceeds thirty-nine and nine tenths percent (39.9%) of the

voting power of the Company's capital stock entitled to vote or consent, Vertex

shall vote or consent (or cause to be voted or consented), that number of Shares

then owned by Vertex and Vertex Affiliates that exceeds thirty-nine and nine

tenths percent (39.9%) of the voting power of the capital stock entitled to vote

at such meeting or consent with respect to any written consent, in the same

proportion as the votes or consents by holders of voting capital stock other

than Vertex and the Vertex Affiliates are voted or consented for, against and

abstained.

 

          (c) If, at the time of any meeting (whether annual or special and

whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting) of the holders of any class or

series of the Company's capital stock, however called, or in connection with any

written consent of the holders of any class or series of the Company's capital

stock, the voting power of the Shares then owned by Vertex and the Vertex

Affiliates exceeds thirty-nine and nine tenths percent (39.9%) of the voting

power of such series or class entitled to vote or consent, Vertex shall vote or

consent (or cause to be voted or consented), that number of Shares then owned by

Vertex and the Vertex Affiliates that exceeds thirty-nine and nine tenths

percent (39.9%) of the voting power of such class or series entitled to vote or

consent, in the same proportion as the votes or consents by holders of such

class or series other than Vertex and the Vertex Affiliates are voted or

consented for, against and abstained.

 

 

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     1.2 NO OWNERSHIP INTEREST. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be

deemed to vest in any party other than Vertex any direct or indirect ownership

or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Shares. All rights,

ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Shares shall remain

vested in and belong to Vertex, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall

have authority to manage, direct, superintend, restrict, regulate, govern, or

administer any of the policies or operations of Vertex or exercise any power or

authority to direct Vertex in the voting of any of the Shares, except as

otherwise provided herein, or in the performance of Vertex's duties or

responsibilities as stockholders of the Company.

 

     1.3 NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. Vertex hereby covenants and agrees that it,

except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Amended

and Restated Stockholders' Voting Agreement (the "Stockholders' Agreement") of

even date herewith among the Company, the Purchasers and certain stockholders of

the Company (a) has not entered, and shall not enter at any time while this

Agreement remains in effect, into any voting agreement, voting trust or similar

agreement with respect to any of the Shares and (b) has not granted, and shall

not grant at any time while this Agreement remains in effect, and the Shares are

not otherwise subject to, a proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of

the Shares which is inconsistent with the obligations of Vertex pursuant to this

Agreement.

 

                                    ARTICLE II

 

                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF VERTEX

 

     Vertex hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Purchasers as

follows:

 

     2.1 AUTHORIZATION; VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT; NECESSARY ACTION. Vertex has full

power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform such

obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

The execution, delivery and performance by Vertex of this Agreement and the

consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and

validly authorized by Vertex and no other actions or proceedings on the part of

Vertex are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this

Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby.

This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Vertex, and constitutes a

valid and binding obligation of Vertex, enforceable against it in accordance

with its terms.

 

     2.2 CONSENTS AND APPROVALS; NO VIOLATIONS. None of the execution, delivery

or performance of this Agreement by Vertex nor the consummation by it of the

transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the provisions

hereof will (i) require any filing with, or approval of, any governmental

authority, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or

without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any

right of termination, amendment, cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the

terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,

guarantee, other evidence of indebtedness, lease, license, contract, agreement

or other

 

 

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instrument or obligation to which Vertex is a party or by which it or any of its

properties or assets may be bound or (iii) violate any order or law applicable

to it or any of its properties or assets.

 

     2.3 SHARES. The Current Shares are owned beneficially and of record by

Vertex and constitute all of the shares of the Company's capital stock owned of

record or beneficially by Vertex or any Vertex Affiliate. All of the Current

Shares are issued and outstanding, and, except for the Warrants, Vertex does not

own, of record or beneficially, any warrants, options or other rights to acquire

any shares of capital stock or securities of the Company and has no interest in

or voting rights with respect to any other securities of the Company. Vertex has

sole voting power, sole power of disposition, sole power to issue instructions

with respect to the mat


 
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