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Exhibit 10.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED VOTING AGREEMENT is dated as of March
29, 2005
by and among Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
Massachusetts
corporation (the "Company"), the holders of the Company's Series
A Convertible
Preferred Stock set forth on the signature page hereto (the
"Series A Holders"),
the holders of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock set forth on
the signature page hereto (the "Series B Holders"), the holders
of the Company's
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock set forth on the signature
page hereto (the
"Series C Holders"), and certain holders of the Company's Common
Stock as set
forth on the signature page hereto (the "Common Stockholders"
and together with
the Series C Holders, Series B Holders and the Series A Holders,
the
"Stockholders").
WHEREAS, the Company and certain holders of its Common Stock,
Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock previously
entered into a Voting Agreement dated March 4, 2004 (the "Prior
Agreement")
which provided, inter alia, for certain voting agreements
relating to the
election of members to the Company's Board of Directors (the
"Board of
Directors"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to the Series C Holders,
and the
Series C Holders desire to purchase, shares of Series C
Convertible Preferred
Stock ("Series C Preferred Stock") and, as a condition to such
purchase and
sale, the Series C Holders require certain changes to the Prior
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements
contained herein and the investment by the Series C Holders
under that certain
Stock Purchase Agreement (as defined below), the receipt and
sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section 1. Election of Directors. At any time at which
stockholders of the
Company have the right to, or vote for or consent in writing to,
the election of
directors of the Company, the Stockholders hereby agree to vote,
or consent in
writing as to, all shares of capital stock of the Company then
owned by them in
favor of the following actions to:
(a) cause the election to the Board of Directors of one (1)
representative designated by David Barlow ("Series A Director"),
who shall
initially be David Barlow; provided, however that if David
Barlow is removed as
the Series A Director for cause (as defined in Section 1(h)
below) then the
Series A Director shall be designated by the Series A Holders
holding a majority
of the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock;
and
(b) cause the election to the Board of Directors of one (1)
representative designated by Cerberus Partners, L.P. (the
"Series B Director"),
who shall initially be Daniel Frank and who shall thereafter be
selected by
Cerberus Partners, L.P.; and
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(c) subject to clause (i) below, cause the election to the Board
of
Directors of one (1) representative designated by Cerberus
Partners, L.P. (the
"Series C Director" and, together with the Series A Director and
the Series B
Director, the "Investor Directors"), who shall initially be
Andrew Jay; and
(d) cause the election to the Board of Directors of one (1)
member
who shall be the President of the Company (the "Management
Director"), who shall
initially be John Babich; provided that if the Company shall not
have a
President, such position held by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company or,
if there is no President or Chief Executive Officer then serving
for the
Company, such individual serving in a similar capacity; and
(e) cause the election to the Board of Directors of three
(3)
members with appropriate industry experience who shall be
designated by the
President of the Company in consultation with the senior
management of the
Company and approved by the Series B Director, which approval
shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed (the "Industry Directors"), who
shall initially
be Harry Stylli, Kim Lamon and William Eckelman.
(f) The Company shall cause the nomination for election to the
Board
of Directors of the individuals set forth in clauses (a) through
and including
(e) above. Each of the directors designated in this Section 1
shall be elected
at any annual or special meeting of stockholders (or by written
consent in lieu
of a meeting of stockholders) and shall serve until his or her
successor is
elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation
or removal.
(g) The Board of Directors shall remain seven (7) members
unless
changed by the vote or written consent of (i) the holders of at
least fifty
percent (50%) of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock,
with all classes
voting together as a single class, (ii) the holders of at least
fifty percent
(50%) of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (iii) the
holders of at least
fifty percent (50%) of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
and (iv) the
holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series C
Preferred Stock (the
vote or consent required by clauses (i) through (iv) being the
"Requisite
Vote").
(h) For purposes of Section 1(a), "cause" shall mean either (i)
the
conviction of, or pleading of nolo contendre to, a felony or
(ii) the commission
of an act of fraud or embezzlement, in each case, by David
Barlow.
(i) So long as Siemens Venture Capital GmbH ("Siemens")
continues to
own Series C Preferred Stock having an aggregate Series C Stated
Value of at
least Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000), Siemens shall be
entitled to appoint
the Series C Director (when so appointed by Siemens, the Series
C Director shall
be referred to as the "Siemens Director"); provided, however,
that, upon a
Removal Event, Siemens shall immediately cease to have the right
to appoint the
Series C Director and the Siemens Director shall be
automatically and
immediately, without the need for any further corporate or Board
of Directors
action or deed, removed from the Board of Directors. In the
event of the
occurrence of a Removal Event
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described in clause (i) of the definition of Removal Event only,
Siemens shall
once again have the right of appointment of the Series C
Director if the Board
of Directors, acting at a duly called meeting and/or by written
consent, adopts
a resolution abandoning, canceling or ending the Removal Event.
This right to
appoint the Series C Director is personal to Siemens and,
notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any of the Transaction
Documents (as
defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement), such right shall not
be assignable by
Siemens, including without limitation, to any transferee of
Series C Preferred
Stock (or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof) by
Siemens. If the
Siemens Director shall be removed from the Board of Directors
pursuant to a
Removal Event as set forth in this clause (i), the Company shall
provide the
Siemens Director with prompt written notice thereof (without any
obligation to
disclose the details of the applicable Removal Event), but the
failure to give
any such notice shall not be a condition to, or otherwise serve
as a basis to
prevent, any such removal. For purposes of Sections 1 and 3
herein, the
following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Co-Lead Investors" shall mean Cerberus Partners, L.P.
and
MedCap Partners, L.P.
(2) "Qualified Public Offering" shall mean the closing of a
firm
commitment underwritten public offering of shares of the
Company's Common Stock
pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on form
S-1 or its
equivalent, in which the Company's Common Stock is offered and
sold to the
public at an initial public offering price equal to at least
$5.00 per share,
with aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of not less than
$30 million.
(3) "Removal Event" shall mean the soonest to occur of: (i)
the
adoption of a resolution by the Board of Directors, acting at a
duly called
meeting and/or by written consent, taking any action to pursue
consideration of
any merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange of
substantially all of its
assets, sale or exchange of its capital stock, or any other
similar business
transaction involving the Corporation; (ii) June 30, 2007; and
(iii) a Qualified
Public Offering.
(4) "Series C Stated Value" shall mean, with respect to each
shares
of Series C Preferred Stock, $202.00, which amount shall be
subject to
appropriate adjustment in the event of a stock dividend, stock
split, reverse
stock split, reclassification, stock combination or other
recapitalization
affecting the Series C Preferred Stock, all in accordance with
the Company's
Articles of Organization, as amended to date.
(5) "Stock Purchase Agreement" shall mean that certain Stock
Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and the Series C
Holders dated
March 29, 2005.
Section 2. Vacancies and Removal.
(a) Series A Director. The Series A Director may be removed
during
his or her term of office, with or without cause, by and only by
the affirmative
vote or written consent
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of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of
Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock. Each of the Stockholders agrees to,
and shall, vote
all of its shares of capital stock in the same manner as the
vote cast or
consent given by the holders of the majority of the Series A
Convertible
Preferred Stock on the matter described in the foregoing
sentence. Any vacancy
in the office of a Series A Director shall be filled by a person
designated
pursuant to the terms of Section 1(a) above and each of the
Stockholders agrees
to vote, and shall vote, all of its shares of capital stock of
the Company in
favor of such person.
(b) Series B Director. The Series B Director may be removed
during
his or her term of office, with or without cause, by and only by
the affirmative
vote or written consent of Cerberus Partners, L.P. Each of the
Stockholders
agrees to, and shall, vote all of its shares of capital stock in
the same manner
as the vote cast or consent given by Cerberus Partners, L.P. on
the matter
described in the foregoing sentence. Any vacancy in the office
of the Series B
Director shall be filled by a person designated pursuant to
Section 1(b) above
and each of the Stockholders agrees to, and shall, vote all of
its shares of
capital stock of the Company in favor of such person.
(c) Series C Director. The Series C Director may be removed
during
his or her term of office, with or without cause, by and only by
the affirmative
vote or written consent of Cerberus Partners, L.P.; provided,
however, that if
Siemens has the right to appoint the Series C Director pursuant
to Section 1(i)
then such Siemens Director may only be removed during his or her
term of office,
with or without case, by and only by the affirmative vote or
written consent of
Siemens. Each of the Stockholders agrees to, and shall, vote all
of its shares
of capital stock in the same manner as the vote of or consent by
Cerberus
Partners, L.P. or Siemens, as the case may be, on the matter
described in the
foregoing sentence. Any vacancy in the office of the Series C
Director shall be
filled by a person designated pursuant to Section 1
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