VOTING AGREEMENT
This Voting Agreement, dated as of ________,
2009 (this “ Agreement ”), is by and among
Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and the holders of securities of the
Company listed on the signature pages hereto under the heading
“ Holder ” (each a “ Holder ”
and collectively, the “ Holders ”).
WHEREAS , the Company and certain investors (each, an
“ Investor ”, and collectively, the “
Investors ”) have entered into a Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of ________, 2009 (the “ Securities
Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other
things, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the
Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investors and the
Investors have agreed to purchase, (i) Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $0.005 per share (“ Series D
Preferred ”), which will, among other things, be
convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.005 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) in
accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation for the
Series D Preferred, and (ii) Common Stock Purchase Warrants
(“ Warrants ”), which will be exercisable to
purchase shares of Common Stock; and
WHEREAS , as of the date hereof, the Holders own the
shares of Common Stock and shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.005 per share (“
Series B Preferred ”), set forth on Appendix A
; and
WHEREAS , as a condition to the willingness of the
Investors to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the
“ Transaction ”), the Investors have requested
that the Company be a party to this Agreement in order to enforce
the terms hereof and have required that each Holder agree, and in
order to induce the Investors to enter into the Securities Purchase
Agreement, each Holder has agreed, to enter into this Agreement
with respect to all of the Common Stock and Series B Preferred now
owned or which may hereafter be acquired by the Holder that is
eligible to be voted, and any other securities of the Company (the
“ Other Securities ”), if any, which such Holder
is currently entitled to vote, or after the date hereof becomes
entitled to vote, at any meeting of stockholders of the Company.
The Other Securities are, collectively with the Common Stock and
Series B Preferred that is eligible to be voted, referred to herein
as the “ Voting Securities ”.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to
be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
VOTING AGREEMENT OF THE
HOLDERS
SECTION 1.01. Voting
Agreement . Subject to the last sentence of this
Section 1.01, each Holder hereby agrees that at any meeting of
the stockholders of the Company, however called, each of the
Holders shall vote the Voting Securities over which each Holder has
voting power as of the record date for such meeting: (a)
in favor of Stockholder Approval and Authorized Share Approval (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), as described in
Section 4.11(c) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and in
favor of any proposal or matter that would reasonably be expected
to facilitate Stockholder Approval and Authorized Share Approval or
the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement;
and (b) against any proposal or any other corporate action or
agreement that would result in a breach of any covenant,
representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of
the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement or which could
result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations
under the Securities Purchase Agreement not being
fulfilled. Each Holder acknowledges receipt and review
of a copy of the Transaction Documents (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement). The obligations of the Holders
under this Section 1.01 shall terminate immediately following the
occurrence of the Stockholder Approval and Authorized Share
Approval. Nothing herein shall require or be deemed to require any
Holder who holds options, warrants or other securities convertible
into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Voting Securities to
convert, exercise or exchange such options, warrants or other
securities.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE HOLDERS
Each Holder hereby represents and warrants,
severally but not jointly, to each of the Investors as
follows:
SECTION 2.01. Authority Relative
to This Agreement . Each Holder has all necessary
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to
perform his or its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by such Holder and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Holder, enforceable against
such Holder in accordance with its terms, except (a) as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws
now or hereafter in effect relating to, or affecting generally, the
enforcement of creditors’ and other obligees’ rights,
(b) to the extent the remedy of specific performance or other forms
of equitable relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses
and principles and to the discretion of the court before which the
proceeding may be brought, and (c) to the extent rights to
indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by applicable
law and public policy.
SECTION 2.02. No Conflict
. (a) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by such Holder does not, and the performance of this
Agreement by such Holder shall not, (i) conflict with or violate
any federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to any Holder or
by which the Voting Securities owned by such Holder are bound or
affected or (ii) result in any breach of or constitute a default
(or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become
a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the
creation of a lien or encumbrance on the Voting Securities owned by
such Holder, pursuant to any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other
instrument or obligation to which such Holder is a party or by
which such Holder or the Voting Securities owned by such Holder are
bound.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Holder does not,
and the performance of this Agreement by such Holder will not,
require any consent, approval, authorization or permit
of,
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