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Title: VOTING AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 3/30/2009
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

VOTING AGREEMENT, Parties: cleveland biolabs inc
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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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