SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of August
12, 2024, by and among Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).
RECITALS
A. The Company and each Purchaser are executing and
delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
B. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, wishes to
purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the Notes, all in the amounts and for the price set forth on Schedule 1
hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement or in any Supplement, Amendment or Exhibit hereto, when used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Affiliate” means any Person which, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, on an aggregate basis, a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in any other Person, or which is controlled by or is under common control with
any other Person.
(b) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business.
(c) “Closing” means the time of issuance and sale by the Company of the Notes to the Purchasers.
(d) “Closing Date” means the date the Notes are purchased by the Purchasers from the Company.
(e) “Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
(f) “Collateral Date” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
(g) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of
such common stock.
(h) “Common Stock Equivalents” means any capital stock or other security of the Company that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, and/or which
otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock).
(i) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the
primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will
be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.
(j) “Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in the Notes.
(k) “Conversion Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Notes.
(l) “Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Agreement, the IP Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee and such other documents, instruments, certificates, supplements, amendments,
exhibits and schedules required and/or attached pursuant to this Agreement and/or any of the above documents, and/or any other document and/or instrument related to the above agreements, documents and/or instruments, and the transactions hereunder
and/or thereunder and/or any other agreement, documents or instruments required or contemplated hereunder or thereunder, whether now existing or at any time hereafter arising.
(m) “Dollar(s)” and “$” means lawful money of the United States.
(n) “Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in the Notes.
(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(p) “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
(q) “Governmental Entity” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal, local or foreign government, or any political subdivision, court, body, agency or regulatory authority thereof, and any person exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing or administrative functions of or pertaining to any of the foregoing.
(r) “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising
under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or the Purchasers under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (e) the capitalized amount of all capital lease obligations of such Person that would appear on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to
purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any capital stock of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, with respect to all unpaid drawings in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and
similar obligations, (h) all guarantee obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for
which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or
become liable for the payment of such obligation, in each case, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles; provided that, if such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, the amount
of such Indebtedness shall be limited to the lesser of (A) the principal amount of the obligation being secured and (B) the fair market value of the encumbered property; and (j) all Contingent Obligations in respect to indebtedness or obligations
of any Person of the kind referred to in clauses (a)-(i) above.
(s) “IP Security Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as hereinafter amended and/or supplemented, together with all exhibits, schedules and annexes to such IP Security
Agreement.
(t) “Liabilities” means all direct or indirect liabilities and obligations of any kind of the Company to the Purchasers pursuant to the Notes, this Agreement and/or any of the other Documents.
(u) “Liens” or “liens” means a lien, mortgage, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other
restriction.
(v) “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property, prospects, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Documents or (c) the rights or remedies of the Purchasers hereunder or thereunder.
(w) “Notes” means all of the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A and any and all Note(s) issued in exchange, transfer or replacement of the Notes.
(x) “OFAC” means the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
(y) “OFAC Regulations” means the regulations promulgated by OFAC, as amended from time to time.
(z) “Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, this Agreement and/or any other Document in favor of the Purchasers including all Liabilities, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries set forth in the Company’s most recent SEC Reports, provided none of such Indebtedness, has been increased, extended and/or otherwise
changed since the date of the most recent SEC Reports (other than Refinancing Indebtedness)), (iii) Indebtedness that is subordinated to and not equal to or senior to the Notes, (iv) trade Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(v) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens described in clauses “(iv)” and “(v)” of the definition of Permitted Liens, (vi) Indebtedness existing as of the date hereof; and (vii) any Refinancing Indebtedness of the foregoing.
(aa) “Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any
statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialman’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar
liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the
Company to secure the purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment, and (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment, (v) Liens arising in
connection with capital lease obligations (and attaching only to the property being leased) or (vi) any Liens securing Permitted Indebtedness set forth in Sections (i) through (iii) and (v) through (vii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
(bb) “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, entity, party or government (whether national, federal, state,
county, city, municipal or otherwise including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).
(cc) “Principal Market” means the market or exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
(dd) “Purchase Price” means the price to be paid by each Purchaser, in cash, to purchase such Purchaser’s Note.
(ee) “Refinancing Indebtedness” means, Indebtedness that serves to refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease (collectively, “refinance” with “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” having a correlative
meaning) any Permitted Indebtedness (including any unpaid interest, premiums, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees, costs and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees incurred in connection with such
refinancing)); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the
Indebtedness being refinanced (or requires no or nominal payments in cash prior to the date that is 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes), and to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes,
such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced.
(ff) “Required Minimum” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
(gg) “SEC” or “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(hh) “SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p) hereof.
(ii) “Securities” means the Notes purchased pursuant to this Agreement and all Underlying Shares and any securities of the Company issued in replacement, substitution and/or in connection with any exchange, conversion and/or
any other transaction pursuant to which all or any of such securities of the Company to the Purchasers.
(jj) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(kk) “Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as hereinafter amended and/or supplemented, together with all exhibits, schedules and annexes to such Security Agreement.
(ll) “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).
(mm) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of
stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
(nn) “Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof, as hereinafter amended and/or supplemented, together
with all exhibits, schedules and annexes to such Subsidiary Guarantee.
(oo) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Trading Market, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on the Trading Market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading
during the final hour of trading on the Trading Market (or if the Trading Market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on the Trading Market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time) unless such day is
otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Purchasers.
(pp) “Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock (or any other common stock of any other Person that references the Trading Market for its common stock) is listed or quoted for
trading on the date in question: the OTC Bulletin Board, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, the NYSE MKT, or the OTCQX Marketplace, the OTCQB Marketplace,
the OTC Pink Marketplace or any other tier operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or any successor to any of the foregoing).
(qq) “Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, with a mailing address of 1 State Street Plaza, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004 and a phone number of (212) 509-4000, and any successor
transfer agent of the Company.
(rr) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in
the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to the Purchasers’ Liens on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in
a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for
purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
(ss) “Underlying Shares” means the Conversion Shares.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Use of Defined Terms. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto.
(b) Construction. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section,
Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) UCC Terms. Terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC shall, unless the context indicates otherwise or are otherwise defined in this Agreement, have the meanings provided for by the UCC.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE NOTES
2.1 Closing. The Closing shall occur on the Closing Date on the first (1st) Trading Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article
V hereof are satisfied or waived in writing as provided elsewhere herein, or on such other date and time as agreed to by the Company and the Purchasers.
2.2 Conditions to Purchase of Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Purchaser will at the Closing, on the Closing Date, purchase from the Company the Note in the amount and for the Purchase Price
as set forth on Schedule 1.
2.3 Purchase Price and Payment of the Purchase Price for the Notes. The Purchase Price for the Note to be purchased by each Purchaser at the Closing shall be as set forth on Schedule 1 and shall be paid at the Closing by such Purchaser by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company in accordance with the Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Note.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; OTHER ITEMS
3.1 Representation and Warranties of the Company. Except with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Documents, as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser
that as of the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein):
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company required to be disclosed are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity ownership interest of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized and validly existing, and the Company and each Subsidiary is in good standing, under the
respective laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and
authority or qualification.
(c) No Conflict. Neither the issue and sale of the Notes for the Purchase Price, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by any Documents nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof, will conflict with,
result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract,
lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company is a party or bound or to which its property is subject except where the relevant indenture,
contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument has been waived, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the
Company of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties (the items listed in subclause (iii), collectively, “Applicable Laws”).
(d) Authorization; Enforcement. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of the Documents and the performance of all
obligations of the Company under the Documents and have been taken on or prior to the date hereof. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. Each of the Documents has been duly executed by the Company and, when
delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law, (iii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iv) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(e) Title to Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all personal properties other tangible properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from Liens and
defects, except such as would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance and with no exceptions, except such as would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) No Violations of Laws. The Company is not in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or
other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any Applicable Laws, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Accuracy of Information. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, the SEC Reports, any other Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the
Company in writing for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the other Documents contained, as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was made or furnished, as the case may be, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading. There is no fact known to the Company that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Documents, or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Purchasers for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the other Documents.
(h) Affiliate Transactions. None of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than
for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from providing for the borrowing
of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest
or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the
Company, (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company and (iv) transactions contemplated by the Documents.
(i) Taxes. The Company has timely filed all tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or
not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for
any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Notes or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Notes.
(k) Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers,
manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company ends on December 31 of each year.
(m) Intellectual Property. The Company owns or has valid, binding and enforceable licenses or other rights under the patents, patent applications,
licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property
necessary for, or used in the conduct, or the proposed conduct, of the business of the Company (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”); to the knowledge of the Company, the patents, trademarks, and copyrights, if any, included within
the Intellectual Property are valid, enforceable, and subsisting; other than as disclosed in the SEC Reports, to the knowledge of the Company (A) the Company is not obligated to pay a material royalty, grant a license to, or provide other
material consideration to any third party in connection with the Intellectual Property, (B) the Company has not received any notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with any asserted rights of others with respect to any
of the Company’s drug candidates, services, processes or Intellectual Property, (C) neither the sale nor use of any of the discoveries, inventions, drug candidates, services or processes of the Company referred to in the SEC Reports do or will,
to the knowledge of the Company, infringe, misappropriate or violate any right or valid patent claim of any third party, (D) none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in material violation of
any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, upon any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons, (E) no third party has any ownership right in or to any
Intellectual Property that is owned by the Company, other than any co-owner of any patent constituting Intellectual Property who is listed on the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) and any co-owner of any patent
application constituting Intellectual Property who is named in such patent application, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no third party has any ownership right in or to any Intellectual Property in any field of use that is exclusively
licensed to the Company, other than any licensor to the Company of such Intellectual Property, (F) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property, (G) there is no pending or, to
the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual Property, and (H) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company,
and all such agreements are in full force and effect. All patents and patent applications necessary for, or used in the conduct, or the proposed conduct, of the business of the Company and owned by or licensed to the Company or under which the
Company has rights have, to the knowledge of the Company, been duly and properly filed and maintained; to the knowledge of the Company, the parties prosecuting such patent applications have complied with their duty of candor and disclosure to the
USPTO in connection with such applications; and the Company is not aware of any facts required to be disclosed to the USPTO that were not disclosed to the USPTO and which would preclude the grant of a patent in connection with any such
application or would reasonably be expected to form the basis of a finding of invalidity with respect to any patents that have issued with respect to such applications. To the Company’s knowledge, all patents and patent applications owned by the
Company and filed with the USPTO or any foreign or international patent authority (the “Company Patent Rights”) and all patents and patent applications in-licensed by the Company and filed with the USPTO or any foreign or international
patent authority (the “In-licensed Patent Rights”) have been duly and properly filed; the Company believes it has complied with its duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO for the Company Patent Rights and, to the Company’s knowledge,
the licensors of the In-licensed Patent Rights have complied with their duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO for the In-licensed Patent Rights.
(n) FCPA. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the
payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any
candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company has and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies
and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(o) Valid Issuance of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of all Liens and all restrictions on transfer other than those expressly imposed by the federal securities laws and vest in the Purchaser full and sole title and power to the Securities. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized
unissued capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum.
(p) Capitalization and Voting Rights. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 310,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 300,000,000 are designated as Common Stock and 10,000,000 are
designated as preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of June 30, 2024: (i) 10,258,873 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding; (ii) no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding; (iii) 1,679,045 shares of Common Stock
were issuable (and such number was reserved for issuance) upon exercise of options to purchase Common Stock outstanding as of such date; and (iv) 1,181,466 shares of Common Stock were issuable (and such number was reserved for issuance) upon
exercise of warrants to purchase Common Stock outstanding as of such date. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and other securities of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. Other
than as set forth in the SEC Reports, there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of the Company’s securities under the Securities Act. No shares of Common Stock and/or other securities
of the Company are entitled to preemptive rights and there are no outstanding debt securities and no contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock
and/or other securities of the Company or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of
the Company other than those issued or granted in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive and/or compensatory plans or arrangements. Except for customary transfer restrictions contained in agreements entered into
by the Company to sell restricted securities, the Company is not a party to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock and/or other securities of the Company. To the Company’s
knowledge, the offer and sale of all capital stock, convertible or exchangeable securities, rights, warrants, options and/or any other securities of the Company when any such securities of the Company were issued complied with all applicable
federal and state securities laws, and no current and/or prior holder of any securities of the Company has any right of rescission or damages or any “put” or similar right with respect thereto that would have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no
securities or instruments of the Company containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance and/or sale of the Securities and/or the consummation of the transactions described herein or in any of the other
Documents.
(q) SEC Reports. The Company’s Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, since January 1, 2023 (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid waiver or extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and, in each case, to the rules promulgated thereunder, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(r) Financial Statements; Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. The financial statements and the related notes of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may be otherwise specified
in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of
and for the dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with
any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402
relating to loans. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or as disclosed to the Purchasers prior to the entry into this Agreement, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and
to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or as disclosed to the Purchasers prior to the entry into this Agreement, (i) the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting
are effective and (ii) the Company is not aware of any material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting.
(t) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, such disclosure
controls and procedures are effective.
(u) Absence of Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or its property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened that is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(v) No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of the Company’s affiliates or any other person acting on the Company’s behalf, has directly or indirectly engaged in any form of general solicitation or general
advertising with respect to the Securities, nor have any of such persons made any offers or sales of any security of the Company, or any of the Company’s affiliates or solicited any offers to buy any security of the Company, or any of the Company’s
or any affiliates under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or any other securities laws or cause this offering of Securities to be integrated with any prior offering of securities of the Company
for purposes of the Securities Act in any manner that would affect the validity of the private placement exemption under the Securities Act for the offer and sale of the Securities hereunder.
(w) Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Conversion Shares
(x) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except as may be required under the
Securities Act, blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase of the Securities by the Purchasers.
(y) Investment Company. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(z) Accountants. Baker Tilly US, LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements included in the SEC Reports, are independent
public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(aa) Seniority. As of the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other
than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).
(bb) DTC Eligible. The Common Stock is the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) eligible and DTC has not placed a “freeze” or a “chill” on the Common
Stock and the Company has no reason to believe that DTC has any intention to make the Common Stock not DTC eligible, or place a “freeze” or “chill” on the Common Stock.
(cc) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have
the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the
Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market.
(dd) Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company reasonably believes are prudent and customary in the businesses in
which it is engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or its business, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms of such policies
and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Company has not been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers
as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.
(ee) Licenses. The Company possesses all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct its business, and the Company has not received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) FDA. Except as described in the SEC Reports, the Company: (A) is and at all times has been in material compliance with all statutes, rules
or regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) and other comparable Governmental Entities applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling,
promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product under development, manufactured or distributed by the Company (“Product Laws”); (B) has not been issued any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding,
warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or written notice from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Product Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances,
exemptions, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Product Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possesses all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and
the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the FDA or any
other Governmental Entity or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation of any Product Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity or third party is
considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) has not received notice that the FDA or any other
Governmental Entity has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity is considering such action; and (F) has filed,
obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Product Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents,
forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission).
(gg) Health Care Laws. The Company has operated and currently is in compliance with all applicable health care laws, rules and regulations to
the extent they apply to the Company and its current activities (except where such failure to operate or non-compliance would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), including, without limitation, (i) the Federal,
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.); (ii) all applicable federal, state, local and all applicable foreign healthcare related fraud and abuse laws, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C.
§ 1320a-7b(b)), the U.S. Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the criminal False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), all criminal laws relating to healthcare fraud and
abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections 286 and 287, the healthcare fraud criminal provisions under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), the
exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), and the civil monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a); (iii) HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C. Section 17921 et seq.); (iv) the
regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws; and (v) any other similar local, state, federal, or foreign laws (collectively, the “Health Care Laws”). Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors,
employees or agents have engaged in activities which are, as applicable, cause for false claims liability, civil penalties, or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid, or any other state or federal healthcare program. The
Company has not received written notice or other correspondence of any claim, action, suit, audit, survey, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action (“Action”) from any court or arbitrator or Governmental
Entity or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Health Care Laws, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other
action is threatened. The Company is not a party to and does not have any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, plan of
correction or similar agreement imposed by any Governmental Entity. Additionally, neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees, officers or directors, has been excluded, suspended, disqualified, or debarred from
participation in any U.S. state or federal health care program or human clinical research or, to the knowledge of the Company, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could reasonably be
expected to result in debarment, suspension, disqualification, or exclusion.
(hh) FFDCA. The nonclinical studies and clinical trials conducted by or, to the Company’s knowledge, on behalf of the Company were and, if still
ongoing, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards and all Authorizations and Product Laws, including, without
limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, “FFDCA”); the descriptions of the results of such nonclinical studies and clinical trials contained in the SEC Reports
are, to the Company’s knowledge, accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such nonclinical studies and clinical trials; except to the extent disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company is not aware of
any nonclinical studies or clinical trials, the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question any study or trial results described or referred to in the SEC Reports when viewed in the context in which such results are
described; and, except to the extent disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has not received any written notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity requiring the termination or suspension of any studies or
clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(ii) Licenses. Except as described in the SEC Reports or would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has violated or is in violation of any Applicable Laws relating to
pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or
wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products,
asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental
Laws”), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required for their operations under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company threatened, administrative, regulatory or judicial Actions relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any Subsidiary and (D) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no events or circumstances that
would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an Action by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary relating to Hazardous Materials or any
Environmental Laws.
(jj) ERISA. None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan that is required to be funded, determined without
regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state
governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any of the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) any breach of any contractual
obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) a non-exempt
prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably
likely to occur: (i) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such contributions made in the most recently completed fiscal
year of the Company; (ii) a material increase in the “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) of the Company as compared to the amount of such obligations in the most
recently completed fiscal year of the Company; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more
employees or former employees of the Company related to their employment that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Plan”
means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company may have any liability.
(kk) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no Action by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or its
Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ll) Sanctions. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or
representative of the Company or its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, the U.S.
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”); and the Company will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint
venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any
Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as an agent, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(mm) Sanctioned Jurisdictions. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company, is a Person that is, or is 50% or more
owned or otherwise controlled by a Person that is: (i) the subject of any Sanctions; or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that
country or territory (collectively, “Sanctioned Jurisdictions” and each, a “Sanctioned Jurisdiction”).
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, in the preceding 3 years, nor does the Company have any plans to
increase its dealings or transactions with Sanctioned Persons, or with or in Sanctioned Jurisdictions.
(nn) Nasdaq Listing. The Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market. The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act or delisting the Common Stock from The Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or The Nasdaq Global Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the Company’s knowledge, it
is in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of The Nasdaq Global Market. The Company is not aware of any circumstance that would cause the Conversion Shares to not be approved for listing by The Nasdaq Global Market.
(oo) Disqualification Event. No “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”)
is applicable to the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Company Covered Person (as defined below), except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii–iv) or (d)(3), is applicable. “Company Covered Person” means, with respect to the Company as an “issuer” for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the 1933 Act, any person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1).
(pp) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under
the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
(qq) Stockholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such
plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving any Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
(rr) Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of each Purchaser. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(a) Authorization. Such Purchaser represents and warrants that: (i) Purchaser has all requisite legal and corporate or other power and capacity and has taken all requisite corporate or other action to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to purchase the Notes and to carry out and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement; and (ii) this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance
with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.
(b) Own Account. Each Purchaser is purchasing the Notes for its own account, for investment purposes only, and not with a present view to, or for, resale, distribution or fractionalization thereof, in whole or in part, within
the meaning of the Securities Act. Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the Securities are “restricted securities” and understands that its acquisition of the Securities has not been registered under the Securities Act or registered or
qualified under any state securities law in reliance on specific exemptions therefrom, which exemptions may depend upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of each Purchaser’s investment intent as expressed herein. Each Purchaser will not,
directly or indirectly, offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) the Securities except in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(c) Accredited Investor Status; Investment Experience. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Note, it was, and as of the date hereof it is: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7)
or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such
Purchaser has the authority and is duly and legally qualified to purchase and own the Note. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Company’s filings with the Commission and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to
ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the sale of the Notes and the merits and risks of holding the Notes and (ii) the opportunity to
obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser is not a member of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or an “associated person” (as such term is defined under the FINRA rules and regulations).
(d) Experience of Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser represents and acknowledges that it has not been solicited to offer to purchase or to purchase any Notes by means of any general solicitation or advertising within the meaning of
Regulation D under the Securities Act.
(f) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws
and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and each Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of each Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine
the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of each Purchaser to acquire the Securities. Each Purchaser further acknowledges and understands that the Securities may not be resold or otherwise transferred except in a transaction
registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available.
(g) Information. Such Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Such Purchaser understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Purchaser has sought
such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of its Securities. Such Purchaser is relying solely on its own accounting, legal and tax advisors, and not
on any statements of the Company or any of its agents or representatives, for such accounting, legal and tax advice with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
(h) No Governmental Review. Each Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws
and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and each Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of each Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine
the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of each Purchaser to acquire the Securities. Each Purchaser further acknowledges and understands that the Securities may not be resold or otherwise transferred except in a transaction
registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available.
(i) Validity; Enforcement; No Conflicts. This Agreement and each Document to which such Purchaser is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Purchaser and shall constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligations of such Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
(j) Organization and Standing. Such Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State where it was formed.
(k) Brokers or Finders. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by such Purchaser to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person
with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Documents. The Company shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Documents.
(l) Ability to Perform. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending against such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s assets before any court or governmental agency (nor is there any threat thereof) that would
impair in any way such Purchaser’s ability to enter into and fully perform its commitments and obligations under this Agreement and the Documents to which it is a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(m) Confidentiality. Other than confidential disclosure to other Persons party to this Agreement or to the Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other
advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance
with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser, the Company may require, at the
Company’s expense, the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be satisfactory to the Company, to the
effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the
rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement.
(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is
required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED
BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
4.2 Rule 144 Availability; Public Information. If at any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending on the date that the Notes are no longer outstanding, if the Company
shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act (a “Public Information Failure”), then, in
addition to the Purchasers’ other available remedies, the Company shall pay to the Purchasers, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell any Underlying Shares, an amount in cash
equal to one percent (1.0%) of such Purchaser’s Purchase Price on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days) thereafter until the earlier of (1) the date
such Public Information Failure is cured and (2) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers to transfer the Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The payments to which the Purchasers shall
be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2 are referred to herein as “Rule 144 Failure Payments”.
Rule 144 Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Rule 144 Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Trading Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Rule 144
Failure Payments is cured.
4.3 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its
behalf, will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or that the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the
receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands that each Purchaser may be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the
extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to Company or any of its
officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public
information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. Such Purchaser shall not have any liability to the Company or any of its directors, officers,
employees, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure. The Company understands that each Purchaser may be relying on the foregoing covenants and obligations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, this Section 4.3 shall not apply to any Purchaser, that is an officer, director or employee of the Company.
4.4 Reservation of Shares.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will at all
times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum (as defined below). The “Required Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon
conversion in full of the Notes, ignoring any conversion limits set forth therein. For purposes of calculating the Required Minimum, the Company shall assume that all outstanding principal of all Notes will remain outstanding until the applicable
Maturity Date.
(b) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and
manner required by the Principal Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii)
take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing or quotation and (iv) maintain the
listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer
through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such
electronic transfer.
4.5 Securities Law Disclosure; Publicity. (i) No later than 9:30 am (EDT) on the fourth Trading Day after the date hereof, the Company shall issue a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and including the Documents required to be included in such Current Report as exhibits thereto. The Company represents to
the Purchasers that, as of the issuance of the first such Current Report, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to the Purchasers, if any, as of such time by the Company, or any of its respective
officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Documents. The Company shall afford each Purchaser and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (“Orrick”) as Purchasers’ counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon, shall consult with them on the form and substance of, and shall give due consideration to all such comments from them on, any press
release, SEC filing or any other public disclosure made by or on behalf of the Company relating to such Purchaser, the Documents and/or the transactions contemplated by any Document, prior to the issuance, filing or public disclosure thereof, and
the Company shall not issue, file or publicly disclose any such information to which any Purchaser shall reasonably object, unless required by law. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to submit for review any such
disclosure contained in periodic reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act if it shall have previously provided the same or substantially the same disclosure for review in connection with a previous filing. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (a)
as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the
Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).
4.6 Taxes and Liabilities. The Company shall pay when due all of its material taxes, assessments and other liabilities, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
conformity with GAAP have been established.
4.7 Maintenance of Business; Company Names. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) keep all material property and systems useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition in all
material respects, (ii) preserve its existence, rights and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization or formation and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary (other than such failure to qualify that would not be material to the Company), (iii) not
operate in any business other than a business substantially the same as the business as in effect on the date of this Agreement or any business substantially related or incidental thereto; provided, however, that it may change its jurisdiction of organization or formation establishment upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Purchasers. The Company shall give Purchasers thirty (30)
days’ prior written notice before the Company changes its name or does business under any other name.
4.8 Employee Benefit Plans. The Company shall (i) maintain each plan and/or each employee benefit plan as to which it may have any liability in substantial compliance with all applicable requirements of law and regulations in
all material respects; and (ii) make all payments and contributions required to be made pursuant to such Plans and/or plans in a timely manner.
4.9 Good Title. The Company shall at all times maintain good and marketable title to all of its material assets necessary for the operation of its business.
4.10 Maintenance of Intellectual Property Rights. The Company will take all reasonable action necessary or advisable to maintain all of the Intellectual Property rights of the Company that are necessary or material to the
conduct of its business in full force and effect, however the Company has decided in the past and may decide in the future to abandon certain Intellectual Property rights it deems, in its sole discretion, are not in the best interest of the
Company.
4.11 Negative Covenants. Until all the Liabilities are paid in full, Company covenants and agrees that:
(a) Restricted Payments. Except as contemplated by the Documents, the Company shall not directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents
(in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness, whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such
Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, in no event
shall the Company directly and/or indirectly make any payment to any officer, director, or 5% or greater beneficial holder of the Company’s voting stock or Common Stock or an affiliate of the Company and/or any affiliate of any such person
representing the direct and/or indirect repayment of Indebtedness, premiums and/or interest on Indebtedness, and/or accrued but unpaid interest, except to the extent any such payments are made to such a person in their capacity as a Purchaser.
(b) Restriction on Redemption and Dividends. Other than as permitted or required under the Documents, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem or repurchase more than a de minimis number of shares of or declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any of its capital stock whether in cash, stock rights and/or property.
(c) Indebtedness. The Company shall not incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness.
(d) Liens. The Company shall not create or permit to exist any Liens or security interests with respect to any assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and owned, except for Permitted Liens.
(e) Guaranties, Loans or Advances. The Company shall not become or be a guarantor or surety of, or otherwise become or be responsible in any manner with respect to any undertaking of any other Person, or make or permit to
exist any loans or advances to or investments in any other Person, except for (i) guarantee obligations that are Permitted Indebtedness and (ii) the endorsement, in the ordinary course of collection, of instruments payable to it or to its order.
(f) Change of Control. The Company shall not effect any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in the Note) unless all Liabilities under the Notes are paid in full prior to or contemporaneously with the closing of such
Change of Control Transaction, provided, however, the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any Change of Control Transaction that involves the Purchaser.
(g) Change in Nature of Business. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any business substantially different from the business conducted by the Company on the Closing Date or any business substantially
related or incidental thereto.
(h) Violation of Law. The Company shall not violate any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, writ or injunction of any federal, state or local authority, court, agency, bureau, board, commission,
department or governmental body if such violation could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Transactions with Affiliates. Other than with someone in their capacity as a Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall not directly and/or indirectly enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any
transaction or series of related transactions which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the SEC (including, without limitation, lending funds to an Affiliate and/or borrowing funds from any Affiliate, the purchase, sale,
lease, transfer or exchange of property, securities or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any officer, director, Affiliate and/or any Affiliate of such person, unless such transaction is made on an arms’ length basis
and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval).
4.12 Further Assurances. The Company shall, from time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take such actions, as the Purchasers may
reasonably request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Documents.
4.13 Secured Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Company under the Documents are secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement. Further, the term “Obligations” as defined in the
Security Agreement shall include, without limitation, principal of, and interest on the Notes and the loans extended pursuant thereto.
4.14 Stockholder Approval. At the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders to be held in 2025, or if a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders is held prior to such date, the Company shall include all proposals for
any approvals as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq with respect to a change of control of the Company pursuant to Section 5635(b) of the Listing Rules of Nasdaq.
ARTICLE V
CLOSING CONDITIONS
5.1 Closing Conditions of Purchaser. Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase the Note at Closing is subject to the fulfillment of each and every one of the following conditions prior to or contemporaneously with such Closing
(unless waived by such Purchaser in writing in its sole and absolute discretion):
(a) Delivery of Documents. Each Purchaser shall have received from the Company each of the following (together with all Exhibits, Schedules, and annexes to each of the following), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to such Purchaser and its counsel and, where applicable, duly executed and recorded (to the extent required):
(i) this Agreement;
(ii) the Note in such Purchaser’s name having the
principal amount set forth on Schedule 1;
(iii) the Security Agreement;
(iv) the IP Security Agreement;
(v) the Subsidiary Guarantee;
(vi) the opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
and Popeo, P.C., the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser;
(vii) a certificate evidencing the good standing of the
Company and each subsidiary guarantor in Delaware or Massachusetts, as applicable;
(viii) a certified copy of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company as certified by the Delaware Secretary of State within five (5) days of the Closing Date; and
(ix) a certificate, in the form reasonably acceptable to
the Purchaser, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions approving the Documents as adopted by the Company’s board of directors or a designated committee thereof in a form reasonably
acceptable to Purchaser, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing.
(b) Approvals. The receipt by each Purchaser of all governmental and third-party approvals necessary in connection with the execution and performance of the Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, all of which
consents/approvals shall be in full force and effect.
(c) Additional Conditions. The fulfillment of each and every one of the following conditions prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing:
(i) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by Company in or pursuant to the Documents and all Schedules and/or Exhibits to this Agreement and/or any of the other Documents shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made (or given) on and as of such date (except where such representation and warranty speaks of a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be
true and correct as of such date).
(ii) No Events of Default. No Event of Default or any other event that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred or would result from the sale of the
Notes to the Purchaser or the performance of any other transaction set forth or contemplated by any of the Documents.
(iii) Compliance with Laws. The Company shall have complied with all applicable federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any
applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers.
(iv) No Injunction. No statute, regulation, order, decree, writ, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened in writing or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent
jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of or which would materially modify or delay the execution and performance of the Documents and/or any of the transactions contemplated by the Documents.
(v) No Proceedings or Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding before any arbitrator or any court or governmental authority shall have been commenced or threatened in writing, and no inquiry or investigation by any
governmental authority shall have been commenced or threatened in writing, against the Company, or any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the Company, seeking to restrain, prevent or change the Documents and/or any of the transactions
contemplated by the Documents, or seeking material damages in connection with such Documents and/or transactions.
(vi) No Material Adverse Effect. No condition, occurrence, state of facts or event constituting a Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing.
(vii) No Suspension of Trading in or Notice of Delisting of Common Stock. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended and/or halted by the SEC, the Principal Market or FINRA. The Company shall not have
received any final and non-appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market shall be terminated on a date certain (unless, prior to such date certain, the Common Stock is listed or quoted on any other
Trading Market); trading in securities generally as reported on the Principal Market shall not have been suspended or limited, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the U.S. or New York State authorities; there shall not have
been imposed any suspension of electronic trading or settlement services by the DTC with respect to the Common Stock that is continuing; the Company shall not have received any notice from DTC to the effect that a suspension of electronic trading
or settlement services by DTC with respect to the Common Stock is being imposed or is contemplated (unless, prior to such suspension, DTC shall have notified the Company in writing that DTC has determined not to impose any such suspension); nor
shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change in any U.S. financial, credit or
securities market that is continuing.
5.2 Closing Conditions of Company. The obligation of the Company to sell and issue the Notes to the Purchasers at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction, prior to or
contemporaneously with the Closing, of each of the following conditions (unless waived by the Company in writing in its sole and absolute discretion):
(a) Delivery of Documents. The Company shall have received from each Purchaser each of the following (together with all Exhibits, Schedules, and annexes to each of the following), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Company and its counsel and, where applicable, duly executed and recorded (to the extent required):
(i) this Agreement;
(ii) the Security Agreement; and
(iii) the IP Security Agreement.
(b) Approvals. The receipt by the Company of all governmental and third-party approvals necessary in connection with the execution and performance of the Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, all of which
consents/approvals shall be in full force and effect.
(c) Additional Conditions. The fulfillment of each and every one of the following conditions prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing:
(i) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in or pursuant to the Documents and all Schedules and/or Exhibits to this Agreement and/or any of the other Documents
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made (or given) on and as of such date (except where such representation and warranty speaks of a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty
shall be true and correct as of such date).
(ii) Compliance with Laws. The Purchasers shall have complied with all applicable federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, any applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws.
(iii) No Injunction. No statute, regulation, order, decree, writ, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened in writing or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent
jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of or that would materially modify or delay any of the transactions contemplated by the Documents.
(iv) Receipt of the Purchase Price. The Company shall have received the Purchase Price from each Purchaser as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
ARTICLE VI
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
6.1 Definitions. For the purpose of this Section 6:
(a) the term “Resale Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement required to be filed by Section 6.2 below, and shall include any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, exhibit or amendment included in or
relating to such registration statements; and
(b) the term “Registrable Shares” means the Conversion Shares; provided, however, that a security shall cease to be a Registrable Share
upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) a Resale Registration Statement registering such security under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes effective and such security has been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder
thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Resale Registration Statement, (ii) such security is sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such security relating to restrictions on
transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company, (iii) such security is eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without condition or restriction, including without any limitation as to volume of sales, and
without the holder complying with any method of sale requirements or notice requirements under Rule 144, or (iv) such security shall cease to be outstanding following its issuance.
6.2 Registration Procedures and Expenses. The Company shall:
(a) use best efforts to file a Resale Registration
Statement (the “Mandatory Registration Statement”) with the Commission on or before November 15, 2024 (the “Filing
Date”) to register the applicable Registrable Shares on Form S-3 under the Securities Act (providing for shelf registration of such Registrable Shares under Commission Rule 415);
(b) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each
Mandatory Registration Statement to be declared effective within 30 days following each Filing Date (or, in the event the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”) reviews and
has written comments to any Mandatory Registration Statement, within 90 days following the receipt of such written comments) (the earlier of the foregoing or the applicable date set forth in Section 1.6(h), the “Effectiveness Date”), such efforts to include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, preparing and filing with the Commission any financial statements or other information that is
required to be filed prior to the effectiveness of such Mandatory Registration Statement;
(c) notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary, in the event that the Commission limits the amount of Registrable Shares or otherwise requires a reduction in the number of Registrable Shares that may be included and sold by the Purchasers in a Mandatory Registration Statement
(in each case, subject to Section 6.3), then the Company shall prepare and file (i) within 20 business days of the first date or time that such excluded Registrable Shares may then be included in a Resale Registration Statement if the Commission
shall have notified the Company that certain Registrable Shares were not eligible for inclusion in such Resale Registration Statement or (ii) in all other cases, within 30 days following the date that the Company becomes aware that such additional
Resale Registration Statement is required (the “Additional Filing Date”), a Resale Registration Statement (any such Resale Registration Statement registering such excluded
Registrable Shares, an “Additional Registration Statement” and, together with the Mandatory Registration Statement, a “Resale Registration Statement”) to register any Registrable Shares that have been excluded (or, if applicable, the maximum number of such excluded Registrable Shares that the Company is permitted to register for resale
on such Additional Registration Statement consistent with Commission guidance), if any, from being registered on the Mandatory Registration Statement;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any
such Additional Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable following the Additional Filing Date, such efforts to include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, preparing and filing with the Commission any
financial statements or other information that is required to be filed prior to the effectiveness of any such Additional Registration Statement;
(e) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
and supplements to such Resale Registration Statements and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Resale Registration Statements continuously effective and free from any material misstatement or omission to
state a material fact therein until termination of such obligation as provided in Section 6.5 below, subject to the Company’s right to suspend pursuant to Section 6.4;
(f) furnish to the Purchasers such number of copies of
prospectuses in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and such other documents as the Purchasers may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Registrable Shares by the
Purchasers;
(g) file such documents as may be required of the Company
for normal securities law clearance for the resale of the Registrable Shares in such states of the United States as may be reasonably requested by the Purchasers and use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such blue sky qualifications
during the period the Company is required to maintain effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statements; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required in connection with this Section 1.6(g) to qualify as a foreign corporation or execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or has not so consented;
(h) upon notification by the Commission that a Resale
Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is not subject to further review by the Commission, the Company shall within five business days following the date of such notification request acceleration of such Resale Registration Statement (with
the requested effectiveness date to be not more than two business days later);
(i) upon notification by the Commission that that a
Resale Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Company shall file the final prospectus under Rule 424 of the Securities Act (“Rule 424”)
within the applicable time period prescribed by Rule 424;
(j) advise the Purchasers promptly:
(i) of the effectiveness of a Resale Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendments thereto;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments to
a Resale Registration Statement or amendments to the prospectus or for additional information relating thereto;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of a Resale Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Registrable Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes; and
(iv) of the existence of any fact and the happening of
any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in a Resale Registration Statement, the prospectus and amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, untrue, or that requires the making of any
additions to or changes in a Resale Registration Statement or the prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading;
(k) cause all Registrable Shares to be listed on each
securities exchange, if any, on which equity securities by the Company are then listed;
(l) bear all expenses in connection with the procedures
in paragraphs (a) through (l) of this Section 6.2 and the registration of the Registrable Shares on such Resale Registration Statement and the satisfaction of the blue sky laws of such states; and
(m) if (i) the initial Resale Registration Statement
covering the Registrable Shares is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Date, (ii) the initial Resale Registration Statement or any other Resale Registration Statement, as applicable, is not declared effective by the Commission
(or otherwise does not become effective) for any reason on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, (iii) after its Effectiveness Date, (A) such Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop
order, or the Company’s failure to update the Resale Registration Statement), to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Shares for which it is required to be effective, or (B) the Purchasers are not permitted to utilize the prospectus
therein to resell such Registrable Shares or (iv) after the Filing Date, and only in the event a Resale Registration Statement is not effective or available to sell all Registrable Shares, the Company fails to file with the Commission any required
reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act such that it is not in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1), as a result of which the Purchasers who are not affiliates are unable to sell Registrable Shares without restriction under Rule 144 (any
such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iv) above being referred to as an “Event,” and, for purposes of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), the date on which such
Event occurs, being referred to as an “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Purchasers may have hereunder or under applicable law on each such Event
Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company will pay to each Purchaser an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty (“Liquidated Damages”), equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement for any Registrable Shares held by
such Purchaser on the Event Date. The Liquidated Damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event, except in the case of the first Event Date. Such payments shall
constitute the Purchasers’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Purchasers to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to each Purchaser in cash no later than five (5) Business Days after the
date payable (such applicable date, the “Payment Date”). Interest shall accrue on the amount of Liquidated Damages that are not be paid by the Payment Date at the rate of
1% per month, accruing daily from the date such Liquidated Damages are due until such amount, plus interest thereon, is paid in full. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, with respect to a Purchaser (i) the Filing Date and each Effectiveness
Date for a Resale Registration Statement shall be extended, without default by or Liquidated Damages payable by the Company to such holder hereunder if the Company’s failure to make such filing or obtain such effectiveness results from the failure
of such Purchaser to timely provide the Company with information requested by the Company and necessary to complete a Resale Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act (in which case any such deadline would be
extended with respect to all Registrable Shares held by such Purchaser until such time as the Purchaser provides such requested information), it being understood that the failure of such Purchaser to timely provide such information to the Company
shall not affect the rights of other Purchasers herein, and (ii) in no event shall the aggregate amount of Liquidated Damages (or interest thereon) paid under this Agreement to any Purchaser exceed, in the aggregate, 5% of the aggregate purchase
price of the Registrable Shares purchased by such Purchaser under this Agreement.
6.3 Rule 415; Cutback.
If at any time the Staff takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Shares in a Registration Statement is not eligible to
be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act or requires any Purchaser to be named as an “underwriter,” the Company shall (in consultation with legal counsel to Purchaser) use its commercially
reasonable efforts to persuade the Commission that the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement is a valid secondary offering and not an offering “by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule 415 and that none of the Purchasers is an
“underwriter.” In the event that, despite the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 6.3, the Staff refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such
portion of the Registrable Shares (the “Cut Back Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Shares as
the Staff may require to assure the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule 415 (collectively, the “SEC Restrictions”); provided, however, that the Company shall
not agree to name any Purchaser as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Purchaser. Any cutback imposed on the Purchasers pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be allocated among the Purchasers on a
pro rata basis, unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require or provide or the Purchasers holding a majority of the Registrable Shares otherwise agree. No liquidated damages shall accrue as to any Cut Back Shares until such date as the Company is
able to effect the registration of such Cut Back Shares in accordance with any SEC Restrictions (such date, the “Restriction Termination Date” of such Cut Back Shares). From
and after the Restriction Termination Date applicable to any Cut Back Shares, all of the provisions of this Section 6 shall again be applicable to such Cut Back Shares; provided, however, that (x) the Filing Deadline for the Registration Statement
including such Cut Back Shares shall be 10 business days after such Restriction Termination Date, and (y) the Effectiveness Deadline with respect to such Cut Back Shares shall be the earlier of (A) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the
Commission informs the Company (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) that no review of such Resale Registration Statement will be made or that the Commission has no further comments on such Resale Registration Statement and (B) 30th
day immediately after the Restriction Termination Date (or the 90th day immediately after the Restriction Termination Date if the Commission reviews such Resale Registration Statement).
6.4 Prospectus Suspension. Each Purchaser acknowledges that there may be times when the Company must suspend the use of the prospectus forming a part of a Resale Registration Statement until such time as an amendment to a
Resale Registration Statement has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the Commission, or until such time as the Company has filed an appropriate report with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act. Each Purchaser hereby
covenants that it will not sell any Registrable Shares pursuant to said prospectus during the period commencing at the time at which the Company gives the Purchasers notice of the suspension of the use of said prospectus and ending at the time the
Company gives the Purchasers notice that the Purchasers may thereafter effect sales pursuant to said prospectus; provided, that such suspension periods shall in no event exceed 30 consecutive trading days or 60 total trading days in any 12 month
period (any such suspension, an “Allowed Delay”) and that, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s board, the Company would, in the absence of such delay or suspension
hereunder, be required under state or federal securities laws to disclose any corporate development, a potentially significant transaction or event involving the Company, or any negotiations, discussions, or proposals directly relating thereto, in
either case the disclosure of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect upon the Company or its stockholders. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable
and shall provide prompt written notice to Purchasers whose Registrable Shares are included in the Resale Registration Statement of the termination of an Allowed Delay and take such other reasonable actions to permit registered sales of Registrable
Shares as contemplated hereby.
6.5 Termination of Obligations. The obligations of the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof shall cease and terminate, with respect to any Registrable Shares, upon the earlier to occur of (a) such time such Registrable Shares
have been resold, or (b) such time as such Registrable Shares no longer remain Registrable Shares pursuant to Section 1.6(b) hereof.
6.6 Reporting Requirements.
(a) With a view to making available the benefits of
certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Shares to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, the Company agrees to:
(i) make and keep public information available, as those
terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(ii) file with the Commission in a timely manner all
reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(iii) so long as a Purchaser owns Registrable Shares, to
furnish to such Purchaser upon request (A) a written statement by the Company as to whether it is in compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, or whether it is qualified as a registrant whose
securities may be resold pursuant to Commission Form S-3, (B) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and (C) such other information as may be reasonably
requested to permit the Purchaser to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144.
6.7 Blue Sky. The Company shall obtain and maintain all necessary blue sky law permits and qualifications, or secured exemptions therefrom, required by any state for the offer and sale of Registrable Shares; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in
respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1 No Waiver; Modifications In Writing. No failure or delay on the part of any Purchaser in exercising any right, power or remedy pursuant to the Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No provision of the Documents may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written
instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchasers holding a majority of the then outstanding principal under the Notes, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is
sought. Any waiver of any provision of the Documents and any consent by any Purchaser to any departure by the Company from the terms of any provision of the Documents shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given. No notice to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
7.2 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by e-mail if sent during normal business
hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next Business Day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized
overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt:
If to Company:
Elicio Therapeutics, Inc.
451 D Street, Suite 501
Boston, MA 02210
Attention: Legal Department, General Counsel
Email: megan.filoon@elicio.com
With copies to:
(which shall not constitute notice):
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
Attention: William Hicks, Esq.; Daniel Bagliebter, Esq.
Email: WCHicks@mintz.com; DABagliebter@mintz.com
If to the Purchasers:
To the address on each Purchaser’s signature page.
With copies to:
(which shall not constitute notice):
Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP
222 Berkeley St #2000
Boston, MA 02116
Attention: Stephen Thau, Esq.; Albert Vanderlaan, Esq.
Email: sthau@orrick.com; avanderlaan@orrick.com
Any party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving written notice of such changed address to the other party hereto.
7.3 Costs, Expenses and Taxes.
(a) The Company shall pay any and all stamp, transfer and
other similar taxes payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of the Documents and the Company agrees to hold the Purchasers harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from
any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes. If any suit or proceeding arising from any of the foregoing is brought against any Purchaser, Company, to the extent and in the manner reasonably directed by the Purchaser, will resist and defend
such suit or proceeding or cause the same to be resisted and defended by counsel reasonably approved by such Purchaser.
(b) The Company agrees (i) to treat the Notes as
indebtedness and (ii) not to treat the Notes as (x) “contingent payment debt obligations” that have been issued with “original issue discount,” or (y) as accruing any imputed interest, in each case, for U.S. federal, and applicable state and local,
income tax purposes, and the Company and the Purchasers shall not take any position inconsistent with such treatment on any tax return, report, form or other document, unless otherwise required by a change in law after the date hereof, a closing
agreement with an applicable taxing authority, a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or any other “determination” as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code.
7.4 Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Purchasers, and the partners, members, managers, officers, directors, trustees, advisors, employees and agents of the Purchasers and each person, if any, who controls the Purchasers within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, from
and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise) insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or
are based upon, any material breach of this Agreement by the Company or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or arise out of any failure by the Company to fulfill any undertaking included in a Registration
Statement and the Company will, as incurred, reimburse the Purchasers, and their partners, members, officers, directors or controlling Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend
any such action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or
liability (collectively, “Loss”) arises out of, or is based upon: (i) an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in such Registration
Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Purchasers, or their partners, members, officers, directors or controlling persons specifically for use in preparation of a
Registration Statement; or (ii) any breach of this Agreement by the Purchasers; provided further, however, that the Company shall not be liable to the
Purchasers (or any partner, member, officer, director or controlling Person of the Purchasers) to the extent that any such Loss is caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus
if either (i) (A) any Purchaser failed to send or deliver a copy of the final prospectus with or prior to, or any Purchaser failed to confirm that a final prospectus was deemed to be delivered prior to (in accordance with Rule 172 of the Securities
Act), the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by a Purchaser to the Person asserting the claim from which such Loss resulted and (B) the final prospectus corrected such untrue statement or omission, (ii) (X) such untrue statement or
omission is corrected in an amendment or supplement to the prospectus and (Y) having previously been furnished by or on behalf of the Company with copies of the prospectus as so amended or supplemented or notified by the Company that such amended
or supplemented prospectus has been filed with the Commission, in accordance with Rule 172 of the Securities Act, any Purchaser thereafter fails to deliver such prospectus as so amended or supplemented, with or prior to or a Purchaser fails to
confirm that the prospectus as so amended or supplemented was deemed to be delivered prior to (in accordance with Rule 172 of the Securities Act), the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by a Purchaser to the person asserting the claim
from which such Loss resulted or (iii) a Purchaser sold Conversion Shares in violation of such Purchasers’ covenant contained in Section 3.2.
(b) The Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company (and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who signs a Registration Statement and
each director of the Company), from and against any Losses to which the Company (or any such officer, director or controlling person) may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise), insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, any material breach of this Agreement by the Purchasers or untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement (or any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in each case, on the effective date thereof), if, and only to the
extent, such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of the Purchasers specifically for use in preparation of a Registration
Statement, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, will reimburse the Company (and each of its officers, directors or controlling persons) for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend
any such action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 6.4(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by the Purchasers upon the sale of such Registrable Shares (net of all expenses paid by such Purchaser in connection with any claim
relating to this Section 6.4(b) and the amount of any damages such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission).
(c) Promptly after receipt by any indemnified person of a
notice of a claim or the beginning of any action in respect of which indemnity is to be sought against an indemnifying person pursuant to this Section 6.4, such
indemnified person shall notify the indemnifying person in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action, and, subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, in case any such action shall be brought against an indemnified person and
such indemnifying person shall have been notified thereof, such indemnifying person shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it shall wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified person. After notice from the indemnifying person to such indemnified person of its election to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying person shall not be liable to such indemnified person for any legal expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that if there exists or shall exist a conflict of interest
that would make it inappropriate in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified person for the same counsel to represent both the indemnified person and such indemnifying person or any affiliate or associate thereof, the indemnified person shall be
entitled to retain its own counsel at the expense of such indemnifying person; provided, further, that no indemnifying person shall be responsible for the fees and expense of more than one separate counsel for all indemnified parties. The
indemnifying party shall not settle an action without the consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.4 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any Losses referred to herein, the indemnifying party, in
lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall to the extent permitted by applicable law contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, that in no event shall any contribution by an indemnifying party hereunder be
greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such indemnifying party upon the sale of such Conversion Shares.
7.5 Counterparts; Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts, once they are executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts,
taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. This Agreement and the Documents may be executed by any party to this Agreement or any of the Documents by original signature, facsimile and/or electronic signature.
7.6 Binding Effects; Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each Purchaser, Company and their respective successors, assigns, representatives and heirs. Neither the Company nor any
Purchaser shall assign any of its rights nor delegate any of its obligations under the Documents without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, that, Purchaser may transfer this Agreement to its Affiliates (with the definition of
“Affiliate” for this purposes, and only this purpose, being modified to replace “ten percent (10%)” with “fifty percent (50%)”).
7.7 Headings. Captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit or extend the scope or intent of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement and shall not
affect the construction of this Agreement.
7.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Documents, contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and therein and supersedes all prior
representations, agreements, covenants and understandings, whether oral or written, related to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Documents.
7.9 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED EXCLUSIVELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS.
7.10 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
7.11 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Document
shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
7.12 JURISDICTION; WAIVER. EACH PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING SIGNED BY EACH OTHER PARTY IN PARTIAL CONSIDERATION OF SUCH OTHER PARTY’S RIGHT TO ENFORCE IN THE JURISDICTION STATED BELOW THE TERMS
AND PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE AND SOLE JURISDICTION IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND VENUE IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND WAIVES ANY AND ALL
RIGHTS TO CONTEST SAID JURISDICTION AND VENUE AND ANY OBJECTION THAT NEW YORK, NEW YORK IS NOT CONVENIENT. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS TO COMMENCE ANY ACTION AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY IN ANY JURISDICTION EXCEPT NEW YORK, NEW YORK. EACH
PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER WHATSOEVER RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED
WITH THE LOAN, THE DOCUMENTS AND/OR THE TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE DOCUMENTS.
7.13 Survival. The representations, and warranties of the Company and each Purchaser herein and/or in the other Documents shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the Closing Date; the obligations, Liabilities,
agreements and covenants of the Company and each Purchaser set forth herein and/or in the other Documents shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the Closing Date, as shall all rights and remedies of the Company and each Purchaser set
forth in this Agreement and/or in any of the other Documents.
7.14 No Integration. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate, will sell, offer for sale, or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate with respect
to any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which will be integrated with the sale and/or issuance of any of the Securities in a manner which would require the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, or require stockholder
approval, under the rules and regulations of the Trading Market for the Common Stock. The Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of other securities will not be integrated for purposes of the
Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, with the issuance of Securities contemplated herein.
7.15 Termination. This Agreement can be terminated by the mutual written consent of the Company and the Purchasers.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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COMPANY:
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Robert Connelly
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Name:
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Robert Connelly
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
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Name of Purchaser:
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GKCC, LLC
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Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
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/s/ Yekaterina Chudnovsky
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Name of Authorized Signatory:
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Yekaterina Chudnovsky
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Title of Authorized Signatory:
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Manager
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Email Address of Authorized Signatory:
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[***]
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Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:
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Address for Notice to Purchaser:
[***]
Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
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Principal Amount of Notes Purchased:
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$20,000,000
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
This SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, dated as of August 12, 2024 (this “Guarantee”),
is made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the “Guarantors”), in favor of the holders
(together with their permitted assigns, the “Purchasers”) of the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the principal amount of $20,000,000.00 (the “Notes”) of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers,
and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company the Notes, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to
induce the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Purchasers as follows:
1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Purchase Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section and Schedule references are to this Guarantee unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of such terms. The following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Notes.
“Guarantee” means this Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Notes.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3(a).
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Preamble.
“Obligations” means, in addition to all other costs and expenses of
collection incurred by Purchasers in enforcing any of such Obligations and/or this Guarantee, all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be
hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of the Company or any Guarantor to the Purchasers, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Guarantee, the Notes, the Documents, and any other instruments, agreements or other documents
executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others,
and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from any of the Purchasers as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, interest, and any other amounts owed on the Notes as set forth in the Notes; (ii) any and all
obligations due under the Documents; (iii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor from time to time under or in connection with this Guarantee, the Notes, the Documents, and any other
instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; (iv) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that
the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company or any Guarantor; and (v) all foreign assets of the Company or any Guarantor.
2. Guarantee.
(a) Guarantee.
(i) The Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantee to the Purchasers and their respective
successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations.
(ii) Anything herein or in the Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and
under the Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws, including laws relating to the insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2(b)).
(iii) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Purchasers hereunder.
(iv) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall
remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by
indefeasible payment in full.
(v) No payment made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the
Purchasers from the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the
Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any
payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full.
(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guarantee, with respect to any defaulted non-monetary Obligations the
specific performance of which by the Guarantors is not reasonably possible (e.g. the issuance of the Company’s Common Stock), the Guarantors shall only be liable for making the Purchasers whole on a monetary basis for the Company’s failure to perform
such Obligations in accordance with the Documents.
(b) Right of Contribution. Subject to Section 2(c), each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek
and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2(c). The provisions of this Section 2(b) shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any
Guarantor to the Purchasers and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Purchasers for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
(c) No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Purchasers, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Purchasers against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such
Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Purchasers by the Company on account of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the
Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the
Purchasers in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Purchasers may determine.
(d) Amendments, Etc. With Respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor
shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Purchasers may be
rescinded by the Purchasers and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may,
from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and the Documents and any other documents executed and delivered
in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Purchasers may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Purchasers
for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by them as security for the Obligations or for the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
(e) Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and
all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Purchasers upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2
or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or
renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2.
Each Guarantor waives to the extent permitted by law diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands
and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance without regard
to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Purchase Agreement or any of the Documents, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by
the Purchasers, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance or fraud by Purchasers) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company or any other Person against the Purchasers, or (c)
any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations, or of such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and
remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Purchasers may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as they may have against the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or
against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Purchasers to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the
Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Purchasers
against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
(f) Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored or returned by the Purchasers upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or
trustee or similar officer for, the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
(g) Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder
will be paid to the Purchasers without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. dollars at the address set forth or referred to in the signature pages to the Purchase Agreement.
3. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to Purchasers as of the date hereof:
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Guarantor is an entity duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 1, with the requisite power and authority to own and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Guarantor is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the aggregate, (x) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability
of any of this Guarantee in any material respect, (y) have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or financial condition of the Guarantor or (z) adversely impair in any material respect the Guarantor’s ability to
perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under this Guarantee (a “Material Adverse Effect”).
(b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Guarantor has the requisite power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee, and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Guarantee by the Guarantor and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Guarantor. This Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor
enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the
enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Guarantee by the Guarantor and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of its Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or formation documents, or (ii)
conflict with, constitute a default (or an event which 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, any agreement, indenture or instrument
to which the Guarantor is a party that has not been waived, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Guarantor is subject
(including Federal and State securities laws and regulations), or by which any material property or asset of the Guarantor is bound or affected that has not been waived, except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Guarantor is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance
or regulation of any governmental authority, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Consents and Approvals. The Guarantor is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental authority or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Guarantor of this Guarantee.
(e) Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in the Purchase Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct as of each time such representations are deemed to be made pursuant to such Purchase
Agreement, and the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Company’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor’s knowledge.
4. Covenants.
(a) Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that, from and after the date of this Guarantee until the Obligations shall have been
indefeasibly paid in full, such Guarantor shall take, and/or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each commercially reasonable action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Event of Default is caused by
the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor.
(b) So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding, unless the Holders shall otherwise consent in writing, each Guarantor will not directly or
indirectly on or after the date of this Guarantee:
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enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to
any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, other than Permitted Indebtedness;
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enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any
interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, other than Permitted Liens;
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amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any rights of any Purchaser;
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repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its securities or debt obligations;
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pay cash dividends on any equity securities of the Company;
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enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Guarantor which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing of the Company with the Commission, unless
such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or
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enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
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5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this
Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in writing by the Holders and the Company.
(b) Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Company,
the Guarantors or the Purchasers hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in the Purchase Agreement, provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to the Company at its notice address set
forth Section 5.4 of the Purchase Agreement.
(c) No Waiver By Course Of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. The Purchasers
shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 5(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy
hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default under the Documents or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Purchasers, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No
single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Purchasers of any right or remedy hereunder on any one
occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Purchasers would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of
any other rights or remedies provided by law.
(d) Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Purchasers for, all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Guarantee and the Documents to which such Guarantor is a
party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Purchasers.
(ii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting
from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee.
(iii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Guarantee to the extent the Company would be
required to do so pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(iv) The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Purchase
Agreement and the Documents.
(e) Successor and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchasers and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee
without the prior written consent of the Purchasers.
(f) Set-Off. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Purchasers
at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default under any of the Documents shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, to
set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits, credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Purchasers to or for the
credit or the account of such Guarantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the Purchasers may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to the Purchasers hereunder and claims of every nature and
description of the Purchasers against such Guarantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, any Document or otherwise, as the Purchasers may elect, whether or not the Purchasers have made any demand for payment and
although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Purchasers shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Purchasers of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to
give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the Purchasers under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Purchasers
may have.
(g) Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(i) Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are
for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
(j) Integration. This Guarantee and the Documents represent the
agreement of the Guarantors and the Purchasers with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Purchasers relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly
set forth or referred to herein or in the Documents.
(k) Governing Laws. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Guarantee shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each of the Company and the
Guarantors agree that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Guarantee and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(l) Acknowledgements. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that:
(i) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Guarantee and the Documents to which it is a
party;
(ii) the Purchasers have no fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Guarantor arising out of or in connection with this
Guarantee or any of the Documents, and the relationship between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(iii) no joint venture is created hereby or by the Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby
among the Guarantors and the Purchasers.
(m) Release of Guarantors. Each Guarantor will be released from all
liability hereunder concurrently with the indefeasible repayment in full of all amounts owed under the Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the Documents.
(n) Seniority. The Obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder rank
senior in priority to any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
(o) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE
BENEFITS HEREOF, THE PURCHASERS, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this
Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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ELICIO OPERATING COMPANY, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ Robert Connelly
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Name:
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Robert Connelly
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer and President
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ELICIO SECURITIES CORP.,
a Massachusetts corporation
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By:
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/s/ Robert Connelly
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Name:
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Robert Connelly
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Title:
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President, Secretary, Treasurer and Sole Director
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[Signature Page to Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. Subsidiary Guarantee]
SCHEDULE 1
GUARANTORS
The following are the names and jurisdictions of organization of each Guarantor:
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Entity
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Jurisdiction of Organization
or Incorporation
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Elicio Operating Company, Inc.
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Delaware
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Elicio Securities Corp.
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Massachusetts
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