The foregoing description of the Lock-up Agreements does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of the Lock-up Agreement, which is provided as Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Schedule 13D
and incorporated herein by reference.
Contingent Value Rights Agreement
The Merger Agreement contemplated that within 30 days following the Closing, miRagen and the Rights Agent (as defined therein) would enter into a contingent
value rights agreement (the CVR Agreement), pursuant to which each holder of Common Stock as of the close of business on November 6, 2020, other than former stockholders of Viridian, shall be entitled to one contractual
contingent value right issued by miRagen, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the CVR Agreement, for each share of Common Stock held by such holder. Each contingent value right shall entitle the holder thereof to receive
certain cash payments from the net proceeds, if any, related to the disposition of miRagens legacy programs to develop product candidates that modulate microRNAs within three years following the closing of the Merger. The contingent value
rights are not transferable, except in certain limited circumstances as will be provided in the CVR Agreement, will not be certificated or evidenced by any instrument and will not be registered with the SEC or listed for trading on any exchange.
The foregoing description of the CVR Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of the CVR
Agreement, which is provided as Exhibit E to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Schedule 13D and incorporated herein by reference.
Private Placement and Securities Purchase Agreement
On
October 27, 2020, miRagen entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with the purchasers named therein (the Investors).
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, miRagen agreed to sell an aggregate of approximately 195,290 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase
price of $90,997,049 (collectively, the Financing). Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into 66.67 shares of Common Stock. The powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions applicable
to the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designation.
The closing of the Financing occurred on October 30, 2020 (the
Financing Closing Date).
The foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.4 to this Schedule 13D.
Registration Rights Agreement
On the Financing Closing Date, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, miRagen entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration
Rights Agreement) with the Investors. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, miRagen prepared and filed a resale registration statement with the SEC on December 15, 2020. This registration statement was declared effective by
the SEC on December 22, 2020.
miRagen has also agreed to, among other things, indemnify the Investors, their officers, directors, members, employees
and agents, successors and assigns under the registration statement from certain liabilities and pay all fees and expenses (excluding any legal fees of the selling holder(s), and any underwriting discounts and selling commissions) incident to
miRagens obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Offering is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the
Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. The Investors have acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof, and appropriate legends have been affixed to the securities issued in this transaction.
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