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KPTI Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc

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Form 8-K - Current report

14/05/2024 9:06pm

Edgar (US Regulatory)


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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2024

 

 

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36167   26-3931704

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor,

Newton, Massachusetts

  02459
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 658-0600

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value   KPTI   Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 8.01

Other Events.

On May 13, 2024, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) closed its previously announced exchange of approximately $148.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 for (i) approximately $111.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s new secured 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 and (ii) warrants to purchase up to approximately 46.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the various agreements and other documents included as exhibits herewith were made solely for the benefit of the parties thereto and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, these agreements and documents are only to provide investors with information regarding the terms thereof and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and such agreements and documents should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
 4.1    Indenture (including form of Note) with respect to the Company’s 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029, dated May 13, 2024, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee and collateral agent.
 4.2    Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.
10.1    Credit Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024, between the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
10.2    Form of Exchange Agreement, dated May 8, 2024, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto.
10.3    Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 13, 2024, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto.
10.4    Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated May 8, 2024, between the Company, the investors party thereto, HealthCare Royalty Management, LLC, HCR Collateral Management LLC, and HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the IXBRL document).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 14, 2024

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael Mano

  Michael Mano
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.,

as Issuer

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,

AND

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as Trustee and Collateral Agent

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 13, 2024

6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

     PAGE  

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

     1  

Section 1.01 Definitions

     1  

Section 1.02 References to Interest

     31  

Section 1.03 Divisions

     31  

Section 1.04 Accounting Terms, Financials Statements, Calculations, Etc.

     31  

ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

     32  

Section 2.01 Designation and Amount

     32  

Section 2.02 Form of Notes

     32  

Section 2.03 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts

     33  

Section 2.04 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes

     34  

Section 2.05 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary

     35  

Section 2.06 Temporary Notes

     42  

Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes

     42  

Section 2.08 Benefits of Indenture

     43  

Section 2.09 Authenticating Agent

     43  

Section 2.10 Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc.

     44  

Section 2.11 CUSIP Numbers

     44  

Section 2.12 No Additional Notes, Repurchases

     44  

ARTICLE 3 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     45  

Section 3.01 Satisfaction and Discharge

     45  

Section 3.02 Covenant Defeasance

     45  

Section 3.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust

     46  

Section 3.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents

     46  

ARTICLE 4 PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     46  

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest

     46  

Section 4.02 Paying Agent and Conversion Agent

     46  

Section 4.03 Provisions as to Paying Agent

     47  

Section 4.04 Existence

     49  

Section 4.05 Information Requirements and Annual Reports

     49  

Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

     50  

 

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Section 4.07 Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults

     50  

Section 4.08 Further Instruments and Acts

     51  

Section 4.09 Additional Amounts

     51  

Section 4.10 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee

     53  

Section 4.11 Restricted Junior Payments

     53  

Section 4.12 Indebtedness

     55  

Section 4.13 Liens

     57  

Section 4.14 Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates

     60  

Section 4.15 Further Guarantors

     60  

Section 4.16 [Reserved]

     60  

Section 4.17 No Further Negative Pledges

     60  

Section 4.18 Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions

     61  

Section 4.19 Investments

     61  

Section 4.20 Minimum Consolidated Liquidity

     63  

Section 4.21 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets

     63  

Section 4.22 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests

     65  

Section 4.23 Sale and Lease-Backs

     65  

Section 4.24 Conduct of Business

     65  

Section 4.25 Amendments or Waivers with Respect to Certain Indebtedness

     65  

Section 4.26 Fiscal Year; Accounting Policies

     66  

Section 4.27 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts

     66  

Section 4.28 Amendments to Certain Documents and Agreements

     66  

Section 4.29 Material Intellectual Property

     66  

Section 4.30 Insurance

     66  

Section 4.31 Post Closing Matters

     67  

Section 4.32 Further Assurances

     67  

ARTICLE 5 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     68  

Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

     68  

Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Holders

     68  

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     68  

Section 6.01 Events of Default

     68  

Section 6.02 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment

     71  

Section 6.03 Additional Interest Upon Event of Default Relating to Reporting Obligations

     71  

Section 6.04 Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor

     72  

Section 6.05 Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee

     74  

 

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Section 6.06 Proceedings by Holders

     74  

Section 6.07 Proceedings by Trustee

     75  

Section 6.08 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing

     76  

Section 6.09 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders

     76  

Section 6.10 Notice of Defaults

     77  

Section 6.11 Undertaking to Pay Costs

     77  

ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     77  

Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

     77  

Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee

     79  

Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Notes

     81  

Section 7.04 May Hold Notes

     81  

Section 7.05 Moneys and Property to be Held in Trust

     81  

Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement

     81  

Section 7.07 Reliance on Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel

     82  

Section 7.08 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

     82  

Section 7.09 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

     83  

Section 7.10 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor

     84  

Section 7.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

     85  

Section 7.12 Transaction Documents

     85  

ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

     85  

Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Holders

     85  

Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Holders

     86  

Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners

     86  

Section 8.04 Certain Notes Owned by Company Disregarded

     86  

Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Holders

     87  

ARTICLE 9 HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

     87  

Section 9.01 Purpose of Meetings

     87  

Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee

     88  

Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders

     88  

Section 9.04 Qualifications for Voting

     88  

Section 9.05 Regulations

     88  

Section 9.06 Voting

     89  

Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting

     89  

 

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ARTICLE 10 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     89  

Section 10.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

     89  

Section 10.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

     91  

Section 10.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures

     92  

Section 10.04 Notation on Notes

     92  

Section 10.05 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee

     93  

ARTICLE 11 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

     93  

Section 11.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms

     93  

Section 11.02 Successor Company to Be Substituted

     93  

Section 11.03 Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee

     94  

ARTICLE 12 NO RECOURSE

     94  

Section 12.01 No Recourse

     94  

ARTICLE 13 GUARANTEES

     95  

Section 13.01 Guarantees

     95  

Section 13.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability

     97  

Section 13.03 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee and Supplemental Indenture

     97  

Section 13.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms

     98  

Section 13.05 Releases

     99  

Section 13.06 Reliance

     99  

ARTICLE 14 CONVERSION OF NOTES

     99  

Section 14.01 Conversion Privilege

     99  

Section 14.02 Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion

     100  

Section 14.03 Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes

     102  

Section 14.04 Adjustment of Conversion Rate

     104  

Section 14.05 Adjustments of Prices

     113  

Section 14.06 Shares to Be Fully Paid

     113  

Section 14.07 Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock

     113  

Section 14.08 Certain Covenants

     115  

Section 14.09 Responsibility of Trustee and Conversion Agent

     116  

Section 14.10 Beneficial Ownership Limitations

     116  

Section 14.11 Stockholder Rights Plans

     119  

Section 14.12 Limit on Issuance of Shares of Common Stock Upon Conversion

     119  

 

iv


ARTICLE 15 REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

     120  

Section 15.01 [Intentionally Omitted]

     120  

Section 15.02 Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change

     120  

Section 15.03 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

     122  

Section 15.04 Deposit of Repurchase Price

     123  

Section 15.05 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes

     124  

Section 15.06 Pro Rata Repurchase at Option of Holders upon Asset Sales

     124  

ARTICLE 16 REDEMPTION

     127  

Section 16.01 No Redemption prior to May 13, 2026

     127  

Section 16.02 Redemption on or after May 13, 2026

     127  

Section 16.03 Effect of Notice of Redemption

     129  

Section 16.04 Deposit of Redemption Price

     130  

ARTICLE 17 COLLATERAL

     130  

Section 17.01 Note Security Documents.

     130  

Section 17.02 Collateral Agent

     131  

Section 17.03 Authorization of Actions to be Taken

     133  

Section 17.04 Release of Collateral

     134  

Section 17.05 Use of Collateral

     135  

Section 17.06 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee

     136  

Section 17.07 Voting

     136  

Section 17.08 Appointment and Authorization of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB as Collateral Agent

     136  

Section 17.09 Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations

     137  

ARTICLE 18 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     137  

Section 18.01 Investments

     137  

Section 18.02 Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors

     137  

Section 18.03 Notices

     137  

Section 18.04 Official Acts by Successor Company

     139  

Section 18.05 Governing Law; Jurisdiction

     139  

Section 18.06 Treatment of Notes as Debt

     140  

Section 18.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent

     140  

Section 18.08 Legal Holidays

     141  

Section 18.09 No Security Interest Created

     141  

Section 18.10 Benefits of Indenture

     141  

Section 18.11 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc

     141  

Section 18.12 Execution in Counterparts

     141  

Section 18.13 Separability

     141  

Section 18.14 Waiver of Jury Trial

     141  

Section 18.15 Force Majeure

     141  

 

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Section 18.16 Calculations

     142  

Section 18.17 USA PATRIOT Act

     142  

Section 18.18 Tax Withholding

     142  

Section 18.19 Applicability of Waivers Under The Term Loan Agreement

     142  

Section 18.20 Information Agent

     143  

Section 18.21 Confidentiality

     143  

 

EXHIBITS   
Exhibit A    Form of Note
Exhibit B    Form of Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit C    Form of Pledge and Security Agreement
Exhibit D    Form of Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement
SCHEDULES   
Schedule A    Schedule of Exchanges of Notes
Schedule B    Existing Liens
Schedule C    Existing Subsidiaries
Schedule D    Existing Indebtedness
Schedule E    Existing Investments
Schedule F    Certain Affiliate Transactions
Schedule G    Material Contracts
ATTACHMENTS   
Attachment 1    Form of Notice of Conversion
Attachment 2    Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
Attachment 3    Form of Assignment and Transfer
Attachment 4    Form of Asset Sale Repurchase Notice
Attachment 5    Platform Access Request

 

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INDENTURE dated as of May 13, 2024 (this “Indenture”, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) between KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01), the Guarantors party hereto (as defined herein) and WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, a federal savings bank, as trustee (the “Trustee,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) and collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of its 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes” and each $1,000 principal amount thereof, unless the context otherwise requires, a “Note”), initially in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $115,978,000, and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Form of Note, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the Form of Assignment and Transfer and the Form of Asset Sale Repurchase Notice to be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter provided;

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, as in this Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and this Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Guarantees, when executed by the Guarantors party hereto, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the respective Guarantors, and this Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Guarantees have in all respects been duly authorized.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders, the Note Parties covenant and agree with the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the terms defined in this Article 1 shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Article 1 and include the plural as well as the singular; and

 

1


(b) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import (i) when used with regard to any specified Article, Section or sub-division, refer to such Article, Section or sub-division of this Indenture and (ii) otherwise, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

2025 Convertible Notes” means the 3.00% convertible senior notes due 2025 issued by the Company pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of October 16, 2018 by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee.

Acquired Debt” means Indebtedness (1) of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary through the acquisition of the Capital Stock in such Subsidiary, (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person or (3) of a Person at the time such Person merges or amalgamates with or into or consolidates or otherwise combines with the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case, so long as (i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, (ii) the property acquired (or the property of the Person acquired) in such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, is used or useful in the same or a related line of business as the Company and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions thereof), (iii) Collateral Agent shall have received from the Company or such Subsidiary such items as may be necessary or desirable for Collateral Agent to have a Second Priority Lien on such Capital Stock or property constituting the Collateral pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, and (v) the Company shall deliver to the Information Agent within 90 days of the consummation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, pro forma financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, for the twelve month period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to have been incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary and, with respect to clause (2) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets and, with respect to clause (3) of the preceding sentence, on the date of the relevant merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other combination.

Acquisition” means the acquisition of, by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and capital expenditures, in each case in the ordinary course of business), the business, all or substantially all of the property or assets of, or all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person, any division or line of business, or any other business unit of any Person.

Action” shall have the meaning specified in Section 17.02(e).

Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09(a).

Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 6.03.

 

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Additional Interest Commencement Date” shall have the meaning specified in 4.05(d).

Additional Shares” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).

Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling (including any member of the senior management group of such Person), controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote 10% or more of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person, or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

Agent Affiliates” shall have the meaning specified in Section 18.03(e).

Aggregate Payments” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.01(e).

Approved Electronic Communications” means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Note Party provides to Trustee or Information Agent pursuant to any Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed by means of electronic communications in accordance with Section 18.03.

Asset Sale” means a sale, lease or sub lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer (including through a plan of division), exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than between or among the Company or any Note Party that is a Wholly Owned Guarantor) after the Closing Date, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased, or licensed, including the Capital Stock of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, other than (i) any such transaction that is in the ordinary course of business, including, (a) inventory sold to unaffiliated customers and (b) the write off, discount, sale or other disposition of receivables or similar obligations and (ii) the granting of Liens permitted under Section 4.13, Restricted Junior Payments permitted under Section 4.11 and Investments permitted under Section 4.19. For purposes of clarification, “Asset Sale” shall include (x) the sale or other disposition for value of any contracts after the Closing Date and (y) the early termination or modification after the Closing Date of any contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party that would have the effect of forgiving or otherwise reducing the future payment obligations of the counterparty thereto in any material respect, resulting in the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event in excess of $500,000 per contract (other than payments in the ordinary course for accrued and unpaid amounts that would have been due through the date of termination or modification without giving effect thereto).

Asset Sale Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.06(a).

Asset Sale Offer Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.06(c).

 

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Asset Sale Pro Rata Repurchase Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.06(d).

Asset Sale Reinvestment Amount” shall mean (i) with respect to any Asset Sale other than Specified Asset Sales, (x) if the aggregate amount of Net Asset Sale Proceeds that have been reinvested pursuant to Section 15.06(a) exceeds $30,000,000, up to 60% of the relevant Net Asset Sale Proceeds or (y) otherwise, up to 100% of the relevant Net Asset Sale Proceeds and (ii) with respect to Specified Asset Sales, 50% of the relevant Net Asset Sale Proceeds.

Asset Sale Reinvestment Deadline” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale, the earlier of (x) the date three hundred sixty-five (365) days following the date of such Asset Sale or (y) a date as of which the Company determines that it will not invest the relevant Asset Sale Uninvested Amount.

Asset Sale Repurchase Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale, if the aggregate amount of Net Asset Sale Proceeds that have been reinvested pursuant to Section 15.06(a) exceeds $30,000,000, 40% of the relevant Net Asset Sale Proceeds (or the excess of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds over the $30,000,000).

Asset Sale Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.06(b).

Asset Sale Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.06(e)(i).

Asset Sale Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.06(b).

Asset Sale Repurchase Trigger Date” means, with respect to any Asset Sale (A) the date of such Asset Sale, if the relevant Asset Sale Repurchase Amount is greater than zero, or (B) the Asset Sale Reinvestment Deadline, if the relevant Asset Sale Uninvested Amount is greater than zero.

Asset Sale Uninvested Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale, the portion, if any, of the Asset Sale Reinvestment Amount that is not reinvested pursuant to Section 15.06(a) by the relevant Asset Sale Reinvestment Deadline.

Authenticating Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to the Notes appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.09.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Beneficial Ownership Limitations” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.10(e).

Board of Directors” means, (a) with respect to any corporation or company, the board of directors of the corporation or company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the manager, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of managers (or equivalent governing body) of such company or the sole member or the managing member thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the entity, individual, board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

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Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in any such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or a combination thereof) or other arrangement conveying the right to use such property, by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

Capital Lease Obligation” means, as applied to any Person that is a lessee under any Capital Lease, that portion of obligations under such Capital Lease that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP.

Capital Stock” means any and all shares, stock, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership or profits interests in a Person that is another type of entity, including partnership interests, membership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest, and profits interests, participations, or similar arrangements, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, or other arrangements or rights to acquire, subscribe, convert to or otherwise receive or participate in the economic or other rights associated with any of the foregoing, but shall not include any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for any securities otherwise constituting Capital Stock pursuant to this definition.

Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.

Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the U.S. Federal Government, or (b) issued by any agency of the U.S., in each case of sub clauses (a) and (b), the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S., mature within one year after such date, and have, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P and at least P-1 from Moody’s; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the U.S. or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iii) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within three months after such date and issued or accepted by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000; (iv) investments in accordance with the Company’s investment policy provided to the Trustee on or prior to the Closing Date, as the same may be updated from time to time by the Board of Directors, with the prior written approval of the Requisite Holders, and (v) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has at least 95% of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from both S&P and Moody’s.

 

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Cash Management Obligations” means (a) obligations in respect of any treasury management services, overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds and (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit, commercial credit card, debit card, stored value card or purchase card programs and similar arrangements.

CFC” means any Foreign Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that, such entity has not already guaranteed or provided credit support with respect to any material indebtedness of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company that is a U.S. person for U.S. tax purposes and cannot provide a guarantee hereunder without resulting material adverse U.S. tax consequences under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code to any Note Party as determined by the Company in good faith.

Certificated Notes” means permanent certificated Notes in registered form issued in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Clause A Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Clause B Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Clause C Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

close of business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

Closing Date” means the date of this Indenture.

Collateral” means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital Stock) in which Liens are granted and/or purported to be granted pursuant to the Note Security Documents as security for the Obligations.

Collateral Agent” means the Person named as the “Collateral Agent” in Section 17.08(a) until a successor Collateral Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Collateral Agent” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Collateral Agent hereunder.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it, the body performing such duties at such time.

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1, et seq.), as amended.

Common Equity” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.

 

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Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, at the date of this Indenture, subject to Section 14.07.

Company” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 11 hereof, shall include its successors and assigns.

Company Materials” shall have the meaning specified in Section 18.03(b).

Company Order” means a written order of the Company, signed by an Officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

Company Product” means any pharmaceutical preparation for human use containing the Compound, either alone or in combination with any other compound(s), in any formulation, dosage, form or mode of administration of the Company Product.

Compound” means that certain active pharmaceutical ingredient referred to as selinexor, with the IUPAC name:

(2Z)-3 -{3-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl }-N’-pyrazin-2-yl)prop-2-enehydrazide.

Consolidated Liquidity” means, at any time of determination, an amount determined for the Note Parties on a consolidated basis equal to the sum of Qualified Cash of the Note Parties.

Contributing Guarantors” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.01(e).

Controlled Account” means (a) any Deposit Account of a Note Party that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement, and (b) any Securities Account of a Note Party that is subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement.

Conversion Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.

Conversion Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(c).

Conversion Obligation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

Conversion Price” means as of any date, $1,000, divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.

Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, 500 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19801, Attention: GCM/Raye Goldsborough, or such other address as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor trustee or successor collateral agent (or such other address as such successor trustee or successor collateral agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

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Covenant Defeasance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.02.

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

Daily VWAP” means, for the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately following the date of any Notice of Redemption, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “KPTI <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “Daily VWAP” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Law and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the U.S., any state or territory thereof, the District of Columbia or any other applicable jurisdictions.

Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Delegending Failure” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.05(d).

Delegending Failure Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.05(d).

Defaulted Amounts” means any amounts on any Note (including, without limitation, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price, principal and interest) that are payable but have not been paid or duly provided for.

Deposit Account” means any “deposit account” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

Deposit Account Control Agreement” means, with respect to a Deposit Account, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and the Requisite Holders that (i) is entered into among the Term Loan Collateral Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such Deposit Account is maintained, and the Note Party maintaining such Deposit Account, and (ii) is effective for the Term Loan Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC) of such Deposit Account.

Depositary” means, with respect to each Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.05(f) as the Depositary with respect to such Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

 

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Direction of Requisite Holders” means a written direction or instruction from Holders constituting the Requisite Holders which may be in the form of an e-mail or other form of written communication and which may come from counsel acting with the consent of Holders constituting the Requisite Holders (in each case, together with proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02), it being understood and agreed that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on any such written direction or instruction from such counsel.

Director” means any natural Person constituting the Board of Directors or an individual member thereof.

Dispose” means, with respect to any property or assets of a Person, any conveyance, sale, lease (as lessor), license (as licensor), exchange, assignment, transfer or other disposition by such Person to any other Person.

Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock, other than the Warrants, that, by its terms (or by the terms of any other instrument, agreement or Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the occurrence of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not otherwise Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder or beneficial owner thereof (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not otherwise Disqualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends, distributions or other Restricted Junior Payments in cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other obligation, instrument, agreement, or Capital Stock that would meet any of the conditions in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) of this definition, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest maturity date or expiration date applicable to any Notes, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), if as a result of a change of control, asset sale or similar event, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control, asset sale or similar event are subject to the prior payment in full of all Obligations.

Distributed Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

Effective Date” means (i) in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective and (ii) as used in Section 14.04 and Section 14.05, the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

Ex-Dividend Date” means the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.

 

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Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

Exchange Agreements” means each Exchange Agreement dated on or around May 8, 2024 by and between the Company and an Original Holder.

Exchanged Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

Excluded Accounts” means (a) payroll, payroll taxes, employee benefits, trust, escrow and other fiduciary accounts as long as in the case of payroll accounts, the total amount on deposit at any time does not exceed an amount reasonably expected to meet the current amount of payroll obligations of the Note Parties, (b) zero balance accounts as long as any deposits or funds in any such accounts are transferred at least once each Business Day into a Controlled Account (including, for the avoidance of doubt, at any time following the exercise of exclusive control by any Agent (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) under the applicable control agreement with respect to such Controlled Account), (c) accounts which are exclusively used to hold cash or Cash Equivalents that serves as collateral in respect of a Permitted Lien pursuant to 4.13(d), (g), (p), (u) or (v) and (d) any other Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts that do not have, in the aggregate, an average daily balance of more than $2,500,000.

Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any CFC, (b) any Subsidiary of a CFC, (c) any Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, in each case, in respect of which either (i) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (ii) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Company, be reasonably expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to any Note Party, (d) any MSC Subsidiary so long as the MSC Condition is met, and (e) each Immaterial Subsidiary.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any obligation (a “Swap Obligation”) of such Guarantor to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is illegal at such time under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time such guarantee or grant of a security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Executive Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Business Officer or any Executive Vice President.

expiration date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(e).

Fair Share” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.01(e).

 

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Fair Share Contribution Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.01(e).

FATCA” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09(a)(i)(D).

First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Note Security Document, that such Lien is the highest priority Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any non-consensual Permitted Liens for taxes, statutory obligations, or other obligations that arise and have higher priority by operation of law.

Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.

Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Note Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company” means any Subsidiary that has no material assets other than directly or indirectly owned Capital Stock in one or more CFCs or other Foreign Subsidiary Holding Companies.

Form of Asset Sale Repurchase Notice” means the “Form of Asset Sale Repurchase Notice” attached as Attachment 4 to the Form of Note.

Form of Assignment and Transfer” means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note.

Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means the “Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Note.

Form of Note” means the “Form of Note” attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Form of Notice of Conversion” means the “Form of Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note.

A “Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:

(a) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and the employee benefit plans of the Company and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;

 

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(b) the consummation of (1) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision, combination or changes solely in par value) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (2) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets; or (3) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Company’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that neither (A) a transaction described in clause (1) or (2) in which the holders of all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving company or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions (relative to each other) as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction nor (B) any merger or reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation that results in a merger or reclassification, conversion or exchange solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity shall be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (b);

(c) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(d) the Common Stock (or other common stock, American depositary receipts, ordinary shares or other common equity interests underlying the Notes) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market, The Nasdaq Capital Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors);

provided, however, that a transaction or transactions described in clause (a) or (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change, if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the common stockholders of the Company, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock, American depositary receipts, ordinary shares or other common equity interests, in each case, that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market, The Nasdaq Capital Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration becomes Reference Property for the Notes in accordance with Section 14.07, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights (subject to the provisions of Section 14.02(a)). For the avoidance of doubt, a Share Exchange Event pursuant to which (x) at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the common stockholders of the Company, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights, consists of shares of common stock, American depositary receipts, ordinary shares or other common equity interests, in each case, that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market, The Nasdaq Capital Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted

 

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when issued or exchanged in connection with such Share Exchange Event and (y) as a result of which the Notes become convertible into such consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights (subject to the provisions of Section 14.02(a)) shall not constitute a Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (d) above. Any event, transaction or series of related transactions that constitutes a Fundamental Change under both clause (a) and (b) above (without giving effect to the proviso in clause (b) above) shall be deemed to be a Fundamental Change solely under clause (b) above (subject to the proviso in clause (b) above). If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another entity occurs, following completion of any related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change but for the proviso immediately following clause (d) of this definition, following the effective date of such transaction) references to the Company in this definition shall instead be references to such other entity.

Fundamental Change Company Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(c).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(b)(i).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).

Funding Guarantor” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.01(e).

GAAP” means, subject to Section 1.04, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time.

General Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.10(e).

Global Note” means a Note issued in global form to evidence all or a part of the Notes which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, licensing authority, self-regulatory organization or other regulatory authority, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the U.S., the U.S., or a foreign entity or government.

Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, approval, exemption, registration, certificate, clearance, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.

 

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guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

Guarantee” means the guarantees by each Guarantor of the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

Guarantor” means (a) the Company, to the extent that the Company is not already the primary obligor in respect of any Obligations, (b) each Subsidiary of the Company that executes the Pledge and Security Agreement on the Closing Date or becomes a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture (which shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, include any Excluded Subsidiaries) and their respective successors and assigns, and (c) each other Person that guarantees all or any part of the Obligations.

Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility” means the facility provided pursuant to that certain Revenue Interest Financing Agreement, dated September 14, 2019, among the Company, HealthCare Royalty Partners III, L.P., HealthCare Royalty Partners IV, L.P., HCR Canary Fund, L.P. and HCR Molag Fund, L.P., as investors, Healthcare Royalty Management, LLC as investor representative and HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC as the collateral agent, as amended by the Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of June 23, 2021, the Second Amendment to Revenue Financing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2023 and the Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of May 8, 2024, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility shall constitute Indebtedness.

Hedge Agreement” means any Interest Rate Agreement and any other derivative or hedging contract, agreement, confirmation, or other similar transaction or arrangement that is entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any commodity or equity exchange, swap, collar, cap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or forward rate agreement, spot or forward foreign currency or commodity purchase or sale, listed or over-the-counter option or similar derivative right related to any of the foregoing, non-deliverable forward or option, foreign currency swap agreement, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangement, or other arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, commodity, currency, or Securities values, or any combination of the foregoing agreements or arrangements.

 

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Holder,” as applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term “beneficial holder”), means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Security Register.

Holder Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.10(e).

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.

Indebtedness” as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) Capital Lease Obligations; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA, payroll liabilities, or any trade payable incurred in the ordinary course of business unless (a) due more than 120 days from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof and more than 30 days past due, or (b) such obligations are evidenced by a note or a similar written instrument), including any earn out obligations to the extent such earnout is required to be included as a liability on such Person’s balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and seller financing indebtedness; (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person but limited to the value of the property owned by such Person securing such obligation if such indebtedness is not recourse to such Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the account of (or similar credit transaction entered into for the benefit of) that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings or is otherwise an obligor; (vii) obligations in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred Capital Stock, with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price (for purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred Capital Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and as if such price were based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred Capital Stock); (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the Indebtedness of another; (ix) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the Indebtedness of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof; (x) any liability of such Person for Indebtedness of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness or provide any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such Indebtedness (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above; and (xi) all obligations of such

 

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Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under any Hedge Agreement, in each case whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise, provided, the “principal” amount of obligations under any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be deemed to be the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of Company and its subsidiaries thereunder.

Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.

Information Agency Agreement” means the agreement to be entered into on or about the date hereof between the Company, the Trustee and the Information Agent.

Information Agent” means such person as the Company may appoint for the purposes of operating and maintaining the Platform.

Intellectual Property” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

Intellectual Property Security Agreement” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

Intercompany Note and Subordination” means a “global” intercompany promissory note and subordination that evidences and subordinates certain Indebtedness and other monetary liabilities owed among Note Parties and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit I to the Term Loan Agreement.

Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain intercreditor agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B executed as of the date hereof, and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement entered in connection with any Permitted Refinancing of the Term Loan Agreement or the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year, beginning on June 30, 2024 and (b) the applicable Maturity Date.

Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging or managing the interest rate exposure associated with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations.

Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Investment” means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person, including the establishment or other creation of a Subsidiary or any other interest in the Securities of any Person; (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of the Company from any Person, of any Capital Stock of such Person; and (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for customary moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice) or capital contributions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales of inventory to that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such

 

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Investment plus (A) the cost of all additions thereto, minus (B) to the extent such original Investment was made in cash, the amount of any portion of such Investments that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payment actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (in all of the foregoing cases in this clause (B), to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original cost of such Investment), in each case without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.

Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

Issue Date” means May 13, 2024.

Joint Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form, in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owns 50% or less of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests; provided, in no event shall any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a “Joint Venture” to which such Person is a party.

Landlord Collateral Access Agreement” means a Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Term Loan Agreement or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the last quoted bid price per share for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices per share for the Common Stock on the relevant date received from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose. The “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of regular trading session hours. On or after the occurrence of a Share Exchange Event, the “Last Reported Sale Price” of a unit of Reference Property on any date shall be determined in accordance with the four immediately preceding sentences except that (i) in the case of a Share Exchange Event in connection with which holders of Common Stock receive only cash as set forth in Section 14.07(a), the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be equal to the per share amount of cash received by holders of Common Stock in such Share Exchange Event, (ii) in the case of a Share Exchange Event in connection with which holders of Common Stock receive a type of consideration other than cash or common stock (or, if applicable, American depositary receipts, ordinary shares or other common equity interests) as set forth in Section 14.07(a), the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the fair market value of such unit of Reference Property determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company and (iii) in the case of a Share Exchange Event in connection with which holders of Common Stock

 

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receive a combination of common stock (or, if applicable, American depositary receipts, ordinary shares or other common equity interests), cash and/or a type of consideration of the kind described in clause (ii), the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be equal to the sum of values of each component or portion of such unit of Reference Property determined in accordance with the four immediately preceding sentences, clause (i) and/or clause (ii), as the case may be.

Lien ” means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change as set forth in clause (a), (b) or (d) of the definition thereof (as determined after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions from such definition, but without regard to subclause (A) of the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof).

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).

Market Disruption Event” means, for the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion, (a) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (b) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Note Parties, (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, properties, prospects or financial condition of such Persons, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of such persons, taken as a whole, to perform their respective payment obligations under the Transaction Documents, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Trustee or Collateral Agent, or any Holder under the Transaction Documents, or (d) a material impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Note Party of any material Transaction Document to which it is a party.

Material Contract” means any and all contracts or other arrangements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Transaction Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Material Contracts as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule G.

Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries with an individual principal amount (or the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure) of $2,500,000 or more or, solely for purposes of Section 6.01(m), that, collectively with any other Indebtedness in respect of which any relevant default or other specified event has occurred, has an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or more.

 

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Material Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by any of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the operation of the business of, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For the avoidance of doubt, all Intellectual Property with respect to selinexor (including any formulations, re-formulations, polymorphs, crystal forms, solvates, amorphous forms, methods of treatment, and methods of manufacture) shall be deemed to be Material Intellectual Property.

Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, a Subsidiary of a Note Party (a) whose total assets are greater than 1.0% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose revenues are greater than 1.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries have, in the aggregate, (x) total assets greater than 2.5% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date or (y) revenues greater than 2.5% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Company shall, designate in writing to the Trustee one or more of such Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” and comply with Section 10.01 with respect to such Subsidiary within the time periods set forth therein. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that Karyopharm Europe GmbH and Karyopharm Israel Ltd. are not Material Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

Maturity Date” means May 13, 2029.

MNPI” shall have the meaning specified in Section 18.03(b).

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, or similar instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (in reliance on a Direction of Requisite Holders).

MSC Condition” means that: (a) the MSC Subsidiary holds no more than $100,000 in assets, including any cash or Cash Equivalents; and (b) the MSC Subsidiary qualifies as a “security corporation” under 830 CMR 63.38B.1 of the Massachusetts tax code and applicable regulations (as the same may be amended, modified, or replaced from time to time).

MSC Subsidiary” means Karyopharm Securities Corp., a Massachusetts securities corporation and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company or any successor entity that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company that qualifies as a “security corporation” under 830 CMR 63.38B.1 of the Massachusetts tax code and applicable regulations (as the same may be amended, modified, or replaced from time to time) and identified as such to the Term Loan Administrative Agent from time to time.

 

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NAIC” means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.

Net Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale (including any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise (including by way of a milestone payment, as applicable), but only as and when so received), minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including (a) taxes payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale during the tax period in which the sale occurs (or in which a deferred payment described in clause (i) above is made), (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, fees, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) that is secured by a Permitted Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, and (c) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.

Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means, as of any time of determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Hedge Agreements or other Indebtedness of the type described in clause

(xi) of the definition thereof. As used in this definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the time of determination (assuming such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that time).

Note” or “Notes” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this Indenture.

Note Party” or “Note Parties” means the Company together with each Guarantor.

Note Secured Parties” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and “Note Secured Party” means any such party.

Note Security Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, any Intellectual Property Security Agreements, any Mortgages, any Deposit Account Control Agreements, any Securities Account Control Agreements, any Landlord Collateral Access Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other instruments, documents and agreements that are expressly designated pursuant to their terms to be “Note Security Documents” or are otherwise executed and delivered by or on behalf of any Note Party or any other Person pursuant to this Indenture or any of the other Note Security Documents in order to grant to, or perfect in favor of, Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Note Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of any Note Party as security for the Obligations.

Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b).

 

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Notice of Redemption” means the notice of redemption sent by, or at the direction of, the Company, as described in Section 16.02(d).

Obligations” means all obligations (whether now existing or hereafter arising, absolute or contingent, joint, several, or independent) of every nature of each of the Note Parties from time to time owed to any Note Secured Party under any Transaction Document, whether for principal, interest (including interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Note Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Note Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), obligations to pay fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, in each case excluding, with respect to any Guarantor, Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.

Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Business Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or any Assistant Controller or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary.

Officer’s Certificate,” when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate signed by any Officer of the Company. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 18.07 if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof. The Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.07 shall be signed by one of the principal executive, financial or accounting Officers of the Company.

Oncology Indication” means a oncology drug indication, including with respect to multiple myeloma, endometrial cancer, and myelofibrosis.

open of business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, which opinion is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, and may contain customary exceptions and qualifications as to the matters set forth therein and which legal counsel may, in providing such opinion, rely upon certifications or other representations as to matters of fact. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 18.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Original Holders ” means Highbridge Tactical Credit Institutional Fund, Ltd., Highbridge Tactical Credit Master Fund, L.P., 1992 Master Fund Co - Invest SPC- Series 4 Segregated Portfolio, Braidwell Partners Master Fund LP, Context Partners Master Fund, L.P., M.H. Davidson & Co. and Davidson Kempner Arbitrage, Equities and Relative Value LP and their affiliates.

Outstanding” means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture; provided that the following Notes shall be deemed to not be “Outstanding”:

(a) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any Paying Agent and accepted for cancellation or that have previously been cancelled;

 

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(b) Notes or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent); provided that if such Notes or portions of such Notes are to be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Article 16 or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice;

(c) Notes in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07;

(d) Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.10 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course;

(e) Notes converted pursuant to Article 14 and required to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.10;

(f) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.10;

(g) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to, and otherwise in accordance with, Article 15; and

(h) Notes redeemed by the Company pursuant to, and otherwise in accordance with, Article 16.

Patents” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

Paying Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.

PDUFA Date” means the user fee goal date that is set forth in a filing communication or other written correspondence from FDA.

Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by the Company or any other Note Party, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise; provided,

(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;

(iii) in the case of the Acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital Stock (except for any such Capital Stock in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Guarantor of Company in connection with such Acquisition shall be owned 100% by Company or a Wholly-Owned Guarantor thereof, and Company shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, the actions set forth in Sections 4.15 and any other actions requested pursuant to Section 4.08;

 

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(iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 4.20 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended;

(v) Company shall have delivered to Information Agent (A) at least three (3) Business Days prior to such proposed Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed by Trustee) (1) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with Section 4.20 as required under clause (iv) above, and (2) the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate compliance with Section 4.20, and (B) promptly upon request by the Trustee and in any event at least three (3) Business Days prior to closing such Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed by Trustee) (1) a copy of the then-current draft of the purchase agreement related to the proposed Acquisition (and any related documents reasonably requested by Trustee), (2) to the extent available, quarterly and annual financial statements of the Person whose Capital Stock or assets are being acquired for the most recent twelve month period ending immediately prior to such Acquisition, including any audited financial statements that are available and (3) any due diligence memorandum (subject to standard non-reliance conditions) related to such Acquisition prepared by the Company and/or its advisors;

(vi) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith (x) shall be located in the United States or such other jurisdiction in which any Note Party is organized and (y) shall be in same business, lines of business or any ancillary business substantially related to the business in which Company and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date;

(vii) the Acquisition shall be non-hostile and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Person acquired or the Person from whom such assets or division is acquired, as applicable; and

(viii) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall comply with Sections 4.08 and Section 4.15 with respect to such Acquisition if applicable; provided that the aggregate amount of Permitted Acquisitions by Note Parties of Subsidiaries that do not become Note Parties in accordance with Section 4.15, and of assets that do not become owned by Note Parties, shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.13.

Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced hereunder, any refinancings, extensions, renewals and replacements of such Indebtedness; provided that (a) such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement (i) shall not increase the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, (ii) shall, to the extent such Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced is Subordinated Indebtedness, be Subordinated Indebtedness on terms at least as

 

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favorable to the Holders (in the good faith determination of Company) as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, (iii) shall not mature prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest maturity date or expiration date applicable to any Notes hereunder, except if as a result of a change of control, asset sale or similar event, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control, asset sale or similar event are subject to the prior payment in full of all Obligations, (iv) shall not any scheduled principal amortization prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest maturity date or expiration date applicable to any Notes hereunder, (v) shall not require any Subsidiary of the Company to guarantee such Indebtedness unless such Subsidiary has guaranteed the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof, (vi) shall not have terms and conditions, taken as a whole, that are materially less favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries than those contained in the refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced Indebtedness, as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith and (vii) shall not contain any new requirement to grant any Lien or to give any Guarantee that was not an existing requirement of the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced; and (b) after giving effect to such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, no Event of Default shall have occurred (or could reasonably be expected to occur) as a result thereof.

Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.

Platform” shall have the meaning specified in Section 18.03(b).

Platform Access Request” means a written request from a Requesting Holder to the Company (with a copy to the Information Agent) for access to the Platform, substantially in the form of Attachment 5.

Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement to be executed as of the Closing Date by the Company and each Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, the form of Pledge and Security Agreement attached as Exhibit C hereto is acceptable to the Holders.

Pre-Funded Warrants” means the warrants issued pursuant to a warrant agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D. For the avoidance of doubt, Pre-Funded Warrants shall have the additional restrictions on exercise as set forth in Exhibit D.

Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

Primary Endpoint” means, upon an analysis of the intent-to-treat population, either (a) (i) with respect to XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389), the proportion of participants with spleen volume reduction shall be at least 35% at week 24 and the proportion of participants with total symptom score reduction shall be at least 50% at week 24 (as measured by Myelofibrosis Symptom Assessment Form V4.0) and (ii) with respect to XPORT-EC-042 (NCT05611931), the investigator has assessed Progression Free Survival in accordance with Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.1., (b) prior to the statistical analysis assessment and upon written request by the Company to the Holders, such other endpoint as the Requisite Holders may agree or (c) with respect to XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389) and prior to the statistical analysis assessment, such other primary endpoint that the Company has publicly updated pursuant to a Form 8-K filed with or furnished to the Commission.

 

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Public Holder” shall have the meaning specified in Section 18.03(b).

Qualified Cash” means, at any time of determination, the aggregate balance sheet amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such time that (i) is free and clear of all Liens other than Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Note Secured Parties and non-consensual Permitted Liens, (ii) may be applied to payment of the Obligations without violating any law, contract, or other agreement (other than Section 4.20 of this Indenture), and (iii) is in Controlled Accounts.

Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any fee interest then owned by any Note Party in any real property.

record date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, by statute, by contract or otherwise).

Redemption Conversion Deadline” means the earlier of (1) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date (or if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date as specified in the Notice of Redemption, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such later date on which the Redemption Price is paid) and (2) the Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date.

Redemption Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(d).

Redemption Make-Whole Consideration” means, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, a number of Shares equal to (x) the Redemption Make-Whole Value divided by (y) the Daily VWAP; provided that, the Redemption Make-Whole Consideration shall not exceed 464.6464 Shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04.

Redemption Make-Whole Value” means, at any time with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, the aggregate value of all remaining interest payments on $1,000 principal amount of Notes from the Redemption Date through the Maturity Date.

Redemption Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(b).

Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 13, 2024, between the Company and the parties thereto.

 

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Registrational Trial” means a clinical trial of a Company Product that satisfies either of the following ((a) or (b)):

(a) such clinical trial includes a sufficient number of subjects and is designed to establish that such product has an acceptable safety and efficacy profile for its intended use, and to determine warnings, precautions, and adverse reactions that are associated with such product in the dosage range to be prescribed, which trial is intended to support Regulatory Approval of such product, or a similar clinical trial prescribed by an applicable Regulatory Authority; or

(b) such clinical trial is a registration trial designed to be sufficient to support the filing of an application for Regulatory Approval for such product in an applicable country or jurisdiction or some or all of an extra-national territory, as evidenced by (i) an agreement with or statement from an applicable Regulatory Authority, or (ii) other guidance or minutes issued by an applicable Regulatory Authority, for such registration trial.

Without limiting the foregoing, a clinical trial that would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c) or corresponding foreign regulations is deemed to be a Registrational Trial.

Registrational Trial Positive Readout” means (a) with respect to the Registrational Trials for XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389) or XPORT-EC-042 (NCT05611931), the achievement of a p value less than 0.05 on the applicable Primary Endpoint for such Registrational Trial occurring after the Closing Date and after the assignment of a PDUFA Date by the FDA with respect to XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389) or XPORT-EC-042 (NCT05611931), as applicable, or (b) the delivery of written notice to the Company from the Requisite Holders stating that a Registrational Trial Positive Readout has occurred.

Regular Record Date” with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31 Interest Payment Date, respectively.

Regulatory Approval” means the approval required from a Regulatory Authority for the marketing and sale of a product in the applicable country.

Regulatory Authority” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) (or any successor agency) or any Governmental Authority in any other country that is a counterpart to the FDA and holds responsibility for granting Regulatory Approval for a product in such country.

Related Agreements” means, collectively, the Warrants, the Term Loan Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Agreements.

Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09(a).

Reporting Obligations” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.03.

Requirements of Law” shall mean, collectively, any and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority including any and all treaties, laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, other binding administrative pronouncements, persuasive guidance, statutes, common law, case law or treaties.

 

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Requisite Holders” means Holders whose Notes represent more than 50% of the principal amount of Notes then outstanding; provided that if there are two or more Holders, Requisite Holders shall include at least two or more unaffiliated Holders (as certified by the Holders to the Trustee).

Resale Restriction Termination Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d).

Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, means any officer within the corporate trust and agency department of the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, in each case, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes without limitation any supplemental indenture hereto).

Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend, other distribution, or liquidation preference, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of Capital Stock (other than any Disqualified Capital Stock) to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) now or hereafter outstanding; (iv) [reserved]; and (v) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness or any earn out obligations or seller financing indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, conversion of any convertible Securities into Capital Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares shall not be a Restricted Junior Payment.

Restricted Notes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.05(d).

Restricted Notes Holder” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.05(d).

Restricted Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d).

Restrictive Legend” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d).

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended and in effect from time to time.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended and in effect from time to time.

 

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S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Second Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Note Security Document, that other than Liens in connection with the Term Loan and any non-consensual Permitted Liens for taxes, statutory obligations, or other obligations that arise and have higher priority by operation of law, such Lien is the second highest priority Lien to which such Collateral is subject and is pari passu with Liens securing Collateral pursuant to the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility.

Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, including any Capital Stock and any Hedge Agreements or other derivatives.

Securities Account” means any “securities account” as defined in Article 8 of the UCC and any “commodity account” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

Securities Account Control Agreement” means, with respect to a Securities Account, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent (in reliance on a Direction of Requisite Holders) that (i) is entered into among the Term Loan Collateral Agent, the securities intermediary at which the applicable Securities Account is maintained, and the Note Party having rights in or to the underlying financial assets credited to or maintained in such Securities Account, and (ii) is effective for the Term Loan Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC) of such Securities Account.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Security Register” and “Security Registrar” shall have the meanings as set forth in Section 2.05.

Shares” shall mean shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

Share Exchange Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

Specified Asset Sales” means any Asset Sale permitted under Sections 4.21(f)(ii) or (iii).

Spin-Off” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Stock Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(c).

 

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Stockholder Approval” means a vote by the stockholders of the Company approving an increase in the number of Shares the Company is authorized to issue to a total of at least 500,000,000 Shares.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that is unsecured or contractually subordinated in right of payment or lien ranking (as applicable) to the Obligations or related Liens.

Subordination Agreement” means, with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, the corresponding subordination or intercreditor agreement, if any, among Trustee and/or Collateral Agent, on the one hand, and the creditor or creditors (or their respective agents) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness, on the other hand, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Requisite Holders (which may be by a Direction of Requisite Holders).

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity (a) the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in such Person’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP or (b) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election or appointment of the Person or Persons (whether Directors, trustees, or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.

Successor Company” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).

Term Loan” means a Term Loan made to the Company under the Term Loan Agreement.

Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024, by and among the Company, as borrower, the Guarantors, as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Term Loan Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Term Loan Collateral Agent”), as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Trading Day” means, except for the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion, a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then traded and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock (or closing sale price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that for purposes of

 

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determining amounts due upon conversion only, “Trading Day” means a day on which (x) there is no Market Disruption Event and (y) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or admitted for trading; and provided, further, in each case, that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Security Documents, the Information Agency Agreement and all other documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith, excluding the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and any other documents relating to any investment by any Holder or its Affiliates in Capital Stock of any Note Party, in each case as such agreements may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

transfer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d).

Trigger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.

Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code.

unit of Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

U.S.” means the United States of America.

U.S. dollar” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

Valuation Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Warrants” means, collectively, those certain Warrants, each dated as of the Closing Date, issued by the Company to each of the Original Holders.

Wholly-Owned” means, in reference to any Subsidiary of a specified Person, that 100% of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (other than (x) Directors’ qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable law) is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more of such specified Person’s other Subsidiaries that also qualify as Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries under this definition.

 

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Section 1.02 References to Interest. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to Section 6.03. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. The foregoing notwithstanding, any Event of Default relating to a failure to pay any Additional Interest when and as required pursuant to this Indenture shall be subject to Section 6.01(g) of this Indenture and shall not be subject to Section 6.01(a) of this Indenture.

Section 1.03 Divisions. For all purposes under this Indenture and the Transaction Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it, shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Capital Stock at such time.

Section 1.04 Accounting Terms, Financials Statements, Calculations, Etc. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by the Company to Holders shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation. Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare historical financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants contained in this Indenture, any election by the Holders to measure an item of Indebtedness using fair value (as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification Section 825 10 or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made and (ii) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made without giving effect to any change in accounting treatment of “operating” and “capital” leases scheduled to become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 as set forth in the Accounting Standards Update No. 2016 02, Leases, (Topic 842), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in February 2016, or any similar publication issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) was not required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect prior to December 15, 2018. For purposes of determining pro forma compliance with any financial covenant as of any date prior to the initial test date on which such financial covenant is to be tested hereunder, the level of any such financial covenant shall be deemed to be the covenant level for such initial test date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, for purposes of determining compliance with any basket, accordion or incremental feature, test, or condition under any provision of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document, no Note Party may retroactively divide, classify, re classify or deem or otherwise treat a historical transaction as having occurred in reliance on a basket or exception that was not available at the time of such historical transaction or if and to the extent that such basket or exception was relied upon for any later transaction. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall be construed to include all notes and schedules thereto. Except as otherwise provided therein, this Section 1.04 shall apply equally to each other Transaction Document as if fully set forth therein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01 Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the “6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $115,978,000, subject to Section 2.12 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 2.06 or Section 2.07, Section 10.04, Section 14.02, Section 15.04 or Section 16.04.

Section 2.02 Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject. Any Global Note shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, this Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.”

Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such notations, legends or endorsements as the Officer executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

Each Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect repurchases, redemptions, cancellations, conversions, transfers, exchanges or issuances of additional Notes (to the extent such issuances are fungible with the Notes represented by such Global Note for U.S. federal income tax and securities law purposes) permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner

 

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and upon instructions given by the Company or the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, a Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.02, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest, accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Note.

Section 2.03 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts.

(a) The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified on the face of such Note. Accrued interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of actual days elapsed over a 30-day month. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

(b) The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Security Register at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. The principal amount of any Certificated Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes in the continental United States of America, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office. The principal amount of any Global Note shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Company shall pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, interest (i) on any Certificated Notes (A) to Holders holding Certificated Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes at their address as it appears in the Security Register and (B) to Holders holding Certificated Notes having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each such Holder or, upon written application by such a Holder to the Security Registrar not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Security Registrar to the contrary or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

(c) Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, such relevant payment date, and any such Defaulted Amounts together with such interest thereon shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:

(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company

 

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shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and in such notice instruct the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, to cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be sent electronically or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor having been so sent or mailed, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(c).

(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Section 2.04 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes.

The Notes shall be signed on behalf of the Company by one of its Officers. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or electronic signature.

The Company may use the electronic signature of any Person who shall have been an Officer, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Notes shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be such an Officer of the Company. The Notes may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.

Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually or electronically by an authorized officer of the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an Authenticating Agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

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At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.

In authenticating such Notes and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Notes, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, that all conditions precedent in connection with the issuance, authentication and delivery of such Notes have been met and that such Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations against the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Notes if the issue of such Notes pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Section 2.05 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary.

(a) Notes of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, for other Notes of such series of authorized denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Notes so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Note or Notes of the same series that the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at an office or agency in the continental United States of America designated for such purpose a register or registers (herein referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Notes and the transfers of Notes and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Security Registrar” registrar for the purpose of registering Notes and transfer of Notes as herein provided.

Upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the designated transferee or transferees a new Note or Notes for a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such legends as may be required by this Indenture.

All Notes presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer shall be duly endorsed or accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Notes Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder or by such Holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing.

 

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No service charge shall be made or imposed for any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes, or issue of new Notes in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto as a result of the name of the Holder of new Notes issued upon such exchange or registration of transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 10.04 or Section 15.04(b) not involving any transfer.

None of the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar shall be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Notes then Outstanding and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) exchange or register the transfer of (1) any Notes surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Note is surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for conversion,

(2) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15 or (3) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, selected for redemption in accordance with Article 16, in each case other than the unredeemed portion of any such Notes being redeemed in part.

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(c) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, subject to Section 2.05(g), all Notes shall be represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Certificated Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

(d) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(d) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(d) (together with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes that is required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(e), collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(d) (including the legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company, and the

 

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Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(d) and Section 2.05(e), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Indenture to the contrary, any Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Agreements and with respect to which the beneficial owner of such Notes has, in connection with the issuance of such Notes, certified in writing to the Company that (i) they are not an “affiliate” of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act), (ii) they acquired the securities being exchanged for such Notes pursuant to the Exchange Agreements (the “Exchanged Securities”) from the Company more than one year prior to the issuance of such Notes (including any “tacking” permitted pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act) and (iii) such beneficial owner is permitted to “tack” the holding period of such Notes under Rule 144 under the Securities Act to the holding period of the Exchanged Securities pursuant to Rule 144(d)(3)(ii), shall not be required to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(d) upon issuance of such Notes and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. Each Holder agrees to provide the Company with any information the Company may reasonably request in connection with the issuance of any Notes in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

Until the date (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the last date of original issuance of the Notes, or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144 or any successor provision thereto, and (2) such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable law, any certificate evidencing any Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(e), if applicable) shall, except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, bear a legend in substantially the following form (the “Restrictive Legend”) (unless such Notes have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that was effective at the time of such transfer, or sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee):

THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE

 

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HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144”) OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER, OR

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE SECURITY REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144) OF THE COMPANY, OR PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144) OF THE COMPANY DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THREE MONTHS MAY PURCHASE, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

Prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, no transfer of any Note bearing the Restrictive Legend will be registered by the Security Registrar unless the applicable box on the Form of Assignment and Transfer has been checked.

Any Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) (i) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, (ii) that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become effective or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that was effective at the time of such transfer or (iii) that has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, may, upon surrender of such Note for exchange to the Security Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Restrictive Legend required by this Section 2.05(d) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company and the Trustee reserve the right to require the delivery of such legal opinions, certifications or other evidence as may reasonably be required in order to determine that any proposed transfer of any Note is being made in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

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The Company shall be entitled to instruct the Custodian in writing to so surrender any Global Note as to which any of the conditions set forth in clause (i) through (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence have been satisfied, and, upon such instruction, the Custodian shall so surrender such Global Note for exchange, and any new Global Note so exchanged therefor shall not bear the Restrictive Legend specified in this Section 2.05(d) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number; provided that the Depositary of any Global Note may require a mandatory exchange or other process to cause such Global Note to be identified by an unrestricted CUSIP number in the facilities of such Depositary. Without limiting the generality of any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive an instruction letter from the Company before taking any action with respect to effecting any such mandatory exchange or other process. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing upon the occurrence of the Resale Restriction Termination Date and promptly after a registration statement, if any, with respect to the Notes or any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes has been declared effective under the Securities Act.

(e) Until the Resale Restriction Termination Date, any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Note bearing the Restrictive Legend shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that was effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or such Common Stock has been issued upon conversion of a Note that has transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that was effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with written notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for the Common Stock):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE SERIES OF NOTES UPON THE CONVERSION OF WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:

 

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(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER, OR

(C) TO A PERSON THAT YOU REASONABLY BELIEVE TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

Any such Common Stock (i) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, (ii) that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that was effective at the time of such transfer or (iii) that has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(e).

(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 2.05(f)), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole or in part except (i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary and (ii) for exchange of a Global Note or a portion thereof for one or more Certificated Notes in accordance with Section 2.05(g).

 

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The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to each Global Note. Initially, each Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary. The Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Security Registrar shall have no responsibility for the actions or inactions of the Depositary.

At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been converted, cancelled, redeemed, repurchased or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon receipt thereof, cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Certificated Notes, converted, cancelled, redeemed, repurchased or transferred to a transferee who receives Certificated Notes therefor or any Certificated Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.

None of the Company, the Trustee, the Information Agent, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent or any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Information Agent, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any act or omission of the Depositary, or for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable procedures. The Company, the Trustee, the Information Agent, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent or any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Information Agent, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Note, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent or any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Note or shall impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Note, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Note.

(g) If (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing and a beneficial owner of any Note requests that its beneficial interest therein be issued as a Certificated Note, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver (x) in the case of clause (iii), a Certificated Note to such beneficial owner in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Note corresponding to such beneficial owner’s beneficial interest and (y) in the case of clause (i) or (ii), Certificated

 

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Notes to each beneficial owner of the related Global Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such position in the Global Notes in exchange for such position in such Global Notes, and upon delivery of the position in such Global Notes to the Trustee such position in such Global Notes shall be cancelled.

Certificated Notes issued in exchange for all or a part of the Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.05(g) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Certificated Notes to the Persons in whose names such Certificated Notes are so registered.

(h) Any Note or Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exchange of a Note that is redeemed, repurchased or owned by any Affiliate of the Company (or any Person who was an Affiliate of the Company at any time during the three months preceding) may not be resold by such Affiliate (or such Person, as the case may be) unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Note or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being a “restricted security” (as defined under Rule 144). The Company shall cause any Note that is redeemed, repurchased or owned by it to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.10.

(i) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall be responsible for ascertaining whether any transfer complies with the registration provisions of, or exemptions from, the Securities Act, applicable state securities law, or other applicable law.

Section 2.06 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as definitive Notes. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Notes of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Notes of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Notes need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes of such series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any temporary or definitive Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Note of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the

 

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mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Note and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Note and deliver the same upon receipt of a Company Order. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith.

In case any Note that has or is about to become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Notes or upon declaration or otherwise, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Every replacement Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. All Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders.

Section 2.09 Authenticating Agent. So long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such Notes which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Notes so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Notes by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.

 

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Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

Section 2.10 Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc. The Company shall cause all Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, repurchase (but excluding Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives), including as described in Section 2.12, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any Person that the Company controls other than the Trustee, to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation and such Notes shall no longer be considered “Outstanding” upon their payment, redemption, repurchase, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion. All Notes delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled promptly by it, and, except for Notes surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, no Notes shall be authenticated in exchange for any Notes canceled except as otherwise provided for in this Indenture. On written request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company evidence of cancellation for such canceled Notes held by the Trustee. The Trustee shall cancel and dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its standard procedures. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Notes, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.11 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in all notices issued to Holders as a convenience to such Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The effectiveness of any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, such “CUSIP” numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.12 No Additional Notes, Repurchases. The Company may not reopen this Indenture and issue additional Notes under this Indenture, provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may issue additional Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 2.06 or Section 2.07, Section 10.04, Section 14.02, Section 15.04 or Section 16.04. The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, with or without notice to Holders, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives, in each case without prior notice to the Holders and, upon receipt of a written order from the Company, the Trustee shall cancel all Notes so surrendered and such Notes shall no longer be considered Outstanding hereunder upon their repurchase pursuant to Section 2.10.

 

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ARTICLE 3

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 3.01 Satisfaction and Discharge. This Indenture and the Notes shall upon request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Notes, when (a)(i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (x) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and (y) Notes for whose payment has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 4.03(c)) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) after the Notes have (x) become due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise and/or (y) been converted (and the related consideration due upon conversion has been determined), the Company has deposited with the Trustee cash and/or has delivered to Holders shares of Common Stock, as applicable (in the case of Common Stock, solely to satisfy the Company’s Conversion Obligation), sufficient to pay all of the Outstanding Notes and all other sums due and payable under this Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.06 shall survive.

Section 3.02 Covenant Defeasance.

(a) The Company may elect, at its option, to have its obligations released with respect to the covenants described in Section 4.11, Section 4.12, Section 4.13, Section 4.14, Section 4.15, Section 4.17, Section 4.18, Section 4.19, Section 4.20, Section 4.21, Section 4.22, Section 4.23, Section 4.24, Section 4.25, Section 4.26, Section 4.27, Section 4.28 and Section 4.29 (“Covenant Defeasance”) and any omission to comply with such obligation shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events described in Section 6.01(f), (m), (n), (o) (p), (q) and (r) will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In addition, if the Company exercises Covenant Defeasance, each Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from all of its obligations with respect to its applicable guarantee and the Collateral Agent’s Liens upon the Collateral will be released and will no longer secure the Notes and Guarantees outstanding under this Indenture or any other Obligations.

(b) To exercise Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes:

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(ii) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the outstanding Notes shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iii) such Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (assuming all Notes are in default within the meaning of such act);

(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; and

(v) delivery to the Trustee of an opinion of counsel to the effect that beneficial owners of the Notes outstanding at the time of Covenant Defeasance will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes solely as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, such opinion will not address the tax impacts of the repayment of the Notes that permits such Covenant Defeasance.

Section 3.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust. All moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders for the payment or redemption of Notes for which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee.

Section 3.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

ARTICLE 4

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes. Principal and interest, if any, will be delivered to the Paying Agent, if other than the Company thereof, by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date in immediately available funds deposited by the Company and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due.

Section 4.02 Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. So long as the Notes remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an office or agency with respect to the Notes (the “Paying Agent”) in the continental United States of America and at such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Notes may be presented for payment, redemption or repurchase, (ii) Notes may be presented as herein above authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be given or made, such designation to continue with respect to

 

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such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice in an Officer’s Certificate and delivered to the Trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and notices may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations and notices; provided, the Trustee shall not be considered an agent of any Note Party for service of process.

So long as the Notes remain Outstanding, the Company will also maintain an office or agency (“Conversion Agent”) in the continental United States of America where the Notes may be surrendered for conversion and where notices and demands in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be made. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such offices or agencies. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made at the Corporate Trust Office or another office or agency of the Trustee.

The Company may also from time to time designate as a Paying Agent or a Conversion Agent one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the continental United States of America for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The terms “Paying Agent” and “Conversion Agent” include any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable; provided that for the purposes of Article 15 of this Indenture, the Paying Agent may be any agent, depositary, tender agent, paying agent or other agent appointed by the Company to accomplish the purposes set forth therein.

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Custodian and Conversion Agent and the Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency in the continental United States of America where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, redemption or repurchase (if applicable) or for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be made; provided that the Trustee shall not be considered an agent of the Company for service of process.

Section 4.03 Provisions as to Paying Agent.

(a) If the Company shall appoint one or more Paying Agents, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.03:

(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such Paying Agent for the payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of the Notes) in trust for the Holders;

 

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(ii) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of the Notes) to make any payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes when the same shall be due and payable;

(iii) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust;

(iv) that upon any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, the Paying Agent will serve as an agent of the Trustee; and

(v) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture.

The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) or accrued and unpaid interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

(b) If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders a sum sufficient to pay such principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) and accrued and unpaid interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.

(c) Subject to any unclaimed property laws, any money or other property deposited with the Trustee, Conversion Agent or any Paying Agent, or any money, shares of Common Stock or other property then held by the Company, in each case, in trust for the payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest on and the consideration due upon conversion of any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable), interest or consideration due upon conversion has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee, Conversion Agent or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money and other property, and all liability of the Company as trustee of any money, shares of Common Stock or other property, shall thereupon cease.

 

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Section 4.04 Existence. Subject to Article 11, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

Section 4.05 Information Requirements and Annual Reports.

(a) The Company shall deliver to or file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the same are required to be filed with the Commission, copies of any documents and reports that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any such documents or reports (or portions thereof) that are subject to confidential treatment and any correspondence with the Commission) (giving effect to any grace periods provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Any such document or report that the Company files with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) shall be deemed to be delivered to and filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 4.05(a) at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto), it being understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if such deliveries or filings have been made.

(b) At any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall, so long as any of the Notes or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly provide to the Trustee and, upon written request, any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Notes, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144A. The Company shall take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Notes or shares of Common Stock in accordance with Rule 144A.

(c) [Reserved]

(d) If the Company fails to remove the Restrictive Legend from all Notes by the Resale Restriction Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.05(d) (such failure, a “Delegending Failure”), then, commencing upon the receipt of a Delegending Failure Notice (as defined below) (the “Additional Interest Commencement Date”) (x) for the first 180 days after the Additional Interest Commencement Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes bearing a Restrictive Legend (such notes, the “Restricted Notes” and each Holder of such notes, a “Restricted Note Holder”) at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Restricted Notes Outstanding for each day during such 180-day period on which a Delegending Failure is continuing and (y) for the period from, and including, the 181st day after the Additional Interest Commencement Date to and including, the 360th day after the occurrence of the Additional Interest Commencement Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the Restricted Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Restricted Notes Outstanding for each day during such additional 180-day period on which a Delegending Failure is continuing. Any Additional Interest as a result of a Delegending Failure shall only begin to accrue following the Company’s receipt of a written notice from a Restricted Note Holder regarding a Delegending Failure (such notice, a “Delegending Failure Notice”). Any Additional Interest that accrues as a result of a Delegending Failure after the Company’s receipt of a Delegending Failure Notice will be

 

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payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to pay any accrued and unpaid Additional Interest relating to a Delegending Failure on an Interest Payment Date will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default if the Company has not received a Delegending Failure Notice. Otherwise, such a failure to pay will be subject to Section 6.01(g) (and, for the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything else in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, shall not constitute a failure to pay interest subject to Section 6.01(a)). Notwithstanding anything else in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, in no event shall Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 4.05(d), when taken together any Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 6.03, be payable at a rate of more than 0.50% per annum in the aggregate.

(e) Additional Interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes. In no event shall Additional Interest payable in accordance with Section 4.05(d) accrue at an aggregate rate in excess of 0.50% per annum, regardless of the number of circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Interest that accrues on a Restricted Note pursuant to this Section 4.05 will be in addition to the stated interest that accrues on such Restricted Note and in addition to any Additional Interest that accrues on such Restricted Note pursuant to Section 7.03.

(f) If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 4.05(d) or Section 6.03, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which the Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is due and payable.

(g) Delivery of the reports and documents described in subsection (a) above to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate).

Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.07 Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year an Officer’s Certificate stating whether the signer thereof has knowledge of any failure by the Company to comply with all conditions and covenants then required to be performed under this Indenture and, if so, specifying each such failure and the nature thereof.

 

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In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days after an Executive Officer of the Company becomes aware, of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposing to take in respect thereof; provided that the Company shall not be required to deliver such an Officer’s Certificate if such Event of Default or Default has been cured or waived including pursuant to Section 18.19 hereof.

Section 4.08 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

Section 4.09 Additional Amounts.

(a) All payments and deliveries made by, or on behalf of, the Company or any of the Guarantors (each a “Payor”) under or with respect to the Notes, including, but not limited to, payments of principal (including, if applicable, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price), payments of interest and deliveries of Common Stock or other Reference Property and/or payments of cash, in each case, upon conversion, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by a taxing authority within any jurisdiction (other than the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof) in which the Payor is, for tax purposes, organized or resident or doing business or through which payment is made or deemed made (or, in each case, any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (each, as applicable, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law or by regulation or governmental policy having the force of law. In the event that any such withholding or deduction is so required, the Payor shall pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by the beneficial owner after such withholding or deduction (and after deducting or withholding any taxes on the Additional Amounts) shall equal the amounts that would have been received by such beneficial owner had no such withholding or deduction been required; provided that no Additional Amounts shall be payable:

(i) for or on account of:

(A) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for:

(1) the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, other than merely holding such Note or the receipt of payments thereunder, including, without limitation, such Holder or beneficial owner being or having been a national, domiciliary or resident of such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been physically present or engaged in a trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein;

 

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(2) the presentation of such Note by the Holder (in cases in which presentation is required) more than 30 days after the later of the date on which the payment of the principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) and interest on, such Note or the delivery of Common Stock and other Reference Property and/or payments of cash, in each case, upon conversion of such Note became due and payable pursuant to the terms thereof or was made or duly provided for; or

(3) the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to comply with a timely request from the Payor to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or to make any declaration or satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to such matters, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request is required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in order to reduce or eliminate any withholding or deduction as to which Additional Amounts would have otherwise been payable to such Holder or beneficial owner;

(B) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(C) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments under or with respect to the Notes;

(D) any tax, assessment, withholding or deduction required by sections 1471 through 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“FATCA”), any current or future Treasury Regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder, any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA, any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction to implement FATCA or any law enacted by such other jurisdiction to give effect to such agreement, or any agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under FATCA;

(E) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted by any Paying Agent from any payment, if such payment could have been made without such withholding or deduction by at least one other Paying Agent; or

(F) any combination of taxes referred to in the preceding clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E), or

(ii) with respect to any payment of the principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) and interest on, such Note or the delivery of Common Stock or other Reference Property and/or payments of cash, in each case, upon conversion of such Note to a Holder, if the Holder is a fiduciary, partnership or person other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a partner or member of that partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, partner, member or beneficial owner been the Holder thereof.

 

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(b) In the event that (i) the taxing authority of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction determines that amounts should have been withheld or deducted in respect of any payments or deliveries under or with respect to the Notes in excess of any amounts that were actually withheld or deducted by the Payor, and (ii) the Payor would have been required to pay Additional Amounts if such amounts had been withheld or deducted, then the Payor shall indemnify each beneficial owner of the Notes, on an after-tax basis, for any and all losses incurred as a result of its failure to make such withholdings and deductions and to pay Additional Amounts; provided that (i) only direct losses (and no consequential losses or damages) shall be recoverable pursuant to this Section 4.09(b), (ii) no indemnification shall be required pursuant to this Section 4.09(b) unless and until such beneficial owner has exhausted all reasonable remedies available to it to reduce or eliminate the amount of such losses, and (iii) as a condition of such indemnification such beneficial owner shall reasonably assist the Payor in any attempt the Payor may make to seek to secure a reduction or refund of any such amounts, which reduction or refund shall be for the account of the Payor to the extent of any indemnification previously provided to such beneficial owner.

(c) If the Payor is required to make any deduction or withholding from any payments with respect to the Notes, the Payor will deliver to the Trustee official tax receipts evidencing the remittance to the relevant tax authorities of the amounts so withheld or deducted or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

(d) Any reference in this Indenture or the Notes in any context to the delivery of Common Stock or other Reference Property and/or payments of cash, in each case, upon conversion of any Note or the payment of principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) and interest on, any Note or any other amount payable with respect to such Note, shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to this Section 4.09.

(e) The obligations under this Section 4.09 shall survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture, any transfer by a holder or beneficial owner of its Notes, and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which the Payor is, for tax purposes, organized or resident or doing business or through which payment is made or deemed made (or, in each case, any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein).

Section 4.10 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.11 Restricted Junior Payments. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except:

 

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(a) (i) any Subsidiary of Company may make Restricted Junior Payments to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company (subject to the terms of the Intercompany Note and Subordination), (ii) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Junior Payments to the holders of its Capital Stock on a pro rata basis and (iii) any Note Party may make Restricted Junior Payments to any other Note Party;

(b) the Company and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Capital Stock not constituting Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person;

(c) the Company may make payments of regularly scheduled interest on, and of principal at the scheduled maturity of, the 2025 Convertible Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) and of regularly scheduled interest and principal under the Term Loan Agreement (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof);

(d) the Company may pay the Revenue Interests, Additional Amounts (each as defined in the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility as in effect on the date hereof) and any indemnity obligations owing thereunder, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility as in effect on the date hereof;

(e) [Reserved];

(f) the repurchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the Company held by officers, directors or employees (or their transferees, estates or beneficiaries under their estates) of a Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, upon their death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment or service shall be permitted;

(g) the Company may make any Restricted Junior Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a contribution to the common equity of the Company or a substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company;

(h) the repurchase of Capital Stock (i) deemed to occur upon the exercise of options, warrants or other convertible securities to the extent that such Capital Stock represent all or a portion of the exercise price thereof or (ii) deemed to occur upon the withholding of a portion of Capital Stock granted or awarded to any current or former officer, director, manager, employee or consultant (or permitted transferees, assigns, estates, trusts or heirs of any of the foregoing) to pay for taxes payable by such Person in connection with such grant or award (or the vesting thereof) shall be permitted;

(i) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to Requirements of Law in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation with, or other acquisition of, another Person shall be permitted;

(j) to the extent constituting Restricted Junior Payments, the payment of contingent liabilities in respect of any adjustment of purchase price, earn outs, deferred compensation and similar obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Investments permitted under Section 4.19 shall be permitted;

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(l) the Company may refinance Indebtedness with proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.12;

(m) any Note Party may make payments in respect of any earn out obligations or seller financing indebtedness in accordance with any applicable Subordination Agreement; provided that, at the time of such Restricted Junior Payment and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom and (ii) after giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment, on a pro forma basis, the Note Parties are in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 4.20 hereof;

(n) the Company may redeem and repay the 2025 Convertible Notes prior to their scheduled maturity solely with, and to the extent permitted by, the Requisite Holders;

(o) payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant and any repurchases of Capital Stock in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units shall be permitted; and

(p) other Restricted Junior Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 during the term of this Agreement shall be permitted; provided that this clause (p) may not be used to make Restricted Junior Payments with respect to the 2025 Convertible Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof), the Term Loan (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof), or the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof).

Section 4.12 Indebtedness. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness of Company or any Guarantor to Company or to any other Guarantor, or of Company to any Guarantor or otherwise among the Note Parties; provided, (i) all such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note and Subordination, and shall be subject to a Second Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement (or an equivalent Note Security Document governed by foreign law) and (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of all Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Note and Subordination;

(c) the 2025 Convertible Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and the Term Loan and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(d) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries arising from (i) agreements providing for customary indemnification or from customary performance guaranties or (ii) letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Company or any such Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or permitted dispositions of any business, assets or Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, in the case of clause (ii) hereof, shall not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

 

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(e) Indebtedness that may be deemed to exist pursuant to any performance, surety, appeal or similar bonds or statutory obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, and guarantee obligations in respect of any such Indebtedness not to exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided that such cap shall not apply to any such bonds or statutory obligations in accordance with Requirements of Law;

(f) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, cash pooling, overdraft protections and other services provided in connection with deposit accounts and Cash Management Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date and listed on Schedule D and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(h) guaranties by the Company of Indebtedness of a Guarantor or guaranties by a Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor with respect, in each case, to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 4.12; provided, that if the Indebtedness that is being guaranteed is unsecured and/or subordinate to the Obligations (in payment or Lien priority), then such guaranties shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent as such guaranteed Indebtedness;

(i) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;

(j) Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $2,500,000 consisting of (x) Capital Lease Obligations and (y) other purchase money Indebtedness, in each case incurred simultaneously with, prior to or within 180 days after the acquisition of assets in connection therewith; provided, in the case of clause (x), that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset subject to such Capital Lease, and, in the case of clause (y), that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(k) obligations under Hedge Agreements that are not for speculative purposes and are approved by the Requisite Holders;

(l) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, guarantees or other similar instruments incurred in the ordinary course of business securing the performance of operating leases or payor contracts not to exceed, in the aggregate at any time outstanding, $2,500,000;

(m) earnouts and seller financing constituting Subordinated Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;

(n) Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former officers, directors and employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses with respect to the cancellation, purchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such cancellation, purchase or redemption is permitted under Section 4.11;

(o) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of the payment of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(p) Indebtedness secured by clauses (b), (c), (d), (i), (o) and (r) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”;

(q) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft, or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Indebtedness in the form of reimbursements owed to officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees of the Company or any Subsidiary for business expenses of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(s) Acquired Debt; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of all of the Acquired Debt shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding; provided, further that prior to a Registrational Trial Positive Readout, Acquired Debt shall not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate;

(t) Indebtedness under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; and

(u) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries not to exceed an aggregate principal amount equal to $5,000,000 at any time outstanding of which not more than $1,000,000 may be secured Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.13(x).

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.12 to the contrary, in no event shall any Note Party or Subsidiary thereof enter into, or incur any Indebtedness pursuant to, any royalty financing (other than the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility as in effect on the date hereof and any Permitted Refinancing thereof).

Section 4.13 Liens. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased (as lessee), or licensed (as licensee), or any income, profits, or royalties therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income, profits, or royalties under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute or under any applicable intellectual property laws, rules or procedures, except:

(a) Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Note Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Note Security Document;

(b) (i) inchoate Liens for ad valorem property taxes not yet delinquent and (ii) Liens for taxes if obligations with respect to such taxes are not yet due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP so long as the aggregate amount of such taxes does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

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(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set-off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet overdue, or (ii) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of five days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;

(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof not to exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case that do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and that, in the aggregate for any parcel of real property subject thereto, do not materially detract from the value of such parcel;

(f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;

(g) Liens solely on any customary cash earnest money deposits made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(j) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;

(k) non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of Company or such Subsidiary;

(l) Liens described in Schedule B;

(m) Liens securing purchase money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 4.12(j); provided, any such Lien shall encumber only the asset acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;

 

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(n) Liens securing the Term Loan (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) and the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof); provided that, with respect to the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof), such Liens solely encumber Collateral and are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

(o) Liens arising out of judgments, attachments or awards not resulting in an Event of Default and in respect of which the Company or any applicable Subsidiary shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review in respect of which there shall be secured a subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings and, in the case of any such Lien which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral;

(p) Liens on cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.12(l) (not in excess of 105% of the principal amount thereof);

(q) [Reserved];

(r) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of any Note Party or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of such Note Party in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or other similar instrument to the extent such obligations are permitted by Section 4.12;

(s) (i) Liens on property or Capital Stock of another Person existing at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company; and provided, further that such Liens were granted to secure repayment of Acquired Debt and (ii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by the Company or the Subsidiary; and provided, further that such Liens were granted to secure repayment of Acquired Debt;

(t) Liens on Capital Stock of Subsidiaries that are not (i) Guarantors or (ii) pledged pursuant to the terms of the Pledge and Security Agreement;

(u) customary Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure Cash Management Obligations and other obligations in respect of payment processing services, business credit card programs, and netting services, overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depositary and cash management services;

(v) Liens on insurance policies, premiums and proceeds thereof, or other deposits, to secure insurance premium financings with respect to unearned premiums and other liabilities to insurance carriers;

(w) Liens on Capital Stock of Joint Ventures securing capital contributions to, or obligations of, such Persons and customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar rights in Joint Venture agreements; and

 

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(x) other Liens on assets that secure Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.13 to the contrary, in no event shall any obligations of the Note Parties under any Hedge Agreement be secured by any Lien.

If any of the Note Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens, it shall make or cause to be made effective provisions whereby the Obligations will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness secured thereby as long as any such Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not be construed as a consent by Trustee or any of the Holders to the creation or assumption of any such Lien not otherwise permitted hereby.

Section 4.14 Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries may enter into or permit to exist any such transaction if the terms of such transaction are fair and reasonable and not less favorable to the Company or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; further; provided, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) any transaction between or among Note Parties; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (c) reasonable and customary reimbursement and compensation arrangements for officers, directors and other employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; (d) transactions described in Schedule F; (e) the issuance of the Warrants and the exercise of any and all related rights by the holder in connection therewith; (f) transactions permitted by Sections 4.11 and 4.19 hereof; and (g) transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration of less than $2,500,000 (in one transaction or a series of transactions).

Section 4.15 Further Guarantors. If, after the date of this Indenture, the Company or any Subsidiary forms or acquires any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, then the Company will promptly (and in any event within 45 days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent (acting at the Direction of Requisite Holders) may agree)) after the date of formation or acquisition cause such Subsidiary to provide a Guarantee hereunder.

Section 4.16 [Reserved].

Section 4.17 No Further Negative Pledges. Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to a permitted Asset Sale, (b) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, Liens, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), (c) restrictions in the provisions of the Term Loan and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility and any Permitted Refinancing thereof or the Intercreditor Agreement, (d) any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness referenced

 

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in clauses (a) through (c) above, (e) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to any existing Note Party, (f) restrictions on cash (or Investments permitted hereunder) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Liens) and (g) customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, sale leaseback agreements, joint venture agreements and other similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business, no Note Party shall enter into or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any agreement prohibiting, or triggering any requirement for equitable and ratable sharing of Liens or any similar obligations upon, the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any Note Party’s properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations.

Section 4.18 Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of Company to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock owned by Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (c) make loans or advances to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, or (d) transfer any of its property or assets to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, in each case, other than restrictions (i) in the Note Security Documents, (ii) in agreements evidencing secured Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.12 that impose restrictions on the property securing such Indebtedness, (iii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting, encumbrances or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements not prohibited by this Indenture, (iv) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Capital Stock not otherwise prohibited under this Indenture, (v) pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing thereof or the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, (vi) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to any existing Note Party, (vii) restrictions on cash (or Investments permitted hereunder) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Liens) and (viii) restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the disposition of any assets pending such disposition; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets that is or are subject of such disposition and such disposition is permitted hereunder.

Section 4.19 Investments. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Acquisition or make or own any Investment (including if made as an Acquisition) in any Person, including any Joint Venture, except:

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(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary;

(c) Investments (i) in any Securities voluntarily accepted in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(d) (i) Investments in any Subsidiaries that are Note Parties and (ii) Investments by a Subsidiary that is not a Note Party in another Subsidiary that is not a Note Party;

(e) loans and advances to directors, officers, and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(f) Permitted Acquisitions; provided that prior to a Registrational Trial Positive Readout consideration in respect of such Permitted Acquisitions shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all Permitted Acquisitions during the term of this Indenture;

(g) Investments existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule E and Investments consisting of an extension, modification, replacement or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Closing Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased as expressly required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date;

(h) Hedge Agreements permitted under Section 4.12(k) to the extent constituting

Investments;

(i) guarantees by any Note Party or any Subsidiary constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.12; provided, any such guarantee shall be subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent and on the same terms and conditions as the Indebtedness guaranteed has been subordinated to the Obligations;

(j) guarantees in the ordinary course of business of obligations owed to landlords, suppliers, customers and licensees of any Note Party;

(k) Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a Permitted Acquisition;

(l) Investments received in connection with Indebtedness permitted by Section 4.12, dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 4.22 and Restricted Junior Payments to the extent permitted by Section 4.11;

(m) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(o) non-cash Investments made in connection with bona fide tax planning and reorganization activities as determined in good faith by the Company; provided that such non-cash Investments and tax planning and reorganization activities shall not impair the value of the Collateral, when taken as a whole, or the value of the Guaranty, taken as a whole, in any material respect and shall not otherwise be adverse to the Holders in any material respect;

(p) cash Investments by Note Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Note Parties in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time;

(q) Investments consisting of loans not involving the net transfer on a substantially contemporaneous basis of cash proceeds to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of capital stock of Company pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or other similar agreements;

(r) Investments consisting of travel advances in the ordinary course of business;

(s) [Reserved];

(t) non-cash Investments (other than of Material Intellectual Property) in connection with Joint Ventures to the extent the same is a permitted Asset Sale pursuant to Section 4.21 (other than by reference to this Section 4.19(t)) and any cash Investments in connection with any such transactions not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year;

(u) Investments and other acquisitions to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Company; and

(v) other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any

time.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.19 to the contrary, in no event shall the Company or any Guarantor make any Investment that results in or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section 4.11.

Section 4.20 Minimum Consolidated Liquidity. The Company shall not permit Consolidated Liquidity at any time to be less than $25,000,000.

Section 4.21 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation (including through a plan of division), or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), consummate any Asset Sale, or Dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased (as lessee), or licensed (as licensee), except, subject to Section 4.29:

(a) any Subsidiary of Company may be merged with or into Company or any Guarantor, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any Guarantor; provided, in the case of such a merger involving Company, Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and in the case of any other such merger, a Guarantor that is Wholly-Owned by the Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

 

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(b) the granting of Liens permitted under Section 4.13, Restricted Junior Payments permitted under Section 4.11 and Investments permitted under Section 4.19 (other than Section 4.19(l));

(c) Asset Sales, to the extent (1) the proceeds received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Company), (2) no less than 75% of the total consideration thereof shall consist of Cash paid upon the closing of each applicable Asset Sale (so long as at least 75% of the consideration paid upon such closing shall consist of Cash), and (3) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied to the extent required by the provisions of the Term Loan Agreement and this Indenture, as applicable;

(d) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property to any Note Party;

(e) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases (other than relating to Intellectual Property, in each case) granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business and not interfering with the business of the Company and its Affiliates;

(f) the (i) exclusive and non-exclusive licensing of Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property), (ii) exclusive and non-exclusive licensing of foreign rights to Oncology Indications of selinexor, (iii) exclusive and non-exclusive licensing of non-Oncology Indications of selinexor, (iv) non-exclusive and non-commercial licensing of Material Intellectual Property for bona fide operating business purposes (as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith) and (v) exclusive licensing of Material Intellectual Property other than Intellectual Property with respect to selinexor (including any formulations, re-formulations, polymorphs, crystal forms, solvates, amorphous forms, methods of treatment, and methods of manufacture), in each case, so long as the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied to the extent required under this Indenture;

(g) any abandonment, cancellation, non-renewal or discontinuance of use or maintenance of Intellectual Property (or rights relating thereto) (other than Material Intellectual Property) of any Note Party that the Company reasonably determines in good faith is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or is no longer economically practicable to maintain;

(h) any Involuntary Disposition or any sale, lease, license or other disposition of property (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Intellectual Property) in settlement of, or to make payment in satisfaction of, any property or casualty insurance;

(i) inventory sold to unaffiliated customers and dispositions consisting of the sale, transfer, discount, assignment or other disposition of unpaid and overdue accounts receivable in connection with the collection, compromise or settlement thereof in the ordinary course of business and not as part of a financing transaction;

(j) the sale, transfer, issuance or other disposition of a de minimis number of shares of the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary of a Note Party in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by Requirements of Law;

 

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(k) dispositions of property (other than Material Intellectual Property) to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, or other assets of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business or (ii) an amount equal to the net proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(l) dispositions of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between the Joint Venture parties set forth in, Joint Venture agreements and similar binding arrangements; and

(m) disposals of used, surplus, obsolete or worn-out property (other than Intellectual Property) that is, in the reasonable judgment of such Note Party, no longer economically practicable to maintain or no longer used or useful in any material respect in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Note Security Documents, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate any “Division” (as defined in Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act) or similar organizational change that may hereafter be permitted under any applicable statute.

Section 4.22 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Except for any sale of all of its interests in the Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 4.21, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries, except (i) to the Company or any Guarantor (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), (ii) to qualify Directors if required by applicable law or (iii) upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of any Immaterial Subsidiary.

Section 4.23 Sale and Lease-Backs. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, that the Company or any Guarantor (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by that the Company or any Guarantor to any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease.

Section 4.24 Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in (i) any business other than

(A) the businesses it is engaged in on the Closing Date and business ancillary, incidental, or substantially related thereto, and (B) such other lines of business as may be acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, or (ii) any business or activities that conflict with Section 4.26(a) of the Term Loan Agreement.

Section 4.25 Amendments or Waivers with Respect to Certain Indebtedness. Except to the extent expressly permitted under the terms of the corresponding Subordination Agreement or Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness that constitutes Material Indebtedness or the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such

 

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Indebtedness, increase the principal amount thereof, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions thereof (or of any guaranty thereof), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is, when taken as a whole, to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders thereof (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf), in each case in a manner that would be adverse to any Note Party, Trustee, Collateral Agent, or the Holders, except for Permitted Refinancings.

Section 4.26 Fiscal Year; Accounting Policies. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its Fiscal Year-end from December 31 or make any change in its accounting policies that is not required under GAAP.

Section 4.27 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. No Note Party will establish or maintain a Deposit Account or a Securities Account that is not a Controlled Account or a “Controlled Account” under the Term Loan, deposit any funds or proceeds in a Deposit Account that is not a Controlled Account or a “Controlled Account” under the Term Loan Agreement or deposit, acquire, or otherwise carry any security entitlement or commodity contract in a Securities Account that is not a Controlled Account or a “Controlled Account” under the Term Loan; provided, that, the foregoing shall not apply to Excluded Accounts.

Section 4.28 Amendments to Certain Documents and Agreements. No Note Party shall (a) amend or permit any amendments to any Note Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ organizational documents; or (b) amend, terminate (other than in accordance with its terms), or waive or permit any amendment, termination (other than in accordance with its terms), or waiver of any provision of, any Material Contract if in the case of clause (a) or (b) such amendment, termination, or waiver would be adverse to the Trustee, Collateral Agent, or the Holders.

Section 4.29 Material Intellectual Property. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall not, (i) except as permitted by Section 4.21(f), (A) make any Investment, dividend, or disposition of, exclusively license or otherwise assign or transfer, any Material Intellectual Property to any Person that is not a Note Party, or (B) permit any Subsidiary or Joint Venture of the Company that is not a Note Party to hold any Material Intellectual Property, in each case, other than non-exclusive and non-commercial licenses for bona fide operating business purposes (as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith) and (ii) except for non-exclusive and non-commercial licenses permitted by Section 4.21(f)(iv), dispose, sell, assign, license or otherwise transfer, or permit the disposition, sale, assignment, license or transfer of any U.S. rights to Oncology Indications with respect to any pharmaceutical or biological composition containing selinexor (or any re-formulations thereof).

Section 4.30 Insurance. The Company will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained

 

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flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) in the case of each liability insurance policy, name Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, for the benefit of Note Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a lender loss payable clause or endorsement, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Requisite Holders, that names Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, for the benefit of Holders as a lender loss payee thereunder, and (iii) in each case, provide for at least thirty days’ (or ten days’ in the case of nonpayment of premium) prior written notice to Collateral Agent of any modification or cancellation of such policy.

Section 4.31 Post Closing Matters. Each Note Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, as applicable, satisfy the requirements set forth below on or before the respective date specified for each such requirement or such later date as is agreed to by Trustee (acting at the direction of Requisite Holders).

(a) Deposit Account Control Agreement. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as Requisite Holders may agree in their reasonable discretion pursuant to a Direction of Requisite Holders), the Note Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into Deposit Account Control Agreements or Securities Account Control Agreements, as applicable, with respect to all Deposit Accounts that do not constitute Excluded Accounts.

(b) Landlord Collateral Access Agreement. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as Requisite Holders may agree in their reasonable discretion pursuant to a Direction of Requisite Holders), the Note Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a Landlord Collateral Access Agreement with respect to each of its leasehold properties.

(c) Insurance Endorsements. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as Requisite Holders may agree in their reasonable discretion pursuant to a Direction of Requisite Holders), the Note Parties shall deliver endorsements naming Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, for the benefit of Note Secured Parties, as additional insured and lender loss payable thereunder to the extent required under Section 4.30.

(d) Information Agent. Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as Requisite Holders may agree in their reasonable discretion pursuant to a Direction of Requisite Holders), the Company shall appoint an Information Agent and direct such Information Agent to provide access to the Platform to the initial beneficial owners of the Notes as of the Closing Date without any further action by such beneficial owners.

Section 4.32 Further Assurances. Each Note Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as are required or as Trustee or Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Transaction Documents or to perfect, achieve better perfection of, or renew the rights of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Holders with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary that may be deemed to be part of the Collateral). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Note Party shall take such actions as are required or as Trustee or Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by a valid Lien (and after the termination of the Term Loan, a First Priority Lien subject to Liens under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility) on the Collateral.

 

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ARTICLE 5

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) within 5 days after each Regular Record Date a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to be furnished such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided that, in either case, no such list need be furnished to the Trustee if the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Holders. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity). The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default. Each of the following events shall be an “Event of

Default” with respect to the Notes:

(a) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and the default continues for a period of 10 days;

(b) default in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon any redemption, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(c) failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with this Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for a period of four Business Days;

(d) failure by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with Section 15.02(c) or an Asset Sale Notice or Asset Sale Offer Notice in accordance with Section 15.06 when due;

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(f) failure of any Note Party to comply with its obligations under Sections 4.11-4.32;

(g) failure by the Company for 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements contained in Transaction Documents;

(h) (i) failure of any Note Party or any Material Subsidiary to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount, including any payment in settlement, payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Note Party or any Material Subsidiary with respect to any other term of (1) one or more items of Indebtedness in excess of $2,500,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, or (2) one or more of any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of Indebtedness in excess of $2,500,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), with or without the passage of time, to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or other redemption) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled or such failure to pay or default shall not have been cured or waived, or such Indebtedness shall not have been paid or discharged, as the case may be, within 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding has been received;

(i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of (x) $2,500,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more in any individual case or (y) $5,000,000 or more in the aggregate (in either case, excluding any amounts covered by insurance) rendered against the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company, which judgment is not discharged, bonded, paid, waived or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;

(j) the Company or any Material Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any such Material Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any such Material Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(k) (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Debtor Relief Law; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over the

 

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Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for sixty (60) days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged;

(l) the Company or any Material Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(m) default by the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company with respect to the 2025 Convertible Notes, Term Loan Agreement or Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility either (i) resulting in Indebtedness thereunder becoming or being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such Indebtedness when due and payable (after the expiration of all applicable grace periods) at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled or such failure to pay or default shall not have been cured or waived, or such Indebtedness shall not have been paid or discharged, as the case may be, within 30 days of such default, or the occurrence of any Special Termination Event under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility;

(n) any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder;

(o) any material provision of any Transaction Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the any Note Party or any Note Party shall so state in writing or bring an action to limit its obligations or liabilities thereunder; or any Transaction Document shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) cease to create a valid security interest in the Collateral (to the extent that such perfection or priority is required hereby) purported to be covered thereby or such security interest shall for any reason cease to be a perfected and second priority (or, following termination of the Term Loan Agreement, First Priority subject to Liens under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility) security interest subject only to Liens permitted under Section 4.13;

(p) any provisions of a the Intercreditor Agreement shall for any reason be revoked or invalidated, or otherwise cease to be in full force and effect, or any Person shall contest in any manner the validity or enforceability thereof or deny that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder, or the Obligations or the Liens securing the Obligations, for any reason shall not have the priority contemplated by this Indenture, the Transaction Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement;

(q) any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Note Party in any Transaction Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false or misleading in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made; provided that such materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representations and warranties to the extent already qualified or modified by materiality or similar concept in the text thereof; or

 

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(r) The FDA or the Company withdraws approval for selinexor with respect to its current approved indication for use with bortezomib and dexamethasone.

Section 6.02 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(j) or Section 6.01(k) with respect to the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall automatically become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything contained in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(j) or Section 6.01(k) with respect to the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all Notes shall automatically become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable.

Section 6.03 Additional Interest Upon Event of Default Relating to Reporting Obligations. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.05(a) (such obligations, the “Reporting Obligations”) shall (x) for the first 180 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default (beginning on, and including, the date on which such an Event of Default first occurs, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be the 61st day following written notice from the Trustee or Holders pursuant to Section 6.01(g) that such Event of Default has occurred), consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes Outstanding for each day during such 180-day period on which such Event of Default is continuing and (y) for the period from, and including, the 181st day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default to and including, the 360th day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes Outstanding for each day during such additional 180-day period on which such Event of Default is continuing. In no event shall the Additional Interest described in this Section 6.03 accrue at an aggregate rate in excess of 0.25% per annum during the initial 180-day period or 0.50% per annum during the subsequent 180-day period, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay Additional Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to this Section 6.03 will be in addition to the stated interest that accrues on such Note and in addition to any Additional Interest on such Note pursuant to Section 4.05(d); provided, however, notwithstanding anything else in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, in no event shall Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 6.03, when taken together any Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.05(d), be payable at a rate of more than 0.50% per annum in the aggregate. For the avoidance of doubt, any failure to pay any accrued and unpaid Additional Interest in respect of an Event of Default relating to Reporting Obligations on an Interest Payment Date when required following an election by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.03 will be subject to Section 6.01(g) (and, for the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything else in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, shall not constitute a failure to pay interest subject to Section 6.01(a)).

 

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If the Company so elects to pay Additional Interest relating to the Company’s failure to comply with the Reporting Obligations, any such Additional Interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes.

On the 361st day after such Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with the Reporting Obligations is not cured or waived prior to such 361st day), the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders in the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default other than the Company’s failure to comply with its Reporting Obligations.

In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest following an Event of Default relating to the Reporting Obligations in accordance with this Section 6.03 or the Company elected to make such payment but does not pay the Additional Interest when due, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.

In order to elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 360 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default relating to the failure by the Company to comply with the Reporting Obligations, in accordance with this Section 6.03, the Company must notify all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of such election on or before the close of business on the date on which such Event of Default first occurs, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be the 61st day following written notice from the Trustee or Holders pursuant to Section 6.01(g) that such Event of Default has occurred. Upon the failure to timely give such notice, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Additional Interest, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of Additional Interest owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest.

Section 6.04 Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred, the Company shall pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on any overdue principal and interest, if any, at the rate borne by the Notes at such time (to the extent that payment of such interest on any overdue principal and interest, if any, is enforceable under applicable law), and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent under Section 7.06. If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.

 

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In the event there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such other actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, each of their agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent any amount due to them for reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements, including agents and counsel fees, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent under Section 7.06, incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, moneys, securities and other property that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting such Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, their agents and counsel permitted under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders.

In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders parties to any such proceedings.

 

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In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant to Section 6.09 or Section 18.19 or any rescission and annulment pursuant to Section 6.02 or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.05 Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to the Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

First, to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and their agents and counsel under Section 7.06;

Second, in case the principal of the Outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on, and any cash due upon conversion of, the Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest and cash due upon conversion, as the case may be, with interest (to the extent that such interest is permitted by applicable law and has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue amounts at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

Third, in case the principal of the Outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount (including, if applicable, the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price and any cash due upon conversion) then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal (including, if applicable, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price and the cash due upon conversion) and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (including, if applicable, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price and any cash due upon conversion) and accrued and unpaid interest; and

Fourth, to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

Section 6.06 Proceedings by Holders. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal (including, if applicable, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price) or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, no Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

 

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(a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided;

(b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(c) such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment against any loss, claim, liability or expense to be incurred therein or thereby;

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and

(e) no direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding within such 60-day period pursuant to Section 6.09,

it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.06, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any Note, each Holder shall have the right to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, (y) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon conversion of, such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note or in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery on or after the applicable due date, as the case may be, which right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.07 Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

 

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Section 6.08 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

Section 6.09 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders. The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided that (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines in good faith is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such directions are unduly prejudicial to such Holder) or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability, unless the Trustee is offered indemnity or security satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment against any loss, liability or expense; provided that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes) determined in accordance with Section 8.04 may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (1) a default in the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, the Notes when due that has not been cured pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, (2) a failure by the Company to deliver the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes or (3) a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.09 or Section 18.19, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 6.10 Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge of a Default, send to all Holders as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Security Register, notice of all Defaults known to such Responsible Officer unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable), or accrued and unpaid interest on, any of the Notes or a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 6.11 Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.11 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Note (including, but not limited to, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note, or receive the consideration due upon conversion, in accordance with the provisions of Article 14.

ARTICLE 7

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Notes such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived including pursuant to Section 18.19), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to the Notes such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that:

(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:

(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

(c) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the requisite number of Holders required hereby, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Notes.

(e) Whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-Security Registrar with respect to the Notes.

(g) If any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such event.

(h) In the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Information Agent or transfer agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Information Agent or transfer agent; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, the last sentence of Section 7.01(a) shall not apply to such Custodian, Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Information Agent or transfer agent.

(i) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers (including, at the request or direction of any Holders of Notes), if it shall have grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it. It may not be possible for the Trustee to take certain actions in relation to the Notes and, accordingly, in such circumstances the Trustee will be unable to take action, notwithstanding the offer of an indemnity to it.

 

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Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document or other evidence of indebtedness believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee shall receive and retain financial reports and statements of the Company to the extent provided herein, but shall have no duty to review or analyze such reports or statements to determine compliance with covenants or other obligations of the Company;

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently set forth by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by any authorized Officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein);

(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or, if requested, any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of the requisite number of Holders required hereby, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity or security satisfactory to it (in its reasonable judgment) against the costs, expenses, claims and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents or other evidence of indebtedness, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses, claims or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment against such costs, expenses, claims or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;

(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

 

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(h) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances;

(i) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, punitive, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(j) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties;

(k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture; and

(l) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder; and

(m) The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Indenture and any other Transaction Document and delivered electronically; provided, however, that the Note Parties shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Instructing Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Instructing Officers, which incumbency certificate may be amended by the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable. If the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, elects to give the Instructions electronically and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Note Parties understand and agree that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Instructing Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Instructing Officer. The Note Parties shall be responsible for ensuring that only Instructing Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company, the Guarantors and all Instructing Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction, in each case, except if caused by its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Note Parties agree: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of electronic means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by

 

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third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.

In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notification in the manner set forth in this Indenture, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have obtained actual knowledge.

Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Notes.

(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.

(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Security Documents.

(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Notes or of the proceeds of the Notes, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.

Section 7.04 May Hold Notes. The Trustee, the Collateral Agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, or any Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, or Security Registrar.

Section 7.05 Moneys and Property to be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.03(c), all moneys and other property received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree in writing with the Company to pay thereon.

Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.

(a) The Company and Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree to pay to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as the Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee and the Collateral Agent upon their request for all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee and the Collateral

 

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Agent in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable and documented fees, costs, out of pocket expenses and disbursements of its counsel (limited to one primary counsel to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in each relevant jurisdiction and in the case of any actual or potential conflict of interest, one additional counsel to each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent) and of any third party appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and their respective outside counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Company and Guarantors, jointly and severally, also covenant to indemnify the Trustee and the Collateral Agent (and their respective officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold them harmless against, any documented loss, liability or expense, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, incurred without gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, or the Collateral Agent (as applicable), and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture, including the reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim of liability in the premises (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their respective powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section.

(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and the Collateral Agent for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall be a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust for the benefit of the Holders to pay principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable), or any accrued and unpaid interest on, premium, the Notes. When the Trustee or the Collateral Agent incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(j) or (k), the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services in connection therewith are to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent.

Section 7.07 Reliance on Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and such certificate and opinion, in the absence of gross negligence on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document.

Section 7.08 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to the Notes which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority.

 

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If such corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.08, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or other Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.09.

Section 7.09 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by electronic mail, or by first class postage prepaid mail, to Holders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Notes by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the Company’s expense, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Notes, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or

(ii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;

then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months may, on behalf of that Holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

 

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(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor trustee with the consent of the Company.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.09 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.10.

Section 7.10 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee, every such successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon full payment of any amount then due to it pursuant to Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, trusts and duties referred to in this Section 7.10.

(b) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article 7.

(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.10, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.

 

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Section 7.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, including the administration of the trust created by this Indenture, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

Section 7.12 Transaction Documents. By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders hereby authorize and direct the Trustee, the Information Agent and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver this Indenture, the Information Agency Agreement, the Security Documents in which the Trustee or the Collateral Agent is named as a party, including any Security Documents executed on or after the Closing Date. It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in doing so, the Trustee, the Information Agent and the Collateral Agent are not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or taking (or forbearing from) any action under, this Indenture, the Information Agency Agreement or the Security Documents, the Trustee, the Information Agent and the Collateral Agent each shall have all of the rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under this Indenture (in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or agreements).

ARTICLE 8

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a majority or specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such majority or specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as set forth by an Officer’s Certificate, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining

 

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whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Notes then Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Notes then Outstanding shall be computed as of the record date; provided, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Holders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date; provided, further, that the record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Holders. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and Section 9.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any Note shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Company or the Trustee (as applicable);

(b) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof. The Trustee, the Information Agent and the Collateral Agent may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.02 as it shall deem necessary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee, the Information Agent and each Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners of the Notes.

Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners. Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Holder as the absolute owner of such Note (whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable), premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or shares of Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable or shares deliverable upon any such Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes following an Event of Default, any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Certificated Note in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 8.04 Certain Notes Owned by Company Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, demand, authorization, notice or waiver under this Indenture, the Notes that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor on the Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the

 

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Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Holders. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the majority or percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by a Holder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note, and of any Note issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note.

ARTICLE 9

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 9.01 Purpose of Meetings. A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 for any of the following purposes:

(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder (in each case, as permitted under this Indenture) and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 6;

(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.10;

(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or

(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Notes under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

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Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 8.01, shall be delivered to Holders of such Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. Such notice shall also be delivered to the Company. Such notices shall be sent not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Any meeting of Holders shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Notes then Outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Notes then Outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.

Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have sent the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.

Section 9.04 Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 9.05 Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him or her; provided that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting

 

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to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Notes held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders. At any meeting of Holders, the presence of Persons holding or representing Notes in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action on the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall constitute a quorum. Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 9.06 Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the Outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the aggregate principal amount of the Notes voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article 9 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.

ARTICLE 10

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 10.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The Company, when authorized by its organizational documents or, if required by such organizational documents, the resolutions of the Board of Directors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Information Agent (as applicable), at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time, without the consent of any Holder, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto or an amendment, modification or supplement to any other Transaction Document for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(b) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 11 hereof;

 

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(c) to add additional guarantors with respect to the Notes or to release any Guarantor’s Guarantee to the extent permitted under this Indenture or any of the Transaction Documents;

(d) to make, complete, confirm or add any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Indenture or any of the Transaction Documents, or any release of Collateral that is permitted under this Indenture or any of the Transaction Documents;

(e) to add to the covenants or Events of Default of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;

(g) in connection with any Share Exchange Event, provide that the Notes are convertible into Reference Property, subject to the provisions of Section 14.02, and make such related changes to the terms of the Notes to the extent expressly required by Section 14.07;

(h) to increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.03, Section 14.04 or

Section 14.05;

(i) to provide for the issuance of additional Notes solely in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture;

(j) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee pursuant to Article 7, or by a successor security registrar, paying agent, bid solicitation agent or conversion agent pursuant to this Indenture or facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one trustee or paying agent;

(k) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary in a manner that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or

(l) to conform the provisions of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document to any corresponding provision of the Term Loan Agreement or any other Credit Document (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) to the extent that any covenant, event of default or other term or provision in the Term Loan Agreement or any other Credit Document (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) is amended, supplemented or modified, other than in contemplation of or in connection with any refinancing or other transaction as a result of which the Original Holders would own less than 50% of the Term Loan. This provision shall not apply following any refinancing (including, without limitation, any Permitted Refinancing) of the Term Loan Agreement.

Upon the written request of the Company and subject to Section 10.05, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Information Agent (as applicable) are hereby authorized and required to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Information Agent (as applicable) shall not be obligated to, but may in their discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture or other agreement that affects the Trustee’s, the Collateral Agent’s or the Information Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture or other agreement authorized by the provisions of this Section 10.01 may be executed by the Company, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Information Agent (as applicable) without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02 or any other term in any other Transaction Document.

 

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Section 10.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes), the Company, when authorized by its organizational documents or, if required by such organizational documents, the resolutions of the Board of Directors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Information Agent (as applicable), at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided that, any change to the definition of “Material Intellectual Property” or Section 4.29 shall require the consent of Holders representing at least 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding; provided, further, that, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:

(a) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

(b) reduce the rate, or extend the stated time for payment, of interest on any Note;

(c) reduce the principal, or extend the Maturity Date, of any Note;

(d) make any change that adversely affects the conversion or redemption rights of any Notes other than as required by this Indenture;

(e) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and/or the Redemption Price of any Note or amend or modify, in any manner adverse to the Holders, the Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;

(f) make any Note payable in a currency, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in the Note and in this Indenture;

(g) change the ranking of the Notes;

(h) change the provisions set forth in Section 4.09 in a manner adverse to the Holders; or

(i) make any change in this Article 10 that requires each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 6.02 or Section 6.09.

Upon the written request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Information Agent (as applicable) of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid and subject to Section 10.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s, the Collateral Agent’s and the Information Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Information Agent, as the case may be, may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

 

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Holders do not need under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture. It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof. After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, any consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by such Holder and every subsequent Holder of such consenting Holder’s Note, or portion of such consenting Holder’s Note, that evidences the same debt as such consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note if such Holder delivers written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver, the opportunity to participate on the same terms in such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or waiver (and, in each case, the related transactions contemplated thereby) shall be offered on the same terms to each Holder (regardless of whether such Holder’s consent would otherwise be required to effect such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver), including any amendment to effectuate an increase in the Obligations or permit the incurrence of any Indebtedness secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or senior basis, and each Holder shall have the right to participate in such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver (and, in each case, the related transactions contemplated thereby) on the same terms as each other Holder and shall have the right to receive the same pro rata economics in such transaction and related transactions (including any fee, payment or other consideration including consent or backstop fees) paid to any Holder in any capacity.

Section 10.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended, with respect to the Notes only, in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Information Agent, the Company and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes with respect to the Notes.

Section 10.04 Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 may, at the Company’s expense, bear a notation in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order and delivered in exchange for the Notes then Outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then Outstanding.

 

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Section 10.05 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee. In addition to the documents required by Section 18.07, the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 10, is permitted or authorized by this Indenture and, with respect to the Opinion of Counsel, that the supplemental indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

ARTICLE 11

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 11.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02, the Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person, unless:

(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”), if not the Company, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts, as set forth in Section 4.09);

(b) if the Company is not the resulting, surviving or transferee Person, the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture, if any, is authorized or permitted by, and complies with, this Indenture and with respect to such Opinion of Counsel, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Successor Company, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications; and

(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture.

For purposes of this Section 11.01, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person.

Section 11.02 Successor Company to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in the manner prescribed in Section 10.01, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to and, except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the

 

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consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon a Company Order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 11 the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 11) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

Section 11.03 Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee. No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be effective unless the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Article 11.

ARTICLE 12

NO RECOURSE

Section 12.01 No Recourse. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of the Notes, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or any Guarantor, of any predecessor or Successor Company or of any issuer of any securities underlying the Notes, either directly or through the Company or any Guarantor, any such predecessor or Successor Company or any such issuer, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or any Guarantor, of any such predecessor or Successor Company or any such issuer, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in the Notes or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by

 

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constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in the Notes or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Notes.

ARTICLE 13

GUARANTEES

Section 13.01 Guarantees.

(a) Subject to this Article 13, each of the Guarantors hereby, as a primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and their successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:

(i) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes and such other Obligations will be promptly paid in full in cash when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full in cash or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations (including Obligations), that same will be promptly paid in full in cash when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any amendment, waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other Guarantor, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim based on diligence, promptness, presentment, requirements for any demand or notice hereunder including any of the following: (i) any demand for payment or performance and protest and notice of protest; (ii) any notice of acceptance; (iii) any presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirements of any kind with respect to any Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid interest thereon) becoming immediately due and payable; and (iv) any other notice in respect of any Obligation or any part thereof, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Company or any Guarantor. Each Guarantor further unconditionally and

 

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irrevocably agrees not to (x) enforce or otherwise exercise any right of subrogation or any right of reimbursement or contribution or similar right against the Company or any Guarantor by reason of any Transaction Document or any payment made thereunder or (y) assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim it may have against the Company or any other Guarantor or set off any of its obligations to the Company or any other Guarantor against obligations of such Guarantor to the Company or such other Guarantor. No obligation of any Guarantor hereunder shall be discharged other than by complete performance. Each Guarantor further waives any right such Guarantor may have under any applicable requirement of law to require the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder to seek recourse first against the Company or any other Person, or to realize upon any Collateral for any of the Obligations, as a condition precedent to enforcing such Guarantor’s liability and obligations under this Article 13.

(c) If any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent is required by any court or otherwise to return any amount paid by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full in cash of all Obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.02 for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee.

(e) Without limiting the joint and several obligation of the Guarantors to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders, all Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Indenture. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under its Guarantee of the Notes such that its Aggregate Payments exceed its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors, multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under its guarantee of the Notes in respect of the obligations guaranteed. “Fair Share Contribution Amount” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under its guarantee of the Notes that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Law or any comparable applicable provisions of state law, provided that solely for purposes of calculating the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this

 

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Section 13.01, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of its guarantee of the Notes (including in respect of this Section 13.01), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 13.01. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 13.01. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Guarantors shall not have the right to seek contribution from the Company and any non-paying Guarantor until payment in full in cash of all Obligations.

Section 13.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of applicable Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 13, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its Guarantee, and the waivers set forth herein, are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 13.03 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee and Supplemental Indenture. To evidence a Guarantee set forth in Section 13.01, this Indenture will be executed on behalf of each Guarantor by one of its Officers or authorized representatives and, with respect to any Guarantors providing a Guarantee after the date hereof, a Supplemental Indenture in a form to be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee and the Holders will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 13.01 will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will be deemed to constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

 

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Section 13.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. Except as otherwise provided in Section 13.05, a Guarantor may not, directly or indirectly, (1) consolidate with or merge with or into, or (2) sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), any other Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:

(a) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby; and

(b) either:

(i) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or another Guarantor) is an entity organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and expressly assumes, by executing and delivering a supplemental indenture to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent that is satisfactory in form to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Article 10 hereof and any other agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, all of the obligations of that Guarantor under its Guarantee, this Indenture and all appropriate Note Security Documents; or

(ii) such transaction is permitted by Section 4.11, Section 4.21 and Section 4.22.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and satisfactory in form to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, of the Guarantee of such Guarantor and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by such Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; provided, however, that the Guarantee of such successor Person will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee. All the Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution.

Except as set forth in Article 4, and notwithstanding Section 13.04(a), Section 13.04(b)(i) and Section 13.04(b)(ii) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation, amalgamation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

 

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Section 13.05 Releases. The Guarantee of any Guarantor, and the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral of such Guarantor, will be automatically released:

(a) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock or all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to such Person that is not the Company or a Guarantor if the sale or other Disposition does not violate Section 4.21 and the other provisions of this Indenture;

(b) upon the liquidation or dissolution of such Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor as permitted hereunder.

If the Guarantee of any Guarantor or all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor or the Capital Stock of any Guarantor are sold or disposed of in the manner described in clauses (a) or (b) above, and such Guarantor (or as the context may require, Collateral) is released, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate stating and certifying the identity of the released Guarantor (any/or the applicable Collateral), the basis for release in reasonable detail and that such release complies with this Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the conditions of any of clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 13.05 have been met with respect to a Guarantor (or such Collateral) in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will execute any documents reasonably requested that are necessary or advisable in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee and/or the applicable Note Security Documents. Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Guarantee as provided in this Section 13.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations (including the Obligations) of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 13 notwithstanding the release of any other Guarantor.

Section 13.06 Reliance. Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Company, each other Guarantor and any other guarantor, maker or endorser of any Obligation or any part thereof, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any Obligation or any part thereof that diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and each Holder shall not have any duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event any of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any Guarantor, then the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or such Holder shall be under no obligation to (a) undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (b) disclose any information that such Person, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (c) make any future disclosures of such information or any other information to any Guarantor.

ARTICLE 14

CONVERSION OF NOTES

Section 14.01 Conversion Privilege. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 14, each Holder of a Note shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is a minimum of $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Note at any time

 

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prior to the close of business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, at an initial conversion rate of 444.4444 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in this Article 14, the “Conversion Rate”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to, and in accordance with, the settlement provisions of Section 14.02, the “Conversion Obligation”).

Section 14.02 Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion.

(a) Subject to this Section 14.02, Section 14.03(a) and Section 14.07(a), upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with Section 14.02(j).

(b) Before any Holder of a Note shall be entitled to convert a Note as set forth above, such Holder shall (i) in the case of a Global Note, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time and, if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date as set forth in Section 14.02(h) and, if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes, if any, as set forth in Section 14.02(h) and (ii) in the case of a Certificated Note (1) complete, manually or electronically sign and deliver an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (or a facsimile thereof) (a “Notice of Conversion”) at the office of the Conversion Agent and state in writing therein the principal amount of Notes to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or certificates for any shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon settlement of the Conversion Obligation to be registered, (2) surrender such Notes, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of the Conversion Agent, (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, (4) if required, pay funds equal to the interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date as set forth in Section 14.02(h) and (5) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes. The Trustee (and if different, the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of any conversion pursuant to this Article 14 on the Conversion Date for such conversion. No Notice of Conversion with respect to any Notes may be surrendered by a Holder thereof if such Holder has also delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or Asset Sale Repurchase Notice to the Company in respect of such Notes and has not validly withdrawn such notice.

If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Notes shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.

(c) A Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “Conversion Date”) that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in subsection (b) above. Except as set forth in Section 14.03(b) and Section 14.07(a), the Company shall deliver the consideration due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date. If any shares of Common Stock are due to converting Holders, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver to the Conversion Agent or to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary for the full number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s Conversion Obligation.

 

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(d) In case any Certificated Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Note so surrendered a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of any service charge by the converting Holder but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or similar governmental charge required by law or that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such conversion being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such conversion.

(e) If a Holder submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any shares of Common Stock upon conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests any such shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

(f) Except as provided in Section 14.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of any Note as provided in this Article 14.

(g) Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.

(h) Upon conversion, a Holder shall not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except as set forth below or, if applicable, pursuant to Section 14.12. The Company’s settlement of the full Conversion Obligation shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon a conversion of Notes into a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, accrued and unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the cash paid upon such conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date but prior to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date, Holders of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date shall receive the full amount of interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. However, Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of such interest payable on the Notes so converted on the corresponding Interest Payment Date (regardless of whether the converting Holder was the Holder of record on the corresponding Regular Record Date); provided that no such payment shall be required (1) for conversions following the close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (2) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is

 

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after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date, in respect of Notes converted after the close of business on such Regular Record Date and prior to the open of business on such Interest Payment Date; (3) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date, in respect of Notes converted after the close of business on such Regular Record Date and prior to the open of business on such Interest Payment Date; or (4) to the extent of any Defaulted Amounts, if any Defaulted Amounts exist at the time of conversion with respect to such Note. Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, all Holders of record at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, Redemption Date and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date described in subclauses (1), (2) and (3) above shall receive the full interest payment due on the Maturity Date or other applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether their Notes have been converted following such Regular Record Date.

(i) The Person in whose name the shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon conversion shall become the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on the relevant Conversion Date. Upon a conversion of Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Notes surrendered for conversion.

(j) The Company shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion based on the Last Reported Sale Price for the relevant Conversion Date.

Section 14.03 Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes.

(a) If the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date and a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, under the circumstances described below, increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as described below. A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the period from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in subclause (A) of clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the earlier of (x) 35 Trading Days immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (y) the close of business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date) a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period”); provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, that no Additional Shares shall be issuable pursuant to this Section 14.03 to the extent that any Conversion Date occurring during a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period is with respect to a Note or portion thereof with respect to which a Notice of Redemption has been issued pursuant to Section 16 and such Conversion Date occurs prior to the applicable Redemption Conversion Deadline, and any such conversion shall not be “in connection with” a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (and, instead, the converting Holder shall be entitled to receive any applicable Redemption Make-Whole Consideration in connection such conversion pursuant to Section 16.02).

 

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(b) Upon surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall satisfy the related Conversion Obligation in accordance with Section 14.02; provided that if, at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Reference Property following such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of Notes following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Notes equal to the Conversion Rate (including any increase to reflect any additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 14.03), multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation shall be paid to Holders in cash on the second Business Day following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Holders of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.

(c) The number of additional shares of Common Stock, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change and the price paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of the Common Stock for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (the “Stock Price”). If the holders of the Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of additional shares of Common Stock by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased as set forth in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.04.

(e) The following table sets forth the number of additional shares of Common Stock, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased per $1,000 principal amount of Notes pursuant to this Section 14.03 for each Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below:

 

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    Stock Price  

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  $ 1.10     $ 1.35     $ 1.75     $ 2.25     $ 2.50     $ 2.93     $ 3.50     $ 5.00     $ 7.50     $ 10.00     $ 25.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5/13/24

    464.6464       317.3176       221.0113       153.5262       131.1758       102.9004       77.6773       42.5659       19.6254       10.2454       0.0000  

5/13/25

    464.6464       319.8219       218.8597       149.1244       126.3176       97.7593       72.6473       38.5278       17.0692       8.6104       0.0000  

5/13/26

    464.6464       317.0274       211.1569       139.5333       116.5556       88.2396       63.9071       32.1273       13.3540       6.3763       0.0000  

5/13/27

    464.6464       309.0562       196.6828       123.0679       100.2065       72.8263       50.2735       22.9335       8.5835       3.7619       0.0000  

5/13/28

    464.6464       296.2963       170.9416       94.1045       71.8834       47.0333       28.6766       10.4413       3.3794       1.3614       0.0000  

5/13/29

    464.6464       296.2963       126.9841       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  

The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of additional shares of Common Stock by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;

(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $25.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no additional shares of Common Stock will be added to the Conversion Rate; and

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $1.10 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no additional shares of Common Stock will be added to the Conversion Rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 464.6464 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04.

(f) Nothing in this Section 14.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Section 14.04 Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following events occurs, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders participate (other than in the case of (x) a share split or share combination or (y) a tender or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described in this Section 14.04, without having to convert their Notes, as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.

(a) If the Company exclusively issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as applicable;
OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as applicable, before giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination; and
OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

Any adjustment made under this Section 14.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 14.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(b) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than pursuant to a stockholder rights plan) entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;
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OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
X    =    the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y    =    the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

Any increase made under this Section 14.04(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of the Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued or if no such right, option or warrant is exercised prior to its expiration, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For the purpose of this Section 14.04(b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

(c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding (i) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected, or will be so effected in accordance with Section 14.04(j), pursuant to Section 14.04(a) or Section 14.04(b), (ii) except as otherwise provided in Section 14.11, rights issued pursuant to any stockholder rights plan of the Company then in effect, (iii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions of Section 14.04(d) apply, (iv) dividends or distributions of Reference Property in exchange for or upon conversion of Common Stock in connection with any Share Exchange Event, and (v) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 14.04(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities, the “Distributed Property”), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
SP0    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV    =    the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Distributed Property with respect to each outstanding share of the Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 14.04(c) above shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock receive the Distributed Property, the amount and kind of Distributed Property such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution. If the Board of Directors determines the “FMV” (as defined above) of any distribution for purposes of this Section 14.04(c) by reference to the actual or when-issued trading market for any securities, it shall in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 14.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

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where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the end of the Valuation Period;
FMV0    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references therein to Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and
MP0    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The increase to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall occur at the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the Valuation Period, the reference in the portion of this Section 14.04(c) related to Spin-Offs to “10” shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate. If any dividend or distribution that constitutes a Spin-Off is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or announced.

For purposes of this Section 14.04(c) (and subject in all respects to Section 14.11), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of the Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 14.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 14.04(c). If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed

 

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distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued.

For purposes of Section 14.04(a), Section 14.04(b) and this Section 14.04(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) is applicable also includes one or both of:

(A) a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 14.04(a) is applicable (the “Clause A Distribution”); or

(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 14.04(b) is applicable (the “Clause B Distribution”),

then, in either case, (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause (A) Distribution and the Clause (B) Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) is applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 14.04(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made, and (2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 14.04(a) and Section 14.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (I) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause (B) Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause (A) Distribution or Clause (B) Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex- Dividend Date or Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(a) or “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(b).

(d) If the Company pays or makes any cash dividend or distribution to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex- Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP0    =    the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and
C    =    the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock.

 

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Any increase to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 14.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock that is subject to the then-applicable tender offer rules under the Exchange Act, other than an odd lot tender offer, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the “expiration date”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date;
AC    =    the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer;
OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the expiration date (prior to giving effect to the purchase or exchange of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);
OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the expiration date (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
SP1    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date.

 

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The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(e) shall occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date; provided that, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date, references to “10” or “10th” in this Section 14.04(e) shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the expiration date to, and including, such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate.

In the event that the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer described in this Section 14.04(e), but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been effected, as the case may be.

(f) Notwithstanding this Section 14.04 or any other provision of this Indenture or the Notes, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date, and a Holder that has converted its Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record Date would be treated as the record holder of the shares of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date as described under Section 14.02(i) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 14.04, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date shall not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

(g) Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of the Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of the Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.

(h) In addition to those adjustments required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 14.04, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of any exchange on which any of the Company’s securities are then listed, the Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of any exchange on which any of the Company’s securities are then listed, the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or rights to acquire

 

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shares of Common Stock) or similar event. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Note at its last address appearing on the Security Register a notice of the increase at least 15 days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 14, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:

(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries;

(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of the Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) of this subsection and outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued;

(iv) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares to a person not previously an employee or director, or following a bona fide period of non-employment with the Company, as an inducement material to the individual’s entering into employment with the Company;

(v) upon the repurchase of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an open-market share repurchase program or other buy-back transaction, including structured or derivative transactions, that is not a tender offer or exchange offer of the kind described in Section 14.04(e);

(vi) solely for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

(vii) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

(j) All calculations and other determinations under this Article 14 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate otherwise required by this Section 14.04 would result in a change of less than 1% to the Conversion Rate, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 14.04, the Company may, at its election, defer and carry forward such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in an aggregate change of at least 1% to the Conversion Rate; the Conversion Date of any Note;

(iii) the date a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; and (iv) February 13, 2029.

 

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(k) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each Holder at its last address appearing on the Security Register. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

(l) For purposes of this Section 14.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

Section 14.05 Adjustments of Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices or Daily VWAP over a span of multiple days (including, without limitation, the period, if any, for determining the Stock Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), the Company shall, in good faith, make appropriate adjustments (to the extent no corresponding adjustment is otherwise made pursuant to Section 14.04) to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date (as such term is used in Section 14.04) or expiration date of the event occurs at any time during the period when such Last Reported Sale Prices or Daily VWAP are to be calculated.

Section 14.06 Shares to Be Fully Paid. The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock to provide for conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming (x) that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder and (y) the delivery of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock, including the maximum Conversion Rate increase pursuant to Section 14.03).

Section 14.07 Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock.

(a) In the case of:

(i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a share split, share combination or change in par value),

(ii) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company,

(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of all or substantially all of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries’ consolidated assets, taken as a whole, or

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in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Share Exchange Event”), then, prior to or at the effective time of such Share Exchange Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 10.01(g) providing that, at and after the effective time of such Share Exchange Event, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Notes into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Share Exchange Event would have owned or been entitled to receive (the “Reference Property,” with each “unit of Reference Property” meaning the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive) upon such Share Exchange Event; provided that at and after the effective time of the Share Exchange Event (A) the Company or the successor or acquiring company, as the case may be, shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 and (B) (I) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (II) any shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Share Exchange Event and (III) the Daily VWAP and the Last Reported Sale Price, as applicable, shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property.

If the Share Exchange Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then (i) the Reference Property into which the Notes will be convertible shall be deemed to be (x) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election or (y) if no holders of Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock, and (ii) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration referred to in clause (i) attributable to one share of Common Stock. If the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in such Share Exchange Event, then for all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the effective date of such Share Exchange Event (A) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased pursuant to Section 14.03), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Share Exchange Event and (B) the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation by paying such cash amount to converting Holders on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such types and amounts of reference property to be received as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

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If the Reference Property in respect of any Share Exchange Event includes, in whole or in part, shares of common equity, the supplemental indenture described in the second immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as is possible to the adjustments provided for in this Article 14 with respect to the portion of the Reference Property consisting of such common equity. If, in the case of any Share Exchange Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the successor or purchasing company, as the case may be, in such Share Exchange Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other Person, if such other Person is an Affiliate of the Company or the successor or acquiring company, and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including the provisions providing for the purchase rights set forth in Article 15.

(b) When the Company or the successor or acquiring company, as applicable, executes a supplemental indenture pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 14.07, the Company or the successor or acquiring company, as applicable, shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities or property or asset that will comprise a unit of Reference Property after any such Share Exchange Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly mail notice thereof to all Holders. The Company or the successor or acquiring company, as applicable, shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at its address appearing on the Security Register provided for in this Indenture, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

(c) The Company shall not become a party to any Share Exchange Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 14.07. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder to convert its Notes into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, as set forth in Section 14.01 and Section 14.02 prior to the effective date of such Share Exchange Event.

(d) The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Share Exchange Events.

Section 14.08 Certain Covenants.

(a) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens, charges and preemptive rights with respect to the issue thereof.

(b) The Company covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of conversion of Notes hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares of Common Stock may be validly issued upon conversion, the Company will, to the extent then permitted by the rules and interpretations of the Commission, secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.

(c) The Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system the Company will list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

 

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Section 14.09 Responsibility of Trustee and Conversion Agent. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities, property or cash that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and any other Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article. Neither the Trustee nor any other Conversion Agent shall have any duty or responsibility whatsoever to determine compliance with the conversion procedures, or to make or confirm any calculations with respect to the settlement provisions, as required in this Article, all of which shall be performed by the Company as described in Section 18.16. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 14.07 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 14.07 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 7.02, may accept (without any independent investigation) as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officer’s Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto. The rights, benefits and privileges of the Trustee set forth in this Indenture shall be applicable to the Conversion Agent, and the provisions set forth in Section 7.01 relating to the Trustee shall apply to the Conversion Agent. None of the Trustee, the Conversion Agent or any of their agents shall be responsible for monitoring or determining whether any Beneficial Ownership Limitations have been met.

Section 14.10 Beneficial Ownership Limitations.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, no Holder will be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock (x) upon conversion of Notes or (y) as part of the Redemption Make-Whole Consideration, and no conversion of Notes or delivery of the Redemption Make-Whole Consideration shall take place to the extent (but only to the extent) that such receipt (or conversion) would cause such Holder and its Affiliates to beneficially own shares in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitations. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Notes with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of Notes beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Notes) beneficially

 

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owned by the Holder and its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this provision, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Any purported delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that such delivery would result in the converting Holder violating the Beneficial Ownership Limitations. Solely for the purpose of this Section 14.10, in the case of Global Notes, “Holder” shall mean a person that holds a beneficial interest in the Notes and not the Depository Trust Company or its nominee.

(b) To the extent that the limitation contained in this provision applies, the determination of whether any Notes are convertible (in relation to other securities beneficially owned by the Holder) and of which principal amount of such Notes are convertible and what portion of the Redemption Make-Whole Consideration is deliverable shall be in the sole determination of the Holder. The submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether any Notes may be converted (in relation to other securities beneficially owned by the Holder) and which principal amount such Notes are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitations; provided that a Holder may convert its Notes and notify the Company that it elects to receive Pre-Funded Warrants pursuant to Section 14.10(f)(iii) hereof. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder shall be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion does not violate the restrictions set forth in this Section 14.10 and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; provided that a Holder may convert its Notes and notify the Company that it elects to receive Pre-Funded Warrants pursuant to Section 14.10(f)(iii) hereof.

(c) To the extent that the limitation contained in this provision applies, the determination of whether any Redemption Make-Whole Consideration (in relation to other securities beneficially owned by the Holder) shall be in the sole determination of the Holder. In the event the Company is required to deliver any Redemption Make-Whole Consideration, Holder shall notify Company of the portion of the Redemption Make-Whole Consideration Holder can receive in Shares, if less than the total Redemption Make-Whole Consideration and the Company shall deliver the remainder of the Redemption Make-Whole Consideration in the form of a number of Pre-Funded Warrants equal to the number of Shares that would be deliverable as part of its Conversion Obligation (and will pay such Holder cash in lieu of any fractional Shares). For the avoidance of doubt, any such Pre-Funded Warrants shall contain beneficial ownership restrictions substantially identical to those contained in this Section 14.10.

(d) For purposes of this Section 14.10, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent to such Holder setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Notes, by the Holder since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.

 

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(e) The “General Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Notes held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than 2 days’ prior written notice to the Company, may elect a beneficial ownership limit as to such Holder (but not as to any other Holder) (such limit, a “Holder Beneficial Ownership Limitation” and together with the General Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the “Beneficial Ownership Limitations”) that is (x) less than or equal to the General Beneficial Ownership Limitation then applicable to the Holders or (y) greater than or equal to the General Beneficial Ownership Limitation then applicable to the Holders, but less than or equal to 19.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Notes held by the Holder. Any Holder Beneficial Ownership Limitation will be effective as of (i) the issue date for the Notes, for any notice delivered prior to the issuance of such Notes, and (ii) in the cause of clause (x), the 2nd day after such notice is delivered to the Company or in the case of clause (y) the 61st after such notice is delivered to the Company.

(f) Any Notes surrendered for conversion for which shares of Common Stock are not delivered due to the Beneficial Ownership Limitations shall not be extinguished and, such Holder may:

(i) request return of the Notes surrendered by such Holder for Conversion, after which the Company shall deliver such Notes to such Holder within two trading days after receipt of such request;

(ii) certify to the Company that the person (or persons) receiving shares of Common Stock upon conversion is not, and would not, as a result of such conversion, become the beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time in excess of the applicable Beneficial Ownership Limitations, after which the Company shall deliver any such shares of Common Stock withheld on account of such applicable Beneficial Ownership Limitations by the later of (x) the date such shares were otherwise due to such person (or persons) and (y) two Trading Days after receipt of such certification; provided, however, until such time as the affected Holder gives such notice, no person shall be deemed to be the stockholder of record with respect to the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon conversion in excess of any applicable Beneficial Ownership Limitations. Upon delivery of such notice, the provisions under Section 14.02 shall apply to the shares of Common Stock to be delivered pursuant to such notice; or

(iii) request that the Company satisfy its Conversion Obligation by the delivery of Pre-Funded Warrants, after which the Company shall deliver to such Holder a number of Pre-Funded Warrants equal to the number of Shares that would be deliverable as part of its Conversion Obligation (and will pay such Holder cash in lieu of any fractional Shares). For the avoidance of doubt, any such Pre-Funded Warrants shall contain beneficial ownership restrictions substantially identical to those contained in this Section 14.10.

 

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Section 14.11 Stockholder Rights Plans. If the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes, each share of Common Stock, if any, issued upon such conversion shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case, as may be provided by the terms of any such stockholder rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. However, if, prior to any conversion of Notes, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights plan the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock Distributed Property as provided in Section 14.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

Section 14.12 Limit on Issuance of Shares of Common Stock Upon Conversion.

(a) If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company shall pay cash in lieu of delivering any Additional Shares that would otherwise be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 14.03 upon conversions of Notes connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to this Section 14.12(a) instead of delivering Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.03, unless, at any time prior to or in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company has obtained Stockholder Approval and, in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company elects to deliver Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.03 in lieu of making the cash payment provided for by this Section 14.12(a); provided that the Company must reserve the necessary number of Shares at the time the Company makes such an election to deliver Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.03. If cash payments are made in lieu of Additional Shares pursuant to this Section 14.12(a), a converting Holder shall receive (i) an amount of cash equal to the applicable number of Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.03 multiplied by the applicable Stock Price and (ii) a number of Shares equal to the Conversion Rate multiplied by the principal amount of Notes being converted.

(b) If the Company elects to redeem part or all of the Notes pursuant to Section 16.02, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company shall pay cash in lieu of delivering any Redemption Make-Whole Consideration that would otherwise be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 16.02 upon such redemption of Notes pursuant to this Section 14.12(b) instead of delivering the Redemption Make-Whole Consideration pursuant to Section 16.02, unless, at any time prior to or in connection with such redemption, the Company has obtained Stockholder Approval and, in connection with such redemption, the Company elects to either (i) deliver such Redemption Make-Whole Consideration pursuant to Section 16.02 in lieu of making the cash payment provided for by this Section 14.12(b) or (ii) (x) deliver any portion of such Redemption Make-Whole Consideration pursuant to Section 16.02 in lieu of making the cash payment provided for by this Section 14.12(b) and (y) pay the difference in cash between the Redemption Make-Whole Value and such delivered Redemption Make-Whole Consideration in accordance with this Section 14.12(b); provided that the Company must reserve the necessary number of Shares at the time the Company makes such an election to deliver any such Redemption Make-Whole Consideration pursuant to Section 16.02. If cash payments are made in lieu of such Redemption Make-Whole Consideration pursuant to this Section 14.12(b), a Holder shall receive, in lieu of such Redemption Make-Whole Consideration, an amount of cash equal to the number of shares comprising the applicable Redemption Make-Whole Consideration pursuant to Section 16.02 multiplied by the applicable Daily VWAP.

 

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ARTICLE 15

REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

Section 15.01 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 15.02 Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.

(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, on the date specified by the Company that is not less than 20 Business Days or more than 35 Business Days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice, subject to postponement, at the Company’s option, in order to allow the Company to comply with applicable law (such specified date, as it may be so postponed, the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”), at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”), unless the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, in which case the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest (to, but not including, such Interest Payment Date) to Holders of record as of such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Article 15.

(b) Repurchases of Notes under this Section 15.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

(i) delivery to the Paying Agent appointed to facilitate the repurchase by a Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Note, if the Notes are Certificated Notes, or in compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

(ii) delivery of the Notes, if the Notes are Certificated Notes, to the Paying Agent appointed to facilitate the repurchase at any time after delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the office of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.

The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:

(i) in the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;

 

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(ii) the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple in excess thereof; and

(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture;

provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 15.02 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 15.03.

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

(c) On or before the 20th Business Day after the occurrence of the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders, the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence of the effective date of the Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. In the case of Certificated Notes, such notice shall be delivered by electronic mail or first class mail or, in the case of Global Notes, such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the applicable policies and procedures of the Depositary. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

(ii) the effective date of the Fundamental Change;

(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Article 15;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if applicable;

(vii) if applicable, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate;

(viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

 

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(ix) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 15.02.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided that, in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Certificated Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been canceled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to purchase or make an offer to purchase any Notes upon a Fundamental Change if a third party makes such an offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company as set forth in this Article 15 and such third party purchases all Notes properly surrendered and not validly withdrawn under its offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company as set forth in this Article 15.

(f) To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Article 15, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under such provisions of this Article 15 by virtue of such conflict.

Section 15.03 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 15.03 prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying:

(i) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof,

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(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.

Section 15.04 Deposit of Repurchase Price.

(a) The Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.03) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Asset Sale Repurchase Date, as applicable, an amount of money sufficient to repurchase all of the Notes to be repurchased at the appropriate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Asset Sale Repurchase Price, as applicable. Subject to receipt of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment for Notes surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date in the case of a repurchase in connection with a Fundamental Change) will be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Asset Sale Repurchase Date, as applicable, (provided that the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 15.02 or Section 15.06, as applicable) and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 15.02 or Section 15.06, as applicable, in the case of Certificated Notes, by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the Security Register and, in the case of Global Notes, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Asset Sale Repurchase Price, as applicable.

(b) If by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Asset Sale Repurchase Date, as applicable, the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to make payment on all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be repurchased on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Asset Sale Repurchase Date, as applicable, then, with respect to the Notes that have been properly surrendered for repurchase and have not been validly withdrawn, (i) such Notes shall cease to be Outstanding, (ii) interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent) and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Asset Sale Repurchase Price, as applicable, and, if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest).

(c) Upon surrender of a Certificated Note that is to be repurchased in part pursuant to Section 15.02 or Section 15.06, as applicable, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Certificated Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Certificated Note surrendered.

 

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Section 15.05 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes. In connection with any repurchase offer, the Company shall, if required:

(a) comply with the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act;

(b) file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act; and

(c) otherwise comply in all material respects with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Notes;

in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article 15 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in this Article 15.

Section 15.06 Pro Rata Repurchase at Option of Holders upon Asset Sales.

(a) Following any Asset Sale, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries that are Note Parties, to invest the relevant Asset Sale Reinvestment Amount, by the relevant Asset Sale Reinvestment Deadline, in the costs of research, development, commercialization, license, purchase, or other acquisition or investment of or in other assets of the general type used or useful in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. No later than the tenth (10th) Business Day following the date of receipt by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds (it being understood that such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be deposited into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof), the Company shall send a written notice to all Holders, the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) of the occurrence of the Asset Sale, the relevant Net Asset Sale Proceeds, the aggregate amount of Net Asset Sale Proceeds from all Asset Sales after the Closing Date, the relevant Asset Sale Reinvestment Amount, the relevant Asset Sale Reinvestment Deadline and of the relevant Asset Sale Repurchase Amount, if any (such notice, an “Asset Sale Notice”).

(b) If any Asset Sale Repurchase Trigger Date occurs at any time after the Term Loan is no longer outstanding, each Holder shall have the right, upon receipt of an Asset Sale Offer Notice and at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash a portion of such Holder’s Notes, in an integral multiple of $1,000, on the date specified by the Company that is not less than 20 Business Days or more than 35 Business Days following the date of the Asset Sale Repurchase Notice, (such specified date, as it may be so postponed, the “Asset Sale Repurchase Date”), at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Asset Sale Repurchase Date (the “Asset Sale Repurchase Price”); provided, that no such repurchase shall be required under this Section 15.06 to the extent the (i) Net Asset Sale Proceeds of any individual Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales does not exceed $2,000,000 and (ii) aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds received by any Note Party and/or any of its Subsidiaries from the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination does not exceed $5,000,000 (and then, in each case, only the amount in excess thereof shall be required to be paid). If the Asset Sale Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest (to, but not including, such Interest Payment Date) to Holders of record as of such Regular Record Date, and the Asset Sale Repurchase Price shall be equal to 101% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Section 15.06.

 

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(c) No later than the tenth (10th) Business Day following any Asset Sale Repurchase Trigger Date, the Company shall send a written notice to all Holders, the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof (such notice, an “Asset Sale Offer Notice”). Any such notice shall be delivered in accordance with Section 18.03. Each Asset Sale Offer Notice shall specify:

(i) the effective date of the of the Asset Sale;

(ii) the relevant Asset Sale Repurchase Amount or Asset Sale Uninvested Amount, as the case may be;

(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Section 15.06;

(iv) the principal amount of Notes outstanding as of the date of such notice;

(v) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if applicable;

(vi) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes; and

(vii) that the Notes with respect to which an Asset Sale Offer Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Asset Sale Offer Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 15.06.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided that, in all cases, the text of such notice shall be prepared by the Company.

(d) The portion of Notes that a Holder may require the Company to repurchase under this section 15.06 shall be equal to the product, rounded down to the nearest integral multiple of $1,000, of (i) the principal amount of such Holder’s Notes divided by the principal amount of Notes currently outstanding as of the date of the Asset Sale Offer Notice and (ii) (x) if the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility has not been terminated, one hundred percent (100%) of such Asset Sale Uninvested Amount or Asset Sale Repurchase Amount, as applicable, until the Holders have been paid a total of $81,200,000 in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, (y) if the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility has not been terminated and the Holders have been paid a total of $81,200,000 in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, forty percent (40%) of such Asset Sale Uninvested Amount or Asset Sale Repurchase Amount, as applicable, or (z) if the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility has been terminated, one hundred percent (100%) of such Asset Sale Uninvested Amount or Asset Sale Repurchase Amount, as applicable, divided by 1.03 (such amount, a Holder’s “Asset Sale Pro Rata Repurchase Amount”).

 

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(e) Repurchases of Notes under this Section 15.06 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

(i) delivery to the Paying Agent appointed to facilitate the repurchase by a Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Asset Sale Repurchase Notice”) in the form set forth in Attachment 4 to the Form of Note, if the Notes are Certificated Notes, or in compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Asset Sale Repurchase Date; and

(ii) delivery of the Notes, if the Notes are Certificated Notes, to the Paying Agent appointed to facilitate the repurchase at any time after delivery of the Asset Sale Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the office of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Asset Sale Repurchase Price therefor.

The Asset Sale Repurchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:

(i) in the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;

(ii) the Asset Sale Pro Rata Repurchase Amount; and

(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture;

provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Asset Sale Repurchase Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holders pursuant to this Section 15.06 if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Asset Sale Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Certificated Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Asset Sale Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been canceled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Asset Sale Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(g) To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 15.06, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under such provisions of this Section 15.06 by virtue of such conflict.

 

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ARTICLE 16

REDEMPTION

Section 16.01 No Redemption prior to May 13, 2026. Subject to Section 16.02, the Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to the Maturity Date, and no sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

Section 16.02 Redemption on or after May 13, 2026.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 16.01, on or after May 13, 2026 until the Business Day prior to the Maturity Date, the Company may redeem for cash all or (subject to the immediately following proviso) part of the Notes at its option if the Last Reported Sale Price of Common Stock equals or exceeds 130% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending within five Trading Days prior to the date on which the Company sends any Notice of Redemption; provided that partial redemptions shall be allowed on so long as at least $50,000,000 principal amount of Notes remain outstanding following any such partial redemption.

(b) The redemption price of each Note to be so redeemed will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (or, if the Company Defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, the day on which such Default is no longer continuing) plus the applicable Redemption Make-Whole Consideration (the “Redemption Price”); provided that if the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest (to, but not including, such Interest Payment Date) to Holders of record as of such Regular Record Date, and the Redemption Make-Whole Value with respect to such redemption shall be reduced by the value of such accrued and unpaid interest.

(c) In the event any Note to which a Notice of Redemption relates is converted prior to the relevant Redemption Conversion Deadline, the Company shall, on date it satisfies its Conversion Obligation with respect to such conversion, deliver to the Holder of such Note the relevant Redemption Make-Whole Consideration. If a Note or any portion thereof is subject to a Notice of Redemption and such Note or any portion thereof is converted and such conversion would otherwise also constitute a conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change but for the proviso in Section 14.03(a), notwithstanding anything else in this Indenture to the contrary, the converted portion of such Note will be deemed to be from the portion of such Note that was subject to the Notice of Redemption and, in connection therewith, such Holder will be entitled to the applicable Redemption Make-Whole Consideration in connection with such conversion and no Additional Shares shall be issuable to such Holder pursuant to Section 14.03 in connection with such conversion.

(d) Not less than 30 nor more than 60 Scheduled Trading Days before the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), the Company shall send to all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a written notice of any redemption (the “Notice of Redemption”) specifying:

(i) the Redemption Date and any record date relating thereto;

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(iii) the applicable Conversion Rate and Conversion Price;

(iv) that Notes called for redemption may be converted at any time on or after the date the Company sent the related Notice of Redemption until the earlier of

(x) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date (or if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date as specified in the Notice of Redemption, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such later date on which the Redemption Price is paid) and (y) the Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date;

(v) the Redemption Make-Whole Value at the time of such redemption;

(vi) that Holders who want to convert Notes must satisfy the requirements set forth therein and in this Indenture;

(vii) the CUSIP number of the Notes, and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes;

(viii) if the Notes are Certificated Notes and fewer than all the Notes Outstanding are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed;

(ix) the section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

(x) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of the Redemption Price, interest on Notes or the portion of such Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

(xi) the name and address of the Paying Agent, if applicable; and

(xii) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent for cancellation to collect the Redemption Price and/or any other procedures Holders must follow in connection with redemption of their Notes.

In the case of Certificated Notes, the Notice of Redemption shall be delivered by electronic mail or first class mail or, in the case of Global Notes, such notice shall be sent in accordance with the applicable policies and procedures of the Depositary.

At the Company’s request given at least five Business Days prior to the delivery of such notice (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Trustee shall give any Notice of Redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided that, in all cases, the text of such Notice of Redemption shall be prepared by the Company.

At the time that any Notice of Redemption is provided, the Company will publish a notice containing the same information in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish the information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.

 

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(e) If the Company elects to redeem all Notes Outstanding, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at or prior to the date the Notice of Redemption is to be given to Holders, an Officer’s Certificate stating (a) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur; (b) the Redemption Date; (c) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; (d) the Redemption Price; (e) that such election has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company; and (f) that such election complies with any applicable covenants or conditions precedent set forth in this Indenture. If the Company elects to redeem less than all Notes Outstanding, it shall furnish the above information to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the date the related Notice of Redemption is to be sent to Holders of such redemption (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Any proposed redemption may be cancelled by the Company upon written notice to the Trustee at any time prior to any Notice of Redemption being sent to any Holder, and, thereafter, such proposed redemption shall be null and void.

(f) If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected (i) in the case of Global Notes, pursuant to the policies and procedures of the Depositary, or (ii) in the case of Certificated Notes, by lot or in such other manner as shall be deemed appropriate and fair, and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of the principal amount of such Notes of a denomination larger than $1,000.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be redeemed by the Company on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Notes).

Section 16.03 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once a Notice of Redemption is given, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price stated in the Notice of Redemption except for Notes that are converted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price stated in the Notice of Redemption.

Section 16.04 Deposit of Redemption Price.

(a) The Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.03) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date an amount of money sufficient to redeem all of the Notes called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price. Subject to receipt of funds by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment of Certificated Notes called for redemption will be made on the Redemption Date by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the Security Register, and payment of Global Notes shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.

(b) If by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to make payment on all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, then (i) such Notes shall cease to be Outstanding, (ii) interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price and, if applicable, interest as provided in the proviso to Section 16.02(b)).

 

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(c) Upon redemption of a Certificated Note in part pursuant to Section 16.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note.

ARTICLE 17

COLLATERAL

Section 17.01 Note Security Documents.

(a) Subject to Section 7.01, none of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents makes any representations as to and shall not be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value, protection or condition of any of the Collateral or as to the security afforded or intended to be afforded thereby, hereby or by any of the Note Security Documents, or for the legality, sufficiency, effectiveness, validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens or any other security interests in any of the Collateral created or intended to be created by any of the Note Security Documents, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, for the validity or sufficiency of any of the Note Security Documents or any agreement or assignment contained in any thereof, for the validity of the title of the Company to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral or any defect or deficiency as to any such matters

(b) If Company or any Guarantor acquires any assets or property that are required to become Collateral pursuant to this Indenture or the Note Security Documents or any Subsidiary is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.15, the Company or such Guarantor shall promptly (and in any event within 45 days after such acquisition or requirement to become a Guarantor commences) execute a joinder to the Pledge and Security Agreement and take all steps necessary to validly perfect such Lien (to the extent required herein and by the Note Security Documents), and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, are authorized and directed to execute any documentation necessary or desirable in connection therewith to create or perfect Liens as set forth herein or in the Note Security Documents, in each case as set forth in a Company Order.

(c) The Company and each Guarantor shall execute such documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all commercially reasonable further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements or amendments or continuation statements in respect thereof), that may be required under any applicable law, to ensure that the Liens of the Note Security Documents on the Collateral are and remain perfected (to the extent required by the Note Security Documents) with the priority required by the Note Security Documents, all at the expense of the Company and Guarantors and provide to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Note Security Documents. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have any obligation to, and neither of them shall be responsible for any such actions or otherwise perfecting, monitoring or maintaining the perfection of any Lien in any of the Collateral.

 

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Section 17.02 Collateral Agent.

(a) The Note Security Documents will be subject to the terms, limitations and conditions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance of a Note, is deemed to (i) have consented and agreed to the terms of each Note Security Document (including any, entered into after the Closing Date), as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture or, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) have consented to the appointment of the Collateral Agent pursuant this Indenture, (iii) have authorized and directed the Collateral Agent to enter into the Note Security Documents to which it is, or is intended to be, a party, and (iv) have authorized and empowered the Collateral Agent (through the Note Security Documents) to bind the Holders of Notes as set forth in the Security Documents to which they are a party and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder, including entering into amendments permitted by the terms of the Note Security Documents. To the extent that any provision of the Note Security Documents is not consistent with or contradicts this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreements, this Indenture and/or the Intercreditor Agreements (if any) shall govern. The Collateral Agent shall have all the rights (including indemnification rights), powers, benefits, privileges, protections, indemnities and immunities provided in the Note Security Documents and, additionally, shall have all the rights (including indemnification rights), benefits, privileges, protections, indemnities and immunities in its dealings under the Note Security Documents as are provided to the Trustee under this Indenture and under applicable law, all of which are incorporated herein mutatis mutandis.

(b) Except as required or permitted by the Note Security Documents, the Holders, by accepting a Note, acknowledge that the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:

(i) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person, except in accordance with the Note Security Documents;

(ii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Lien granted pursuant to the Note Security Documents; or

(iii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Note Security Documents (including any Lien granted thereunder) or Collateral.

(c) The Collateral Agent will act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent will have no discretion under this Indenture or the Note Security Documents and will not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Requisite Holders or the Trustee, as applicable. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee may (but will not be obligated to) direct the Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture.

(d) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates will be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction).

 

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(e) Other than in connection with a release of Collateral permitted under Section 17.04 or as may be required by Section 9.02, in each case that the Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder, the Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Collateral Agent will not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. If the Collateral Agent requests direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Collateral Agent will be entitled to refrain from such Action until the Collateral Agent will have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Collateral Agent will not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Note Security Documents, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent will be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the creation, validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of any grantor to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral. The Trustee and Collateral Agent hereby disclaim any representation or warranty to the present and future Holders of Notes concerning the perfection of the liens granted hereunder or in the value of any of the Collateral.

(g) In the event that the Collateral Agent is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Collateral Agent’s sole discretion may cause the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Collateral Agent or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Collateral Agent will not be liable to any Person for any environmental claims or any environmental liabilities or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into the environment.

(h) The Collateral Agent will be entitled to compensation, reimbursement and indemnity as set forth in Section 7.06.

(i) The Collateral Agent will not be deemed to have knowledge of any fact or matter (including, without limitation, a Default or Event of Default) unless such fact or matter is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Agent.

 

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Section 17.03 Authorization of Actions to be Taken.

(a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, (i) consents and agrees to the terms of each Note Security Document, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture and that that it is subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as in effect at any time, (ii) authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Note Security Documents to which it is a party either on the Closing Date or thereafter, and (iii) authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes as set forth in the Note Security Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder. Whether or not expressly provided in any Note Security Document, in entering and acting thereunder, the Collateral Agent (and the Trustee, if applicable) shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities set forth in this Indenture.

(b) The Trustee is authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed to the Collateral Agent under the Note Security Documents and, subject to the terms of the Note Security Documents, to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture and the Note Security Documents.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and the Note Security Documents, the Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to), in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:

(i) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Liens granted pursuant to the Note Security Documents;

(ii) enforce any of the terms of the Note Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or the Trustee is a party; or

(iii) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations hereunder.

At the Company’s sole cost and expense, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered and directed by each Holder of Notes (by its acceptance thereof) to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem reasonably expedient to protect or enforce the Note Security Documents or the Liens granted thereunder or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Note Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem reasonably expedient, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the Liens granted pursuant to the Note Security Documents or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders or the Trustee.

 

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Section 17.04 Release of Collateral.

(a) The Collateral Agent’s Liens upon the Collateral will no longer secure the Notes and Guarantees outstanding under this Indenture or any other Obligations under this Indenture (including the Obligations), and the right of the Holders of the Notes and such Obligations (including the Obligations) to the benefits and proceeds of the Collateral Agent’s Liens on the Collateral will automatically terminate and be discharged:

(i) in whole, as to all property subject to such Liens which has been taken by eminent domain, condemnation or other similar circumstances;

(ii) in whole, as to all property subject to such Liens, upon:

(1) payment or satisfaction in full in cash of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest and premium, if any, and such other amounts due on the Notes and the payment in full in cash of all other Obligations; or

(2) satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as set forth in Article 3 hereof; or

(3) the exercise by the Company of its covenant defeasance option as set forth in Section 3.02 hereof; or

(iii) in part, as to any property that (A) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Company or one of the Guarantors in a transaction permitted by this Indenture, at the time of such sale, transfer or disposition, to the extent of the interest sold, transferred or disposed of; provided, in each case, that any products or proceeds received by a Note Party in respect of any such Collateral shall continue to constitute Collateral to the extent required by this Indenture and the Transaction Documents, or (B) is owned or at any time acquired by a Guarantor that has been released from its Guarantee (and any guarantee of other Obligations), concurrently with the release of such Guarantee (and any guarantee of other Obligations); or

(iv) for less than all or substantially all of the Collateral to the extent not pursuant to a transaction permitted by this Indenture, with the consent of the Required Holders (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, purchase of, the Notes).

At the request of the Company and upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent and covenants under this Indenture, including the specific conditions precedent set forth in any of sub-paragraphs (i) through (vi) above, as applicable, and the Transaction Documents, if any, relating to such release have been complied with, and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company and satisfactory to the Trustee and Collateral Agent, the Trustee shall, or shall cause the Collateral Agent to, execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Company’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Transaction Documents. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in good faith in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel; and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Transaction Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.

 

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(b) The release of any Collateral from the terms of the Transaction Documents, or the release, in whole or in part, of the Liens created by the Note Security Documents, will not be deemed to impair the Guarantees and security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof and of the Note Security Documents if and to the extent that the Collateral is released pursuant to this Indenture and the Transaction Documents, and any Person that is required to deliver an Officers’ Certificate shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate.

Section 17.05 Use of Collateral.

(a) Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees to the provisions of this Indenture and the Note Security Documents governing the possession, use and release of Collateral. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees that Collateral may, and, as applicable, shall, be released or substituted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have commenced enforcement of remedies under the Note Security Documents, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Note Security Documents or this Indenture, the Note Parties will have the right to remain in possession and retain exclusive control of the Collateral to alter or repair the Collateral, to freely operate the Collateral and to collect, invest and dispose of any income thereon.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Note Parties may, among other things, without any release or consent by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, use and dispose of the Collateral in any lawful manner to the extent permitted by provisions of this Indenture and the Note Security Documents.

(c) The release of any Collateral from the terms of this Indenture will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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Section 17.06 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee. In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 17 upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 17; and if the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.

Section 17.07 Voting. In connection with any matter under the Pledge and Security Agreement requiring a vote of holders of Obligations, the holders of such Obligations shall be treated as a single class and the Holders shall cast their votes in accordance with this Indenture. The amount of the Notes to be voted by the Holders will equal the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes. Following and in accordance with the outcome of the applicable vote under this Indenture, the Trustee shall vote the total amount of the Notes as a block in respect of any vote under the Pledge and Security Agreement.

Section 17.08 Appointment and Authorization of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB as Collateral Agent.

(a) Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB is hereby designated and appointed as the Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) of the Holders on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture and under the Note Security Documents, and is authorized as the Collateral Agent for such Holders to execute and enter into each of the Transaction Documents and all other instruments relating to the Note Security Documents and (i) to take action and exercise such powers and remedies as are expressly required or permitted hereunder and under the Note Security Documents and all instruments relating hereto and thereto and (ii) to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are, in each case, expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental hereto and thereto.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture or the Note Security Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have (i) any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or therein or (ii) any fiduciary relationship with any Holder, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture or any Note Security Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent will not be required to take any action that is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture or the Note Security Documents.

(c) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of the collateral in its possession, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and the Collateral Agent will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith.

 

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Section 17.09 Release Upon Termination of the Companys Obligations. In the event that the Company delivers to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance acceptable to it, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying that all the obligations (including all Obligations) under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations), and all such obligations have been so satisfied, (i) the Liens granted pursuant to the Note Security Documents shall automatically terminate and be released, (ii) the Trustee shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it has under the Note Security Documents, and (iii) the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably requested by the Company to evidence or give public notice of the release of such Lien as soon as is commercially reasonable.

ARTICLE 18

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 18.01 Investments. In the absence of written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be placed in a non-interest bearing trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral Agent be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses incurred thereon or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investment to provide timely written investment direction, and neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have any obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such written investment direction from the Company.

Section 18.02 Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this Indenture made by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 18.03 Notices.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee or by Holders or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company may be given, made or served by any standard form of telecommunication or by being deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., 85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor, Newton, MA 02459, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Holder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Information Agent shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, the office of the Collateral Agent or the office of the Information Agent, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, where reference herein is made to notice of any event (including notice of redemption) to a Holder, whether by mail or otherwise, such notice shall be sufficiently given when delivered to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of the Depositary; provided that any notice to a holder of Certificated Notes may be delivered by electronic mail or first class mail to the address of such holder in the Security Register. Any Person who becomes a beneficial owner of Notes after the Closing Date that wishes to obtain access to the Platform (a (“Requesting Holder”) shall provide a fully completed and executed Platform Access Request to the Company, with a copy to the Information Agent. Promptly following receipt of a fully completed and executed Platform Access Request (which the Company may rely upon conclusively without investigation) and any other information requested by the Company that, in its sole determination, is required to demonstrate proof of beneficial ownership, the Company shall confirm to the Information Agent whether such Requesting Holder is entitled to access to the Platform; provided, however, that in the event the Company fails to provide such confirmation (or otherwise question or object to any Platform Access Request) to the Information Agent within 30 days of receipt of such Platform Access Request, the Company hereby directs the Information Agent to grant such Requesting Holder access to the Platform as soon as practicable following such 30 day period to the extent such Requested Holder has provided to the Information Agent a fully completed and executed Platform Access Request (which the Information Agent may rely upon conclusively without investigation). In the event that a beneficial owner of the Notes with access to the Platform ceases to be a beneficial owner of the Notes, such beneficial owner agrees to no longer access the Platform.

 

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(b) The Company and each Holder hereby acknowledges that for such time as an Information Agent is appointed in respect of this Indenture, (i) the Information Agent will make available to the Holders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of Company hereunder (collectively, “Company Materials”) by posting the Company Materials on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, SyndTrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (ii) certain of the Holders (each, a “Public Holder”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive information that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (all such information described in the foregoing, “MNPI”). Company hereby agrees that (1) it will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Company Materials to be identified as either (A) “PUBLIC” (which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof) or (B) “PRIVATE”; (2) by marking the Company Materials “PUBLIC,” Company shall be deemed to have authorized the Information Agent, any beneficial owner of Notes and the Holders to treat such Company Materials as not containing any MNPI (although it may be sensitive and proprietary); (3) all Company Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information,” and (4) the Information Agent shall be entitled to treat any Company Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as “PRIVATE” and being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information” (it being understood that Company and its Subsidiaries shall not otherwise be under any obligation to mark any particular Company Materials “PUBLIC”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, financial statements and other documentation delivered pursuant to Section 1.04 (to the extent such reports and filings are filed by Company with any stock exchange on which any securities of Company are traded and/or the Commission) shall be deemed to be suitable for posting on a portion of the Platform designated for “Public Side Information” and marked “PUBLIC” by the Company. Unless expressly marked “PUBLIC”, the Information Agent agrees not to make any such Company Materials available to a Public Holder on a portion of the Platform designated for “Public Side Information”. In the event that any Public Holder has elected for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Public Holder acknowledges that (i) the Information Agent and other Holders may have access to such information, (ii) that only Company Materials marked “PUBLIC” by the Company will be posted on a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information,” and (iii) neither the Company nor the Information Agent nor other Holders with access to such information shall have (x) any responsibility for such Public Holder’s decision to limit the scope of information it has obtained in connection with this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents or (y) any duty to disclose such information to such electing Holder or to use such information on behalf of such electing Holder, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or use such information.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Company in good faith determines that it is necessary to disclose MNPI to a Public Holder for purposes relating to this Indenture or any other Transaction Document, Company shall inform the Information Agent and the Trustee in writing together with a written notice describing such determination (a “MNPI Notice”) to be delivered to all Holders, and (i) and Information Agent shall distribute such MNPI Notice by email to any Public Holder, and within two (2) Business Days after the sending of such email by Company to the Information Agent, such Public Holder shall engage with the Company to discuss such purposes, and (ii) the Trustee shall notify all Holders of the MNPI Notice pursuant to the customary procedures of the Depositary.

(d) Each Note Party understands that the distribution of material through the Platform, any Approved Electronic Communications or other electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution and agrees and assumes the risks associated with such electronic distribution.

 

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(e) The Platform and any Approved Electronic Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Information Agent, the Trustee, Collateral Agent, their respective Affiliates or any of their or their Affiliates’ respective officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, employees, managers, advisors, consultants, administrators, agents, sub-agents or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Platform and the Approved Electronic Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Platform or the Approved Electronic Communications. In no event shall the Agent Affiliates have any liability to any of the Note Parties, any Holder or any other Person for damages of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Note Party’s or Information Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. Each party hereto agrees that each of Information Agent and each Agent Affiliate has no responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing required in connection with any Approved Electronic Communication or otherwise required for the Platform, or determining whether Company Materials contain any MNPI.

(f) Each Note Party, each Lender, Trustee and Collateral Agent agrees that the Information Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Approved Electronic Communications on the Platform in accordance with Information Agent’s customary document retention procedures and policies.

(g) All uses of the Platform shall be governed by and subject to, in addition to this Section 18.03, separate terms and conditions posted or referenced in such Platform and related agreements executed by the Holders and their Affiliates in connection with the use of such Platform.

Section 18.04 Official Acts by Successor Company. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or Officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any company or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

Section 18.05 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Indenture or the Notes may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Notes have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.

 

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The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 18.06 Treatment of Notes as Debt. It is intended that Notes will be treated as indebtedness (and not as equity or a “contingent payment debt instrument” governed by Section 1.1275-4 of Treasury Regulations) for federal income tax purposes and that the settlement of any Conversion Obligation of a Note will be treated as a tax-free transaction for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.

Section 18.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent.

(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.07) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include (i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

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Section 18.08 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Maturity Date or any other date on which the principal and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes is due and payable, is not a Business Day or is a day on which the banking institutions in the city of the office of the Paying Agent are authorized or obligated by law to close or be closed, then any payment to be made on such date may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and is not a day on which the banking institutions in the city of the office of the Paying Agent are

authorized or obligated by law to close or be closed with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Maturity Date or such other date, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue in respect of the delay.

Section 18.09 No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

Section 18.10 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, the Holders, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any Authenticating Agent, any Security Registrar and their successors hereunder, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture or under any covenant, condition or provision contained in this Indenture; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders.

Section 18.11 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 18.12 Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 18.13 Separability. In case any one or more provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, but this Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

Section 18.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT 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 INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 18.15 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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Section 18.16 Calculations. The Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Stock Price, the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, any Daily VWAP, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate of the Notes. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the written request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company.

Section 18.17 USA PATRIOT Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee or the Collateral Agent. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee and the Collateral Agent with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Section 18.18 Tax Withholding. Subject in all respects to Section 4.09 of this Indenture, the Company or the Trustee (or, if not the Trustee, the Paying Agent), as the case may be, shall be entitled to make a deduction or withholding from any payment which it makes under this Indenture for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or charges if and to the extent so required by any applicable law and any current or future regulations or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof or any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto or by virtue of the relevant Holder failing to satisfy any certification or other requirements in respect of the Notes, in which event the Company or the Trustee (or, if not the Trustee, the Paying Agent), as the case may be, shall make such payment after such withholding or deduction has been made and shall account to the relevant authorities for the amount so withheld or deducted and, subject to Section 4.09 of this Indenture, shall have no obligation to gross up any payment hereunder or pay any additional amount as a result of such withholding tax. For the avoidance of doubt, and subject in all respects to Section 4.09 of this Indenture, if the Company or Trustee (or, if not the Trustee, the Paying Agent), as the case may be, pays withholding taxes on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the Company or the Trustee (or, if not the Trustee, the Paying Agent), as the case may be, at its option, may withhold such taxes from payments of cash and shares of Common Stock on the Notes.

Section 18.19 Applicability of Waivers Under The Term Loan Agreement. Any waiver of a “default”, “event of default”, breach of representation or warranty or compliance with any covenant or other term or provision under the Term Loan Agreement or any other Credit Document (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) shall apply mutatis mutandis as a waiver of the equivalent Default or Event of Default, representation or warranty or covenant or other term or provision in this Indenture or applicable corresponding Transaction Documents upon Trustee’s receipt of notice of such waiver from the Term Loan

 

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Administrative Agent under the Term Loan Agreement, unless such waiver is in connection with any refinancing or any modification or amendment of the Term Loan Agreement as a result of which the Original Holders would own less than 50% of the Term Loan. Trustee shall promptly forward any such notice to the Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, procedures for amendments and modifications are set forth in Section 10.01(l) and no Supplemental Indenture shall be required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 18.19. This provision shall not apply following any refinancing (including, without limitation, any Permitted Refinancing) of the Term Loan Agreement.

Section 18.20 Information Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents, prior to the appointment of an Information Agent, the Company shall not provide any Company Materials (including any MNPI) to any Holders or the Information Agent. Until the earlier of (i) the appointment of an Information Agent and (ii) 90 days after the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to occur under Sections 6.01(e), (f) or (g) solely to the extent such Default or Event of Default results from the Company’s failure to provide information to the Holders or Information Agent that would, in its good faith and commercially reasonable determination, constitute MNPI.

Section 18.21 Confidentiality. The Trustee, Information Agent and each Holder and beneficial owner of Notes shall maintain the confidentiality of all MNPI regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries and their businesses, it being understood and agreed by each Note Party that, in any event, Information Agent may disclose any such information to the Holders or beneficial owners of Notes (including pursuant to Section 18.03(b) and on the Platform) and Trustee, and the Trustee, Information Agent and any Holder and any beneficial owner of Notes may make (i) disclosures of such information to their respective Affiliates and to their respective officers, Directors, partners, members, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors and other advisors, experts, or agents on a confidential basis (and to other Persons authorized by the Trustee, Information Agent or a Holder or beneficial owner of Notes to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 18.21), (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any potential or prospective transferee in connection with the contemplated transfer of any Notes or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Note Party and its obligations (provided, such transferees, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of this Section 18.21 or other substantially similar confidentiality restrictions), (iii) disclosure on a confidential basis to any rating agency, (iv) disclosure on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Notes, (v) disclosures in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Transaction Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Indenture or any other Transaction Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) disclosures made pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law or compulsory legal process (in which case such Person agrees to inform Company promptly thereof to the extent not prohibited by law), (vii) disclosures made upon the request or demand of any regulatory or quasi-regulatory authority (including the NAIC) purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or any of its Affiliates, (viii) disclosures to members of the investment committee of a Holder or beneficial owner of Notes (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential), (ix) disclosures to any Holders’ or beneficial owners’ of Notes financing sources; provided that prior to any disclosure such financing source is informed of the confidential nature of the information, (x) disclosures to the extent such information

 

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(A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Trustee, Information Agent, any Holder, any beneficial owner of Notes or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Note Parties and (xi) disclosures with the consent of the relevant Note Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or after the Closing Date, Trustee may, at its own expense issue news releases and publish “tombstone” advertisements and other announcements relating to this transaction in newspapers, trade journals and other appropriate media (which may include use of logos of one or more of the Note Parties). Each Holder and beneficial owner of Notes acknowledges that it is aware that the United States and other applicable securities laws prohibit any person who has MNPI about a company obtained directly or indirectly from that company from purchasing or selling securities of such company or from communicating such information to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard Paulson

  Name: Richard Paulson
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

(Signature Page to Indenture)


WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND
SOCIETY, FSB as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Raye Golsborough

  Name: Raye Goldsborough
  Title: Vice President
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND
SOCIETY, FSB as Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ Raye Goldsborough

  Name: Raye Golsborough
  Title: Vice President

(Signature Page to Indenture)


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A GLOBAL NOTE]

[THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY WILL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.]

[[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A RESTRICTED SECURITY]

[THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144”) OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER, OR

 

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(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE SECURITY REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144) OF THE COMPANY, OR PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144) OF THE COMPANY DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THREE MONTHS MAY PURCHASE, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.]]

[THIS NOTE MAY BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”). PURSUANT TO TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-3, FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE, AND YIELD TO MATURITY, PLEASE CONTACT [INSERT NAME, TITLE, AND ADDRESS OF PHONE NUMBER OF PERSON TO CONTACT AT THE ISSUER].]

 

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KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

6.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2029

 

No. [_____]    [Initially]1 $[_________]

CUSIP No. [_________]

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]2 [_______]3, or registered assigns, the principal sum [as set forth in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Notes” attached hereto]4 [of $[_______]]5, which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Notes, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $115,978,000 in aggregate at any time, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary, on May 13, 2029, and interest thereon as set forth below.

This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 6.00% per year from [_______], or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until May 13, 2029. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, commencing on [_______], to Holders of record at the close of business on the preceding March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Additional Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 6.03 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and, except as provided in the Indenture, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note therein shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to such Section 6.03, as applicable, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

Any Defaulted Amounts shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, the relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election, in accordance with Section 2.03(c) of the Indenture.

The Company shall pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal of and interest on this Note, if and so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay the principal of any Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Security Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in the continental United States of America as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange.

 

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Include if a global note.

2 

Include if a global note.

3 

Include if a physical note.

4 

Include if a global note.

5 

Include if a physical note.

 

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Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the right to convert this Note into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

THIS NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE, SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

In the case of any conflict between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually by the Trustee or a duly authorized Authenticating Agent under the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:

 

Dated:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

By:  

    

  Authorized Officer

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

6.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2029

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company, designated as its 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), limited to the aggregate principal amount of $115,978,000 all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 13, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders. Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture. Capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture.

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest (including post-filing or post-petition interest) on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantors will unconditionally guarantee (and future guarantors, jointly and severally with the Guarantors, will fully and unconditionally Guarantee) such obligations on a senior secured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

The Notes and the Guarantor’s Guarantees of the Notes will be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The Collateral Agent will hold the Collateral for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the Note Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Note Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the foreclosure and release of Collateral), as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Note Security Documents and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.

In case certain Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Notes may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments and deliveries in respect of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Redemption Price on the applicable Redemption Date and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

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The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Notes as described therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest on, and the consideration due upon conversion of, this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed.

The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange of Notes being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such exchange.

On or after May 13, 2026 until the Business Day prior to the Maturity Date, the Company may in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture redeem all or part of the Notes. Other than as provided before, the Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund or otherwise.

Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, prior to the close of business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM = as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act CUST = Custodian TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]

 

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INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 8, 2024

among

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as First Lien Collateral Agent,

and

HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC,

as Royalty Collateral Agent

and

each additional Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto

and acknowledged and agreed to by

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.,

as the Company

and the other Grantors referred to herein


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1.

  Definitions      2  

1.1

  Defined Terms      2  

1.2

  Terms Generally      12  

SECTION 2.

  Lien Priorities      12  

2.1

  Relative Priorities      12  

2.2

  Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshaling      13  

2.3

  No New Liens      14  

2.4

  Similar Liens and Agreements      14  

2.5

  Perfection of Liens      15  

2.6

  Nature of First Lien Obligations      15  

2.7

  No Claim Subordination      16  

SECTION 3.

  Enforcement      16  

3.1

  Exercise of Remedies      16  

3.2

  Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance      20  

SECTION 4.

  Payments      21  

4.1

  Application of Proceeds      21  

4.2

  Payments Over      22  

SECTION 5.

  Other Agreements      23  

5.1

  Releases      23  

5.2

  Insurance      24  

5.3

  Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Note Documents      25  

5.4

  Confirmation of Lien Subordination in Second Lien Collateral Documents      28  

5.5

  Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection      28  

5.6

  When Discharge of First Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred      30  

SECTION 6.

  Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings      31  

6.1

  Finance and Sale Issues      31  

6.2

  Relief from the Automatic Stay      32  

6.3

  Adequate Protection      32  

6.4

  No Waiver      34  

6.5

  Avoidance Issues      34  

6.6

  Reorganization Securities      34  

6.7

  Post-Petition Interest      35  

6.8

  Waiver      35  

6.9

  Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification      35  

6.10

  Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings      36  

 

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SECTION 7.

  Reliance; Waivers; Etc.      36

7.1

  Reliance      36

7.2

  No Warranties or Liability      37

7.3

  No Waiver of Lien Priorities      37

7.4

  Obligations Unconditional      39

SECTION 8.

  Miscellaneous      40

8.1

  Integration/Conflicts      40

8.2

  Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability      40

8.3

  Amendments; Waivers      41

8.4

  Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries      41

8.5

  Subrogation      42

8.6

  [Reserved]      42

8.7

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers      42

8.8

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      43

8.9

  Notices      44

8.10

  Further Assurances      44

8.11

  APPLICABLE LAW      44

8.12

  Binding on Successors and Assigns      44

8.13

  Section Headings      45

8.14

  Counterparts      45

8.15

  Authorization      45

8.16

  No Third Party Beneficiaries/ Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights      45

8.17

  No Indirect Actions      45

8.18

  Additional Grantors      46

8.19

  Collateral Agents      46

8.20

  Second Lien Indenture      46

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A – Joinder Agreement (Additional Grantors)

Exhibit B – Joinder Agreement (Additional Second Lien Debt)

Exhibit C – Additional Debt Designation

 

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INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of May 8, 2024, is entered into by and among WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB (“WSFS”), as collateral agent for the holders of the First Lien Obligations (as defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns from time to time, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”), HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC, as collateral agent for the holders of the Royalty Obligations (as defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns from time to time, the “Royalty Collateral Agent”), and the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.20 and acknowledged and agreed to by KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the other Grantors (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 below.

RECITALS

The Company, the guarantors party from time to time to the First Lien Credit Agreement (as defined below), the lenders party from time to time to the First Lien Credit Agreement and WSFS as administrative agent and collateral agent have entered into that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or, subject to Section 5.3 hereof, Refinanced, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”);

The Company, HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS III, L.P. (“HCRP Fund III”) and HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS IV, L.P. (“HCRP Fund IV” and together with HCRP Fund III, the “Original Investors”), have entered into that certain Revenue Interest Financing Agreement dated as of September 14, 2019 (the “Original Royalty Financing Agreement”), as amended by the Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of June 23, 2021 (the “First Omnibus Amendment”), by and among the Company, KARYOPHARM EUROPE GMHB (“Karyopharm Europe”), KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS (BERMUDA) LTD. (“Karyopharm Bermuda”), the Original Investors, HCRP OVERFLOW FUND, L.P. (“HCRP OF”), HCR STAFFORD FUND, L.P. (“Stafford”) and HCR POTOMAC FUND, L.P. (“Potomac”, and together with HCRP OF and Stafford, the “Former Investors”), HCR CANARY FUND, L.P. (“Canary”), HCR MOLAG FUND, L.P. (“Molag” Canary, Molag, HEALTHCARE ROYALTY MANAGEMENT, LLC (the “Investor Representative”)), HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC (as replacement collateral agent for HCR COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT, LLC) (the “Collateral Agent”), as further amended by the Second Amendment to Revenue Financing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2023 (the “Second Amendment”), by and among the Company, the Former Investors, Canary, Molog, the Investor Representative and the Collateral Agreement and as further amended by the Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of the date hereof (the “Second Omnibus Amendment”) (the Original Royalty Financing Agreement, as amended by the First Omnibus Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Second Omnibus Amendment, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or, subject to Section 5.3 hereof, Refinanced, the “Royalty Financing”);


Pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Company has agreed to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guarantee the First Lien Obligations;

Pursuant to (i) the Second Lien Indenture, the Company will agree to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guarantee the Initial Second Lien Obligations and (ii) the Royalty Financing, the Company has agreed to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guarantee the Royalty Obligations (collectively, the “Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty”);

The obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary guarantors under the First Lien Credit Agreement will be secured on a first-priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of the Company and the Subsidiary guarantors (such current and future Subsidiaries of the Company providing a guarantee thereof, the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”) pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Collateral Documents;

The obligations of the Company under the Second Lien Indenture and under the Royalty Financing and the obligations of the Guarantor Subsidiaries under the Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty will be secured on a second-priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of the Company and the Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Collateral Documents; and

The First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents provide, among other things, that the parties thereto shall set forth in this Agreement their respective rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral.

In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the First Lien Collateral Agent (on behalf of each First Lien Claimholder), each Second Lien Collateral Agent (on behalf of each applicable Second Lien Claimholder), intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees as follows:

AGREEMENT

SECTION 1. Definitions.

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Second Lien Debt” means any Indebtedness and guarantees thereof that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Company and/or any Grantor pursuant to the Second Lien Indenture, which Indebtedness and guarantees are secured by the Second Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis junior to the First Lien

 

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Obligations; provided, however, that with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Document; (ii) the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.20; and (iii) each of the other requirements of Section 8.20 shall have been complied with. The requirements of clause (i) above and clause (2)(C) of Section 8.20(b) shall be tested only as of the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement by the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent.

Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified or is a director or officer of the Person specified or (b) any other Person that directly or indirectly owns 10% or more of any class of equity interests of the Person specified.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this

Agreement.

Bankruptcy Case” means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

Claimholders” means the First Lien Claimholders and/or the Second Lien Claimholders, as the context may require.

Collateral” means, at any time, all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, in which the holders of First Lien Obligations and the holders of Second Lien Obligations under at least one Series of Second Lien Obligations (or their respective Collateral Agents) hold, purport to hold or are required to hold, a security interest at such time (or, in the case of the First Lien Obligations, are deemed pursuant to Section 2 to hold a security interest), including any property subject to Liens granted pursuant to Section 6 to secure both First Lien Obligations and Second Lien Obligations. If, at any time, any portion of the First Lien Collateral does not constitute Second Lien Collateral under one or more Series of Second Lien Obligations, then such portion of such First Lien Collateral shall constitute Collateral only with respect to the Second Lien Obligations for which it constitutes Second Lien Collateral and shall not constitute Collateral for any Second Lien Obligations which do not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.

 

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Collateral Agent” means any First Lien Collateral Agent and/or any Second Lien Collateral Agent, as the context may require.

Collateral Documents” means the First Lien Collateral Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Designation” means a designation of Additional Second Lien Debt in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

Discharge of First Lien Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.6, with respect to the First Lien Obligations, each of the following has occurred:

(a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), all Indebtedness outstanding under the First Lien Loan Documents and constituting First Lien Obligations;

(b) payment in full in cash of all other First Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (other than any indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time); and

(c) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute First Lien Obligations;

provided, that the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred if any First Lien Loan Document is Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3 and such Refinanced Indebtedness is then in effect and has not itself been Discharged or Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3.

Discharge of Second Lien Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.6, each of the following has occurred:

(a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Documents;

 

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(b) payment in full in cash of all other Second Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (other than any indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time); and

(c) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute Second Lien Obligations;

provided , that the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred if any Second Lien Document is Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3 and such Refinanced Indebtedness is then in effect and has not itself been Discharged or Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3.

Disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).

Enforcement Action” means any action to:

(a) foreclose, execute, levy, or collect on, take possession or control of (other than for purposes of perfection), sell or otherwise realize upon (judicially or non-judicially), or lease, license, or otherwise dispose of (whether publicly or privately), Collateral, or otherwise exercise or enforce remedial rights with respect to Collateral under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents (including by way of setoff, recoupment, notification of a public or private sale or other disposition pursuant to the UCC or other applicable law, notification to account debtors, notification to depositary banks under deposit account control agreements, or exercise of rights under landlord consents, if applicable);

(b) solicit bids from third Persons, approve bid procedures for any proposed disposition of Collateral, to conduct the liquidation or disposition of Collateral or engage or retain sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, or other third Persons for the purposes of valuing, marketing, promoting, and selling Collateral;

(c) receive a transfer of Collateral in satisfaction of Indebtedness or any other Obligation secured thereby;

(d) otherwise enforce a security interest or exercise another right or remedy, as a secured creditor or otherwise, pertaining to the Collateral at law, in equity, or pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or Second Lien Documents (including the commencement of applicable legal proceedings or other actions with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral to facilitate the actions described in the preceding clauses, and exercising voting rights in respect of equity interests comprising Collateral); or

 

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(e) effectuate or cause the Disposition of Collateral by any Grantor after the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents with the consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent (or First Lien Claimholders) or the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent (or applicable Second Lien Claimholders), as applicable.

Excess First Lien Obligations” means any Obligations that would constitute First Lien Obligations if not for the First Lien Cap Amount together with interest, fees and expenses to the extent directly related to such First Lien Obligations that are in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount.

First Lien Cap Amount” means, at any time and in respect of the First Lien Obligations, a principal amount equal to (i) $135,000,000 plus (ii) any accrued pay-in-kind interest on such principal amount (provided that the First Lien Cap Amount shall not apply to expenses, fees, costs, and indemnities pursuant to Sections 10.2 and 10.3 of the First Lien Credit Agreement).

First Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of First Lien Obligations at that time, including the First Lien Lenders and the agents under the First Lien Loan Documents.

First Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

First Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral,” or “Pledged Collateral” or similar term as defined in any First Lien Loan Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a First Lien Loan Document as security for any First Lien Obligations and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any First Lien Claimholder.

First Lien Collateral Documents” means the Collateral Documents (as defined in the First Lien Loan Documents) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any First Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

First Lien Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

First Lien Debt” means the Indebtedness and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents.

First Lien Lenders” means the “Lenders” under and as defined in the First Lien Loan Documents.

First Lien Loan Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Credit Documents (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the First Lien Obligations and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any First Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of First Lien Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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First Lien Obligations” means the “Obligations” or similar term as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the sum of principal portion of the First Lien Obligations, is in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount, then only that principal portion of the First Lien Obligations equal to the First Lien Cap Amount shall be included in First Lien Obligations, and interest, fees, reimbursement obligations and other amounts with respect to such Indebtedness. The principal portion of First Lien Obligations in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount and all interest, fees and other Obligations related to such excess shall constitute Excess First Lien Obligations under this Agreement.

First Lien Subsidiary Guaranty” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.

Grantors” means the Company, each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries and each other Person that has or may from time to time hereafter execute and deliver any First Lien Collateral Document and/or Second Lien Collateral Document as a “grantor” or “pledgor” (or the equivalent thereof) to secure any First Lien Obligations and/or Second Lien Obligations, as the context may require.

Guarantor Subsidiaries” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Indebtedness” means and includes all indebtedness for borrowed money.

Initial Second Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Initial Second Lien Obligations at that time, including the Initial Second Lien Holders and the agents under the Initial Second Lien Note Documents.

Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent” means WSFS, as collateral agent for the holders of the Initial Second Lien Obligations, which shall be named in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

Initial Second Lien Collateral Documents” means the Collateral Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Indenture) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Initial Second Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

 

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Initial Second Lien Holders” means the “Holders” under and as defined in the Second Lien Indenture.

Initial Second Lien Note Documents” means the Second Lien Indenture and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Indenture) and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Initial Second Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Initial Second Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Second Lien Obligations to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Initial Second Lien Obligations” means all “Obligations” or similar term as defined in the Second Lien Indenture.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Grantor;

(b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or Bankruptcy Case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets;

(c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or

(d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.

Joinder Agreement” means a supplement to this Agreement in the form of (i) Exhibit A hereto required to be executed pursuant to Section 8.18 or (ii) Exhibit B hereto required to be delivered by the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent to the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Royalty Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.20 to include Additional Second Lien Debt hereunder.

Lien” means any lien (including, judgment liens and liens arising by operation of law), mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, call, trust (whether contractual, statutory, deemed, equitable, constructive, resulting or otherwise), UCC financing statement or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, including any right of set-off or recoupment.

 

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New First Lien Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

New First Lien Debt Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

New Second Lien Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).

New Second Lien Debt Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).

Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of the Company and each other Grantor from time to time owed to any agent or trustee, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Claimholders or any of them or their respective Affiliates, in each case, under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing and including any interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Person of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Pledged Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.

Post-Petition Interest” means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Law or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Recovery” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in part, regardless of whether the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness is the same, greater than or less than the principal amount of the Refinanced Indebtedness. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees and substantially the same collateral provisions) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

 

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Royalty Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Royalty Obligations at that time, including the Royalty Investors and the agents under the Royalty Documents.

Royalty Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

Royalty Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement (as defined in the Royalty Financing) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Royalty Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

Royalty Documents” means the Royalty Financing and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Royalty Financing) and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Royalty Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Royalty Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Royalty Obligations to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Royalty Financing” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

Royalty Investors” means the “Investors” under and as defined in the Royalty Financing.

Royalty Obligations” means all “Obligations” or similar term as defined in the Royalty Financing.

Second Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Second Lien Obligations at that time, including the Initial Second Lien Claimholders, the Royalty Claimholders and the agents under the Second Lien Documents.

Second Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral,” “Pledged Collateral” or similar term as defined in any Second Lien Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted, purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a Second Lien Document as security for any Second Lien Obligations and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any Second Lien Claimholder.

Second Lien Collateral Agent” means each of the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Royalty Collateral Agent.

 

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Second Lien Collateral Documents” means the Initial Second Lien Collateral Documents, the Royalty Collateral Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

Second Lien Debt” means the Indebtedness and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the Second Lien Documents. Second Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange thereof.

Second Lien Documents ” means the Initial Second Lien Note Documents and the Royalty Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Second Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Second Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Second Lien Obligations to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Second Lien Holders” means the Initial Second Lien Holders and the Royalty Investors.

Second Lien Indenture” means that certain Indenture to be entered into by the Company, the guarantors party thereto from time to time and WSFS as trustee and collateral agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or, subject to Section 5.3 hereof, Refinanced.

Second Lien Mortgages” means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and any other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property owned or leased by any Grantor is granted to secure any Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Liens are governed.

Second Lien Obligations” means, collectively, all Initial Second Lien Obligations and Royalty Obligations.

Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Series” means, with respect to First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, all such obligations secured by First Lien Collateral Documents or Second Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be.

Standstill Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

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Subsidiary” means, as 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.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) any definition of or reference herein to any agreement, instrument or other document, shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and any reference herein to any statute or regulations shall include any amendment, renewal, extension or replacement thereof;

(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to

include such Person’s successors and assigns from time to time;

(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;

(d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement; and

(e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.

2.1 Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC or any other applicable law or the Second Lien Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of, the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations, the subordination of such Liens to any other Liens, or any other circumstance whatsoever, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby agrees that:

 

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(a) any Lien on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations; and

(b) any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person; and

(c) the Liens securing each of the Initial Second Lien Obligations and the Royalty Obligations on the Collateral shall be of equal priority, subject to Sections 4.1 and 5.2.

2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshaling. Each of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other First Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) directly or indirectly contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the priority, validity, perfection, extent or enforceability of a Lien held, or purported to be held, by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Claimholders in the First Lien Collateral or by or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Claimholders in the Second Lien Collateral, as the case may be, or the amount, nature or extent of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder to enforce this Agreement, including the provisions of this Agreement relating to the priority of the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations as provided in Sections 2.1 and 3.1. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, neither the Second Lien Collateral Agents nor any other Second Lien Claimholder will assert any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available to a junior secured creditor.

 

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2.3 No New Liens. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor to:

(a) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Second Lien Obligation unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First Lien Obligations, the parties hereto agreeing that any such Lien shall be subject to Section 2.1; and

(b) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any First Lien Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure the Second Lien Obligations; provided that this provision will not be violated with respect to any Second Lien Obligations if each Second Lien Collateral Agent is given a reasonable opportunity to accept a Lien on any asset or property and either the Company or the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent states in writing that the applicable Second Lien Documents prohibit such Second Lien Collateral Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property, or such Second Lien Collateral Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined lien, a “Second Lien Declined Lien”).

If either Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder shall hold any Lien on any assets or property of any Grantor securing any Second Lien Obligations that are not also subject to the first-priority Liens securing all First Lien Obligations under the First Lien Collateral Documents, the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Claimholder (i) shall notify the First Lien Collateral Agent promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien on such assets or property to the First Lien Collateral Agent as security for the First Lien Obligations, such Second Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Claimholders shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders, other than any First Lien Claimholders whose First Lien Loan Documents prohibit them from taking such Liens, as security for the First Lien Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to any First Lien Collateral Agent and/or the First Lien Claimholders, each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of each Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2.

2.4 Similar Liens and Agreements. The parties hereto agree that, subject to Sections 2.3 and 5.3, it is their intention that the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral be identical. In furtherance of the foregoing and of Section 8.10, the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:

 

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(a) upon request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or either Second Lien Collateral Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to determine the specific items included in the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective parties obligated under the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents; and

(b) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and guarantees for the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, subject to Sections 2.3 and 5.3, shall be in all material respects the same forms of documents other than with respect to the first lien and the second lien nature of the Obligations thereunder.

2.5 Perfection of Liens. Except for the arrangements contemplated by Section 5.5, none of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Claimholders. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First Lien Claimholders on the one hand and the Second Lien Claimholders on the other hand and such provisions shall not impose on the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Collateral which would conflict with prior-perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority or any applicable law.

2.6 Nature of First Lien Obligations. Each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Second Lien Claimholder represented by it, acknowledges that a portion of the First Lien Obligations represents, or may in the future represent, debt that is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently re-borrowed, and that, the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents and the First Lien Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the First Lien Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the other Second Lien Claimholders and without affecting the provisions hereof. The lien priorities provided in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or refinancing of either the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations, or any portion thereof.

 

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2.7 No Claim Subordination. The subordination of Liens securing Second Lien Obligations to Liens securing First Lien Obligations set forth in this Section 2 affects only the relative priority of those Liens, and does not subordinate any Second Lien Obligations in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the entitlement of any First Lien Claimholder or Second Lien Claimholder to receive and retain required payments of interest, principal, and other amounts in respect of a First Lien Obligation or Second Lien Obligation (other than in connection with a turnover of proceeds of Collateral pursuant to this Agreement in connection with an Enforcement Action), as applicable, so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off and recoupment) or enforcement of any Lien in contravention of this Agreement.

SECTION 3. Enforcement.

3.1 Exercise of Remedies.

(a) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders:

(1) will not commence or maintain, or seek to commence or maintain, any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral; provided that each Second Lien Collateral Agent may commence an Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any or all such rights or remedies after the passage of a period of at least 150 days has elapsed since the later of: (i) the date on which such Second Lien Collateral Agent declared the existence of any Event of Default (and as defined in) under any Second Lien Document and demanded the repayment of all the principal amount of any Second Lien Obligations; and (ii) the date on which the First Lien Collateral Agent received notice from such Second Lien Collateral Agent of such declarations of such Event of Default and demand for payment (the “Standstill Period”); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder take any Enforcement Action with respect to the Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing an Enforcement Action or other exercise of their rights or remedies in each case with respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Second Lien Collateral Agents) or (ii) any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (provided that in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding any Second Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Claimholder may take any action expressly permitted by Section 6);

 

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(2) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder or any other exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral under the First Lien Loan Documents or otherwise;(including any Enforcement Action initiated by or supported by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder) and

(3) subject to their rights under Section 3.1(a)(1), will not object to the forbearance by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral,

in each case so long as any proceeds received by the First Lien Collateral Agent in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with Section 4.1 and applicable law.

(b) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 3.1(a)(1), the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall have the exclusive right to commence and maintain an Enforcement Action or otherwise enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt, except that Second Lien Collateral Agents shall have the credit bid rights set forth in Section 3.1(c)(6)), and subject to Section 5.1, make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder; provided that any proceeds received by the First Lien Collateral Agent in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with Section 4.1 and applicable law. In commencing or maintaining any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders may enforce the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion in compliance with any applicable law and without consultation with the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any Second Lien Claimholder and regardless of whether any such exercise is adverse to the interest of any Second Lien Claimholder. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

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(1) vote, file a claim or statement of interest and take any other action not in violation of the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Second Lien Obligations; provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor;

(2) take any action not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations, or the rights of any First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders to exercise remedies in respect thereof, in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its Lien on the Collateral and neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any First Lien Claimholder will object to or contest, or otherwise support any other person in contesting or objecting to, any such action taken in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (provided that nothing herein shall prevent the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders from enforcing this Agreement);

(3) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second Lien Claimholders, including any claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(4) vote on any plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, file any proof of claim, make other filings and make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Second Lien Obligations and the Collateral; provided that no filing of any claim or vote, or pleading related to such claim or vote, to accept or reject a disclosure statement, plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, or any other document, agreement or proposal similar to the foregoing by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement;

(5) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral after the termination of the Standstill Period to the extent permitted by Section 3.1(a)(1);

(6) bid for or purchase Collateral at any public, private or judicial foreclosure upon such Collateral initiated by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder, or any sale of Collateral during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; provided that such bid may not include a “credit bid” in respect of any Second Lien Obligations unless the cash proceeds of such bid are otherwise sufficient to cause the Discharge of First Lien Obligations; and

 

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(7) take any action not otherwise in violation of this Agreement to the extent necessary to prevent the running of any applicable statute of limitation or similar restriction on claims.

Each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off and recoupment) with respect to any Collateral in its capacity as a creditor, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except in connection with any foreclosure expressly permitted by Section 3.1(a)(1) (to the extent the Second Lien Collateral Agents and Second Lien Claimholders are permitted to retain the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Agreement). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Sections 3.1(a) and 6.3(b) and this Section 3.1(c), the sole right of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to the Second Lien Collateral Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred.

(d) Subject to Sections 3.1(a), 3.1(c) and Section 6.3(b):

(1) each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that such Second Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Claimholders will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the First Lien Loan Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;

(2) each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby waives any and all rights it or such Second Lien Claimholders may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder seeks to enforce or collect the First Lien Obligations or the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted in any of the First Lien Collateral undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder is adverse to the interest of any Second Lien Claimholder; and

(3) each Second Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the applicable Second Lien Collateral Documents or any other applicable Second Lien Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First Lien Loan Documents.

 

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(e) Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Company or any other Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Documents and applicable law (other than initiating or joining in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor); provided that in the event that any Second Lien Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Second Lien Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First Lien Obligations) in the same manner as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are subject to this Agreement.

(f) Except as specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(d), nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of the required payments of interest, principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Second Lien Obligations so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off and recoupment) or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them or as a result of any other violation by any Second Lien Claimholder of the express terms of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder may have with respect to the First Lien Collateral.

(g) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver simultaneous written notice to each Second Lien Collateral Agent of the First Lien Collateral Agent commencing any Enforcement Action; provided that failure to deliver such notice shall not impair the validity of such Enforcement Action or give rise to liability hereunder.

3.2 Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance. If any Second Lien Claimholder, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes, attempts to or threatens to take any action with respect to the Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fails to take any action required by this Agreement, this Agreement shall create an irrebutable presumption and admission by such Second Lien Claimholder that relief against such Second Lien Claimholder by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the First Lien Claimholders, it being understood and agreed by the Second Lien Collateral Agents on behalf of each

 

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applicable Second Lien Claimholder that (i) the First Lien Claimholders’ damages from actions of any Second Lien Claimholder may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Second Lien Claimholder waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the First Lien Claimholders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages. Each of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agents may demand specific performance of this Agreement. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder under the First Lien Loan Documents, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder under the Second Lien Documents, hereby irrevocably waive any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense which might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders or the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Claimholders, as the case may be. No provision of this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver by the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder or the Second Lien Collateral Agents each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder of any right to seek damages from any Person in connection with any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement.

SECTION 4. Payments.

4.1 Application of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof received in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of remedies by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder shall be applied by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant First Lien Loan Documents; provided, that any non-cash Collateral or non-cash proceeds may be held by the First Lien Collateral Agent as Collateral unless the failure to apply such amounts would be commercially unreasonable. Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall, in the following order, (x) unless a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, deliver any remaining proceeds of Collateral held by it to the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent to be applied by the Second Lien Collateral Agents to the Second Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the Second Lien Documents until a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations; provided that such proceeds up to $77,320,000 (less any amounts applied to repurchase Initial Second Lien Obligations upon the event of an asset sale) in the aggregate shall be first applied to the Initial Second Lien Obligations and any proceeds thereafter shall be applied 60% to the Royalty Obligations and 40% to the Initial Second Lien Obligations until the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations shall have occurred, and (y) if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, apply such proceeds of Collateral to the Excess First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the First Lien Loan Documents until payment in full in cash of all such Excess First Lien Obligations and thereafter deliver such proceeds of Collateral to the Grantors, their successors or assigns from time to time, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Without limiting the obligations of the Second Lien Claimholders

 

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under Section 4.2, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, (i) any Collateral or any proceeds thereof received in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of remedies by any Second Lien Claimholder shall be distributed in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.1 and (ii) upon the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall, in the following order, (x) if there are any Excess First Lien Obligations, deliver any remaining proceeds of Collateral held by it to the First Lien Collateral Agent, for application by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the Excess First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the First Lien Loan Documents until payment in full in cash of all Excess First Lien Obligations, and (y) if at such time there are no Excess First Lien Obligations, deliver any remaining proceeds of Collateral to the Grantors, their successors or assigns from time to time, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

4.2 Payments Over. (a) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof (including assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 2.3 and any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise invalidated) received by any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of any right or remedy relating to the Collateral less any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such Enforcement Action, in all cases shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements (which endorsements shall be without recourse and without any representations or warranties) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct for application in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. The First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any such other Second Lien Claimholder. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

(b) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, if in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall receive any distribution of money or other property in respect of the Collateral (including any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise invalidated) such money or other property (other than debt obligations of the reorganized debtor distributed as contemplated by Section 6.6) shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements (which endorsements shall be without recourse and without any representations or warranties) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct for application in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. Any Lien received by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder in respect of any of the Second Lien Obligations in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5. Other Agreements.

5.1 Releases.

(a) If in connection with any Enforcement Action by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other exercise of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral, in each case prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any other First Lien Claimholder, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral or releases any Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligations under its guaranty of the First Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself or for the benefit of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Guarantor Subsidiary under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of the First Lien Collateral Agent so long as the proceeds are applied in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. If in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of rights and remedies by the First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the equity interests of any Person are foreclosed upon or otherwise disposed of and the First Lien Collateral Agent releases its Lien on the property or assets of such Person then the Liens of Second Lien Collateral Agents with respect to the property or assets of such Person will be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of the First Lien Collateral Agent. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself or on behalf of any such applicable Second Lien Claimholders, promptly shall, acting at the direction of a majority in interest of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders and at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary such termination statements, releases and other documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary may reasonably request to effectively confirm the foregoing releases.

(b) If in connection with any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any Collateral by any Grantor (collectively, a “Disposition”) permitted under the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents and the terms of the Second Lien Documents (other than in connection with an Enforcement Action or other exercise of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral which shall be governed by Section 5.1(a)), the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any other First Lien Claimholder, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, or releases any Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligations under its guaranty of the First Lien Obligations, in each case other than in connection with, or following, the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and for the benefit of the other applicable Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Guarantor Subsidiary under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself or on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, shall promptly, acting at the direction

 

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of a majority in interest of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders and at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary such termination statements, releases and other documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary may reasonably request to effectively confirm such release.

(c) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the First Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Second Lien Collateral Agent and such Second Lien Claimholder or in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release. This power is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder (i) has released any Lien on Collateral or any Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligation under its guarantee and any such Liens or guarantee are later reinstated or (ii) obtains any new Liens or additional guarantees from any Guarantor Subsidiary, then the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and for the other applicable Second Lien Claimholders, shall automatically be deemed to have been granted a Lien on any such Collateral (except to the extent such Lien represents a Second Lien Declined Lien with respect to the Second Lien Debt represented by the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent), subject to the lien subordination provisions of this Agreement, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents shall be granted an additional guarantee, as the case may be, and each applicable Grantor shall execute any documentation reasonably requested by either Second Lien Collateral Agent to evidence any such grant.

5.2 Insurance. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting the Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in respect of the Collateral shall be paid to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Claimholders pursuant to the terms of

 

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the First Lien Loan Documents (including for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit) and thereafter, if a Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Second Lien Documents, the balance of such proceeds shall be paid to the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders to the extent required under the Second Lien Documents; provided that such proceeds up to $77,320,000 (less any amounts applied to repurchase Initial Second Lien Obligations upon the event of an asset sale) in the aggregate shall be first applied to the Initial Second Lien Obligations and any proceeds thereafter shall be applied 60% to the Royalty Obligations and 40% to the Initial Second Lien Obligations until the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has occurred and then, if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has occurred, any remaining balance shall be paid to the First Lien Collateral Agent for application to the prepayment of any Excess First Lien Obligations and then, after the payment in full in cash of all Excess First Lien Obligations, any remaining balance shall be paid to the Grantors, their successors or assigns from time to time, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment in contravention of this Agreement, then it shall segregate and hold in trust and forthwith pay such proceeds over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.

5.3 Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Note Documents.

(a) The First Lien Loan Documents may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their terms; provided that any such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification shall not, without the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agents (acting at the direction of a majority in interest of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders):

(1) increase the then-outstanding principal amount of the First Lien Obligations in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount;

(2) prohibit payments of principal and interest (or other amounts owed pursuant to the Royalty Documents) on the Second Lien Obligations;

(3) increase the interest rate or yield, including by increasing the “applicable margin” or similar component of the interest rate (other than any increase occurring because of fluctuations in underlying rate indices, pricing grids, the imposition of the default rate of interest in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement, or changes in interest rates resulting from the replacement of any rate index/indices with an alternative rate index/indices), by imposing fees or premiums, or by modifying the method of computing interest, or modify or implement any letter of credit, commitment, facility, utilization, make-

 

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whole or similar fee so that the combined interest rate and fees are increased by more than 3.0% per annum in excess of the total yield on Indebtedness outstanding thereunder as in effect on the date hereof (excluding any (x) customary amendment or consent fees or (y) increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

(4) shorten the scheduled maturity of the First Lien Obligations or provide for any scheduled principal amortization other than those provided for in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof; or

(5) amend the First Lien Loan Documents in any manner which would have the effect of contravening the terms of this Agreement.

(b) Without the prior written consent of a majority in interest of the First Lien Lenders, no Initial Second Lien Note Document may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time or entered into to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Initial Second Lien Note Document, would:

(1) increase the then-outstanding principal amount of the Initial Second Lien Obligations in excess of (x) $134,000,000 plus (y) any accrued pay-in-kind interest on such principal amount;

(2) prohibit payments of principal and interest on the First Lien Obligations (other than payment of principal thereof in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount);

(3) increase the interest rate or yield, including by increasing the “applicable margin” or similar component of the interest rate (other than any increase occurring because of fluctuations in underlying rate indices, pricing grids, the imposition of the default rate of interest in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement, or changes in interest rates resulting from the replacement of any rate index/indices with an alternative rate index/indices), by imposing fees or premiums, or by modifying the method of computing interest, or modify or implement any letter of credit, commitment, facility, utilization, make-whole or similar fee so that the combined interest rate and fees are increased by a rate that would result in such interest rate or yield being in excess of 3.0% per annum less than such interest rate or yield accruing with respect to the First Lien Obligations (excluding any (a) customary amendment or consent fees or (b) increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

 

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(4) shorten the scheduled maturity of the Initial Second Lien Obligations or provide for any scheduled principal amortization other than those provided for in the Initial Second Lien Indenture as in effect on the date hereof; or

(5) amend the Second Lien Note Documents in any manner which would have the effect of contravening the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Without the prior written consent of a majority in interest of the First Lien Lenders, no Royalty Document may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time or entered into to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Royalty Document, would:

(1) prohibit payments of principal and interest on the First Lien Obligations (other than payment of principal thereof in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount);

(2) increase the yield (other than any increase occurring because of fluctuations in underlying rate indices, pricing grids, the imposition of the default rate of interest in accordance with the terms of the Royalty Financing, or changes in interest rates resulting from the replacement of any rate index/indices with an alternative rate index/indices), by imposing fees or premiums, or by modifying the method of computing the yield, or modify or implement any letter of credit, commitment, facility, utilization, make-whole or similar fee so that the combined interest rate and fees are increased by a rate that would result in such interest rate or yield being in excess of 3.0% per annum less than such yield accruing with respect to the Royalty Obligations (excluding any (a) customary amendment or consent fees or (b) increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

(3) shorten the scheduled maturity of the Royalty Obligations or provide for any scheduled or mandatory payments other than those provided for in the Royalty Financing as in effect on the date hereof;

(4) amend the Royalty Documents in any manner which would have the effect of contravening the terms of this Agreement.

 

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5.4 Confirmation of Lien Subordination in Second Lien Collateral Documents. The Company agrees that each Second Lien Collateral Document shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the First Lien Collateral Agents):

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Second Lien Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as First Lien Collateral Agent, HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC, as Royalty Collateral Agent and certain other persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.”

In addition, the Company agrees that each Second Lien Mortgage, if any, covering any Collateral shall contain such other language as the First Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect the subordination of such Second Lien Mortgage to the First Lien Collateral Documents covering such Collateral.

5.5 Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.

(a) The First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to hold that part of the Collateral that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC (such Collateral being the “Pledged Collateral”) as collateral agent for the First Lien Claimholders and as gratuitous bailee for the Second Lien Collateral Agents (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee thereof solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted under the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5. Solely with respect to any deposit accounts under the control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to also hold control over such deposit accounts as gratuitous agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5. Prior to a Discharge of First Lien Obligations, at the request of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agents shall turn over possession of any Pledged Collateral in possession of the Second Lien Collateral Agents to the First Lien Collateral Agent.

(b) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the other First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any Second Lien Claimholder to ensure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors, to perfect the security interest of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or other Second Lien Claimholders or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the First Lien Collateral Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as bailee (and with respect to deposit accounts, agent) in accordance with this Section 5.5 and delivering the Pledged Collateral upon a Discharge of First Lien Obligations as provided in Section 5.5(d).

 

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(c) No First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder shall have by reason of the First Lien Collateral Documents, the Second Lien Collateral Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders hereby waive and release the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.5 as gratuitous bailee and gratuitous agent with respect to the Pledged Collateral. It is understood and agreed that the interests of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders on the other hand, may differ and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall be fully entitled to act in their own interest without taking into account the interests of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Claimholders.

(d) Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (which endorsement shall be without recourse and without any representation or warranty), in the following order: (x) if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has not already occurred, to the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent or (y) if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, to the First Lien Collateral Agent to the extent Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding and (z) if there are no Excess First Lien Obligations and if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Following the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, First Lien Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by Second Lien Collateral Agents at the expense of the Company in connection with the Second Lien Collateral Agents obtaining a first-priority security interest in the Collateral. Following the Discharge of First Lien Obligations and Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, Second Lien Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by First Lien Collateral Agent at the expense of the Company in connection with the First Lien Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority security interest in the Collateral if any Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding. After the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, upon the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, each Second Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (which endorsement shall be without recourse and without any representation or warranty) (x) if there are then any Excess First Lien Obligations, to the First Lien Collateral Agent and (y) to the extent no Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding, to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

 

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5.6 When Discharge of First Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred. (a) If, substantially contemporaneously with the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the Company enters into any Refinancing of any First Lien Loan Document evidencing a First Lien Obligation which Refinancing is permitted by the Second Lien Documents, then such Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of First Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the New First Lien Debt Notice is delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agents in accordance with the next sentence, the obligations under such Refinancing of the First Lien Loan Document shall automatically be treated as First Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the First Lien Collateral Agent under such First Lien Loan Documents shall be the First Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the Second Lien Collateral Agents’ receipt of a written notice from the Company (the “New First Lien Debt Notice”) stating that the Company has entered into a new First Lien Loan Document (which notice shall include such new First Lien Credit Agreement and all First Lien Loan Documents (other than any fee letters or other documents containing confidential business information) executed or delivered in connection therewith and the identity of the new first lien collateral agent, such agent, the “New First Lien Agent”), the Second Lien Collateral Agents shall, at the expense of the Company, promptly enter into amendments or supplements to this Agreement to the extent necessary to provide the New First Lien Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement. The New First Lien Agent shall agree in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Second Lien Collateral Agents and addressed to the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new First Lien Obligations under the new First Lien Loan Documents are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not also secure the Second Lien Obligations, then the Second Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a second-priority Lien, subject only to the First Lien Obligations, on such assets to the same extent provided in the Second Lien Collateral Documents and this Agreement except to the extent such Lien on such assets constitutes a Second Lien Declined Lien. This Section 5.6(a) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

(b) If, at substantially contemporaneously with the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, the Company enters into any Refinancing of any Second Lien Document evidencing a Second Lien Obligation which Refinancing is permitted by the First Lien Loan Documents, then such Discharge of Second Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Second Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the New Second Lien Debt Notice is delivered to the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the next sentence, the obligations under such Refinancing of the Second Lien Document shall automatically be

 

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treated as Second Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent under such Second Lien Documents shall be the Second Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the First Lien Collateral Agent’s receipt of a written notice from the Company (the “New Second Lien Debt Notice”) stating that the Company has entered into a new Second Lien Document (which notice shall include such new Second Lien Documents (other than any fee letters or other documents containing confidential business information) executed or delivered in connection therewith and the identity of the new second lien collateral agent, such agent, the “New Second Lien Agent”), the First Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly enter into such amendments or supplements to this Agreement to the extent necessary to provide the New Second Lien Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement. The New Second Lien Agent shall agree in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral Agent and addressed to the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new Second Lien Obligations under the new Second Lien Documents are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not also secure the First Lien Obligations, then the First Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a first-priority Lien on such assets to the same extent provided in the First Lien Collateral Documents and this Agreement. This Section 5.6(b) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

6.1 Finance and Sale Issues. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall desire to permit the use of “Cash Collateral” (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) on which such First Lien Collateral Agent or any other creditor has a Lien, or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to obtain financing, whether from the First Lien Claimholders or any other Person under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), then the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, will not object to such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (including any proposed orders for such Cash Collateral use and/or DIP Financing which are acceptable to the First Lien Collateral Agent) and to the extent the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations are subordinated to or pari passu with such DIP Financing, each Second Lien Collateral Agent will subordinate its Liens in the Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except, as expressly agreed by the First Lien Collateral Agent or to the extent permitted by Section 6.3); provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders retain the right to object to any ancillary agreements or arrangements regarding Cash Collateral use or the DIP Financing that are materially prejudicial to their interests. No Second Lien Claimholder may provide DIP Financing to the Company or any other Grantor secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any First Lien Obligations; provided, that if no First Lien Claimholder offers to provide DIP Financing to the extent

 

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permitted under this Section 6.1 on or before the date of the hearing to approve DIP Financing, then a Second Lien Claimholder may seek to provide such DIP Financing secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any First Lien Obligations, and First Lien Claimholders may object thereto; provided, further, that such DIP Financing may not “roll-up” or otherwise include or refinance any pre-petition Second Lien Obligations. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not seek consultation rights in connection with, and it will not object to or oppose, a motion to sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of Collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code if the requisite First Lien Claimholders have consented to such sale, liquidation or other disposition. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, further agrees that it will not directly or indirectly oppose or impede entry of any order in connection with such sale, liquidation or other disposition, including orders to retain professionals or set bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition if the requisite First Lien Claimholders have consented to (i) such retention of professionals and bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition of such assets and (ii) the sale, liquidation or disposition of such assets, in which event the Second Lien Claimholders will be deemed to have consented to the sale or disposition of Collateral pursuant to Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, so long as such order does not impair the rights of the Second Lien Claimholders under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code.

6.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that none of them shall: (i) seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, unless a motion for adequate protection permitted under Section 6.3 has been denied by a bankruptcy court or (ii) oppose (or support any other Person in opposing) any request by the First Lien Collateral Agent for relief from such stay.

6.3 Adequate Protection.

(a) Until the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting):

(1) any request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder for adequate protection under any Bankruptcy Law; or

(2) any objection by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder claiming a lack of adequate protection.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:

(1) if the First Lien Claimholders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral or an administrative claim in connection with any Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing, then the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and any other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional collateral and junior administrative claims, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations and such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are so subordinated to the First Lien Obligations under this Agreement, and which administrative claims shall be subordinated in right of payment to the administrative claims provided to the First Lien Claimholders (or any subset thereof) to the same extent as Liens of the Second Lien Claimholders are subordinated to the Liens of the First Lien Claimholders hereunder; and

(2) The Second Lien Collateral Agents and Second Lien Claimholders shall only be permitted to seek adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in the form of (A) additional collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien shall be senior to any Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders on such additional collateral; (B) replacement Liens on the Collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted replacement Liens on the Collateral, which Liens shall be senior to the Liens of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders on the Collateral; (C) an administrative expense claim; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted an administrative expense claim which is senior and prior to the administrative expense claim of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders; and (D) cash payments with respect to interest on the Second Lien Obligations; provided that (1) as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted cash payments with respect to interest on the First Lien Obligations, and (2) such cash payments do not exceed an amount equal to the interest accruing on the principal amount of Second Lien Obligations outstanding on the date such relief is granted at the interest rate under the Second Lien Documents and accruing from the date any Second Lien Collateral Agent is granted such relief.

 

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(c) The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on an interim basis shall be adequate if delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agents at least five (5) Business Days in advance of such hearing and that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on a final basis shall be adequate if delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agents at least fifteen (15) days in advance of such hearing.

6.4 No Waiver. Subject to Section 6.7(b), nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any of the other Second Lien Claimholders, including the seeking by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of adequate protection or the asserting by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Lien Documents or otherwise.

6.5 Avoidance Issues. If any First Lien Claimholder or any Second Lien Claimholder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor any amount paid in respect of First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, as applicable (a “Recovery”), then such First Lien Claimholder or Second Lien Claimholder, as applicable, shall be entitled to a reinstatement of its First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, as applicable, with respect to all such recovered amounts on the date of such Recovery, and from and after the date of such reinstatement the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, Discharge of Second Lien Obligations or payment in full in cash of all Excess First Lien Obligations, as applicable, shall be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes hereunder. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement. This Section 6.5 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

6.6 Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation or similar dispositive restructuring plan, both on account of First Lien Obligations and on account of Second Lien Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the First Lien Obligations and on account of the Second Lien Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

 

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6.7 Post-Petition Interest.

(a) None of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of any First Lien Claimholder’s Lien on the Collateral, without regard to the existence of the Liens of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the other Second Lien Claimholders on the Collateral.

(b) None of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, on the Collateral (after taking into account the amount of the First Lien Obligations).

6.8 Waiver. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, waive any claim it may hereafter have against any First Lien Claimholder arising out of the election of any First Lien Claimholder of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding so long as such actions are not in express contravention of the terms of this Agreement.

6.9 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens; and

(b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the Second Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the First Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders in respect of the Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect

 

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of the Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Lien Claimholders), the First Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing (or that would be owing if there were such separate classes of senior and junior secured claims) in respect of Post-Petition Interest (including any additional interest payable pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents arising from or related to a default, which is disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral, with the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, Collateral or proceeds of Collateral otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Lien Claimholders).

6.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which will be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references in this Agreement to any Grantor will include such Person as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Person in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; Etc.

7.1 Reliance. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, acknowledges that it and such other First Lien Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the First Lien Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the First Lien Loan Documents or this Agreement. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, acknowledge that it and such other Second Lien Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the Second Lien Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Second Lien Documents or this Agreement.

 

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7.2 No Warranties or Liability. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, acknowledges and agrees that none of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Second Lien Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Second Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Second Lien Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, acknowledge and agree that none of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the First Lien Loan Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the First Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First Lien Loan Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, to act or refrain from acting in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any other Grantor (including the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.

7.3 No Waiver of Lien Priorities.

(a) No right of the First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or any First Lien Loan Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any First Lien Claimholder or the First Lien Collateral Agent, or by any noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the First Lien Loan Documents or any of the Second Lien Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder, or any of them, may have or be otherwise charged with.

(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject to the rights of the Company and the other Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(a)), the First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Collateral Agent and any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the First Lien Loan Documents and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, without incurring any liabilities to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder and without impairing or releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation or other right or remedy of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more of the following:

 

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(1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the First Lien Obligations or any Lien on any First Lien Collateral or guaranty of any of the First Lien Obligations or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or extension of the First Lien Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the other First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Obligations or any of the First Lien Loan Documents;

(2) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any part of the First Lien Collateral or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to any of the First Lien Claimholders or the First Lien Collateral Agent, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;

(3) settle or compromise any First Lien Obligation or any other liability of the Company or any other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability (including the First Lien Obligations) in any manner or order; and

(4) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Company or any other Grantor or any other Person or any security, and elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Company, any other Grantor or any First Lien Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to the First Lien Claimholders or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, also agrees that the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall not have any liability to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any such Second Lien Claimholders, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby waives any claim against any First Lien Claimholder or the First Lien Collateral Agent arising out of any and all actions which the First Lien Claimholders or the First Lien Collateral Agent may take or permit or omit to take with respect to:

 

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(1) the First Lien Loan Documents (other than this Agreement);

(2) the collection of the First Lien Obligations; or

(3) the foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any First Lien Collateral.

The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Collateral Agent do not have any duty to them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the First Lien Collateral, the First Lien Obligations or otherwise.

(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.

7.4 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Lien Loan Documents or any Second Lien Documents;

(b) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any First Lien Loan Document or any Second Lien Document;

(c) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange of any security interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

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(e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Obligations, any First Lien Claimholder, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Obligations or any Second Lien Claimholder in respect of this Agreement.

SECTION 8. Miscellaneous.

8.1 Integration/Conflicts. This Agreement, the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the First Lien Claimholders or the Second Lien Claimholders relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.

8.2 Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby waive any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that 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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or such Grantor as debtor and debtor in possession and any receiver, trustee or similar person for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier to occur of (x) with respect to the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Obligations, upon the date on which there has been a Discharge of First Lien Obligations (and no Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding) and (y) with respect to the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Claimholders and the applicable Second Lien Obligations, the date on which there has been a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, in each case, subject to Sections 5.6 and 6.5; provided, however, that no termination shall relieve any party of its obligations incurred hereunder prior to the date of termination.

 

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8.3 Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, except with respect to Section 8.17 or this Section 8.3 (including, in each case, each defined term referred to therein to the extent used therein) to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the rights of the Company or the other Grantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First Lien Claimholder or Second Lien Claimholder, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.20 and upon such execution and delivery, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders and Initial Second Lien Obligations shall be subject to the terms hereof.

8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Claimholders and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on the other hand, shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Grantors and their Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations. The First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to advise the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the other First Lien Claimholders, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, it or they shall be under no obligation:

(a) to make, and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall not make, and shall be deemed not to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided;

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(d) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.

8.5 Subrogation. With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets that any of the Second Lien Claimholders or any Second Lien Collateral Agent pays over to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, such Second Lien Claimholders and such Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be subrogated to the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders; provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby agree not to assert or enforce any such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets received by any Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders that are paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the Second Lien Obligations. Following the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as either Second Lien Collateral Agent reasonably requests to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the First Lien Obligations resulting from payments to the First Lien Collateral Agent.

8.6 [Reserved].

8.7 Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers. Each of the Company, each other Grantor, the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder and the Second Lien Collateral Agents on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Lien Claimholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

(c) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing in this Agreement or any other First Lien Loan Document or Second Lien Document shall affect any right that any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other First Lien Loan Document or Second Lien Document against such Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;

 

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(d) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Collateral Documents in any court referred to in Section 8.7(a) (and irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court);

(e) consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any such court by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the applicable party at its address provided in accordance with Section 8.9 (and agrees that nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law);

(f) agrees that service as provided in Section 8.7(e) is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction over the applicable party in any such proceeding in any such court, and otherwise constitutes effective and binding service in every respect; and

(g) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

8.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

EACH PARTY HERETO, AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

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8.9 Notices. All notices to the Second Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Claimholders permitted or required under this Agreement shall be sent to the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the First Lien Collateral Agent, respectively. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served or sent by telefacsimile, electronic mail or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile or electronic mail, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto or in the Joinder Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.

8.10 Further Assurances. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder under the First Lien Loan Documents, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder under the Second Lien Documents, and the Company, agree that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the First Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.

8.11 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL).

8.12 Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First Lien Collateral Agent, the other First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the other Second Lien Claimholders, the Company and the other Grantors, and their respective successors and assigns from time to time. If either of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Collateral Agent resigns or is replaced pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, its successor and/or assign shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights of, and be subject to all the obligations of, this Agreement.

 

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No provision of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of a bankruptcy trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate or creditor of any Grantor, including where any such bankruptcy trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate is the beneficiary of a Lien securing Collateral by virtue of the avoidance of such Lien in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

8.13 Section Headings. The section headings and the table of contents used in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose, be given any substantive effect, affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

8.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., in “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

8.15 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement, on behalf of such Person but not in his or her personal capacity as a signatory, represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.

8.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries/ Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of each of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders and their respective successors and assigns from time to time. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders on the one hand and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders on the other hand. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the relative rights and obligations as among the First Lien Claimholders or as among the Second Lien Claimholders. Other than as set forth in Section 8.3, none of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor shall have any rights hereunder and neither the Company nor any Grantor nor any other creditor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Company or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

8.17 No Indirect Actions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, if a party may not take an action under this Agreement, then it may not take that action indirectly, or support any other Person in taking that action directly or indirectly. “Taking an action indirectly” means taking an action that is not expressly prohibited for the party but is intended to have substantially the same effects as the prohibited action.

 

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8.18 Additional Grantors. Each of the Company and the other Grantors agrees that it shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries that is or is to become a party to any First Lien Loan Document or Second Lien Document shall either execute this Agreement on the date hereof or shall confirm that it is a Grantor hereunder pursuant to a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A that is executed and delivered by such Subsidiary prior to or concurrently with its execution and delivery of such First Lien Loan Document or such Second Lien Document.

8.19 Collateral Agents. In entering into the Agreement, each Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits granted to it under the applicable Collateral Documents.

8.20 Second Lien Indenture.

(a) To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents and Section 5.3, the Company may incur (or issue and sell), secure and guarantee the Initial Second Lien Obligations. The Initial Second Lien Obligations may be secured by a junior-priority, subordinated Lien on the Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Second Lien Collateral Documents if and subject to the condition, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 8.20(b). Upon the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent so becoming a party hereto in accordance with the terms thereof, all Initial Second Lien Obligations shall be entitled to be so secured by a subordinated Lien on the Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

(b) In order for the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent to become a party to this Agreement:

(1) the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered to each other then-existing Collateral Agent a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the then-existing Collateral Agents and the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent ) pursuant to which the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent becomes a Collateral Agent hereunder and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders become subject hereto and bound hereby; and

(2) the Company shall have delivered a Designation to each other then-existing Collateral Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, pursuant to which a Responsible Officer of the Company shall (A) identify the Indebtedness to be designated as Initial Second Lien Obligations and the initial aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, (B) specify the name and address of the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, (C) certify that such Additional Second Lien Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed by each First Lien Loan

 

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Document and Second Lien Document and that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.20 are satisfied with respect to such Additional Second Lien Debt and (D) attach to such Designation true and complete copies of each of the Initial Second Lien Note Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional Second Lien Debt, certified as being true and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Company.

(c) The Initial Second Lien Note Documents shall provide that each of the Initial Second Lien Claimholders with respect to such Initial Second Lien Obligations will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Initial Second Lien Obligations.

(d) Upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement by Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with this Section 8.20, each Collateral Agent shall acknowledge receipt thereof by countersigning a copy thereof and returning the same to Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent; provided that the failure of any Collateral Agent to so acknowledge or return the same shall not affect the status of such Initial Second Lien Obligations, if the other requirements of this Section 8.20 are complied with.

(e) With respect to any incurrence, issuance or sale of Indebtedness after the date hereof under the Initial Second Lien Note Documents, the requirements of Section 8.20(b) shall not be applicable and such Indebtedness shall automatically constitute Initial Second Lien Obligations so long as (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed by each First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Document and (ii) the provisions of Section 8.20(b)(2) have been complied with; provided, further, however, that with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred, issued or sold pursuant to the terms of any Initial Second Lien Note Documents, the requirements of clause (i) of this Section 8.20(e) shall be tested only as of (x) the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement, if pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such Joinder Agreement and (y) with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Indebtedness, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Intercreditor Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

First Lien Collateral Agent
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND
SOCIETY, FSB,
as First Lien Collateral Agent,
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:
Address for notices:
500 Delaware Avenue, 11th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
Attn: GCM / Raye Goldsborough

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]


Royalty Collateral Agent
HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC,
as Royalty Collateral Agent
By:  

   

  Name: Clarke B. Futch
  Title: Authorized Person
Address for notices:
HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC
300 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
Attention: Clarke B. Futch,
Email: ***
and
John A. Urquhart
Email: ***
with a courtesy copy to (which shall not
constitute notice):
HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC
300 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
Attention: Tim Bryant
Email: ***

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]


Acknowledged and agreed to by:
KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

    

  Name:
  Title:

Address for notices:

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue

Suite 210

Newton, MA 02459

Attn: Michael Mason, Chief Financial Officer

Email: ***

with a copy to:

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue

Suite 210

Newton, MA 02459

Attn: Michael Mano, General Counsel

Email: ***

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]


Exhibit A

[FORM OF] GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (the “Grantor Joinder Agreement”) to the INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2024 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among [______________], as First Lien Collateral Agent, [______________], as Second Lien

Collateral Agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by [______________], a [________________] (the “Company”), certain subsidiaries of the Company (each a “Grantor”).

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

The undersigned, [______________], a [________________], (the “New Grantor”) wishes to acknowledge and agree to the Intercreditor Agreement and become a party thereto to the limited extent contemplated by Section 8.18 thereof and to acquire and undertake the rights and obligations of a Grantor thereunder.

Accordingly, the New Grantor agrees as follows for the benefit of the Collateral Agents and the Claimholders:

Section 1. Accession to the Intercreditor Agreement. The New Grantor (a) acknowledges and agrees to, and becomes a party to the Intercreditor Agreement as a Grantor to the limited extent contemplated by Section 8.18 thereof, (b) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and (c) shall have all the rights and obligations of a Grantor under the Intercreditor Agreement. This Grantor Joinder Agreement supplements the Intercreditor Agreement and is being executed and delivered by the New Grantor pursuant to Section 8.18 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 2. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgement of the New Grantor. The New Grantor represents and warrants to each Collateral Agent and to the Claimholders that (a) it has full power and authority to enter into this Grantor Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as Grantor and (b) this Grantor Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Grantor Joinder Agreement.

Section 3. Counterparts. This Grantor Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Grantor Joinder Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Grantor Joinder Agreement or such other document or instrument, as applicable.


Section 4. Section Headings. Section heading used in this Grantor Joinder Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or to be taken in consideration in the interpretation hereof.

Section 5. Benefit of Agreement. The agreements set forth herein or undertaken pursuant hereto are for the benefit of, and may be enforced by, any party to the Intercreditor Agreement subject to any limitations set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Grantors.

Section 6. Governing Law. THIS GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL).

Section 7. Severability. Any provision of this Grantor Joinder Agreement that 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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

Section 8. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature hereto, which information supplements Section 8.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 9. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Section 8 of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Grantor Joinder Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor has duly executed this Grantor Joinder Agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[                ],
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:
Address for notices:

 

 

Attention of: _________________
Telecopy:____________________

 

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Exhibit B

[FORM OF] JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], 20[ ] to the INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2024 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among [INSERT NAME], as First Lien Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Royalty Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by [INSERT NAME OF COMPANY], a [ ] (the “Company”), and certain subsidiaries of the Company (each, a “Grantor”).

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

As a condition to the ability of the Company to incur Additional Second Lien Debt after the date of the Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Additional Second Lien Debt and related Initial Second Lien Obligations with a lien on the Collateral and to have such Additional Second Lien Debt and related Initial Second Lien Obligations guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the applicable Initial Second Lien Note Documents, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent is required to become a Second Lien Collateral Agent under, and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.20 of the Intercreditor Agreement provides that the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent may become a Second Lien Collateral Agent under, and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders may become subject to and bound by, the Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.20 of the Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent (the “New Collateral Agent”) is executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Accordingly, the New Collateral Agent agrees as follows:

Section 1 Accession to the Intercreditor Agreement. In accordance with Section 8.20 of the Intercreditor Agreement, the New Collateral Agent by its signature below becomes a Second Lien Collateral Agent under, and the related Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by it become subject to and bound by, the Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Collateral Agent had originally been named therein as a Second Lien Collateral Agent and Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively, and the New Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by it, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Second Lien Collateral Agent and to the Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by it. Each reference to a “Collateral Agent”, “Second Lien Collateral Agent” or “Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent” in the Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Collateral Agent and each reference to “Second Lien Claimholders” shall include the Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by New Collateral Agent. The Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.


Section 2 Representations and Warranties. New Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the other Collateral Agents and Claimholders that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as agent, (ii) this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and (iii) the Initial Second Lien Note Documents relating to such Additional Second Lien Debt provide that, upon the New Collateral Agent’s entry into this Agreement, the Initial Second Lien Claimholders in respect of such Additional Second Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as Second Lien Claimholders.

Section 3 Counterparts. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.

Section 4 Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 5 Section Headings. Section heading used in this Joinder Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or to be taken in consideration in the interpretation hereof.

Section 6 Governing Law. THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL).

Section 7 Severability. Any provision of this Joinder Agreement that 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 in the Intercreditor Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Collateral Agent shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

Miscellaneous. The provisions of Section 8 of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Joinder Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Collateral Agent has duly executed this Joinder Agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW COLLATERAL
AGENT],
as [    ] for the holders of
[           ]
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:
Address for notices:
 

 

 

 

  Attention of:                                                                      
  Telecopy:                                                                           
Receipt of the foregoing acknowledged:
[NAME OF APPLICABLE COLLATERAL

AGENT],

as [Insert title of Collateral Agent]

By:  

  

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Exhibit C

[FORM OF] DEBT DESIGNATION (this “Designation”) dated as of [ ], 20[ ] with respect to the INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2024 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among [INSERT NAME], as First Lien Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Royalty Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by [INSERT

NAME OF COMPANY], a [ ] (the “Company”), and certain subsidiaries of the Company (each, a “Grantor”).

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

This Designation is being executed and delivered in order to designate additional secured Obligations of the Company and the grantors as Additional Second Lien Debt entitled to the benefit of and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

The undersigned, the duly appointed [specify title of Responsible Officer] of the Company hereby certifies on behalf of the Company that:

 

  1.

Company intends to incur Indebtedness (the “Designated Obligations”) in the initial aggregate principal amount of [    ] pursuant to the following agreement: [describe credit/loan agreement, indenture or other agreement giving rise to Additional Second Lien Debt, as the case may be] (the “Designated Agreement”) which will be Initial Second Lien Obligations.

 

  2.

The incurrence of the Designated Obligations is permitted by each applicable First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Document.

 

  3.

Pursuant to and for the purposes of Section 8.20 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the Designated Agreement is hereby designated as an “Initial Second Lien Note Document” and (ii) the Designated Obligations are hereby designated as “Initial Second Lien Obligations”.

 

  4.

The name and address of the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent for such Designated Obligations is:

[Insert name and all capacities; Address]

Telephone: ___________________

Fax: ___________________

Email ___________________

 

  5.

Attached hereto are true and complete copies of each of the Initial Second Lien Note Documents relating to such Additional Second Lien Debt.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Designation to be duly executed by the undersigned Responsible Officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

[INSERT NAME OF COMPANY]
By:  

    

 
  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

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SECOND LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

among

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.,

certain of its Subsidiaries

and

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as Collateral Agent

Dated as of May 13, 2024

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

     1  

1.1

  Definitions      1  

1.2

  Other Definitional Provisions      8  

SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL

     8  

SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     10  

3.1

  Representations in Transaction Documents      10  

3.2

  Title; No Other Liens      10  

3.3

  Valid, Perfected Liens      10  

3.4

  Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc.      10  

3.5

  Inventory and Equipment      10  

3.6

  Special Collateral      11  

3.7

  Investment Property      11  

3.8

  Receivables      12  

3.9

  Intellectual Property      12  

3.10

  [Reserved]      14  

3.11

  Letter of Credit Rights      14  

3.12

  Commercial Tort Claims      14  

SECTION 4. COVENANTS

     14  

4.1

  Covenants in Indenture      14  

4.2

  Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents, Investment Property and Deposit Accounts      14  

4.3

  Maintenance of Insurance      15  

4.4

  Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation      15  

4.5

  Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc.      16  

4.6

  Notices      16  

4.7

  Investment Property      16  

4.8

  Voting and Other Rights with Respect to Pledged Securities      17  

4.9

  Receivables      18  

4.10

  Intellectual Property      18  

4.11

  Government Receivables      20  

4.12

  Letter of Credit Rights      20  

4.13

  Commercial Tort Claims      20  

SECTION 5. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

     20  

5.1

  Certain Matters Relating to Receivables      20  

5.2

  Communications with Obligors      21  

 

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5.3

  Proceeds to be Turned Over To Agent      21  

5.4

  Application of Proceeds      21  

5.5

  Code and Other Remedies      22  

5.6

  Effect of Securities Laws      24  

5.7

  Deficiency      24  

SECTION 6. POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES

     24  

6.1

  Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc.      24  

6.2

  Authorization of Financing Statements      25  

6.3

  Further Assurances      26  

SECTION 7. LIEN ABSOLUTE; WAIVER OF SURETYSHIP DEFENSES

     26  

7.1

  Lien Absolute, Waivers      26  

SECTION 8. THE COLLATERAL AGENT

     28  

8.1

  Authority of Agent      28  

8.2

  Duty of Agent      28  

8.3

  No Individual Foreclosure, Etc.      29  

SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS

     29  

9.1

  Amendments in Writing      29  

9.2

  Notices      29  

9.3

  No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies      29  

9.4

  Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification      29  

9.5

  Successors and Assigns      30  

9.6

  Set-Off      30  

9.7

  Counterparts      30  

9.8

  Severability      31  

9.9

  Section Headings      31  

9.10

  Integration/Conflict      31  

9.11

  GOVERNING LAW      31  

9.12

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers      31  

9.13

  Acknowledgments      32  

9.14

  Additional Grantors      32  

9.15

  Releases      32  

9.16

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      33  

9.17

  Intercreditor Agreement      33  

SCHEDULE 1

  Notice Addresses of Grantors      1-1  

SCHEDULE 2

  Description of Pledged Investment Property      2-1  

SCHEDULE 3

  Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests      3-1  

SCHEDULE 4

  Exact Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office      4-1  

 

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SCHEDULE 5

  Location of Inventory and Equipment      5-1  

SCHEDULE 6

  Government Receivables      6-1  

SCHEDULE 7

  Copyrights; Patents; Trademarks; Intellectual Property Licenses; Other Intellectual Property      7-1  

SCHEDULE 8

  Letter of Credit Rights      8-1  

SCHEDULE 9

  Commercial Tort Claims      9-1  

EXHIBIT A

  Form of Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement      A-1  

EXHIBIT B-1

  Form of Copyright Security Agreement      EXHIBIT B-1  

EXHIBIT B-2

  Form of Patent Security Agreement      EXHIBIT B-2  

EXHIBIT B-3

  Form of Trademark Security Agreement      EXHIBIT B-3  

ANNEX 1

  Assumption Agreement      ANNEX 1-1  

 

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SECOND LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 13, 2024, among each of the signatories hereto designated as a Grantor on the signature pages hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as a Grantor as provided herein, each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors ”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity and together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Note Secured Parties.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Grantors are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and between Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee and Agent; and

WHEREAS, each Grantor has agreed to grant a continuing Lien on the Collateral (as defined below) to secure the Obligations;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture, and the following terms which are defined in the UCC are used herein as so defined (and if defined in more than one article of the UCC shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 thereof): Accounts, Account Debtor, As-Extracted Collateral, Authenticate, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commodity Account, Commodity Contract, Commodity Intermediary, Documents, Electronic Chattel Paper, Entitlement Order, Equipment, Farm Products, Financial Asset, Fixtures, Goods, Health-Care-Insurance Receivable, Instruments, Inventory, Letter of Credit Rights, Manufactured Homes, Money, Payment Intangibles, Securities Account, Securities Intermediary, Security, Security Entitlement, Supporting Obligations, Tangible Chattel Paper and Uncertificated Security.

(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Agreement” shall mean this Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

After-Acquired Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(c).

Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

Collateral Account” shall mean any collateral account established by the Agent as provided in Section 5.1 or 5.3.

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

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Copyright Licenses ” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Copyright or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any Copyright (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 7).

Copyrights” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all works of authorship and all intellectual property rights therein, all United States and foreign copyrights (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all designs (including but not limited to all industrial designs, “Protected Designs” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 1301 et. Seq. and Community designs), and all “Mask Works” (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed on Schedule 7, (ii) all extensions, renewals, and restorations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Deposit Account” shall mean all “deposit accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and all other accounts maintained with any financial institution (other than Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts), and shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Deposit Accounts” together, in each case, with all funds held therein and all certificates or instruments representing any of the foregoing.

Discharge of the Secured Obligations” shall mean and shall have occurred when either

(i) all Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full and all other obligations under the Transaction Documents shall have been performed (other than (a) those expressly stated to survive termination and (b) contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) or (ii) the Company elects to exercise Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Indenture.

Equity Interests” (i) shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of the equity of such Person, including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), if such Person is a limited liability company, membership interests, and, if such Person is a trust, all beneficial interests therein, and shall also include any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued on or after the date hereof and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests.

Excluded Assets” shall mean (i) any permit, lease, license, contract or agreement to which any Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and only to the extent that the grant of a security interest hereunder (a) is prohibited by or a violation of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Grantor or (b) shall constitute or result in a breach of a term or provision of, or the termination of or a default under the terms of, such permit, lease, license, contract or agreement (other than to the extent that any such law, rule, regulation, term or provision would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including any debtor relief law or principle of equity);

 

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provided, however, that the Collateral shall include (and such security interest shall attach and the definition of Excluded Assets shall not then include) immediately at such time as the contractual or legal provisions referred to above shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, and shall attach immediately to any portion of such permit, lease, license, contract or agreement not subject to the provisions specified in clauses (a) or (b) above, (ii) property owned by any Grantor that is subject to a purchase money Lien or Capital Lease permitted under the Indenture if the agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or the document providing for such Capital Lease) prohibits, or requires the consent of any Person other than the Grantors which has not been obtained as a condition to, the creation of any other Lien on such property; provided further that the exclusions referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition shall not include any Proceeds of such permit, lease, license, contract or agreement or property; (iii) any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law, (v) Equity Interests in any Person (other than a Subsidiary) to the extent the grant of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement is prohibited or restricted by the terms of the organizational documents or any joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement or other agreement with other equity holders of such Person and, in the case of such a Person acquired after the Closing Date, such prohibition (a) existed at the time such Person was acquired and (b) was not created in anticipation or contemplation thereof, (vi) Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, (vii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, (viii) Commercial Tort Claims with a value of less than $ 2,500,000, (ix) real property leased or subleased by any Note Party, (x) Margin Stock owned by any Note Party, (xi) Excluded Accounts and (xii) any assets (including any Capital Stock or voting stock) as to which the Agent and Note Parties reasonably agree in writing that the cost of obtaining a security interest in or perfection thereof is excessive in relation to the benefit to the Agent and the Holders of the security to be afforded thereby.

Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ” shall mean any voting stock in excess of 66% of the total outstanding amount of any class of voting stock of a Foreign Subsidiary, if the pledge of greater than 66% of such Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock would be likely to, in the good faith judgment of the Company, result in adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or, as a result of Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Foreign Security Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the security agreements, debentures, pledge agreements, charges and other similar documents and agreements pursuant to which any Grantor purports to pledge or grant a security interest in any property or assets located outside of the United States (including any Pledged Equity Interests of any Issuer organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state or locality thereof securing the Secured Obligations).

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

General Intangibles” shall mean all “general intangibles” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, with respect to any Grantor, all rights of such Grantor to receive any tax refunds, all Hedge Agreements, contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures and all licenses, permits, concessions, franchises and authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such

 

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Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified, including, without limitation, (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto, (iii) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising thereunder, and (iv) all rights of such Grantor to terminate and to perform, compel performance and to exercise all remedies thereunder.

Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

Insurance” shall mean (i) all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Agent is the loss payee thereof) and (ii) any key man life insurance policies.

Intellectual Property” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, the collective reference to all existing and future rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Licenses, and all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, or other violation or impairment thereof, including the right to receive all Proceeds therefrom, including without limitation license fees, royalties, income payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit, now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto.

Intellectual Property Security Agreements” shall mean, collectively, the Copyright Security Agreement substantially the form of Exhibit B-1, the Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, and the Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3.

Intercompany Note” shall mean any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Intercompany Note and Subordination.

Investment Property” shall mean the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC including, without limitation, all Certificated Securities and Uncertificated Securities, all Security Entitlements, all Securities Accounts, all Commodity Contracts and all Commodity Accounts (other than any Excluded Assets), (ii) all security entitlements, in the case of any United States Treasury book-entry securities, as defined in 31 C.F.R. section 357.2, or, in the case of any United States federal agency book-entry securities, as defined in the corresponding United States federal regulations governing such book-entry securities, and (iii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes, all Pledged Equity Interests, all Pledged Security Entitlements and all Pledged Commodity Contracts; provided, however, that in no event shall “Investment Property” include any Excluded Assets.

Issuers” shall mean the collective reference to each issuer of Pledged Equity Interests.

Note Obligations” shall mean all Obligations under and as defined in the Indenture.

 

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Note Secured Parties” shall mean collectively, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Holders, the Information Agent, the indemnitees under the Indenture for the purposes of Section 7.06 of the Indenture and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Agent from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.

Patent Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Patent or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any Patent (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 7).

Patents” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all patentable inventions and designs, all United States, foreign, and multinational patents, certificates of invention, and similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, (i) each patent and patent application listed on Schedule 7, (ii) all reissues, substitutes, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Pledged Commodity Contracts” shall mean all Commodity Contracts listed on Schedule 2 and all other Commodity Contracts to which any Grantor is party from time to time.

Pledged Debt Securities” shall mean all debt securities now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including, without limitation, the debt securities listed on Schedule 2, together with any other certificates, options, rights or security entitlements of any nature whatsoever in respect of the debt securities of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect.

Pledged Equity Interests” shall mean all Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall “Pledged Equity Interests” include any Excluded Assets.

Pledged LLC Interests ” shall mean all membership interests and other interests now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor in any limited liability company including, without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged LLC Interests” and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company and any securities entitlements relating thereto and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests and any other warrant, right or option or other agreement to acquire any of the foregoing, all management rights, all voting rights, any interest in any capital account of a member in such limited liability company, all rights as and to become a member of the limited liability company, all rights of the Grantor under any shareholder or voting trust agreement or similar agreement in respect of such limited liability company, all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest as a member to any and all assets or properties of such limited liability company, and all other rights, powers, privileges, interests, claims and other property in any manner arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that “Pledged LLC Interests” shall not include any Excluded Assets.

 

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Pledged Notes” shall mean all promissory notes now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 2 and all the Intercompany Notes.

Pledged Partnership Interests” shall mean all partnership interests and other interests now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged Partnership Interests” and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests, and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing, all management rights, all voting rights, any interest in any capital account of a partner in such partnership, all rights as and to become a partner of such partnership, all of the Grantor’s rights, title and interest as a partner to any and all assets or properties of such partnership, and all other rights, powers, privileges, interests, claims and other property in any manner arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that “Pledged Partnership Interests” shall not include any Excluded Assets.

Pledged Stock” shall mean all shares of capital stock now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged Stock”, and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing; provided, however, that “Pledged Stock” shall not include any Excluded Assets.

Pledged Securities” shall mean the collective reference to the Pledged Debt Securities, the Pledged Notes and the Pledged Equity Interests regardless of whether constituting Securities under the UCC.

Pledged Security Entitlements” shall mean all security entitlements with respect to the financial assets listed on Schedule 2 and all other security entitlements of any Grantor.

Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Securities, collections thereon and distributions or payments with respect thereto.

Quarterly Reporting Date” means the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered or due under the Indenture.

Receivable” shall mean all Accounts and any other any right to payment for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper or classified as a Payment Intangible and whether or not it has been earned by performance. References herein to Receivables shall include any Supporting Obligation or collateral securing such Receivable.

Secured Obligations” shall mean (i) the Note Obligations, (ii) each guarantee of the Note Obligations and (iii) whether or not constituting Note Obligations, the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to

 

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the Company or any other Grantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor to any Agent, any Holder or any other Note Secured Party which may arise under or in connection with any Transaction Document.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Subsidiary Grantors” shall mean, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Company that are Grantors.

Trademark Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Trademark or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement, dilution, or other violation of any Trademark or permitting co-existence with respect to a Trademark (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 7).

Trademarks” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all domestic, foreign and multinational trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, Internet domain names, other indicia of origin or source identification, and general intangibles of a like nature, whether registered or unregistered, and, with respect to any and all of the foregoing, (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed on Schedule 7, (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Trade Secrets” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to (i) all trade secrets and all confidential and proprietary information, including know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and information, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing (i) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future misappropriation or other violation thereof, (ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (iii) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Trade Secret Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Trade Secret or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for misappropriation or other violation of a Trade Secret.

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code 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 perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, 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 hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

 

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UETA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” 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, Exhibit and Annex references, are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. References to any Schedule, Exhibit or Annex shall mean such Schedule, Exhibit or Annex as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

(d) The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.

(e) All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.

SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL

(a) Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:

(i) all Accounts, including all Receivables;

(ii) all Chattel Paper;

(iii) all Deposit Accounts;

(iv) all Documents;

(v) all Equipment;

(vi) all General Intangibles;

(vii) all Instruments;

(viii) all Insurance;

 

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(ix) all Intellectual Property;

(x) all Inventory;

(xi) all Investment Property;

(xii) all Letter of Credit Rights;

(xiii) all Money;

(xiv) all Pledged Equity Interests;

(xv) all Vehicles;

(xvi) all Goods not otherwise described above;

(xvii) all Collateral Accounts;

(xviii) all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon;

(xix) all commercial tort claims now or hereinafter described on Schedule 11; and

(xx) to the extent not otherwise included, all other property of such Grantor and all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents and profits of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, Supporting Obligations and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Excluded Assets shall constitute Collateral.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Agent or any Note Secured Party, and (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any Receivables and any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Agent nor any Note Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Agent or any Note Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to any Receivables, Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests.

 

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SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants as of the Closing Date that as of the Closing Date:

3.1 Representations in Transaction Documents. The representations and warranties set forth in the Transaction Documents to which such Grantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, in all material respects, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of such date, in each case unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and the Note Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on each of such representations and warranties 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 3.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Grantor’s knowledge.

3.2 Title; No Other Liens. Such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims, including, without limitation, liens arising as a result of such Grantor becoming bound (as a result of merger or otherwise) as Grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, except for Permitted Liens. No financing statement, mortgage or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Indenture.

3.3 Valid, Perfected Liens . (a) The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement constitute a legal and valid security interest in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, securing the payment and performance of each Grantor’s Secured Obligations and upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 and payment of all filing fees, will constitute fully perfected security interests in all of the Collateral, prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens.

3.4 Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc. Such Grantor’s exact legal name (as indicated on the public record of such Grantor’s jurisdiction of formation or organization), jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4. Each Grantor is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction. Except as specified on Schedule 4, it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business (if applicable) or its corporate structure in any way (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five years and has not within the last five years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as Grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated. Unless otherwise stated on Schedule 4, such Grantor is not a transmitting utility as defined in UCC § 9-102(a)(80).

3.5 Inventory and Equipment. (a) The Inventory and the Equipment constituting Collateral with an aggregate value in excess of $2,500,000 per location (other than Inventory and Equipment in transit or consisting of raw materials or works in progress (collectively, “Excluded Inventory”)) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.

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(c) None of the Inventory or Equipment constituting Collateral (other than Excluded Inventory) with an aggregate value in excess of $2,500,000 per issuer or location, as applicable, is in the possession of an issuer of a negotiable document (as defined in Section 7-104 of the UCC) therefor or is otherwise in the possession of any bailee or warehouseman except as noted on Schedule 5.

3.6 Special Collateral. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, (1) Farm Products, (2) As-Extracted Collateral, (3) Manufactured Homes, (4) Health-Care Insurance Receivables, (5) timber to be cut, or (6) aircraft engines, satellites, ships or railroad rolling stock.

3.7 Investment Property. (a) Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the headings “Pledged Stock”, “Pledged LLC Interests” and “Pledged Partnership Interests”, respectively, all of the Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests owned by any Grantor and such Pledged Equity Interests constitute the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of stock, percentage of membership interests or percentage of partnership interests of the respective issuers thereof indicated on such Schedule. Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the heading “Pledged Debt Securities” or “Pledged Notes” all of the Pledged Debt Securities and Pledged Notes owned by any Grantor, and all of such Pledged Debt Securities and Pledged Notes, have been, in the case of those issued by Subsidiaries of such Grantor, or, in the case of those issued by Persons that are not Subsidiaries of such Grantor, to the knowledge of such Grantor, have been, duly authorized, authenticated, issued, and delivered and are the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers thereof enforceable in accordance with their terms and are not in default and, in the case of those issued by Subsidiaries of such Grantor, constitute all of the issued and outstanding inter-company indebtedness owed by such Subsidiaries to such Grantor evidenced by an instrument or certificated security of the respective issuers thereof. Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the headings “Securities Accounts,” “Commodities Accounts,” and “Deposit Accounts,” respectively, all of the Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts and Deposit Accounts owned by each Grantor. Each Grantor is the sole entitlement holder or customer of each such account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Agent pursuant hereto or as permitted by the Transaction Documents) having “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8- 106, 9-106 and 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Securities Account, Commodity Account or Deposit Account or any securities, commodities or other property credited thereto.

(b) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Equity Interests of each Issuer owned by such Grantor other than any such Equity Interests that are Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock or Excluded Assets.

(c) All the shares of the Pledged Equity Interests, to the extent applicable, have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. No Grantor is in default of its material obligations under any organizational document of any Issuer of Pledged Equity Interests.

(d) None of the Pledged LLC Interests or Pledged Partnership Interests are, or represent interests in entities that (a) are registered as investment companies, (b) are dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or markets or (c) have opted to be treated as securities under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction.

(e) No consent, approval or authorization of any Person is required for the pledge by such Grantor of the Pledged Equity Interests pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, whether under the organizational documents of any Issuer of Pledged Equity Interests or otherwise, except such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

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(f) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property and Deposit Accounts pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except for Permitted Liens, and there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any Pledged Equity Interests.

3.8 Receivables. (a) No amount in excess of $2,500,000 payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Agent or constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper that has not been subjected to the control (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC) of the Agent.

(b) No obligor on any Receivable is a Governmental Authority except as disclosed on Schedule 6.

(c) To the knowledge of such Grantor, each Receivable in excess of $2,500,000 (i) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Account Debtor in respect thereof, representing an unsatisfied obligation of such Account Debtor, (ii) is enforceable in accordance with its terms, and (iii) is not subject to any set-offs, defenses, taxes or counterclaims (except with respect to refunds, returns and allowances in the ordinary course of business with respect to damaged merchandise).

3.9 Intellectual Property.

(a) Schedule 7 lists all of the following Intellectual Property, to the extent constituting Collateral and owned by such Grantor in its own name: (i) issued Patents and pending Patent applications, (ii) registered Trademarks and applications for the registration of Trademarks, and (iii) registered Copyrights, and applications to register Copyrights. All such Intellectual Property is recorded in the name of such Grantor. Except (A) as set forth on Schedule 7 and (B) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property, such Grantor is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property, as well as any other Material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor, in each case free and clear of all Liens, claims and licenses, except for Permitted Liens.

(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 7, all Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, nor, in the case of Patents, is any of such Material Intellectual Property the subject of a reexamination proceeding, and such Grantor has performed all commercially reasonable acts and has paid all renewal, maintenance, and other fees and taxes required to maintain each and every registration and application of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks of such Grantor constituting Material Intellectual Property in full force and effect.

(c) Except for those matters which either (i) are disclosed on Schedule 7 or (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of such Grantor, (x) no action or proceeding is pending or threatened in writing, alleging that such Grantor, or the conduct of such Grantor’s business, infringes, misappropriates, dilutes, or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of any other Person and (y) no Person is engaging in any activity that infringes, misappropriates, dilutes or violates any Intellectual Property of such Grantor.

(d) Schedule 7 lists all exclusive Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses held by such Grantor that constitute Material Intellectual Property. With respect to each Copyright License, Trademark License and Patent License held by such Grantor that constitutes Material Intellectual Property: (i) such license is valid and binding and in full force and effect and represents the entire agreement between the respective licensor and licensee with respect to the subject matter of such license; (ii) such license will not cease to be valid and binding and in full force and effect on terms substantially identical to those currently in effect as a result of the rights and interests granted herein, nor will the grant

 

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of such rights and interests constitute a material breach or default under such license or otherwise give the licensor or licensee a right to terminate such license; (iii) such Grantor has not received any notice of early termination or cancellation under such license in the last six months; (iv) such Grantor has not received any notice of a breach or default under such license in the last six months, which breach or default has not been cured or waived; and (v) such Grantor is not in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice and/or lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration of or under such license.

(e) All Copyrights owned by such Grantor that constitute Material Intellectual Property have been registered with the United States Copyright Office or, where appropriate, any foreign counterpart.

(f) Such Grantor controls the nature and quality of all products sold and all services rendered under or in connection with all Trademarks of such Grantor, in each case consistent with industry standards, and has taken all commercially reasonable actions necessary to ensure that all licensees of all such Trademarks comply with such Grantor’s standards of quality.

(g) Such Grantor has been using appropriate statutory notice of registration in connection with its use of registered Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property, appropriate notice of its trademark rights in common law Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property, proper marking practices in connection with its Patents constituting Material Intellectual Property, and appropriate notice of copyright in connection with the publication of its Copyrights constituting Material Intellectual Property.

(h) [Reserved].

(i) Except for those matters which either (i) are disclosed on Schedule 7 or (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no holding, decision, ruling, or judgment has been rendered in any action or proceeding before any court or administrative authority challenging the validity, enforceability, or scope of, or such Grantor’s right to register, own or use, any Intellectual Property of such Grantor or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein, and, to such Grantor’s knowledge, no such action or proceeding is pending or threatened in writing.

(j) Except for those matters which either (i) are disclosed on Schedule 7 or (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no settlements or consents, covenants not to sue, coexistence agreements, non-assertion assurances, or releases have been entered into by such Grantor or bind such Grantor in any manner that impacts such Grantor’s rights to own, license or use any Material Intellectual Property. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the termination, limitation or other impairment of any of such Grantor’s rights in its Material Intellectual Property constituting Collateral.

(k) Such Grantor has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of its Trade Secrets in accordance with industry standards. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to such Grantor’s knowledge, (i) none of the Trade Secrets of such Grantor has been used, divulged, disclosed or misappropriated to the detriment of such Grantor for the benefit of any other Person, (ii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor has misappropriated any trade secrets of any other Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor and (iii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor is in default or breach of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of inventions agreement or similar agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer of such Grantor’s Material Intellectual Property.

 

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3.10 [Reserved].

3.11 Letter of Credit Rights. No Grantor is a beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit with a value in excess of $2,500,000 other than the letters of credit described on Schedule 8.

3.12 Commercial Tort Claims. No Grantor has any commercial tort claims with a value in excess of $2,500,000 other than those described on Schedule 9.

SECTION 4. COVENANTS

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Note Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of the Secured Obligations:

4.1 Covenants in Indenture. Each Grantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries.

4.2 Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents, Investment Property and Deposit Accounts.

(a) If any of the Collateral individually is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Certificated Security or if any Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000 individually is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Instrument, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper, such Instrument (other than checks received in the ordinary course of business), Certificated Security, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper shall be delivered to the Agent upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

(b) If any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000 individually is or shall become Electronic Chattel Paper such Grantor shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, take such action as the Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Agent control under Section 9-105 of the UCC of such Electronic Chattel Paper or control under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record.

(c) If any of the Collateral is or shall become evidenced or represented by an Uncertificated Security, such Grantor shall cause the Issuer thereof, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, either (i) to register the Agent as the registered owner of such Uncertificated Security, upon original issue or registration of transfer or (ii) to agree in writing with such Grantor and the Agent that such Issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such Uncertificated Security originated by the Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in substantially the form of Exhibit B or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(d) Each Grantor shall maintain Securities Entitlements, Securities Accounts and Deposit Accounts only in accordance with the requirements of Section 4.27 of the Indenture.

 

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(e) If any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000 individually is or shall become evidenced or represented by a Commodity Contract, such Grantor shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Commodity Intermediary with respect to such Commodity Contract to agree in writing with such Grantor and the Agent that such Commodity Intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of such Commodity Contract as directed by the Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(f) In addition to and not in lieu of the foregoing, if any Issuer of any Investment Property constituting Collateral is organized under the law of, or has its chief executive office in, a jurisdiction outside of the United States, and such Issuer is a Material Subsidiary, each Grantor shall take such additional actions, including, without limitation, causing the issuer to register the pledge on its books and records, as may be necessary or as may be reasonably requested by the Agent, under the laws of such jurisdiction to insure the validity, perfection and priority of the security interest of the Agent.

4.3 Maintenance of Insurance. Such Grantor shall maintain insurance and deliver endorsements with respect thereto in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 4.30 of the Indenture.

4.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 3.3 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

(b) Such Grantor shall furnish to the Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the assets and property of such Grantor as the Agent may reasonably request in writing, all in reasonable detail.

(c) At any time and from time to time, including upon the written request of the Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly and duly authorize, execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property, Deposit Accounts (other the Excluded Accounts) and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto to the extent required hereunder, including without limitation, executing and delivering and causing the relevant depositary bank or securities intermediary to execute and deliver a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(d) In the event that a Grantor hereafter acquires any Collateral of a type described in Section 3.6 hereof, it shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, notify the Agent in writing and take such actions and execute such documents and make such filings all at such Grantor’s expense as the Agent may reasonably request in order to ensure that the Agent has a valid, perfected, first priority security interest in such Collateral, subject to any Permitted Liens.

 

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4.5 Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon prior written notice to the Agent and delivery to the Agent of duly authorized and, where required, executed copies of (a) all additional financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 on the next Quarterly Reporting Date showing any additional location at which Inventory or Equipment with a value in excess of $2,500,000 (other than Excluded Inventory) shall be kept:

(i) permit any of the Inventory or Equipment with a value in excess of $2,500,000 (other than Excluded Inventory) to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 5;

(ii) without limiting the prohibitions on mergers involving the Grantors contained in Section 4.21 of the Indenture (or limiting any exceptions thereto), change its legal name, jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business, if applicable, from that referred to in Section 3.4; or

(iii) change its legal name, identity or structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.

4.6 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Agent promptly and in any event within three (3) days after any officer of the Company obtaining knowledge of:

(a) any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of the Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and

(b) the occurrence of any other event which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.

4.7 Investment Property. (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any stock or other ownership certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), or option or rights in respect of the capital stock or other Pledged Equity Interest of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of or other ownership interests in the Pledged Equity Interests, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Note Secured Parties, hold the same in trust for the Note Secured Parties and deliver the same promptly to the Agent in the exact form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any sums paid upon or in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Agent, be delivered to the Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Note Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.

 

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(b) Without the prior written consent of the Agent, such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to amend its organizational documents in any manner that adversely affects the validity, perfection or priority of the Agent’s security interest therein, (ii) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof or any interest therein, except as permitted by Sections 4.13(w), 4.17 and 4.19 of the Indenture, or (iii) cause or permit any Issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests which are not securities (for purposes of the UCC) on the date hereof to elect or otherwise take any action to cause such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests to be treated as securities for purposes of the UCC without taking all steps necessary or advisable to establish Agent’s “control” thereof at the time of such election or action; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests takes any such action in violation of the foregoing in this clause (iii), such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent in writing of any such election or action and, in such event, shall take all steps necessary or advisable to establish the Agent’s “control” thereof.

(c) Each Grantor which is an Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 4.7(a) with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 4.8(c) shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 4.8(c) with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it. In addition, each Grantor which is either an Issuer or an owner of any Pledged Equity Interests hereby consents to the grant by each other Grantor of the security interest hereunder in favor of the Agent and to the transfer of any Pledged Equity Interest to the Agent or its nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Agent or its nominee as a partner, member or shareholder or other equity holder of the Issuer of the related Pledged Equity Interest.

4.8 Voting and Other Rights with Respect to Pledged Securities. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Debt Securities, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the relevant Issuer, to the extent permitted by the Indenture, and to exercise all voting, corporate and other consensual rights with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests; provided , however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other ownership right exercised or other action taken which, in the Agent’s reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Indenture, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing: (i) all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights with respect to Pledged Securities which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent who shall thereupon have the sole right, but shall be under no obligation, to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights and (ii) the Agent shall have the right, upon notice to any Grantor, to transfer all or any portion of the Pledged Securities to its name or the name of its nominee or agent. In addition, the Agent shall have the right at any time, upon notice to any Grantor, to exchange any certificates or instruments representing any Pledged Securities for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations. In order to permit the Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions which it may be entitled to receive hereunder each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the Agent all proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request and each Grantor acknowledges that the Agent may utilize the power of attorney set forth herein.

 

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(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged Securities pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Securities directly to the Agent.

4.9 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor will not, except as expressly permitted by the Indenture (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value thereof.

(b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Agent promptly a copy of each material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls into doubt the validity or enforceability of more than $5,000,000 in then outstanding Receivables.

4.10 Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, discontinue use of any Material Intellectual Property, or do any act or omit to do any act whereby any Material Intellectual Property may lapse, become abandoned, cancelled, dedicated to the public, forfeited, or otherwise impaired, or abandon any application or any right to file an application for a Copyright, Patent, or Trademark constituting Material Intellectual Property; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(a), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

(b) Such Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps, including in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any state registry, to pursue any application and maintain any registration or issuance of each Trademark, Patent, and Copyright constituting Material Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to such Grantor, including, but not limited to, those applications and registrations listed on Schedule 7 constituting Material Intellectual Property; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(b), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

(c) Such Grantor agrees that, should it hereafter (i) obtain an ownership interest in any item of Intellectual Property, (ii) obtain an exclusive license to any Copyrights, (iii) (either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee) file any application for the registration or issuance of any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, or any similar office or agency in any other country or in any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or (iv) should it file a Statement of Use or an Amendment to Allege Use with respect to any “intent-to-use” Trademark application (the items in clauses (i), (ii) (iii) and (iv), but excluding any asset that is an Excluded Asset, collectively, the “After-Acquired Intellectual Property”), then the provisions of Section 2 shall automatically apply thereto, and any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property shall automatically become part of the Collateral and such Grantor shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Agent and provide the Agent with an amended Schedule 7 hereto upon the later of thirty (30) days thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date.

 

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(d) Such Grantor shall execute Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property constituting Collateral as of the date hereof, as well as any After-Acquired Intellectual Property constituting Collateral on the next occurring Quarterly Reporting Date after such After-Acquired Intellectual Property is acquired, in substantially the form of Exhibits C-1, C-2, or C-3, as applicable, in order to record the security interest granted herein to the Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and such Grantor shall on the next occurring Quarterly Reporting Date execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all other agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Note Secured Parties’ security interest in any such Intellectual Property with any other applicable offices, agencies, or Governmental Authorities.

(e) [Reserved].

(f) Such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent if it knows or has reason to know that any item of Material Intellectual Property may become (i) abandoned or dedicated to the public or placed in the public domain, (ii) invalid or unenforceable, (iii) subject to any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership, registration or use or the validity or enforceability of such item of Intellectual Property (including the institution of, or any adverse development with respect to, any action or proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, any state registry, any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, or any court) or (iv) the subject of any reversion or termination rights; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(f), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

(g) Such Grantor shall take commercially reasonable steps to (and to cause its licensees to) use proper notice of its Material Intellectual Property rights in connection with the use of any of its Material Intellectual Property.

(h) Such Grantor shall not infringe, misappropriate, dilute, or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person in any manner which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. In the event that any Person initiates, or threatens in writing to initiate, any action or proceeding alleging that such Grantor, or the conduct of such Grantor’s business, infringes, misappropriates, dilutes, or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of any other Person, and such action or proceeding could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent after it learns thereof.

(i) In the event that any Grantor has knowledge that any Material Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to any Grantor is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated by another Person, such Grantor shall (i) promptly take all reasonable actions to stop such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation and protect its rights in such Intellectual Property including, but not limited to, the initiation of a suit for injunctive relief and to recover damages, and (ii) promptly notify the Agent after it learns thereof; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(i), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

 

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(j) With respect to any Trademarks of such Grantor, such Grantor shall take commercially reasonable steps to maintain the level of the quality of products sold and services rendered under any of such Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property at a level at least substantially consistent with the quality of such products and services as of the date hereof (and, in any event, consistent with industry standards), and such Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to ensure that licensees of such Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property use such consistent standards of quality.

(k) Such Grantor shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days after the creation or acquisition or exclusive license of any copyrightable work that constitutes Material Intellectual Property and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, apply to register the Copyright in the United States Copyright Office or, where appropriate, any foreign counterpart and, in the case of an exclusive Copyright License in respect of a registered Copyright, record such license, in the United States Copyright Office or, where appropriate, any foreign counterpart.

(l) Such Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps to protect the secrecy of all Trade Secrets constituting Intellectual Property included in the Collateral consistent with past practice.

4.11 Government Receivables. If any Grantor shall at any time after the date of this Agreement acquire or become the beneficiary of Receivables in excess of $2,500,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate in respect of which the account debtor is a Governmental Authority, such Grantor shall upon the later of thirty (30) days after acquisition and the next Quarterly Reporting Date notify the Agent and, upon the request of the Agent, shall take any necessary steps to perfect the Lien of the Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties therein, and make such Lien enforceable against the account debtor.

4.12 Letter of Credit Rights. Upon the later of thirty (30) days after the date of obtaining any letter of credit rights with a value in excess of $ 2,500,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate other than in respect of the letters of credit described on Schedule 8 hereto and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, each Grantor shall provide the Agent with an amended or supplemented Schedule 8 to reflect such additional letters of credit.

4.13 Commercial Tort Claims. Upon the later of thirty (30) days after the date of any additional commercial tort claims constituting Collateral arising since Schedule 11 was last delivered and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, each Grantor shall provide the Agent with an amended or supplemented Schedule 11 to reflect such additional commercial tort claims.

SECTION 5. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

5.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Agent may reasonably request in connection with such test verifications.

 

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(b) Each Grantor hereby agrees to continue to collect all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor under the Receivables and any Supporting Obligation in respect thereof and diligently exercise each material right it may have under any Receivable and any such Supporting Obligation, in each case, at its own expense consistent with its reasonable business judgment; provided, however, that the Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall forthwith (and, in any event, within two (2) Business Days (or such later date as the Agent may agree)) be deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Agent for the account of the Note Secured Parties only as provided in Section 5.4, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Note Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.

(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the Agent’s request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

5.2 Communications with Obligors. (a) The Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.

(b) At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may at any time notify, or require any Grantor to so notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty on any Receivable of the security interest of the Agent therein. In addition, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may upon written notice to the applicable Grantor, notify, or require any Grantor to notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty to make all payments under the Receivable directly to the Agent.

5.3 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Agent. In addition to the rights of the Note Secured Parties specified in Section 5.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Note Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Agent hereunder shall be held by the Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Note Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 5.4.

5.4 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, at such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Agent’s election, the Agent may (and, if directed by the Requisite Holders, shall), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.05 of the Indenture, apply all or any part of the Collateral and/or net Proceeds thereof (after deducting fees and expenses as provided in Section 5.5) realized through the exercise by the Agent of its remedies hereunder, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, in payment of the Secured Obligations. The Agent shall, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, apply any such Collateral or Proceeds in accordance with Section 6.05 of the Indenture.

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In addition, with respect to any proceeds of Insurance received by the Agent, (x) if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) such Insurance Proceeds shall be returned to the Grantors if permitted or required by the Indenture or (ii) if not so permitted or required by the Indenture, then such Insurance Proceeds shall, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, be applied in accordance with the Indenture and (y) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then such Insurance Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.4(a).

5.5 Code and Other Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Agent, on behalf of the Note Secured Parties, may, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a Note Secured Party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and all rights under any other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, defense, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, presentments, protests, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of any Note Secured Party, on the internet or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Agent may store, repair or recondition any Collateral or otherwise prepare any Collateral for disposal in the manner and to the extent that the Agent deems appropriate. Each Note Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold or to become the licensor of all or any such Collateral, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. For purposes of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or a portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance with the UCC or other applicable laws, including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code, the Agent, as agent for and representative of the Note Secured Parties (but not any Note Secured Party or Note Secured Parties in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Requisite Holders shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled to credit bid and use and apply the Secured Obligations (or any portion thereof) as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Agent at such sale, such amount to be apportioned ratably to the Secured Obligations of the Note Secured Parties in accordance with their pro rata share of such Secured Obligations. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. The foregoing will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for the Agent to dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Agent arising by reason of

 

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the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Agent shall have the right to enter onto the property where any Collateral is located without any obligation to pay rent and take possession thereof with or without judicial process. The Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.

(b) The Agent shall deduct from such Proceeds all documented fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of every kind incurred in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies against the Collateral or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Note Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, documented fees, out of pocket costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel. Any net Proceeds remaining after such deductions shall be applied or retained by the Agent in accordance with Section 5.4. Only after such application and after the payment by the Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a) of the UCC, need the Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, the Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser and received by the Agent. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Agent may resell the Collateral and the applicable Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against any Note Secured Party arising out of the exercise by it or them of any rights hereunder.

(c) In the event of any Disposition of any of the Intellectual Property by the Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the goodwill of the business connected with and symbolized by any Trademarks subject to such Disposition shall be included, and the applicable Grantor shall supply the Agent or its designee with such Grantor’s know-how and expertise, and with documents and things embodying the same, relating to the exploitation of such Intellectual Property, including the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of products or the provision of services under such Intellectual Property, and such Grantor’s customer lists and other records and documents relating to such Intellectual Property and to the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of such products and services.

(d) For the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 5.5 (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, assign, license out, convey, transfer or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as the Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, exercisable only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default: (i) an irrevocable, nonexclusive, and assignable license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of such Trademarks, to use, practice, license, sublicense, and otherwise exploit any and all Intellectual Property now owned or held or hereafter acquired or held by such Grantor (which license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof) and (ii) an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, operate and occupy all real property owned, operated, leased, subleased, or otherwise occupied by such Grantor.

 

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5.6 Effect of Securities Laws. Each Grantor recognizes that the Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Equity Interests or the Pledged Debt Securities by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity Interests or the Pledged Debt Securities for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.

5.7 Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by any Note Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

SECTION 6. POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES

6.1 Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:

(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Agent may request to evidence the Note Secured Parties’ security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or purchase any insurance called for by the terms of the Transaction Documents and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 5.5 or 5.6, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Agent or as the Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other

 

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documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Note Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

Anything in this Section 6.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent agrees that, except as provided in Section 6.1(b), it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or time is of the essence, the Agent shall not exercise this power without first making demand on the Grantor and the Grantor failing to promptly comply therewith.

(c) The reasonable and documented (prior to a Default or an Event of Default only) out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 6.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which interest would then be payable on past due Obligations under the Indenture, from the date of demand for payment by the Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Agent within 30 days after demand therefor.

(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until a Discharge of the Secured Obligations.

6.2 Authorization of Financing Statements. Each Grantor acknowledges that pursuant to Section 9-509(b) of the UCC and any other applicable law, the Agent (and its designees) is authorized to file or record financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral in such form and in such offices as the Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interests of the Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor agrees that such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described in the Security documents or as “all assets” or “all personal property” of such Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter existing or acquired by such Grantor or such other description as the Agent determines is necessary or advisable. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.

 

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6.3 Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, to promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary or that the Agent may reasonably request, in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall:

(i) hereby authorize the Agent (or its designees) to file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, record security interests in Intellectual Property and execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably require, in order to effect, reflect, perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby;

(ii) hereby authorize the Agent (or its designees) to take all actions necessary to ensure the recordation of appropriate evidence of the liens and security interest granted hereunder in any Intellectual Property with any intellectual property registry in which said Intellectual Property is registered or issued or in which an application for registration or issuance is pending, including, without limitation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the various Secretaries of State, and the foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing;

(iii) at any reasonable time, upon reasonable prior notice and request by the Agent, assemble the Collateral and allow inspection of the Collateral by the Agent or persons designated by the Agent;

(iv) at the Agent’s request, appear in and defend any action or proceeding that may affect such Grantor’s title to or the Agent’s interest in all or a material part of the Collateral; and

(v) furnish the Agent with such information regarding the Collateral, including, without limitation, the location thereof, as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no foreign perfection actions or Foreign Security Documents shall be required with respect to any Equity Interests of an Issuer constituting an Immaterial Subsidiary that is organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state or any other locality thereof.

SECTION 7. LIEN ABSOLUTE; WAIVER OF SURETYSHIP DEFENSES

7.1 Lien Absolute, Waivers All rights of Agent hereunder, and all obligations of Grantors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, shall not be affected by, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and hereby waives all, rights, claims or defenses that it might otherwise have (now or in the future) with respect to, in each case, each of the following (whether or not such Grantor has knowledge thereof):

(i) the validity or enforceability of the Indenture or any other Transaction Document, any of the Secured Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Note Secured Party;

 

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(ii) any renewal, extension or acceleration of, or any increase in the amount of the Secured Obligations, or any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, the Transaction Documents;

(iii) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, delay in enforcement, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under any Transaction Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Secured Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Secured Obligations;

(iv) any change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Company or any other Grantor or any of their Subsidiaries and any corresponding restructuring of the Secured Obligations;

(v) any settlement, compromise, release, or discharge of, or acceptance or refusal of any offer of payment or performance with respect to, or any substitutions for, the Secured Obligations or any subordination of the Secured Obligations to any other obligations;

(vi) the validity, perfection, non-perfection or lapse in perfection, priority or avoidance of any security interest or lien, the release of any or all collateral securing, or purporting to secure, the Secured Obligations or any other impairment of such collateral;

(vii) any exercise of remedies with respect to any security for the Secured Obligations (including, without limitation, any collateral, including the Collateral securing or purporting to secure any of the Secured Obligations) at such time and in such order and in such manner as the Agent and the Note Secured Parties may decide and whether or not every aspect thereof is commercially reasonable and whether or not such action constitutes an election of remedies and even if such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy that any Grantor would otherwise have and without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provisions hereof, each Grantor hereby expressly waives any and all benefits which might otherwise be available to such Grantor under applicable law, including, without limitation, California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2939, 2845, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2855, 2899 and 3433; and

(viii) any other circumstance whatsoever which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Grantor as an obligor in respect of the Secured Obligations or which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company or any other Grantor for the Secured Obligations, or of such Grantor under the guarantee contained in the Indenture or of any security interest granted by any Grantor, whether in a bankruptcy proceeding or in any other instance.

(b) In addition each Grantor further waives any and all other defenses, set- offs or counterclaims (other than a defense of payment or performance in full hereunder) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by it, the Company or any other Grantor or Person against any Note Secured Party, including, without limitation, failure of consideration, breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury.

 

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(c) Each Grantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, marshaling, demand for payment, notice of dishonor, notice of default and notice of nonpayment to or upon the Company or any of the other Grantors with respect to the Secured Obligations. Except for notices provided for herein, each Grantor hereby waives notice (to the extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any collateral securing the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, the Collateral. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Grantor, Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against Company, any other Grantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by Agent to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Company, any other Grantor 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 Company, any other Grantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Grantor 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 Note Secured Party against any Grantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

SECTION 8. THE COLLATERAL AGENT

8.1 Authority of Agent. (a) Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall be governed by the Indenture and the Note Security Documents, but, as between the Agent and the Grantors, the Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Note Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

(b) The Agent has been appointed to act as Agent hereunder by the Holders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Note Secured Parties. The Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture. The provisions of the Indenture relating to the Agent, including without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or removal of the Agent and the rights, powers, protections (including indemnities) and duties and immunities of the Agent, are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any termination of the Indenture or this Agreement.

8.2 Duty of Agent. The Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Agent nor any other Note Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys or other advisors, attorneys-in- fact or affiliates shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Note Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Note Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon any Note Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Note Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except to the extent that any such act or failure to act is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely and proximately from their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in breach of a duty owed to such Grantor.

 

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8.3 No Individual Foreclosure, Etc. No Note Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any guarantee of the Secured Obligations except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents may be exercised solely by the Agent on behalf of the Note Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Note Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided hereunder and under any other Transaction Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Note Secured Party authorizes the Agent to credit bid all or any part of the Secured Obligations held by it.

SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by each affected Grantor and the Agent, provided that any provision of this Agreement imposing obligations on any Grantor may be waived by the Agent in a written instrument executed by the Agent in accordance with the Indenture.

9.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 18.03 of the Indenture; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor shall be addressed to such Grantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

9.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. No Note Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 9.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Note Secured Party, 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 any Note Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which such Note Secured Party 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.

9.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Grantor agrees to pay or reimburse each Note Secured Party for all its costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel, (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Note Secured Party and of counsel to the Agent.

(b) Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Agent 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 with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(c) Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Note Secured Parties (including all indemnitees pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Indenture), 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

 

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Agreement to the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Indenture (it being understood and agreed that the indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 9.4(c) shall apply to the Note Secured Parties to the same extent that they apply to the Agent and the Holders under the Indenture).

(d) Each Grantor agrees that the provisions of Section 7.06 and 18.18 of the Indenture are hereby incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and each Note Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein.

(e) The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents.

9.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Note Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent (other than pursuant to a transaction permitted under Section 4.21 of the Indenture) and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

9.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Note Secured Party at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a), (b), (c), (j) and (k) of the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other 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 such party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as such Note Secured Party may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to such Note Secured Party hereunder and claims of every nature and description of such Note Secured Party against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Indenture, any other Transaction Document or otherwise, as such Note Secured Party may elect, whether or not any Note Secured Party has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. Each Note Secured Party exercising any right of set-off shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by such Note Secured Party 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 each Note Secured Party under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Note Secured Party may have.

9.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic imaging means), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall in each case be deemed to include electronic signatures, signatures exchanged by electronic transmission, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided, that the Agent may request, and upon any such request the Note Parties shall be obligated to provide, manually executed “wet ink” signatures to any Transaction Document.

 

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9.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement 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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

9.9 Section Headings. The Section headings and Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

9.10 Integration/Conflict. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the Agent and the other Note Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Agent or any other Note Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the case of any Collateral “located” outside the United States (including any Equity Interests of an Issuer organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States of any state or other locality thereof), in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any applicable Foreign Security Document which cannot be resolved by both provisions being complied with, the provisions contained in such Foreign Security Document shall govern to the extent of such conflict with respect to such Collateral. In the event that any of the Collateral hereunder is also subject to a valid and enforceable Lien under the terms of a Mortgage securing the Secured Obligations and the terms thereof are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, then with respect to such Collateral, the terms of such Mortgage shall control in the case of fixtures and real property leases, letting and licenses of, and contracts and agreements relating to the lease of, real property, and the terms of this Agreement shall control in the case of all other Collateral.

9.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

9.12 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

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(b) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

(c) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing in this agreement or any other Transaction Document shall affect any right that any Note Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against such Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;

(d) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section (and irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court);

(e) [reserved]; and

(f) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

9.13 Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

(b) no Note Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and the provisions of Section 17.08 of the Indenture are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis (to apply to this Agreement rather than the Indenture), and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Note Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Note Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Note Secured Parties.

9.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Indenture shall become a Grantor as required by the Indenture for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

9.15 Releases. (a) At such time as there has been a Discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

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(b) If any of the Collateral shall be Disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Indenture, then the Note Secured Parties’ Liens on such Collateral shall be automatically released without any further action of the parties and the Agent shall at the Company’s cost and request take such actions as shall be required to document or otherwise effectuate its release its security interest in such Collateral and, if applicable, to release the guarantee obligations provided for in any Transaction Document in accordance with Section 13.05 of the Indenture.

(c) Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement originally filed in connection herewith without the prior written consent of the Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

9.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

9.17 Intercreditor Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as First Lien Collateral Agent, HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC, as Royalty Collateral Agent and certain other persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the Discharge of First Lien Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), any requirements hereunder to deliver any certificates representing securities, Equity Interests or any other possessory Collateral constituting Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) to the Agent shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery of such Collateral to the First Lien Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), as subagent for the Agent pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement and any requirements hereunder to any maintain Securities Entitlements, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts and Deposit Accounts to the control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) of the Agent shall be deemed satisfied by the granting of such control to the First Lien Collateral Agent as gratuitous agent pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

GRANTORS:
KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

      

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Pledge and Security Agreement]


AGENT:

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as Agent

By:  

    

  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Pledge and Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT A TO

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT

This CONTROL AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Control Agreement”) dated as of _______ ___, ____, is made by and among _______________, a __________ corporation (the “Grantor”), [NAME OF AGENT], as Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Note Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement referred to below), and ____________, a ____________ corporation (the “Issuer”).

WHEREAS, the Grantor has granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties a security interest in the uncertificated securities of the Issuer owned by the Grantor from time to time (collectively, the “Pledged Securities”), and all additions thereto and substitutions and proceeds thereof (collectively, with the Pledged Securities, the “Collateral”) pursuant to a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of ___________ __, ____ (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), among the Grantor and the other persons party thereto as grantors in favor of the Agent.

WHEREAS, the following terms which are defined in Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof (the “UCC”) are used herein as so defined: Adverse Claim, Control, Instruction, Proceeds and Uncertificated Security.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Notice of Security Interest. The Grantor, the Agent and the Issuer are entering into this Control Agreement to perfect, and to confirm the priority of, the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral. The Issuer acknowledges that this Control Agreement constitutes written notification to the Issuer of the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral. The Issuer agrees to promptly make all necessary entries or notations in its books and records to reflect the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and, upon request by the Agent, to register the Agent as the registered owner of any or all of the Pledged Securities. The Issuer acknowledges that the Agent has control over the Collateral.

SECTION 2. Collateral. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Grantor and the Agent that (i) the terms of any limited liability company interests or partnership interests included in the Collateral from time to time shall expressly provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of [__________], (ii) the Pledged Securities are uncertificated securities, (iii) the issuer’s jurisdiction is, and during the term of this Control Agreement shall remain, the State of [____________], (iv) Schedule 1 contains a true and complete description of the Pledged Securities as of the date hereof and (v) except for the claims and interests of the Agent and the Grantor in the Collateral, the Issuer does not know of any claim to or security interest or other interest in the Collateral.

SECTION 3. Control. The Issuer hereby agrees, upon written direction from the Agent and without further consent from the Grantor, (a) to comply with all instructions and directions of any kind originated by the Agent concerning the Collateral, to liquidate or otherwise dispose of the Collateral as and to the extent directed by the Agent and to pay over to the Agent all proceeds without any set-off or deduction, and (b) except as otherwise directed by the Agent, not to comply with the instructions or directions of any kind originated by the Grantor or any other person.

 

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SECTION 4. Other Agreements. The Issuer shall notify promptly the Agent and the Grantor if any other person asserts any lien, encumbrance, claim (including any adverse claim) or security interest in or against any of the Collateral. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Control Agreement and any other agreement governing the Pledged Securities or the Collateral, the provisions of this Control Agreement shall control.

SECTION 5. Protection of Issuer. The Issuer may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any notice, instruction or other communication that it reasonably believes to be genuine and authorized.

SECTION 6. Termination. This Control Agreement shall terminate automatically upon receipt by the Issuer of written notice executed by the Agent that (i) the Discharge of the Secured Obligations has occurred, or (ii) all of the Collateral has been released, whichever is sooner, and the Issuer shall thereafter be relieved of all duties and obligations hereunder.

SECTION 7. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three (3) days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, to the Grantor’s and the Agent’s addresses as set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and to the Issuer’s address as set forth below, or to such other address as any party may give to the others in writing for such purpose:

[Name of Issuer]

[Address of Issuer]

Attention:         

Telephone: () -

Telecopy: () -

SECTION 8. Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Control Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto.

SECTION 9. Entire Agreement. This Control Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Control Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Indenture).

SECTION 10. Execution in Counterparts. This Control Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by one or more parties to this Control Agreement and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Control Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf”, or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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SECTION 11. Successors and Assigns. This Control Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided that neither the Grantor nor the Issuer may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Control Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

SECTION 12. Severability.

In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Control Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 13. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Control Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

SECTION 14. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Grantor and the Issuer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Control Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

(c) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing in this Control Agreement shall affect any right that any Note Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Control Agreement or any other Transaction Document against the Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;

(d) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(e) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Grantor at its address referred to in Section 7 of this Control Agreement or at such other address of which the Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

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(f) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and

(g) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION.

THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO AND ACCEPTED BY THE AGENT AND WILL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW OF GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

SECTION 16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE, THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Control Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[NAME OF ISSUER]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________], 20[__] (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a “Grantor” (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent for the Note Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Grantors are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of May [__], 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and between Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee and Agent;

WHEREAS, as a condition precedent under the Indenture, the Grantors entered into a Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [__________], 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Agent, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, a security interest in the Copyright Collateral (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties with the United States Copyright Office.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Agent as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Indenture.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Copyright Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

(a) all works of authorship and all intellectual property rights therein, all United States and foreign copyrights (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all designs (including but not limited to all industrial designs, “Protected Designs” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 1301

 

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et. Seq. and Community designs), and all “Mask Works” (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed in Schedule A attached hereto, (ii) all extensions, renewals, and restorations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world (collectively “Copyrights”); and

(b) all agreements, licenses and covenants pursuant to which such Grantor has been granted exclusive rights in any registered Copyrights or has otherwise been granted or has granted a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any registered Copyrights, including, without limitation, each agreement listed in Schedule A attached hereto.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Agent for the Note Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the security interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Indenture).

SECTION 4. Governing Law

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

SECTION 5. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR], as Grantor
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Accepted and Agreed:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________], 20[__] (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a Grantor (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent for the Note Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Grantors are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of May [__], 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and between Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee and Agent;

WHEREAS, as a condition precedent under the Indenture, the Grantors entered into a Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [__________], 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Agent, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, a security interest in the Patent Collateral (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Agent as follows::

SECTION 1. Defined Terms

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Indenture.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest.

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

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all patentable inventions and designs, all United States, foreign, and multinational patents, certificates of invention, and similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including without limitation: (i) each patent and patent application listed in Schedule A attached hereto (ii) all reissues, substitutes, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Agent for the Note Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Indenture).

SECTION 4. Governing Law

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

SECTION 5. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR],

as Grantor

By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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Accepted and Agreed:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Agent
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B-3

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________], 20[__] (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a Grantor (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent for the Note Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Grantors are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of May [__], 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and between Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee and Agent;

WHEREAS, as a condition precedent under the Indenture, the Grantors entered into a Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [__________], 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Agent, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, a security interest in the Trademark Collateral (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Agent as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Indenture.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral

SECTION 2.1 Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Trademark Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

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all domestic, foreign and multinational trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, Internet domain names, other indicia of origin or source identification, and general intangibles of a like nature, whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed in Schedule A attached hereto, (ii) all extension and renewals thereof, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

SECTION 2.2 Certain Limited Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Trademark Collateral include or the security interest granted under Section 2.1 hereof attach to any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Agent for the Note Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Indenture).

SECTION 4. Governing Law

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

SECTION 5. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR],

as Grantor

By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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Accepted and Agreed:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Agent
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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ANNEX 1 TO

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________, ____, made by ______________________, a _______________ corporation (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of [NAME OF AGENT], as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Note Secured Parties. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Indenture.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, in connection with that certain Indenture, dated as of [_________], 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Indenture”), between Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee and the Agent, the Company and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of _______________ ____, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties;

WHEREAS, the Indenture requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1. Pledge and Security Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 9.14 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules _____________ to the Pledge and Security Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Pledge and Security Agreement as they relate to such Additional Grantor are true and correct (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement), in all material respects, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of the date hereof.

2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

3. Successors and Assigns.

This Assumption Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Additional Grantor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Assumption Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
By:  
Name:
Title:

 

Annex 1-2


Annex 1A

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT]

D-1


Final Form

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

Warrant Shares: [•]   Issue Date: [•]
Warrant No: [•]  

THIS PRE-FUNDED WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [•] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Issue Date”), to subscribe for and purchase from Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [•] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. The exercise price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to $0.0001 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 3 herein, the “Exercise Price”) upon surrender of this Warrant at any time and from time to time on or after the Issue Date, and subject to the following terms and conditions:

Section 1: Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Closing Price” means the last closing trade price for the Common Stock on the Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of the Common Stock prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for the Common Stock, the last trade price of the Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or trading market where the Common Stock is then listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of the Common Stock in the over- the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for the Common Stock by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for the Common Stock as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC).

Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

Trading Market” means the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or if the Common Stock is not listed or quoted for trading on the date in question on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, then any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, and any successor appointed in such capacity, or if none, the Company.

 

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Section 2: Exercise.

a. Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issue Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto, and delivered in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 5(h) (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined below) for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is applicable and specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. The aggregate exercise price of this Warrant, except for the aggregate Exercise Price, was pre-funded to the Company on or before the Issue Date, and consequently no additional consideration (other than the aggregate Exercise Price) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to effect any exercise of this Warrant. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-funded exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

b. Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $$0.0001, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

c. Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

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(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and for purposes of Rule 144, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c), except to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

Bid Price ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and reasonably agreed to by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding.

d. Mechanics of Exercise.

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) in the case of a cashless exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and in each case, at the request of the Holder, in electronic book entry form to the account of the Holder or by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the later of (i) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period subject to the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share

 

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Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares on a timely basis pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by the Holder to the Company), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of this Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice within two (2) Trading Days after the occurrence of a Buy-In indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall, to the extent applicable, pay all Transfer Agent fees required for processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

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vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

e. Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) beneficially owns or would beneficially own as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), more than 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the issued and outstanding Common Stock or any other class of equity security (other than an exempted security) of the Company that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act. For purposes of calculating beneficial ownership, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated and determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged and agreed that the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any written other notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days confirm to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The Holder shall disclose to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock that it, its Affiliates or any other Attribution Party owns and has the right to acquire through the exercise of derivative securities and any limitations on exercise or conversion analogous to the limitation contained herein contemporaneously or immediately prior to exercising this Warrant. Any purported delivery of any number of shares of Common Stock or any other security upon exercise of this Warrant shall be void and have no effect to the extent, but only to the extent, that before or after such delivery, the exercising Holder, together with its Affiliates and any other Attribution Party would have beneficial ownership in excess of the Maximum Percentage. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, unless such notice is delivered to the Company on the Initial Exercise Date, in which case such increase in the Maximum Percentage shall be effective immediately.

Section 3: Certain Adjustments.

a. Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the number of Warrant Shares shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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b. Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to (but without duplication of) any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and shall instead have the right to purchase new pre-funded warrants, issued pursuant to a warrant agreement substantially in the form of this Warrant, corresponding to an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would have been able to purchase or otherwise receive (including by exercise of any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property) if the Holder was able to participate fully in such Purchase Right.

c. Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage.

d. Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (including with respect to the election of directors), (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting

 

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power of the capital stock of the Company (not including any shares of capital stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) and in connection with such transaction the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the securities, cash and other property of the successor or acquiring corporation (or ultimate parent thereof) or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, as applicable, (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for the Alternate Consideration, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

e. Exercise Price. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 3, the Exercise Price shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment, the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Exercise Price be adjusted below the par value of the Common Stock then in effect.

f. Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

g. Notice to Holder.

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price or Number of Warrant Shares. Whenever the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the applicable updated amount after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case,

 

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the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (as defined below), at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

Section 4: Transfer of Warrant.

a. Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. This Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

b. New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for this Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

c. Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

d. Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the requirement to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Warrant under the Securities Act.

 

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e. Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

Section 5: Miscellaneous.

a. No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

b. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of this Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

c. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

d. Authorized Shares.

The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in an adjustment in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

e. Jurisdiction. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

f. Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

g. Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

h. Notices. All notices and other communications to the Company provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid to the following addresses or pursuant to the following email addresses:

 

If to the Company:    Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
   85 Wells Avenue, Suite 210,
   Newton, MA 02459
   Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel
   Email: [***]
If to the Holder:    [To be added]

i. Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

j. Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

k. Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

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Final Form

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:    
Name:   Michael Mason
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Pre-Funded Warrant]


Final Form

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO:

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or

[ ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

Name of Investing Entity:

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:

Name of Authorized Signatory:

Title of Authorized Signatory:

Date:


ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to exercise the Warrant to purchase shares.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:   

  

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Address:   

  

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Email Address:   

  

Dated: ,   

  

Holder’s Signature:   
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SCHEDULE A6

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is _______ DOLLARS ($[_________]). The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

            Principal amount   Signature of
    Amount of   Amount of   of this Global Note   authorized
    decrease in   increase in   following such   signatory of
    principal amount   principal amount   decrease or   Trustee or

Date of exchange

 

of this Global Note

 

of this Global Note

 

increase

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

To: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional share, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name and address has been indicated below. If any shares of Common Stock or any portion of this Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, if any, in accordance with Section 14.02(d) and Section 14.02(e) of the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

 

Dated:            

  

 
 

 

Signature(s)

 

 

Signature Guarantee

 
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if shares of Common Stock are to be issued, or Notes are to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder.  

 

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Fill in for registration of shares if to be issued, and Notes if to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder:  
 

 

(Name)

 
 

 

(Street Address)

 
 

 

(City, State and Zip Code)

 
Please print name and address  
  Principal amount to be converted (if less than all):
  $______,000
  NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
 

 

  Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number

 

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ATTACHMENT 27

[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

To: Paying Agent

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a Fundamental Change Company Notice from Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

In the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below:

Dated: _____________________

 

 

 

Signature(s)

 
 

 

  Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number
  Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all):
  $_____,000
  NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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ATTACHMENT 3

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

For value received ____________________________ hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto _________________ (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _____________________ attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

If this Note is a Restricted Security, in connection with any transfer of the within Note occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, as defined in the Indenture governing such Note, the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred:

 

To Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or

 

Pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

 

Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

 

Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Dated:             

  

 

  

 
Signature(s)  

  

 
Signature Guarantee  
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission  

 

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Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered, other

than to and in the name of the registered holder.

NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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ATTACHMENT 48

[FORM OF ASSET SALE REPURCHASE NOTICE]

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

To: Paying Agent

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of an Asset Sale Offer Notice from Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 15.06 of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the Asset Sale Pro Rata Repurchase Amount below designated, and (2) if such Asset Sale Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Asset Sale Repurchase Date. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

In the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below:

 

Dated:             
  
  

 

Signature(s)

  
  

 

   Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number
   Principal amount to be repaid (the Asset Sale Pro Rata
   Repurchase Amount): $

NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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ATTACHMENT 5

[FORM OF PLATFORM ACCESS REQUEST]

Platform Access Request

 

VIA EMAIL

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor

Newton, MA 02459

Attn: Michael Mason, Chief Financial Officer

Email: ***

  

CC:
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB,

as Information Agent

500 Delaware Avenue, 11th Floor

Wilmington, DE 19801

Attention: GCM/Raye Goldsborough

Email: ***

Dear ladies and gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Indenture dated as of May 13, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or modified and in effect from time to time, the “Indenture”) pursuant to which you issued 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

  1.

The undersigned [is beneficial owner of the Notes as detailed in Annex A, and]1 hereby requests access to the Platform be granted to it through its representative, [insert name], at [insert such representative’s email, which cannot be a group email].

 

  2.

The undersigned has reviewed (and has caused its representative identified above to review) Sections 18.03(b) – (g), 18.20 and 18.21 of the Indenture (together with all relevant definitions), and acknowledges and agrees to be bound thereby and by all applicable laws, rules and regulations related to MNPI.

 

  3.

The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that:

 

  (a)

The Information Agent shall have no responsibility or liability related to the content or nature, including the accuracy or completeness, of the Company Materials.

 

  (b)

The Information Agent need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the Company Materials or the designation thereof as “PUBLIC” or “PRIVATE” by the Company.

 

  (c)

Access to the Platform is subject to the terms and conditions as noted therein, and such policies and procedures as the Company and the Information Agent, in their sole discretion, may require in connection with providing access to the Platform.

 

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The Company waives any proof of holdings for initial beneficial owners of the Notes as of the Closing Date.


  4.

The undersigned agrees not to commence or assist in any legal or other proceedings against the Information Agent in relation to, and agrees that the Information Agent shall not be liable for, sharing Company Materials on the Platform in accordance with the Information Agency Agreement and the Indenture unless the Information Agent acts with gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

  5.

In the event that the undersigned is no longer a beneficial owner of the Notes, the undersigned agrees to no longer access the Platform and to promptly notify the Company of such change in position.

Very truly yours,

By: [Requesting Holder]

 

By:    
  Name:
  Title:


Annex A

[Requesting Holder to attach proof of holdings pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture.]

Exhibit 4.2

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

FORM OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

Warrant Shares: [•]    Initial Exercise Date: May 13, 2024
   Issue Date: May 13, 2024

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [•] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on [•], 2029, (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [•] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

Section 1: Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”), dated May 8, 2024, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

1-Month SOFR” means the rate as displayed for the date corresponding to the 6th Trading Day following the relevant Forced Exercise Date on Bloomberg page “<TSFR1M Index> HP” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available).

Closing Price” means the last closing trade price for the Common Stock on the Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of the Common Stock prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for the Common Stock, the last trade price of the Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or trading market where the Common Stock is then listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for the Common Stock by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for the Common Stock as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC).

Common Stock Liquidity Conditions” will be satisfied with respect to a Forced Exercise if:

a. the offer and sale of such shares of Common Stock by such Holder are registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act as of the Forced Exercise Date, and such registration statement is reasonably expected by the Company to remain effective and usable by the Holder to sell such shares of Common Stock continuously during the period from, and including, the start of the applicable Forced Exercise Measuring Period to, and including, the thirtieth (30th) calendar day after the date such share of Common Stock is issued; provided, however, that each Holder will supply all information reasonably requested by the Company for inclusion, and required to be included, in any registration statement or prospectus supplement related to the resale of the Warrant Shares; provided, further, that if a Holder fails to provide such information to the Company within fifteen (15) calendar days following any such request, then this clause (a) will automatically be deemed to be satisfied with respect to such Holder;


b. each share of Common Stock referred to in clause (a) above (i) will, when sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to the registration statement referred to in such clause (1) be admitted for book-entry settlement through the Depositary with an “unrestricted” CUSIP number; and (2) not be represented by any certificate that bears a legend referring to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act or other securities laws; and (ii) will, when issued, be listed and admitted for trading, without suspension or material limitation on trading, on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market, The Nasdaq Capital Market, or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors);

c. (i) the Company has not received any written threat or notice of delisting or suspension of trading by the applicable exchange referred to in clause (b)(ii) above with a reasonable prospect of delisting or suspension of trading within 30 days of the Forced Exercise Date, after giving effect to all applicable notice and appeal periods; and (ii) no such delisting or suspension is reasonably likely to occur within 30 days of the Forced Exercise Date based on the Company falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange, after giving effect to all applicable notice and appeal periods; and

d. the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, when issued, will not result in the Company exceeding the number of shares the Company is authorized to issue at that time.

Pro Rata Portion” means the number of shares of underlying Common Stock under this Warrant that are unexercised as of the applicable Forced Exercise Notice Date that represents a proportionate share of the Warrants that are subject to the Forced Exercise to which the Notice of Forced Exercise relates. Such proportionate share shall be determined by dividing (A) the total number of shares of underlying Common Stock under this Warrant that remains unexercised as of the applicable Forced Exercise Notice Date by (B) the total number of shares of underlying Common Stock under all Warrants that remains unexercised as of the applicable Forced Exercise Notice Date.

Publicly Traded Securities” means the common stock of a person or entity traded on a national securities exchange, including, but not limited to, The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market, The Nasdaq Capital Market, or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors).

Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

Trading Market” means the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or if the Common Stock is not listed or quoted for trading on the date in question on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, then any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, and any successor appointed in such capacity, or if none, the Company.

Section 2: Exercise.

a. Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto, and delivered in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 6(h) (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined below) for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is applicable and specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the

 

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Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

b. Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $1.10, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

c. Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and for purposes of Rule 144, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c), except to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and reasonably agreed to by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding.

d. Mechanics of Exercise.

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) in the case of a cashless exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and in each case, at the request of the Holder, in electronic book entry form to the account of the Holder or by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the later of (i) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period subject to the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares on a timely basis pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

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iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by the Holder to the Company), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of this Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice within two (2) Trading Days after the occurrence of a Buy-In indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall, to the extent applicable, pay all Transfer Agent fees required for processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

e. Holder’s Exercise Limitations.

i. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) beneficially owns or would beneficially own as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), more than 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the issued and outstanding Common Stock or any other class of equity security (other than an exempted security) of the Company that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act. For purposes of

 

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calculating beneficial ownership, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated and determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged and agreed that the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any written other notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days confirm to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The Holder shall disclose to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock that it, its Affiliates or any other Attribution Party owns and has the right to acquire through the exercise of derivative securities and any limitations on exercise or conversion analogous to the limitation contained herein contemporaneously or immediately prior to exercising this Warrant. Any purported delivery of any number of shares of Common Stock or any other security upon exercise of this Warrant shall be void and have no effect to the extent, but only to the extent, that before or after such delivery, the exercising Holder, together with its Affiliates and any other Attribution Party would have beneficial ownership in excess of the Maximum Percentage. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, unless such notice is delivered to the Company on the Initial Exercise Date, in which case such increase in the Maximum Percentage shall be effective immediately.

ii. If a Holder would not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant pursuant to clause (i) above on (a) the Termination Date or (b) a Forced Exercise Date, then the provisions of clause (i) above shall not apply and this clause (ii) shall govern. By the Termination Date or Forced Exercise Date, as applicable, a Holder who has not fully exercised this Warrant shall have delivered a written notice to the Company specifying the number of shares of Common Stock by which the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, would exceed the then-applicable Maximum Percentage (including any effective increases) for beneficial ownership (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act) of the issued and outstanding Common Stock or any other class of equity security (other than an exempted security) of the Company that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act upon exercise of (a) the remaining portion of this Warrant if such notice is in relation to the Termination Date or (b) the portion of this Warrant subject to Forced Exercise, as applicable, after giving effect to such issuance after exercise (such number of shares, the “Excess Shares”). The delivery of such notice shall entitle a Holder to receive pre-funded warrants, issued pursuant to a warrant agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), upon the surrender of the portion of this Warrant corresponding to the number of Excess Shares for cancellation and the payment of the Exercise Price corresponding to such portion of this Warrant. The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants shall equal the number of Excess Shares.

Section 3: Certain Adjustments.

a. Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issues by

 

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reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

b. Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to (but without duplication of) any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and shall instead have the right to purchase Pre-Funded Warrants corresponding to an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would have been able to purchase or otherwise receive (including by exercise of any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property) if the Holder was able to participate fully in such Purchase Right.

c. Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage.

d. Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (including with respect to the election of directors), (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into

 

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or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (not including any shares of capital stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) and in connection with such transaction the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the securities, cash and other property of the successor or acquiring corporation (or ultimate parent thereof) or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, as applicable, (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for the Alternate Consideration, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction in which less than 75% of the total consideration received by stockholders of the Company is comprised of Publicly Traded Securities, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such change of control, such holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company will be deemed to have received shares of common stock of the Successor Entity (which Successor Entity may be the Company) in such change of control; provided, further, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity, as of the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, share or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg, L.P. 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risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the lesser of 80% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365-day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction(as determined by the Company in good faith) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds within five Business Days of the Holder’s election (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction).

e. Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

f. Notice to Holder.

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (as defined below), at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

Section 4: Transfer of Warrant.

a. Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the applicable provisions of the Exchange Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written

 

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assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. This Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

b. New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for this Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

c. Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

d. Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions the Exchange Agreement including, without limitation, the requirement to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Warrant under the Securities Act.

e. Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

Section 5: Forced Exercise.

a. Forced Exercise. If at any time (i) the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Market exceeds $2.20 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations and similar events) (the “Forced Exercise Minimum Price”) for twenty (20) Trading Days, whether or not consecutive, during any period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (including the last Trading Day of such period) (each, a “Forced Exercise Measuring Period”) and (ii) the Common Stock Liquidity Conditions have been and continue to be satisfied (the occurrence of (i) and (ii) together which shall be deemed the “Forced Exercise Conditions”), the Company shall have the right to require the Holder to exercise this Warrant (a “Forced Exercise”), in whole or in part and at any time and from time to time, pursuant to this Section 5(a) for such Holder’s applicable Pro Rata Portion of this Warrant that is subject to Forced Exercise pursuant to the applicable Notice of Forced Exercise. Such Forced Exercise shall occur on the applicable Forced Exercise Date as designated in the applicable Notice of Forced Exercise to be issued and delivered in accordance with Section 5(b).

 

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b. The Company may exercise its right to require a Forced Exercise under Section 5(a), in whole or in part and at any time (and as many times as) the Forced Exercise Conditions are met, on the Trading Day immediately following any Forced Exercise Measuring Period or any day thereafter so long as the Forced Exercise Conditions are met by delivering a written notice thereof, by electronic mail to all, but not less than all, of the holders of the Warrants (each, a “Notice of Forced Exercise” and the date thereof, each a “Forced Exercise Notice Date”). For purposes of Sections 2(a) and 2(d) above, “Notice of Forced Exercise” shall be deemed to replace “Notice of Exercise” for all purposes thereunder as if the Holder delivered a Notice of Exercise to the Company on such Forced Exercise Notice Date, mutatis mutandis. Each Notice of Forced Exercise shall (x) state that the Company is electing to effect a Forced Exercise on the second (2nd) Trading Day following the applicable Forced Exercise Notice Date (the “Forced Exercise Date”) and that each Holder’s applicable Pro Rata Portion of the Warrant shall be automatically exercised on the Forced Exercise Date, (y) state the aggregate number of Warrants that are subject to the Forced Exercise and the total number of shares of underlying Common Stock under all Warrants that are unexercised as of the applicable Forced Exercise Notice Date, and (z) contain a certification from an officer or director of the Company that the Forced Exercise Conditions shall have been satisfied as of the Forced Exercise Notice Date. Each Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares subject to the Forced Exercise to the Company within five (5) Trading Days of the Forced Exercise Date, such Exercise Price to be paid by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) above is applicable and either (i) the Holder provides a written notice to the Company of its election of cashless exercise by the Forced Exercise Date or (ii) cashless exercise is specified in the applicable Notice of Forced Exercise. Subject to Section 2(c), if the Holder does not deliver the Exercise Price for the Warrant to the Company in connection with a Forced Exercise in accordance with this Section 5(b), then, starting on the 6th Trading Day following the Forced Exercise Date, interest shall accrue on the unpaid portion of the aggregate Exercise Price at a rate equal to the 1-Month SOFR until the Holder has delivered the aggregate Exercise Price, plus accrued interest (if any), to the Company in accordance with this Section 5(b), and the Company shall not have any obligation to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder for which it has not received payment in full of the associated aggregate Exercise Price until the Company receives payment in full of such aggregate Exercise Price, plus accrued interest (if any). For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Holder would not have the right to receive Warrant Shares in connection with a Forced Exercise as a result of such Holder’s beneficial ownership exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Warrant shall be deemed to be exercised for pre-funded warrants with regards to the Excess Shares in accordance with the terms of Section 2(e)(ii).

Section 6: Miscellaneous.

a. No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

b. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of this Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

c. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

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The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in an adjustment in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

e. Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Agreement.

f. Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

g. Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Exchange Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

h. Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Exchange Agreement.

i. Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

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j. Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

k. Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

l. Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

m. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

n. Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:    
Name:   Michael Mason
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Warrant]


NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO:

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or

[ ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

Name of Investing Entity:

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:

Name of Authorized Signatory:

Title of Authorized Signatory:

Date:


ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to exercise the Warrant to purchase shares.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

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Exhibit A

[FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT]

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

Warrant Shares: [•]    Issue Date: [•]
Warrant No: [•]   

THIS PRE-FUNDED WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [•] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Issue Date”), to subscribe for and purchase from Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [•] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. The exercise price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to $0.0001 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 3 herein, the “Exercise Price”) upon surrender of this Warrant at any time and from time to time on or after the Issue Date, and subject to the following terms and conditions:

Section 1: Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Closing Price” means the last closing trade price for the Common Stock on the Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of the Common Stock prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for the Common Stock, the last trade price of the Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or trading market where the Common Stock is then listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for the Common Stock by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for the Common Stock as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC).

Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

Trading Market” means the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or if the Common Stock is not listed or quoted for trading on the date in question on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, then any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, and any successor appointed in such capacity, or if none, the Company.

 

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Section 2: Exercise.

a. Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issue Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto, and delivered in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 5(h) (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined below) for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is applicable and specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. The aggregate exercise price of this Warrant, except for the aggregate Exercise Price, was pre-funded to the Company on or before the Issue Date, and consequently no additional consideration (other than the aggregate Exercise Price) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to effect any exercise of this Warrant. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-funded exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

b. Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $$0.0001, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

c. Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

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(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and for purposes of Rule 144, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c), except to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and reasonably agreed to by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding.

d. Mechanics of Exercise.

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) in the case of a cashless exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and in each case, at the request of the Holder, in electronic book entry form to the account of the Holder or by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the later of (i) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period subject to the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share

 

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Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares on a timely basis pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by the Holder to the Company), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of this Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice within two (2) Trading Days after the occurrence of a Buy-In indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall, to the extent applicable, pay all Transfer Agent fees required for processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

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vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

e. Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) beneficially owns or would beneficially own as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), more than 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the issued and outstanding Common Stock or any other class of equity security (other than an exempted security) of the Company that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act. For purposes of calculating beneficial ownership, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated and determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged and agreed that the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any written other notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days confirm to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The Holder shall disclose to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock that it, its Affiliates or any other Attribution Party owns and has the right to acquire through the exercise of derivative securities and any limitations on exercise or conversion analogous to the limitation contained herein contemporaneously or immediately prior to exercising this Warrant. Any purported delivery of any number of shares of Common Stock or any other security upon exercise of this Warrant shall be void and have no effect to the extent, but only to the extent, that before or after such delivery, the exercising Holder, together with its Affiliates and any other Attribution Party would have beneficial ownership in excess of the Maximum Percentage. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, unless such notice is delivered to the Company on the Initial Exercise Date, in which case such increase in the Maximum Percentage shall be effective immediately.

Section 3: Certain Adjustments.

a. Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the number of Warrant Shares shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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b. Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to (but without duplication of) any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and shall instead have the right to purchase new pre-funded warrants, issued pursuant to a warrant agreement substantially in the form of this Warrant, corresponding to an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would have been able to purchase or otherwise receive (including by exercise of any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property) if the Holder was able to participate fully in such Purchase Right.

c. Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage.

d. Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (including with respect to the election of directors), (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting

 

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power of the capital stock of the Company (not including any shares of capital stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) and in connection with such transaction the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the securities, cash and other property of the successor or acquiring corporation (or ultimate parent thereof) or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, as applicable, (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for the Alternate Consideration, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

e. Exercise Price. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 3, the Exercise Price shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment, the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Exercise Price be adjusted below the par value of the Common Stock then in effect.

f. Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

g. Notice to Holder.

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price or Number of Warrant Shares. Whenever the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the applicable updated amount after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case,

 

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the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (as defined below), at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

Section 4: Transfer of Warrant.

a. Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. This Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

b. New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for this Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

c. Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

d. Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the requirement to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Warrant under the Securities Act.

 

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e. Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

Section 5: Miscellaneous.

a. No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

b. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of this Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

c. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

d. Authorized Shares.

The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in an adjustment in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

e. Jurisdiction. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

f. Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

g. Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

h. Notices. All notices and other communications to the Company provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid to the following addresses or pursuant to the following email addresses:

 

If to the Company:    Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
   85 Wells Avenue, Suite 210,
   Newton, MA 02459
   Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel
   Email: ***
If to the Holder:    [To be added]

i. Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

j. Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

k. Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

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l. Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

m. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

n. Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Michael Mason
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Pre-Funded Warrant]


NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO:

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or

[ ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

Name of Investing Entity:

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:

Name of Authorized Signatory:

Title of Authorized Signatory:

Date:


ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to exercise the Warrant to purchase shares.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:   

 

(Please Print)

Address:   

 

(Please Print)

Phone Number:   

 

Email Address:   

 

Dated: ,   

 

Holder’s Signature:   
Holder’s Address:   

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

dated as of May 8, 2024

among

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

as borrower,

and

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER,

as Guarantors,

VARIOUS LENDERS,

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

 

$100,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     1  

  

   1.1    Definitions      1  
   1.2    Accounting Terms, Financials Statements, Calculations, Etc.      42  
   1.3    Interpretation, Etc.      43  
   1.4    Rates      44  

SECTION 2 LOANS

     44  
   2.1    Term Loans      44  
   2.2    Reserved      45  
   2.3    Reserved      45  
   2.4    Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds      45  
   2.5    Use of Proceeds      46  
   2.6    Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes      46  
   2.7    Interest on Loans      47  
   2.8    Reserved      48  
   2.9    Default Interest      48  
   2.10    Prepayment Premium and Fees      48  
   2.11    Scheduled Payments      49  
   2.12    Voluntary Prepayments      49  
   2.13    Mandatory Prepayments      50  
   2.14    Application of Prepayments/Reductions      52  
   2.15    General Provisions Regarding Payments      53  
   2.16    Ratable Sharing      54  
   2.17    Making or Maintaining SOFR Loans      55  
   2.18    Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy      58  
   2.19    Taxes; Withholding, Etc.      59  
   2.20    Obligation to Mitigate; Replacement of Lenders      63  
   2.21    Tax Treatment      64  

SECTION 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     65  
   3.1    Closing Date      65  

SECTION 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     68  
   4.1    Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification      68  
   4.2    Capital Stock and Ownership      68  
   4.3    Due Authorization      68  
   4.4    No Conflict      68  
   4.5    Governmental Consents      69  
   4.6    Binding Obligation      69  
   4.7    Historical Financial Statements      69  

 

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   4.8    Reserved      69  
   4.9    No Material Adverse Change      69  

  

   4.10    Reserved      70  
   4.11    Adverse Proceedings, Etc.      70  
   4.12    Payment of Taxes      70  
   4.13    Properties      70  
   4.14    Environmental Matters      71  
   4.15    No Defaults      71  
   4.16    Reserved      71  
   4.17    Governmental Regulation      71  
   4.18    Federal Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act      72  
   4.19    Employee Matters      72  
   4.20    Employee Benefit Plans      72  
   4.21    Reserved      73  
   4.22    Solvency      73  
   4.23    Related Agreements      73  
   4.24    Compliance with Statutes, Etc.      73  
   4.25    Disclosure      74  
   4.26    Sanctions; Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws; Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Etc.      74  
   4.27    Healthcare and FDA Matters      75  

SECTION 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     76  
   5.1    Financial Statements and Other Reports      76  
   5.2    Existence      80  
   5.3    Payment of Taxes and Claims      80  
   5.4    Maintenance of Properties      81  
   5.5    Insurance      81  
   5.6    Books and Records; Inspections      81  
   5.7    Lenders Meetings      81  
   5.8    Compliance with Laws      81  
   5.9    Environmental      82  
   5.10    Additional Guarantors      83  
   5.11    Additional Locations and Real Estate Assets      84  
   5.12    Reserved      84  
   5.13    Further Assurances      84  
   5.14    Reserved      84  
   5.15    Post-Closing Matters      85  

SECTION 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     85  
   6.1    Indebtedness      85  
   6.2    Liens      87  
   6.3    Equitable Lien      90  
   6.4    No Further Negative Pledges      90  
   6.5    Restricted Junior Payments      91  

 

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   6.6    Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions      92  
   6.7    Investments      93  

  

   6.8    Minimum Consolidated Liquidity      95  
   6.9    Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets      95  
   6.10    Disposal of Subsidiary Interests      97  
   6.11    Sales and Lease-Backs      97  
   6.12    Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates      97  
   6.13    Conduct of Business      97  
   6.14    Material Intellectual Property      97  
   6.15    Reserved      98  
   6.16    Amendments or Waivers with Respect to Certain Indebtedness      98  
   6.17    Fiscal Year; Accounting Policies      98  
   6.18    Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts      98  
   6.19    Amendments to Certain Documents and Agreements      98  
   6.20    Use of Proceeds      98  

SECTION 7 GUARANTY

     99  
   7.1    Guaranty of the Obligations      99  
   7.2    Contribution by Guarantors      99  
   7.3    Payment by Guarantors      99  
   7.4    Liability of Guarantors Absolute      100  
   7.5    Waivers by Guarantors      102  
   7.6    Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.      102  
   7.7    Subordination of Other Obligations      103  
   7.8    Continuing Guaranty      103  
   7.9    Authority of Guarantors or Company      103  
   7.10    Financial Condition of Company      103  
   7.11    Bankruptcy, Etc.      104  
   7.12    Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor      104  
   7.13    Keepwell      105  

SECTION 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     105  
   8.1    Events of Default      105  

SECTION 9 AGENTS

     108  
   9.1    Appointment of Agents      108  
   9.2    Powers and Duties      108  
   9.3    General Immunity      109  
   9.4    Agents Entitled to Act as Lender      112  
   9.5    Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment      112  
   9.6    Right to Indemnity      113  
   9.7    Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent      114  
   9.8    Collateral Documents and Guaranty      116  
   9.9    Withholding Taxes      118  
   9.10    Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim      118  
   9.11    Erroneous Payments      119  

 

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SECTION 10 MISCELLANEOUS

     121  

  

   10.1    Notices      121  
   10.2    Expenses      123  
   10.3    Indemnity      124  
   10.4    Set-Off      126  
   10.5    Amendments and Waivers      126  
   10.6    Successors and Assigns; Participations      129  
   10.7    Independence of Covenants      132  
   10.8    Survival of Certain Agreements      133  
   10.9    No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative      133  
   10.10    Marshalling; Payments Set Aside      133  
   10.11    Severability      133  
   10.12    Obligations Several; Actions in Concert      134  
   10.13    Headings      134  
   10.14    APPLICABLE LAW      134  
   10.15    CONSENT TO JURISDICTION      134  
   10.16    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      135  
   10.17    Confidentiality      135  
   10.18    Usury Savings Clause      137  
   10.19    Effectiveness; Counterparts      137  
   10.20    Entire Agreement      137  
   10.21    PATRIOT Act      137  
   10.22    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Credit Documents      138  
   10.23    No Fiduciary Duty      138  
   10.24    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions      138  

 

APPENDICES:    A    Commitments
     B    Notice Addresses
SCHEDULES:    4.1    Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
     4.2    Capital Stock and Ownership
     4.13    Real Estate Assets
     4.16    Material Contracts
     6.1    Certain Indebtedness
     6.2    Certain Liens
     6.7    Certain Investments
     6.12    Certain Affiliate Transactions

 

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EXHIBITS:    A-1    Funding Notice
   A-2    Form of Term Loan Note
   B    Letter of Direction
   C    Compliance Certificate
   D    Assignment Agreement
   E-1    U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
   E-2    U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
   E-3    U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
   E-4    U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
   F-1    Closing Date Certificate
   F-2    Solvency Certificate
   G    Counterpart Agreement
   H    Landlord Collateral Access Agreement
   I    Intercompany Note and Subordination
   J    Pledge and Security Agreement

 

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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 8, 2024, is entered into by and among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), as borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (“WSFS”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, Lenders have agreed to extend certain credit facilities to Company in the amounts and upon the terms and conditions more particularly set forth herein, the proceeds of which will be used, among other things, to pay obligations under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility (as defined below), pursuant to an amendment thereto, for general corporate purposes and to pay Transaction Costs, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder; and

WHEREAS, the Guarantors party hereto have agreed to guarantee the Obligations of the Company hereunder and the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to secure all such Persons’ respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of their respective assets, including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock issued by certain Subsidiaries of Company, subject to the limitations set forth herein and in the Collateral Documents.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:

2029 Convertible Senior Notes means the convertible senior notes of the Company issued pursuant to that certain Indenture (the “2029 Convertible Note Indenture”), to be dated on or around May 13, 2024, by and among the Company and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “2029 Convertible Notes Trustee”).

Accounts means all “accounts” (as defined in the UCC) of any Credit Party (or, if referring to another Person, of such Person), including accounts, accounts receivable, monies due or to become due and obligations in any form (whether arising in connection with contracts, contract rights, instruments, general intangibles, or chattel paper), in each case whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered or from any other transaction and whether or not earned by performance, now or hereafter in existence, and all documents of title or other documents representing any of the foregoing, and all collateral security and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.


Acquired Debt” means Indebtedness (1) of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary through the acquisition of the Capital Stock in such Subsidiary, (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person or (3) of a Person at the time such Person merges or amalgamates with or into or consolidates or otherwise combines with the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case, so long as (i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, (ii) the property acquired (or the property of the Person acquired) in such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, is used or useful in the same or a related line of business as the Company and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions thereof), (iii) Collateral Agent shall have received such items from the Company or such Subsidiary as may be necessary or desirable for Collateral Agent to have a first priority security interest in such Capital Stock or property constituting the Collateral pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, and (v) the Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent within 90 days of the consummation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, pro forma financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as the case may be, for the twelve month period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to have been incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary and, with respect to clause (2) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets and, with respect to clause (3) of the preceding sentence, on the date of the relevant merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other combination.

Acquisition means the acquisition of, by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and capital expenditures, in each case in the ordinary course of business), the business, all or substantially all of the property or assets of, or all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person, any division or line of business, or any other business unit of any Person.

Administrative Agent as defined in the preamble hereto.

Adverse Proceeding means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing (in each case, whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened in writing against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Affected Financial Institution means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

Affected Lender as defined in Section 2.17(c).

Affected Loans as defined in Section 2.17(c).

 

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Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling (including any member of the senior management group of such Person), controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote 10% or more of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person, or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything in this definition to the contrary, no Lender nor any of their respective affiliates shall be considered an “Affiliate” of any Credit Party or of any Subsidiary of any Credit Party.

Agency Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Company.

Agent means each of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and any other Person appointed as an agent, arranger, bookrunner or similar title or capacity under or otherwise in connection with the Credit Documents.

Agent Affiliates as defined in Section 10.1(b)(iii).

Aggregate Amounts Due as defined in Section 2.16.

Aggregate Payments as defined in Section 7.2.

Agreement means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement.

Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws means any and all requirements of law related to anti-bribery or anti-corruption matters, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws means any and all requirements of law related to engaging in, financing, or facilitating terrorism or money laundering, including the PATRIOT Act, The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act”, 31 U.S.C. §§5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959), Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001) and each of the laws, regulations, and executive orders administered by OFAC (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V).

Applicable Margin” means 9.25% per annum.

Approved Electronic Communications means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).

 

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Asset Sale means a sale, lease or sub lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer (including through a plan of division), exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than between or among the Company or any Credit Party that is a Wholly-Owned Guarantor) after the Closing Date, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased, or licensed, including the Capital Stock of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, other than (i) any such transaction that is in the ordinary course of business, including (a) inventory sold to unaffiliated customers and (b) the write off, discount, sale or other disposition of receivables or similar obligations and (ii) the granting of Liens permitted under Section 6.2, Restricted Junior Payments permitted under Section 6.5 and Investments permitted under Section 6.7. For purposes of clarification, “Asset Sale” shall include the (x) sale or other disposition for value of any contracts after the Closing Date and (y) the early termination or modification after the Closing Date of any contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party that would have the effect of forgiving or otherwise reducing the future payment obligations of the counterparty thereto in any material respect, resulting in the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event in excess of $500,000 per contract (other than payments in the ordinary course for accrued and unpaid amounts that would have been due through the date of termination or modification without giving effect thereto).

Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts” as defined in Section 2.13(a).

Asset Sale Reinvestment Period” as defined in Section 2.13(a).

Assignment Agreement means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

Assignment Effective Date as defined in Section 10.6(b).

Authorized Officer means, as applied to any Person that is an entity, any duly authorized individual natural Person holding the position of chairman of the Board of Directors (if an officer), chief executive officer, president, vice president, Chief Financial Officer, or any other officer or representative (or individual holding a designated authorized office) specifically authorized by such Person’s Board of Directors; provided, that the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person, or another officer of such Person specifically authorized by such Person’s Board of Directors, shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to Administrative Agent verifying the authority of such Authorized Officer.

Available Tenor means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of the term “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.17.

 

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Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Base Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 12 of 1.00% and (iii) Term SOFR (after giving effect to the Floor) for a one-month tenor in effect on such day. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, respectively; provided, that if the Base Rate as so determined shall ever be less than two percent (2.00%), then the Base Rate shall be deemed to be two percent (2.00%).

Base Rate Loan means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

Benchmark means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided, if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.17.

Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

(a) the sum of (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) 0.10% (10 basis points); or

(b) the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Administrative Agent and Company giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

 

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provided that any such replacement shall be administratively feasible for Administrative Agent. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b) above would be less than the interest rate specified in clause (a) of the definition of “Floor”, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the interest rate specified in clause (a) of the definition of “Floor” for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by Administrative Agent and Company giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

Benchmark Replacement Date” means a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall be no later than the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) in the case of clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has, or if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) have, been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if such Benchmark or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or clause (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

 

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Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 2.17 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 2.17.

Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

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Beneficiary means each Agent, Lender and Secured Party.

Benefit Plan means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

Board of Directors means, (a) with respect to any corporation or company, the board of directors of the corporation or company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the manager, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of managers (or equivalent governing body) of such company or the sole member or the managing member thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the entity, individual, board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Board of Governors means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor Governmental Authority.

Business Day means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in any such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

Capital Lease means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or a combination thereof) or other arrangement conveying the right to use such property, by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

Capital Lease Obligation means, as applied to any Person that is a lessee under any Capital Lease, that portion of obligations under such Capital Lease that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP.

Capital Stock means any and all shares, stock, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership or profits interests in a Person that is another type of entity, including partnership interests, membership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest, and profits interests, participations, or similar arrangements, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, or other arrangements or rights to acquire, subscribe, convert to or otherwise receive or participate in the economic or other rights associated with any of the foregoing, but shall not include any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for any securities otherwise constituting Capital Stock pursuant to this definition.

Cash means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.

 

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Cash Equivalents means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the U.S. Federal Government, or (b) issued by any agency of the U.S., in each case of sub-clauses (a) and (b), the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S., mature within one year after such date, and have, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P and at least P-1 from Moody’s; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the U.S. or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iii) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within three months after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000; (iv) investments in accordance with the Company’s investment policy provided to the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date, as the same may be updated from time to time by the Board of Directors with the prior written approval of the Requisite Lenders and (v) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has at least 95% of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from both S&P and Moody’s.

Cash Management Obligations” means (a) obligations in respect of any treasury management services, overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds and (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit, commercial credit card, debit card, stored value card or purchase card programs and similar arrangements.

CFC” means any Foreign Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that, such entity has not already guaranteed or provided credit support with respect to any material indebtedness of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company that is a U.S. person for U.S. tax purposes and cannot provide a guarantee with respect to the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes without resulting material adverse U.S. tax consequences under Section 956 of the Code to any Credit Party as determined by the Company in good faith.

Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date hereof, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the U.S. or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

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Change of Control” means, at any time: (a) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) (other than the Permitted Holders) (i) shall have acquired beneficial ownership or control of 45% or more on a fully diluted basis of (1) the voting interests in the Capital Stock of the Company and/or (2) the economic interests in the Capital Stock of the Company, or (ii) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, (b) the Company’s sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (c) any “change of control” or similar event (however denominated) shall occur under the Existing Convertible Notes, the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes or Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility.

Chief Financial Officer means, as applied to any Person that is an entity, any duly authorized individual natural Person holding the position of chief financial officer or any other officer position with similar financial responsibility specifically authorized by such Person’s Board of Directors; provided, that the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person, or another officer of such Person specifically authorized by such Person’s Board of Directors, shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to Administrative Agent verifying the authority of such Authorized Officer.

Closing Date means the date on which the initial Term Loans are made, which occurred on May 8, 2024.

Closing Date Certificate means a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.

Closing Date HCR Facility Amendment” as defined in the definition of “Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility”.

Collateral means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital Stock) in which Liens are granted and/or purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.

Collateral Agent as defined in the preamble hereto.

Collateral Documents means the Pledge and Security Agreement, any Intellectual Property Security Agreements, any Mortgages, any Deposit Account Control Agreements, any Securities Account Control Agreements, any Landlord Collateral Access Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other instruments, documents and agreements that are expressly designated pursuant to their terms to be “Collateral Documents” or are otherwise executed and delivered by the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties or on behalf of any Credit Party or any other Person pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to, or perfect in favor of, Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for the Obligations.

Collateral Questionnaire means a collateral questionnaire and/or perfection certificate substantially in the form delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.1(e)(ii) or otherwise in form satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders that provides information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit Party and their respective Subsidiaries and Controlled Entities.

 

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Commitment means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Term Loan and “Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Appendix A. The aggregate amount of the Commitments as of the Closing Date immediately prior to giving effect to the funding of Term Loans is $100,000,000.

Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1, et seq.), as amended.

Company as defined in the preamble hereto.

Company Materials” as defined in Section 10.1(b).

Company Product” means any pharmaceutical preparation for human use containing the Compound, either alone or in combination with any other compound(s), in any formulation, dosage, form or mode of administration of the Company Product.

Competitor means any person or party that is a bona fide direct operating company competitor of, and in the same industry (or an industry offering a substitute product or service) and market as, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any Affiliates of such person or party that are (A) specified by name in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time or (B) reasonably identifiable as Affiliates solely on the basis of such Affiliate’s name.

Compliance Certificate means a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

Compound” means that certain active pharmaceutical ingredient referred to as selinexor, with the IUPAC name:

(2Z)-3 -{3-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl }-N’-pyrazin-2-yl)prop-2-enehydrazide.

Conforming Changes means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.17(d) and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion

 

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of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents); provided that any such changes shall be administratively feasible for Administrative Agent.

Connection Income Taxes means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consolidated Liquidity” means, at any time of determination, an amount determined for the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis equal to the sum of Qualified Cash of the Credit Parties.

Contributing Guarantors as defined in Section 7.2.

Controlled Account means (a) any Deposit Account of a Credit Party that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement, and (b) any Securities Account of a Credit Party that is subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement.

Controlled Entity means any Credit Party’s Controlled Affiliates. As used in this definition, “Control” means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Counterpart Agreement means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10.

Credit Document means any of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the Agency Fee Letter and all other documents, certificates, instruments, including any promissory notes issued from time to time hereunder to evidence the Loans, or agreements that are expressly designated pursuant to their terms to be “Credit Documents” or are otherwise executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and agreed to by a Credit Party, or delivered by a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent, or any Lender in connection herewith, excluding the Warrants and any other documents relating to any investment by any Lender or its Affiliates in Capital Stock of any Credit Party.

Credit Extension means the making of a Loan.

Credit Party means the Company, as borrower, and each Guarantor.

Daily Simple SOFR means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for Administrative Agent, then Administrative Agent may establish another convention.

 

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Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the U.S., any state or territory thereof, the District of Columbia or any other applicable jurisdictions.

Default means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Default Rate means any interest payable pursuant to Section 2.9.

Deposit Account means any “deposit account” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

Deposit Account Control Agreement” means, with respect to a Deposit Account, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders that (i) is entered into among Collateral Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such Deposit Account is maintained, and the Credit Party maintaining such Deposit Account, and (ii) is effective for Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC) of such Deposit Account.

Direction of the Requisite Lenders” means a written direction or instruction from Lenders constituting the Requisite Lenders which may be in the form of an e-mail or other form of written communication and which may come from counsel acting with the consent of Lenders constituting the Requisite Lenders, it being understood and agreed that each Agent may conclusively rely on any such written direction or instruction from such counsel.

Director means any natural Person constituting the Board of Directors or an individual member thereof.

Dispose” means, with respect to any property or assets of a Person, any conveyance, sale, lease (as lessor), license (as licensor), exchange, assignment, transfer or other disposition by such Person to any other Person.

Disqualified Lender means (a) each bank, financial institution, other institutional lenders and investors and other entities identified on a list made available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date, which list described in this clause (a) may be updated from time to time with the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders after the Closing Date and (b) any Competitor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Disqualified Capital Stock means any Capital Stock, other than the Warrants, that, by its terms (or by the terms of any other instrument, agreement or Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the occurrence of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not otherwise Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder or beneficial owner thereof (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not otherwise Disqualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends, distributions or other Restricted Junior Payments in cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other obligation, instrument,

 

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agreement, or Capital Stock that would meet any of the conditions in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) of this definition, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest maturity date or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), if as a result of a change of control, asset sale or similar event, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control, asset sale or similar event are subject to the prior Payment in Full of all Obligations.

Distribution as defined in Section 7.7.

Dollars and the sign “$ mean the lawful money of the U.S.

Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or clause (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any other Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Eligible Assignee” means any (a) Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof) and (b) any “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act), in each case other than a Competitor or a Disqualified Lender, in each case, that has completed all KYC and other compliance checks that the Administrative Agent may require.

Employee Benefit Plan means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.

Environmental Claim means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.

 

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Environmental Laws means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (i) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare (with respect to exposure to Hazardous Materials), in any manner applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.

ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

ERISA Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of the Company or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which the Company or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue code or ERISA.

ERISA Event means (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for thirty day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition that might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is insolvent pursuant to Section 4245 of

 

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ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of an act or omission that could give rise to the imposition on the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (xi) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.

Erroneous Payment” as defined in Section 9.11.

Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” as defined in Section 9.11(d).

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person).

Event of Default means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Accounts means (a) payroll, payroll Taxes, employee benefits, trust, escrow and other fiduciary accounts as long as in the case of payroll accounts, the total amount on deposit at any time does not exceed an amount reasonably expected to meet the current amount of payroll obligations of the Credit Parties, (b) zero balance accounts as long as any deposits or funds in any such accounts are transferred at least once each Business Day into a Controlled Account (including, for the avoidance of doubt, at any time following the exercise of exclusive control by any Agent under the applicable control agreement with respect to such Controlled Account), (c) accounts which are exclusively used to hold cash or Cash Equivalents that serves as collateral in respect of a Permitted Lien pursuant to Section 6.2(d), (g), (p), (t) or (u), and (d) any other Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts that do not have, in the aggregate, an average daily balance of more than $2,500,000.

Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any CFC, (b) any Subsidiary of a CFC, (c) any Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, in each case, in respect of which either (i) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (ii) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Company, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, be reasonably expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to any Credit Party, (d) any MSC Subsidiary so long as the MSC Condition is met, and (e) each Immaterial Subsidiary.

 

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Excluded Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any obligation (a “Swap Obligation”) of such Guarantor to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is illegal at such time under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time such guarantee or grant of a security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company under Section 2.20(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.19, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.19(c) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Convertible Notes” means those certain 3.00% unsecured convertible senior notes due October 15, 2025 issued by the Company in favor of the parties thereto designated as “Holders” pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2018, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Facility means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates.

Fair Share as defined in Section 7.2.

Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in Section 7.2.

FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, or official practices adopted pursuant to any such agreements.

 

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FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration, or any successor thereto.

Federal Funds Effective Rate means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published by the NYFRB on the next Business Day; provided, (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the preceding Business Day as so published on the next Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next Business Day (or preceding Business Day), the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Administrative Agent from three (3) Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by Administrative Agent.

Financial Officer Certification means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that, as of the date of such certification, such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.

First Priority means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the highest priority Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any non-consensual Permitted Liens for Taxes, statutory obligations, or other obligations that arise and have higher priority by operation of law.

Fiscal Quarter means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.

Flood Certificate means a “Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor Governmental Authority performing a similar function.

Flood Hazard Property means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.

Flood Program means the National Flood Insurance Program created by the U.S. Congress pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004.

 

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Flood Zone means areas having special flood hazards as described in the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.

Floor means with respect to Term SOFR and any Benchmark Replacement, 3.00% per annum.

Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company” means any Subsidiary that has no material assets other than directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in one or more CFCs or other Foreign Subsidiary Holding Companies.

Fund means any Person (other than a Natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

Funding Guarantor as defined in Section 7.2.

Funding Notice means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

GAAP means, subject to Section 1.2, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.

Governmental Authority means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, licensing authority, self-regulatory organization or other regulatory authority, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the U.S., the U.S., or a foreign entity or government.

Governmental Authorization means any permit, license, approval, exemption, registration, certificate, clearance, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.

Grantor as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

Guaranteed Obligations as defined in Section 7.1.

Guarantor means (a) the Company, to the extent that the Company is not already the primary obligor in respect of any Obligations, (b) each Subsidiary of the Company that executes this Agreement on the Closing Date (which shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, include any Excluded Subsidiaries), and (c) each other Person that guarantees, pursuant to Section 5.10, Section 7.1 or otherwise, all or any part of the Obligations.

Guaranty means (a) the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7, and (b) each other guaranty of the Obligations that is made by any other Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties.

 

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Hazardous Materials means any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority or that may give rise to liability under any Environmental Laws.

Hazardous Materials Activity means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.

HCR Lender” means, collectively, HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS III, L.P., HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS IV, L.P., HCRX INVESTMENTS HOLDCO, L.P., HCR CANARY FUND, L.P., and HCR MOLAG FUND, L.P.

HCR Loan” means the Term Loan made by the HCR Lender hereunder on the Closing Date, which shall be made as a cashless exchange of Term Loans in exchange for satisfaction of an equal amount of the Company’s existing obligations to HCR Lender under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility, as set forth herein and in the Closing Date HCR Facility Amendment.

Healthcare Laws” means all foreign, federal, state and local healthcare Requirements of Law, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the 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 Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7b(a)), all criminal laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. §§ 286, 287, 1035, 1347, 1349 and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.) (“HIPAA”), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the civil monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 17921 et seq.), Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act), Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act), any other Requirement of Law pertaining to or governing a government healthcare program, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), the regulations promulgated pursuant to such Requirements of Law, and any similar foreign, federal, state and local Requirements of Law, including the collection and reporting requirements, and the processing of any applicable rebate, chargeback or adjustment, under applicable rules and regulations relating to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42 U.S.C. § 1396r-8) and any state supplemental rebate program, Medicare average sales price reporting (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3a), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the VA Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. § 8126) or under any state pharmaceutical assistance program or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs agreement, and any successor government programs.

Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility” means the facility provided pursuant to that certain Revenue Interest Financing Agreement, dated September 14, 2019, among the Company, HealthCare Royalty Partners III, L.P., HealthCare Royalty Partners IV, L.P., HCR Canary Fund, L.P. and HCR Molag Fund, L.P., as investors, Healthcare Royalty Management, LLC as investor representative and HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC as the collateral agent, as

 

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amended by the Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of June 23, 2021, the Second Amendment to Revenue Financing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2023 and the Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Date HCR Facility Amendment”), and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility shall constitute Indebtedness.

Hedge Agreement means any Interest Rate Agreement and any other derivative or hedging contract, agreement, confirmation, or other similar transaction or arrangement that is entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any commodity or equity exchange, swap, collar, cap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or forward rate agreement, spot or forward foreign currency or commodity purchase or sale, listed or over-the-counter option or similar derivative right related to any of the foregoing, non-deliverable forward or option, foreign currency swap agreement, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangement, or other arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, commodity, currency, or Securities values, or any combination of the foregoing agreements or arrangements.

Highest Lawful Rate means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender.

Historical Financial Statements means as of the Closing Date, (i) the audited financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023 consisting of balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, and (ii) for the interim period from January 1, 2024 to the Closing Date, the unaudited financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, consisting of a balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each quarterly period completed prior to forty-six days before the Closing Date and for each monthly period completed prior to thirty-one days prior to the Closing Date, in each case, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject, if applicable, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.

Immaterial Fee-Owned Properties means, as of any date of determination, any fee-owned Real Estate Asset having a fair market value less than $2,500,000, individually, and less than $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such fee-owned Real Estate Assets.

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.

Indebtedness as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) Capital Lease Obligations; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA, payroll liabilities, or any trade

 

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payable incurred in the ordinary course of business unless (a) due more than 120 days from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof and more than 30 days past due, or (b) such obligations are evidenced by a note or a similar written instrument), including any earn out obligations to the extent such earnout is required to be included as a liability on such Person’s balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and seller financing indebtedness; (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person but limited to the value of the property owned by such Person securing such obligation if such indebtedness is not recourse to such Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the account of (or similar credit transaction entered into for the benefit of) that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings or is otherwise an obligor; (vii) obligations in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock, with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price (for purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement, and as if such price were based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock); (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the Indebtedness of another; (ix) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the Indebtedness of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof; (x) any liability of such Person for Indebtedness of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness or provide any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such Indebtedness (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above; and (xi) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under any Hedge Agreement, in each case whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise, provided, the “principal” amount of obligations under any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be deemed to be the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of Company and its subsidiaries thereunder.

Indemnified Liabilities means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, actual or prospective claims (including without limitation, any Environmental Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), Taxes, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and any other reasonable and documented fees or out of pocket expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect, special, or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign

 

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laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations, Environmental Laws and Healthcare Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee (whether asserted by a third party or by any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates), in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)); or (ii) any Environmental Claim or Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Indemnified Taxes means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Company under any Credit Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnitee means, each Agent and Lender, each of their respective Affiliates and each of their and their Affiliates’ respective officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, employees, managers, advisors, consultants, administrators, agents, sub-agents and representatives.

Indemnitee Agent Party as defined in Section 9.6.

Installment as defined in Section 2.11.

Installment Payment Date” as defined in Section 2.11.

Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts” as defined in Section 2.13(b).

Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Period” as defined in Section 2.13(b).

Intellectual Property as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

Intellectual Property Security Agreement as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

Intercompany Note and Subordination means a “global” intercompany promissory note and subordination that evidences and subordinates certain Indebtedness and other monetary liabilities owed among Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as the date hereof, by and among Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent under this Agreement, HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC, and such other parties party thereto from time to time and acknowledged by the Guarantors, and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement entered in connection with any Permitted Refinancing of the 2029 Convertible Notes or the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility.

 

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Interest Payment Date means (a) the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) the applicable Maturity Date.

Interest Period means (i) initially, the period commencing on the Closing Date (including the Closing Date) and ending on (and including) the next following Interest Payment Date and (ii) thereafter, the period commencing on (and including) the first day immediately following such Interest Payment Date and ending on the earlier of the next following Interest Payment Date and the applicable Maturity Date; provided, that (a) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day and (b) for purposes of determining Term SOFR or other applicable Benchmark, each Interest Period shall be deemed to be a period of three (3) months.

Interest Rate Agreement means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging or managing the interest rate exposure associated with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations.

Interest Rate Determination Date means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Investment means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person, including the establishment or other creation of a Subsidiary or any other interest in the Securities of any Person; (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of the Company from any Person, of any Capital Stock of such Person; and (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for customary moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice) or capital contributions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales of inventory to that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus (A) the cost of all additions thereto, minus (B) to the extent such original Investment was made in cash, the amount of any portion of such Investments that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payment actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (in all of the foregoing cases in this clause (B), to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original cost of such Investment), in each case without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.

 

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Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

Joint Venture means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form, in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owns 50% or less of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests; provided, in no event shall any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a “Joint Venture” to which such Person is a party.

Landlord Collateral Access Agreement means a Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

Leasehold Property means any leasehold interest of any Credit Party as lessee under any lease of real property, other than any such leasehold interest designated from time to time by the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion as not being required to be included in the Collateral.

Lender means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement.

Lien means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.

Loan means the Term Loan.

Make-Whole Premium means with respect to any prepayment on any date, the present value (which shall not be less than zero) of an amount equal to: (a) 5.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan subject to such prepayment, replacement or acceleration (as applicable) plus (b) any required remaining scheduled interest that would have accrued on such Term Loan from such date of prepayment, replacement or acceleration (as applicable) to and excluding the first anniversary of the Closing Date, calculated using the then-applicable Applicable Margin (but excluding the Default Rate, if applicable).

Margin Stock as defined in Regulation U.

Material Adverse Effect means, with respect to the Credit Parties, (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, properties, prospects or financial condition of such Persons, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of such persons, taken as a whole, to perform their respective payment obligations under the Credit Documents, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender under the Credit Documents, or (d) a material impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any material Credit Document to which it is a party.

 

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Material Contract means any and all contracts or other arrangements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Material Contracts as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 4.16.

Material Indebtedness means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries with an individual principal amount (or the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure) of $2,500,000 or more or, solely for purposes of Section 8.1(b), that, collectively with any other Indebtedness in respect of which any relevant default or other specified event has occurred, has an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or more.

Material Intellectual Property shall mean any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the operation of the business of, the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For the avoidance of doubt, all Intellectual Property with respect to selinexor (including any formulations, re-formulations, polymorphs, crystal forms, solvates, amorphous forms, methods of treatment, and methods of manufacture) shall be deemed to be Material Intellectual Property.

Material Subsidiary means, at any date of determination, a Subsidiary of a Credit Party (a) whose total assets are greater than 1.0% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose revenues are greater than 1.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries have, in the aggregate, (x) total assets greater than 2.5% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date or (y) revenues greater than 2.5% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Company shall, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” and comply with Sections 5.10 with respect to such Subsidiary within the time periods set forth therein. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that Karyopharm Europe GmbH and Karyopharm Israel Ltd. are not Material Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

Maturity Date means the earlier of (i) May 8, 2028 and (ii) the date that all Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

MNPI” as defined in Section 10.1(b).

Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage means a mortgage, deed of trust, or similar instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Requisite Lenders.

Mortgaged Real Estate Documents means, with respect to each Real Estate Asset that is required to be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to this Agreement:

(i) one or more fully executed and notarized Mortgages encumbering such Real Estate Asset, in each case in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions;

 

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(ii) (a) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or, solely to the extent that the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion waive the requirement for a policy to be issued, unconditional commitments therefor, in each case issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders with respect to each Real Estate Asset (each, a “Title Policy”), each such Title Policy to be in amounts not less than the fair market value of each Real Estate Asset, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto and dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of the applicable Mortgage, (b) copies of all documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders, and (c) evidence satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders that such Credit Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for each such Real Estate Asset in the appropriate real estate records;

(iii) If any such parcel is determined to be in a “Special Flood Hazard Area” (A) a completed Flood Certificate with respect to each such Real Estate Asset, which Flood Certificate shall (x) be addressed to Collateral Agent and (y) otherwise comply with the Flood Program and be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion; (B) if the Flood Certificate indicates that such Real Estate Asset is located in a Flood Zone, Company’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from Collateral Agent (x) as to the existence of such Real Estate Asset in a Flood Zone and (y) as to whether the community in which such Real Estate Asset is located is participating in the Flood Program; and (C) if such Real Estate Asset is located in a Flood Zone and is located in a community that participates in the Flood Program, evidence that Company has obtained a policy of flood insurance that is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Flood Program or, solely to the extent agreed to by Collateral Agent, excluded any structures existing in such Flood Zone from any such Mortgage in a manner satisfactory to Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion;

(iv) ALTA surveys of such Real Estate Asset (other than any Leasehold Property, unless reasonably requested by Collateral Agent), certified to Collateral Agent and dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of the applicable Mortgage and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion;

(v) an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders) in the state in which such Real Estate Asset is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgage to be recorded in such state and such other matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders; and

(vi) reports and other information, in each case in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion, regarding environmental matters relating to such Real Estate Asset, including any Phase I Report requested by Collateral Agent with respect to such Real Estate Asset.

 

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MSC Condition” means that: (a) the MSC Subsidiary holds no more than $100,000 in assets, including any cash or Cash Equivalents; and (b) the MSC Subsidiary qualifies as a “security corporation” under 830 CMR 63.38B.1 of the Massachusetts tax code and applicable regulations (as the same may be amended, modified, or replaced from time to time).

MSC Subsidiary” means Karyopharm Securities Corp., a Massachusetts securities corporation and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company or any successor entity that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company that qualifies as a “security corporation” under 830 CMR 63.38B.1 of the Massachusetts tax code and applicable regulations (as the same may be amended, modified, or replaced from time to time) and identified as such to the Administrative Agent from time to time.

Multiemployer Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

NAIC means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.

Natural Person means a natural Person or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person.

Net Asset Sale Proceeds means, with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale (including any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise (including by way of a milestone payment, as applicable), but only as and when so received), minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including (a) Taxes payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale during the tax period in which the sale occurs (or in which a deferred payment described in clause (i) above is made), (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, fees, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Permitted Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, and (c) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.

Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds means, with respect to any Involuntary Disposition, an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a) under any casualty policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of the Company or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including income or gains taxes payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith during the tax period the Cash payments or proceeds are received.

 

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Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of a Person means, as of any time of determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Hedge Agreements or other Indebtedness of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition thereof. As used in this definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the time of determination (assuming such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that time).

Non-U.S. Lender as defined in Section 2.19(c).

Note Exchange Agreements means those certain agreements regarding the Exchange for Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock, each dated as of May 8, 2024, among the Company, certain funds managed by Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, certain funds managed by Braidwell LP, and each other Exchanging Holder (as defined therein).

NYFRB means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Obligations means all obligations (whether now existing or hereafter arising, absolute or contingent, joint, several, or independent) of every nature of each Credit Party from time to time owed to each Agent and any other Secured Party under any Credit Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights), whether for principal, interest (including interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), obligations to pay fees, expenses, indemnification (including Indemnified Liabilities) or otherwise, in each case excluding, with respect to any Guarantor, Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.

Obligee Guarantor as defined in Section 7.7.

OFAC means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and any successor Governmental Authority.

Oncology Indication” means a oncology drug indication, including with respect to multiple myeloma, endometrial cancer, and myelofibrosis.

 

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Organizational Documents means (i) with respect to any corporation or company, its certificate, memorandum, or articles of incorporation or organization, and its by-laws, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, and (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization or certificate of formation, as applicable and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.

Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).

Other Taxes means any and all present or future stamp, court, intangible, recording, filing or documentary, excise, property, or similar Taxes (and interest, fines, penalties and additions related thereto) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.20(b)).

Overnight Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Paid in Full and “Payment in Full mean, with respect to any or all of the Obligations or Guaranteed Obligations, as the context requires, that each of the following events has occurred, as applicable: (a) the indefeasible payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of (i) the principal amount of all outstanding Loans, (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest, fees, premiums or other charges owing in respect of any Loan or Commitment or otherwise under any Credit Document, (iii) all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses payable by any Credit Party to any Person pursuant to any Credit Document whether or not demand has been made therefor, including any and all indemnification and reimbursement claims that have been asserted by any such Person prior to such time, and (iv) all other outstanding Obligations or Guaranteed Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification and contingent reimbursement obligations, (b) the receipt by Agents of reasonable cash collateral not to exceed 110% of the Company’s good faith estimate of probable liabilities to secure any contingent Obligations for which a claim or demand for payment has been made on or prior to such time that are reasonably expected to result in any loss, cost, damage, or expense (including attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) for which a Credit Party would be liable pursuant to the terms of the Credit Documents, and (c) the termination in writing of all of the Commitments, in each case, subject to Section 7.11(c).

Participant Register as defined in Section 10.6(h)(i).

Patents” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

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PATRIOT Act means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

Payment Recipient” as defined in Section 9.11

PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

PDUFA Date” means the user fee goal date that is set forth in a filing communication or other written correspondence from FDA.

Pension Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” as defined in the definition of the term “Term SOFR”.

Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by Company or any other Credit Party, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise; provided,

(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;

(iii) in the case of the Acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital Stock (except for any such Capital Stock in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Guarantor of Company in connection with such Acquisition shall be owned 100% by Company or a Wholly-Owned Guarantor thereof, and Company shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Company, each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10, 5.11 and/or 5.13, as applicable;

(iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.8 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended;

(v) Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (A) at least three (3) Business Days prior to such proposed Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed by Administrative Agent), (1) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with Section 6.8 as required under clause (iv) above, and (2) the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate compliance with Section 6.8, and (B) promptly upon request by Administrative Agent and in any event at least three (3) Business Days prior to closing such Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed by Administrative Agent) (1) a copy of the then-current draft of the purchase agreement related to the proposed Acquisition (and any

 

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related documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent), (2) to the extent available, quarterly and annual financial statements of the Person whose Capital Stock or assets are being acquired for the most recent twelve month period ending immediately prior to such Acquisition, including any audited financial statements that are available, and (3) any due diligence memorandum (subject to standard non-reliance conditions) related to such Acquisition prepared by the Company and/or its advisors;

(vi) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith (x) shall be located in the United States or such other jurisdiction in which any Credit Party is organized and (y) shall be in same business, lines of business or any ancillary business substantially related to the business in which Company and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date;

(vii) the Acquisition shall be non-hostile and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Person acquired or the Person from whom such assets or division is acquired, as applicable;

(viii) (x) prior to a Registrational Trial Positive Readout, (A) net income, plus (B) consolidated interest expense, plus (C) provisions for taxes based on income, plus (D) total depreciation expense, plus (E) total amortization expense of any Person so acquired, determined on a consolidated basis for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period shall be greater than zero and (y) after a Registrational Trial Positive Readout, such Person so acquired has U.S commercial product revenue greater than zero, or has received an FDA approval, for an oncology indication in the last six months; and

(ix) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall comply with Sections 5.10 and 5.11 with respect to such Acquisition if applicable; provided that the aggregate amount of Permitted Acquisitions by Credit Parties of Subsidiaries that do not become Credit Parties in accordance with Section 5.10, and of assets that do not become owned by Credit Parties, shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

Permitted Holders” means Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, Braidwell LP, DavidsonKempner Capital Management LP, Context Capital Management, LLC, HCR Lender and any of their respective Affiliates, funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, controlled or advised by any of the foregoing.

Permitted Liens means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.

Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced hereunder, any refinancings, extensions, renewals and replacements of such Indebtedness; provided that (a) such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement (i) shall not increase the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, (ii) shall, to the extent such Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced is Subordinated Indebtedness, be Subordinated Indebtedness on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders (in the good faith determination of Company) as those contained in the documentation governing the

 

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Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, (iii) shall not mature prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest maturity date or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder, except if as a result of a change of control, asset sale or similar event, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control, asset sale or similar event are subject to the prior Payment in Full of all Obligations, (iv) shall not any scheduled principal amortization prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest maturity date or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder, (v) shall not require any Subsidiary of the Company to guarantee such Indebtedness unless such Subsidiary has guaranteed the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof, (vi) shall not have terms and conditions, taken as a whole, that are materially less favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries than those contained in the refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced Indebtedness, as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith and (vii) shall not contain any new requirement to grant any Lien or to give any Guarantee that was not an existing requirement of the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced; and (b) after giving effect to such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, no Event of Default shall have occurred (or could reasonably be expected to occur) as a result thereof.

Person means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.

Phase I Report means, with respect to any Facility, a report that (i) conforms to the ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, E 1527, (ii) was conducted no more than six months prior to the date such report is required to be delivered hereunder, by one or more environmental consulting firms reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders, (iii) includes an assessment of asbestos-containing materials at such Facility, (iv) is accompanied by (a) an estimate of the reasonable worst-case cost of investigating and remediating any Hazardous Materials Activity identified in the Phase I Report as giving rise to an actual or potential material violation of any Environmental Law or as presenting a material risk of giving rise to a material Environmental Claim, and (b) a current compliance audit setting forth an assessment of the Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ and such Facility’s current and past compliance with Environmental Laws and an estimate of the cost of rectifying any non-compliance with current Environmental Laws identified therein and the cost of compliance with reasonably anticipated future Environmental Laws identified therein.

Platform as defined in Section 10.1(b).

Pledge and Security Agreement means the Pledge and Security Agreement to be executed as of the Closing Date by the Company and each Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Requisite Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, the form of Pledge and Security Agreement attached as Exhibit J hereto is acceptable to the Requisite Lenders.

 

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Prepayment Premium” means the amount set forth in chart below, determined by reference to the date of prepayment:

 

Date of Prepayment

  

Prepayment Premium

Closing Date through and including

May 8, 2025

   Make-Whole Premium

May 9, 2025 through and including

May 8, 2026

  

5.00% of the aggregate principal

amount of the Term Loan subject to such prepayment

May 9, 2026 through and including

May 8, 2027

  

3.00% of the aggregate principal

amount of the Term Loan subject to such prepayment

May 9, 2027 and thereafter   

0.00% of the aggregate principal

amount of the Term Loan subject to such prepayment

Primary Endpoint” means, upon an analysis of the intent-to-treat population, either (a) (i) with respect to XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389), the proportion of participants with spleen volume reduction shall be at least 35% at week 24 and the proportion of participants with total symptom score reduction shall be at least 50% at week 24 (as measured by Myelofibrosis Symptom Assessment Form V4.0) and (ii) with respect to XPORT-EC-042 (NCT05611931), the investigator has assessed Progression Free Survival in accordance with Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.1., (b) prior to the statistical analysis assessment and upon written request by the Company to the Lenders, such other endpoint as the Requisite Lenders may agree or (c) with respect to XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389) and prior to the statistical analysis assessment, such other primary endpoint that the Company has publicly updated pursuant to a Form 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC.

Prime Rate means the rate of interest quoted in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate, as in effect from time to time, or, if such source or rate is unavailable, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by Administrative Agent).

Principal Office means, for Administrative Agent, such Person’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender; provided, however, that for the purpose of making any payment on the Obligations or any other amount due hereunder or any other Credit Document, the Principal Office of Administrative Agent shall be 500 Delaware Avenue, 11th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801 (or such other location as Administrative Agent may from time to time designate in writing to Company and each Lender); provided further that all wires to Administrative Agent shall be made to the wiring instructions provided by Administrative Agent in writing from time to time.

 

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Pro Rata Share means with respect to all payments, computations, other matters relating to the Term Loan of any Lender, and all other purposes, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.

PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

Public Lender as defined in Section 10.1(b).

Qualified Cash means, at any time of determination, the aggregate balance sheet amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such time that (i) is free and clear of all Liens other than Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties and non-consensual Permitted Liens, (ii) may be applied to payment of the Obligations without violating any law, contract, or other agreement (other than Section 6.8 of this Agreement), and (iii) is in Controlled Accounts.

Qualified ECP Guarantor means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Credit Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such Swap Obligation is incurred or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Real Estate Asset means, at any time of determination, any fee interest then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.

Recipient means (a) any Agent or (b) any Lender, as applicable.

Register as defined in Section 2.6(b).

Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated on or around May 13, 2024, between the Company and the parties thereto.

Registrational Trial” means a clinical trial of a Company Product that satisfies either of the following ((a) or (b)):

(a) such clinical trial includes a sufficient number of subjects and is designed to establish that such product has an acceptable safety and efficacy profile for its intended use, and to determine warnings, precautions, and adverse reactions that are associated with such product in the dosage range to be prescribed, which trial is intended to support Regulatory Approval of such product, or a similar clinical trial prescribed by an applicable Regulatory Authority; or

(b) such clinical trial is a registration trial designed to be sufficient to support the filing of an application for Regulatory Approval for such product in an applicable country or jurisdiction or some or all of an extra-national territory, as evidenced by (i) an agreement with or statement from an applicable Regulatory Authority, or (ii) other guidance or minutes issued by an applicable Regulatory Authority, for such registration trial.

 

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Without limiting the foregoing, a clinical trial that would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c) or corresponding foreign regulations is deemed to be a Registrational Trial.

Registrational Trial Positive Readout” means (a) with respect the Registrational Trials for XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389) or XPORT-EC-042 (NCT05611931), the achievement of a p value less than 0.05 on the applicable Primary Endpoint for such Registrational Trial occurring after the Closing Date and after the assignment of a PDUFA Date by the FDA with respect to XPORT-MF-034 (NCT04562389) or XPORT-EC-042 (NCT05611931), as applicable, or (b) the delivery of written notice to the Company from the Requisite Lenders stating that a Registrational Trial Positive Readout has occurred.

Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation T means Regulation T of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulatory Approval” means the approval required from a Regulatory Authority for the marketing and sale of a product in the applicable country.

Regulatory Authority” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (or any successor agency) or any Governmental Authority in any other country that is a counterpart to the FDA and holds responsibility for granting Regulatory Approval for a product in such country.

Related Agreements means, collectively, the Warrants, the Note Exchange Agreements and the Registration Rights Agreement.

Related Fund means any Fund, investor, entity or account that is managed, sponsored, advised, or administered by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or affiliate of an entity that manages, administers, or advises a Lender, including any limited partner or investor in any of the foregoing persons or entities described in clauses (a) or (b).

Release means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.

Relevant Governmental Body means the Board of Governors or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors or the NYFRB, or any successor thereto.

 

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Requirements of Law shall mean, collectively, any and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority including any and all treaties, laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, other binding administrative pronouncements, persuasive guidance, statutes, common law, case law or treaties.

Requisite Lenders means Lenders having or holding Term Loan Exposure (as certified by such Lenders to the Administrative Agent) representing more than 50% of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; provided that if there are two or more Lenders, Requisite Lenders shall include at least two or more unaffiliated Lenders (as certified by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent).

Resolution Authority means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

Responsible Employee” means any employee within an Agent’s trust and agency division (or any successor division) or any other employee of an Agent customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated employees and also means, with respect to a particular agency matter, any other employee to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Junior Payment means (i) any dividend, other distribution, or liquidation preference, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of Capital Stock (other than any Disqualified Capital Stock) to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) now or hereafter outstanding; (iv) [reserved]; and (v) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness or any earn out obligations or seller financing indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, conversion of any convertible Securities into Capital Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares shall not be a Restricted Junior Payment.

Safety Notices” as defined in Section 4.27(c).

S&P means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country, territory or region that is, or whose government is, the subject or target of any Sanctions, including, as of the Closing Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea regions of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic.

 

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Sanctioned Person means, at any time, any Person with whom dealings are restricted or prohibited under Sanctions, including (i) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the U.S. (including by OFAC, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or the U.S. Department of State), or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or any other relevant sanctions authority, (ii) any Person located, operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (iii) any Person owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any such Person described in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition.

Sanctions means sanctions or trade embargoes enacted, imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (i) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC, U.S. Department of State, or U.S. Department of Commerce, (ii) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any of its member states, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or (iii) any other relevant sanctions authority.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Parties” means collectively, the Agents, the Lenders, each Indemnitee for purposes of Section 10.3 and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Agent from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.

Securities means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, including any Capital Stock and any Hedge Agreements or other derivatives.

Securities Account means any “securities account” as defined in Article 8 of the UCC and any “commodity account” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

Securities Account Control Agreement means, with respect to a Securities Account, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders that (i) is entered into among Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary at which the applicable Securities Account is maintained, and the Credit Party having rights in or to the underlying financial assets credited to or maintained in such Securities Account, and (ii) is effective for Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC) of such Securities Account.

Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933.

Securities Intermediary means any “securities intermediary” or “commodity intermediary” as such terms are defined in the UCC.

SOFR means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

 

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SOFR Administrator means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

SOFR Loan means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Term SOFR other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate”.

Solvency Certificate means a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

Solvent means, with respect to any Person, that as of the date of determination, (a) the sum of such Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets; (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date of determination; and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become absolute and matured. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 450-20).

Specified Asset Sales” means any Asset Sale permitted under Sections 6.9(f)(ii) or (iii).

Subordinated Indebtedness means any Indebtedness that is unsecured or contractually subordinated in right of payment or lien ranking (as applicable) to the Obligations or related Liens.

Subordination Agreement means, with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, the corresponding subordination or intercreditor agreement, if any, among Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, on the one hand, and the creditor or creditors (or their respective agents) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness, on the other hand, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent (as applicable) and the Requisite Lenders.

Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity (a) the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in such Person’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP or (b) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election or appointment of the Person or Persons (whether Directors, trustees, or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.

 

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Swap Obligation as defined in “Excluded Swap Obligation”.

Tax means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding (including backup withholding) (together with interest, penalties and other additions thereto), imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority.

Term Loan means a Term Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

Term Loan Exposure means, with respect to any Lender, as of any time of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Lender; provided, at any time prior to the making of the Term Loans, the Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Commitment.

Term Loan Prepayment Event” as defined in Section 2.10(b).

Term SOFR” means:

(i) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day; and

(ii) for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a one month tenor on the day (such day, the “Base Rate SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day.

 

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Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by Administrative Agent).

Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

Title Policy as defined in the definition of Mortgaged Real Estate Documents.

Transaction Costs means the fees, costs and expenses payable by the Company, any of Company’s Subsidiaries to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates on or before the Closing Date in connection with the Transactions, in each case to the extent acceptable to the Requisite Lenders.

Transactions” means transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents to occur on or prior to the Closing Date.

UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent statute or law) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

UK Financial Institutions means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

UK Resolution Authority means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

U.S. means the United States of America.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

U.S. Lender as defined in Section 2.19(c).

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of one of Exhibits E-1, E-2, E-3 or E-4, as applicable.

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

WARN as defined in Section 4.19.

 

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Warrants means, collectively, those certain Warrants, each dated as of the Closing Date, issued by the Company to each of the Lenders.

Wholly-Owned means, in reference to any Subsidiary of a specified Person, that 100% of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (other than (x) Directors’ qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more of such specified Person’s other Subsidiaries that also qualify as Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries under this definition.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

WSFS” as defined in the preamble hereto.

1.2 Accounting Terms, Financials Statements, Calculations, Etc. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by the Company to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(a), 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation. Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial Statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants contained in this Agreement, any election by any Credit Party to measure an item of Indebtedness using fair value (as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification Section 825-10 or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made and (ii) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made without giving effect to any change in accounting treatment of “operating” and “capital” leases scheduled to become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 as set forth in the Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases, (Topic 842), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in February 2016, or any similar publication issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) was not required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect prior to December 15, 2018. For purposes of determining pro forma compliance with any financial covenant as of any date prior to the initial test date on which such financial covenant is to be tested hereunder, the level of any such financial covenant shall be deemed to be the covenant level for such initial test date. Notwithstanding

 

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anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for purposes of determining compliance with any basket, accordion or incremental feature, test, or condition under any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, no Credit Party may retroactively divide, classify, re-classify or deem or otherwise treat a historical transaction as having occurred in reliance on a basket or exception that was not available at the time of such historical transaction or if and to the extent that such basket or exception was relied upon for any later transaction. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall be construed to include all notes and schedules thereto. Except as otherwise provided therein, this Section 1.2 shall apply equally to each other Credit Document as if fully set forth therein, mutatis mutandis.

1.3 Interpretation, Etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. Any requirement for a referenced agreement, instrument, certificate or other document to be in “substantially” the form of an Appendix, Schedule, or Exhibit hereto means that such referenced document shall be in the form of such Appendix, Schedule, or Exhibit with such modifications to such form as are approved by Administrative Agent, and, in the case of any Collateral Document, Collateral Agent. The words “hereof”, “hereunder”, “hereby”, and words of similar import used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The use herein of the words “include” or “including,” when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The word “will” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The words “assets” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties of any relevant Person or Persons. In the computation of periods of time in any Credit Document from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including”. The terms lease and license shall be construed to include sub-lease and sub-license. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall be construed to include the corresponding masculine, feminine, and neuter forms. References to Persons include their respective permitted successors and assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to statutes, legislative acts, laws, regulations, and rules shall be deemed to refer to such statutes, acts, laws, regulations, and rules as in effect from time to time, including any amendments of the same and any successor statutes, acts, laws, regulations, and rules, unless any such reference is expressly limited to refer to any statute, act, law, regulation, or rule “as in effect on” a specified date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in or to this Agreement (including any Appendix, Schedule, or Exhibit hereto), any other Credit Document, or any other agreement, instrument, or other document shall be construed to refer to the referenced agreement, instrument, or document as assigned, amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, in each case in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement and any other relevant Credit Document unless such reference is expressly limited to refer to such agreement, instrument, or other document “as in effect on” a specified date. Except as otherwise provided therein, this Section 1.3 shall apply equally to each other Credit Document as if fully set forth therein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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1.4 Rates. Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to Company. Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to Company, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

SECTION 2 LOANS

2.1 Term Loans.

(a) Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender (other than the HCR Lender) severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Term Loan to Company in a cash amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each HCR Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Term Loan to Company, which shall be made through a cashless exchange of payment obligations owing by Company to HCR Lender under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility, in an amount equal to such HCR Lender’s Commitment hereunder.

Company may make only one borrowing under the Commitment, which borrowing may only occur on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections 2.12 and 2.13, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Term Loans shall be Paid in Full no later than the Maturity Date. Each Lender’s Commitment shall terminate immediately and fully without further action by any Person upon the funding of such Lender’s Commitment on the Closing Date.

 

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(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans.

(i) Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Term Loans, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of any such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.

(ii) Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, each Lender (other than the HCR Lender with respect to the HCR Loans) shall make its Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans (other than the HCR Loans) available to Company on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date to be credited to the account as designated in writing to Administrative Agent on Funding Notice by Company. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, the cashless exchange of HCR Loans for satisfaction of an equal amount of the Company’s existing obligations to HCR Lender under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility, as set forth herein and in the Closing Date HCR Facility Amendment, shall be consummated by the HCR Lender on the Closing Date, and the Administrative Agent shall reflect such Term Loan on the Register on the Closing Date without any further action of any Person. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the only means by which the HCR Lender shall make the HCR Loans hereunder on the Closing Date shall be via a cashless exchange, and nothing in this Agreement shall (i) require any HCR Lender to make the HCR Loans by making funds available to the Administrative Agent or Company or (ii) require the Administrative Agent to make any funds available to Company in connection with the HCR Loans.

2.2 Reserved.

2.3 Reserved.

2.4 Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.

(a) Pro Rata Shares. All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby.

 

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(b) Availability of Funds. Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the Closing Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on the Closing Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on the Closing Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Company a corresponding amount on the Closing Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the Closing Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks. In the event that (i) Administrative Agent declines to make a requested amount available to Company until such time as all applicable Lenders have made payment to Administrative Agent, (ii) a Lender fails to fund to Administrative Agent all or any portion of the Loans required to be funded by such Lender hereunder prior to the time specified in this Agreement, and (iii) such Lender’s failure results in Administrative Agent failing to make a corresponding amount available to Company on the Closing Date (an “Agent Funded Amount”), such Lender shall not receive interest hereunder with respect to the Agent Funded Amount of such Lender’s Loans for the period commencing with the time specified in this Agreement for receipt of payment by Company through and including the time of Company’s receipt of the Agent Funded Amount. If such Lender does not pay the Agent Funded Amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Company and Company shall immediately pay the Agent Funded Amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from the date the Agent Funded Amount is received until the date such Agent Funded Amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable for such Loans (but without any prepayment premium thereon). Nothing in this Section 2.4(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Company may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

2.5 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans made on the Closing Date shall be applied by Company to (i) to pay obligations under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility up to an aggregate amount equal to $49,494,864, (ii) for general corporate purposes, and (iii) to pay Transaction Costs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Credit Extension or proceeds thereof may be used in any manner that conflicts with Section 4.18(b) or Section 4.26(a).

2.6 Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders Books and Records; Notes.

(a) Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Company to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect Company’s Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.

(b) Register. Administrative Agent (or an agent or sub-agent appointed by it), acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, shall maintain at its Principal Office in the United States a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The Register shall be available for

 

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inspection by Company or any Lender (with respect to (i) any entry relating to such Lender’s Loans, and (ii) the identity of the other Lenders (but not any information with respect to such other Lenders’ Loans)) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Administrative Agent shall record, or shall cause to be recorded, in the Register the Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect Company’s Obligations in respect of any Loan. Company hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Company’s non-fiduciary agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.6.

(c) Promissory Notes. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Company shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Company’s receipt of such notice) a promissory note or notes, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2, to evidence such Lender’s Term Loan.

2.7 Interest on Loans.

(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at the Term SOFR for the Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan, and the Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Loan, shall be selected by Company and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Funding Notice.

(c) There shall be no more than one Interest Period outstanding at any time. With respect to the Term Loans to be borrowed on the Closing Date, as soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date, and otherwise, as soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the SOFR Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and will promptly give notice thereof to Company and each Lender.

(d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.7(a) shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.

 

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(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears, in Cash, on each Interest Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such Interest Payment Date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans.

2.8 Reserved.

2.9 Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g), automatically, and upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Company by Administrative Agent, all outstanding, all Obligations shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws) payable on demand in cash at a rate that is two percent (2.00%) per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans pursuant to Section 2.7(a). Payment or acceptance of (i) the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.9 or (ii) any amount of interest that is less than the amount due, in each case is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of any Agent or any Lender.

2.10 Prepayment Premium and Fees.

(a) In the event that any portion of the Term Loans is repaid (or prepaid) pursuant to Section 2.12 or Section 2.13 or accelerated for any reason (including on or after the Maturity Date) (including, without limitation, automatic acceleration upon an Event of Default under Section 8.1(f) and 8.1(g) or upon any redemption or buyback (including upon any Change of Control), such repayment, prepayment, acceleration and other redemption shall also be accompanied by amount equal to 3.00% of the amount of the Term Loans so repaid, prepaid, accelerated or otherwise redeemed.

(b) In the event that all or any portion of the Term Loans is repaid (or prepaid) pursuant to Section 2.12 or Section 2.13 or accelerated for any reason (including on or after the Maturity Date) (including, without limitation, automatic acceleration upon an Event of Default under Section 8.1(f) and 8.1(g) or upon any redemption or buyback (including upon any Change of Control)), such repayment shall also be accompanied by amount equal to the applicable Prepayment Premium. It is understood and agreed that if the Obligations are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to the Maturity Date, in each case, in respect of the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, the Prepayment Premium that would have applied if, at the time of such acceleration, Company had prepaid any or all of the Term Loans as contemplated in this Section 2.10(b) (any such event, a “Term Loan Prepayment Event”), will also be due and payable without any further action (including, without limitation, any notice requirements otherwise applicable to Term Loan Prepayment Events, if any) as though a Term Loan Prepayment Event had occurred and such Prepayment Premium shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Lender’s lost profits as a result thereof. Any Prepayment Premium payable above shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages

 

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sustained by each Lender as the result of the early termination and Company agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. The Prepayment Premium shall also be payable in the event the Obligations (and/or this Agreement) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means. EACH CREDIT PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO), ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES, THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING PREPAYMENT AMOUNT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. Each Credit Party expressly agrees (to the fullest extent that each may lawfully do so) that: (A) the Prepayment Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Prepayment Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between Lenders and the Credit Parties giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Prepayment Premium; and (D) the Credit Parties shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. Each Credit Party expressly acknowledges that its agreement to pay the Prepayment Premium to Lenders as herein described is a material inducement to Lenders to provide the Commitments and make the Term Loans.

(c) In addition to any of the foregoing fees, Company agrees to pay to Agents such other fees and amounts in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by Company and the applicable Agents, including the fees and amounts set forth in the Agency Fee Letter.

2.11 Scheduled Payments. The principal amounts of the Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments (each such payment, an “Installment”) on the tenth day of each March, June, September and December commencing on June 10, 2026 (each such date, an “Installment Payment Date”), an amount equal to the product of (x) 6.25% multiplied by (y) the aggregate original stated principal amount of all Term Loans made under this Agreement prior to such Installment Payment Date (without reducing any such Installment to reflect payments of the outstanding principal of any Term Loan after the initial funding thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Term Loans, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, shall, in any event, be Paid in Full on the Maturity Date.

2.12 Voluntary Prepayments. Any time and from time to time Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part (together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and (b)) in cash in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or, if less, the entire principal amount outstanding) and integral multiples of $1,000,000 (or, if less, the entire principal amount outstanding) in excess of that amount. All such prepayments shall be made upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice (including a calculation of amounts due under Section 2.10(a) and (b)), in each case given to Administrative Agent by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such written notice for Term Loans to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein subject to any conditions set forth in such notice. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.14(b).

 

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2.13 Mandatory Prepayments.

(a) Asset Sales. No later than the tenth (10th) Business Day following the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds (it being understood that such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be deposited into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof), the Company shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds plus any amount due pursuant to Sections 2.10(a) and (b) (such amounts, the “Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts”); provided, that no such prepayment shall be required under this Section 2.13(a) to the extent the (a) Net Asset Sale Proceeds of any individual Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales does not exceed $2,000,000 and (b) aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds received by any Credit Party and/or any of its Subsidiaries from the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination does not exceed $5,000,000 (and then, in each case, only the amount in excess thereof shall be required to be paid); and provided, further, that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries that are Credit Parties, to invest (i) with respect to Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts from Assets Sales other than Specified Assets Sales (A) 100% of such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts up to an aggregate amount less than $30,000,000 and (B) to the extent that such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts equal $30,000,000 or more, 60% of such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts, and (ii) with respect to Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts from Specified Asset Sales, 50% of such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts, in each case within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of receipt thereof (the “Asset Sale Reinvestment Period”) in the costs of research, development, commercialization, license, purchase, or other acquisition or investment of or in other assets of the general type used or useful in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. In the event that Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts are not reinvested by Company prior to the expiration of the applicable Asset Sale Reinvestment Period, the Company shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such unreinvested Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts plus any amount due pursuant to Sections 2.10(a) and (b). If at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then all unreinvested Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts shall be used to prepay the Loans (including any amount owing under Section 2.10(a) and (b) in connection with such prepayment) immediately and without any demand.

(b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds. No later than the tenth (10th) Business Day following the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent as lender loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (it being understood that such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received by a Credit Party shall be deposited by such Credit Party into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof), Company shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds plus any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and(b) (such amounts, the “Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts”); provided, that so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Company shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries to invest such Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of receipt thereof (the “Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Period”) in the costs of research, development, commercialization, license, purchase, or other acquisition or investment of or in other assets of the general type used or useful in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which investment may include the repair, restoration or replacement of the relevant assets in respect of which such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds were received. In the event that such

 

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Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts are not reinvested by Company prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the applicable Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Period, and (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, then, at such time, Company shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such unreinvested Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds plus any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and(b) immediately and without any demand.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.13, to the extent that (i) any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary is prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable local law, rule or regulation (including financial assistance and corporate benefit restrictions, restrictions on upstreaming of cash intra-group and fiduciary and statutory duties of any direct or officers of such Subsidiaries) from being repatriated or such repatriation or prepayment would present a material risk of liability for the applicable Subsidiary or its directors or officers (or gives rise to a material risk of breach of fiduciary or statutory duties by any director or officer), for so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law, rule or regulation will not permit such repatriation, transfer or prepayment , or (ii) the Company has reasonably determined in good faith that the prepayment of any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary would have a material adverse tax cost consequence on the Company or any Subsidiary (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such prepayment), then, in each case, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied as provided in this Section 2.13 but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Foreign Subsidiaries will undertake to use commercially reasonable efforts for one year to overcome or eliminate any such restrictions described in the foregoing sentence to make the relevant prepayment.

(d) Issuance of Debt. On the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds (it being understood that any such Cash proceeds shall be deposited into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof) from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any Cash proceeds received with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1, Company shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds plus all amounts due under Section 2.10(a), net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, in each case, paid to non-Affiliates, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.

(e) Reserved.

(f) Reserved.

(g) Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall prepay the outstanding amount of all of the Loans together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon plus all amounts due under Section 2.10(b) plus all other Obligations due and owing (it being understood and agreed the payment pursuant to this clause (g) shall be in addition to any other right and remedy that the Agents or any other Secured Party has as a result of an Event of Default arising from the occurrence of such Change of Control).

 

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(h) Reserved.

(i) Prepayment Certificate. Prior to any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Sections 2.13(a) through 2.13(f), Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of its Chief Financial Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds and compensation owing to Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, if any (including a calculation of amounts due under Section 2.10(a) or 2.10(b), as applicable). In the event that Company shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Company shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to such excess plus all applicable fees payable under Section 2.10(a) and 2.10(b), and Company shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of its Chief Financial Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess. With respect to any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Sections 2.13(a) through 2.13(d), any Lender may decline to accept all (but not less than all) of its share of any such prepayment (any such Lender, a “Declining Lender”) by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent no later than five (5) Business Days after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Any amounts that would otherwise have been applied to prepay Loans owing to Declining Lenders shall be ratably applied towards prepaying Loans of any non-Declining Lenders.

2.14 Application of Prepayments/Reductions.

(a) Reserved.

(b) Application of Prepayments. Any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 and any mandatory prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.13 shall include any prepayment fee set forth in Section 2.10 and shall be applied as follows:

first, to the payment of all costs (including counsel fees), fees, expenses, indemnities and other Indemnified Liabilities owing to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent;

second, to the payment of all fees other than any premium, and all expenses and indemnities specified in Sections 10.2 and 10.3, in each case to the full extent thereof;

third, to the payment of any accrued interest at the Default Rate, if any;

fourth, to the payment of any accrued interest (other than Default Rate interest);

fifth, to the payment of the applicable premium, if any, on any Loan or Commitment;

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seventh, to payment of any remaining Obligations then due and payable.

2.15 General Provisions Regarding Payments.

(a) All payments by Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due by wire transfer to an account designated by Administrative Agent from time to time. For purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Company on the next Business Day.

(b) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payment received in respect of any Loan on a date when interest or premium is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest and premium then due and payable before application to principal.

(c) Administrative Agent (or an agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.

(d) [reserved].

(e) Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder.

(f) [reserved].

(g) Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Company hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to Company and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next Business Day) at the rate applicable to such payment under this Agreement from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is Paid in Full.

 

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(h) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the Obligations have become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration, maturity or otherwise, all payments or proceeds received by any Agent hereunder or under any Collateral Document in respect of any of the Obligations, including all proceeds received by any Agent in respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, shall be applied in full or in part as follows: first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other realization, including disbursements of counsel to Agent, and all other reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses, liabilities (including Indemnified Liabilities) and advances made or incurred by any Agent in connection therewith, and all amounts for which any Agent is entitled to indemnification hereunder or under any Collateral Document (in its capacity as an Agent and not as a Lender) and all advances made by any Agent under any Collateral Document for the account of the applicable Grantor, and to the payment of all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by any Agent in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any Collateral Document, all in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; second, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; and third, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of such Grantor or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

2.16 Ratable Sharing. Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms of Section 2.14), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due to such Lender) that is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Company or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Company expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, consolidation, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Company to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder. The provisions of this Section 2.16 shall not be construed to apply to (a) any payment made by any Credit Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of any Credit Document (including amounts received by a Lender pursuant to Sections 2.18 or 2.19) or any Related Agreement or (b) any payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the assignment or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or other Obligations owed to it.

 

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2.17 Making or Maintaining SOFR Loans.

(a) Changed Circumstances/Temporary Term SOFR Unavailability. Subject to clause (b) below, if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any SOFR Loan:

(i) Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or

(ii) the Requisite Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion thereto or a continuation thereof that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making and maintaining such Loan, and the Requisite Lenders have provided notice of such determination to Administrative Agent,

Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Company and each Lender.

Upon notice thereof by Administrative Agent to Company, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Companies to continue SOFR shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) until Administrative Agent (with respect to clause (ii), at the instruction of the Requisite Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) Company may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Companies will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Credit Parties shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to this Section 2.17. Subject to clause (b), if Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Base Rate Loans shall be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate” until Administrative Agent revokes such determination.

(b) Benchmark Replacement.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark

 

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Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document so long as Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Requisite Lenders. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a quarterly basis.

(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. Administrative Agent will promptly notify Company and the Lenders of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. Administrative Agent will notify Company of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to this Section 2.17 and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.17, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.17.

(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark

 

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Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, Company may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Loan of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Companies will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Base Rate Loan or a conversion to a Base Rate Loan. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.

(c) Illegality or Impracticability of SOFR Loans. In the event that on any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining, converting to, or continuation of its SOFR Loans (i) has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof that materially and adversely affect the ability of such Lender to make, maintain, convert to, or continue its SOFR Loans, then, and in any such event, such Lender shall be an “Affected Lender” and such Affected Lender shall on that day give written or telephonic (promptly confirmed in writing) notice to Company and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Thereafter (1) the obligation of the Affected Lender to make Loans as, or to convert Loans to, SOFR Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by the Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a SOFR Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice, the Affected Lender shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3) the Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding SOFR Loans (the “Affected Loans”) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a SOFR Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice, Company shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17(d), to rescind such Funding Notice as to all Lenders by giving written or telephonic (promptly confirmed in writing) notice to Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). For the avoidance of doubt, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate”, in each case, until such Affected Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.

 

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(d) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Company shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due and payable by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its SOFR Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any SOFR Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its SOFR Loans occurs on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its SOFR Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Company.

(e) Booking of SOFR Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer SOFR Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.

2.18 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.

(a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.19 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender or Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any Change in Law: (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office), or the Agent to any additional Tax (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, liquidity, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender or any company controlling such Lender; or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender or such Lender’s obligations hereunder or the ability of such Lender to make, maintain, covert to, or continue its SOFR Loans; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or Agent with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Company shall promptly pay to such Lender or Agent, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Person in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to

 

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compensate such Person for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender or Agent shall deliver to Company (in the case of a Lender, with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Person under this Section 2.18(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

(b) Capital Adequacy and Liquidity Adjustment. In the event that any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that (A) any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity, or (B) compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender with any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any company controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lender’s Loans or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling company with regard to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Company from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.18(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

(c) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.18 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

2.19 Taxes; Withholding, Etc.

(a) Payments to Be Free and Clear. All sums payable by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax, unless required by applicable Requirements of Law.

(b) Withholding of Taxes. If any Credit Party, Administrative Agent, or any other Person (acting as a withholding agent) is (in such withholding agent’s reasonable good faith discretion) required by applicable Requirements of Law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Tax from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to any Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents: (i) such withholding agent shall notify Administrative Agent and the Company of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement promptly after

 

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becoming aware of it; (ii) Company, Administrative Agent, or any other Person (acting as a withholding agent) shall be entitled to make any such deduction or withholding in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law; and (iii) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment (including for any Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.19), the applicable Recipient receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment for Indemnified Taxes been required or made.

(c) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax.

(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.19(c)(ii) or Section 2.19(d)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(1) each Lender that is a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) (a “U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Company on or about the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

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(2) each Lender that is not a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall, to the extent such Lender is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Company and Administrative Agent on or about the date on which such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(A) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Credit Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(B) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(C) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W 8BEN-E; or

(D) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 or Exhibit E-3, IRS Form W-9, or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; and

(3) if a payment made to a Recipient under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Recipient were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Recipient shall deliver to Company and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by

 

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Company or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Company and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Recipient has complied with such Recipient’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of the preceding sentence of this clause (d), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date hereof.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(iii) Each Agent shall deliver to the Company, on or prior to the Closing Date, a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, as appropriate.

(d) [Reserved].

(e) Payment of Other Taxes by Company. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.19(b), Company shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law or, at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, all Other Taxes.

(f) Indemnification by Credit Parties. Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify any Agent and any Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including any Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.19) paid or payable by Agent or Lender or any of their respective Affiliates and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Credit Party shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such payment shall be due within ten days of such Credit Party’s receipt of such certificate.

(g) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for (i) Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that Company has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent therefor and without limiting the obligation of Company to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.6(h)(i) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (g).

 

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(h) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.19, such Credit Party shall deliver to Administrative Agent a copy of any receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

(i) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.19 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.19), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.19 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (i) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (i), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (i) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(j) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.19 shall survive the resignation or replacement of any Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Credit Document.

(k) For purposes of this Section 2.19, the term “applicable Requirements of Law” includes FATCA.

2.20 Obligation to Mitigate; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Each Lender agrees that, if such Lender requests payment under Section 2.17, 2.18 or 2.19, then such Lender will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender if, as a result thereof, the additional amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, 2.18 or 2.19, as the case may be, in the future would be eliminated or reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its reasonable discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Loans through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Loans or the interests of such Lender; provided, such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to

 

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this Section 2.20 unless Company agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Company pursuant to this Section 2.20 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Sections 2.18(a) or 2.20(a) or gives notice under Section 2.17(c) or (ii) the Company is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.19, and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate (and such Lender shall be obligated to assign and delegate), without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.6), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.18, Section 2.19 or Section 2.20(a)) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation), provided that (A) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent to the extent such consent would be required under Section 10.6(a) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, which consents, in each case, shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued but unpaid interest thereon, accrued but unpaid fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts), (C) the Company or such assignee shall have paid (unless waived) to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 10.6(c) and (D) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.17(a), payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.19 or a notice given under Section 2.17(c), such assignment will result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

2.21 Tax Treatment. The Company and the Lenders hereby agree to treat, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) the Term Loans as a debt instrument (and not a “contingent payment debt instrument” governed by Section 1.1275-4 of the Treasury Regulations) issued originally entirely for cash (in regards to Lenders, other than HCR Lender, which would be paying cash to acquire the Term Loans) and (b) the exchange of the Existing Convertible Notes for the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes and Warrants as a tax-free recapitalization. The parties hereto agree to report all income tax matters with respect to the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes, Term Loans and Warrants consistent with this Section 2.21 and shall not take any action or file any Tax return, report or declaration inconsistent herewith unless required to do so by a change in applicable Requirements of Law or by a Tax authority following an audit or examination.

 

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SECTION 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

3.1 Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make any Loan on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date (in each case, except to the extent required to be satisfied as a condition subsequent in accordance with Section 5.15):

(a) Credit Documents; Related Agreements. Administrative Agent and Lenders (or their respective counsels) shall have received a copy of (i) this Agreement, the promissory notes, if any are requested, the Pledge and Security Agreement, and each other Credit Document to be dated as of the Closing Date, in each case as Administrative Agent or any Lender shall request, in form and substance satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders, and originally executed and delivered by each applicable Credit Party and each other Person party thereto, (ii) the Warrants duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender party thereto, (iii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender party thereto, and (iv) the Note Exchange Agreements duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender party thereto.

(b) Organizational Documents; Incumbency. Administrative Agent and Lenders (or their respective counsels) shall have received in respect of each Credit Party (i) sufficient copies of each Organizational Document as Administrative Agent or any Lender shall request, in each case certified by an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date prior to the Closing Date by the appropriate Governmental Authority; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Credit Party executing any Credit Documents to which it is a party; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Credit Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the Related Agreements, in each case, to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date by an appropriate Authorized Officer as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of such Credit Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each material jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date; and (v) such other documents as Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request prior to the Closing Date.

(c) Reserved.

(d) Governmental Authorizations and Consents. Each Credit Party shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are required in connection with the Transactions (including the entering into of the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements to be delivered on the Closing Date) and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Lenders. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the Transactions or the financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.

 

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(e) Personal Property Collateral. Except to the extent set forth in Section 5.15, in order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority Lien in the personal property Collateral, each Credit Party shall have delivered to Collateral Agent:

(i) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent and Lenders of the compliance by each Credit Party of their obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents (including their obligations to authorize or execute, as the case may be, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein) required to be provided on or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) a completed Collateral Questionnaire dated the Closing Date, together with all attachments contemplated thereby;

(iii) fully executed Intellectual Property Security Agreements, in proper form for filing or recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions;

(iv) an Intercompany Note and Subordination; and

(v) evidence of any other filing and recording (other than as set forth herein) reasonably required by Collateral Agent and Lenders.

(f) Financial Statements. Lenders shall have received from the Company the Historical Financial Statements.

(g) Evidence of Insurance. Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate from each applicable Credit Party’s insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 is in full force and effect.

(h) Opinions of Counsel to Credit Parties. Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall have received executed copies of the favorable written opinions of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, as counsel for Credit Parties as to such matters as Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Lenders (and each Credit Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the Lenders ).

(i) Fees. Company shall have paid to each Agent the fees payable on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the Agency Fee Letter and all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses payable pursuant to Section 10.2 that have accrued as of the Closing Date.

 

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(j) Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate from Company dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to Administrative Agent and Lenders, and in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Lenders, with appropriate attachments and demonstrating that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions and the Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, Company and its Subsidiaries, as a whole, are and will be Solvent.

(k) Closing Date Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto.

(l) Minimum Liquidity. Company shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders that on the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to any Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs required to be paid in Cash, Company shall have minimum Consolidated Liquidity of at least $25,000,000.

(m) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2023, no fact, circumstance, occurrence, change or event has occurred that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, properties or financial condition of such the Credit Parties, taken as a whole.

(n) Representations. As of the Closing Date, each of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors, set forth in this Agreement and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those which have a materiality qualifier, which shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified), except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, as of the Closing Date, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (except for those which have a materiality qualifier, which shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) as of such specified earlier date.

(o) Letter of Direction. Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed letter of direction from Company addressed to Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, directing the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Loans made on such date substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

(p) KYC Documentation. (i) At least ten days prior to the Closing Date, the Agents and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

(ii) At least five days prior to the Closing Date, any Credit Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall deliver a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Credit Party.

(q) Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility Amendment. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have entered into an amendment to the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Lenders.

 

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Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding a Loan on the Closing Date, shall be deemed to have (i) acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date and (ii) instructed each Agent to enter into this Agreement and each other Credit Document to which it is party.

SECTION 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

In order to induce Agents and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Agent and Lender, on the Closing Date that the following statements are true and correct:

4.1 Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as identified in Schedule 4.1(a), (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

4.2 Capital Stock and Ownership. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, Capital Stock of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued and is, to the extent applicable, fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, as of the date hereof, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding that upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any additional Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, additional Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.2 correctly sets forth the ownership interest of each Subsidiary of the Company as of the Closing Date both before and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions.

4.3 Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party thereto.

4.4 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not (a) violate any provision of any material Requirement of Law applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any of the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or the loss of any material benefit or the triggering of any payment under any Material Contract or any Related Agreement; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of

 

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any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Liens created under any of the Credit Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties); or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any Material Contract or any Related Agreement except for such approvals or consents that have been obtained on or before the Closing Date and have been disclosed in writing to Lenders.

4.5 Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except such that have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, and filings by the Company required under applicable securities laws as of the Closing Date (or such later date permitted by Section 5.15).

4.6 Binding Obligation. Each Credit Document required to be delivered hereunder has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

4.7 Historical Financial Statements. The Historical Financial Statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP except as otherwise expressly noted therein and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the Persons described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the entities described therein for each of the periods as of the dates and for the periods to which they relate, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. As of the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financial Statements or the notes thereto and that in any such case would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided that, with respect to projected financial information each Credit Party represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation and delivery; it being understood that actual results may vary from such forecasts and that such variances may be material.

4.8 Reserved.

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4.10 Reserved.

4.11 Adverse Proceedings, Etc There are no Adverse Proceedings that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable Requirements of Law (including Environmental Laws) that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

4.12 Payment of Taxes. All material tax returns and reports of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all material Taxes due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Company and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable, in each case, other than (a) any Taxes the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Company and/or its applicable Subsidiary, as the case may be or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $2,500,000, individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

4.13 Properties.

(a) Title. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), (iii) valid licensed rights in (in the case of licensed interests in intellectual property), and (iv) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.7 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 and Section 5.15(a), in each case except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.9 or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except for Permitted Liens, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens.

(b) Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.13 contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all Real Estate Assets, including an indication as to whether each such Real Estate Asset constitutes an Immaterial Fee-Owned Property and (ii) all real property leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Each lease agreement, sublease or assignment (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting the Real Estate Assets referred to in the immediately preceding sentence that are material to the Company is in full force and effect and the Company does not have knowledge of any default of any material provision thereof that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and each such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles whether brought in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

 

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4.14 Environmental Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Facilities or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to the violation of any Environmental Law, any Environmental Claim, or any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any letter or request for information under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law. There are and, to each of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, have been, no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous Materials Activities that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, any predecessor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous Materials at any Facility in violation of applicable Requirements of Law, and none of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any state equivalent, except to the extent that such operations are undertaken in material compliance with Requirements of Law. Compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws could not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the violation of any Environmental Law, any Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity that individually or in the aggregate has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

4.15 No Defaults.

(a) No event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.

(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the material obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any Material Contract, and no condition exists that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or liability of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $2,500,000, individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such defaults.

4.16 Reserved.

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4.18 Federal Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act.

(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.

(b) No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension has or will be used in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that causes or could reasonably be expected to cause, such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.

4.19 Employee Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or liability of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $2,500,000, individually, or $5,000,000, in the aggregate for all such practices, in each case during the term of this Agreement. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best knowledge of the Company, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Company, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in liabilities in excess of $2,500,000, individually, or $5,000,000, in the aggregate for all such liabilities. No Credit Party has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”) or any similar federal or state law that remains unpaid or unsatisfied and would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or is in excess of $2,500,000, individually, or $5,000,000, in the aggregate for all such liabilities.

4.20 Employee Benefit Plans. The Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter that would cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status. No liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service, any Employee Benefit Plan or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. Except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state laws, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the

 

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purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates. The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each Pension Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates (determined as of the end of the most recent plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial valuation for such Pension Plan), did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Pension Plan. As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for which the actuarial report is available, the potential liability of the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA), when aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans, based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e) of ERISA is zero. The Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their ERISA Affiliates have complied with the requirements of Section 515 of ERISA with respect to each Multiemployer Plan and are not in material “default” (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan.

4.21 Reserved.

4.22 Solvency. Upon the consummation of the Transactions on the Closing Date, the Credit Parties are and, upon the incurrence of any Credit Extension on any date on which this representation and warranty is made, will be, taken as a whole, Solvent.

4.23 Related Agreements.

(a) Delivery. The Company has delivered to Administrative Agent complete and correct copies of each Related Agreement and of all exhibits and schedules thereto as of the Closing Date.

(b) Representations and Warranties. Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein or in the schedules hereto, and subject to the qualifications set forth therein, each of the representations and warranties given by any Credit Party in any Related Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of any earlier date to which such representation and warranty specifically relates); provided that such materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representations and warranties to the extent already qualified or modified by materiality or similar concept in the text thereof. Notwithstanding anything in the Related Agreement to the contrary, the representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in this Section 4.23 shall, solely for purposes hereof, survive the Closing Date for the benefit of Lenders.

(c) Governmental Approvals. All Governmental Authorizations and all other authorizations, approvals and consents of any other Person required by the Related Agreements have been obtained and are in full force and effect (except filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral (as defined in the Related Agreements) to be made, or otherwise delivered to the appliable agent thereunder for filing and/or recordation, and filings by the Company required under applicable securities laws).

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4.25 Disclosure. (a) No representation or warranty of any Credit Party contained in any Credit Document or in any other documents, certificates or written statements furnished to any Agent or Lender by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than projections, pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or industry nature) for use in connection with the Transactions contains, as of the date furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to the Company, in the case of any document not furnished by either of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or such documents, certificates or statements, when taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material. There are no facts known to the Company (other than matters of a general economic or industry nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished or publicly available to Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all material respects.

4.26 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws; Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Etc.

(a) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Directors, officers or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, employees, agents, advisors, or Affiliates is a Sanctioned Person. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective Directors, officers and, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, employees, agents, advisors and Affiliates is in compliance with all and has not violated any (i) Sanctions, (ii) Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws, or (iii) Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. No part of the proceeds of any Credit Extension has or will be used, directly or indirectly, (A) for the purpose of financing any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, (B) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws, or (C) otherwise in any manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions, Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws by any Person.

(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and currently maintain policies, procedures and controls that are reasonably designed (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that each of the Company, its Subsidiaries, and each Controlled Entity, and each of their respective Directors, officers, employees and agents, is and will continue to be in material compliance with all applicable current and future Sanctions, Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws.

 

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4.27 Healthcare and FDA Matters.

(a) All pre-clinical and clinical studies, tests and trials conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or in which the Company or its Subsidiaries have participated with respect to their products and product candidates, were, and if still pending are, being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable Health Care Laws, Governmental Authorizations and any applicable rules, regulations, and policies to which such studies, tests or trials are or were subject. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notices, correspondence or other communications from any Governmental Authority, institutional review board or other entity having authority over the conduct of such studies, tests, or trials requiring or threatening the termination, material modification, clinical hold or suspension of any such studies, tests or trials being conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries, other than ordinary course communications with respect to modifications in connection with the design and implementation of such studies, tests or trials, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no reasonable grounds for the same.

(b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has operated and currently is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws, including, without limitation, the statues, rules and regulations enforced by the FDA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Office for Civil Rights, the Department of Justice or any other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its respective properties. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) has received any FDA Form-483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority alleging or asserting noncompliance in any material respect with any Health Care Laws applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) is a party to or has any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreements, deferred or non-prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, plans of correction or similar agreements with or imposed by any Governmental Authority. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers or directors or, to the knowledge of the Company, its independent contractors, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. federal health care program or human clinical research or, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that would reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension or exclusion.

(c) The manufacture of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ products and product candidates, whether by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, is being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws. Since April 1, 2021, no manufacturing facility for the products and product candidates of the Company and its subsidiaries (whether a Facility or a contract manufacturing site for such products or product candidates) has been subject to any Governmental Authority shutdown. There have been no material recalls, field notifications, field corrections, market withdrawals or replacements, warnings, “dear doctor” letters, investigator notices, safety alerts or other comparable notice or action relating to an alleged lack of safety, efficacy, quality or regulatory compliance of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ products (collectively, “Safety Notices”). To the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts that would be reasonably likely to result in (a) a material Safety Notice with respect to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ products, (b) a material change in labeling of any the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ products, or (c) a termination or suspension of marketing or testing of any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ products.

 

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(d) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) possesses all material Governmental Authorizations necessary to conduct the businesses now operated by it and (ii) is in material compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Authorizations. All material Governmental Authorizations are in full force and effect, and to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would reasonably be expected to allow, revocation, termination, or material impairment of the rights of the holder of any material Governmental Authorization. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or material adverse modification of any such material Governmental Authorizations and to the knowledge of the Company, no Governmental Authority granting any such material Governmental Authorization has taken any action to limit, suspend or revoke the same in any material respect.

(e) All material reports, statements, documents, registrations, filings, or submissions required to be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with any Governmental Authority have been so filed, properly maintained, and/or amended when required by applicable Requirements of Law, including all applicable Healthcare Laws. All such reports, statements, documents, registrations, submissions and filings were accurate, complete in all material respects and in material compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, including all applicable Healthcare Laws, when filed, or as amended or supplemented, and no material deficiencies have been asserted by any such Governmental Authority with respect to such reports and filings other than in the ordinary course of business.

(f) The Company has not received any written notice that the FDA (i) has, or intends to, withdraw the approval of any labeled indication of selinexor tablets or adversely modify, limit or restrict selinexor’s approved indications for use; or (ii) has identified any serious adverse events or other material events or material trends with respect to the safety or efficacy of selinexor that would reasonably be expected to lead to the material withdrawal, restriction, limitation or adverse modification of any labeled indication of selinexor.

SECTION 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that until Payment in Full of all Obligations, each Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 5.

5.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports. Unless otherwise provided below, the Company will deliver to Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders by posting to the Platform in compliance with Section 10.1(b):

(a) [Reserved];

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (other than the Fiscal Quarter ending on the last day of each Fiscal Year), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity

 

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and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, together with a Financial Officer Certification with respect thereto;

(c) Annual Financial Statements. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year (i) the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification; and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized regional or national standing selected by the Company, (which report and accompanying financial statements shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, in each case, other than due to an Event of Default under or maturity of Indebtedness, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards);

(d) Compliance Certificate. On the date the financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or (c), a duly executed Compliance Certificate from the Chief Financial Officer certifying as to compliance with the minimum Consolidated Liquidity under Section 6.8 for each day during the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter;

(e) SEC Information. Within five (5) Business Days of delivery of filing thereof, copies of all material statements, reports and notices made available to the Credit Parties’ security holders or to any holders of Subordinated Indebtedness and copies of all reports and other filings made by the Company with any stock exchange on which any securities of the Company are traded and/or the SEC;

(f) Notice of Default. Promptly and in any event within three (3) days after any officer of the Company obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to the Company with respect thereto; (ii) that any Person has given any notice to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section 8.1(b); or (iii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of an Authorized Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, event or condition, and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

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(g) Notice of Adverse Proceedings. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any officer of the Company obtaining knowledge of (i) the institution of, or non-frivolous threat of, any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Company to Lenders, or (ii) any development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or liability of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates in excess of $2,500,000, individually, or $5,000,000, in the aggregate for all such Adverse Proceedings or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably available to the Company to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters;

(h) ERISA and Employment Matters. (i) Within three (3) Business Days after becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; (ii) within three Business Days after the same is available to any Credit Party, copies of (1) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan; (2) all written notices received by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (3) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, and (iii) within three (3) Business Days after any Credit Party sends notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (as defined in WARN) to employees, copies of each such notice sent by such Credit Party;

(i) Notice Regarding Material Contracts or Material Indebtedness. Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after (i) (A) any Material Contract of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is terminated or amended in a manner that is materially adverse to the Company or such Subsidiary, or (B) any new Material Contract is entered into, or (ii) any officer of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries obtaining knowledge (A) of any condition or event that constitutes a default or an event of default under any Material Contract, Related Agreement, or Material Indebtedness, (B) that any event, circumstance, or condition exists or has occurred that gives any counterparty to such Material Contract an early termination right thereunder, or (C) that notice has been given to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries asserting that any such condition or event has occurred, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such event in writing, specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition or event and, in the case of clause (i), including copies of such material amendments or new contracts (to the extent such delivery is permitted by the terms of any such Material Contract) and, in the case of clause (ii), as applicable, explaining the nature of such claimed default or event of default, and including an explanation of any actions being taken or proposed to be taken by such Credit Party with respect thereto;

(j) Environmental Reports and Audits. As soon as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits, reports, and notices with respect to Environmental Claims at any Facility or that relate to any Environmental Claims against the Company or its Subsidiaries that, in any such case, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(k) Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Company will furnish to Collateral Agent prior written notice of any change (i) in any Credit Party’s corporate name, (ii) in any Credit Party’s corporate form, (iii) in any Credit Party’s jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation, or (iv) in any Credit Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or state organizational identification number. Company agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral as contemplated in the Collateral Documents. Company also agrees to promptly notify Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed;

(l) Annual Collateral Verification. Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.1(c), Company shall deliver to Collateral Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer either (A) confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Collateral Questionnaire delivered on the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1(o) or (B) identifying such changes;

(m) KYC Documentation.

(i) Within ten (10) days following an Agent’s or any Lender’s request therefor after the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

(ii) Within ten (10) days following an Agent’s or any Lender’s request therefor after the Closing Date, any Credit Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall deliver a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Credit Party or to the extent applicable, a certification that there has been no change in facts which would render a previously delivered Beneficial Ownership Certification to be untrue, incomplete or misleading.

(iii) Promptly following any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification by any Credit Party delivered to an Agent or any Lender that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such Beneficial Ownership Certification, written notice of such change in the information provided in such Beneficial Ownership Certification and

(n) Other Information. (A) Within ten (10) days of their becoming available and not contained in any information or documents previously delivered to Administrative Agent, copies of (i) all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Company to its Security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Company to its Security holders acting in such capacity, (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority, (iii) all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (B) promptly after any request, such other information and data with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (b), (c), (e), (i) and (n) of this Section 5.1 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Company and the Subsidiaries by filing the Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K, as applicable, of the Company with the Securities Exchange Commission.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (b), (c), (e), (i) and (n) of this Section 5.1 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the earliest date on which (i) any Credit Party posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Company’s website and (ii) such financial statements and/or other documents are posted on the Securities Exchange Commission’s website on the internet at www.sec.gov; provided, that, the Company shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, continue to deliver copies (which delivery may be by electronic transmission) of such documents to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.

5.2 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.9, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, good standing and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business; provided, no Credit Party (other than Company with respect to its existence) or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such existence, right or franchise, licenses and permits if such Person’s Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to Lenders.

5.3 Payment of Taxes and Claims. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all material Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto, except to the extent that the failure to pay such Tax or claim could not reasonably be expected to result in a liability in excess of $2,500,000, individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate; provided, no such Tax or claim need to be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (a) adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (b) in the case of a Tax or claim that has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such Tax or claim.

 

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5.4 Maintenance of Properties. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty loss excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof, except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that nothing in this Section 5.4 shall prevent sales of property, consolidations or mergers by or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.7 or Section 6.9.

5.5 Insurance. The Company will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) in the case of each liability insurance policy, name Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a lender loss payable clause or endorsement, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Requisite Lenders, that names Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, for the benefit of Secured Parties as the lender loss payee thereunder, and (iii) in each case, provide for at least thirty days’ (or ten days’ in the case of nonpayment of premium) prior written notice to Collateral Agent of any modification or cancellation of such policy.

5.6 Books and Records; Inspections. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true, and correct, in all material respects, entries in conformity in all material respects with GAAP shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized representatives designated by any Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of any Credit Party and any of its respective Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers, all upon reasonable prior notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested; provided that if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such visits and inspections shall be limited to once per year.

5.7 Lenders Meetings. The Company will, upon the request of Administrative Agent or any Lender, participate in a meeting of Lenders (which the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, attend) once per Fiscal Quarter to be held via web conference or teleconference at such time as may be agreed to by Company and the Requisite Lenders.

5.8 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party will comply in all material respects, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply in all material respects with (i) all Requirements of Law (it being understood, in the case of any laws, rules, regulations, and orders specifically referred to any other provision of this Agreement, the Credit Parties shall also be required to represent and/or comply with, as applicable, the express terms of such provision), and (ii) all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws, Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Healthcare Laws in accordance with Sections 4.26(a) and 4.27. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain the policies and procedures described in Section 4.26(b).

 

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5.9 Environmental.

(a) Environmental Disclosure. The Company will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:

(i) as soon as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits, investigations, analyses and written reports of any kind or character, whether prepared by personnel of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by independent consultants, Governmental Authorities or any other Persons, with respect to material environmental matters at any Facility or with respect to any material Environmental Claims;

(ii) promptly upon the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any Release required to be reported to any Governmental Authority under any applicable Environmental Laws, (2) any remedial action taken by the Company or any other Person in response to (A) any Hazardous Materials Activities the existence of which has a reasonable possibility of resulting in one or more Environmental Claims having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (B) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, have a reasonable possibility of resulting in a Material Adverse Effect and (3) the Company’s discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of any Facility that could cause such Facility or any part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental Laws;

(iii) as soon as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any and all written communications with respect to (1) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, have a reasonable probability of giving rise to a Material Adverse Effect, (2) any Release required to be reported to any Governmental Authority, and (3) any request for information from any Governmental Authority that suggests such Governmental Authority is investigating whether the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be potentially responsible for any Hazardous Materials Activity;

(iv) prompt written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any proposed acquisition of stock, assets, or property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to (A) expose the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or result in, Environmental Claims that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (B) materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force and effect all material Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws for their respective operations and (2) any proposed action to be taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to modify current operations in a manner that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any additional material obligations or requirements under any Environmental Laws; and

 

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(v) with reasonable promptness, such other documents and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in relation to any matters disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.9(a).

(b) Hazardous Materials Activities, Etc. Each Credit Party shall promptly take, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable Environmental Laws by such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder where failure to do so would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

5.10 Additional Guarantors. In the event that any Person becomes a Subsidiary of any Credit Party that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, such Credit Party shall, within thirty (30) days (or at such later time as is approved by Collateral Agent) after such Person becoming a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, (a) cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder and a Grantor under the Pledge and Security Agreement (or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, the equivalent action under the applicable Collateral Document) by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a Counterpart Agreement or other applicable agreement, and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are reasonably requested by Collateral Agent in connection therewith, including such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(e), 3.1(g), 3.1(h), 3.1(j), and 3.1(k). In addition, such Credit Party shall deliver, or cause such Subsidiary to deliver, as applicable, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are reasonably requested by Collateral Agent in order to grant and to perfect a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, in 100% of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary under the Pledge and Security Agreement (or, in the case of a CFC, 65% of the voting Capital Stock (or such greater amount that would not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, be reasonably expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to any Credit Party) and 100% of the nonvoting Capital Stock under the equivalent Collateral Document) (including, as applicable, original certificates evidencing such Capital Stock and related powers or instruments of transfer executed in blank, as applicable); provided that if such Subsidiary is an Immaterial Subsidiary, no foreign perfection actions shall be required. With respect to each such Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, Company shall send to Administrative Agent prior written notice setting forth with respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became or is intended to become a Subsidiary of Company that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, and (ii) all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 with respect to such Subsidiary; provided, such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule 4.1 and 4.2 for all purposes hereof automatically upon such Person becoming a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary.

 

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5.11 Additional Locations and Real Estate Assets.

(a) Fee-Owned Real Estate Assets. In the event that any Credit Party owns or acquires a fee-owned Real Estate Asset not constituting Immaterial Fee-Owned Property and such interest has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, then such Credit Party shall promptly notify Collateral Agent thereof, and on the same date as acquiring or leasing such fee-owned Real Estate Asset, shall take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such Mortgaged Real Estate Documents with respect to each such fee-owned Real Estate Asset that Requisite Lenders shall reasonably request to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First Priority Lien in such fee-owned Real Estate Asset.

(b) Appraisals. In addition to the foregoing, Company shall, at the request of Collateral Agent, deliver, from time to time, to Collateral Agent such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Real Estate Assets with respect to which Collateral Agent has been granted a Mortgage.

(c) Other New Locations. In the event that any Credit Party leases a new location where Collateral with a value in excess of $500,000 is located, such Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts obtain a Landlord Collateral Access Agreement or a similar instrument executed by the relevant lessor or other counterparty in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to such location within 30 days of entering into such lease or other arrangements.

5.12 Reserved.

5.13 Further Assurances. Each Credit Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as are required or as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents or to perfect, achieve better perfection of, or renew the rights of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary that may be deemed to be part of the Collateral). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall take such actions as are required or as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by a First Priority Lien on substantially all of the assets of the Company, and its Subsidiaries and all of the outstanding Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries.

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5.15 Post-Closing Matters. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, as applicable, satisfy the requirements set forth below on or before the respective date specified for each such requirement or such later date as is agreed to by Administrative Agent.

(a) Deposit Account Control Agreement. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as Requisite Lenders may agree in their reasonable discretion pursuant to a Direction of the Requisite Lenders), the Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into Deposit Account Control Agreements or Securities Account Control Agreements, as applicable, with respect to all Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts that do not constitute Excluded Accounts.

(b) Landlord Collateral Access Agreement. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as Requisite Lenders may agree in their reasonable discretion pursuant to a Direction of the Requisite Lenders), the Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a Landlord Collateral Access Agreement with respect to each of its Leasehold Properties.

(c) Insurance Endorsements. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as Requisite Lenders may agree in their reasonable discretion pursuant to a Direction of the Requisite Lenders), the Credit Parties shall deliver endorsements naming Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as additional insured and lender loss payable thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.5.

SECTION 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that until Payment in Full of all Obligations, such Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 6.

6.1 Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness of Company or any Guarantor to Company or to any other Guarantor, or of Company to any Guarantor or otherwise among the Credit Parties; provided, (i) all such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note and Subordination, and shall be subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement (or an equivalent Collateral Document governed by foreign law) and (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the Payment in Full of all Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Note and Subordination;

(c) the Existing Convertible Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(d) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries arising from (i) agreements providing for customary indemnification or from customary performance guaranties or (ii) letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Company or any such Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or permitted dispositions of any business, assets or Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, in the case of clause (ii) hereof, shall not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

 

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(e) Indebtedness that may be deemed to exist pursuant to any performance, surety, appeal or similar bonds or statutory obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, and guarantee obligations in respect of any such Indebtedness not to exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided that such cap shall not apply to any such bonds or statutory obligations in accordance with Requirements of Law;

(f) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, cash pooling, overdraft protections and other services provided in connection with deposit accounts and Cash Management Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 6.1 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(h) guaranties by the Company of Indebtedness of a Guarantor or guaranties by a Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor with respect, in each case, to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1; provided, that if the Indebtedness that is being guaranteed is unsecured and/or subordinate to the Obligations (in payment or Lien priority), then such guaranties shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent as such guaranteed Indebtedness;

(i) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;

(j) Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $2,500,000 consisting of (x) Capital Lease Obligations and (y) other purchase money Indebtedness, in each case incurred simultaneously with, prior to or within 180 days after the acquisition of assets in connection therewith; provided, in the case of clause (x), that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset subject to such Capital Lease, and, in the case of clause (y), that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(k) obligations under Hedge Agreements that are not for speculative purposes and are approved by a Direction of the Requisite Lenders;

(l) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, guarantees or other similar instruments incurred in the ordinary course of business securing the performance of operating leases or payor contracts not to exceed, in the aggregate at any time outstanding, $2,500,000;

(m) Earnouts and seller financing constituting Subordinated Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;

(n) Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former officers, directors and employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses with respect to the cancellation, purchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such cancellation, purchase or redemption is permitted under Section 6.5;

 

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(o) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of the payment of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(p) Indebtedness secured by clauses (b), (c), (d), (i), (o) and (q) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”;

(q) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft, or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Indebtedness in the form of reimbursements owed to officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees of the Company or any Subsidiary for business expenses of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(s) Acquired Debt; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of all of the Acquired Debt shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding; provided, further that prior to a Registrational Trial Positive Readout, Acquired Debt shall not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate;

(t) Indebtedness under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; and

(u) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries not to exceed an aggregate principal amount equal to $5,000,000 at any time outstanding of which not more than $1,000,000 may be secured Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.2(w).

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.1 to the contrary, in no event shall any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof enter into, or incur any Indebtedness pursuant to, any royalty financing (other than the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility as in effect on the date hereof and any Permitted Refinancing thereof).

6.2 Liens. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased (as lessee), or licensed (as licensee), or any income, profits, or royalties therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income, profits, or royalties under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute or under any applicable intellectual property laws, rules or procedures, except:

(a) Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Credit Document;

 

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(b) (i) inchoate Liens for ad valorem property Taxes not yet delinquent and (ii) Liens for Taxes if obligations with respect to such Taxes are not yet due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP so long as the aggregate amount of such Taxes does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set-off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet overdue, or (ii) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of five days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;

(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof not to exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case that do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and that, in the aggregate for any parcel of real property subject thereto, do not materially detract from the value of such parcel;

(f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;

(g) Liens solely on any customary cash earnest money deposits made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

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(k) non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of Company or such Subsidiary;

(l) Liens described in Schedule 6.2;

(m) Liens securing purchase money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(j); provided, any such Lien shall encumber only the asset acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;

(n) Liens securing the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) and the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof), in each case, so long as such Liens solely encumber Collateral and are subordinated to the Liens granted under the Credit Documents pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement;

(o) Liens arising out of judgments, attachments or awards not resulting in an Event of Default and in respect of which the Company or any applicable Subsidiary shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review in respect of which there shall be secured a subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings and, in the case of any such Lien which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral;

(p) Liens on cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1(l) (not in excess of 105% of the principal amount thereof);

(q) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of any Credit Party or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of such Credit Party in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or other similar instrument to the extent such obligations are permitted by Section 6.1;

(r) (i) Liens on property or Capital Stock of another Person existing at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company; and provided further that such Liens were granted to secure repayment of Acquired Debt and (ii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by the Company or the Subsidiary; and provided further that such Liens were granted to secure repayment of Acquired Debt;

(s) Liens on Capital Stock of Subsidiaries that are not (i) Guarantors or (ii) pledged pursuant to the terms of the Pledge and Security Agreement;

(t) customary Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure Cash Management Obligations and other obligations in respect of payment processing services, business credit card programs, and netting services, overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depositary and cash management services;

 

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(u) Liens on insurance policies, premiums and proceeds thereof, or other deposits, to secure insurance premium financings with respect to unearned premiums and other liabilities to insurance carriers;

(v) Liens on Capital Stock of Joint Ventures securing capital contributions to, or obligations of, such Persons and customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar rights in Joint Venture agreements; and

(w) other Liens on assets that secure Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.2 to the contrary, in no event shall any obligations of any Credit Party under any Hedge Agreement be secured by any Lien.

6.3 Equitable Lien. If any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens, it shall make or cause to be made effective provisions whereby the Obligations will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness secured thereby as long as any such Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not be construed as a consent by Requisite Lenders to the creation or assumption of any such Lien not otherwise permitted hereby.

6.4 No Further Negative Pledges. Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to a permitted Asset Sale, (b) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, Liens, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), (c) restrictions in the provisions of the 2029 Convertible Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility and any Permitted Refinancing thereof or the Intercreditor Agreement, (d) any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness referenced in clauses (a) through (c) above, (e) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to any existing Credit Party, (f) restrictions on cash (or Investments permitted hereunder) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Liens) and (g) customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, sale leaseback agreements, joint venture agreements and other similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business, no Credit Party shall enter into or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any agreement prohibiting, or triggering any requirement for equitable and ratable sharing of Liens or any similar obligations upon, the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any Credit Party’s properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations.

 

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6.5 Restricted Junior Payments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except:

(a) (i) any Subsidiary of Company may make Restricted Junior Payments to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company (subject to the terms of the Intercompany Note and Subordination), (ii) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Junior Payments to the holders of its Capital Stock on a pro rata basis and (iii) any Credit Party may make Restricted Junior Payments to any other Credit Party;

(b) the Company and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Capital Stock not constituting Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person;

(c) the Company may make payments of regularly scheduled interest on, and of principal at the scheduled maturity of, the Existing Convertible Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) and of regularly scheduled interest and principal on the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof);

(d) the Company may pay the Revenue Interests, Additional Amounts (each as defined in the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility as in effect on the date hereof) and any indemnity obligations owing thereunder, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility as in effect on the date hereof;

(e) the repurchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the Company held by officers, directors or employees (or their transferees, estates or beneficiaries under their estates) of a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, upon their death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment or service;

(f) the Company may make any Restricted Junior Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a contribution to the common equity of the Company or a substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company;

(g) the repurchase of Capital Stock (i) deemed to occur upon the exercise of options, warrants or other convertible securities to the extent that such Capital Stock represent all or a portion of the exercise price thereof or (ii) deemed to occur upon the withholding of a portion of Capital Stock granted or awarded to any current or former officer, director, manager, employee or consultant (or permitted transferees, assigns, estates, trusts or heirs of any of the foregoing) to pay for taxes payable by such Person in connection with such grant or award (or the vesting thereof);

 

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(h) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to Requirements of Law in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation with, or other acquisition of, another Person;

(i) to the extent constituting Restricted Junior Payments, the payment of contingent liabilities in respect of any adjustment of purchase price, earn outs, deferred compensation and similar obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Investments permitted under Section 6.7;

(j) the Company may make payments pursuant to the terms of the Related Agreements;

(k) the Company may refinance Indebtedness with proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.1;

(l) any Credit Party may make payments in respect of any earn out obligations or seller financing indebtedness in accordance with any applicable Subordination Agreement; provided that, at the time of such Restricted Junior Payment and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom and (ii) after giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment, on a pro forma basis, the Credit Parties are in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.8 hereof;

(m) the Company may redeem and repay the Existing Convertible Notes prior to their scheduled maturity solely with, and to the extent permitted by, the prior Direction of the Requisite Lenders;

(n) payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant and any repurchases of Capital Stock in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units; and

(o) other Restricted Junior Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; provided that this clause (o) may not be used to make Restricted Junior Payments with respect to on the Existing Convertible Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof), the 2029 Convertible Senior Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof), or Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof).

6.6 Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of Company to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock owned by Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (c) make loans or advances to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, or (d) transfer any of its property or assets to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, in each case, other than restrictions (i) in the Credit Documents, (ii) in agreements evidencing secured Indebtedness permitted by

 

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Section 6.1 that impose restrictions on the property securing such Indebtedness, (iii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting, encumbrances or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements not prohibited by this Agreement, (iv) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Capital Stock not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, (v) pursuant to the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture and any Permitted Refinancing thereof or the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, (vi) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to any existing Credit Party, (vii) restrictions on cash (or Investments permitted hereunder) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Liens) and (viii) restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the disposition of any assets pending such disposition; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets that is or are subject of such disposition and such disposition is permitted hereunder.

6.7 Investments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Acquisition or make or own any Investment (including if made as an Acquisition) in any Person, including any Joint Venture, except:

(a) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;

(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary;

(c) Investments (i) in any Securities voluntarily accepted in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(d) (i) Investments in any Subsidiaries that are Credit Parties and (ii) Investments by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;

(e) loans and advances to directors, officers, and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(f) Permitted Acquisitions; provided that prior to a Registrational Trial Positive Readout consideration in respect of such Permitted Acquisitions shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all Permitted Acquisitions during the term of this Agreement;

(g) Investments existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.7 and Investments consisting of an extension, modification, replacement or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Closing Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased as expressly required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date;

 

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(h) Hedge Agreements permitted under Section 6.1(k) to the extent constituting Investments;

(i) guarantees by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1; provided, any such guarantee shall be subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent and on the same terms and conditions as the Indebtedness guaranteed has been subordinated to the Obligations;

(j) guarantees in the ordinary course of business of obligations owed to landlords, suppliers, customers and licensees of any Credit Party;

(k) Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a Permitted Acquisition;

(l) Investments received in connection with Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1, dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 6.9 and Restricted Junior Payments to the extent permitted by Section 6.5;

(m) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

(o) non-cash Investments made in connection with bona fide tax planning and reorganization activities as determined in good faith by the Company; provided that such non-cash Investments and tax planning and reorganization activities shall not impair the value of the Collateral, when taken as a whole, or the value of the Guaranty, taken as a whole, in any material respect and shall not otherwise be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;

(p) cash Investments by Credit Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time;

(q) Investments consisting of loans not involving the net transfer on a substantially contemporaneous basis of cash proceeds to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of capital stock of Company pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or other similar agreements;

(r) Investments consisting of travel advances in the ordinary course of business;

(s) non-cash Investments (other than of Material Intellectual Property) in connection with Joint Ventures to the extent the same is a permitted Asset Sale pursuant to Section 6.9 (other than by reference to this Section 6.7(s)) and any cash Investments in connection with any such transactions not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year;

 

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(t) Investments and other acquisitions to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Company; and

(u) other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.7 to the contrary, in no event shall any Credit Party make any Investment that results in or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section 6.5.

6.8 Minimum Consolidated Liquidity. The Company shall not permit Consolidated Liquidity at any time to be less than $25,000,000.

6.9 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation (including through a plan of division), or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), consummate any Asset Sale, or Dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased (as lessee), or licensed (as licensee), except, subject to Section 6.14:

(a) any Subsidiary of Company may be merged with or into Company or any Guarantor, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any Guarantor; provided, in the case of such a merger involving Company, Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and in the case of any other such merger, a Guarantor that is Wholly-Owned by the Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

(b) the granting of Liens permitted under Section 6.2, Restricted Junior Payments permitted under Section 6.5 and Investments permitted under Section 6.7 (other than Section 6.7(l));

(c) Asset Sales, to the extent (1) the proceeds received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Company), (2) no less than 75% of the total consideration thereof shall consist of Cash paid upon or after the closing of each applicable Asset Sale (so long as at least 75% of the consideration paid upon such closing shall consist of Cash) and (3) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied to the extent required by Section 2.13(a);

(d) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property to any Credit Party;

(e) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases (other than relating to Intellectual Property, in each case) granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business and not interfering with the business of the Company and its Affiliates;

 

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(f) the (i) exclusive and non-exclusive licensing of Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property), (ii) exclusive and non-exclusive licensing of foreign rights to Oncology Indications of selinexor, (iii) exclusive and non-exclusive licensing of non-Oncology Indications of selinexor, (iv) non-exclusive and non-commercial licensing of Material Intellectual Property for bona fide operating business purposes (as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith), and (v) exclusive licensing of Material Intellectual Property other than Intellectual Property with respect to selinexor (including any formulations, re-formulations, polymorphs, crystal forms, solvates, amorphous forms, methods of treatment, and methods of manufacture), in each case, so long as the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied to the extent required by Section 2.13(a);

(g) any abandonment, cancellation, non-renewal or discontinuance of use or maintenance of Intellectual Property (or rights relating thereto) (other than Material Intellectual Property) of any Credit Party that the Company reasonably determines in good faith is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or is no longer economically practicable to maintain;

(h) any Involuntary Disposition or any sale, lease, license or other disposition of property (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Intellectual Property) in settlement of, or to make payment in satisfaction of, any property or casualty insurance;

(i) inventory sold to unaffiliated customers and dispositions consisting of the sale, transfer, discount, assignment or other disposition of unpaid and overdue accounts receivable in connection with the collection, compromise or settlement thereof in the ordinary course of business and not as part of a financing transaction;

(j) the sale, transfer, issuance or other disposition of a de minimis number of shares of the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary of a Credit Party in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by Requirements of Law;

(k) dispositions of property (other than Material Intellectual Property) to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property, or other assets of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business or (ii) an amount equal to the net proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(l) dispositions of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between the Joint Venture parties set forth in, Joint Venture agreements and similar binding arrangements; and

(m) disposals of used, surplus, obsolete or worn-out property (other than Intellectual Property) that is, in the reasonable judgment of such Credit Party, no longer economically practicable to maintain or no longer used or useful in any material respect in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Credit Documents, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate any “Division” (as defined in Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act) or similar organizational change that may hereafter be permitted under any applicable statute.

 

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6.10 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Except for any sale of all of its interests in the Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.9, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries, except (i) to another Credit Party (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), (ii) to qualify Directors if required by applicable law or (iii) in connection with the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of any Immaterial Subsidiary.

6.11 Sales and Lease-Backs. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, that such Credit Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party to any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease.

6.12 Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries may enter into or permit to exist any such transaction if the terms of such transaction are fair and reasonable and not less favorable to the Company or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; further; provided, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) any transaction between or among Credit Parties; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (c) reasonable and customary reimbursement and compensation arrangements for officers, directors and other employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; (d) transactions described in Schedule 6.12; (e) the issuance of the Warrants and the exercise of any and all related rights by the holder in connection therewith; (f) transactions permitted by Section 6.5 or Section 6.7 hereof; and (g) transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration of less than $2,500,000 (in one transaction or a series of transactions).

6.13 Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in (i) any business other than (A) the businesses engaged in by such Credit Party on the Closing Date and business ancillary, incidental, or substantially related thereto, and (B) such other lines of business as may be acceptable to Requisite Lenders, or (ii) any business or activities that conflict with Section 4.26(a).

6.14 Material Intellectual Property. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall not, (i) except as permitted by Section 6.9(f), (A) make any Investment, dividend, or disposition of, exclusively license or otherwise assign or transfer, any Material Intellectual Property to any Person that is not a Domestic Subsidiary and a Credit Party, or (B) permit any Subsidiary or Joint Venture of the Company that is not a Credit Party to hold any Material Intellectual Property, in each case, other than non-exclusive and non-commercial licenses for bona fide operating business purposes (as reasonably determined by the

 

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Company in good faith) or (ii) except for non-exclusive and non-commercial licenses permitted by Section 6.9(f)(iv), dispose, sell, assign, license or otherwise transfer, or permit the disposition, sale, assignment, license or transfer of any U.S. rights to Oncology Indications with respect to any pharmaceutical or biological composition containing selinexor (or any re-formulations thereof).

6.15 Reserved.

6.16 Amendments or Waivers with Respect to Certain Indebtedness. Except to the extent expressly permitted under the terms of the corresponding Subordination Agreement or Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness that constitutes Material Indebtedness or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Indebtedness, increase the principal amount thereof, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions thereof (or of any guaranty thereof), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is, when taken as a whole, to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders thereof (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) in each case in a manner that would be adverse to any Credit Party, the Agents or any Lender.

6.17 Fiscal Year; Accounting Policies. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to change its Fiscal Year-end from December 31 or make any change in its accounting policies that is not required under GAAP.

6.18 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. No Credit Party will establish or maintain a Deposit Account or a Securities Account that is not a Controlled Account, deposit any funds or proceeds in a Deposit Account that is not a Controlled Account or deposit, acquire, or otherwise carry any security entitlement or commodity contract in a Securities Account that is not a Controlled Account; provided, that, the foregoing shall not apply to Excluded Accounts.

6.19 Amendments to Certain Documents and Agreements. No Credit Party shall (a) amend or permit any amendments to any Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents; or (b) amend, terminate (other than in accordance with its terms), or waive or permit any amendment, termination (other than in accordance with its terms), or waiver of any provision of, any Material Contract if in the case of clause (a) or (b) such amendment, termination, or waiver would be adverse to Administrative Agent or the Lenders.

6.20 Use of Proceeds. No Credit Party shall use the proceeds of any Term Loans except as set forth in Section 2.5.

 

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SECTION 7 GUARANTY

7.1 Guaranty of the Obligations. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 and any limitations set forth in the definition of the term Guarantor, Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries the due and punctual Payment in Full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

7.2 Contribution by Guarantors. All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by, (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations Guaranteed. “Fair Share Contribution Amount means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided, solely for purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. “Aggregate Payments means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of this Section 7.2), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.2.

7.3 Payment by Guarantors. Subject to Section 7.2, Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that any Beneficiary may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Company to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to

 

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the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest that, but for Company’s becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Company for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.

7.4 Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance that constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

(a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;

(b) Collateral Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Company and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;

(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Company and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Company, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Company or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Company is joined in any such action or actions;

(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Collateral Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(e) any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed

 

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Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against any other Credit Party or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit Documents; and

(f) this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to depart from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit Document or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Credit Documents or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Beneficiary’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral that secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims that Company may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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7.5 Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Company, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Company, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Company or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Company or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Company or any other Guarantor from any cause other than Payment in Full of all Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law that provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior that amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, that are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder, or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Company and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 7.4 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law that limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or that may conflict with the terms hereof.

7.6 Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been Paid in Full, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against any other Credit Party with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against any other Credit Party, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been Paid in Full, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 7.2. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Company or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against

 

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any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against any Credit Party, to all right, title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been Paid in Full, such amount shall be held in trust for Collateral Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Collateral Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.

7.7 Subordination of Other Obligations. Any Indebtedness of Company or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any Distribution collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Collateral Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Collateral Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof. For purposes of this Section 7.7, “Distribution” means, with respect to any Indebtedness subordinated pursuant to this Section 7.7, (a) any payment or distribution by any Person of cash, securities or other property, by set-off or otherwise, on account of such Indebtedness, (b) any redemption of or purchase or other acquisition of such Indebtedness from the Obligee Guarantor by any other Person, and (c) the granting of any lien or security interest to or for the benefit of the Obligee Guarantor or any other Person in or upon any property of any Person to secure such Indebtedness.

7.8 Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been Paid in Full. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.

7.9 Authority of Guarantors or Company. It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Company or the officers, Directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.

7.10 Financial Condition of Company. Any Credit Extension may be made to Company or continued from time to time without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Company at the time of any such grant or continuation. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of Company. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Company on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Company and its ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Company and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Company now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.

 

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7.11 Bankruptcy, Etc.

(a) So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against Company or any other Guarantor. The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Company or any other Guarantor or by any defense that Company or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.

(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations that are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order that may relieve any Credit Party of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.

(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by any Credit Party, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments that are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.

7.12 Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such Asset Sale (provided that Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may, after receipt of a written certificate of a Chief Financial Officer of Company or the Company certifying that such transaction is permitted pursuant to the Credit Documents, execute and deliver any documentation reasonably requested by Company in writing to further evidence or reflect any such release, all at the expense of Company).

 

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7.13 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by any other Credit Party hereunder to honor all of such Credit Party’s obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 7.13 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 7.13, or otherwise under this Guaranty, as it relates to such Credit Party, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 7.13 shall remain in full force and effect until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been Paid in Full. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 7.13 constitute, and this Section 7.13 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Credit Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

SECTION 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

8.1 Events of Default. If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur:

(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. Failure by Company to pay (i) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Loan whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise or (ii) when due any installment of principal of any Loan, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise. Failure by Company to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in subsection (i) and (ii) of this subsection 8.1(a)) due under any Credit Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; or

(b) Default in Other Agreements. (i) Failure of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount, including any payment in settlement, payable in respect of one or more items of Material Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any other term of (1) one or more items of Material Indebtedness, or (2) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Material Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Material Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), with or without the passage of time, to cause, that Material Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or other redemption) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be, (iii) the occurrence of any fundamental change or make-whole fundamental change under the Existing Convertible Notes or the 2029 Convertible Notes or (iv) the occurrence of any Special Termination Event under the Healthcare Royalty Partners Facility; or

(c) Breach of Certain Covenants. Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section 5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(d), 5.1(f), 5.1(g), 5.1(k), Section 5.2 (with respect to the Company), Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 5.5, Section 5.6, Section 5.8, Section 5.15 or Section 6; or

 

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(d) Breach of Representations, etc. Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false or misleading in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made; provided that such materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representations and warranties to the extent already qualified or modified by materiality or similar concept in the text thereof; or

(e) Other Defaults Under Credit Documents. Any Credit Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Credit Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other paragraph of this Section 8.1 or consisting of a condition or status that is expressly required to exist or be satisfied at a specific time, and such term has not been fully and permanently performed or complied with within thirty days after the earlier of (i) an officer of such Credit Party becoming aware of such default, or (ii) receipt by Company of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or

(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Debtor Relief Law; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for sixty (60) days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or

(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 8.1(f); or

(h) Judgments and Attachments. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving (i) in any individual case an amount in excess of $2,500,000 or (ii) in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $5,000,000 (in either case to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty days; or

 

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(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree (other than in connection with any voluntary dissolutions permitted by Section 6.9(a)) shall be entered against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days,; or

(j) Employee Benefit Plans. (i) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events that individually or in the aggregate results in or might reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of $2,500,000 during the term hereof; or (ii) there exists any fact or circumstance that reasonably could be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or security interest under Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code; or

(k) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or

(l) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Credit Documents. At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the Payment in Full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the Payment In Full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the failure of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to take any action within its control or any Credit Party taking or not taking an action that it is permitted to take or not to take, as applicable, by an express term of the Credit Documents, or (iii) any Credit Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Credit Document to which it is a party or shall contest the validity of or perfection of any Lien in any Collateral granted or purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents; or

(m) The FDA or the Company withdraws approval for selinexor with respect to its current approved indication for use with bortezomib and dexamethasone;

THEN, (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g), automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Company by Administrative Agent, (A) the Commitments, if any, of each Lender having such Commitments; and (B) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Credit Party:

 

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(I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest and premium on the Loans, and (II) all other Obligations. In addition to the foregoing rights and remedies, Administrative Agent, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, may cause Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral Documents and Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may enforce any other rights and remedies available to it under any Credit Document or under applicable law.

SECTION 9 AGENTS

9.1 Appointment of Agents. WSFS is hereby appointed Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes WSFS, in such capacity, to act as Administrative Agent and each Secured Party hereby authorizes WSFS, in such capacity, to act as Collateral Agent, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act in its capacity as such upon the express conditions contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of Agents and the Secured Parties and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and the Secured Parties, as applicable, and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any of the Guarantors). Each Agent (other than Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent), without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. Each Agent (other than Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent), may resign from such role at any time, with immediate effect, by giving prior written notice thereof to Administrative Agent and Company. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Requisite Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Credit Documents, and the exercise by the Requisite Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders.

9.2 Powers and Duties. Each Lender and other Secured Party irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s or Secured Party’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. In the event that any obligations are permitted to be incurred and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations hereunder and/or are permitted to be secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral, each Lender and Secured Party authorizes Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as applicable, to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreements, subordination agreements and amendments to the Collateral Documents to reflect such arrangements on terms that are acceptable to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, in their respective sole discretion, as applicable.

 

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Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents, sub-agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by reason of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Secured Party or any other Person; and nothing in this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.

9.3 General Immunity.

(a) No Responsibility for Certain Matters. No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender or other Secured Party for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectability or sufficiency (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any Agent’s reliance on any electronic signatures, or signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed.pdf or any other electronic means) of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, agreements, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or Secured Parties or by or on behalf of any Credit Party to any Agent or any Lender or Secured Party in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Credit Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Credit Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or as to the value or sufficiency of any Collateral or as to the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 3 or elsewhere herein (other than confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent in its personal capacity as such) or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the component amounts thereof.

(b) Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, Directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders or Secured Parties for any action taken or omitted by any Agent (i) under or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) with the consent or at the request or direction of the Requisite Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement) or upon a Direction of the Requisite Lenders. No Agent shall, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, have any duty to disclose or be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Company or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested

 

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in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received (i) instructions in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) or a Direction of the Requisite Lenders and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be) or a Direction of the Requisite Lenders, such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise (and shall be fully protected in so acting, refraining from acting or exercising) such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions, including for the avoidance of doubt refraining from any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law; provided, however, that (1) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Agent shall be required to take any action which, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, exposes any Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or Requirements of Law and (2) each Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to act under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it first receives further assurances of its indemnification from the Lenders that the such Agent reasonably believes it may require, including prepayment of any related expenses and any other protection it requires against any and all costs, expenses and liabilities it may incur in taking or continuing to take any such action upon a Direction of the Requisite Lenders. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in, and shall not incur any liability for, relying, upon any oral or written communication, instrument, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure, authorization or document (which may include a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution or signed using an electronic signature, or signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed.pdf or any other electronic means) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person or Persons (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Credit Documents for being the maker thereof), and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of, opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for the Company and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Person shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) or a Direction of the Requisite Lenders. In no event shall any Agent be required to expend or risk any of its own funds or otherwise incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of its duties under the Credit Documents or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers under this Agreement.

(c) Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Such appointing Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Section 9 shall apply to any Affiliates of any Agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Section 9 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such

 

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sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by an Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third party beneficiary of this Section 9, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Credit Parties and the Lenders and Secured Parties, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the applicable Agent and not to any Credit Party, Lender, Secured Party or any other Person and no Credit Party, Lender, Secured Party or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-agent. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

(d) Notice of Default or Event of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to a Responsible Employee of such Agent by a Credit Party or a Lender. In the event that a Responsible Employee of Administrative Agent shall receive such a notice, Administrative Agent will endeavor to give notice thereof to the Lenders; provided, that failure to give such notice shall not result in any liability on the part of Administrative Agent.

(e) Direction of Requisite Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents to the contrary, with respect to each reference herein or the other Credit Documents to documents, agreements or other matters being “satisfactory,” “acceptable,” “reasonably satisfactory”, “reasonably acceptable,” “waived” or “requested” (or any expression of similar import) to or by the Requisite Lenders, such determination may be communicated by a Direction of the Requisite Lenders.

(f) Environmental Liability. The parties hereto and the Lenders hereby agree and acknowledge that the Collateral Agent shall not assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any Environmental Law as a result of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Lenders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Documents, the Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral.

 

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9.4 Agents Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with the Company or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Company for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders and the other Secured Parties. The Lenders and other Secured Parties acknowledge that pursuant to such activities, the Agents or their Affiliates may receive information regarding any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Credit Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Agents and their Affiliates shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.

9.5 Lenders Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.

(a) Each Lender and each Secured Party (other than the Agents) represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or Secured Parties or to provide any Lender or Secured Party with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders or Secured Parties.

(b) Each Lender and other Secured Party (other than the Agents), by delivering its signature page to this Agreement or an Assignment Agreement and funding its Term Loan on the Closing Date shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date and to have authorized, directed and instructed each Agent to enter into and deliver each Credit Document to which it is party.

(c) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agents and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans or the Commitments;

 

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(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions for exemptive relief thereunder have been satisfied in connection therewith;

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement; or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion, and such Lender.

(d) In addition, if the immediately preceding clause (c)(i) is not applicable with respect to a Lender and if such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in the immediately preceding clause (c)(iv), then such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agents, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company, that none of the Agents is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by any Agent under this Agreement, any Credit Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

9.6 Right to Indemnity. Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, their Affiliates and their and their Affiliates’ respective officers, partners, directors, members, managers, trustees, employees, advisors, consultants, administrators, agents, sub-agents and representatives of each Agent (each, an “Indemnitee Agent Party”), to the extent that such Indemnitee Agent Party shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee Agent Party in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Indemnitee Agent Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE

 

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NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY; provided, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Indemnitee Agent Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order; provided, however, no action taken in accordance with the consent or at the request of the Requisite Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement) or upon a Direction of the Requisite Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. If any indemnity furnished to any Indemnitee Agent Party for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Indemnitee Agent Party, be insufficient or become impaired, such Indemnitee Agent Party may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Indemnitee Agent Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof; provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Indemnitee Agent Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.

9.7 Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

(a) Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Company. Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution to act as successor Administrative Agent hereunder in such notice, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of Company and the Requisite Lenders, and Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (i) thirty days after delivery of the notice of resignation (regardless of whether a successor has been appointed or not), (ii) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by Company and the Requisite Lenders or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to by the Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation, if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the resigning Administrative Agent, then the Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to Company, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If neither the Requisite Lenders nor Administrative Agent have appointed a successor Administrative Agent, then the Requisite Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent automatically upon the effectiveness of such resignation and the resigning Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Administrative Agent shall instead be made to or by each Lender directly, until such time as a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent and the resigning Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums held under the Credit Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such

 

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amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such resigning Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any resignation of WSFS or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.7 shall also constitute the resignation of WSFS or its successor as Collateral Agent. After any resigning Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including the provisions of this Section 9 and Sections 10.2 and 10.3, shall survive and inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section 9.7 shall, automatically upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder.

(b) In addition to the foregoing, Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Company. Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of Company and the Requisite Lenders, and Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (i) thirty days after delivery of the notice of resignation, (ii) the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by Company and the Requisite Lenders or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to by the Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, if a successor Collateral Agent has not already been appointed by the resigning Administrative Agent, then Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Until a successor Collateral Agent is so appointed by Requisite Lenders or Administrative Agent, any collateral security held by Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under any of the Credit Documents shall continue to be held by the resigning Collateral Agent as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and the resigning or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent or otherwise authorize the filing of such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such resigning or removed Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents. After any resigning or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, including the provisions of this Section 9 and Sections 10.2 and 10.3, shall survive and inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement or the Collateral Documents while it was Collateral Agent hereunder. In the event no successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed within 60 days after the giving of notice of such resignation, the Collateral Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Collateral Agent.

 

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(c) [reserved].

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may assign their rights and duties as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder to an Affiliate of WSFS without the prior written consent of, or prior written notice to, Company or the Lenders; provided, that Company and the Lenders may deem and treat such assigning Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent for all purposes hereof, unless and until such assigning Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, provides written notice to Company and the Lenders of such assignment. Upon such assignment such Affiliate shall succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents.

9.8 Collateral Documents and Guaranty.

(a) Agents under Collateral Documents and Guaranty. Each Lender and other Secured Party hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of Secured Parties with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collateral Documents. Subject to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) in connection with a sale or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement, release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other disposition of assets or to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented, or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented. Upon request by Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing Collateral Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.8. Upon the reasonable request of Company, Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent may, after receipt of a written certificate of a Chief Financial Officer of Company certifying that such transaction is permitted pursuant to the Credit Documents (and Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate without further inquiry and shall have no liability to any Secured Party for any inaccuracy or misrepresentation contained therein), execute and deliver any such release documentation reasonably requested by Company in connection with such permitted releases as described above, all at the expense of Company. Notwithstanding anything in the Credit Documents to the contrary, each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that no Agent will be responsible for filing, continuing or otherwise tracking any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other security, mortgage or pledge filings required to be filed pursuant to the Credit Documents including, among other things, the upcoming lapse or expiration thereof.

 

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(b) Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranty. Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Company, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Secured Party (by acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Credit Documents, whether or not a signatory hereto or thereto) hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under any of the other Credit Documents may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure or similar enforcement action by Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition (including pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii), or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code), Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or disposition and Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition.

(c) [reserved].

(d) Release of Collateral and Guarantees, Termination of Credit Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Credit Document, when all Obligations have been Paid in Full, upon request of Company, or upon a disposition of assets expressly permitted under this Agreement, the Secured Parties’ Liens on all Collateral (upon Payment in Full) or on the Collateral that is the subject of a permitted disposition (upon a disposition of assets expressly permitted under this Agreement) shall be automatically released without any further action of the parties, and the Collateral Agent shall at the Company’s cost take such actions as shall be required to document or otherwise effectuate its release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all guarantee obligations provided for in any Credit Document. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of 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, Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

(e) No Duty. Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Credit Party in connection therewith, nor shall Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders or any Secured Party for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

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(f) Agency for Perfection. Each Agent and each Lender hereby appoints each other Agent and each other Lender as agent and bailee for the purpose of perfecting the security interests in and liens upon the Collateral in assets that, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC, can be perfected only by possession or control (or where the security interest of a Secured Party with possession or control has priority over the security interest of another Secured Party) and each Agent and each Lender hereby acknowledges that it holds possession of or otherwise controls any such Collateral for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement. Should Administrative Agent or any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, Administrative Agent or such Lender shall notify Collateral Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Collateral Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to Collateral Agent or in accordance with Collateral Agent’s instructions. Each Credit Party by its execution and delivery of this Agreement hereby consents to the foregoing.

9.9 Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by any applicable law, Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without duplication of the provisions of Section 2.19(g), if the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective or for any other reason, or if Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all reasonable expenses (including reasonable legal expenses and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.

9.10 Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relative to any Credit Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Company) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and Administrative Agent under Sections 2.10, 10.2 and 10.3) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.10, 10.2 and 10.3. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.10, 10.2 and 10.3 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Lenders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing contained in this Section 9.10 shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

9.11 Erroneous Payments. (a) If the Administrative Agent (x) notifies a Lender or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender (any such Lender or other recipient, a “Payment Recipient”) that Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof (provided, that, without limiting any other rights or remedies (whether at law or in equity), the Administrative Agent may not make any such demand under this clause (a) with respect to an Erroneous Payment unless such demand is made within 60 days of the date of receipt of such Erroneous Payment by the applicable Payment Recipient)), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 9.11 and held in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent, and such Lender shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Overnight Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

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(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Lender or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:

(i) it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and

(ii) such Lender shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.11(b).

For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.11(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s obligations pursuant to Section 9.11(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made.

(c) Each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by Administrative Agent to such Lender under any Credit Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under immediately preceding clause (a).

(d) The parties hereto agree that (x) irrespective of whether Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, to the rights and interests of such Lender, as the case may be) under the Credit Documents with respect to such amount (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”) and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Company; provided that this Section 9.11 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of Company relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from, or on behalf of (including through the exercise of remedies under any Credit Document), the Company for the purpose of a payment on the Obligations.

 

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(e) To the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 9.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Credit Document.

SECTION 10 MISCELLANEOUS

10.1 Notices.

(a) Notices Generally. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a Credit Party, Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent shall be sent to such Person’s mailing address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant Credit Document, and in the case of any Lender, the mailing address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise indicated to Administrative Agent and Company in writing. Each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served or sent by facsimile (excluding any notices to any Agent in its capacity as such), e-mail or U.S. mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile or e-mail, or three Business Days after depositing it in the U.S. mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided, no notice to any Agent in its capacity as such shall be effective until received by Agent; provided, further, any such notice or other communication shall, at the request of an Agent, be provided to any sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.3(c) as designated by such Agent from time to time.

(b) Electronic Communications.

(i) The Company and each Lender hereby acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of Company hereunder (collectively, “Company Materials”) by posting the Company Materials on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, SyndTrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (ii) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive information that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (all such information described in the foregoing, “MNPI”). Company hereby agrees that (1) it will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Company Materials to be identified

 

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as either (A) “PUBLIC” (which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof) or (B) “PRIVATE”; (2) by marking the Company Materials “PUBLIC,” Company shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Company Materials as not containing any MNPI (although it may be sensitive and proprietary); (3) all Company Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information,” and (4) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Company Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information” (it being understood that Company and its Subsidiaries shall not otherwise be under any obligation to mark any particular Company Materials “PUBLIC”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, financial statements and other documentation delivered pursuant to Sections 5.1(a), (b), (c) and (e) (with respect to clauses (c) and (e), only to the extent such reports and filings are filed by Company with any stock exchange on which any securities of Company are traded and/or the SEC) shall be deemed to be suitable for posting on a portion of the Platform designated for “Public Side Information.” Unless expressly marked “PUBLIC” and subject to the prior sentence, the Administrative Agent agrees not to make any such Company Materials available to Public Lenders without such Public Lender’s prior written consent. In the event that any Public Lender has elected for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Public Lender acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent and other Lenders may have access to such information and (ii) neither the Company nor the Administrative Agent or other Lender with access to such information shall have (x) any responsibility for such Public Lender’s decision to limit the scope of information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents or (y) any duty to disclose such information to such electing Lender or to use such information on behalf of such electing Lender, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or use such information.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Company in good faith determines that it is necessary to disclose MNPI to a Public Lender for purposes relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, Company shall inform the Administrative Agent via email at its notice address set forth on Appendix B (or any other email address as may be notified by the Administrative Agent to Company in writing from time to time) of such determination, and Administrative Agent shall distribute such email to the applicable Public Lender, and within two (2) Business Days after the sending of such email by Company to the Administrative Agent, such Public Lender shall engage with the Company to discuss such purposes.

(iii) Each Credit Party understands that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution and agrees and assumes the risks associated with such electronic distribution.

 

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(iv) The Platform and any Approved Electronic Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Agents, their respective Affiliates or any of their or their Affiliates’ respective officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, employees, managers, advisors, consultants, administrators, agents, sub-agents or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Platform and the Approved Electronic Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Platform or the Approved Electronic Communications. In no event shall the Agent Affiliates have any liability to any of the Credit Parties, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Credit Party’s or Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. Each party hereto agrees that no Agent has any responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing required in connection with any Approved Electronic Communication or otherwise required for the Platform.

(v) Each Credit Party, each Lender and each Agent agrees that Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Approved Electronic Communications on the Platform in accordance with Administrative Agent’s customary document retention procedures and policies.

(vi) All uses of the Platform shall be governed by and subject to, in addition to this Section 10.1, separate terms and conditions posted or referenced in such Platform and related agreements executed by the Lenders and their Affiliates in connection with the use of such Platform.

(vii) Any notice of Default or Event of Default may be provided by telephone if confirmed promptly thereafter by delivery of written notice thereof.

(c) Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its mailing or e-mail address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

10.2 Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Credit Parties agree to pay promptly (a) subject to clause (c) below, all Agents’ and the Lenders’ actual and reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and (in the case of the Agents) administration of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b) [reserved]; (c) all the actual and reasonable and documented fees, out of pocket expenses and disbursements of legal counsel to Agents and legal counsel to Lenders and, if reasonably necessary, of one local counsel to Agents and of one local counsel to the Lenders (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) in each case, in each relevant jurisdiction material to the interests of the Agents and the Lenders, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, enforcement and administration of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Company; (d) all the actual and reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses of creating, perfecting, recording, maintaining, and preserving Liens in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees,

 

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expenses and disbursements of one outside counsel to Agents and one outside counsel to Lenders and, if reasonably necessary, of one local counsel to Agents and of one local counsel to the Lenders (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) in each case, in each relevant jurisdiction material to the interests of the Agents and the Lenders; (e) any Agent’s or Lenders’ actual and reasonable and documented fees, out of pocket costs, expenses, and disbursements of any auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers; (f) all the actual and reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, out of pocket costs, expenses and disbursements of any third party appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by any Agent or the Requisite Lenders and their respective outside counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (g) all other actual and reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by each Agent or Lender in connection with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments and the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; and (h) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and out of pocket costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent for general default administration or incurred by any Agent and Lenders in enforcing or preparing for enforcement of any Obligations of or in collecting or preparing to collect any payments due from any Credit Party hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with any actual or prospective sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty) or in connection with any actual or prospective refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work out” or pursuant to or in contemplation of any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings, including the engagement of a restructuring advisor or consultant satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

10.3 Indemnity.

(a) In the event that an Indemnitee becomes involved in any capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation brought by or against any Person (including whether brought by a third party or any Credit Party or any of its affiliates) relating to or arising out of any Indemnified Liabilities and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Credit Party agrees that within thirty (30) days of demand therefor it will pay such Indemnitee for its actual and reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith.

(b) In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.2 and any other provision of the Credit Documents, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Credit Party agrees to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless, each Indemnitee, from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE; provided, no Credit Party shall have any obligation to any Indemnitee under this Section 10.3(b) with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities (x) arise directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, in each case as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (y) with respect to any Lender only, result from a claim brought by any Credit Party against an Indemnitee for a material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other

 

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Credit Document, if such Credit Party has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) with respect to any Lender only, arise out of any investigation, litigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by the Company or any of its Affiliates and arises solely from a dispute among Indemnitees (except when and to the extent that one of the parties to such dispute was acting in its capacity as an agent, arranger, bookrunner, or other agent or similar capacity and, in such case, excepting only such party and its Affiliates). To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 10.3 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, the applicable Credit Party shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referenced to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and the Company hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or such damages whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents (including the Platform) or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent such damages arise directly from gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, in each case as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction provided, however, that in no event shall any Indemnitee have any liability to any Person for special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Each Credit Party also agrees that no Indemnitee will have any liability to any Credit Party or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any Credit Party or any other Person in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof, or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, in each case, except in the case of any Credit Party to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by such Credit Party have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender in performing its funding obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event will any such Lender or any Agent have any liability for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of such Lender’s or Agent’s, or their respective Affiliates’, Directors’, employees’, attorneys’, agents’ or sub-agents’ activities arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referenced to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Credit Document, this Section 10.3 shall not apply with respect to Taxes payable by a Lender other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

10.4 Set-Off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default each Agent and each Lender and their respective Affiliates are each hereby authorized by each Credit Party at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Credit Party or to any other Person (other than Administrative Agent), any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) and any other obligations or Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against and on account of the Obligations of any Credit Party to such Lender hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected hereto, and participations therein or with any other Credit Document, irrespective of whether or not (a) such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or any other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 2 and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured. The rights of each Lender and its respective Affiliates under this Section 10.4 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set off) that such Lender or its respective Affiliates may otherwise have.

10.5 Amendments and Waivers.

(a) Requisite Lenders’ Consent. Subject to the additional requirements of Sections 10.5(b), 10.5(c) and 10.5(e) and except as otherwise provided in clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 2.17(a), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders; provided that Administrative Agent may, with the consent of Company (and without any requirement for consent from any other Person), amend, modify, or supplement this Agreement or any other Credit Document to cure any obvious typographical error, incorrect cross-reference, defect in form, inconsistency, omission or ambiguity (in each case, as concluded by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), so long as Lenders have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and Administrative Agent has not received, within five Business Days after delivery of such notice, a written notice from Requisite Lenders stating that the Requisite Lenders object to such amendment.

(b) Affected Lenders’ Consent. Subject to Section 10.5(e), without the written consent of each Lender that would be directly and adversely affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:

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(ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment);

(iii) waive any condition precedent set forth in Section 3.1 without the consent of each Lender;

(iv) reduce the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.9) or any fee or premium payable under this Agreement; provided, that only the consent of the Requisite Lenders shall be necessary to revoke any election by Administrative Agent to impose interest at the Default Rate or to revoke any right of Company to convert or continue Loans as SOFR Loans;

(v) waive or extend the time for payment of any such interest, fees, or premiums;

(vi) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan, or increase any Lender’s Commitment;

(vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 10.5(b), Section 10.5(c) or Section 10.5(e) or any other provision of this Agreement that expressly provides that the consent of all Lenders or any specific Lenders is required;

(viii) amend the definition of “Requisite Lenders”, or “Pro Rata Share”; provided, with the consent of Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” on substantially the same basis as the Commitments, the Term Loans are included on the Closing Date;

(ix) alter the required application of any repayments or prepayments as pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.15(h) without the consent of each Lender that is being allocated a lesser repayment or prepayment as a result thereof;

(x) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except (A) as expressly provided in the Credit Documents on the Closing Date, (B) in connection with a “credit bid” undertaken by Collateral Agent with the consent or at the direction of Requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Law, or (C) in connection with any other sale or disposition of assets in connection with an enforcement action with respect to the Collateral that is permitted pursuant to the Credit Documents and consented to or directed by Requisite Lenders;

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(xii) subordinate the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations to any other Indebtedness or subordinate the Obligations in right of payment to any other Indebtedness, in each case, including any Permitting Refinancing Indebtedness.

(c) Other Consents. Subject to Section 10.5(e), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall:

(i) amend, modify, or waive any provision of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents so as to alter the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under the Credit Documents or the definitions of “Obligations” or “Secured Obligations” (as such term or any similar term is defined in any relevant Collateral Document) in each case in a manner adverse to any Lender with Obligations then outstanding without the written consent of any such Lender;

(ii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of a Credit Document as the same directly or indirectly applies to the rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case in any manner adverse to such Agent without the consent of such Agent;

(iii) amend or modify this Agreement or the Collateral Documents so as to alter the treatment of the Subsidiaries such that any Subsidiaries currently subject to the provisions hereof would be “unrestricted” or otherwise excluded from the requirements applicable to Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

(iv) make any change or modification that would authorize additional Commitments or the incurrence of additional Indebtedness that would be issued under this Agreement in contemplation of or for the purpose of influencing any voting threshold, in each case, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; or

(v) amend or modify the definition of “Material Intellectual Property” or Section 6.14 without the written consent of Lenders having or holding Term Loan Exposure representing more than 75% of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders (provided that if there are three or more Lenders, such written consent shall be of three or more unaffiliated Lenders).

(d) Execution of Amendments, Etc. Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender, each Credit Party, and each future Credit Party. Administrative Agent shall, upon the request of the Company, promptly notify the 2029 Convertible Notes Trustee of any amendment, waiver of a “default”, “event of default”, breach of representation or warranty or compliance with any covenant or other term or provision of this Agreement and provide the 2029 Convertible Notes Trustee with a copy of such amendment or waiver.

 

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(e) Lender Participation Rights. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or waiver, the opportunity to participate on the same terms in such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or waiver (and, in each case, the related transactions contemplated thereby) shall be offered on the same terms to each Lender (regardless of whether such Lender’s consent would otherwise be required to effect such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or waiver), including any amendment to effectuate an increase in the Obligations or permit the incurrence of any Indebtedness secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or senior basis, and each Lender shall have the right to participate in such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or waiver (and, in each case, the related transactions contemplated thereby) on the same terms as each other Lender and shall have the right to receive the same pro rata economics in such transaction and related transactions (including any fee, payment or other consideration including consent or backstop fees) paid to any Lender in any capacity.

(f) Cashless Settlement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue, or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification, or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by Company, Administrative Agent and such Lender.

10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations.

(a) Generally. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders. No Credit Party’s rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Credit Party without the prior written consent of all Lenders. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Indemnitee Agent Parties, Affiliates of each of the Agents and Lenders, and any other Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Register. Company, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans (including principal and stated interest) listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until recorded in the Register following Administrative Agent’s acceptance of a fully executed an Assignment Agreement, together with the forms and certificates regarding tax matters and any fees payable in connection with such assignment, in each case, as provided in Section 10.6(d). Each assignment shall be recorded in the Register promptly following acceptance by Administrative Agent of the fully executed Assignment Agreement and all other necessary documents and approvals, prompt notice thereof shall be provided to Company and a copy of such Assignment Agreement shall be maintained, as applicable. The date of such recordation of a

 

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transfer shall be referred to herein as the “Assignment Effective Date”. Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments or Loans. It is intended that the Register be maintained such that the Loans are in “registered form” for the purposes of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) Right to Assign. Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including all or a portion of its Commitment or Loans owing to it or other Obligations (provided, however, that pro rata assignment shall not be required and each assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any applicable Loan and any related Commitments) to any Eligible Assignee upon the giving of notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that, (A) each such assignment shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount (x) as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent, or (y) as is assigned by an assigning Lender to an Affiliate or Related Fund of such Lender) with respect to the assignment of Term Loans, and (B) the consent of the Company shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender; provided, further that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after having received notice thereof.

(d) Mechanics. Assignments and assumptions of Loans and Commitments by Lenders shall be effected by execution and delivery to Administrative Agent of an Assignment Agreement. Assignments made pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be effective as of the Assignment Effective Date. In connection with all assignments there shall be delivered to Administrative Agent such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect to U.S. federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver pursuant to Section 2.19(c), together with payment to Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 (except that no such registration and processing fee shall be payable in the case of an assignee that is already a Lender or is an Affiliate or Related Fund of a Lender or a Person under common management with a Lender, which fee may be otherwise waived or reduced in the sole discretion of Administrative Agent).

(e) Notice of Assignment. Upon its receipt and acceptance of a duly executed and completed Assignment Agreement, any forms, certificates or other evidence required by this Agreement in connection therewith, Administrative Agent shall record the information contained in such Assignment Agreement in the Register, shall give prompt notice thereof to Company and shall maintain a copy of such Assignment Agreement.

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(g) Effect of Assignment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.6, as of the Assignment Effective Date: (i) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder to the extent of its interest in the Loans and Commitments as reflected in the Register and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a “Lender” for all purposes hereof; (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to the assignee, relinquish its rights (other than any rights that survive the termination hereof under Section 10.8) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto on the Assignment Effective Date; provided, anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder as specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder); (iii) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect any Commitment of such assignee and any remaining Commitment of such assigning Lender, if any; and (iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any promissory note pursuant to Section 2.6, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable promissory notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Company shall issue and deliver new promissory notes in accordance with Section 2.6, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new or remaining Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.

(h) Participations.

(i) Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations to any Person in all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation. Each Lender that sells a participation pursuant to this Section 10.6(h) shall, acting solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a non-fiduciary agent of Company, maintain a register on which it records the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s participation interest with respect to any Loan or Commitment (each, a “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations, Section 1.163-5 of the proposed United States Treasury Regulations or any applicable temporary, final or other successor relations. Unless otherwise required by the Internal Revenue Service or applicable Requirements of Law, any disclosure required by the foregoing sentence shall be made by the relevant Lender directly and solely to the Internal Revenue Service. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of a participation with respect to any Loan or Commitment for all purposes under this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

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(ii) The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (A) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan, any promissory note evidencing a Loan in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the participant’s participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any participant if the participant’s participation is not increased as a result thereof), (B) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating.

(iii) Company agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.17(d), 2.18 and 2.19 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section; provided, (x) a participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.18 or 2.19 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after such participant acquired the participation, and (y) a participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.19 unless such participant agrees, for the benefit of Company, to comply with Section 2.19 as though it were a Lender (it being understood that any documentation required under Section 2.19(c) and (d) shall be delivered to the participating Lender). To the extent permitted by law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as though such participant were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16 as though it were a Lender.

(i) Certain Other Assignments and Participations. In addition to any other assignment or participation permitted pursuant to this Section 10.6, any Lender may assign, pledge and/or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations owed by or to such Lender, and its promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.6, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender including to any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided, that no Lender, as between Company and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge, and provided further, that in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank, pledgee or trustee be considered to be a “Lender” or be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder.

10.7 Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

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10.8 Survival of Certain Agreements. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Credit Party set forth in Sections 2.18, 2.19, 9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.10 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.16 and 9 shall survive the Payment in Full of the Obligations.

10.9 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Credit Documents. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.

10.10 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. None of any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders), or any Agent or Lender enforces any security interests or exercises any right of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

10.11 Severability. In the event any provision in or obligation hereunder or under any Credit Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid, legal and enforceable provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as reasonably possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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10.12 Obligations Several; Actions in Concert. The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Credit Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. Anything in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or any promissory note issued pursuant to Section 2.6 or otherwise with respect to the Obligations without first obtaining the prior written consent of Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders (as applicable), it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement or any other Credit Document with respect to the Obligations shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders (as applicable).

10.13 Headings. Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

10.14 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

10.15 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (V) OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE U.S. SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR, IF THAT COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, IN ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (I) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE (SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (V) BELOW) JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1; (IV) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (III) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (V) AGREES THAT AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY

 

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CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY CREDIT DOCUMENT OR AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND CONSENTS TO VENUE IN, ANY SUCH COURT.

10.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

10.17 Confidentiality.

(a) Each Agent and each Lender shall maintain the confidentiality of all non public information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries and their businesses, it being understood and agreed by each Credit Party that, in any event, Administrative Agent may disclose any such information to the Lenders and other Agents, and any Agent or Lender may make (i) disclosures of such information to Affiliates and Related Funds of such Lender or such Agent and to their respective officers, Directors, partners, members, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors and other advisors, experts, or agents on a confidential basis (and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 10.17), (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any potential or prospective assignee,

 

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transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of any Loans or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Credit Party and its obligations (provided, such assignees, transferees, participants, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of this Section 10.17 or other substantially similar confidentiality restrictions), (iii) disclosure on a confidential basis to any rating agency, (iv) disclosure on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Loans, (v) disclosures in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) disclosures made pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law or compulsory legal process (in which case such Person agrees to inform Company promptly thereof to the extent not prohibited by law), (vii) disclosures made upon the request or demand of any regulatory or quasi-regulatory authority (including the NAIC) purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or any of its Affiliates, (viii) disclosures to members of the investment committee of a Lender (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential), (ix) disclosures to any Lenders’ financing sources; provided that prior to any disclosure such financing source is informed of the confidential nature of the information, (x) disclosures to the extent such information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Credit Parties and (xi) disclosures with the consent of the relevant Credit Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or after the Closing Date, Administrative Agent may, at its own expense issue news releases and publish “tombstone” advertisements and other announcements relating to this transaction in newspapers, trade journals and other appropriate media (which may include use of logos of one or more of the Credit Parties).

(b) The Company agrees (i) to publicly file a Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) Business Day after the Closing Date, that will disclose all material information regarding the terms of this Agreement, the Related Agreements, all other confidential information communicated to any Lender of any of their respective Affiliates to the extent that such confidential information constitutes material non-public information, and disclosing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) that, upon the public filing of the such Form 8-K, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates will not be under any obligation to refrain from trading in any securities issued by the Company or any of its Affiliates as a result of any materially non public information provided to the lenders by the Company. At or prior to 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second (2nd) Business Day following (i) any repayment, prepayment, redemption or payment in full of the outstanding principal amounts of the Loans or (ii) the Company’s delivery of a notice of repayment or prepayment of Loans in a material amount (as determined in good faith by the Company and in compliance with Regulation FD), the Company shall file a Form 8-K with the SEC or furnish a Form 8-K to the SEC describing such termination, repayment, prepayment, redemption or payment (as applicable) and any other material transactions occurring in connection therewith.

 

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10.18 Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged paid with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest or loan charges under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest that would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Obligations hereunder are Paid in Full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest that would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, Company shall pay to Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest that would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of Lenders and Company to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration that constitutes interest or loan charges in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Company. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest, throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

10.19 Effectiveness; Counterparts. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by Company and Administrative Agent of written notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

10.20 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Credit Documents (including any such other Credit Document entered into prior to the date hereof) and the Related Agreements, reflect the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, made prior to the date hereof.

10.21 PATRIOT Act. Each Lender and Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender or Secured Party) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender or Agent, as applicable, to identify such Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

 

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10.22 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Credit Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment Agreement or any other Credit Document shall in each case be deemed to include electronic signatures, signatures exchanged by electronic transmission, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided, that Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may request, and upon any such request the Credit Parties shall be obligated to provide, manually executed “wet ink” signatures to any Credit Document.

10.23 No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, Lender, and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their equity holders and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its equity holders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

10.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder that may be payable to it by any party hereto that is and the applicable Financial Institution; and

 

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(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:   /s/ Richard Paulson
Name:   Richard Paulson
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

 

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND
SOCIETY, FSB
By:   /s/ Raye Goldsborough
Name:   Raye Goldsborough
Title:   Vice President

COLLATERAL AGENT:

 

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND
SOCIETY, FSB
By:   /s/ Raye Goldsborough
Name:   Raye Goldsborough
Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


LENDERS:

 

HIGHBRIDGE TACTICAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONAL FUND, LTD., as a Lender
By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC as Trading Manager and not in its individual capacity
By:   /s/ Steve Ardovini
Name:   Steve Ardovini
Title:   Managing Director
HIGHBRIDGE TACTICAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, L.P., as a Lender
By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC as Trading Manager and not in its individual capacity
By:   /s/ Steve Ardovini
Name:   Steve Ardovini
Title:   Managing Director
1992 Master Fund Co - Invest SPC- Series 4 Segregated Portfolio, as a Lender
By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC as Trading Manager and not in its individual capacity
By:   /s/ Steve Ardovini
Name:   Steve Ardovini
Title:   Managing Director
Highbridge SCF II Loan SPV, L.P., as a Lender
By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC as Trading Manager and not in its individual capacity
By:   /s/ Steve Ardovini
Name:   Steve Ardovini
Title:   Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


BRAIDWELL TRANSACTION HOLDINGS

LLC – SERIES 7, as a Lender

By: Braidwell LP, its Investment Manager
By:   /s/ Manish K. Mital
  Name:   Manish K. Mital
  Title:   Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
By:   /s/ Colin Bettison
  Name:   Colin Bettison
    Title:   Head of Finance & Operations

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


CONTEXT PARTNERS MASTER FUND, L.P.,

as a Lender

By: Context Capital Management, LLC,
  Investment Adviser
By:   /s/ Charles E. Carnegie
  Name:   Charles E. Carnegie
  Title:   Managing Member

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


 

MIDTOWN ACQUISITIONS L.P.,

as a Lender

By: Midtown Acquisitions GP LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/ Gabriel T. Schwartz
Name:   Gabriel T. Schwartz
Title:  

Co-Deputy Executive

Managing Member

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS III, L.P., as a Lender
By: HealthCare Royalty GP III, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
Name:   Clarke B. Futch
Title:   Managing Partner
HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS IV, L.P., as a Lender
By: HealthCare Royalty GP IV, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
Name:   Clarke B. Futch
Title:   Managing Partner
HCRX INVESTMENTS HOLDCO, L.P., as a Lender
By: HCRX Master GP, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
Name:   Clarke B. Futch
Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
HCR CANARY FUND, L.P.., as a Lender
By: HCR Canary Fund GP, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
Name:   Clarke B. Futch
Title:   Managing Partner

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


HCR MOLAG FUND, L.P., as a Lender
By: HCR Molag Fund GP, its general partner
By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
Name:   Clarke B. Futch
Title:   Managing Partner

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


Appendix A

Commitments

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Appendix B

Notice Addresses

For the Company and each other Credit Party:

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue

Suite 210

Newton, MA 02459

Attn: Michael Mason, Chief Financial Officer

Email: ***

with a copy to:

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue

Suite 210

Newton, MA 02459

Attn: Michael Mano, General Counsel

Email: ***

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

60 State Street

Boston, MA 02109

Attn: George W. Shuster, Jr. and Nathan J. Moore

Email: ***

For Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, to its Principal Office set forth below:

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB

500 Delaware Avenue, 11th Floor

Wilmington, DE 19801

Attn: GCM / Raye Goldsborough

Email: ***

With a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: Elizabeth Taraila

Email: ***


For HIGHBRIDGE TACTICAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONAL FUND, LTD., HIGHBRIDGE TACTICAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, L.P., 1992 Master Fund Co—Invest SPC- Series 4 Segregated Portfolio and Highbridge SCF II Loan SPV, L.P., as Lenders:

c/o Highbridge Capital Management, LLC

277 Park Ave, 23rd Floor

New York, NY 10172

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attn: David Hammerman; Peter Sluka; Bryce Kaufman

Email: ***

For BRAIDWELL TRANSACTION HOLDINGS LLC – SERIES 7, as Lender:

Braidwell LLP

One Harbor Point, 2200 Atlantic Street, 4th Floor

Stamford, CT 06902

Attn: Manish K. Mital

Tel.: ***

Email: ***

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

One Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111

Attn: Ryan A. Murr; Melissa Barshop; Paul Rafla

Email: ***

For CONTEXT PARTNERS MASTER FUND, L.P., as Lender

7724 Girard Avenue, Third Floor

La Jolla, CA 92037

Email: ***

For MIDTOWN ACQUISITIONS L.P., as Lender

520 Madison Ave., 30th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Email: ***


For HCR Lender, as Lender

HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC

300 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor

Stamford, CT 06901

Attention: Clarke B. Futch and John A. Urquhart

Email: ***

with a courtesy copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC

300 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor

Stamford, CT 06901

Attention: Tim Bryant

Email: ***


EXHIBIT A-1 TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FUNDING NOTICE

Reference is made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (“Company”), the Guarantors party thereto from time to time (collectively with Company, the “Credit Parties”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, Company desires that the Lenders make the following Loans to Company in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement on May 8, 2024 (the “Closing Date”):

1. Term Loans:

 

☐   SOFR Loans, with an initial Interest Period ending [August [_], 2024]:

   $[   ,   ,   ]          

The undersigned Authorized Officer, in his or her capacity as an Authorized Officer and not in any individual capacity, hereby represents, warrants and certifies on behalf of Credit Parties that:

1. after making the Credit Extensions requested on the Closing Date, any such Credit Extensions requested in respect of the Term Loan shall not exceed the Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such Credit Extensions;

2. as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representations and warranties to the extent already qualified or modified by materiality or similar concept in the text thereof; and

3. as of the Closing Date, no event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the Credit Extension that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.

Date: May 8, 2024

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

EXHIBIT A-1-1


EXHIBIT A-2

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE BORROWER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTE, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE NOTE AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE NOTE. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE BORROWER AT KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., 85 WELLS AVENUE, SUITE 210, NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02459-329, ATTN: MICHAEL MANO [***]

[FORM]

TERM LOAN NOTE

 

$[_____________]    [May 8, 2024]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”) hereby, jointly and severally, promises to pay to [_____] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of the Term Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

The Borrower promises to make principal payments as specified in the Credit Agreement, and pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan made by the Lender from the date of such Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. Both principal and interest are payable in Dollars to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent, at the address set forth in the Credit Agreement, in immediately available funds. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.

This note (a “Term Loan Note”) is entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. This Term Loan Note is also secured by the Collateral. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Term Loan Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement. The Term Loan made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business.

 

EXHIBIT A-2-1


The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Term Loan Note.

Delivery of an executed signature page to this Term Loan Note by fax transmission or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Term Loan Note.

THIS TERM LOAN NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

EXHIBIT A-2-2


KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

By:  

 

  Name:  

 

  Title:  

 

EXHIBIT A-2-3


EXHIBIT B TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

85 Wells Avenue, Suite 210

Newton, Massachusetts 02459-329

May 8, 2024

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB,

as Administrative Agent

500 Delaware Avenue, 11th Floor

Wilmington, DE 19801

Attention: Raye Goldsborough

Email: ***

 

RE:

Letter of Direction

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and the Guarantors party thereto from time to time (collectively, with Company, “Credit Parties”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this letter are used in this letter as defined in the Credit Agreement.

Company hereby irrevocably instructs you and authorizes you to make the disbursements of the Term Loan on the Closing Date in the manner set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, to the account numbers specified thereon.

Company, on behalf of the Credit Parties, hereby acknowledges that Administrative Agent may make payment strictly on the basis of the account numbers furnished herein. In the event the account numbers are incorrect or if any payoff amount is incorrect, Credit Parties hereby agree to be fully liable for any and all losses, costs and expenses arising therefrom (including, without limitation, any losses, costs or expenses arising from any of the Credit Parties’ negligence or the negligence of any of the Credit Parties’ agents or employees).

 

EXHIBIT B-1


This Letter of Direction may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Letter of Direction by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Letter of Direction.

[Signature page(s) follow]

 

EXHIBIT B-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Letter of Direction to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date and at the place first written above.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Acknowledged and Agreed as of the date first written above:

 

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as Administrative Agent

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

EXHIBIT B-3


Exhibit A

Disbursement of Proceeds

[SEE ATTACHED]

 

EXHIBIT B-4


EXHIBIT C TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES AS FOLLOWS:

1. I am the [Chief Financial Officer]1 of KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC. (“Company”), and am delivering this Certificate (as hereinafter defined) solely in such capacity as an officer of Company and not in my individual capacity.

2. I have reviewed the terms of the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among the Company and the Guarantors party thereto from time to time (collectively, with Company, the “Credit Parties”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of Company and its Subsidiaries during the quarter ended [_____].

3. The examination described in paragraph 2 above did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Default during or at the end of the Fiscal Quarter ended [_____] or as of the date of this Compliance Certificate (this “Certificate”), except as set forth in a separate attachment, if any, to this Certificate, describing in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which Credit Parties have taken, are taking, or propose to take with respect to each such condition or event.

4. On each day during the Fiscal Quarter ended [_____], the Company and its Subsidiaries maintained Consolidated Liquidity of at least $25,000,000.

The foregoing certifications are made and delivered as of [mm/dd/yy] pursuant to Section 5.1(d) of the Credit Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

1 

Or such other Authorized Officer if approved by Administrative Agent.

 

EXHIBIT C-1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, solely in [his/her] capacity as an Authorized Officer of Company, has caused this certificate to be delivered as of the date set forth above.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

 

Name:  
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

EXHIBIT C-2


EXHIBIT D TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (this “Assignment”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i), the interest in and to all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto that represents the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of the Assignor’s outstanding rights and obligations under the respective facilities identified below (including, to the extent included in any such facilities, letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans), and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under Applicable Law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by Assignor to Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above referred to herein collectively as (the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and the Credit Agreement, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

I.    ASSIGNOR:

   _________________________

II.   ASSIGNEE:

   _________________________and is an [Affiliate/Lender/Related Fund]2

III. BORROWER:

   Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”)

IV.  ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

   Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement.

 

2 

Select as applicable.

 

EXHIBIT D-3


V.  CREDIT AGREEMENT:

   The Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 8, 2024, among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent.

 

VI.

ASSIGNED INTEREST:

 

Facility Assigned

   Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans for
all Lenders
     Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage Assigned
of
Commitment/Loans3
 

Term Loan Commitment/Term Loans

   $ _____________      $ _____________        _____________

Effective Date: ___________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

VII.

NOTICE AND WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 

Notices:

 

            

            

            

Attention:

Telecopier:

 

with a copy to:

 

            

            

            

Attention:

Telecopier:

 

Wire Instructions:

  

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 

Notices:

 

            

            

            

Attention:

Telecopier:

 

with a copy to:

 

            

            

            

Attention:

Telecopier:

 

Wire Instructions:

 

3 

Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

 

EXHIBIT D-4


The terms set forth in this Assignment are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Consented to by:

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., as the Company

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:]4  

 

4 

If required by Section 10.6(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

EXHIBIT D-5


ANNEX 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT

AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

I.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

  A.

Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document delivered pursuant thereto, other than this Assignment (herein collectively the “Credit Documents”), (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any Credit Document, or any Collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

 

  B.

Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Eligible Assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision, and (v) if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, attached to this Assignment is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at that time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

EXHIBIT D-6


II.

PAYMENTS. ALL PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE ASSIGNED INTERESTS SHALL BE MADE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE AS FOLLOWS:

 

  A.

With respect to Assigned Interests for Term Loans, unless notice to the contrary is delivered to the Lender from the Administrative Agent, payment to the Assignor by the Assignee in respect of the Assigned Interest shall include such compensation to the Assignor as may be agreed upon by the Assignor and the Assignee with respect to all unpaid interest which has accrued on the Assigned Interest to but excluding the Effective Date. On and after the applicable Effective Date, the Assignee shall be entitled to receive all interest paid or payable with respect to the Assigned Interest, whether such interest accrued before or after the Effective Date.

 

III.

GENERAL PROVISIONS. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE BINDING UPON, AND INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF, THE PARTIES HERETO AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. THIS ASSIGNMENT MAY BE EXECUTED IN ANY NUMBER OF COUNTERPARTS, WHICH TOGETHER SHALL CONSTITUTE ONE INSTRUMENT. DELIVERY OF AN EXECUTED COUNTERPART OF A SIGNATURE PAGE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT BY TELECOPY SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS DELIVERY OF A MANUALLY EXECUTED COUNTERPART OF THIS ASSIGNMENT. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

 

EXHIBIT D-7


EXHIBIT E-1 TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE

CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Person Recipients That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax

Purposes)

Reference is made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), certain of its respective Subsidiaries, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) it is not a 10% shareholder of Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and Company with a certificate of its “Foreign Person” status on IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or any successor form thereto. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform Company and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished Company and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:__________, 20[_]

 

EXHIBIT E-1-1


EXHIBIT E-2 TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE

CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Person Participant Recipients That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal

Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) it is not a 10% shareholder of Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its “Foreign Person” status on IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or any successor form thereto. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such participating Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such participating Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:__________, 20[_]

 

EXHIBIT E-2-1


EXHIBIT F-3 TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE

CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Person Participant Recipients That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal

Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), certain of its respective Subsidiaries, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect to such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a 10% shareholder of Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such participating Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such participating Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:__________, 20[_]

 

EXHIBIT E-3-1


EXHIBIT G-4 TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE

CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Person Recipients That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax

Purposes)

Reference is made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a 10% shareholder of Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and Company with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform Company and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished Company and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

EXHIBIT E-4-1


[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:__________, 20[_]

 

EXHIBIT E-4-2


EXHIBIT H-1 TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

CLOSING DATE CERTIFICATE

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

1. I am the [Chief Financial Officer]5 of KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., (“Company”), and am delivering this Certificate solely in such capacity and not in any individual capacity.

2. Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., the Guarantors party thereto from time to time (collectively with Company, “Credit Parties”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Company requests that Lenders make the following Loans to Company on May 8, 2024 (the “Closing Date”):

(a) Term Loans: $100,000,000

3. I have reviewed the terms of Sections 3 and 4 of the Credit Agreement and the definitions and provisions contained in such Credit Agreement relating thereto, and in my opinion I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable me to express an informed statement as to the matters referred to herein.

4. Based upon my review and examination described in paragraph 3 above, I certify, in my capacity as an officer of Company, and not in any individual capacity, on behalf of Credit Parties, that as of the date hereof:

(i) upon the funding of the Term Loans, the representations and warranties contained in each of the Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representations and warranties to the extent already qualified or modified by materiality or similar concept in the text thereof;

(ii) as of the Closing Date, no event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the borrowing contemplated hereby that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank.]

 

 

5 

Or other Authorized Officer of Company.

 

EXHIBIT F-1-1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned, solely in [his/her] capacity as an Authorized Officer of Company, has caused this certificate to be delivered as of the date set forth above.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

      

Name:
Title: [Chief Financial Officer]

 

EXHIBIT F-1-2


EXHIBIT F-2 TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES AS FOLLOWS:

1. I am the [Chief Financial Officer]6 of KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”) and am delivering this Solvency Certificate solely in such capacity as an officer of Company and not in my individual capacity.

2. Reference is made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Company, and certain of its respective Subsidiaries, as Guarantors (collectively, with Company, the “Credit Parties”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

3. I have reviewed the terms of Sections 3 and 4 of the Credit Agreement and the definitions and provisions contained in the Credit Agreement relating thereto, together with each of the Credit Documents and Related Agreements, and, in my opinion, have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable me to express an informed statement as to the matters referred to herein.

4. Based upon my review and examination described in paragraph 3 above, I certify that as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions and the Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, Company and its Subsidiaries, as a whole, are Solvent.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

6 

Or other Authorized Officer of Company.

 

EXHIBIT F-2-1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, solely in [his/her] capacity as an Authorized Officer of Company, has caused this certificate to be delivered as of the date set forth above.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

     

Name:
Title: [Chief Financial Officer]

 

EXHIBIT F-2-2


EXHIBIT G TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

COUNTERPART AGREEMENT

This COUNTERPART AGREEMENT, dated [mm/dd/yy] (this “Counterpart Agreement”) is delivered pursuant to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated,, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent; capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

Section 1. Pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby:

(a) agrees that this Counterpart Agreement may be attached to the Credit Agreement and that by the execution and delivery hereof, the undersigned becomes a Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and agrees to be bound by all of the terms thereof;

(b) represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document and applicable to the undersigned is true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof both before and after giving effect to this Counterpart Agreement, except to the extent that any such representation and warranty relates solely to any earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty is true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date;

(c) certifies that no event has occurred or is continuing as of the date hereof, or will result from the transactions contemplated hereby, that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default;

(d) agrees to irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty the due and punctual Payment in Full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) and in accordance with Section 7 of the Credit Agreement; and

(e) (i) agrees that this Counterpart Agreement may be attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement, (ii) agrees that the undersigned will comply with all the terms and conditions of the Pledge and Security Agreement as if it were an original signatory thereto, (iii) grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as such term is defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) a security interest in all of the undersigned’s right, title and interest in and to all “Collateral” (as such term is defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) of the undersigned, in each case whether now or hereafter existing or in which the undersigned now has or hereafter acquires an interest and wherever the same may be located and (iv) delivers to Collateral Agent supplements to all schedules attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement. All such Collateral shall be deemed to be part of the “Collateral” and hereafter subject to each of the terms and conditions of the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

EXHIBIT G-1


Section 2. The undersigned agrees from time to time, upon request of Administrative Agent, to take such additional actions and to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments as Administrative Agent may reasonably request to effect the transactions contemplated by, and to carry out the intent of, this Counterpart Agreement. Neither this Counterpart Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except by an instrument in writing signed by the party (including, if applicable, any party required to evidence its consent to or acceptance of this Counterpart Agreement) against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement, and all for purposes thereof, the notice address of the undersigned shall be the address as set forth on the signature page hereof. In case any provision in or obligation under this Counterpart Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

This Counterpart Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Counterpart Agreement by telecopy shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Counterpart Agreement.

THIS COUNTERPART AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

EXHIBIT G-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Counterpart Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.

 

[NAME OF SUBSIDIARY]

 

By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  

Address for Notices:

c/o Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue, Suite 210

Newton, Massachusetts 02459-329

Attention: Michael Mano, General Counsel

E-Mail: [***]

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

with a copy to:

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

60 State Street

Boston, MA 02109

Attn: George W. Shuster, Jr. and Nathan J. Moore

Email: [***]

ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first written above:

 

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  

 

EXHIBIT G-3


EXHIBIT H TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FORM OF LANDLORD COLLATERAL ACCESS AGREEMENT

This LANDLORD COLLATERAL ACCESS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of ________________, 20_ and entered into by [________________], a [________________] (“Landlord”), to and for the benefit of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement described below, “Agent”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, [TENANT], a [____] (“Tenant”), has possession of and occupies all or a portion of the property commonly known as [________________] (the “Premises”);

WHEREAS, Tenant’s interest in the Premises arises under the lease agreement more particularly described on Exhibit A annexed hereto (collectively, the “Lease”), pursuant to which Landlord has rights, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, to take possession of, and otherwise assert control over, the Premises;

WHEREAS, Landlord understands that Tenant and certain of its affiliates and subsidiaries have entered into that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with the Agent and the lenders party thereto from time to time (“Lenders”), pursuant to which Tenant and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries have executed a security agreement and other collateral documents in relation to the Credit Agreement (together with the Credit Agreement, collectively, the “Credit Documents”);

WHEREAS, Tenant’s obligations to the Lenders and other secured parties (collectively, the “Secured Parties”) under the Credit Documents will be secured, in part, by certain assets of the Tenant, including, without limitation, all of Tenant’s cash, cash equivalents, goods, inventory, machinery, equipment, furniture and trade fixtures (such as equipment bolted to any structure), together with all additions, substitutions, replacements and improvements to, and proceeds of, the foregoing located at the Premises, but excluding building fixtures (such as plumbing, lighting, life safety, security, and HVAC systems) (collectively, the “Collateral”); and

WHEREAS, Agent has requested that Landlord execute this Agreement as a condition to the extension of credit to Tenant under the Credit Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, Agent, on behalf of Lenders and other Secured Parties, as follows:

1. Landlord consents to Tenant’s pledge of a lien upon and security interest in the Collateral. Landlord hereby (a) waives and releases unto Agent and its successors and assigns any and all rights granted by or under any present or future laws to levy or distraint for rent or any other charges which may be due to Landlord against the Collateral, and any and all other claims,

 

EXHIBIT H-1


liens and demands of every kind which it now has or may hereafter have against the Collateral, and (b) agrees that any rights it may have in or to the Collateral, no matter how arising (to the extent not effectively waived pursuant to clause (a) of this paragraph), shall be second and subordinate to the rights of Agent in respect thereof. Landlord acknowledges that the Collateral is and will remain personal property and not a fixture or part of the real estate even though it may be affixed to or placed on the Premises.

2. Landlord certifies that (a) Landlord is the landlord under the Lease, (b) the Lease is in full force and effect and has not been amended, modified or supplemented except as set forth on Exhibit A annexed hereto, (c) there is no defense, offset, claim or counterclaim by or in favor of Landlord against Tenant under the Lease or against the obligations of Landlord under the Lease, (d) no notice of default has been given under or in connection with the Lease which has not been cured, and Landlord has no knowledge of the occurrence of any other default under or in connection with the Lease, and (e) except as disclosed to Agent, no portion of the Premises is encumbered in any way by any deed of trust, mortgage lien or ground or superior lease.

3. Landlord consents to the installation or placement of the Collateral on the Premises, and Landlord grants to Agent a license to enter, occupy and otherwise use the Premises to do any or all of the following with respect to the Collateral: assemble, have appraised, display, remove, maintain, prepare for sale or lease, repair, transfer or sell (at public or private sale). Agent shall promptly repair, at Agent’s expense, or reimburse Landlord for, any physical damage to the Premises actually caused by Agent’s entering upon or into the Premises and taking any of the foregoing actions with respect to the Collateral (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

4. Landlord agrees that it will not prevent Agent or its designee from exercising the license set forth in Section 3 at all reasonable times. In the event that (a) the Lease or Tenant’s right to possession of the Premises has been or will be terminated prior to its stated expiration date, or (b) Landlord has taken or intends to retake possession of the Premises as a result of Tenant’s default under the Lease, Landlord shall notify Agent in writing to that effect (such notice, the “Landlord’s Notice”) and, within the 90 day period after Agent receives the Landlord’s Notice, Agent shall have the right, but not the obligation, to access the Premises and cause the Collateral to be removed from the Premises. During such 90 day period, Landlord will not remove the Collateral from the Premises nor interfere with Agent’s actions in removing the Collateral from the Premises or Agent’s actions in otherwise enforcing its security interest in the Collateral (including, without limitation, exercising the license granted in Section 3). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, Agent shall at no time have any obligation to remove the Collateral from the Premises.

5. Landlord shall send to Agent a copy of any notice of default under the Lease sent by Landlord to Tenant. Agent shall have at least 30 days following receipt of any such notice to cure the default set forth therein; provided, however, that Agent shall be under no obligation to cure any default of Tenant under the Lease. In addition, Landlord shall send to Agent a copy of any notice received by Landlord of a breach or default under any other lease, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement or other instrument to which Landlord is a party which may affect Landlord’s rights in, or possession of, the Premises. No action by Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assumption by Agent of any obligation under the Lease, and Agent shall not have any obligation to Landlord.

 

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6. All notices to any party under this Agreement shall be in writing and sent to such party at its address set forth on the signature page hereof by facsimile, United States certified mail (return receipt requested) or overnight delivery service.

7. The provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect until all amounts advanced under the Credit Agreement have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Lenders have no obligation to make any advances or other extensions of credit thereunder.

8. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. This Agreement may not be changed or terminated orally or by course of conduct but only in a writing signed by both parties. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, Adobe pdf file or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

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EXHIBIT H-3


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.

 

[__________________], as Landlord
By:  

    

Name:  

    

Title:  

    

Address:  
[             ]
[             ]
Attention:   [            ]
Facsimile:   [            ]

 

EXHIBIT H-4


By its acceptance hereof, as of the date first set forth above, Agent agrees to be bound by the provisions hereof.

 

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Agent

 

By:  

      

Name:  

      

Title:  

        

[Address]
And, in any event, with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
[__]

 

EXHIBIT H-5


By its acceptance hereof, as of the date first set forth above, Tenant agrees to be bound by the provisions hereof.

 

[TENANT], as Tenant

 

By:  

     

Name:  

    

Title:  

     

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue, Suite 210

Newton, Massachusetts 02459-329
Attention:
E-Mail:
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

60 State Street

Boston, MA 02109
Attn: George W. Shuster, Jr. and Nathan J. Moore
Email: [***]

Exhibit A to

Landlord Collateral Access Agreement

Description of Lease:

 

EXHIBIT H-6


EXHIBIT I TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FORM OF INTERCOMPANY NOTE AND SUBORDINATION

MASTER INTERCOMPANY PROMISSORY NOTE

(the “Note”)

[_], 2024

New York, New York

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned (each in its capacity as a borrower hereunder and together with each Person that hereafter joins this Note, a “Maker”) promises to pay on demand to the order of each of the undersigned (each in its capacity as a lender hereunder and together with each Person that hereafter joins this Note, a “Payee”), the principal amount of all advances made by any Payee from time to time outstanding.

Each Maker also promises to pay interest from time to time on the principal amount outstanding under this Note at a rate per annum (if any) as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Maker and such Payee.

Each Maker hereby authorizes each Payee to record all loans and advances made by such Payee to such Maker, interest, if any accrued thereon, and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in such Maker’s books and records, which books and records shall be conclusive evidence of the indebtedness owed by each Maker hereunder, absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any such Payee to so record any such information shall not affect any such Maker’s obligations hereunder.

Reference is hereby made to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated,, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (“Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

All payments of principal and interest, if any, in respect of this Note shall be made on demand in lawful money of the United States of America in same day funds to the account of the applicable Payee located at such place as shall be designated in writing for such purpose.

Each Payee acknowledges and agrees that any and all obligations of any Maker under this Note to such Payee shall be unsecured and subordinate in right of payment to the Payment in Full of the Obligations; provided, that unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Maker may make payments to such Payee at any time or times. Upon any distribution to creditors of any Maker in a liquidation or dissolution of any Maker in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to such Maker or its property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshalling of such Maker’s assets and liabilities, (i) holders of the Obligations are entitled to receive payment in full of the

 

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Obligations (including interest after the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate specified in the Indebtedness to which such Obligations relate) before any Payee shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect to this Note, and (ii) until all Obligations are paid in full, any distribution to which any Payee would be entitled but for this paragraph shall be made to holders entitled to the benefit of the Obligations as their interests may appear.

Nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will impair, as between each Maker and each Payee, the Maker’s obligation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Payee the principal of and interest on this Note as and when due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of creditors of such Payee other than the holders of the Obligations.

Whenever any payment on this Note shall be declared to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest on this Note.

The obligations of any Maker arising under this Note may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty or premium.

None of the terms or provisions hereof may be waived, altered, modified or amended except as each Payee may consent in a writing duly signed for and on its behalf in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

In no event shall any interest or loan charges be payable under this Note to the extent that the payment thereof would be prohibited by applicable law.

Each Maker and each Payee hereby acknowledge and agree that this Note governs every promissory note heretofore executed by such Maker in favor of such Payee.

The right to plead any and all statutes of limitations as a defense to demand hereunder is hereby waived to the extent permitted by law. Each Maker, for itself and its successors and assigns, waives presentment, protest and notice thereof or of dishonor, and waives the right to be released by reason of any extension of time or change in the terms of payment or any change, alteration or release of any security given for the payment hereof.

This Note shall be hypothecated and delivered by the Payees to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement. Each Payee hereby acknowledges and agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement as in effect from time to time, may exercise all rights provided therein with respect to this Note.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) THEREOF.

 

EXHIBIT I-2


This Note may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Note by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Note.

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EXHIBIT I-3


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Maker has caused this Note to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officers or authorized representatives, as of the day and year and at the place first written above.

 

[_________________]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[_________________]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[_________________]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[_________________]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

EXHIBIT I-4

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO MASTER INTERCOMPANY PROMISSORY NOTE]


ENDORSEMENT

Each of the undersigned hereby assigns and transfers its rights under this Master Intercompany Promissory Note,

 

To the order of:

 

 

dated as of                                                                                    
  [        ]
     By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
To the order of:

 

 

dated as of                                                                                    
  [        ]
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
To the order of:

 

 

dated as of                                                                                    
  [        ]
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EXHIBIT I-5

[MASTER INTERCOMPANY PROMISSORY NOTE ENDORSEMENT]


To the order of:

 

 

dated as of                                                                                    
  [        ]
     By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EXHIBIT I-6

[MASTER INTERCOMPANY PROMISSORY NOTE ENDORSEMENT]


JOINDER

THIS JOINDER AND ENDORSEMENT IS TO BE ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN MASTER INTERCOMPANY PROMISSORY NOTE, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercompany Note”), made by each of the Makers (as defined in the Intercompany Note) and Payees (as defined in the Intercompany Note) party thereto in respect of the principal amount of all advances made by any Maker or Payee to any other Maker or Payee, as the case may be, from time to time outstanding. Each of the undersigned hereby becomes a co-maker of and co-payee under such Intercompany Note and becomes a “Maker” and “Payee” (as defined in the Intercompany Note) pursuant to the following endorsement with the same force and effect as if such endorsement were set forth at the end of such Intercompany Note.

 

[_________]
By: __________________________

 

 

EXHIBIT I-7

[JOINDER TO MASTER INTERCOMPANY NOTE]


ENDORSEMENT

The undersigned hereby assigns and transfers its rights under the Intercompany Note to _________________________.

 

[_______________]

By:

 

Dated: ____________, 20___

This Allonge and Endorsement shall be attached to the Intercompany Note described above and is hereby made a part thereof.

 

EXHIBIT I-8


EXHIBIT J TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT


EXHIBIT J TO

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

among

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.,

certain of its Subsidiaries

and

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as Collateral Agent

Dated as of May 8, 2024

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

SECTION 1.

  DEFINED TERMS      1  

1.1

  Definitions      1  

1.2

  Other Definitional Provisions      8  

SECTION 2.

  GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL      8  

SECTION 3.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      10  

3.1

  Representations in Credit Agreement      10  

3.2

  Title; No Other Liens      10  

3.3

  Valid, Perfected First Priority Liens      10  

3.4

  Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc.      10  

3.5

  Inventory and Equipment      11  

3.6

  Special Collateral      11  

3.7

  Investment Property      11  

3.8

  Receivables      12  

3.9

  Intellectual Property      12  

3.10

  [Reserved]      14  

3.11

  Letter of Credit Rights      14  

3.12

  Commercial Tort Claims      14  

SECTION 4.

  COVENANTS      14  

4.1

  Covenants in Credit Agreement      14  

4.2

  Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents, Investment Property and Deposit Accounts      14  

4.3

  Maintenance of Insurance      15  

4.4

  Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation      15  

4.5

  Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc.      16  

4.6

  Notices      16  

4.7

  Investment Property      17  

4.8

  Voting and Other Rights with Respect to Pledged Securities      18  

4.9

  Receivables      18  

4.10

  Intellectual Property      18  

4.11

  Government Receivables      20  

4.12

  Letter of Credit Rights      21  

4.13

  Commercial Tort Claims      21  

SECTION 5.

  REMEDIAL PROVISIONS      21  

5.1

  Certain Matters Relating to Receivables      21  

5.2

  Communications with Obligors      21  

 

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5.3

  Proceeds to be Turned Over To Agent      22  

5.4

  Application of Proceeds      22  

5.5

  Code and Other Remedies      22  

5.6

  Effect of Securities Laws      24  

5.7

  Deficiency      24  

SECTION 6.

  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES      24  

6.1

  Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc.      24  

6.2

  Authorization of Financing Statements      26  

6.3

  Further Assurances      26  

SECTION 7.

  LIEN ABSOLUTE; WAIVER OF SURETYSHIP DEFENSES      27  

7.1

  Lien Absolute, Waivers      27  

SECTION 8.

  THE COLLATERAL AGENT      29  

8.1

  Authority of Agent      29  

8.2

  Duty of Agent      29  

8.3

  No Individual Foreclosure, Etc      29  

SECTION 9.

  MISCELLANEOUS      29  

9.1

  Amendments in Writing      29  

9.2

  Notices      30  

9.3

  No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies      30  

9.4

  Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification      30  

9.5

  Successors and Assigns      30  

9.6

  Set-Off      31  

9.7

  Counterparts      31  

9.8

  Severability      31  

9.9

  Section Headings      31  

9.10

  Integration/Conflict      32  

9.11

  GOVERNING LAW      32  

9.12

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers      32  

9.13

  Acknowledgments      33  

9.14

  Additional Grantors      33  

9.15

  Releases      33  

9.16

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      34  

SCHEDULE 1

 

Notice Addresses of Grantors

     1-1  

SCHEDULE 2

 

Description of Pledged Investment Property

     2-1  

SCHEDULE 3

 

Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests

     3-1  

SCHEDULE 4

 

Exact Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office

     4-1  

SCHEDULE 5

 

Location of Inventory and Equipment

     5-1  

 

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SCHEDULE 6   Government Receivables      6-1  
SCHEDULE 7   Copyrights; Patents; Trademarks; Intellectual Property Licenses; Other Intellectual Property      7-1  
SCHEDULE 8   Letter of Credit Rights      8-1  
SCHEDULE 9   Commercial Tort Claims      9-1  
EXHIBIT A   Form of Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement      A-1  
EXHIBIT B-1   Form of Copyright Security Agreement      EXHIBIT B-1  
EXHIBIT B-2   Form of Patent Security Agreement      EXHIBIT B-2  
EXHIBIT B-3   Form of Trademark Security Agreement      EXHIBIT B-3  
ANNEX 1   Assumption Agreement      ANNEX 1-1  

 

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PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 8, 2024, among each of the signatories hereto designated as a Grantor on the signature pages hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as a Grantor as provided herein, each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity and together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties under the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

WHEREAS, the Company is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Company to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

WHEREAS, the Company and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Company thereunder and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

• DEFINED TERMS

Definitions. • Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms which are defined in the UCC are used herein as so defined (and if defined in more than one article of the UCC shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 thereof): Accounts, Account Debtor, As-Extracted Collateral, Authenticate, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commodity Account, Commodity Contract, Commodity Intermediary, Documents, Electronic Chattel Paper, Entitlement Order, Equipment, Farm Products, Financial Asset, Fixtures, Goods, Health-Care-Insurance Receivable, Instruments, Inventory, Letter of Credit Rights, Manufactured Homes, Money, Payment Intangibles, Securities Account, Securities Intermediary, Security, Security Entitlement, Supporting Obligations, Tangible Chattel Paper and Uncertificated Security.

• The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

1


Agreement” shall mean this Pledge and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

After-Acquired Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(c).

Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

Collateral Account” shall mean any collateral account established by the Agent as provided in Section 5.1 or 5.3.

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Copyright Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Copyright or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any Copyright (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 7).

Copyrights” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all works of authorship and all intellectual property rights therein, all United States and foreign copyrights (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all designs (including but not limited to all industrial designs, “Protected Designs” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 1301 et. Seq. and Community designs), and all “Mask Works” (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed on Schedule 7, (ii) all extensions, renewals, and restorations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Credit Agreement Obligations” shall mean all Obligations under and as defined in the Credit Agreement

Deposit Account” shall mean all “deposit accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and all other accounts maintained with any financial institution (other than Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts), and shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Deposit Accounts” together, in each case, with all funds held therein and all certificates or instruments representing any of the foregoing.

Discharge of the Secured Obligations” shall mean and shall have occurred when (i) all Secured Obligations shall have been Paid in Full and all other obligations under the Credit Documents shall have been performed (other than (a) those expressly stated to survive termination and (b) contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) and (ii) all Commitments shall have terminated or expired.

 

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Equity Interests” (i) shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of the equity of such Person, including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), if such Person is a limited liability company, membership interests, and, if such Person is a trust, all beneficial interests therein, and shall also include any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued on or after the date hereof and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests.

Excluded Assets” shall mean (i) any permit, lease, license, contract or agreement to which any Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and only to the extent that the grant of a security interest hereunder (a) is prohibited by or a violation of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Grantor or (b) shall constitute or result in a breach of a term or provision of, or the termination of or a default under the terms of, such permit, lease, license, contract or agreement (other than to the extent that any such law, rule, regulation, term or provision would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including any debtor relief law or principle of equity); provided, however, that the Collateral shall include (and such security interest shall attach and the definition of Excluded Assets shall not then include) immediately at such time as the contractual or legal provisions referred to above shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, and shall attach immediately to any portion of such permit, lease, license, contract or agreement not subject to the provisions specified in clauses (a) or (b) above, (ii) property owned by any Grantor that is subject to a purchase money Lien or Capital Lease permitted under the Credit Agreement if the agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or the document providing for such Capital Lease) prohibits, or requires the consent of any Person other than the Grantors which has not been obtained as a condition to, the creation of any other Lien on such property; provided further that the exclusions referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition shall not include any Proceeds of such permit, lease, license, contract or agreement or property; (iii) any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law, (v) Equity Interests in any Person (other than a Subsidiary) to the extent the grant of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement is prohibited or restricted by the terms of the Organizational Documents or any joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement or other agreement with other equity holders of such Person and, in the case of such a Person acquired after the Closing Date, such prohibition (a) existed at the time such Person was acquired and (b) was not created in anticipation or contemplation thereof, (vi) Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, (vii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, (viii) Commercial Tort Claims with a value of less than $2,500,000, (ix) real property leased or subleased by any Credit Party, (x) Margin Stock owned by any Credit Party, (xi) Excluded Accounts and (xii) any assets (including any Capital Stock or voting stock) as to which the Agent and Credit Parties reasonably agree in writing that the cost of obtaining a security interest in or perfection thereof is excessive in relation to the benefit to the Agent and the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby.

 

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Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock” shall mean any voting stock in excess of 66% of the total outstanding amount of any class of voting stock of a Foreign Subsidiary, if the pledge of greater than 66% of such Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock would be likely to, in the good faith judgment of the Company, result in adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or, as a result of Section 956 of the Code.

Foreign Security Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the security agreements, debentures, pledge agreements, charges and other similar documents and agreements pursuant to which any Grantor purports to pledge or grant a security interest in any property or assets located outside of the United States (including any Pledged Equity Interests of any Issuer organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state or locality thereof securing the Secured Obligations).

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

General Intangibles” shall mean all “general intangibles” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, with respect to any Grantor, all rights of such Grantor to receive any tax refunds, all Hedge Agreements, contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures and all licenses, permits, concessions, franchises and authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified, including, without limitation, (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto, (iii) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising thereunder, and (iv) all rights of such Grantor to terminate and to perform, compel performance and to exercise all remedies thereunder.

Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

Insurance shall mean (i) all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Agent is the loss payee thereof) and (ii) any key man life insurance policies.

Intellectual Property” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, the collective reference to all existing and future rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Licenses, and all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, or other violation or impairment thereof, including the right to receive all Proceeds therefrom, including without limitation license fees, royalties, income payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit, now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto.

Intellectual Property Security Agreements” shall mean, collectively, the Copyright Security Agreement substantially the form of Exhibit C-1, the Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, and the Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3.

Intercompany Note” shall mean any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Intercompany Note and Subordination.

 

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Investment Property” shall mean the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC including, without limitation, all Certificated Securities and Uncertificated Securities, all Security Entitlements, all Securities Accounts, all Commodity Contracts and all Commodity Accounts (other than any Excluded Assets), (ii) all security entitlements, in the case of any United States Treasury book-entry securities, as defined in 31 C.F.R. section 357.2, or, in the case of any United States federal agency book-entry securities, as defined in the corresponding United States federal regulations governing such book-entry securities, and (iii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes, all Pledged Equity Interests, all Pledged Security Entitlements and all Pledged Commodity Contracts; provided, however, that in no event shall “Investment Property” include any Excluded Assets.

Issuers” shall mean the collective reference to each issuer of Pledged Equity Interests.

Patent Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Patent or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any Patent (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 7).

Patents” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all patentable inventions and designs, all United States, foreign, and multinational patents, certificates of invention, and similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, (i) each patent and patent application listed on Schedule 7, (ii) all reissues, substitutes, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Pledged Commodity Contracts” shall mean all Commodity Contracts listed on Schedule 2 and all other Commodity Contracts to which any Grantor is party from time to time.

Pledged Debt Securities” shall mean all debt securities now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including, without limitation, the debt securities listed on Schedule 2, together with any other certificates, options, rights or security entitlements of any nature whatsoever in respect of the debt securities of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect.

Pledged Equity Interests shall mean all Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall “Pledged Equity Interests” include any Excluded Assets.

Pledged LLC Interests shall mean all membership interests and other interests now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor in any limited liability company including, without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged LLC Interests” and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company and any securities entitlements relating thereto and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received,

 

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receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests and any other warrant, right or option or other agreement to acquire any of the foregoing, all management rights, all voting rights, any interest in any capital account of a member in such limited liability company, all rights as and to become a member of the limited liability company, all rights of the Grantor under any shareholder or voting trust agreement or similar agreement in respect of such limited liability company, all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest as a member to any and all assets or properties of such limited liability company, and all other rights, powers, privileges, interests, claims and other property in any manner arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that “Pledged LLC Interests” shall not include any Excluded Assets.

Pledged Notes” shall mean all promissory notes now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 2 and all the Intercompany Notes.

Pledged Partnership Interestsshall mean all partnership interests and other interests now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged Partnership Interests” and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests, and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing, all management rights, all voting rights, any interest in any capital account of a partner in such partnership, all rights as and to become a partner of such partnership, all of the Grantor’s rights, title and interest as a partner to any and all assets or properties of such partnership, and all other rights, powers, privileges, interests, claims and other property in any manner arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that “Pledged Partnership Interests” shall not include any Excluded Assets.

Pledged Stock” shall mean all shares of capital stock now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 2 hereto under the heading “Pledged Stock”, and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing; provided, however, that “Pledged Stock” shall not include any Excluded Assets.

Pledged Securities” shall mean the collective reference to the Pledged Debt Securities, the Pledged Notes and the Pledged Equity Interests regardless of whether constituting Securities under the UCC.

Pledged Security Entitlements” shall mean all security entitlements with respect to the financial assets listed on Schedule 2 and all other security entitlements of any Grantor.

Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Securities, collections thereon and distributions or payments with respect thereto.

Quarterly Reporting Date” means the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered or due under the Credit Agreement.

 

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Receivable” shall mean all Accounts and any other any right to payment for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper or classified as a Payment Intangible and whether or not it has been earned by performance. References herein to Receivables shall include any Supporting Obligation or collateral securing such Receivable.

Secured Obligations” shall mean (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) each guarantee of the Credit Agreement Obligations and (iii) whether or not constituting Credit Agreement Obligations, the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Company or any other Grantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor to any Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party which may arise under or in connection with any Credit Document.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Subsidiary Grantors” shall mean, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Company that are Grantors.

Trademark Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Trademark or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for infringement, dilution, or other violation of any Trademark or permitting co-existence with respect to a Trademark (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 7).

Trademarks” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all domestic, foreign and multinational trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, Internet domain names, other indicia of origin or source identification, and general intangibles of a like nature, whether registered or unregistered, and, with respect to any and all of the foregoing, (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed on Schedule 7, (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Trade Secrets” shall mean, with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to (i) all trade secrets and all confidential and proprietary information, including know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and information, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing (i) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future misappropriation or other violation thereof, (ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, proceeds of suit and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (iii) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

 

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Trade Secret Licenses” shall mean all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the grant to or from a Grantor of any right in or to any Trade Secret or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue for misappropriation or other violation of a Trade Secret.

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code 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 perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, 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 hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

UETA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

Other Definitional Provisions. • The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” 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, Exhibit and Annex references, are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. References to any Schedule, Exhibit or Annex shall mean such Schedule, Exhibit or Annex as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

• The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

• Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

• The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.

• All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.

• GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST;

CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL

• Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:

• all Accounts, including all Receivables;

• all Chattel Paper;

 

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• all Deposit Accounts;

• all Documents;

• all Equipment;

• all General Intangibles;

• all Instruments;

• all Insurance;

• all Intellectual Property;

• all Inventory;

• all Investment Property;

• all Letter of Credit Rights;

• all Money;

• all Pledged Equity Interests;

• all Vehicles;

• all Goods not otherwise described above;

• all Collateral Accounts;

• all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon;

• all commercial tort claims now or hereinafter described on Schedule 11; and

• to the extent not otherwise included, all other property of such Grantor and all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents and profits of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, Supporting Obligations and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

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• Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Agent or any Secured Party, and (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any Receivables and any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to any Receivables, Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests.

• REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Company thereunder each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties on the Closing Date that as of the Closing Date:

Representations in Credit Agreement. The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Grantor or to the Credit Documents to which such Grantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, in all material respects, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of such date, in each case unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on each of such representations and warranties 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 3.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Grantor’s knowledge.

Title; No Other Liens. Such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims, including, without limitation, liens arising as a result of such Grantor becoming bound (as a result of merger or otherwise) as Grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, except, with respect to any Collateral other than Pledged Equity Interests, for Permitted Liens and, in the case of Pledged Equity Interests, Permitted Liens arising pursuant to a Requirement of Law. No financing statement, mortgage or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement.

Valid, Perfected First Priority Liens. • The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement constitute a legal and valid security interest in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, securing the payment and performance of each Grantor’s Secured Obligations and upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 and payment of all filing fees, will constitute fully perfected security interests in all of the Collateral, prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens.

Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, Etc. Such Grantor’s exact legal name (as indicated on the public record of such Grantor’s jurisdiction of formation or organization), jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4. Each Grantor is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction. Except as specified on Schedule 4, it has not changed its name,

 

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jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business (if applicable) or its corporate structure in any way (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five years and has not within the last five years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as Grantor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated. Unless otherwise stated on Schedule 4, such Grantor is not a transmitting utility as defined in UCC § 9-102(a)(80).

Inventory and Equipment. • The Inventory and the Equipment constituting Collateral with an aggregate value in excess of $2,500,000 per location (other than Inventory and Equipment in transit or consisting of raw materials or works in progress (collectively, “Excluded Inventory”)) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.

• [Reserved].

• None of the Inventory or Equipment constituting Collateral (other than Excluded Inventory) with an aggregate value in excess of $2,500,000 per issuer or location, as applicable, is in the possession of an issuer of a negotiable document (as defined in Section 7-104 of the UCC) therefor or is otherwise in the possession of any bailee or warehouseman except as noted on Schedule 5.

Special Collateral. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, (1) Farm Products, (2) As-Extracted Collateral, (3) Manufactured Homes, (4) Health-Care Insurance Receivables, (5) timber to be cut, or (6) aircraft engines, satellites, ships or railroad rolling stock.

• Investment Property. • Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the headings “Pledged Stock”, “Pledged LLC Interests” and “Pledged Partnership Interests”, respectively, all of the Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests owned by any Grantor and such Pledged Equity Interests constitute the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of stock, percentage of membership interests or percentage of partnership interests of the respective issuers thereof indicated on such Schedule. Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the heading “Pledged Debt Securities” or “Pledged Notes” all of the Pledged Debt Securities and Pledged Notes owned by any Grantor, and all of such Pledged Debt Securities and Pledged Notes, have been, in the case of those issued by Subsidiaries of such Grantor, or, in the case of those issued by Persons that are not Subsidiaries of such Grantor, to the knowledge of such Grantor, have been, duly authorized, authenticated, issued, and delivered and are the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers thereof enforceable in accordance with their terms and are not in default and, in the case of those issued by Subsidiaries of such Grantor, constitute all of the issued and outstanding inter-company indebtedness owed by such Subsidiaries to such Grantor evidenced by an instrument or certificated security of the respective issuers thereof. Schedule 2 hereto sets forth under the headings “Securities Accounts,” “Commodities Accounts,” and “Deposit Accounts,” respectively, all of the Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts and Deposit Accounts owned by each Grantor. Each Grantor is the sole entitlement holder or customer of each such account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Agent pursuant hereto) having “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8-106, 9-106 and 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Securities Account, Commodity Account or Deposit Account or any securities, commodities or other property credited thereto.

• The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Equity Interests of each Issuer owned by such Grantor other than any such Equity Interests that are Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock or Excluded Assets.

 

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• All the shares of the Pledged Equity Interests, to the extent applicable, have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. No Grantor is in default of its material obligations under any Organizational Document of any Issuer of Pledged Equity Interests.

• None of the Pledged LLC Interests or Pledged Partnership Interests are, or represent interests in entities that (a) are registered as investment companies, (b) are dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or markets or (c) have opted to be treated as securities under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction.

• No consent, approval or authorization of any Person is required for the pledge by such Grantor of the Pledged Equity Interests pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, whether under the Organizational Documents of any Issuer of Pledged Equity Interests or otherwise, except such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

• Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property and Deposit Accounts pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except for, in the case of any of the foregoing Collateral other than Pledged Equity Interests, Permitted Liens and, in the case of Pledged Equity Interests, Permitted Liens arising pursuant to a Requirement of Law, and there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any Pledged Equity Interests.

Receivables. • No amount in excess of $2,500,000 payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Agent or constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper that has not been subjected to the control (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC) of the Agent.

• No obligor on any Receivable is a Governmental Authority except as disclosed on Schedule 6.

• To the knowledge of such Grantor, each Receivable in excess of $2,500,000 (i) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Account Debtor in respect thereof, representing an unsatisfied obligation of such Account Debtor, (ii) is enforceable in accordance with its terms, and (iii) is not subject to any set-offs, defenses, taxes or counterclaims (except with respect to refunds, returns and allowances in the ordinary course of business with respect to damaged merchandise).

Intellectual Property.

Schedule 7 lists all of the following Intellectual Property, to the extent constituting Collateral and owned by such Grantor in its own name: (i) issued Patents and pending Patent applications, (ii) registered Trademarks and applications for the registration of Trademarks, and (iii) registered Copyrights, and applications to register Copyrights. All such Intellectual Property is recorded in the name of such Grantor. Except (A) as set forth on Schedule 7 and (B) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property, such Grantor is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property, as well as any other Material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor, in each case free and clear of all Liens, claims and licenses, except for Permitted Liens.

 

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• Except as set forth on Schedule 7, all Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, nor, in the case of Patents, is any of such Material Intellectual Property the subject of a reexamination proceeding, and such Grantor has performed all commercially reasonable acts and has paid all renewal, maintenance, and other fees and taxes required to maintain each and every registration and application of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks of such Grantor constituting Material Intellectual Property in full force and effect.

• Except for those matters which either (i) are disclosed on Schedule 7 or (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of such Grantor, (x) no action or proceeding is pending or threatened in writing, alleging that such Grantor, or the conduct of such Grantor’s business, infringes, misappropriates, dilutes, or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of any other Person and (y) no Person is engaging in any activity that infringes, misappropriates, dilutes or violates any Intellectual Property of such Grantor.

Schedule 7 lists all exclusive Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses held by such Grantor that constitute Material Intellectual Property. With respect to each Copyright License, Trademark License and Patent License held by such Grantor that constitutes Material Intellectual Property: (i) such license is valid and binding and in full force and effect and represents the entire agreement between the respective licensor and licensee with respect to the subject matter of such license; (ii) such license will not cease to be valid and binding and in full force and effect on terms substantially identical to those currently in effect as a result of the rights and interests granted herein, nor will the grant of such rights and interests constitute a material breach or default under such license or otherwise give the licensor or licensee a right to terminate such license; (iii) such Grantor has not received any notice of early termination or cancellation under such license in the last six months; (iv) such Grantor has not received any notice of a breach or default under such license in the last six months, which breach or default has not been cured or waived; and (v) such Grantor is not in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice and/or lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration of or under such license.

• All Copyrights owned by such Grantor that constitute Material Intellectual Property have been registered with the United States Copyright Office or, where appropriate, any foreign counterpart.

• Such Grantor controls the nature and quality of all products sold and all services rendered under or in connection with all Trademarks of such Grantor, in each case consistent with industry standards, and has taken all commercially reasonable actions necessary to ensure that all licensees of all such Trademarks comply with such Grantor’s standards of quality.

• Such Grantor has been using appropriate statutory notice of registration in connection with its use of registered Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property, appropriate notice of its trademark rights in common law Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property, proper marking practices in connection with its Patents constituting Material Intellectual Property, and appropriate notice of copyright in connection with the publication of its Copyrights constituting Material Intellectual Property.

• [Reserved].

• Except for those matters which either (i) are disclosed on Schedule 7 or (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no holding, decision, ruling, or judgment has been rendered in any action or proceeding before any court or administrative authority challenging the validity, enforceability, or scope of, or such Grantor’s right to register, own or use, any Intellectual Property of such Grantor or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein, and, to such Grantor’s knowledge, no such action or proceeding is pending or threatened in writing.

 

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• Except for those matters which either (i) are disclosed on Schedule 7 or (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no settlements or consents, covenants not to sue, coexistence agreements, non-assertion assurances, or releases have been entered into by such Grantor or bind such Grantor in any manner that impacts such Grantor’s rights to own, license or use any Material Intellectual Property. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the termination, limitation or other impairment of any of such Grantor’s rights in its Material Intellectual Property constituting Collateral.

• Such Grantor has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of its Trade Secrets in accordance with industry standards. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to such Grantor’s knowledge, (i) none of the Trade Secrets of such Grantor has been used, divulged, disclosed or misappropriated to the detriment of such Grantor for the benefit of any other Person, (ii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor has misappropriated any trade secrets of any other Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor and (iii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor is in default or breach of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of inventions agreement or similar agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer of such Grantor’s Material Intellectual Property.

[Reserved].

Letter of Credit Rights. No Grantor is a beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit with a value in excess of $2,500,000 other than the letters of credit described on Schedule 8.

Commercial Tort Claims. No Grantor has any commercial tort claims with a value in excess of $2,500,000 other than those described on Schedule 9.

• COVENANTS

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of the Secured Obligations:

Covenants in Credit Agreement. Each Grantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries.

Delivery and Control of Instruments, Chattel Paper, Negotiable Documents, Investment Property and Deposit Accounts.

• If any of the Collateral individually is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Certificated Security or if any Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000 individually is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Instrument, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper, such Instrument (other than checks received in the ordinary course of business), Certificated Security, Negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper shall be delivered to the Agent upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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• If any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000 individually is or shall become Electronic Chattel Paper such Grantor shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, take such action as the Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Agent control under Section 9-105 of the UCC of such Electronic Chattel Paper or control under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record.

• If any of the Collateral is or shall become evidenced or represented by an Uncertificated Security, such Grantor shall cause the Issuer thereof, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, either (i) to register the Agent as the registered owner of such Uncertificated Security, upon original issue or registration of transfer or (ii) to agree in writing with such Grantor and the Agent that such Issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such Uncertificated Security originated by the Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in substantially the form of Exhibit B or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

• Each Grantor shall maintain Securities Entitlements, Securities Accounts and Deposit Accounts only in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.18 of the Credit Agreement.

• If any of the Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000 individually is or shall become evidenced or represented by a Commodity Contract, such Grantor shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Commodity Intermediary with respect to such Commodity Contract to agree in writing with such Grantor and the Agent that such Commodity Intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of such Commodity Contract as directed by the Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

• In addition to and not in lieu of the foregoing, if any Issuer of any Investment Property constituting Collateral is organized under the law of, or has its chief executive office in, a jurisdiction outside of the United States, and such Issuer is a Material Subsidiary, each Grantor shall take such additional actions, including, without limitation, causing the issuer to register the pledge on its books and records, as may be necessary or as may be reasonably requested by the Agent, under the laws of such jurisdiction to insure the validity, perfection and priority of the security interest of the Agent.

Maintenance of Insurance. Such Grantor shall maintain insurance and deliver endorsements with respect thereto in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 5.5 of the Credit Agreement.

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. • Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 3.3 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

• Such Grantor shall furnish to the Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the assets and property of such Grantor as the Agent may reasonably request in writing, all in reasonable detail.

 

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• At any time and from time to time, including upon the written request of the Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly and duly authorize, execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property, Deposit Accounts (other the Excluded Accounts) and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto to the extent required hereunder, including without limitation, executing and delivering and causing the relevant depositary bank or securities intermediary to execute and deliver a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

• In the event that a Grantor hereafter acquires any Collateral of a type described in Section 3.6 hereof, it shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days following acquisition thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, notify the Agent in writing and take such actions and execute such documents and make such filings all at such Grantor’s expense as the Agent may reasonably request in order to ensure that the Agent has a valid, perfected, first priority security interest in such Collateral, subject to any Permitted Liens.

Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon prior written notice to the Agent and delivery to the Agent of duly authorized and, where required, executed copies of (a) all additional financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 on the next Quarterly Reporting Date showing any additional location at which Inventory or Equipment with a value in excess of $2,500,000 (other than Excluded Inventory) shall be kept:

• permit any of the Inventory or Equipment with a value in excess of $2,500,000 (other than Excluded Inventory) to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 5;

• without limiting the prohibitions on mergers involving the Grantors contained in Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement (or limiting any exceptions thereto), change its legal name, jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business, if applicable, from that referred to in Section 3.4; or

• change its legal name, identity or structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.

Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Agent promptly and in any event within three (3) days after any officer of the Company obtaining knowledge of:

• any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of the Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and

• the occurrence of any other event which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.

 

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Investment Property. • If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any stock or other ownership certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), or option or rights in respect of the capital stock or other Pledged Equity Interest of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of or other ownership interests in the Pledged Equity Interests, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and deliver the same promptly to the Agent in the exact form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any sums paid upon or in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Agent, be delivered to the Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.

• Without the prior written consent of the Agent, such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to amend its Organizational Documents in any manner that adversely affects the validity, perfection or priority of the Agent’s security interest therein, (ii) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof or any interest therein, except as permitted by Sections 6.2(v), 6.4 and 6.7 of the Credit Agreement, or (iii) cause or permit any Issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests which are not securities (for purposes of the UCC) on the date hereof to elect or otherwise take any action to cause such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests to be treated as securities for purposes of the UCC without taking all steps necessary or advisable to establish Agent’s “control” thereof at the time of such election or action; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests takes any such action in violation of the foregoing in this clause (iii), such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent in writing of any such election or action and, in such event, shall take all steps necessary or advisable to establish the Agent’s “control” thereof.

• Each Grantor which is an Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 4.7(a) with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 4.8(c) shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 4.8(c) with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests issued by it. In addition, each Grantor which is either an Issuer or an owner of any Pledged Equity Interests hereby consents to the grant by each other Grantor of the security interest hereunder in favor of the Agent and to the transfer of any Pledged Equity Interest to the Agent or its nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Agent or its nominee as a partner, member or shareholder or other equity holder of the Issuer of the related Pledged Equity Interest.

 

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Voting and Other Rights with Respect to Pledged Securities. • Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Debt Securities, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the relevant Issuer, to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting, corporate and other consensual rights with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other ownership right exercised or other action taken which, in the Agent’s reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

• If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing: (i) all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights with respect to Pledged Securities which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent who shall thereupon have the sole right, but shall be under no obligation, to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights and (ii) the Agent shall have the right, upon notice to any Grantor, to transfer all or any portion of the Pledged Securities to its name or the name of its nominee or agent. In addition, the Agent shall have the right at any time, upon notice to any Grantor, to exchange any certificates or instruments representing any Pledged Securities for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations. In order to permit the Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions which it may be entitled to receive hereunder each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the Agent all proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request and each Grantor acknowledges that the Agent may utilize the power of attorney set forth herein.

• Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged Securities pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Securities directly to the Agent.

Receivables. • Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor will not, except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value thereof.

• Such Grantor will deliver to the Agent promptly a copy of each material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls into doubt the validity or enforceability of more than $5,000,000 in then outstanding Receivables.

Intellectual Property. • Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, discontinue use of any Material Intellectual Property, or do any act or omit to do any act whereby any Material Intellectual Property may lapse, become abandoned, cancelled, dedicated to the public, forfeited, or otherwise impaired, or abandon any application or any right to file an application for a Copyright, Patent, or Trademark constituting Material Intellectual Property; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(a), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

 

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• Such Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps, including in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any state registry, to pursue any application and maintain any registration or issuance of each Trademark, Patent, and Copyright constituting Material Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to such Grantor, including, but not limited to, those applications and registrations listed on Schedule 7 constituting Material Intellectual Property; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(b), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

• Such Grantor agrees that, should it hereafter (i) obtain an ownership interest in any item of Intellectual Property, (ii) obtain an exclusive license to any Copyrights, (iii) (either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee) file any application for the registration or issuance of any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, or any similar office or agency in any other country or in any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or (iv) should it file a Statement of Use or an Amendment to Allege Use with respect to any “intent-to-use” Trademark application (the items in clauses (i), (ii) (iii) and (iv), but excluding any asset that is an Excluded Asset, collectively, the “After-Acquired Intellectual Property”), then the provisions of Section 2 shall automatically apply thereto, and any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property shall automatically become part of the Collateral and such Grantor shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Agent and provide the Agent with an amended Schedule 7 hereto upon the later of thirty (30) days thereof and the next Quarterly Reporting Date.

• Such Grantor shall execute Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property constituting Collateral as of the date hereof, as well as any After-Acquired Intellectual Property constituting Collateral on the next occurring Quarterly Reporting Date after such After-Acquired Intellectual Property is acquired, in substantially the form of Exhibits C-1, C-2, or C-3, as applicable, in order to record the security interest granted herein to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and such Grantor shall on the next occurring Quarterly Reporting Date execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all other agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Secured Parties’ security interest in any such Intellectual Property with any other applicable offices, agencies, or Governmental Authorities.

• [Reserved].

• Such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent if it knows or has reason to know that any item of Material Intellectual Property may become (i) abandoned or dedicated to the public or placed in the public domain, (ii) invalid or unenforceable, (iii) subject to any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership, registration or use or the validity or enforceability of such item of Intellectual Property (including the institution of, or any adverse development with respect to, any action or proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, any state registry, any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, or any court) or (iv) the subject of any reversion or termination rights; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(f), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

 

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• Such Grantor shall take commercially reasonable steps to (and to cause its licensees to) use proper notice of its Material Intellectual Property rights in connection with the use of any of its Material Intellectual Property.

• Such Grantor shall not infringe, misappropriate, dilute, or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person in any manner which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. In the event that any Person initiates, or threatens in writing to initiate, any action or proceeding alleging that such Grantor, or the conduct of such Grantor’s business, infringes, misappropriates, dilutes, or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of any other Person, and such action or proceeding could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent after it learns thereof.

• In the event that any Grantor has knowledge that any Material Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to any Grantor is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated by another Person, such Grantor shall (i) promptly take all reasonable actions to stop such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation and protect its rights in such Intellectual Property including, but not limited to, the initiation of a suit for injunctive relief and to recover damages, and (ii) promptly notify the Agent after it learns thereof; provided that “Material Intellectual Property”, solely for purposes of this Section 4.10(i), shall be deemed not include any immaterial trademark related to selinexor in a territory under which selinexor is not or is not planned to be actively marketed and immaterial selinexor patents covering unused methods-of-use, administration, indications for use or similar matters, in each case to the extent not covering the composition of matter of selinexor.

• With respect to any Trademarks of such Grantor, such Grantor shall take commercially reasonable steps to maintain the level of the quality of products sold and services rendered under any of such Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property at a level at least substantially consistent with the quality of such products and services as of the date hereof (and, in any event, consistent with industry standards), and such Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to ensure that licensees of such Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual Property use such consistent standards of quality.

• Such Grantor shall, upon the later of thirty (30) days after the creation or acquisition or exclusive license of any copyrightable work that constitutes Material Intellectual Property and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, apply to register the Copyright in the United States Copyright Office or, where appropriate, any foreign counterpart and, in the case of an exclusive Copyright License in respect of a registered Copyright, record such license, in the United States Copyright Office or, where appropriate, any foreign counterpart.

• Such Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps to protect the secrecy of all Trade Secrets constituting Intellectual Property included in the Collateral consistent with past practice.

Government Receivables. If any Grantor shall at any time after the date of this Agreement acquire or become the beneficiary of Receivables in excess of $2,500,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate in respect of which the account debtor is a Governmental Authority, such Grantor shall upon the later of thirty (30) days after acquisition and the next Quarterly Reporting Date notify the Agent and, upon the request of the Agent, shall take any necessary steps to perfect the Lien of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties therein, and make such Lien enforceable against the account debtor.

 

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Letter of Credit Rights. Upon the later of thirty (30) days after the date of obtaining any letter of credit rights with a value in excess of $2,500,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate other than in respect of the letters of credit described on Schedule 8 hereto and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, each Grantor shall provide the Agent with an amended or supplemented Schedule 8 to reflect such additional letters of credit.

Commercial Tort Claims. Upon the later of thirty (30) days after the date of any additional commercial tort claims constituting Collateral arising since Schedule 11 was last delivered and the next Quarterly Reporting Date, each Grantor shall provide the Agent with an amended or supplemented Schedule 11 to reflect such additional commercial tort claims.

• REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. • At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Agent may reasonably request in connection with such test verifications.

• Each Grantor hereby agrees to continue to collect all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor under the Receivables and any Supporting Obligation in respect thereof and diligently exercise each material right it may have under any Receivable and any such Supporting Obligation, in each case, at its own expense consistent with its reasonable business judgment; provided, however, that the Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall forthwith (and, in any event, within two (2) Business Days (or such later date as the Agent may agree)) be deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Agent for the account of the Secured Parties only as provided in Section 5.4, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.

• If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the Agent’s request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

Communications with Obligors. • The Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.

• At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may at any time notify, or require any Grantor to so notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty on any Receivable of the security interest of the Agent therein. In addition, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may upon written notice to the applicable Grantor, notify, or require any Grantor to notify, the Account Debtor or counterparty to make all payments under the Receivable directly to the Agent.

 

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Proceeds to be Turned Over To Agent. In addition to the rights of the Secured Parties specified in Section 5.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Agent hereunder shall be held by the Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 5.4.

Application of Proceeds. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, at such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Agent’s election, the Agent may (and, if directed by the Requisite Lenders, shall), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, apply all or any part of the Collateral and/or net Proceeds thereof (after deducting fees and expenses as provided in Section 5.5) realized through the exercise by the Agent of its remedies hereunder, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, in payment of the Secured Obligations. The Agent shall apply any such Collateral or Proceeds in accordance with Section 2.15(h) of the Credit Agreement.

Any Proceeds not applied shall be held by the Agent as Collateral and applied in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

In addition, with respect to any proceeds of Insurance received by the Agent, (x) if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) such Insurance Proceeds shall be returned to the Grantors if permitted or required by the Credit Agreement or (ii) if not so permitted or required by the Credit Agreement, then such Insurance Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement and (y) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then such Insurance Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.4(a).

Code and Other Remedies. • If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and all rights under any other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, defense, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, presentments, protests, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of any Secured Party, on the internet or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Agent may store, repair or recondition any Collateral or otherwise prepare any Collateral for disposal in the manner and to the extent that the Agent deems appropriate. Each Secured Party shall have

 

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the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold or to become the licensor of all or any such Collateral, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. For purposes of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or a portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance with the UCC or other applicable laws, including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code, the Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Secured Party or Secured Parties in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Requisite Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled to credit bid and use and apply the Secured Obligations (or any portion thereof) as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Agent at such sale, such amount to be apportioned ratably to the Secured Obligations of the Secured Parties in accordance with their pro rata share of such Secured Obligations. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. The foregoing will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for the Agent to dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Agent shall have the right to enter onto the property where any Collateral is located without any obligation to pay rent and take possession thereof with or without judicial process. The Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.

• The Agent shall deduct from such Proceeds all documented fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of every kind incurred in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies against the Collateral or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, documented fees, out of pocket costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel. Any net Proceeds remaining after such deductions shall be applied or retained by the Agent in accordance with Section 5.4. Only after such application and after the payment by the Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a) of the UCC, need the Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, the Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser and received by the Agent. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Agent may resell the Collateral and the applicable Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against any Secured Party arising out of the exercise by it or them of any rights hereunder.

 

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• In the event of any Disposition of any of the Intellectual Property by the Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the goodwill of the business connected with and symbolized by any Trademarks subject to such Disposition shall be included, and the applicable Grantor shall supply the Agent or its designee with such Grantor’s know-how and expertise, and with documents and things embodying the same, relating to the exploitation of such Intellectual Property, including the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of products or the provision of services under such Intellectual Property, and such Grantor’s customer lists and other records and documents relating to such Intellectual Property and to the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of such products and services.

• For the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 5.5 (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, assign, license out, convey, transfer or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as the Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, exercisable only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default: (i) an irrevocable, nonexclusive, and assignable license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of such Trademarks, to use, practice, license, sublicense, and otherwise exploit any and all Intellectual Property now owned or held or hereafter acquired or held by such Grantor (which license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof) and (ii) an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, operate and occupy all real property owned, operated, leased, subleased, or otherwise occupied by such Grantor.

Effect of Securities Laws. Each Grantor recognizes that the Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Equity Interests or the Pledged Debt Securities by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity Interests or the Pledged Debt Securities for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.

Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by any Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

• POWER OF ATTORNEY AND FURTHER ASSURANCES

Agents Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc. • Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:

 

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(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Agent may request to evidence the Secured Parties’ security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or purchase any insurance called for by the terms of the Credit Documents and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 5.5 or 5.6, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Agent or as the Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

Anything in this Section 6.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent agrees that, except as provided in Section 6.1(b), it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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• If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or time is of the essence, the Agent shall not exercise this power without first making demand on the Grantor and the Grantor failing to promptly comply therewith.

• The reasonable and documented (prior to a Default or an Event of Default only) out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 6.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which interest would then be payable on past due Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the date of demand for payment by the Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Agent within 30 days after demand therefor.

• Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until a Discharge of the Secured Obligations.

Authorization of Financing Statements. Each Grantor acknowledges that pursuant to Section 9-509(b) of the UCC and any other applicable law, the Agent (and its designees) is authorized to file or record financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral in such form and in such offices as the Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interests of the Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor agrees that such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described in the Security documents or as “all assets” or “all personal property” of such Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter existing or acquired by such Grantor or such other description as the Agent determines is necessary or advisable. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.

Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, to promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary or that the Agent may reasonably request, in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall:

• hereby authorize the Agent (or its designees) to file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, record security interests in Intellectual Property and execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably require, in order to effect, reflect, perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby;

• hereby authorize the Agent (or its designees) to take all actions necessary to ensure the recordation of appropriate evidence of the liens and security interest granted hereunder in any Intellectual Property with any intellectual property registry in which said Intellectual Property is registered or issued or in which an application for registration or issuance is pending, including, without limitation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the various Secretaries of State, and the foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing;

 

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• at any reasonable time, upon reasonable prior notice and request by the Agent, assemble the Collateral and allow inspection of the Collateral by the Agent or persons designated by the Agent;

• at the Agent’s request, appear in and defend any action or proceeding that may affect such Grantor’s title to or the Agent’s interest in all or a material part of the Collateral; and

• furnish the Agent with such information regarding the Collateral, including, without limitation, the location thereof, as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no foreign perfection actions or Foreign Security Documents shall be required with respect to any Equity Interests of an Issuer constituting an Immaterial Subsidiary that is organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state or any other locality thereof.

• LIEN ABSOLUTE; WAIVER OF SURETYSHIP DEFENSES

Lien Absolute, Waivers All rights of Agent hereunder, and all obligations of Grantors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, shall not be affected by, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and hereby waives all, rights, claims or defenses that it might otherwise have (now or in the future) with respect to, in each case, each of the following (whether or not such Grantor has knowledge thereof):

• the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, any of the Secured Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Secured Party;

• any renewal, extension or acceleration of, or any increase in the amount of the Secured Obligations, or any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, the Credit Documents;

• any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, delay in enforcement, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under any Credit Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Secured Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Secured Obligations;

• any change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Company or any other Grantor or any of their Subsidiaries and any corresponding restructuring of the Secured Obligations;

• any settlement, compromise, release, or discharge of, or acceptance or refusal of any offer of payment or performance with respect to, or any substitutions for, the Secured Obligations or any subordination of the Secured Obligations to any other obligations;

 

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• the validity, perfection, non-perfection or lapse in perfection, priority or avoidance of any security interest or lien, the release of any or all collateral securing, or purporting to secure, the Secured Obligations or any other impairment of such collateral;

• any exercise of remedies with respect to any security for the Secured Obligations (including, without limitation, any collateral, including the Collateral securing or purporting to secure any of the Secured Obligations) at such time and in such order and in such manner as the Agent and the Secured Parties may decide and whether or not every aspect thereof is commercially reasonable and whether or not such action constitutes an election of remedies and even if such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy that any Grantor would otherwise have and without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provisions hereof, each Grantor hereby expressly waives any and all benefits which might otherwise be available to such Grantor under applicable law, including, without limitation, California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2939, 2845, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2855, 2899 and 3433; and

• any other circumstance whatsoever which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Grantor as an obligor in respect of the Secured Obligations or which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company or any other Grantor for the Secured Obligations, or of such Grantor under the guarantee contained in the Credit Agreement or of any security interest granted by any Grantor, whether in a bankruptcy proceeding or in any other instance.

• In addition each Grantor further waives any and all other defenses, set-offs or counterclaims (other than a defense of payment or performance in full hereunder) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by it, the Company or any other Grantor or Person against any Secured Party, including, without limitation, failure of consideration, breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury.

• Each Grantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, marshaling, demand for payment, notice of dishonor, notice of default and notice of nonpayment to or upon the Company or any of the other Grantors with respect to the Secured Obligations. Except for notices provided for herein, each Grantor hereby waives notice (to the extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any collateral securing the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, the Collateral. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Grantor, Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against Company, any other Grantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by Agent to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Company, any other Grantor 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 Company, any other Grantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Grantor 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 Secured Party against any Grantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

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• THE COLLATERAL AGENT

Authority of Agent. • Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall be governed by the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Documents, but, as between the Agent and the Grantors, the Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

• The Agent has been appointed to act as Agent hereunder by the Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to the Agent, including without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or removal of the Agent and the rights, powers, protections (including indemnities) and duties and immunities of the Agent, are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any termination of the Credit Agreement or this Agreement.

Duty of Agent. The Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Agent nor any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys or other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except to the extent that any such act or failure to act is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely and proximately from their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in breach of a duty owed to such Grantor.

No Individual Foreclosure, Etc. No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any guarantee of the Secured Obligations except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Credit Documents may be exercised solely by the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided hereunder and under any other Credit Documents, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Secured Party authorizes the Agent to credit bid all or any part of the Secured Obligations held by it.

• MISCELLANEOUS

Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by each affected Grantor and the Agent, provided that any provision of this Agreement imposing obligations on any Grantor may be waived by the Agent in a written instrument executed by the Agent in accordance with Section 10.5 of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor shall be addressed to such Grantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 9.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, 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 any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which such Secured Party 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.

Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. • Each Grantor agrees to pay or reimburse each Secured Party for all its costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which such Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel, (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Secured Party and of counsel to the Agent.

• Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Agent 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 with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

• Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Secured Parties (including all Indemnitees pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Credit Agreement), 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 Agreement to the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Credit Agreement (it being understood and agreed that the indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 9.4(c) shall apply to the Secured Parties to the same extent that they apply to the Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement).

• Each Grantor agrees that the provisions of Section 2.19, 10.2 and 10.3 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and each Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein.

• The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent (other than pursuant to a transaction permitted under Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement) and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

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Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(a) and (f) of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other 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 such party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as such Secured Party may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to such Secured Party hereunder and claims of every nature and description of such Secured Party against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or otherwise, as such Secured Party may elect, whether or not any Secured Party has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured, provided that such Secured Party complies with Section 10.4 of the Credit Agreement. Each Secured Party exercising any right of set-off shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by such Secured Party 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 each Secured Party under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Secured Party may have.

Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic imaging means), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall in each case be deemed to include electronic signatures, signatures exchanged by electronic transmission, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided, that the Agent may request, and upon any such request the Credit Parties shall be obligated to provide, manually executed “wet ink” signatures to any Credit Document.

Severability. Any provision of this Agreement 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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

Section Headings. The Section headings and Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

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Integration/Conflict. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the case of any Collateral “located” outside the United States (including any Equity Interests of an Issuer organized under a jurisdiction other than the United States of any state or other locality thereof), in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any applicable Foreign Security Document which cannot be resolved by both provisions being complied with, the provisions contained in such Foreign Security Document shall govern to the extent of such conflict with respect to such Collateral. In the event that any of the Collateral hereunder is also subject to a valid and enforceable Lien under the terms of a Mortgage securing the Secured Obligations and the terms thereof are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, then with respect to such Collateral, the terms of such Mortgage shall control in the case of fixtures and real property leases, letting and licenses of, and contracts and agreements relating to the lease of, real property, and the terms of this Agreement shall control in the case of all other Collateral.

GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

• submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

• agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

• agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing in this agreement or any other Credit Document shall affect any right that any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document against such Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;

• waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section (and irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court);

 

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• consents to service of process in the manner provided in Section 10.15 of the Credit Agreement (and agrees that nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law); and

• waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

• it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party;

• no Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents and the provisions of Section 10.23 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis (to apply to this Agreement rather than the Credit Agreement), and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

• no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties.

Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor as required by the Credit Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

Releases. • At such time as there has been a Discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

• If any of the Collateral shall be Disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, then the Secured Parties’ Liens on such Collateral shall be automatically released without any further action of the parties and the Agent shall at the Company’s cost and request take such actions as shall be required to document or otherwise effectuate its release its security interest in such Collateral and, if applicable, to release the guarantee obligations provided for in any Credit Document in accordance with Section 9.8(d) of the Credit Agreement.

• Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement originally filed in connection herewith without the prior written consent of the Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

 

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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Pledge and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

GRANTORS:
KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

      

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Pledge and Security Agreement]


AGENT:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Agent
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Pledge and Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT A TO

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT

This CONTROL AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Control Agreement”) dated as of _______ ___, ____, is made by and among _______________, a __________ corporation (the “Grantor”), [NAME OF AGENT], as Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement referred to below), and ____________, a ____________ corporation (the “Issuer”).

WHEREAS, the Grantor has granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in the uncertificated securities of the Issuer owned by the Grantor from time to time (collectively, the “Pledged Securities”), and all additions thereto and substitutions and proceeds thereof (collectively, with the Pledged Securities, the “Collateral”) pursuant to a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), among the Grantor and the other persons party thereto as grantors in favor of the Agent.

WHEREAS, the following terms which are defined in Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof (the “UCC”) are used herein as so defined: Adverse Claim, Control, Instruction, Proceeds and Uncertificated Security.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Notice of Security Interest. The Grantor, the Agent and the Issuer are entering into this Control Agreement to perfect, and to confirm the priority of, the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral. The Issuer acknowledges that this Control Agreement constitutes written notification to the Issuer of the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral. The Issuer agrees to promptly make all necessary entries or notations in its books and records to reflect the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and, upon request by the Agent, to register the Agent as the registered owner of any or all of the Pledged Securities. The Issuer acknowledges that the Agent has control over the Collateral.

SECTION 2. Collateral. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Grantor and the Agent that (i) the terms of any limited liability company interests or partnership interests included in the Collateral from time to time shall expressly provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of [__________], (ii) the Pledged Securities are uncertificated securities, (iii) the issuer’s jurisdiction is, and during the term of this Control Agreement shall remain, the State of [____________], (iv) Schedule 1 contains a true and complete description of the Pledged Securities as of the date hereof and (v) except for the claims and interests of the Agent and the Grantor in the Collateral, the Issuer does not know of any claim to or security interest or other interest in the Collateral.

SECTION 3. Control. The Issuer hereby agrees, upon written direction from the Agent and without further consent from the Grantor, (a) to comply with all instructions and directions of any kind originated by the Agent concerning the Collateral, to liquidate or otherwise dispose of the Collateral as and to the extent directed by the Agent and to pay over to the Agent all proceeds without any set-off or deduction, and (b) except as otherwise directed by the Agent, not to comply with the instructions or directions of any kind originated by the Grantor or any other person.

 

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SECTION 4. Other Agreements. The Issuer shall notify promptly the Agent and the Grantor if any other person asserts any lien, encumbrance, claim (including any adverse claim) or security interest in or against any of the Collateral. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Control Agreement and any other agreement governing the Pledged Securities or the Collateral, the provisions of this Control Agreement shall control.

SECTION 5. Protection of Issuer. The Issuer may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any notice, instruction or other communication that it reasonably believes to be genuine and authorized.

SECTION 6. Termination. This Control Agreement shall terminate automatically upon receipt by the Issuer of written notice executed by the Agent that (i) the Discharge of the Secured Obligations has occurred, or (ii) all of the Collateral has been released, whichever is sooner, and the Issuer shall thereafter be relieved of all duties and obligations hereunder.

SECTION 7. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three (3) days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, to the Grantor’s and the Agent’s addresses as set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and to the Issuer’s address as set forth below, or to such other address as any party may give to the others in writing for such purpose:

 

  [Name of Issuer]
   [Address of Issuer]
        Attention:          
   Telephone: ( ) -      
   Telecopy: () -      

SECTION 8. Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Control Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto.

SECTION 9. Entire Agreement. This Control Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Control Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

SECTION 10. Execution in Counterparts. This Control Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by one or more parties to this Control Agreement and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Control Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf”, or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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SECTION 11. Successors and Assigns. This Control Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided that neither the Grantor nor the Issuer may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Control Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

SECTION 12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Control Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 13. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Control Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

SECTION 14. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Grantor and the Issuer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

• submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Control Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

• agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

• agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing in this Control Agreement shall affect any right that any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Control Agreement or any other Credit Document against the Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;

• consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

• agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Grantor at its address referred to in Section 7 of this Control Agreement or at such other address of which the Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

• agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and

 

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• waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO AND ACCEPTED BY THE AGENT AND WILL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW OF GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

SECTION 16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE, THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTROL AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Control Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[NAME OF ISSUER]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________], 20[__] (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a “Grantor” (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Agent, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, to the Company; and

WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extension of credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement, the Grantors entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Agent, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Copyright Collateral (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured parties with the United States Copyright Office.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Agent as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Copyright Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

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(a) all works of authorship and all intellectual property rights therein, all United States and foreign copyrights (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all designs (including but not limited to all industrial designs, “Protected Designs” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 1301 et. Seq. and Community designs), and all “Mask Works” (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed in Schedule A attached hereto, (ii) all extensions, renewals, and restorations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world (collectively “Copyrights”); and

(b) all agreements, licenses and covenants pursuant to which such Grantor has been granted exclusive rights in any registered Copyrights or has otherwise been granted or has granted a covenant not to sue for infringement or other violation of any registered Copyrights, including, without limitation, each agreement listed in Schedule A attached hereto.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the security interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

SECTION 4. Governing Law

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

SECTION 5. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR],

as Grantor

 

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Accepted and Agreed:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,
as Agent
By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________], 20[__] (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a Grantor (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Agent, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, to the Company; and

WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extension of credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement, the Grantors entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Agent, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Patent Collateral (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Agent as follows::

SECTION 1. Defined Terms

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest.

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

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all patentable inventions and designs, all United States, foreign, and multinational patents, certificates of invention, and similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including without limitation: (i) each patent and patent application listed in Schedule A attached hereto (ii) all reissues, substitutes, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

SECTION 4. Governing Law

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

SECTION 5. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR],

as Grantor

By:  

   

  Name:
  Title:

 

EXHIBIT B-2


Accepted and Agreed:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,
as Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B-3

TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________], 20[__] (this “Agreement”), is made by each of the signatories hereto indicated as a Grantor (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Agent, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, to the Company; and

WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extension of credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement, the Grantors entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) between each of the Grantors and the Agent, pursuant to which each of the Grantors assigned, transferred and granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Trademark Collateral (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Grantor agreed to execute and this Agreement, in order to record the security interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured parties with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors hereby agree with the Agent as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and if not defined therein, shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral

SECTION 2.1 Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Agent, and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property, in each case, wherever located and now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Trademark Collateral”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

 

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all domestic, foreign and multinational trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, Internet domain names, other indicia of origin or source identification, and general intangibles of a like nature, whether registered or unregistered, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications for registration thereof including, without limitation, the registrations and applications listed in Schedule A attached hereto, (ii) all extension and renewals thereof, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iv) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution, or other violation thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

SECTION 2.2 Certain Limited Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Trademark Collateral include or the security interest granted under Section 2.1 hereof attach to any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement

The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Grantors hereby acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Agent with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Pledge and Security Agreement, the provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement shall control. Solely as between Grantor and Agent, in acting under this Agreement, Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections (including indemnities), immunities and benefits granted to Agent by Grantor under the Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

SECTION 4. Governing Law

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).

 

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SECTION 5. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR],

as Grantor

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

EXHIBIT B-3


Accepted and Agreed:
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,
as Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

EXHIBIT B-3


ANNEX 1 TO

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________, ____, made by ______________________, a _______________ corporation (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of [NAME OF AGENT], as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, in connection with that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Agent, the Company and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge and Security Agreement”) in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1. Pledge and Security Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 9.14 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules _____________ to the Pledge and Security Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Pledge and Security Agreement as they relate to such Additional Grantor are true and correct (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement), in all material respects, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of the date hereof.

2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

3. Successors and Assigns.

This Assumption Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Additional Grantor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Assumption Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent and any such assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Annex 1-2


Annex 1A

 

Annex 1A-1

Exhibit 10.2

May 8, 2024

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue, Suite 210

Newton, MA 02459

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

Re:

Exchange for Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is proposing to exchange its outstanding 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (CUSIP 48576U AA4 and ISIN: US48576UAA43) (the “Old Notes”) for (i) a new series of its 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “New Notes”) that will be convertible into shares (“Underlying Shares”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Stock”) and (ii) Warrants, each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E hereto (the “Warrants”) to purchase Stock (such shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of, or otherwise pursuant to, the Warrants, the “Warrant Shares”), in each case in amounts as determined as set forth herein (the “Exchange”), pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement (this “Exchange Agreement”).

The undersigned (the “Investor”), for itself and, on behalf of the accounts (if any) listed on Exhibit A hereto for whom the Investor has been duly authorized to enter into the Exchange (each, including the Investor if it is listed on Exhibit A, an “Exchanging Holder”) hereby agrees to the Exchange pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Exchange Agreement.

The Old Notes were issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2018, between the Company, as issuer, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a federal savings bank, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Old Notes Trustee” and such indenture, the “Old Notes Indenture”). The New Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “New Notes Indenture”), to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below), among the Company, as issuer, any guarantors party thereto (the “Guarantors”) and Wilmington Savings Funds Society, FSB, as trustee (in such capacity, the “New Notes Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

The New Notes and the guarantees of the New Notes by each of the Guarantors as set forth in the New Notes Indenture (the “Guarantees”) will be secured by a second-priority lien, subject to the first priority liens made in connection with the Term Loan (as defined in the New Notes Indenture) and any other Permitted Liens (as defined in Section 4.13 of the New Notes Indenture), pursuant to the terms of the New Notes Indenture and a Pledge and Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto, on substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Guarantors, now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company and any Guarantor, subject to certain exceptions described in the New Notes Indenture and the Security Agreement. The Company will also be entering into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date, with the Investor and other parties thereto, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto.

The New Notes, the Guarantees, the Underlying Shares and the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are referred to collectively herein as the “Securities.” The New Notes Indenture, the Security Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.” Each Exchanging Holder (other than the Investor) is referred to herein as an “Account.”


The Investor and each Account understands that the Exchange is being made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any securities laws of any state of the United States or of any other jurisdiction, and that the Exchange is only being made with investors who are institutional “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act that are also “qualified institutional buyers” (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in reliance upon an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

  1.

The Exchange. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Exchange Agreement, the Investor and the other Exchanging Holders hereby deliver, assign and transfer to the Company all right, title and interest in the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes set forth in column 2 of Exhibit A (such principal amount of Old Notes, the “Exchanged Old Notes”) in exchange for: (i) New Notes having an aggregate principal amount, for each Exchanging Holder, as set forth in column 3 of Exhibit A (such aggregate principal amount of New Notes, the “Exchanged New Notes”),(ii) the number of Warrants as set forth in column 4 of Exhibit A (the “Exchanged Warrants” and, together with the Exchanged New Notes, the “New Securities”) and (iii) a cash amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Old Notes from, and including, April 15, 2024 to, but excluding, the Closing Date, calculated in accordance with the Old Notes Indenture (such amount, the “Interest Amount”), and the Company agrees to deliver the applicable amounts of such Exchanging Holder’s New Securities and Interest Amount to such Exchanging Holder in exchange for such Exchanged Old Notes tendered by such Exchanging Holder in the Exchange on the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, Exchanged New Notes will be issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof, and the Company will not make any separate cash payment in respect of rounded amounts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Exchange Agreement, the Investor, on behalf of itself and each Exchanging Holder, hereby (a) waives any and all rights with respect to such Exchanged Old Notes, and (b) releases and discharges the Company from any and all claims the Investor and each Exchanging Holder may now have, or may have in the future, arising out of, or related to, such Exchanged Old Notes.

 

  2.

The Closing. The closing of the Exchange (the “Closing”) shall take place electronically at 8:00 AM, New York City time, on May 13, 2024, or at such other time and place as the Company may designate by notice to the Investor (the “Closing Date”); provided that the Closing Date cannot be later than May 15, 2024 (the “Cutoff Date”) without the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

 

  3.

Closing Mechanics.

 

  a.

The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) will act as securities depositary for the New Notes.

 

  b.

At or prior to the times set forth in the Exchange Procedures set forth in Exhibit F hereto (the “Exchange Procedures”), the Investor, on behalf of itself and/or any other Account, shall deliver and/or cause the Exchanging Holders to deliver the Exchanged Old Notes, by book entry transfer through the facilities of DTC, to the Old Notes Trustee, for the account/benefit of the Company for cancellation as instructed in the Exchange Procedures;

 

  c.

On or prior to the Closing Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 6 hereof, and the prior receipt by the Old Notes Trustee from each Exchanging Holder of the Exchanged Old Note:

 

  (i)

each Exchanging Holder shall execute and deliver, and cause the New Notes Trustee and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, this Exchange Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it and/or the Collateral Agent is a party;

 

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  (ii)

the Company and each Guarantor shall execute and deliver, and cause the New Notes Trustee and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, each Transaction Document to which the Company, a Guarantor, the New Notes Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent is a party;

 

  (iii)

in connection with the foregoing clause (ii), the Company shall execute, cause the New Notes Trustee to authenticate and cause to be delivered to the DTC account(s) specified by the Investor or the relevant Account in Exhibit G hereto, the Exchanged New Notes;

 

  (iv)

the Company shall execute and deliver to each Exchanging Holder the Warrants exercisable for the applicable number of Warrant Shares due to such Exchanging Holder upon consummation of the Exchange as specified herein; and

 

  (v)

the Company shall pay to each Exchanging Holder the Interest Amount on its Exchanged Old Notes.

All questions as to the form of all documents and the validity and acceptance of the Old Notes and the New Securities and Interest Amount will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding.

 

4.

Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Investor (and each Account, as applicable), on behalf of itself and each of the Guarantors, if any, that:

 

  a.

Organization. The Company and each of the Guarantors is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other form, as applicable, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdictions) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. The Company and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business (where such concept exists) and is in good standing in every jurisdiction (where such concept exists) in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, unless the failure to so qualify has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and the Guarantors taken as a whole.

 

  b.

Due Authorization. This Exchange Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

  c.

New Securities. The New Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the New Notes Indenture, assuming due authentication of the New Notes by the New Notes Trustee, upon delivery to the Exchanging Holders in accordance with the terms of the Exchange, will be validly issued and delivered, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and each of the applicable Guarantors and will be entitled to the benefits of the New Notes Indenture, enforceable against the Company and each such Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except as such

 

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  enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except insofar as enforceability of indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law or public policy (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed by the Company, upon delivery to the Exchanging Holders in accordance with the terms of the Exchange, will be validly issued and delivered, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The maximum number of Underlying Shares initially issuable upon conversion of the New Notes (assuming settlement in shares of Stock to the maximum extent permitted by the New Notes Indenture and taking into account the maximum make-whole adjustment under the New Notes Indenture) and the Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (assuming full exercise of the Warrants) have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for by the Company and, when issued upon conversion of the New Notes in accordance with the terms of the New Notes and the New Notes Indenture or upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, as applicable, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of any Underlying Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, will not be subject to any preemptive, participation, rights of first refusal or similar rights. At or prior to the Closing, a Listing of Additional Shares notification form covering the Underlying Shares and the Warrant Shares shall have been submitted to the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

  d.

Transaction Documents. The Company and each Guarantor, as applicable, has all requisite corporate power and authority to perform its obligations under each Transaction Document, to the extent applicable. Each Transaction Document has been duly authorized by the Company and each Guarantor, as applicable, and will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor, as applicable, on or prior to the Closing. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, each Transaction Document, upon execution and delivery thereof by the Company and each Guarantor, as applicable, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

  e.

Exemption from Registration. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor and each other investor executing an Exchange Agreement, (1) the issuance of the New Securities in connection with the Exchange pursuant to this Exchange Agreement is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act; (2) when issued to an Exchanging Holder, the New Notes will be issued free of any restrictive legend and issued with an “unrestricted” CUSIP; and (3) the New Notes Indenture is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

  f.

New Class. The New Notes (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Warrants), when issued, will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system, within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3)(i) under the Securities Act.

 

  f.

No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the New Notes and the Warrants and any issuance of Underlying Shares and Warrant Shares, and the granting of any liens or other security interests to be granted by the Company or the Guarantors

 

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  pursuant to the New Notes Indenture and Security Agreement, as applicable, will not: (i) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Guarantor is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any Guarantor or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or federal, state, local or foreign governmental agency or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the properties or assets of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their properties or assets, except, with respect to clauses (i) and (iii), conflicts, breaches, violations, impositions or defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, business or prospects of the Company and the Guarantors taken as a whole or a material adverse effect on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors on their obligations under any Transaction Document or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

  g.

Governmental Authorizations. Except in each case, as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the Company and the Guarantors taken as a whole: (a) the Company and the Guarantors possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses (the “Required Authorizations”), none of the Company nor any of the Guarantors has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Required Authorizations and all Required Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect, and (b) no authorization of, or registration, notice or filing with, any governmental authority is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of any of the Transaction Documents, and (ii) the consummation by the Company or any of the Guarantors of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except (A) for such as have already been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date that are in full force and effect, (B) for those required in connection with the perfection of any security interest in or exercise of remedies in respect of any collateral securing the New Notes, (C) pursuant to applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations that are expressly contemplated by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and by the Registration Rights Agreement, or (D) for filings expressly contemplated or required by the Transaction Documents.

 

  h.

Collateral Documents. Upon execution and delivery, the Security Agreement will be effective to grant a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in all of the grantor’s right, title and interest in the collateral described therein. The Company and the Guarantors collectively own, have rights in or have the power and authority to grant the liens contemplated by the Security Agreement in the collateral securing the New Notes, free and clear of any liens other than the Permitted Liens.

 

  i.

SEC Reporting. From January 1, 2024 to the date of this Exchange Agreement, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Reports”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Reports.

 

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  j.

Nasdaq Compliance. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of Nasdaq. No approval of the stockholders of the Company under the rules and regulations of Nasdaq (including Rule 5635 of the Nasdaq Listing Rules) is required to issue and deliver the New Notes to the Investor.

 

  k.

Legal Proceedings. There is no action, lawsuit, arbitration, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company that would reasonably be expected to impede the consummation of the Exchange.

 

  l.

Capitalization. The Company is authorized under its Certificate of Incorporation to issue 400,000,000 shares of Stock. The Company’s disclosure of its issued and outstanding capital stock in its most recent SEC Report containing such disclosure was accurate in all material respects as of the date indicated in such SEC Report. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; none of such shares were issued in violation of any preemptive rights; and such shares were issued in compliance with applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of third parties. No person is entitled to preemptive or similar statutory or contractual rights with respect to the issuance by the Company of any securities of the Company. Except for the Old Notes, those certain warrants issued on December 5, 2022 to purchase up to 9,537,563 shares of Stock described in the SEC Reports, those certain warrants issued on August 1, 2023 to purchase up to 250,000 shares of Stock described in the SEC Reports, 75,000 shares of Stock to be delivered to Neumedicines Inc. contingent upon certain terms of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement with Neumedicines Inc. dated as of November 24, 2020, shares of Stock issued under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and options and restricted stock units granted under Company stock-based compensation plans that are described in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any character under which the Company is or may be obligated to issue any equity securities of any kind, except as contemplated by this Exchange Agreement or as previously disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports. There are no voting agreements, buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other similar agreements among the Company and any of the securityholders of the Company relating to the securities of the Company held by them. No person has the right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of securities of the Company for its own account or for the account of any other person, other than pursuant to that certain registration rights agreement December 5, 2022. The Company does not have outstanding stockholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar arrangement in effect giving any person the right to purchase any equity interest in the Company upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

  m.

Exchange. The Company acknowledges that the terms of the Exchange have been mutually negotiated between the parties.

 

  n.

Solvency. As of the date of this Exchange Agreement, after giving effect to the completion of the Exchange and the consummation of the other transactions occurring simultaneously on the date of this Exchange Agreement, (A) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the total assets of Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the probable total liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Company as they mature and become absolute, (B) the capital of the Company is adequate to conduct its business and to enter into the Exchange, (C) the Company has the ability to pay its debts and obligations as such debts mature, and (D) the Company is not “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code)).

 

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  o.

Investment Company. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Exchange Agreement, will not be required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

 

  p.

FIRPTA. The Company is not a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

  q.

Other Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company made in Section 4 of that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as the administrative agent and collateral agent, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those which have a materiality qualifier, which shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) as of the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, as of the Closing Date, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (except for those which have a materiality qualifier, which shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) as of such specified earlier date.

 

5.

Representations and Warranties of the Investor. The Investor hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Company, on behalf of itself and each Account, as applicable, that:

 

  a.

The Investor is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other form, as applicable, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdictions) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable.

 

  b.

The Investor has all requisite corporate, limited partnership, limited liability company or other applicable entity power and authority to deliver, assign and transfer the Exchanged Old Notes in exchange for the New Securities and Interest Amount pursuant to this Exchange Agreement and to enter into this Exchange Agreement and perform all obligations required to be performed by the Investor hereunder. This Exchange Agreement, when executed and delivered, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Investor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Investor and each Exchanging Holder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that such enforcement may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. If the Investor is executing this Exchange Agreement on behalf of an Account, (i) the Investor has all requisite discretionary and contractual authority to enter into this Exchange Agreement on behalf of, and, bind, each Account to the terms of this Exchange Agreement and (ii) Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete list of (A) the name of each Exchanging Holder, and (B) the principal amount of each Exchanging Holder’s Exchanged Old Notes.

 

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  c.

Each Exchanging Holder participating in the Exchange is the current beneficial owner of the Exchanged Old Notes. When the Exchanged Old Notes are exchanged, the Company will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges, encumbrances, adverse claims, rights or proxies.

 

  d.

Participation in the Exchange will not contravene (1) any law, rule, regulation or governmental or judicial decrees, injunctions or orders binding on the Investor or any Account or any investment guideline or restriction applicable to the Investor (or, if applicable, any Account), (2) the charter or bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) of the Investor (or, if applicable, any Account) or (3) any agreement or instrument to which the Investor or any Account is a party or by which the Investor or any Account or any of their respective assets are bound.

 

  e.

The Investor (or applicable Account) is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth in Exhibit G and, unless otherwise set out in Exhibit A, is not acquiring the Exchanged New Notes as a nominee or agent or otherwise for any other person.

 

  f.

The Investor and each Account will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in effect in any jurisdiction in which the Investor or such Account acquires, pursuant to the Exchange, or sells New Notes and will obtain any consent, approval or permission required for such acquisitions or sales under the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction to which the Investor or such Account is subject or in which the Investor or such Account makes such acquisitions or sales, and the Company shall not have any responsibility therefor.

 

  g.

The Investor and each Account have received a copy of the Transaction Documents. The Investor acknowledges that: (1) no person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation concerning the Exchange or the Company or any Guarantor, other than as contained in this Exchange Agreement or the Transaction Documents; and (2) the Company and the Guarantors do not take any responsibility for, and cannot provide any assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that may have been provided to the Investor. The Investor hereby acknowledges that J. Wood Capital Advisors LLC (the “Exchange Advisor”) does not take any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, the information set forth in the Transaction Documents or any such other information provided or deemed provided to the Investor by the Company.

 

  h.

The Investor and each Account understands and accepts that acquiring the Securities involves risks. The Investor and each Account has such knowledge, skill and experience in business, financial and investment matters that the Investor and each Account is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Exchange and an investment in the Securities. With the assistance of its own professional advisors (to the extent the Investor and each Account has deemed appropriate), the Investor and each Account has made its own legal, tax, accounting and financial evaluation of the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and the consequences of the Exchange and this Exchange Agreement. The Investor and each Account has considered the suitability of the Securities as an investment in light of its own circumstances and financial condition, and the Investor is, and each Account is, able to bear the risks associated with an investment in the Securities. The Investor and each Account understands that it should consult with its own tax advisors in order to determine the U.S. federal, state and local tax consequences of the Exchange as well as the ownership and disposition of the Securities, in light of the Investor’s and each Account’s particular circumstances.

 

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  i.

The Investor confirms that neither it nor any Account is relying on any communication (written or oral) of the Company or the Exchange Advisor or any of their respective agents or affiliates as investment advice or as a recommendation to participate in the Exchange and receive the New Securities and Interest Amount pursuant to the terms hereof. The Investor confirms that it has read the New Notes Indenture relating to the New Notes and the Warrants and has not relied on any statement (written or oral) of the Company, the Exchange Advisor or any of their respective affiliates as to the terms of the New Notes or Warrants. It is understood that information provided in the Transaction Documents, or by the Company or the Exchange Advisor or any of their respective agents or affiliates, shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation with respect to the Exchange, and that none of the Company, the Exchange Advisor or any of their respective agents or affiliates is acting or has acted as an advisor to the Investor or any Account in deciding whether to participate in the Exchange.

 

  j.

The Investor confirms, for itself and for each Account, that neither the Company nor the Exchange Advisor have (1) given any guarantee or representation as to the potential success, return, effect or benefit (either legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting or otherwise) of an investment in the Securities; or (2) made any representation to the Investor regarding the legality of an investment in the Securities under applicable investment guidelines, laws or regulations. In deciding to participate in the Exchange, neither the Investor nor any Account is relying on the advice or recommendations of the Company or the Exchange Advisor, and the Investor and each Account has made its own independent decision that the investment in the Securities is suitable and appropriate for the Investor or such Account.

 

  k.

The Investor and each Account is a sophisticated participant in the transactions contemplated hereby and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities, is experienced in investing in capital markets and is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities. The Investor and each Account is familiar with the business and financial condition and operations of the Company and the Guarantors and has conducted its own investigation of the Company and the Guarantors and the Securities and has consulted with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Investor and each Account has had access to the Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and such other information concerning the Company and the Guarantors and the Securities as it deems necessary to enable it to make an informed investment decision concerning the Exchange. The Investor and each Account has been offered the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its representatives and has received answers thereto as the Investor or such Account deems necessary to enable it to make an informed investment decision concerning the Exchange and the Securities. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Investor or its advisors, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein.

 

  l.

The Investor and each Account understands that no federal, state, local or foreign agency has passed upon the merits or risks of an investment in the Securities or made any finding or determination concerning the fairness or advisability of such investment.

 

  m.

The Investor and each Account is an institutional “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act as well as a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Investor, for itself and on behalf of each Account, agrees to furnish any additional information reasonably requested by the Company or any of their affiliates to assure compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and all other applicable laws in connection with the Exchange.

 

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  n.

The Investor and each Account is not directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the Company and is not, and has not been for the immediately preceding three months, an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company.

 

  o.

The Investor and each Account hereby confirms that its Exchanged Old Notes were either (i) acquired more than one year prior to the Closing Date or (ii) acquired from a noteholder who such Exchanging Holder had no reason to believe was, at the time of such sale or the immediately preceding three months, an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company, and further hereby confirms that such Investor and each Account hereby confirms that it is entitled to rely on Rule 144(d)(3)(ii) in connection with its acquisition of the Securities (other than any Warrant Shares issued upon cash exercise of the Warrants).

 

  p.

The Investor and each Account is acquiring the Securities solely for the Investor’s or such Account’s own beneficial account, or for an account with respect to which the Investor or such Account exercises sole investment discretion, for investment purposes, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution of the Securities in violation of federal, state or other applicable securities laws. The Investor and each Account understands that the offer and sale of the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws by reason of specific exemptions under the provisions thereof that depend in part upon the representations made by the Investor and each Account in this Exchange Agreement.

 

  q.

The Investor and each Account understands that the Company is relying upon the representations and agreements contained in this Exchange Agreement (and any supplemental information) for the purpose of determining whether the Investor’s and such Account’s participation in the Exchange meets the requirements for the exemptions referenced in clause (o) above and whether the New Notes and the Warrants may be issued without legends.

 

  r.

The Investor and each Account acknowledges and agrees that since the time such Investor or Account was wall crossed it has not, and prior to the Closing it will not, engage in any hedging transactions with respect to the Securities and that any hedging transactions that thereafter may be engaged in by it with respect to the Securities it will be conducted in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and all other applicable laws.

 

  s.

The Investor and each Account acknowledges that the terms of the Exchange have been mutually negotiated between the Investor (for itself and on behalf of each Account), and the Company. The Investor was given a meaningful opportunity to negotiate the terms of the Exchange on behalf of itself and each Account.

 

  t.

The Investor and each Account acknowledges the Company intends to pay an advisory fee to the Exchange Advisor.

 

  u.

The Investor will, for itself and on behalf of each Account, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents, information or certifications reasonably requested by the Company, the Old Notes Trustee or the New Notes Trustee to complete the Exchange.

 

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  v.

The Investor and each Account understands that, unless the Investor notifies the Company in writing to the contrary prior to the Closing, each of the Investor’s representations and warranties contained in this Exchange Agreement will be deemed to have been reaffirmed and confirmed as of the Closing, taking into account all information received by the Investor.

 

  w.

The participation in the Exchange by any Exchanging Holder was not conditioned by the Company on such Exchanging Holders’ exchange of a minimum principal amount of Exchanged Old Notes or its participation, if any, in the Term Loan Agreement (as defined in the New Notes Indenture).

 

  x.

The Investor acknowledges that it and each Account had a sufficient amount of time to consider whether to participate in the Exchange and that neither the Company nor the Exchange Advisor has placed any pressure on the Investor or any Account to respond to the opportunity to participate in the Exchange. The Investor acknowledges that neither it nor any Account became aware of the Exchange through any form of general solicitation or advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act.

 

  y.

The operations of the Investor and each Account have been conducted in material compliance with the rules and regulations administered or conducted by the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the rules and regulations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and the Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) rules in the Bank Secrecy Act applicable to the Investor. The Investor has performed due diligence necessary to reasonably determine that its (or, where applicable, any Account’s) beneficial owners are not named on the lists of denied parties or blocked persons administered by OFAC, resident in or organized under the laws of a country that is the subject of comprehensive economic sanctions and embargoes administered or conducted by OFAC (“Sanctions”), are not otherwise the subject of Sanctions and have not been found to be in violation or under suspicion of violating OFAC, FCPA or AML rules and regulations.

 

  z.

The Investor and each Account acknowledges and agrees that the Exchange Advisor has not acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to the Investor or such Account and that the Exchange Advisor and its respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and controlling persons have no responsibility for making, and have not made, any independent investigation of the information contained herein or in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and make no representation or warranty to the Investor or such Account, express or implied, with respect to the Company or the Exchange or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information provided to the Investor or the Account or any other publicly available information, nor will any of the foregoing persons be liable for any loss or damages of any kind resulting from the use of the information contained therein or otherwise supplied to the Investor or such Account.

 

  aa.

The Investor and each Account acknowledges and agrees that no public market exists for the New Notes or Warrants and that there is no assurance that a public market will ever develop for the New Notes or Warrants.

 

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  bb.

The Investor and each Exchanging Holder acknowledges and understands that as of the date of this Exchange Agreement and at the time of the Closing, the Company may be in possession of material non-public information not known to the Investor or any Exchanging Holder that may impact the value of the Old Notes and the Securities (“Information”) that the Company has not disclosed to the Investor or any Exchanging Holder. The Investor and each Exchanging Holder acknowledges that they have not relied upon the non-disclosure of any such Information for purposes of making their decision to participate in the Exchange. The Investor and each Exchanging Holder understands, based on its experience, the disadvantage to which the Investor and each Exchanging Investor is subject due to the disparity of information between the Company, on the one hand, and the Investor and each Exchanging Holder, on the other hand. Notwithstanding this, the Investor and each Exchanging Holder has deemed it appropriate to participate in the Exchange. The Investor agrees that the Company and its directors, officers, employees, agents, stockholders and affiliates shall have no liability to the Investor or any Exchanging Holder or their respective beneficiaries whatsoever due to or in connection with the Company’s use or non-disclosure of the Information or otherwise as a result of the Exchange, and the Investor hereby irrevocably waives any claim that it or any Exchanging Holder might have based on the failure of the Company to disclose the Information.

 

6.

Conditions to Obligations of the Investor and the Company. The obligations of the Investor to deliver, or to cause the Accounts to deliver, the Exchanged Old Notes and of the Company to deliver the New Securities and pay the Interest Amount are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the condition precedent that the representations and warranties of the Company on the one hand, and of the Investor on the other contained in Sections 4 and 5, respectively, shall be true and correct as of the Closing in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made as of the Closing.

 

7.

Covenants and Acknowledgments of the Company.

 

  a.

The Company hereby agrees to publicly disclose at or prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time (the “Release Time”), on the first business day after the date hereof, the Exchange as contemplated by this Exchange Agreement in a press release or through the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that as of the Release Time the Company will disclose all confidential information to the extent the Company believes such confidential information constitutes material non-public information that was communicated by the Company to the Investor or any Account in connection with the Exchange, if any. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may be aware of other material non-public information regarding the Company at the time of Closing that has not been communicated to the Investor or any Account. The Company will, no later than the first business day following the Closing, file a Current Report on Form 8-K publicly disclosing the Closing as contemplated by this Exchange Agreement.

 

  b.

From and after the date hereof, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available (free of preemptive or similar rights) from its authorized but unissued shares of Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting conversions of the New Notes and the exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion in full of the New Notes and the exercise in full of the Warrants (without giving effect to any beneficial ownership caps contained in the New Notes and Warrants or any other restriction or limitation on exercise contained in the New Notes and Warrants) to the extent required by the Indenture; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion in full of the New Notes or the exercise in full of the Warrants (without giving effect to any beneficial ownership caps contained in the New Notes and Warrants or any other restriction or limitation on exercise contained in the New Notes or Warrants), the Company will use reasonable best efforts to take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Stock to at least such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.

 

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  c.

The Company agrees that it shall, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Old Notes Trustee or transfer agent to be reasonably necessary to complete the Exchange.

 

  d.

On the Closing Date the Company shall deliver to the Investor a legal opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor.

 

  e.

The Company covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Investor upon request for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Investor through the Closing in connection with the execution of this Exchange Agreement (including the reasonable and documented fees and the expenses and disbursements of two counsels, which shall be Latham & Watkins LLP and Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP (“GDC”), provided that the fees of GDC shall not exceed $50,000). The provisions of this Section 7(e) shall survive the termination of this Exchange Agreement.

 

8.

Covenant of the Investor. No later than one (1) business day after the date hereof, the Investor agrees to deliver settlement instructions for each Exchanging Holder to the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

9.

Waiver, Amendment. Neither this Exchange Agreement nor any provisions hereof shall be modified, changed, discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the party against whom any waiver, change, discharge or termination is sought.

 

10.

Assignability. Neither this Exchange Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company or the Investor without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

11.

Withholding; Required Tax Forms. The Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) shall deliver to the Company, at least one (1) business day prior to the Closing, an accurately completed and duly executed IRS Form W-9 or IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or W-8ECI, as applicable (or any successor form). The Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) acknowledges that, if the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) (i) is a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), then the Company must be provided with a correct taxpayer identification number (generally, a person’s social security number or federal employer identification number) or (ii) is not a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a) of the Code) (a “Non-U.S. Holder”), then the Company must be provided with an accurately completed and duly executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or W-8ECI, as applicable (or any successor form), establishing an exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding on interest or original issue discount. The Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) further acknowledges that any Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) may be subject to 30% U.S. federal withholding on certain payments or deliveries made to such Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) attributable to accrued and unpaid interest or original issue discount or 24% U.S. federal backup withholding on certain payments or deliveries made to such Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) unless such Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) properly establishes an exemption from, or a reduced rate of, such withholding or backup withholding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) hereby represents that it is able to receive any consideration payable hereunder (including any amounts attributable to accrued and unpaid interest) without any U.S. federal withholding tax and is entitled to provide U.S. tax forms and required attachments indicating the same (including, where relevant, any certifications indicating that the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) fulfills the requirements of “portfolio interest exemption” as indicated in Exhibit H hereto). Any forms required to be delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section 11 shall be delivered in accordance with Section 19; provided that such communication shall be made via electronic mail.

 

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12.

Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE INVESTOR (FOR ITSELF AND, IF APPLICABLE, ON BEHALF OF EACH ACCOUNT) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.

 

13.

Governing Law. THIS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

14.

Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Investor (for itself and, if applicable, on behalf of each Account) (a) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Exchange Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; (b) waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding; and (c) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Investor (for itself and, if applicable, on behalf of each Account) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

15.

Venue. Each of the Company and the Investor (for itself and, if applicable, on behalf of each Account) irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Exchange Agreement in any court referred to in Section 14. Each of the Company and the Investor (for itself and, if applicable, on behalf of each Account) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

16.

Service of Process. Each of the Company and the Investor (for itself and, if applicable, on behalf of each Account) irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 19. Nothing in this Exchange Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Exchange Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

17.

Section and Other Headings. The section and other headings contained in this Exchange Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Exchange Agreement.

 

18.

Counterparts. This Exchange Agreement may be executed, either manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign (or similar digital signature provider), by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means, including telecopy, email or otherwise and including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal E-SIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Exchange Agreement (whether executed manually or by way of a digital signature as described herein this Section 18) by facsimile or other transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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19.

Notices. All notices and other communications to the Company provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid to the following addresses or pursuant to the following email addresses, or, in the case of the Investor or any Account, the address provided in Exhibit G (or such other address as either party shall have specified by notice in writing to the other):

 

If to the Company:   

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue, Suite 210,

Newton, MA 02459

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel

Email: [***]

 

20.

Binding Effect. The provisions of this Exchange Agreement shall be binding upon and accrue to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

21.

Notification of Changes. After the date of this Exchange Agreement until the Closing, each of the Company and the Investor (for itself and, if applicable, on behalf of each Account) hereby covenants and agrees to notify the other upon the occurrence of any event prior to the Closing that would cause any representation, warranty, or covenant of the Company or the Investor (and/or such Account), as the case may be, contained in this Exchange Agreement to be false or incorrect in any material respect.

 

22.

Reliance by Exchange Advisor. The Exchange Advisor may rely on each representation and warranty of the Company and the Investor made herein or pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, in any officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to the terms hereof) with the same force and effect as if such representation or warranty were made directly to the Exchange Advisor. The Exchange Advisor shall be a third party beneficiary to this Exchange Agreement to the extent provided in this Section 22.

 

23.

Severability. If any term or provision (in whole or in part) of this Exchange Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Exchange Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

24.

Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Investor contained in this Exchange Agreement, and the provisions of Section 7(e), shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

25.

Termination. This Exchange Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby abandoned (a) by mutual agreement of the Company and the Investor in writing or (b) by either the Company or the Investor if the conditions to such party’s obligations set forth herein have not been satisfied (unless waived by the party entitled to the benefit thereof), and the Exchange has not occurred on or before the Cutoff Date without liability of either the Company or the Investor, as the case may be; provided that neither the Company nor the Investor shall be released from liability hereunder if this Exchange Agreement is terminated and the transactions abandoned by reason of the failure of the Company or the Investor or an Exchanging Holder, as the case may be, to have performed its obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, if this Exchange Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby are not concluded as described above, this Exchange Agreement will become void and of no further force and effect.

 

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26.

Tax Treatment.

 

  a.

The Company and the Investor hereby agree to treat, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the exchange of the Old Notes for the New Notes and Warrants as a tax-free recapitalization. The parties hereto agree to report all income tax matters with respect to the New Notes and Warrants consistent with this Section 26 and shall not take any action or file any tax return, report or declaration inconsistent herewith unless required to do so by a change in applicable requirements of law or by a tax authority following an audit or examination.

 

  b.

Prior to making any tax reporting (e.g., IRS Form 8937, OID reporting and issue price reporting) or undertaking a change of control or similar transaction, in each case, that may impact the tax treatment of the investors regarding the exchange and the ownership and disposition of the New Notes and Warrants, the Company will give prior notice to, and consider in good faith any input from, the Investor.

 

  c.

It is intended that New Notes will be treated as indebtedness (and not as equity or a “contingent payment debt instrument” governed by Section 1.1275-4 of Treasury Regulations) for federal income tax purposes and that any physical settlement of a New Note will be treated as a tax-free transaction for federal income tax purposes.

 

  d.

It is intended that any cashless exercise of the Warrants, if applicable, will be treated as a tax-free transaction.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor (for itself and, if applicable, on behalf of each Account) has executed this Exchange Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Legal Name of Executing Investor:

 

By  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Legal Name:

[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement]


ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

 

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
By  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement]


EXHIBIT A: FOR THE EXCHANGE

***


EXHIBIT B TO THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

FORM OF NEW NOTES INDENTURE

SEE ATTACHED.


EXHIBIT C TO THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

SEE ATTACHED.


EXHIBIT D TO THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

SEE ATTACHED.


EXHIBIT E TO THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

FORM OF WARRANT

SEE ATTACHED.


EXHIBIT F TO THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

EXCHANGE PROCEDURES

Reference is hereby made to that certain Exchange Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 8, 2024, between Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) and the Investor party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement. Below are procedures for the settlement of the exchange of Old Notes for New Securities and payment of the Interest Amount. To ensure timely settlement, please follow the instructions for exchanging your Old Notes for the applicable New Securities and Interest Amount as set forth below. These instructions supersede any prior instructions you received. Your failure to comply with the instructions may delay your receipt of New Notes, Warrants and Interest Amount. If you have any questions, please contact Ed Collins [***].

Cancellation (Withdrawal) of Old Notes

You must direct the eligible DTC participant through which you hold a beneficial interest in the Old Notes to post on May 13, 2024, no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, one-sided withdrawal instructions through DTC via DWAC for the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes (CUSIP # 48576U AA4) set forth in each case in Exhibit A of the Agreement to be exchanged for New Notes, Warrants and Interest Amount set forth in Exhibit A of the Agreement. It is important that this instruction be submitted and the one-sided DWAC withdrawal is posted on May 13, 2024.

To receive New Notes through DTC

You must direct your eligible DTC participant through which you wish to hold a beneficial interest in the New Notes to be issued upon exchange to post on May 13, 2024, no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, a one-sided deposit instruction through DTC via DWAC for the aggregate principal amount of New Notes (CUSIP # [48576U AC0]1[ 48576U AD8]2) set forth in Exhibit A of the Agreement. It is important that this instruction be submitted and the one-sided DWAC deposit posted by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 13, 2024.

To receive the Interest Amount

You must provide your wire instructions to the Company by May 13, 2024, no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

SETTLEMENT

On May 13, 2024, after the Company receives your Old Notes and your cancellation instructions as set forth above and a withdrawal request in respect of your Old Notes has been posted as specified above, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to closing as set forth in your Agreement, the Company will deliver your New Notes (through DTC) and Warrants and pay the Interest Amount in respect of your Old Notes exchanged in accordance with the delivery instructions set forth above.

 

1 

For HCR.

2 

For other investors.


EXHIBIT G TO THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

Exchanging Holder Settlement Details

These settlement instructions are to be delivered to the Company for each Exchanging Holder no later than one (1) business day after the date of the Exchange Agreement.

 

Name of Exchanging Holder:             

           
Exchanging Address:   
                        
                        
                        
Telephone:                     
Email Address:                   
Country of Residence:                
Taxpayer Identification Number:            
Exchanged Old Notes   
DTC Participant Number:                                
DTC Participant Name:                                 
DTC Participant Phone Number:                              
DTC Participant Contact Email:                              
FFC Account #:                                     
Account # at Bank/Broker:                                 
Exchanged New Notes (if different from Exchanged Old Notes)   
DTC Participant Number:                                 
DTC Participant Name:                                  
DTC Participant Phone Number:                              
DTC Participant Contact Email:                               
FFC Account #:                                     
Account # at Bank/Broker:                                 
Wire Instructions for Interest Amount   
Bank Routing Number:                                  
SWIFT Code:                                      


Account Name:                                    
Account Number:                                   
Bank Address:                                     
Callback Contact Name and Phone Number:                         
FFC name:                                       
FFC account number:                                   


EXHIBIT H

Tax Matters

Backup Withholding Tax

Under U.S. federal income tax law, an Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) generally must provide such Investor’s (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) on IRS Form W-9 (attached hereto) or otherwise establish a basis for exemption from backup withholding. A TIN is generally an individual holder’s social security number or an Investor’s (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) employer identification number. If the correct TIN is not provided, the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. In addition, certain payments made to holders may be subject to U.S. backup withholding tax (currently set at 24% of the payment). If an Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) is required to provide a TIN but does not have a TIN, the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) should consult its tax advisor regarding how to obtain a TIN. Certain holders are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. A Non-U.S. Holder may be required to comply with certain certification procedures to establish that the holder is not a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a) of the Code) in order to avoid backup withholding. U.S. backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or credit against that holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. In certain circumstances, information returns may be filed with the IRS. Copies of these information returns may also be made available under the provisions of a specific treaty or agreement to the tax authorities of the country in which the Non-U.S. Holder resides. Investors (or Account(s) of such Investors, if applicable) are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding how to complete the appropriate forms and to determine whether they are exempt from backup withholding or other withholding taxes.

Portfolio Interest Exemption (for Investors (or Account(s) of such Investors, if applicable) That Are Not U.S. Persons for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Under U.S. federal income tax law, an Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) that is otherwise not eligible to provide an IRS Form W-9 must claim an exemption from U.S. withholding tax on payments or deliveries attributable to accrued and unpaid interest. Any Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) that claims such an exemption under the so-called “portfolio interest exemption” is hereby deemed to represent and certify (along with providing the applicable IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E) as set forth in Paragraph C below. However, if the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) is an intermediary, a foreign partnership or other flow-through entity, then the following adjustments will be made:

 

  A.

The following representation will be provided as applied to the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable):

 

   

record ownership under Clause 1 of Paragraph C below.

 

  B.

The following representations will be provided as applied to the partners, members or beneficial owners claiming the portfolio interest exemption:

 

   

beneficial ownership under Clause 1 of Paragraph C below,

 

   

the status in Clause 3 of Paragraph C below, and

 

   

the status in Clause 4 of Paragraph C below.

 

  C.

The following representation will be provided as applied to the Investor (or Account(s) of such Investor, if applicable) as well as the partners, members or beneficial owners claiming the portfolio interest exemption:


  1.

It is the sole record and beneficial owner of Old Notes in respect of which it is providing this certification.

 

  2.

It is not a “bank” (within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code).

 

  3.

It is not a “10-percent shareholder” of the Company (within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) or Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code).

 

  4.

It is not a “controlled foreign corporation” (as such term is described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code) related to the Company (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code).

Exhibit 10.3

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

among

THE INITIAL INVESTORS PARTY HERETO

and

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

Dated as of May 13, 2024


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 13, 2024, by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation, with its principal offices at 85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor, Newton, MA 02459 (the “Company”), and each initial investor identified in the signature pages hereto (each, an “Initial Investor”, and collectively, the “Initial Investors”).

WHEREAS:

A. The Company has entered into one or more exchange agreements or purchase agreements (each, a “Purchase Agreement,” and together, the “Purchase Agreements”) with each of the Initial Investors for new 6.00% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Convertible Notes”) and, with respect to Initial Investors that entered into exchange agreements, warrants (the “Initial Warrants”), in privately negotiated transactions (the “Private Transactions”).

B. The Initial Warrants are to be issued pursuant to warrant agreements of even date herewith (the “Initial Warrant Agreements”) among the Company and certain Initial Investors.

C. The Convertible Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture of even date herewith (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the trustee and collateral agent named therein relating to the issuance of the Convertible Notes.

D. The Indenture provides for the issuance of pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants” and together with the Initial Warrants, the “Warrants”) pursuant to a warrant agreement in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement” and together with the Initial Warrant Agreements, the “Warrant Agreements”) in certain circumstances set forth in the Indenture.

E. To induce the Initial Investors to enter into the Private Transactions, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “1933 Act”), and applicable state securities laws.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Initial Investors hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture and the Warrant Agreements, as applicable. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

a. “Block Trade” means an offering and/or sale of Registrable Securities by any Investor on a block trade (including in a sale pursuant to Rule 144) or underwritten basis (whether firm commitment or otherwise) without substantial marketing efforts prior to pricing, including, without limitation, a same day trade, overnight trade or similar transaction.

b. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a Federal holiday or any other day on which the SEC’s Washington, DC office or commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed the public.


c. “Closing Date” means May 13, 2024.

d. “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.

e. “Effective Date” means the date on which a Registration Statement, through which the resale of Registrable Securities by one or more Investors shall be registered, has been declared effective by the SEC.

f. “Effectiveness Deadline” means the date that is the earlier of (A) 90 days after the Filing Deadline and (B) five Trading Days following the date on which the Staff notifies the Company that either (x) such Registration Statement is not subject to review (y) or the Staff has no further comments to such Registration Statement.

g. “Filing Deadline” means the date that is 45 days after the Closing Date.

h. “Investor” means an Initial Investor or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom an Initial Investor assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 for so long as any of the foregoing continues to hold Registrable Securities.

i. “Notional Value” means, with respect to (i) shares of Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants that have been issued pursuant to the exercise of Initial Warrants and that are or are required to be included in the applicable Registration Statement, the product of (x) the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Maintenance Failure or Filing Deadline, as the case may be, and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock or Pre-Funded Warrants, as the case may be, and (ii) Initial Warrants that are or are required to be included in the applicable Registration Statement, the product of (x) the strike price of such Initial Warrants and (y) the number of such Initial Warrants.

j. “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

k. “register”, “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.

l. “Registrable Securities” means any shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) and any shares of capital stock issued or issuable with respect to the Warrant Shares as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event.

m. “Registration Statement” means any registration statement filed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement under the 1933 Act covering the resale or Block Trade by any Investor of any Registrable Securities, including (without limitation) the prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or prospectus, including (without limitation) pre-and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference (or deemed to be incorporated by reference) therein.

 

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n. “Required Holders” means the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided that if there are two or more unaffiliated holders, Requisite Holders shall include at least two or more unaffiliated holders.

o. “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

p. “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

q. “Staff” means the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC.

2. Registration.

a. Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the applicable Filing Deadline, file with the SEC a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities in a resale offering to be made on a continuous basis. The Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders, including pursuant to Section 2.e, or required in order to address written comments to the Registration Statement received from the Staff upon review of such Registration Statement) the “Selling Stockholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, as the same may be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but in no event later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, and will use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Registration Statement (or any subsequent Registration Statement filed to maintain the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by the prior Registration Statement or filed to facilitate a Block Trade pursuant to Section 2.e) continuously effective under the 1933 Act during the Registration Period (as defined here). By 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on the second Business Day following the Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC, in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement.

b. Rule 415; Cutback. If at any time the Staff takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or requires any Investor to be named as an “underwriter”, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to persuade the Staff 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 Investors is an “underwriter.” In the event that, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 2.b, the Staff refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such portion of the Registrable Securities (the “Cut Back Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities 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 Investor as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Investor. Any cut-back imposed pursuant to this Section 2.b shall be allocated among the Investors on a pro rata basis, unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require or provide. In the event of a cutback pursuant to this Section 2(b), the Company will offer to the Holders to file and cause to become effective with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Staff, one or more Registration Statements to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not

 

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previously registered for resale. 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). In furtherance of the foregoing, each Investor shall provide the Company with prompt written notice of its sale of substantially all of the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement such that the Company will be able to file one or more additional registration statements covering the Cut Back Shares. From and after the Restriction Termination Date applicable to any Cut Back Shares, all of the provisions of this Section 2 (including (without limitation) the liquidated damages provisions) shall again be applicable to such Cut Back Shares; provided, however, that (i) the Filing Deadline for the Registration Statement including such Cut Back Shares shall be 10 Business Days after such Restriction Termination Date and (ii) the Effectiveness Deadline with respect to such Cut Back Shares shall be the 90th day immediately after the Restriction Termination Date.

c. Use of Form S-3. The Company undertakes to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 if the Company is then eligible to register the Registrable Securities for resale on such form. If the Company is not then eligible to register the Registrable Securities for resale on Form S-3, the Company shall register the Registrable Securities on Form S-1 (or another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available; provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of any Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.

d. Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement.

(1) If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor then holding Registrable Securities which were required to be included in such Registration Statement, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty (the “Registration Liquidated Damages”), in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of the Notional Value of such Registrable Securities, for the initial day of failure to file such Registration Statement by the Filing Deadline and for each subsequent 30-day period (pro rata for any portion thereof) thereafter for which no such Registration Statement is filed with respect to such Registrable Securities. Such payments shall be made to each Investor then holding Registrable Securities and entitled to receive such payments, such payments to be made in cash no later than ten (10) Business Days after the end of the date of the initial failure to file such Registration Statement by the Filing Deadline and the end of each subsequent 30-day period (pro rata for any portion thereof) thereafter until such Registration Statement is filed with respect to the applicable Registrable Securities. Interest shall accrue at the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month on any such liquidated damages payments that shall not be paid by the applicable payment date until such amount is paid in full.

(2) If (A) a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the SEC prior to the Effectiveness Deadline or (B) after a Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC or otherwise becomes effective, sales cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a stop order or the Company’s failure to update such Registration Statement), but excluding any Allowable Grace Period or the inability of any Investor to sell the Registrable Securities covered thereby due to market conditions

 

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(each of (A) and (B), a “Maintenance Failure”), then the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor then holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty (the “Maintenance Liquidated Damages” and together with the Registration Liquidated Damages, the “Liquidated Damages”), in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of (x) the Notional Value of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, for the initial day of a Maintenance Failure and for each 30-day period (pro rata for any portion thereof) thereafter until the Maintenance Failure is cured. The Maintenance Liquidated Damages shall be paid monthly within ten (10) Business Days of the date of such Maintenance Failure and the end of each subsequent 30-day period (pro rata for any portion thereof) thereafter until the Maintenance Failure is cured. Such payments shall be made to each Investor then holding Registrable Securities and entitled to receive such payments, such payments to be made in cash. Interest shall accrue at the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month on any such liquidated damages payments that shall not be paid by the applicable payment date until such amount is paid in full.

(3) The parties agree that (A) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Indenture or Warrant Agreements, no Liquidated Damages shall be payable with respect to any period after the expiration of the Registration Period (as defined below) (it being understood that this sentence shall not relieve the Company of any Liquidated Damages accruing prior to the expiration of the Registration Period), and in no event shall the aggregate amount of Liquidated Damages payable to an Investor exceed, in the aggregate, six percent (6.0%) of the Notional Value of the Registrable Securities with respect to which Liquidated Damages become payable and (B) in no event shall the Company be liable in any thirty (30) day period for Liquidated Damages under this Agreement in excess of one percent (1.0%) of the Notional Value of the Registrable Securities with respect to which Liquidated Damages become payable.

(4) The Liquidated Damages described in this Section 2.d shall constitute the Investors’ exclusive monetary remedy for any failure to meet the Filing Deadline and for any Maintenance Failure, but shall not affect the right of the Investors to seek injunctive relief.

e. Block Trades.

(1) If any Investor holding Registrable Securities elects to sell any of its Registrable Securities in a Block Trade, then such Investor (a “Block Trade Initiating Investor”) may notify the Company of the Block Trade not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the day such offering is first anticipated to commence (any such notice, a “Block Trade Initiation Notice”). The Company will promptly notify all other Investors holding Registrable Securities of such Block Trade and such notified Investors (each, a “Potential Participant”) may elect whether or not to participate no later than the next Business Day (i.e. four (4) Business Days prior to the day such offering is to commence) (unless a longer period is agreed to by the requesting Investor initiating the Block Trade), and the Company will as expeditiously as possible use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade (which may close as early as one (1) Business Day after the date it commences), including by filing any prospectus or any amendments or supplements to an existing Registration Statement; provided that the Company shall not be required to facilitate any Block Trade if the Company, within three (3) Business Days of receipt by it of a Block Trade Initiation Notice, notifies the Block Trade Initiating Investor (i) that the

 

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Company has initiated the process of conducting a public or private offering of its Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for its Common Stock or that it plans to initiate the process of conducting a public or private offering of its Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for its Common Stock within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Block Trade Initiation Notice, (ii) that the Company is then subject to a lock-up or market standoff agreement relating to a previously completed public or private offering of its Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for its Common Stock that prevents it from facilitating the Block Trade or (iii) that the Company is initiating a Grace Period.

(2) The Investors participating in a Block Trade shall have the right to select any underwriters (if on an underwritten basis) and any sale agents or placement agents (if any) for such Block Trade (which, if underwritten, shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks).

f. No Inclusion of Other Securities. The Company shall in no event include: (i) any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement filed in accordance herewith without the prior written consent of the Requisite Holders; or (ii) in the event of a Block Trade pursuant to Section 2.e, include in such Block Trade any securities other than Registrable Securities, without the prior written consent of Investors representing a majority of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such Block Trade.

3. Related Obligations.

At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2.a, 2.b or 2.c, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:

a. The Company shall submit to the SEC, within two Business Days after the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the Staff or that the Staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the submission of such request. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the “Registration Period”). The Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

b. The Company shall (i) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including without limitation post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Rule 424 prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and (ii) during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers as set forth in such Registration Statement.

 

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c. Not less than 10 Business Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement or any related prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Company will furnish to each Investor named therein copies of the “Selling Securityholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections of such documents in the form in which the Company proposes to file them, which sections will be subject to the review of each such Investor. Each Investor will provide comments, if any, within five Business Days after the date such materials are provided. The Company will not file a Registration Statement, any prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in which the “Selling Securityholders” or the “Plan of Distribution” sections thereof differ in any material respect from the disclosure received from an Investor in writing for inclusion in such filing. Holders will have the right to select one legal counsel, at the Company’s expense pursuant to Section 5, to review any Registration Statement prepared pursuant to Section 2 or this Section 3, which will be such counsel as designated by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and which counsel shall initially be Latham & Watkins LLP.

d. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including all financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, such number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto as such Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor that are covered by such Registration Statement, and (iii) such other documents, including without limitation copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor. The Company consents to the use of any prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto provided to the Investors in connection with the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

e. The Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3.p, promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may reasonably request.

f. The Company will notify each Investor covered by the Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable of (i) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and (ii) the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction. If such an order or suspension is issued, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment, and to notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof, or its receipt of notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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g. If any Investor is required under applicable securities law to be described in the Registration Statement as an “underwriter,” at the reasonable request of such Investor, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request, (i) a letter, dated as of such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to such Investor, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of external counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to such Investor.

h. If any Investor is required under applicable securities law to be described in the Registration Statement as an “underwriter,” upon the written request of such Investor in connection with such Investor’s due diligence requirements, if any, the Company shall make available, during normal business hours, for inspection by (i) such Investor and its legal counsel and (ii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained the Investors (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector solely for the purpose of establishing a due diligence defense to underwriter liability under the 1933 Act, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information that any Inspector may reasonably request for the purpose of establishing a due diligence defense to underwriter liability under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to such Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other Transaction Document. Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at the Company’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the Investors’ ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

i. The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) the disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation by the Company of this Agreement or any other agreement to which the Company is a party. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

j. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3.i.

 

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k. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.

l. If requested by an Investor, the Company shall (i) as soon as practicable, incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) as soon as practicable, make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) as soon as practicable, supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities.

m. The Company shall, at the Company’s expense, use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including without limitation the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction within the United States requested in writing by any selling Investor.

n. The Company shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

o. The Company will notify each Investor covered by the Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable (i) when the prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, and (ii) of any request by the SEC for any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or for additional information. Within two Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Investors.

p. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Effective Date, the Company may suspend the use of any Registration Statement or any prospectus contained therein in the event the Company determines in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the board of directors of the Company and its counsel, in the best interest of the Company, would reasonably be likely to materially and adversely affect the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is not otherwise required to be disclosed other than as a result of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (B) amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the related prospectus so that the Registration Statement or such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the prospectus in light of the circumstances under

 

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which they were made, not misleading (the occurrence of (A), an “MNPI Grace Period” and the occurrence of (B), an “Amendment Grace Period” and the occurrence of either an MNPI Grace Period or an Amendment Grace Period, a “Grace Period”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the initiation of a Grace Period (provided that in each notice pertaining to an MNPI Grace Period the Company will not disclose the content of material, non-public information giving rise to an MNPI Grace Period to the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; provided further, such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of 90 days during any 365 day period, such Amendment Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of 60 days during any 365 day period and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five trading days after the last day of any prior Grace Period (each, an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) or the date referred to in such notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled, and deliver a copy of the prospectus included as part of the applicable Registration Statement (unless an exemption from such prospectus delivery requirement exists).

q. The Company and the Investors will cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (or any successor organization performing similar functions), including cooperating with any broker-dealer through which an Investor proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (or any successor organization performing similar functions) pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 (or any successor thereto), as requested by any such Investor.

r. The Company shall provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement.

s. The Company shall, if necessary, use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities.

4. Obligations of the Investors.

a. At least five Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that at least three Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement (i) such Investor furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities, including but not limited to a completed questionnaire substantially in the form of Exhibit B and (ii) the Investor execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

 

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b. Each Investor, by such Investor’s participation in the Private Transactions, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

c. Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.f or 3.e, such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.f or 3.e or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.f or 3.e, and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

d. Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

5. Expenses of Registration.

All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, including in connection with any Block Trade permitted by this Agreement, shall be paid by the Company.

6. Indemnification.

In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

a. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby agrees to, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, members, partners and employees of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Act, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto, to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered, or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein

 

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any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section 6.c, the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6.a shall not apply to (A) a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, (B) a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based the use by an Investor of an outdated or defective prospectus after the Company has notified such Investor in writing that the prospectus is outdated or defective, (C) a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based an Investor’s (or any other Indemnified Person’s) failure to send or give a copy of the prospectus or supplement (as then amended or supplemented), if required (and not exempted) to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities, (D) amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or (E) a Claim that arises out of or is based upon an Indemnified Person’s bad faith, gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct.

b. In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6.a, the Company, each of its directors and officers, each of the other holders of the Company’s securities covered by such Registration Statement, each Person who controls the Company or any other such Person within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim arise out of or are based upon any Violation that occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement, prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto; and, subject to Section 6.c, such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6.b and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that except to the extent that any such Claims are finally judicially determined to have resulted from an Investor’s bad faith, gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6.b for only that amount of a Claim as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

c. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually

 

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satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel and one more local counsel (if necessary) for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

d. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received.

The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

7. Contribution.

To the extent any indemnification contemplated hereby by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by applicable law, the indemnifying party shall to the extent permitted by applicable law contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party as a result of such Claim in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, on the other, in connection with such Violation. The relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand and of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among other things, whether the Violation relates to information supplied or actions undertaken by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such Violation; provided, that in no event shall any contribution by an Investor hereunder exceed the amount of net proceeds to such Investor of the Registrable Securities sold in any such Registration Statement. The amount paid or payable by a

 

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party as a result of any Claim shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in Section 6 was available to such party in accordance with its terms. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Investors’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several and not joint. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 7.

8. Reports Under the 1934 Act.

With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company in any manner, including to the public, without registration (“Rule 144”), the Company agrees to:

a. make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, during the Registration Period;

b. file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1934 Act, during the Registration Period; and

c. furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request during the Registration Period, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) 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 (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities without registration, including, without limitation, in a Block Trade, pursuant to Rule 144.

9. Assignment of Registration Rights.

The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assigned by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Registration Default will be deemed to have occurred with regard to any Registrable Securities held by any transferee prior to the date that is 10 Business Days after such transferee notifies the Company of its acquisition of Registrable Securities and provides any information and documentation reasonably requested by the Company for the registration of such Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement. The Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Holders; provided, however, that in the event that the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar business combination transaction in which the Common Stock is converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder, the term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the term “Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to include the securities received by the Investors in connection with such transaction unless such securities are otherwise freely tradable by the Investors after giving effect to such transaction.

 

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10. Amendment of Registration Rights.

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders; provided that no amendment may disproportionately affect the rights of any holder of Registrable Securities compared to any other holder of Registrable Securities without the consent of such holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective if it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

11. Miscellaneous.

a. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the such record owner of such Registrable Securities.

b. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by electronic mail (provided confirmation of transmission is electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and email addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.

85 Wells Avenue, 2nd Floor

Newton, MA 02459

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel

E-mail: [***]

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

60 State Street

Boston, MA 02109

Attention: Jason Kropp

E-mail: [***]

If to an Initial Investor, to its physical and electronic mail address set forth on the Schedule of Initial Investors attached hereto, with copies to such Investor’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Initial Investors, or to such other physical or electronic mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) electronically generated by the sender’s electronic mail containing the time, date, recipient electronic mail address of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by electronic mail or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

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c. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

d. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Investors in this Agreement or otherwise conflict with the provisions hereof.

e. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party 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 suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement 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. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

f. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

g. Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

h. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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i. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

j. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

k. All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders.

l. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

m. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

n. The obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor hereunder. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor as, and the Company acknowledges that the Investors do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company will not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Initial Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

    

Name:   Michael Mason
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Initial Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

INITIAL INVESTOR
By:  

    

Name:  

    

Title:  

    

Address:
Email:

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


Exhibit B

Form of Selling Stockholder Questionnaire

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

SELLING STOCKHOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE

Reference is made to that certain registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated as of May 13, 2024, by and among Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) and the parties named therein. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement.

The undersigned holder of the Registrable Securities (the “undersigned or “Selling Stockholder”) is providing this Selling Stockholder Questionnaire pursuant to Section a(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Selling Stockholder Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

The undersigned further acknowledges that the Company intends to use the information set forth below in preparing a resale registration statement (the “Resale Registration Statement”) relating to the Registrable Securities. The undersigned understands that failure to provide the requested information may result in the Company’s exclusion of the undersigned Registrable Securities from the Resale Registration Statement.

The undersigned provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete.

PART A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

(1)   (a)   Full Legal Name of the Selling Stockholder:
   

     

  (b)   Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in (3) below are held:
   

    

(2)   Address for Notices to the Selling Stockholder:
 

    

 

    

  Telephone:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  Contact Person:                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
(3)   Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities (the securities being purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement):

 

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  (a)   Type and Principal Amount/Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned:
 

    

  (b)   CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities beneficially owned:
 

    

(4)   Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder:
Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the Selling Stockholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3).
  (a)   Type and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:
 

    

  (b)   CUSIP No(s). of such Other Securities beneficially owned:
 

    

PART B. RESALE REGISTRATION STATEMENT QUESTIONS

 

1.   Affiliation with Broker-Dealers: Is the undersigned a registered broker-dealer or an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer? For purposes of this question, an “affiliate” of a specified person or entity means a person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person or entity specified.
  Yes_____    No_____
  If so, please answer the remaining questions in this section.
  Please identify the registered broker-dealer(s) and describe the nature of the affiliation(s) between the undersigned and any registered broker-dealers:
 

    

 

    

2.   If the Securities are being purchased by you other than in the ordinary course of business, please describe the circumstances:
 

    

 

    

 

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3.   If you, at the time of purchasing the Securities, will have any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Securities, please describe such agreements or understandings:
 

    

 

    

4.   Relationship with the Company:
  (A)   Have you or any of your affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% or more of the equity securities of the undersigned) held any position or office or have you had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) within the past three years?
  Yes_____    No_____
  (B)   If so, please state the nature and duration of your relationship with the Company:
   

    

   

    

5.   Plan of Distribution: Except as set forth below, the undersigned intends to distribute its Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement in accordance with the “Plan of Distribution” that will be included therein, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A to the Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company and the Investors:
    State any exceptions here:
   

    

   

    

6.   Potential Nature of Beneficial Holding: The purpose of this question is to identify the ultimate natural person(s) or publicly held entity that will exercise(s) sole or shared voting or dispositive power over the Securities.
  (A)   Is the undersigned required to file, or is it a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company that is required to file, periodic and other reports (for example, Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act?
  Yes_____    No_____
(B)   State whether the undersigned is a subsidiary of an investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940:
  Yes_____    No_____

 

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  If a subsidiary, please identify the publicly-held parent entity:
   

    

   

    

    If you answered “Yes” to these two questions (Part B, clauses 6(A) and (B)), you may skip the next question, and proceed to the signature page of this Investor Questionnaire.
  (C)   Please identify the controlling person(s) of the undersigned (the “Controlling Entity”). If the Controlling Entity is not a natural person or a publicly held entity, please identify each controlling person(s) of such Controlling Entity. This process should be repeated until you reach natural persons or a publicly held entity that will exercise sole or shared voting or dispositive power over the Securities:
   

    

   

    

    Please find below an example of the requested natural person disclosure:
    The securities will be held by [VC Fund I] and [VC Fund II]. The [sole general partner] of [VC Fund I] and [VC Fund II] is [VC Management LLC]. The [managers] of [VC Management LLC] are [John Smith] and [Jane Doe]. These individuals may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power of the securities held by [VC Fund I] and [VC Fund II]. Each of these individuals will disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of his or her pecuniary interest therein.
  (D)   Please provide contact information for all controlling persons and Controlling Entities identified in Part B, clause 6(C) above:

 

Name of controlling person

or Controlling Entity

(including contact person

for Controlling Entities)

  

Mailing Address

  

E-Mail Address

  

Telephone Number

        
        
        

 

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If you need more space for any response, please attach additional sheets of paper. Please be sure to indicate your name and the number of the item being responded to on each such additional sheet of paper, and to sign each such additional sheet of paper before attaching it to this Questionnaire. Please note that you may be asked to answer additional questions depending on your responses to the above questions.

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

By signing below, the undersigned elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement and consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein and the inclusion of such information in the Resale Registration Statement, any amendments thereto and the related prospectus or other filings with the SEC. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

The Selling Stockholder acknowledges that it understands its obligations to comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Agreement. The Selling Stockholder agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions

The undersigned agrees to notify the Company immediately of any changes in the foregoing information and to furnish any supplementary information that may be appropriate.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Investor Questionnaire this ____ day of , and declares that it is truthful and correct.

 

A.   FOR EXECUTION BY AN ENTITY:
    Entity Name:  

    

            By:  

    

  Date      
      Print Name:  

    

      Title:  

    

B.   ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES (if required by partnership, corporation or trust document):
    Entity Name:  

    

            By:  

    

  Date      
      Print Name:  

    

      Title:  

    

    Entity Name:  

    

            By:  

    

  Date      
      Print Name:  

    

      Title:  

    

C.   FOR EXECUTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL:
            By:  

    

  Date      
      Print Name:  

    

 

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Exhibit 10.4

SECOND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT

TO

TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS

This SECOND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, dated as of May 8, 2024 (this “Second Omnibus Amendment”), is by and among KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC. (the “Company”), KARYOPHARM EUROPE GMHB (“Karyopharm Europe”), HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS III, L.P. (“HCRP Fund III”), HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS IV, L.P. (“HCRP Fund IV” and together with HCRP Fund III, the “Original Investors”), HCRX INVESTMENTS HOLDCO, LLC (“Holdco,” successor-in-interest or assignee of HCRP OVERFLOW FUND, L.P. (“HCRP OF”), HCR STAFFORD FUND, L.P. (“Stafford”) and HCR POTOMAC FUND, L.P. (“Potomac”, and together with HCRP OF and Stafford, the “Former Investors”)), HCR CANARY FUND, L.P. (“Canary”), HCR MOLAG FUND, L.P. (“Molag”, which, together with Canary and each of the Former Investors, was added as an Investor to the Original Agreement (as defined below) pursuant to the First Omnibus Amendment (as defined below), with the Original Investors, Holdco, Canary and Molag being the “Current Investors”), HEALTHCARE ROYALTY MANAGEMENT, LLC (the “Investor Representative”), HCR COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (the “Collateral Agent”) and HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC (the “Replacement Agent”). Each of the parties hereto is referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.” KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS (BERMUDA) LTD. (“Karyopharm Bermuda”) has been dissolved and is not a Party to this Second Omnibus Amendment. Capitalized terms used in this Second Omnibus Amendment and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in, or incorporated by reference into, the Agreement (as defined below), unless otherwise indicated.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Original Investors are parties to that certain Revenue Interest Financing Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2019, by and between the Company and the Original Investors (the “Original Agreement”), as amended by the Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of June 23, 2021 (the “First Omnibus Amendment”), by and among the Company, Karyopharm Europe, Karyopharm Bermuda, the Original Investors, the Former Investors, Canary, Molag, the Investor Representative and the Collateral Manager, as further amended by the Second Amendment to Revenue Financing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2023 (the “Second Amendment”), by and among the Company, the Former Investors, Canary, Molag, the Investor Representative and the Collateral Agent (the Original Agreement, as amended by the First Omnibus Amendment and the Second Amendment, and as further amended from time to time, the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent has rights and responsibilities as agent for the Current Investors under the Security Agreement, dated September 27, 2019 (the “Original Security Agreement”), by and among Karyopharm Europe and the Collateral Agent, as amended by the First Omnibus Amendment (the Original Security Agreement, as amended by the First Omnibus Amendment, as amended from time to time, the “Security Agreement”);


WHEREAS, the Original Beneficiaries are Beneficiaries of that certain Guarantee, dated September 27, 2019, by Karyopharm Europe (the Guaranty, and, together with the Agreement and the Security Agreement, the “Transaction Agreements”) pursuant to which Karyopharm Europe have agreed to guarantee certain payment and performance obligations of the Company under the Agreement;

WHEREAS, each of the Transaction Agreements may be amended with the written consent of the Parties thereto;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Transaction Agreements as provided in this Second Omnibus Amendment;

WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent and the Company are parties to a Notice of Security Interest in Trademarks, dated September 27, 2019 (the “Notice of Trademarks”);

WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent and the Company are parties to a Notice of Security Interest in Patents, dated September 27, 2019 (the “Notice of Patents”);

WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent wishes to resign as Collateral Agent under the Agreement and the Security Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Current Investors, as majority in interest of the Investors under the Agreement, wish to appoint the Replacement Agent as a new collateral agent under the Agreement and the Security Agreement as of the Third Amendment Date (as defined in the Agreement, as amended pursuant to Section 6 of this Second Omnibus Amendment, and sometimes referred to in this Second Omnibus Amendment as the “Effective Date”);

WHEREAS, all underlying rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under the Agreement and the Security Agreement shall be referred to as the “Transferred Interests”;

WHEREAS, the Replacement Agent wishes to accept such appointment with respect to the Transferred Interest as of the Effective Date;

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, each Party hereto agrees as follows:

1. Amendments and Restatements to Section 1.1 of the Agreement. The following defined term set forth in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:

Applicable Tiered Percentage” means, for purposes of determined Included Product Payment Amount from and after April 1, 2024, the product of 7.000% and the Annual Net Revenues of Included Products.

2. Amendment to Section 1.1 of the Agreement. Section 1.1 is hereby amended by adding the following new defined terms, in the proper alphabetical order in the Agreement:

2029 Convertible Note Indenture” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(iv)(2)(y).

2029 Convertible Note Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(iv)(2)(y).

2029 Convertible Note Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(iv)(2)(y).

Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement and the Deposit Agreement.

Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024, by and among Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent under the Senior Loan Agreement, HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC, and, effective upon the Indenture Date, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent under the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture, and acknowledged by the Company and the Guarantors, and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement entered in connection with any Permitted Refinancing of the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture, the Senior Loan Agreement or this Agreement.

Permitted Refinancing” means Indebtedness that qualifies as a “Permitted Refinancing” under and as defined in both the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture and the Senior Loan Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement as defined in the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture.

Senior Loan Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(iv)(2)(x).

Senior Loan Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(iv)(2)(x).

Third Amendment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)(iv).

 

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3. Amendment to Section 1.1 of the Agreement. Section 1.1 is hereby amended by amending and restating in their entirety the following defined terms:

Deposit Agreement” means the deposit account control agreement entered into by the Depositary Bank, WSFS as Senior Loan Agent and the Company (and any Permitted Debt Creditors, if applicable), which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Investor Representative and the Company, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and any replacements thereof.

“Material Contracts” means any and all contracts or other arrangements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Transaction Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Permitted Debt Facility” means (i) the unsecured credit facility provided under the Existing Convertible Notes, (ii) the senior secured credit facility provided under the Senior Loan Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, and (iii) the secured credit facility provided under the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture and any Permitted Refinancing thereof.

Permitted Debt Facility Documents” means the (i) documents relating to the Permitted Convertible Notes set forth on Schedule 4.15(a), which shall be amended in connection with the issuance of any Permitted New Convertible Notes, (ii) the “Credit Documents” as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, and (iii) the “Transaction Documents” as defined in the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture and any Permitted Refinancing thereof.

Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of (i) any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding or (ii) any call option on any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (irrespective of whether such call option can be cash, net share or physically settled), (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding and (d) any payment made in cash to the holders of Permitted Debt under the Permitted Debt Facility Documents in excess of the original principal (or notional) amount thereof, interest thereon and any fees, costs, expenses and premium due thereunder.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Guaranty, the Deposit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and each Instruction to Payors.

 

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4. Amendment to Section 1.1 of the Agreement. Section 1.1 is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (a) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” as follows:

 

  (a)

Liens created (i) in favor of the Investor pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (ii) in favor of the 2029 Convertible Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the “Transaction Documents” as defined in the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, and (iii) in favor of the Senior Loan Agent pursuant to the “Credit Documents” as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

5. Amendment to Section 3.1 of the Agreement. Section 3.1(b) of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the follow new subsection at the end of Section 3.1(b):

 

  (iv)

“On May 8, 2024 (the “Third Amendment Date”), the Company shall (1) make a cash payment to the Investor Representative in the amount of $49,494,864, in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Company to the Investor Representative prior to the Third Amendment Date, and (2) to the extent requested, deliver to the Investor Representative a Term Loan Note, in the form attached as Exhibit A-2 to the Senior Loan Agreement (as defined below), in an initial principal amount of $15,000,000, issued by the Company to the HCR Lender (as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement) pursuant to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Third Amendment Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time, the “Senior Loan Agreement”), by and among Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (“WSFS”), as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, and together with its permitted successors and assigns, the “Senior Loan Agent”) for the lenders party thereto, including the Investor Representative on behalf of the Investors, the Company and the guarantors party thereto. In addition, upon the closing of the Exchange Agreement as defined in that certain Indenture (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time, the “2029 Convertible Note Indenture”), contemplated to be dated on or around May 13, 2024 (the date of such Indenture, the “Indenture Date”), by and among WSFS, as trustee (in such capacity, and together with its permitted successors and assigns, the “2029 Convertible Note Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, and together with its permitted successors and assigns, the “2029 Convertible Note Collateral Agent”), the Company shall deliver to the Investor Representative a 6.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2029 (the “2029 Convertible Note”), in the form attached as Exhibit A to the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture, in an initial principal amount of $5,000,000 (the “2029 Convertible Note Issuance”), issued by the Company in favor of HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC (the “2029 Convertible Note Investor”). All payments, whether in cash or notes, made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be credited toward the Hard Cap in full face amount. The Parties hereby agree that immediately after the payment and debt issuance described in this clause (iv) has been made, the

 

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  Company will have made aggregate payments to the Investor Representative under this Agreement totaling $135,000,000. As a result, the remaining amount owing to the Investor to reach the Hard Cap after the payment and debt issuance described in this clause (iv) has been made will be $128,250,000, and no gross-up payments will thereafter be owing under Section 3.1(b)(i).”

6. Amendment to Section 3.1 of the Agreement. Section 3.1 is hereby amended by adding the following clause (i) at the end thereof:

(i) For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all payments under this Section 3.1 shall be subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement in all respects.

7. Amendment to Section 3.2 of the Agreement. Section 3.2 is hereby amended by amending and restating clauses (b) and (c) thereof in its entirety and adding the following clause (e) at the end thereof as follows:

(b) With respect to any amounts that are deposited into the Collection Account on any day, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any amounts may be disbursed to the Company Account from time to time at the direction of the Company. The Company shall provide the Depositary Bank notice no more frequently than daily of such amount to be disbursed to the Company Account pursuant to this Section 3.2(b). During the Payment Term, on each Quarterly Payment Date, the Company shall instruct the Depositary Bank to disburse to the Investor Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the funds on deposit in the Collection Account and (y) the Revenue Interests for such Quarterly Payment Date. If the amount to be disbursed to the Investor Account on any Quarterly Payment Date pursuant to the preceding sentence is less than the Revenue Interests to which the Investor is entitled for the relevant Calendar Quarter, the Company shall pay the amount of such shortfall to the Investor Representative on such Quarterly Payment Date. If the amount of funds on deposit in the Collection Account on any Quarterly Payment Date exceeds the Revenue Interests for such Quarterly Payment Date, such excess amount may be transferred to the Company Account at the direction of the Company.

(c) If a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no funds in the Collection Account shall be transferred to the Company Account, and, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Investor Representative shall have the right to exercise all of its rights and remedies under Article XI, including, without limitation, directing the Depositary Bank to transfer all of the funds in the Collection Account to the Investor Representative until all of the Obligations owed by the Company under this Agreement and other Transaction Documents have been paid in full.

(e) For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all transfers, disbursements and payments made under this Section 3.2 shall be subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement in all respects.

 

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8. Amendment to Section 7.5 of the Agreement. Section 7.5 is hereby amended by amending and restating such Section in its entirety as follows:

Section 7.5 Prepayment of Other Indebtedness. Make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment or redemption, cash settlement or acquisition for value of (including without limitation, by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when due), refund, refinance or exchange of any Indebtedness of any Company Party or any Subsidiary, other than (i) any such payment or transaction with respect to the Indebtedness arising under the Transaction Documents, (ii) in the case of the Existing Convertible Notes, (x) using the proceeds from the sale of Permitted Convertible Notes or other Permitted Debt, and/or (y) any transaction exchanging, repaying or redeeming such Indebtedness for the 2029 Convertible Notes, Permitted Convertible Notes or other Permitted Debt, (iii) any transaction exchanging Indebtedness for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or the proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), (iv) any transaction exchanging, repaying, redeeming or otherwise acquiring for value the 2029 Convertible Notes in exchange for any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (v) any payment, repayment, prepayment, exchange, refinancing, cash settlement or acquisition for value of Indebtedness (and any interest, fees, expenses, costs and premium thereon) under the Senior Loan Agreement.

9. Amendment to Section 7.7 of the Agreement. Section 7.7 is hereby amended by adding the follow new subsection (n) after clause (m) as follows:

(m) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the payment of contingent liabilities in respect of any adjustment of purchase price, earn outs, deferred compensation and similar obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(n) any payments required to be made under the Registration Rights Agreement; and

(o) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000.

10. Amendment to Section 7.8 of the Agreement. Section 7.8 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 7.8 Burdensome Actions.

(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not enter into any contract, agreement or other legally binding arrangement (whether written or oral), or grant any right to any other Person, in any case that would conflict with the Transaction Documents

 

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or serve or operate to limit or circumscribe any of the Investor’s rights under the Transaction Documents (or the Investor’s ability to exercise any such rights) or create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Collateral or any assets of the Pledged Subsidiaries relating to Selinexor (other than Permitted Liens), or agree to do or suffer to exist any of the foregoing (other than the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture, the Senior Loan Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall not enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts the ability of any Company Party to (i) pledge its property pursuant to the Transaction Documents or (ii) perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents or any Selinexor Material Contract in any material respect (other than the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture, the Senior Loan Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not take any action or abstain from taking any action, directly or indirectly, which action or abstinence would have the effect of altering the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (or any ancillary documents thereto) in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not enter into any contract, agreement or other legally binding arrangement (whether written or oral), grant any right to any other Person with respect to any Included Product included in the Collateral or amend or waive any requirements under any agreement with respect to any Included Product included in the Collateral that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture, the Senior Loan Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement).

11. Amendment to Section 11.2 of the Agreement. Section 11.2 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 11.2 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement in all respects, the Company shall immediately pay the Final Payment Amount to the Investor Representative. In addition, subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement in all respects, the Investor Representative may exercise on behalf of itself and the Investor all rights and remedies available to it and the Investor under the Transaction Documents and Applicable Law; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Company under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or under any other Debtor Relief Law, the obligation of the Investor to pay or advance any funds shall automatically terminate, and the amounts of the Hard Cap (less amounts of Revenue Interest theretofore received) and all other Obligations of the Company Parties shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of the Investor, but subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement in all respects.

 

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12. Amendment to Article 12 of the Agreement. Article 12 is hereby amended by adding a new Section 12.14 as follows:

Section 12.14 Intercreditor Agreement. The terms of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply, where applicable, to this Agreement. A copy of the Intercreditor Agreement will be made available to each Investor upon request. Each Investor acknowledges and agrees to the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement, as the same may further be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified pursuant to the terms hereof, and agrees that the terms thereof shall be binding on such Investor and its successors and assigns, as if it were a party thereto. Each Investor authorizes and instructs the Investor Representative to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Investors, and to take all actions (and execute all documents) required by it in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Investor is responsible for making its own analysis and review of each of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms and provisions thereof, and neither the Investor Representative nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation to any Investor as to the sufficiency or advisability of the provisions contained in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Replacement Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Replacement Agent under this Agreement are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the rights of the Senior Loan Agent, the 2029 Convertible Notes Trustee and the 2029 Convertible Notes Collateral Agent and the rights of certain other persons party or that may become party to the Intercreditor Agreement from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

13. Release of Karyopharm Europe as a Guarantor and Grantor.

As of the Effective Date, (i) Karyopharm Europe is hereby released as a Guarantor and Grantor under the Transaction Documents, all of the guarantees by Karyopharm Europe under or in connection with the Agreement or the other Transaction Documents shall automatically and irrevocably terminate, (ii) all of the Collateral Agent’s and Replacement Agent’s liens, pledges, security interests, financing statements, encumbrances and other charges of whatever nature against the Collateral owned by Karyopharm Europe securing the Obligations shall automatically and irrevocably terminate and be released in full with no further action on the part of any party thereto; (iii) all of the Obligations owing by Karyopharm Europe shall be released, discharged and satisfied in full and no longer be outstanding; (iv) Karyopharm Europe shall no longer be a party to any Transaction Document; (v) the Company or its designee shall be authorized to file UCC-3 termination statements terminating the Collateral Agent’s financing statements naming Karyopharm Europe as a debtor; and (vi) the Collateral Agent shall, do or direct its designees to do all things, presently or in the future, which may be reasonably requested by the Company, and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, in order to effect and evidence the release of the security interests and liens referred to in this paragraph. The Parties hereby agree that Karyopharm Europe shall be deemed to be an “Excluded Subsidiary” under the Agreement until such time that it has

 

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become or is required to become a guarantor or grant liens on its assets under the Senior Loan Agreement or the documents related thereto or the 2029 Convertible Notes Indenture or the documents related thereto, in which case it shall be no longer be an “Excluded Subsidiary” under the Agreement, and shall promptly enter into a Joinder Agreement to become a party to the Guaranty as Guarantor and to the Security Agreement as Grantor, and shall take all other actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to guarantee the Obligations and grant a perfected security interest in the Collateral it owns.

14. Amendment to Security Agreement Regarding Intercreditor Agreement Legend.

As required by Section 5.4 of the Intercreditor Agreement, the following legend is hereby added to the top of the first page of the Security Agreement:

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Secured Party hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as First Lien Collateral Agent, HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC, as Royalty Collateral Agent and certain other persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.”

15. Representations and Warranties of the 2029 Convertible Note Investor in Connection with the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance.

In connection with the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance, the 2029 Convertible Note Investor hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Company that:

a. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor understands and accepts that acquiring the 2029 Convertible Notes involves risks. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor has such knowledge, skill and experience in business, financial and investment matters that the 2029 Convertible Note Investor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance and an investment in the 2029 Convertible Notes. With the assistance of its own professional advisors (to the extent the 2029 Convertible Note Investor has deemed appropriate), the 2029 Convertible Note Investor has made its own legal, tax, accounting and financial evaluation of the merits and risks of an investment in the 2029 Convertible Notes and the consequences of the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor has considered the suitability of the 2029 Convertible Notes as an investment in light of its own circumstances and financial condition, and the 2029 Convertible Note Investor is able to bear the risks associated with an investment in the 2029 Convertible Notes. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor understands that it should consult with its own tax advisors in order to determine the U.S. federal, state and local tax consequences of the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance as well as the ownership and disposition of the 2029 Convertible Notes, in light of the 2029 Convertible Note Investor’s particular circumstances.

 

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b. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor confirms that it is not relying on any communication (written or oral) of the Company or any of its agents or affiliates as investment advice or as a recommendation to participate in the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance and receive the 2029 Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms hereof. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor confirms that it has read the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture relating to the 2029 Convertible Notes and has not relied on any statement (written or oral) of the Company or any of its affiliates as to the terms of the 2029 Convertible Notes. It is understood that information provided in the Transaction Documents, or by the Company or any of its agents or affiliates, shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation with respect to the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance, and that none of the Company or any of its agents or affiliates is acting or has acted as an advisor to the 2029 Convertible Note Investor in deciding whether to participate in the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance.

c. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor is a sophisticated participant in the transactions contemplated hereby and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the 2029 Convertible Notes, is experienced in investing in capital markets and is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the 2029 Convertible Notes. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor is familiar with the business and financial condition and operations of the Company and the Guarantors and has conducted its own investigation of the Company and the Guarantors and the 2029 Convertible Notes and has consulted with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby. 2029 Convertible Note Investor has had access to the Company filings with the SEC and such other information concerning the Company and the Guarantors and the 2029 Convertible Notes as it deems necessary to enable it to make an informed investment decision concerning the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor has been offered the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its representatives and has received answers thereto as the 2029 Convertible Note Investor deems necessary to enable it to make an informed investment decision concerning the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance and the 2029 Convertible Notes.

d. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor is an institutional “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) as well as a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor agrees to furnish any additional information reasonably requested by the Company or any of their affiliates to assure compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and all other applicable laws in connection with the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance.

e. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company.

 

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f. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor is acquiring the 2029 Convertible Notes solely for the 2029 Convertible Note Investor’s own beneficial account, or for an account with respect to which the 2029 Convertible Note Investor exercises sole investment discretion, for investment purposes, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution of the 2029 Convertible Notes in violation of federal, state or other applicable securities laws. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor understands that the offer and sale of the 2029 Convertible Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws by reason of specific exemptions under the provisions thereof that depend in part upon the representations made by the 2029 Convertible Note Investor in this Agreement.

g. The 2029 Convertible Note Investor understands that the Company is relying upon the representations and agreements contained in this Agreement (and any supplemental information) for the purpose of determining whether the 2029 Convertible Note Investor’s participation in the 2029 Convertible Note Issuance meets the requirements for the exemptions referenced in clause (i) above.

16. Conditions Precedent; Post-Closing Covenants; Further Assurances.

It shall be a condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Second Omnibus Amendment that the Company, each of the Current Investors and the Investor Representative execute and deliver to the Senior Loan Agent, the 2029 Convertible Notes Trustee and the 2029 Convertible Notes Collateral Agent an Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form attached to this Second Omnibus Amendment as Exhibit B.

Each of the Company and HCRP Fund III hereby agrees, in accordance with Section 5 of the Warrant, that as of the Indenture Date, the Warrant shall be amended so that the exercise price of the Warrant to purchase shares of common stock of the Company issued to HCRP Fund III pursuant to the Second Amendment, as specified in Section 2(b) of the Warrants, shall be reduced to an initial exercise price equal to the exercise price of the warrants to purchase shares of the common stock of the Company issued to the holders of the Permitted Convertible Debt of the Company issued pursuant to the Exchange Agreement (as defined in the 2029 Convertible Note Indenture). Promptly following the Indenture Date, the Investor Representative shall deliver the Warrant to the Company for cancellation in exchange for the issuance by the Company of a new warrant reflecting the revised exercise price, in the form of Exhibit A to this Second Omnibus Amendment. Except for the amendment of the exercise price as provided in this paragraph, the terms of the Warrants (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 3 thereof) shall otherwise remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

Each Party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Second Omnibus Amendment.

17. Assignments and Assumptions under the Agreement and the Security Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 12.4 and Section 4 of the Agreement, and Section 23 of the Security Agreement, the Collateral Agent hereby assigns, transfers and delivers to the Replacement Agent, and the Replacement Agent hereby accepts and assumes, all right, title, interest and

 

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obligations the Collateral Agent has in, and with respect to, the Transferred Interest, including all rights of the Collateral Agent in respect of the Transferred Interest under the Agreement and the Underlying Agreement as of the Effective Date. The Replacement Agent hereby assumes and agrees to perform all of the Collateral Agent’s obligations and liabilities with respect to the Transferred Interest under the Agreement and the Security Agreement as of the Effective Date.

18. Assignments and Assumptions under the Notice of Security Interest in Trademarks and Notice of Security Interest in Patents.

As of the Effective Date, the Collateral Agent hereby assigns, transfers and delivers to the Replacement Agent, and the Replacement Agent hereby accepts and assumes, all rights, title and interests that the Collateral Agent has under, and with respect to, the Notice of Security Interests in Trademark and Notice of Security Interest in Patents. The Company hereby consents to such assignment, transfer, and delivery by the Collateral Agent and the Replacement Agent’s acceptance and assumption thereof.

19. References to the Collateral Agent in the Transaction Agreements

As of the Effective Date, all references in the Transaction Agreements to the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Replacement Agent, and any notices, consents, approvals or other communications required to be deliver to or by the Collateral Agent shall be delivered to or by the Replacement Agent. The address for notices to the Replacement Agent is as set forth below:

HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC

300 Atlantic Street, Suite 600

Stamford, CT 06901

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Email: ***

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

200 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10281

Attn: Ira J. Schacter

E-mail: ***

20. Effect on Successors and Assigns.

The provisions of this Second Omnibus Amendment are binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Parties hereto in respect of the Agreement.

 

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21. Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.

This Second Omnibus Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Second Omnibus Amendment shall become effective when each Party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Party hereto. The words “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Second Omnibus Amendment or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity, enforceability and admissibility as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Each Party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service providers (including, without limitation, DocuSign), as long as such service providers use system logs and audit trails that establish a temporal and process link between the presentation of identity documents and the electronic signing, together with identifying information that can be used to verify the electronic signature and its attribution to the signer’s identity and evidence of the signer’s agreement to conduct the transaction electronically and of the signer’s execution of each electronic signature.

22. Headings.

The headings in this Second Omnibus Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.

23. Agreements in Full Force and Effect as Amended.

Upon execution of this Second Omnibus Amendment, the Agreement shall be, and be deemed to be, modified and amended in accordance with this Second Omnibus Amendment. Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement are in all respects ratified and confirmed, and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect. All references to the Agreement in any other document or instrument shall be deemed to mean the Agreement as amended by this Second Omnibus Amendment. This Second Omnibus Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Agreement but shall constitute an amendment thereof. The Parties hereto agree to be bound by the terms and obligations of the Agreement, as amended by this Second Omnibus Amendment, as though the terms and obligations of such Agreement were set forth herein.

24. Waiver of Notice Provisions.

Each Party hereby waives any further requirement for delivery of notice to such Party pursuant to the Agreement or any ancillary document thereto in connection with this Second Omnibus Amendment.

 

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25. Governing Law.

THIS SECOND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SECOND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

26. Expenses.

On the Effective Date, the Company shall pay, in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Company to the Investor Representative all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including attorneys’ fees, in connection with the transactions described in this Second Omnibus Amendment.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Omnibus Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:   /s/ Michael Mason
 

Name: Michael Mason

Title: Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

KARYOPHARM EUROPE GMBH
By:   /s/ Michael Mason
 

Name: Michael Mason

Title: Director

 

[Signature page to Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents]


HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS III, L.P.
  By: HealthCare Royalty GP III, LLC, solely in its capacity as general partner of the Member
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
 

Name:

Title:

 

Clarke B. Futch

Managing Partner

HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS IV, L.P.
  By: HealthCare Royalty GP IV, LLC, solely in its capacity as general partner of the Member
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
 

Name:

Title:

 

Clarke B. Futch

Managing Partner

HCRX INVESTMENTS HOLDCO, LLC
  By: HCRX Master GP, LLC, solely in its capacity as managing member
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
 

Name:

Title:

 

Clarke B. Futch

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

HCR CANARY FUND, L.P.
  By: HCR Canary Fund GP, LLC, solely in its capacity as general partner of the Member
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
 

Name:

Title:

 

Clarke B. Futch

Managing Partner

 

[Signature page to Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents]


HCR MOLAG FUND, L.P.
  By: HCR Molag Fund GP, LLC, solely in its capacity as general partner of the Member
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
 

Name:

Title:

 

Clarke B. Futch

Managing Partner

HEALTHCARE ROYALTY MANAGEMENT, LLC
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
 

Name:

Title:

 

Clarke B. Futch

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

HCR COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
 

Name:

Title:

 

Clarke B. Futch

Managing Partner

HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC
  By:   /s/ Clarke B. Futch
  Name:   Clarke B. Futch
  Title:   Authorized Person

 

[Signature page to Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents]


Exhibit A

Form of Warrant

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

Warrant Shares: 250,000    Initial Exercise Date: August 1, 2023
   Issue Date: August 1, 2023

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, Healthcare Royalty Partners III, L.P. or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 1, 2030 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to 250,000 shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Revenue Interest Financing Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2019 (as amended) (the “Revenue Interest Financing Agreement”), among the Company and the Holder.


Section 2. Exercise.

(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto, and delivered in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 5(h) (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(f)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined below) for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the exercise procedures specified in Sections 2(c), (d) or (e) below are specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 5(f). The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $[___], subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

(c) Cashless Exercise. On any exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in the manner as specified in Section 2(a) above, but otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Section 2(a), the Holder may elect to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A)

= as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading

 

Exhibit A-2


  Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

  (B)

= the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

  (X)

= the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and for purposes of Rule 144, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c), except to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Exhibit A-3


VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and reasonably agreed to by the Holder.

(d) Surrender of Securities. On any exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in the manner as specified in Section 2(a) above, but otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Section 2(a), the Holder may elect to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at such time by surrendering to the Company (i) Warrant Shares previously acquired by the Holder with an aggregate VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant equal to such aggregate Exercise Price and/or (ii) other securities of the Company having a value as of the exercise date equal to the aggregate Exercise Price.

(e) Manner of Exercise. The Holder may, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2(a), elect to exercise this Warrant by any combination of the methods described in Sections 2(a), (c) and (d) above.

(f) Mechanics of Exercise.

(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) in the case of a cashless exercise of the Warrant, the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and in each case, at the request of the Holder, in electronic book entry form to the account of the Holder or by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the later of one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period subject to the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). In the event of any withholding by, or surrender to, the Company of the equity securities, described in Sections 2(c), (e) or (e) above, where the number of such equity securities whose value is equal to the aggregate Exercise Price is not a whole number, the number of such equity securities withheld by, or surrendered to, the Company shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share

 

Exhibit A-4


and the Company shall make a cash payment to the Holder (by delivery of a certified or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Holder) based on the incremental fraction of a share being so withheld by, or surrendered to, the Company in an amount equal to the product of such incremental fraction of a share being so withheld or surrendered multiplied by (ii) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant. Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

(ii) Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(f)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

(iv) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(f)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by the Holder to the Company), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery

 

Exhibit A-5


obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice within two (2) Trading Days after the occurrence of a Buy-In indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

(v) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

(vi) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall, to the extent applicable, pay all Transfer Agent fees required for processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

(vii) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

(g) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) beneficially owns or would beneficially own as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), more than 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the issued and outstanding Common Stock or any other class of equity security (other than an exempted security) of the

 

Exhibit A-6


Company that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act. For purposes of calculating beneficial ownership, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, and exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder, together with its Attribution Parties (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Section 2(g), beneficial ownership shall be calculated and determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged and agreed that the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any written other notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days confirm to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The Holder shall disclose to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock that it, its Affiliates or any other Attribution Party owns and has the right to acquire through the exercise of derivative securities and any limitations on exercise or conversion analogous to the limitation contained herein contemporaneously or immediately prior to exercising this Warrant. Any purported delivery of any number of shares of Common Stock or any other security upon exercise of this Warrant shall be void and have no effect to the extent, but only to the extent, that before or after such delivery, the exercising Holder, together with its Affiliates and any other Attribution Party would have beneficial ownership in excess of the Maximum Percentage. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the

 

Exhibit A-7


numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

(b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to (but without duplication of) any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent).

(c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage.

 

Exhibit A-8


(d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (not including any shares of capital stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) and in connection with such transaction the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(g) on the exercise of this Warrant), the securities, cash and other property of the successor or acquiring corporation (or ultimate parent thereof) or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, as applicable, (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(g) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for the Alternate Consideration, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such

 

Exhibit A-9


number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

(f) Notice to Holder.

(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (as defined below), at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating:

(iii) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation,

 

Exhibit A-10


merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to any Person, in whole or in part, by the Holder upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

(b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

(c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

Exhibit A-11


(d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Warrant under the Securities Act.

(e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(f)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(f)(i) and Section 2(f)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

(d) Authorized Shares.

 

Exhibit A-12


The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent waived or consented to in writing by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

(e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement.

(f) Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations within two (2) Trading Days of receipt of the Notice of Exercise giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Trading Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic

 

Exhibit A-13


calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days, submit (i) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Trading Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

(g) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

(h) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, power, remedy or privilege hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power, remedy or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or otherwise prejudice the exercise of any of the Holder’s rights, powers, remedies or privileges. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

(i) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement.

(j) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

(k) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(l) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

Exhibit A-14


(m) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

(n) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

(o) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

(p) Provisions for the Benefit of Lenders. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing contained in this Warrant shall affect, limit or impair the rights and remedies of the Holder in its capacity as an Investor in the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement (as amended), or any other agreements or instruments entered into in connection therewith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Holder in exercising its rights as an Investor will not have any duty to consider (i) its status as a direct or indirect stockholder of the Company and the Company’s subsidiaries, (ii) the direct or indirect ownership of the Company and the Company’s subsidiaries, except as may be required under the applicable investment documents.

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

Exhibit A-15


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit A


Exhibit B

Execution Version

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 8, 2024

among

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as First Lien Collateral Agent,

and

HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC,

as Royalty Collateral Agent

and

each additional Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto

and acknowledged and agreed to by

KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.,

as the Company

and the other Grantors referred to herein


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

       Page  
SECTION 1.   Definitions      2  

1.1

  Defined Terms      2  

1.2

  Terms Generally      12  
SECTION 2.   Lien Priorities      12  

2.1

  Relative Priorities      12  

2.2

  Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshaling      13  

2.3

  No New Liens      14  

2.4

  Similar Liens and Agreements      15  

2.5

  Perfection of Liens      15  

2.6

  Nature of First Lien Obligations      15  

2.7

  No Claim Subordination      15  
SECTION 3.   Enforcement      16  

3.1

  Exercise of Remedies      16  

3.2

  Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance      20  
SECTION 4.   Payments      21  

4.1

  Application of Proceeds      21  

4.2

  Payments Over      22  
SECTION 5.   Other Agreements      23  

5.1

  Releases      23  

5.2

  Insurance      24  

5.3

  Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Note Documents      25  

5.4

  Confirmation of Lien Subordination in Second Lien Collateral Documents      28  

5.5

  Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection      28  

5.6

  When Discharge of First Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred      30  
SECTION 6.   Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings      31  

6.1

  Finance and Sale Issues      31  

6.2

  Relief from the Automatic Stay      32  

6.3

  Adequate Protection      32  

6.4

  No Waiver      34  

6.5

  Avoidance Issues      34  

6.6

  Reorganization Securities      34  

6.7

  Post-Petition Interest      35  

6.8

  Waiver      35  

6.9

  Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification      35  

6.10

  Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings      36  

 

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SECTION 7.

  Reliance; Waivers; Etc.      36  

7.1

  Reliance      36  

7.2

  No Warranties or Liability      37  

7.3

  No Waiver of Lien Priorities      37  

7.4

  Obligations Unconditional      39  

SECTION 8.

  Miscellaneous      40  

8.1

  Integration/Conflicts      40  

8.2

  Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability      40  

8.3

  Amendments; Waivers      41  

8.4

  Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries      41  

8.5

  Subrogation      42  

8.6

  [Reserved]      42  

8.7

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers      42  

8.8

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      43  

8.9

  Notices      44  

8.10

  Further Assurances      44  

8.11

  APPLICABLE LAW      44  

8.12

  Binding on Successors and Assigns      44  

8.13

  Section Headings      45  

8.14

  Counterparts      45  

8.15

  Authorization      45  

8.16

  No Third Party Beneficiaries/ Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights      45  

8.17

  No Indirect Actions      45  

8.18

  Additional Grantors      46  

8.19

  Collateral Agents      46  

8.20

  Second Lien Indenture      46  

EXHIBITS

 

  Exhibit A – Joinder Agreement (Additional Grantors)
  Exhibit B – Joinder Agreement (Additional Second Lien Debt)
 

Exhibit C – Additional Debt Designation

 

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INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of May 8, 2024, is entered into by and among WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB (“WSFS”), as collateral agent for the holders of the First Lien Obligations (as defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns from time to time, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”), HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC, as collateral agent for the holders of the Royalty Obligations (as defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns from time to time, the “Royalty Collateral Agent”), and the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.20 and acknowledged and agreed to by KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the other Grantors (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 below.

RECITALS

The Company, the guarantors party from time to time to the First Lien Credit Agreement (as defined below), the lenders party from time to time to the First Lien Credit Agreement and WSFS as administrative agent and collateral agent have entered into that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or, subject to Section 5.3 hereof, Refinanced, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”);

The Company, HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS III, L.P. (“HCRP Fund III”) and HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS IV, L.P. (“HCRP Fund IV” and together with HCRP Fund III, the “Original Investors”), have entered into that certain Revenue Interest Financing Agreement dated as of September 14, 2019 (the “Original Royalty Financing Agreement”), as amended by the Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of June 23, 2021 (the “First Omnibus Amendment”), by and among the Company, KARYOPHARM EUROPE GMHB (“Karyopharm Europe”), KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS (BERMUDA) LTD. (“Karyopharm Bermuda”), the Original Investors, HCRP OVERFLOW FUND, L.P. (“HCRP OF”), HCR STAFFORD FUND, L.P. (“Stafford”) and HCR POTOMAC FUND, L.P. (“Potomac”, and together with HCRP OF and Stafford, the “Former Investors”), HCR CANARY FUND, L.P. (“Canary”), HCR MOLAG FUND, L.P. (“Molag” Canary, Molag, HEALTHCARE ROYALTY MANAGEMENT, LLC (the “Investor Representative”)), HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC (as replacement collateral agent for HCR COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT, LLC) (the “Collateral Agent”), as further amended by the Second Amendment to Revenue Financing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2023 (the “Second Amendment”), by and among the Company, the Former Investors, Canary, Molog, the Investor Representative and the Collateral Agreement and as further amended by the Second Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents, dated as of the date hereof (the “Second Omnibus Amendment”) (the Original Royalty Financing Agreement, as amended by the First Omnibus Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Second Omnibus Amendment, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or, subject to Section 5.3 hereof, Refinanced, the “Royalty Financing”);


Pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Company has agreed to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guarantee the First Lien Obligations;

Pursuant to (i) the Second Lien Indenture, the Company will agree to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guarantee the Initial Second Lien Obligations and (ii) the Royalty Financing, the Company has agreed to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guarantee the Royalty Obligations (collectively, the “Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty”);

The obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary guarantors under the First Lien Credit Agreement will be secured on a first-priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of the Company and the Subsidiary guarantors (such current and future Subsidiaries of the Company providing a guarantee thereof, the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”) pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Collateral Documents;

The obligations of the Company under the Second Lien Indenture and under the Royalty Financing and the obligations of the Guarantor Subsidiaries under the Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty will be secured on a second-priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of the Company and the Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Collateral Documents; and

The First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents provide, among other things, that the parties thereto shall set forth in this Agreement their respective rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral.

In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the First Lien Collateral Agent (on behalf of each First Lien Claimholder), each Second Lien Collateral Agent (on behalf of each applicable Second Lien Claimholder), intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees as follows:

AGREEMENT

SECTION 1. Definitions.

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Second Lien Debt” means any Indebtedness and guarantees thereof that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Company and/or any Grantor pursuant to the Second Lien Indenture, which Indebtedness and guarantees are secured by the Second Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis junior to the First Lien

 

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Obligations; provided, however, that with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Document; (ii) the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.20; and (iii) each of the other requirements of Section 8.20 shall have been complied with. The requirements of clause (i) above and clause (2)(C) of Section 8.20(b) shall be tested only as of the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement by the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent.

Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified or is a director or officer of the Person specified or (b) any other Person that directly or indirectly owns 10% or more of any class of equity interests of the Person specified.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

Bankruptcy Case” means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

Claimholders” means the First Lien Claimholders and/or the Second Lien Claimholders, as the context may require.

Collateral” means, at any time, all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, in which the holders of First Lien Obligations and the holders of Second Lien Obligations under at least one Series of Second Lien Obligations (or their respective Collateral Agents) hold, purport to hold or are required to hold, a security interest at such time (or, in the case of the First Lien Obligations, are deemed pursuant to Section 2 to hold a security interest), including any property subject to Liens granted pursuant to Section 6 to secure both First Lien Obligations and Second Lien Obligations. If, at any time, any portion of the First Lien Collateral does not constitute Second Lien Collateral under one or more Series of Second Lien Obligations, then such portion of such First Lien Collateral shall constitute Collateral only with respect to the Second Lien Obligations for which it constitutes Second Lien Collateral and shall not constitute Collateral for any Second Lien Obligations which do not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.

 

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Collateral Agent” means any First Lien Collateral Agent and/or any Second Lien Collateral Agent, as the context may require.

Collateral Documents” means the First Lien Collateral Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Designation” means a designation of Additional Second Lien Debt in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

Discharge of First Lien Obligations means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.6, with respect to the First Lien Obligations, each of the following has occurred:

(a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), all Indebtedness outstanding under the First Lien Loan Documents and constituting First Lien Obligations;

(b) payment in full in cash of all other First Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (other than any indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time); and

(c) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute First Lien Obligations;

provided, that the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred if any First Lien Loan Document is Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3 and such Refinanced Indebtedness is then in effect and has not itself been Discharged or Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3.

Discharge of Second Lien Obligations means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.6, each of the following has occurred:

(a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Documents;

 

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(b) payment in full in cash of all other Second Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (other than any indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time); and

(c) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute Second Lien Obligations;

provided, that the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred if any Second Lien Document is Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3 and such Refinanced Indebtedness is then in effect and has not itself been Discharged or Refinanced in accordance with Section 5.3.

Disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).

Enforcement Action” means any action to:

(a) foreclose, execute, levy, or collect on, take possession or control of (other than for purposes of perfection), sell or otherwise realize upon (judicially or non-judicially), or lease, license, or otherwise dispose of (whether publicly or privately), Collateral, or otherwise exercise or enforce remedial rights with respect to Collateral under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents (including by way of setoff, recoupment, notification of a public or private sale or other disposition pursuant to the UCC or other applicable law, notification to account debtors, notification to depositary banks under deposit account control agreements, or exercise of rights under landlord consents, if applicable);

(b) solicit bids from third Persons, approve bid procedures for any proposed disposition of Collateral, to conduct the liquidation or disposition of Collateral or engage or retain sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, or other third Persons for the purposes of valuing, marketing, promoting, and selling Collateral;

(c) receive a transfer of Collateral in satisfaction of Indebtedness or any other Obligation secured thereby;

(d) otherwise enforce a security interest or exercise another right or remedy, as a secured creditor or otherwise, pertaining to the Collateral at law, in equity, or pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or Second Lien Documents (including the commencement of applicable legal proceedings or other actions with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral to facilitate the actions described in the preceding clauses, and exercising voting rights in respect of equity interests comprising Collateral); or

 

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(e) effectuate or cause the Disposition of Collateral by any Grantor after the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents with the consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent (or First Lien Claimholders) or the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent (or applicable Second Lien Claimholders), as applicable.

Excess First Lien Obligations” means any Obligations that would constitute First Lien Obligations if not for the First Lien Cap Amount together with interest, fees and expenses to the extent directly related to such First Lien Obligations that are in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount.

First Lien Cap Amount” means, at any time and in respect of the First Lien Obligations, a principal amount equal to (i) $135,000,000 plus (ii) any accrued pay-in-kind interest on such principal amount (provided that the First Lien Cap Amount shall not apply to expenses, fees, costs, and indemnities pursuant to Sections 10.2 and 10.3 of the First Lien Credit Agreement).

First Lien Claimholders means, at any relevant time, the holders of First Lien Obligations at that time, including the First Lien Lenders and the agents under the First Lien Loan Documents.

First Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

First Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral,” or “Pledged Collateral” or similar term as defined in any First Lien Loan Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a First Lien Loan Document as security for any First Lien Obligations and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any First Lien Claimholder.

First Lien Collateral Documents” means the Collateral Documents (as defined in the First Lien Loan Documents) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any First Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

First Lien Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

First Lien Debt” means the Indebtedness and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents.

First Lien Lenders” means the “Lenders” under and as defined in the First Lien Loan Documents.

First Lien Loan Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Credit Documents (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the First Lien Obligations and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any First Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of First Lien Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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First Lien Obligations means the “Obligations” or similar term as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the sum of principal portion of the First Lien Obligations, is in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount, then only that principal portion of the First Lien Obligations equal to the First Lien Cap Amount shall be included in First Lien Obligations, and interest, fees, reimbursement obligations and other amounts with respect to such Indebtedness. The principal portion of First Lien Obligations in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount and all interest, fees and other Obligations related to such excess shall constitute Excess First Lien Obligations under this Agreement.

First Lien Subsidiary Guaranty” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.

Grantors” means the Company, each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries and each other Person that has or may from time to time hereafter execute and deliver any First Lien Collateral Document and/or Second Lien Collateral Document as a “grantor” or “pledgor” (or the equivalent thereof) to secure any First Lien Obligations and/or Second Lien Obligations, as the context may require.

Guarantor Subsidiaries” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Indebtedness” means and includes all indebtedness for borrowed money.

Initial Second Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Initial Second Lien Obligations at that time, including the Initial Second Lien Holders and the agents under the Initial Second Lien Note Documents.

Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent” means WSFS, as collateral agent for the holders of the Initial Second Lien Obligations, which shall be named in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

Initial Second Lien Collateral Documents” means the Collateral Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Indenture) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Initial Second Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

 

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Initial Second Lien Holders” means the “Holders” under and as defined in the Second Lien Indenture.

Initial Second Lien Note Documents” means the Second Lien Indenture and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Indenture) and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Initial Second Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Initial Second Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Second Lien Obligations to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Initial Second Lien Obligations” means all “Obligations” or similar term as defined in the Second Lien Indenture.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Grantor;

(b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or Bankruptcy Case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets;

(c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or

(d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.

Joinder Agreement” means a supplement to this Agreement in the form of (i) Exhibit A hereto required to be executed pursuant to Section 8.18 or (ii) Exhibit B hereto required to be delivered by the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent to the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Royalty Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.20 to include Additional Second Lien Debt hereunder.

Lien” means any lien (including, judgment liens and liens arising by operation of law), mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, call, trust (whether contractual, statutory, deemed, equitable, constructive, resulting or otherwise), UCC financing statement or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, including any right of set-off or recoupment.

 

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New First Lien Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

New First Lien Debt Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).

New Second Lien Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).

New Second Lien Debt Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).

Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of the Company and each other Grantor from time to time owed to any agent or trustee, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Claimholders or any of them or their respective Affiliates, in each case, under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing and including any interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Person of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Pledged Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.

Post-Petition Interest” means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Law or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Recovery” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in part, regardless of whether the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness is the same, greater than or less than the principal amount of the Refinanced Indebtedness. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.

Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees and substantially the same collateral provisions) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

 

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Royalty Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Royalty Obligations at that time, including the Royalty Investors and the agents under the Royalty Documents.

Royalty Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

Royalty Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement (as defined in the Royalty Financing) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Royalty Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

Royalty Documents” means the Royalty Financing and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Royalty Financing) and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Royalty Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Royalty Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Royalty Obligations to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Royalty Financing” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

Royalty Investors” means the “Investors” under and as defined in the Royalty Financing.

Royalty Obligations” means all “Obligations” or similar term as defined in the Royalty Financing.

Second Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Second Lien Obligations at that time, including the Initial Second Lien Claimholders, the Royalty Claimholders and the agents under the Second Lien Documents.

Second Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral,” “Pledged Collateral” or similar term as defined in any Second Lien Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted, purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a Second Lien Document as security for any Second Lien Obligations and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any Second Lien Claimholder.

Second Lien Collateral Agent” means each of the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Royalty Collateral Agent.

 

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Second Lien Collateral Documents” means the Initial Second Lien Collateral Documents, the Royalty Collateral Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.

Second Lien Debt” means the Indebtedness and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the Second Lien Documents. Second Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange thereof.

Second Lien Documents” means the Initial Second Lien Note Documents and the Royalty Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Second Lien Obligations, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Second Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Second Lien Obligations to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Second Lien Holders” means the Initial Second Lien Holders and the Royalty Investors.

Second Lien Indenture” means that certain Indenture to be entered into by the Company, the guarantors party thereto from time to time and WSFS as trustee and collateral agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or, subject to Section 5.3 hereof, Refinanced.

Second Lien Mortgages” means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and any other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property owned or leased by any Grantor is granted to secure any Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Liens are governed.

Second Lien Obligations” means, collectively, all Initial Second Lien Obligations and Royalty Obligations.

Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Series” means, with respect to First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, all such obligations secured by First Lien Collateral Documents or Second Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be.

Standstill Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

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Subsidiary” means, as 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.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) any definition of or reference herein to any agreement, instrument or other document, shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and any reference herein to any statute or regulations shall include any amendment, renewal, extension or replacement thereof;

(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns from time to time;

(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;

(d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement; and

(e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.

2.1 Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC or any other applicable law or the Second Lien Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of, the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations, the subordination of such Liens to any other Liens, or any other circumstance whatsoever, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby agrees that:

(a) any Lien on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations; and

 

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(b) any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person; and

(c) the Liens securing each of the Initial Second Lien Obligations and the Royalty Obligations on the Collateral shall be of equal priority, subject to Sections 4.1 and 5.2.

2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshaling. Each of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other First Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) directly or indirectly contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the priority, validity, perfection, extent or enforceability of a Lien held, or purported to be held, by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Claimholders in the First Lien Collateral or by or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Claimholders in the Second Lien Collateral, as the case may be, or the amount, nature or extent of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder to enforce this Agreement, including the provisions of this Agreement relating to the priority of the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations as provided in Sections 2.1 and 3.1. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, neither the Second Lien Collateral Agents nor any other Second Lien Claimholder will assert any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available to a junior secured creditor.

 

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2.3 No New Liens. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor to:

(a) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Second Lien Obligation unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First Lien Obligations, the parties hereto agreeing that any such Lien shall be subject to Section 2.1; and

(b) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any First Lien Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure the Second Lien Obligations; provided that this provision will not be violated with respect to any Second Lien Obligations if each Second Lien Collateral Agent is given a reasonable opportunity to accept a Lien on any asset or property and either the Company or the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent states in writing that the applicable Second Lien Documents prohibit such Second Lien Collateral Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property, or such Second Lien Collateral Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined lien, a “Second Lien Declined Lien”).

If either Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder shall hold any Lien on any assets or property of any Grantor securing any Second Lien Obligations that are not also subject to the first-priority Liens securing all First Lien Obligations under the First Lien Collateral Documents, the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Claimholder (i) shall notify the First Lien Collateral Agent promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien on such assets or property to the First Lien Collateral Agent as security for the First Lien Obligations, such Second Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Claimholders shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders, other than any First Lien Claimholders whose First Lien Loan Documents prohibit them from taking such Liens, as security for the First Lien Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to any First Lien Collateral Agent and/or the First Lien Claimholders, each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of each Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2.

 

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2.4 Similar Liens and Agreements. The parties hereto agree that, subject to Sections 2.3 and 5.3, it is their intention that the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral be identical. In furtherance of the foregoing and of Section 8.10, the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:

(a) upon request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or either Second Lien Collateral Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to determine the specific items included in the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective parties obligated under the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents; and

(b) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and guarantees for the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, subject to Sections 2.3 and 5.3, shall be in all material respects the same forms of documents other than with respect to the first lien and the second lien nature of the Obligations thereunder.

2.5 Perfection of Liens. Except for the arrangements contemplated by Section 5.5, none of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Claimholders. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First Lien Claimholders on the one hand and the Second Lien Claimholders on the other hand and such provisions shall not impose on the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Collateral which would conflict with prior-perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority or any applicable law.

2.6 Nature of First Lien Obligations. Each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Second Lien Claimholder represented by it, acknowledges that a portion of the First Lien Obligations represents, or may in the future represent, debt that is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently re-borrowed, and that, the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents and the First Lien Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the First Lien Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the other Second Lien Claimholders and without affecting the provisions hereof. The lien priorities provided in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or refinancing of either the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations, or any portion thereof.

2.7 No Claim Subordination. The subordination of Liens securing Second Lien Obligations to Liens securing First Lien Obligations set forth in this Section 2 affects only the relative priority of those Liens, and does not subordinate any Second Lien Obligations in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations. Nothing in this

 

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Agreement will affect the entitlement of any First Lien Claimholder or Second Lien Claimholder to receive and retain required payments of interest, principal, and other amounts in respect of a First Lien Obligation or Second Lien Obligation (other than in connection with a turnover of proceeds of Collateral pursuant to this Agreement in connection with an Enforcement Action), as applicable, so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off and recoupment) or enforcement of any Lien in contravention of this Agreement.

SECTION 3. Enforcement.

3.1 Exercise of Remedies.

(a) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders:

(1) will not commence or maintain, or seek to commence or maintain, any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral; provided that each Second Lien Collateral Agent may commence an Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any or all such rights or remedies after the passage of a period of at least 150 days has elapsed since the later of: (i) the date on which such Second Lien Collateral Agent declared the existence of any Event of Default (and as defined in) under any Second Lien Document and demanded the repayment of all the principal amount of any Second Lien Obligations; and (ii) the date on which the First Lien Collateral Agent received notice from such Second Lien Collateral Agent of such declarations of such Event of Default and demand for payment (the Standstill Period); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder take any Enforcement Action with respect to the Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing an Enforcement Action or other exercise of their rights or remedies in each case with respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Second Lien Collateral Agents) or (ii) any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (provided that in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding any Second Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Claimholder may take any action expressly permitted by Section 6);

 

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(2) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder or any other exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral under the First Lien Loan Documents or otherwise;(including any Enforcement Action initiated by or supported by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder) and

(3) subject to their rights under Section 3.1(a)(1), will not object to the forbearance by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral,

in each case so long as any proceeds received by the First Lien Collateral Agent in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with Section 4.1 and applicable law.

(b) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 3.1(a)(1), the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall have the exclusive right to commence and maintain an Enforcement Action or otherwise enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt, except that Second Lien Collateral Agents shall have the credit bid rights set forth in Section 3.1(c)(6)), and subject to Section 5.1, make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder; provided that any proceeds received by the First Lien Collateral Agent in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with Section 4.1 and applicable law. In commencing or maintaining any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders may enforce the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion in compliance with any applicable law and without consultation with the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any Second Lien Claimholder and regardless of whether any such exercise is adverse to the interest of any Second Lien Claimholder. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and any other Second Lien Claimholder may:

(1) vote, file a claim or statement of interest and take any other action not in violation of the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Second Lien Obligations; provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor;

(2) take any action not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations, or the rights of any First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders to exercise remedies in respect thereof, in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its Lien on the Collateral and neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any First Lien Claimholder will object to or contest, or otherwise support any other person in contesting or objecting to, any such action taken in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (provided that nothing herein shall prevent the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders from enforcing this Agreement);

(3) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second Lien Claimholders, including any claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(4) vote on any plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, file any proof of claim, make other filings and make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Second Lien Obligations and the Collateral; provided that no filing of any claim or vote, or pleading related to such claim or vote, to accept or reject a disclosure statement, plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, or any other document, agreement or proposal similar to the foregoing by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement;

(5) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral after the termination of the Standstill Period to the extent permitted by Section 3.1(a)(1);

(6) bid for or purchase Collateral at any public, private or judicial foreclosure upon such Collateral initiated by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder, or any sale of Collateral during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; provided that such bid may not include a “credit bid” in respect of any Second Lien Obligations unless the cash proceeds of such bid are otherwise sufficient to cause the Discharge of First Lien Obligations; and

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Each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off and recoupment) with respect to any Collateral in its capacity as a creditor, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except in connection with any foreclosure expressly permitted by Section 3.1(a)(1) (to the extent the Second Lien Collateral Agents and Second Lien Claimholders are permitted to retain the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Agreement). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Sections 3.1(a) and 6.3(b) and this Section 3.1(c), the sole right of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to the Second Lien Collateral Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred.

(d) Subject to Sections 3.1(a), 3.1(c) and Section 6.3(b):

(1) each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that such Second Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Claimholders will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the First Lien Loan Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;

(2) each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby waives any and all rights it or such Second Lien Claimholders may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder seeks to enforce or collect the First Lien Obligations or the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted in any of the First Lien Collateral undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder is adverse to the interest of any Second Lien Claimholder; and

(3) each Second Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the applicable Second Lien Collateral Documents or any other applicable Second Lien Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First Lien Loan Documents.

 

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(e) Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Company or any other Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Documents and applicable law (other than initiating or joining in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor); provided that in the event that any Second Lien Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Second Lien Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First Lien Obligations) in the same manner as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are subject to this Agreement.

(f) Except as specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(d), nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of the required payments of interest, principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Second Lien Obligations so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off and recoupment) or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them or as a result of any other violation by any Second Lien Claimholder of the express terms of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder may have with respect to the First Lien Collateral.

(g) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver simultaneous written notice to each Second Lien Collateral Agent of the First Lien Collateral Agent commencing any Enforcement Action; provided that failure to deliver such notice shall not impair the validity of such Enforcement Action or give rise to liability hereunder.

3.2 Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance. If any Second Lien Claimholder, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes, attempts to or threatens to take any action with respect to the Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fails to take any action required by this Agreement, this Agreement shall create an irrebutable presumption and admission by such Second Lien Claimholder that relief against such Second Lien Claimholder by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the First Lien Claimholders, it being understood and agreed by the Second Lien Collateral Agents on behalf of each

 

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applicable Second Lien Claimholder that (i) the First Lien Claimholders’ damages from actions of any Second Lien Claimholder may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Second Lien Claimholder waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the First Lien Claimholders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages. Each of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agents may demand specific performance of this Agreement. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder under the First Lien Loan Documents, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder under the Second Lien Documents, hereby irrevocably waive any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense which might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders or the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Claimholders, as the case may be. No provision of this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver by the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder or the Second Lien Collateral Agents each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder of any right to seek damages from any Person in connection with any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement.

SECTION 4. Payments.

4.1 Application of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof received in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of remedies by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder shall be applied by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant First Lien Loan Documents; provided, that any non-cash Collateral or non-cash proceeds may be held by the First Lien Collateral Agent as Collateral unless the failure to apply such amounts would be commercially unreasonable. Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall, in the following order, (x) unless a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, deliver any remaining proceeds of Collateral held by it to the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent to be applied by the Second Lien Collateral Agents to the Second Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the Second Lien Documents until a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations; provided that such proceeds up to $77,320,000 (less any amounts applied to repurchase Initial Second Lien Obligations upon the event of an asset sale) in the aggregate shall be first applied to the Initial Second Lien Obligations and any proceeds thereafter shall be applied 60% to the Royalty Obligations and 40% to the Initial Second Lien Obligations until the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations shall have occurred, and (y) if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, apply such proceeds of Collateral to the Excess First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the First Lien Loan Documents until payment in full in cash of all such Excess First Lien Obligations and thereafter deliver such proceeds of Collateral to the Grantors, their successors or assigns from time to time, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Without limiting the obligations of the Second Lien Claimholders

 

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under Section 4.2, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, (i) any Collateral or any proceeds thereof received in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of remedies by any Second Lien Claimholder shall be distributed in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.1 and (ii) upon the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall, in the following order, (x) if there are any Excess First Lien Obligations, deliver any remaining proceeds of Collateral held by it to the First Lien Collateral Agent, for application by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the Excess First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the First Lien Loan Documents until payment in full in cash of all Excess First Lien Obligations, and (y) if at such time there are no Excess First Lien Obligations, deliver any remaining proceeds of Collateral to the Grantors, their successors or assigns from time to time, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

4.2 Payments Over. (a) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof (including assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 2.3 and any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise invalidated) received by any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of any right or remedy relating to the Collateral less any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such Enforcement Action, in all cases shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements (which endorsements shall be without recourse and without any representations or warranties) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct for application in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. The First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any such other Second Lien Claimholder. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

(b) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, if in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall receive any distribution of money or other property in respect of the Collateral (including any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise invalidated) such money or other property (other than debt obligations of the reorganized debtor distributed as contemplated by Section 6.6) shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements (which endorsements shall be without recourse and without any representations or warranties) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct for application in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. Any Lien received by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder in respect of any of the Second Lien Obligations in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5. Other Agreements.

5.1 Releases.

(a) If in connection with any Enforcement Action by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other exercise of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral, in each case prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any other First Lien Claimholder, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral or releases any Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligations under its guaranty of the First Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself or for the benefit of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Guarantor Subsidiary under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of the First Lien Collateral Agent so long as the proceeds are applied in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. If in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of rights and remedies by the First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the equity interests of any Person are foreclosed upon or otherwise disposed of and the First Lien Collateral Agent releases its Lien on the property or assets of such Person then the Liens of Second Lien Collateral Agents with respect to the property or assets of such Person will be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of the First Lien Collateral Agent. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself or on behalf of any such applicable Second Lien Claimholders, promptly shall, acting at the direction of a majority in interest of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders and at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary such termination statements, releases and other documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary may reasonably request to effectively confirm the foregoing releases.

(b) If in connection with any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any Collateral by any Grantor (collectively, a Disposition) permitted under the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents and the terms of the Second Lien Documents (other than in connection with an Enforcement Action or other exercise of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral which shall be governed by Section 5.1(a)), the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any other First Lien Claimholder, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, or releases any Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligations under its guaranty of the First Lien Obligations, in each case other than in connection with, or following, the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and for the benefit of the other applicable Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Guarantor Subsidiary under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself or on behalf of each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, shall promptly, acting at the direction of a majority in interest of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders and at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary such termination statements, releases and other documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Guarantor Subsidiary may reasonably request to effectively confirm such release.

 

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(c) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the First Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Second Lien Collateral Agent and such Second Lien Claimholder or in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release. This power is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder (i) has released any Lien on Collateral or any Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligation under its guarantee and any such Liens or guarantee are later reinstated or (ii) obtains any new Liens or additional guarantees from any Guarantor Subsidiary, then the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and for the other applicable Second Lien Claimholders, shall automatically be deemed to have been granted a Lien on any such Collateral (except to the extent such Lien represents a Second Lien Declined Lien with respect to the Second Lien Debt represented by the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent), subject to the lien subordination provisions of this Agreement, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents shall be granted an additional guarantee, as the case may be, and each applicable Grantor shall execute any documentation reasonably requested by either Second Lien Collateral Agent to evidence any such grant.

5.2 Insurance. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting the Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in respect of the Collateral shall be paid to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Claimholders pursuant to the terms of

 

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the First Lien Loan Documents (including for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit) and thereafter, if a Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Second Lien Documents, the balance of such proceeds shall be paid to the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders to the extent required under the Second Lien Documents; provided that such proceeds up to $77,320,000 (less any amounts applied to repurchase Initial Second Lien Obligations upon the event of an asset sale) in the aggregate shall be first applied to the Initial Second Lien Obligations and any proceeds thereafter shall be applied 60% to the Royalty Obligations and 40% to the Initial Second Lien Obligations until the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has occurred and then, if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has occurred, any remaining balance shall be paid to the First Lien Collateral Agent for application to the prepayment of any Excess First Lien Obligations and then, after the payment in full in cash of all Excess First Lien Obligations, any remaining balance shall be paid to the Grantors, their successors or assigns from time to time, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment in contravention of this Agreement, then it shall segregate and hold in trust and forthwith pay such proceeds over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.

5.3 Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Note Documents.

(a) The First Lien Loan Documents may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their terms; provided that any such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification shall not, without the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agents (acting at the direction of a majority in interest of the applicable Second Lien Claimholders):

(1) increase the then-outstanding principal amount of the First Lien Obligations in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount;

(2) prohibit payments of principal and interest (or other amounts owed pursuant to the Royalty Documents) on the Second Lien Obligations;

(3) increase the interest rate or yield, including by increasing the “applicable margin” or similar component of the interest rate (other than any increase occurring because of fluctuations in underlying rate indices, pricing grids, the imposition of the default rate of interest in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement, or changes in interest rates resulting from the replacement of any rate index/indices with an alternative rate index/indices), by imposing fees or premiums, or by modifying the method of computing interest, or modify or implement any letter of credit, commitment, facility, utilization, make-whole or similar fee so that the combined interest rate and fees are increased by more than 3.0% per annum in excess of the total yield on Indebtedness outstanding thereunder as in effect on the date hereof (excluding any (x) customary amendment or consent fees or (y) increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

 

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(4) shorten the scheduled maturity of the First Lien Obligations or provide for any scheduled principal amortization other than those provided for in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof; or

(5) amend the First Lien Loan Documents in any manner which would have the effect of contravening the terms of this Agreement.

(b) Without the prior written consent of a majority in interest of the First Lien Lenders, no Initial Second Lien Note Document may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time or entered into to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Initial Second Lien Note Document, would:

(1) increase the then-outstanding principal amount of the Initial Second Lien Obligations in excess of (x) $134,000,000 plus (y) any accrued pay-in-kind interest on such principal amount;

(2) prohibit payments of principal and interest on the First Lien Obligations (other than payment of principal thereof in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount);

(3) increase the interest rate or yield, including by increasing the “applicable margin” or similar component of the interest rate (other than any increase occurring because of fluctuations in underlying rate indices, pricing grids, the imposition of the default rate of interest in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement, or changes in interest rates resulting from the replacement of any rate index/indices with an alternative rate index/indices), by imposing fees or premiums, or by modifying the method of computing interest, or modify or implement any letter of credit, commitment, facility, utilization, make-whole or similar fee so that the combined interest rate and fees are increased by a rate that would result in such interest rate or yield being in excess of 3.0% per annum less than such interest rate or yield accruing with respect to the First Lien Obligations (excluding any (a) customary amendment or consent fees or (b) increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

 

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(4) shorten the scheduled maturity of the Initial Second Lien Obligations or provide for any scheduled principal amortization other than those provided for in the Initial Second Lien Indenture as in effect on the date hereof; or

(5) amend the Second Lien Note Documents in any manner which would have the effect of contravening the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Without the prior written consent of a majority in interest of the First Lien Lenders, no Royalty Document may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time or entered into to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Royalty Document, would:

(1) prohibit payments of principal and interest on the First Lien Obligations (other than payment of principal thereof in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount);

(2) increase the yield (other than any increase occurring because of fluctuations in underlying rate indices, pricing grids, the imposition of the default rate of interest in accordance with the terms of the Royalty Financing, or changes in interest rates resulting from the replacement of any rate index/indices with an alternative rate index/indices), by imposing fees or premiums, or by modifying the method of computing the yield, or modify or implement any letter of credit, commitment, facility, utilization, make-whole or similar fee so that the combined interest rate and fees are increased by a rate that would result in such interest rate or yield being in excess of 3.0% per annum less than such yield accruing with respect to the Royalty Obligations (excluding any (a) customary amendment or consent fees or (b) increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

(3) shorten the scheduled maturity of the Royalty Obligations or provide for any scheduled or mandatory payments other than those provided for in the Royalty Financing as in effect on the date hereof;

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5.4 Confirmation of Lien Subordination in Second Lien Collateral Documents. The Company agrees that each Second Lien Collateral Document shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the First Lien Collateral Agents):

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Second Lien Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as First Lien Collateral Agent, HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC, as Royalty Collateral Agent and certain other persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.”

In addition, the Company agrees that each Second Lien Mortgage, if any, covering any Collateral shall contain such other language as the First Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect the subordination of such Second Lien Mortgage to the First Lien Collateral Documents covering such Collateral.

5.5 Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.

(a) The First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to hold that part of the Collateral that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC (such Collateral being the Pledged Collateral) as collateral agent for the First Lien Claimholders and as gratuitous bailee for the Second Lien Collateral Agents (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee thereof solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted under the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5. Solely with respect to any deposit accounts under the control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to also hold control over such deposit accounts as gratuitous agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5. Prior to a Discharge of First Lien Obligations, at the request of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agents shall turn over possession of any Pledged Collateral in possession of the Second Lien Collateral Agents to the First Lien Collateral Agent.

(b) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the other First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any Second Lien Claimholder to ensure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors, to perfect the security interest of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or other Second Lien Claimholders or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the First Lien Collateral Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as bailee (and with respect to deposit accounts, agent) in accordance with this Section 5.5 and delivering the Pledged Collateral upon a Discharge of First Lien Obligations as provided in Section 5.5(d).

 

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(c) No First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder shall have by reason of the First Lien Collateral Documents, the Second Lien Collateral Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders hereby waive and release the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.5 as gratuitous bailee and gratuitous agent with respect to the Pledged Collateral. It is understood and agreed that the interests of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders on the other hand, may differ and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall be fully entitled to act in their own interest without taking into account the interests of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Claimholders.

(d) Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (which endorsement shall be without recourse and without any representation or warranty), in the following order: (x) if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has not already occurred, to the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent or (y) if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, to the First Lien Collateral Agent to the extent Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding and (z) if there are no Excess First Lien Obligations and if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Following the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, First Lien Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by Second Lien Collateral Agents at the expense of the Company in connection with the Second Lien Collateral Agents obtaining a first-priority security interest in the Collateral. Following the Discharge of First Lien Obligations and Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, Second Lien Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by First Lien Collateral Agent at the expense of the Company in connection with the First Lien Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority security interest in the Collateral if any Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding. After the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, upon the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, each Second Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (which endorsement shall be without recourse and without any representation or warranty) (x) if there are then any Excess First Lien Obligations, to the First Lien Collateral Agent and (y) to the extent no Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding, to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

 

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5.6 When Discharge of First Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred. (a) If, substantially contemporaneously with the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the Company enters into any Refinancing of any First Lien Loan Document evidencing a First Lien Obligation which Refinancing is permitted by the Second Lien Documents, then such Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of First Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the New First Lien Debt Notice is delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agents in accordance with the next sentence, the obligations under such Refinancing of the First Lien Loan Document shall automatically be treated as First Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the First Lien Collateral Agent under such First Lien Loan Documents shall be the First Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the Second Lien Collateral Agents’ receipt of a written notice from the Company (the “New First Lien Debt Notice”) stating that the Company has entered into a new First Lien Loan Document (which notice shall include such new First Lien Credit Agreement and all First Lien Loan Documents (other than any fee letters or other documents containing confidential business information) executed or delivered in connection therewith and the identity of the new first lien collateral agent, such agent, the “New First Lien Agent”), the Second Lien Collateral Agents shall, at the expense of the Company, promptly enter into amendments or supplements to this Agreement to the extent necessary to provide the New First Lien Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement. The New First Lien Agent shall agree in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Second Lien Collateral Agents and addressed to the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new First Lien Obligations under the new First Lien Loan Documents are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not also secure the Second Lien Obligations, then the Second Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a second-priority Lien, subject only to the First Lien Obligations, on such assets to the same extent provided in the Second Lien Collateral Documents and this Agreement except to the extent such Lien on such assets constitutes a Second Lien Declined Lien. This Section 5.6(a) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

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treated as Second Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent under such Second Lien Documents shall be the Second Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the First Lien Collateral Agent’s receipt of a written notice from the Company (the “New Second Lien Debt Notice”) stating that the Company has entered into a new Second Lien Document (which notice shall include such new Second Lien Documents (other than any fee letters or other documents containing confidential business information) executed or delivered in connection therewith and the identity of the new second lien collateral agent, such agent, the “New Second Lien Agent”), the First Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly enter into such amendments or supplements to this Agreement to the extent necessary to provide the New Second Lien Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement. The New Second Lien Agent shall agree in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral Agent and addressed to the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new Second Lien Obligations under the new Second Lien Documents are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not also secure the First Lien Obligations, then the First Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a first-priority Lien on such assets to the same extent provided in the First Lien Collateral Documents and this Agreement. This Section 5.6(b) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

6.1 Finance and Sale Issues. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall desire to permit the use of “Cash Collateral” (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) on which such First Lien Collateral Agent or any other creditor has a Lien, or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to obtain financing, whether from the First Lien Claimholders or any other Person under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), then the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, will not object to such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (including any proposed orders for such Cash Collateral use and/or DIP Financing which are acceptable to the First Lien Collateral Agent) and to the extent the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations are subordinated to or pari passu with such DIP Financing, each Second Lien Collateral Agent will subordinate its Liens in the Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except, as expressly agreed by the First Lien Collateral Agent or to the extent permitted by Section 6.3); provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders retain the right to object to any ancillary agreements or arrangements regarding Cash Collateral use or the DIP Financing that are materially prejudicial to their interests. No Second Lien Claimholder may provide DIP Financing to the Company or any other Grantor secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any First Lien Obligations; provided, that if no First Lien Claimholder offers to provide DIP Financing to the extent

 

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permitted under this Section 6.1 on or before the date of the hearing to approve DIP Financing, then a Second Lien Claimholder may seek to provide such DIP Financing secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any First Lien Obligations, and First Lien Claimholders may object thereto; provided, further, that such DIP Financing may not “roll-up” or otherwise include or refinance any pre-petition Second Lien Obligations. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not seek consultation rights in connection with, and it will not object to or oppose, a motion to sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of Collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code if the requisite First Lien Claimholders have consented to such sale, liquidation or other disposition. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, further agrees that it will not directly or indirectly oppose or impede entry of any order in connection with such sale, liquidation or other disposition, including orders to retain professionals or set bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition if the requisite First Lien Claimholders have consented to (i) such retention of professionals and bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition of such assets and (ii) the sale, liquidation or disposition of such assets, in which event the Second Lien Claimholders will be deemed to have consented to the sale or disposition of Collateral pursuant to Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, so long as such order does not impair the rights of the Second Lien Claimholders under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code.

6.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that none of them shall: (i) seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, unless a motion for adequate protection permitted under Section 6.3 has been denied by a bankruptcy court or (ii) oppose (or support any other Person in opposing) any request by the First Lien Collateral Agent for relief from such stay.

6.3 Adequate Protection.

(a) Until the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting):

(1) any request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder for adequate protection under any Bankruptcy Law; or

(2) any objection by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder claiming a lack of adequate protection.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:

(1) if the First Lien Claimholders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral or an administrative claim in connection with any Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing, then the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each for itself and any other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional collateral and junior administrative claims, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations and such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are so subordinated to the First Lien Obligations under this Agreement, and which administrative claims shall be subordinated in right of payment to the administrative claims provided to the First Lien Claimholders (or any subset thereof) to the same extent as Liens of the Second Lien Claimholders are subordinated to the Liens of the First Lien Claimholders hereunder; and

(2) The Second Lien Collateral Agents and Second Lien Claimholders shall only be permitted to seek adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in the form of (A) additional collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien shall be senior to any Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders on such additional collateral; (B) replacement Liens on the Collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted replacement Liens on the Collateral, which Liens shall be senior to the Liens of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Claimholders on the Collateral; (C) an administrative expense claim; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted an administrative expense claim which is senior and prior to the administrative expense claim of the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders; and (D) cash payments with respect to interest on the Second Lien Obligations; provided that (1) as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted cash payments with respect to interest on the First Lien Obligations, and (2) such cash payments do not exceed an amount equal to the interest accruing on the principal amount of Second Lien Obligations outstanding on the date such relief is granted at the interest rate under the Second Lien Documents and accruing from the date any Second Lien Collateral Agent is granted such relief.

 

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(c) The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on an interim basis shall be adequate if delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agents at least five (5) Business Days in advance of such hearing and that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on a final basis shall be adequate if delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agents at least fifteen (15) days in advance of such hearing.

6.4 No Waiver. Subject to Section 6.7(b), nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any of the other Second Lien Claimholders, including the seeking by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of adequate protection or the asserting by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Lien Documents or otherwise.

6.5 Avoidance Issues. If any First Lien Claimholder or any Second Lien Claimholder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor any amount paid in respect of First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, as applicable (a “Recovery”), then such First Lien Claimholder or Second Lien Claimholder, as applicable, shall be entitled to a reinstatement of its First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, as applicable, with respect to all such recovered amounts on the date of such Recovery, and from and after the date of such reinstatement the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, Discharge of Second Lien Obligations or payment in full in cash of all Excess First Lien Obligations, as applicable, shall be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes hereunder. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement. This Section 6.5 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

6.6 Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation or similar dispositive restructuring plan, both on account of First Lien Obligations and on account of Second Lien Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the First Lien Obligations and on account of the Second Lien Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

 

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6.7 Post-Petition Interest.

(a) None of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of any First Lien Claimholder’s Lien on the Collateral, without regard to the existence of the Liens of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the other Second Lien Claimholders on the Collateral.

(b) None of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agents, on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, on the Collateral (after taking into account the amount of the First Lien Obligations).

6.8 Waiver. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, waive any claim it may hereafter have against any First Lien Claimholder arising out of the election of any First Lien Claimholder of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding so long as such actions are not in express contravention of the terms of this Agreement.

6.9 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens; and

(b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the Second Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the First Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders in respect of the Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect

 

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of the Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Lien Claimholders), the First Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing (or that would be owing if there were such separate classes of senior and junior secured claims) in respect of Post-Petition Interest (including any additional interest payable pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents arising from or related to a default, which is disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral, with the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, Collateral or proceeds of Collateral otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Lien Claimholders).

6.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which will be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references in this Agreement to any Grantor will include such Person as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Person in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; Etc.

7.1 Reliance. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, acknowledges that it and such other First Lien Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the First Lien Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the First Lien Loan Documents or this Agreement. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, acknowledge that it and such other Second Lien Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the Second Lien Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Second Lien Documents or this Agreement.

 

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7.2 No Warranties or Liability. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, acknowledges and agrees that none of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Second Lien Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Second Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Second Lien Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, acknowledge and agree that none of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the First Lien Loan Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the First Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First Lien Loan Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, to act or refrain from acting in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any other Grantor (including the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.

7.3 No Waiver of Lien Priorities.

(a) No right of the First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or any First Lien Loan Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any First Lien Claimholder or the First Lien Collateral Agent, or by any noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the First Lien Loan Documents or any of the Second Lien Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder, or any of them, may have or be otherwise charged with.

(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject to the rights of the Company and the other Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(a)), the First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Collateral Agent and any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the First Lien Loan Documents and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, without incurring any liabilities to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder and without impairing or releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation or other

 

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right or remedy of the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more of the following:

(1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the First Lien Obligations or any Lien on any First Lien Collateral or guaranty of any of the First Lien Obligations or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or extension of the First Lien Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the other First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Obligations or any of the First Lien Loan Documents;

(2) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any part of the First Lien Collateral or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to any of the First Lien Claimholders or the First Lien Collateral Agent, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;

(3) settle or compromise any First Lien Obligation or any other liability of the Company or any other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability (including the First Lien Obligations) in any manner or order; and

(4) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Company or any other Grantor or any other Person or any security, and elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Company, any other Grantor or any First Lien Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to the First Lien Claimholders or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, also agrees that the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall not have any liability to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any such Second Lien Claimholders, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby waives any claim against any First Lien Claimholder or the First Lien Collateral Agent arising out of any and all actions which the First Lien Claimholders or the First Lien Collateral Agent may take or permit or omit to take with respect to:

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(2) the collection of the First Lien Obligations; or

(3) the foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any First Lien Collateral.

The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree that the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Collateral Agent do not have any duty to them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the First Lien Collateral, the First Lien Obligations or otherwise.

(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, agree not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.

7.4 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Lien Loan Documents or any Second Lien Documents;

(b) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any First Lien Loan Document or any Second Lien Document;

(c) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange of any security interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

 

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(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or

(e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Obligations, any First Lien Claimholder, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Obligations or any Second Lien Claimholder in respect of this Agreement.

SECTION 8. Miscellaneous.

8.1 Integration/Conflicts. This Agreement, the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the First Lien Claimholders or the Second Lien Claimholders relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.

8.2 Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination. The Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby waive any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that 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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or such Grantor as debtor and debtor in possession and any receiver, trustee or similar person for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier to occur of (x) with respect to the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Obligations, upon the date on which there has been a Discharge of First Lien Obligations (and no Excess First Lien Obligations remain outstanding) and (y) with respect to the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Claimholders and the applicable Second Lien Obligations, the date on which there has been a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, in each case, subject to Sections 5.6 and 6.5; provided, however, that no termination shall relieve any party of its obligations incurred hereunder prior to the date of termination.

 

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8.3 Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, except with respect to Section 8.17 or this Section 8.3 (including, in each case, each defined term referred to therein to the extent used therein) to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the rights of the Company or the other Grantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First Lien Claimholder or Second Lien Claimholder, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.20 and upon such execution and delivery, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders and Initial Second Lien Obligations shall be subject to the terms hereof.

8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Claimholders and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on the other hand, shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Grantors and their Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations. The First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to advise the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the other First Lien Claimholders, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Claimholder, it or they shall be under no obligation:

(a) to make, and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders shall not make, and shall be deemed not to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided;

(b) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion;

(c) to undertake any investigation; or

(d) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.

 

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8.5 Subrogation. With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets that any of the Second Lien Claimholders or any Second Lien Collateral Agent pays over to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, such Second Lien Claimholders and such Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be subrogated to the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders; provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder, hereby agree not to assert or enforce any such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets received by any Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders that are paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the Second Lien Obligations. Following the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as either Second Lien Collateral Agent reasonably requests to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the First Lien Obligations resulting from payments to the First Lien Collateral Agent.

8.6 [Reserved].

8.7 Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers. Each of the Company, each other Grantor, the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder and the Second Lien Collateral Agents on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Lien Claimholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;

(c) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing in this Agreement or any other First Lien Loan Document or Second Lien Document shall affect any right that any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other First Lien Loan Document or Second Lien Document against such Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;

 

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(d) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Collateral Documents in any court referred to in Section 8.7(a) (and irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court);

(e) consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any such court by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the applicable party at its address provided in accordance with Section 8.9 (and agrees that nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law);

(f) agrees that service as provided in Section 8.7(e) is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction over the applicable party in any such proceeding in any such court, and otherwise constitutes effective and binding service in every respect; and

(g) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

8.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

EACH PARTY HERETO, AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

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8.9 Notices. All notices to the Second Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Claimholders permitted or required under this Agreement shall be sent to the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the First Lien Collateral Agent, respectively. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served or sent by telefacsimile, electronic mail or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile or electronic mail, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto or in the Joinder Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.

8.10 Further Assurances. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder under the First Lien Loan Documents, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents, each on behalf of itself and each other applicable Second Lien Claimholder under the Second Lien Documents, and the Company, agree that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the First Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.

8.11 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL).

8.12 Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First Lien Collateral Agent, the other First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the other Second Lien Claimholders, the Company and the other Grantors, and their respective successors and assigns from time to time. If either of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Collateral Agent resigns or is replaced pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, its successor and/or assign shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights of, and be subject to all the obligations of, this Agreement.

 

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No provision of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of a bankruptcy trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate or creditor of any Grantor, including where any such bankruptcy trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate is the beneficiary of a Lien securing Collateral by virtue of the avoidance of such Lien in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

8.13 Section Headings. The section headings and the table of contents used in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose, be given any substantive effect, affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

8.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., in “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

8.15 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement, on behalf of such Person but not in his or her personal capacity as a signatory, represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.

8.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries/ Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of each of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders and their respective successors and assigns from time to time. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders on the one hand and the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Claimholders on the other hand. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the relative rights and obligations as among the First Lien Claimholders or as among the Second Lien Claimholders. Other than as set forth in Section 8.3, none of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor shall have any rights hereunder and neither the Company nor any Grantor nor any other creditor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Company or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

8.17 No Indirect Actions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, if a party may not take an action under this Agreement, then it may not take that action indirectly, or support any other Person in taking that action directly or indirectly. “Taking an action indirectly” means taking an action that is not expressly prohibited for the party but is intended to have substantially the same effects as the prohibited action.

 

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8.18 Additional Grantors. Each of the Company and the other Grantors agrees that it shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries that is or is to become a party to any First Lien Loan Document or Second Lien Document shall either execute this Agreement on the date hereof or shall confirm that it is a Grantor hereunder pursuant to a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A that is executed and delivered by such Subsidiary prior to or concurrently with its execution and delivery of such First Lien Loan Document or such Second Lien Document.

8.19 Collateral Agents. In entering into the Agreement, each Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits granted to it under the applicable Collateral Documents.

8.20 Second Lien Indenture.

(a) To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents and Section 5.3, the Company may incur (or issue and sell), secure and guarantee the Initial Second Lien Obligations. The Initial Second Lien Obligations may be secured by a junior-priority, subordinated Lien on the Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Second Lien Collateral Documents if and subject to the condition, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 8.20(b). Upon the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent so becoming a party hereto in accordance with the terms thereof, all Initial Second Lien Obligations shall be entitled to be so secured by a subordinated Lien on the Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

(b) In order for the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent to become a party to this Agreement:

(1) the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered to each other then-existing Collateral Agent a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the then-existing Collateral Agents and the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent ) pursuant to which the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent becomes a Collateral Agent hereunder and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders become subject hereto and bound hereby; and

(2) the Company shall have delivered a Designation to each other then-existing Collateral Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, pursuant to which a Responsible Officer of the Company shall (A) identify the Indebtedness to be designated as Initial Second Lien Obligations and the initial aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, (B) specify the name and address of the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, (C) certify that such Additional Second Lien Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed by each First Lien Loan

 

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Document and Second Lien Document and that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.20 are satisfied with respect to such Additional Second Lien Debt and (D) attach to such Designation true and complete copies of each of the Initial Second Lien Note Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional Second Lien Debt, certified as being true and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Company.

(c) The Initial Second Lien Note Documents shall provide that each of the Initial Second Lien Claimholders with respect to such Initial Second Lien Obligations will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Initial Second Lien Obligations.

(d) Upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement by Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with this Section 8.20, each Collateral Agent shall acknowledge receipt thereof by countersigning a copy thereof and returning the same to Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent; provided that the failure of any Collateral Agent to so acknowledge or return the same shall not affect the status of such Initial Second Lien Obligations, if the other requirements of this Section 8.20 are complied with.

(e) With respect to any incurrence, issuance or sale of Indebtedness after the date hereof under the Initial Second Lien Note Documents, the requirements of Section 8.20(b) shall not be applicable and such Indebtedness shall automatically constitute Initial Second Lien Obligations so long as (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed by each First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Document and (ii) the provisions of Section 8.20(b)(2) have been complied with; provided, further, however, that with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred, issued or sold pursuant to the terms of any Initial Second Lien Note Documents, the requirements of clause (i) of this Section 8.20(e) shall be tested only as of (x) the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement, if pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such Joinder Agreement and (y) with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Indebtedness, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Intercreditor Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

First Lien Collateral Agent
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,

as First Lien Collateral Agent,

By:    
  Name:
  Title:
  Address for notices:
  500 Delaware Avenue, 11th Floor
  Wilmington, DE 19801
  Attn: GCM / Raye Goldsborough

 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]


 

Royalty Collateral Agent
HCR KARYOPHARM SPV, LLC,
as Royalty Collateral Agent
By:    
  Name: Clarke B. Futch
  Title: Authorized Person
Address for notices:
HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC
300 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901

Attention: Clarke B. Futch,

Email: ***

and

John A. Urquhart

Email: ***

with a courtesy copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
HCR Karyopharm SPV, LLC
300 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901

Attention: Tim Bryant

Email: ***

 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]


Acknowledged and agreed to by:
KARYOPHARM THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
Address for notices:
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
 

85 Wells Avenue

Suite 210

Newton, MA 02459

Attn: Michael Mason, Chief Financial Officer

Email: [***]

with a copy to:
 

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.

85 Wells Avenue

Suite 210

Newton, MA 02459

Attn: Michael Mano, General Counsel

Email: [***]

 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]


Exhibit A

[FORM OF] GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [    ], 20[ ] (the “Grantor Joinder Agreement”) to the INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2024 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among [______________], as First Lien Collateral Agent, [______________], as Second Lien Collateral Agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by [______________], a [________________] (the “Company”), certain subsidiaries of the Company (each a “Grantor”).

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

The undersigned, [______________], a [________________], (the “New Grantor”) wishes to acknowledge and agree to the Intercreditor Agreement and become a party thereto to the limited extent contemplated by Section 8.18 thereof and to acquire and undertake the rights and obligations of a Grantor thereunder.

Accordingly, the New Grantor agrees as follows for the benefit of the Collateral Agents and the Claimholders:

Section 1. Accession to the Intercreditor Agreement. The New Grantor (a) acknowledges and agrees to, and becomes a party to the Intercreditor Agreement as a Grantor to the limited extent contemplated by Section 8.18 thereof, (b) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and (c) shall have all the rights and obligations of a Grantor under the Intercreditor Agreement. This Grantor Joinder Agreement supplements the Intercreditor Agreement and is being executed and delivered by the New Grantor pursuant to Section 8.18 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 2. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgement of the New Grantor. The New Grantor represents and warrants to each Collateral Agent and to the Claimholders that (a) it has full power and authority to enter into this Grantor Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as Grantor and (b) this Grantor Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Grantor Joinder Agreement.

Section 3. Counterparts. This Grantor Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Grantor Joinder Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Grantor Joinder Agreement or such other document or instrument, as applicable.


Section 4. Section Headings. Section heading used in this Grantor Joinder Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or to be taken in consideration in the interpretation hereof.

Section 5. Benefit of Agreement. The agreements set forth herein or undertaken pursuant hereto are for the benefit of, and may be enforced by, any party to the Intercreditor Agreement subject to any limitations set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Grantors.

Section 6. Governing Law. THIS GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL).

Section 7. Severability. Any provision of this Grantor Joinder Agreement that 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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

Section 8. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature hereto, which information supplements Section 8.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 9. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Section 8 of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Grantor Joinder Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor has duly executed this Grantor Joinder Agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[],
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
Address for notices:

 

   
   
  Attention of:    
  Telecopy:    

 

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Exhibit B

[FORM OF] JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of [    ], 20[ ] to the INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2024 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among [INSERT NAME], as First Lien Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Royalty Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by [INSERT NAME OF COMPANY], a [    ] (the “Company”), and certain subsidiaries of the Company (each, a “Grantor”).

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

As a condition to the ability of the Company to incur Additional Second Lien Debt after the date of the Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Additional Second Lien Debt and related Initial Second Lien Obligations with a lien on the Collateral and to have such Additional Second Lien Debt and related Initial Second Lien Obligations guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the applicable Initial Second Lien Note Documents, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent is required to become a Second Lien Collateral Agent under, and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.20 of the Intercreditor Agreement provides that the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent may become a Second Lien Collateral Agent under, and the Initial Second Lien Claimholders may become subject to and bound by, the Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.20 of the Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent (the “New Collateral Agent”) is executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Accordingly, the New Collateral Agent agrees as follows:

Section 1 Accession to the Intercreditor Agreement. In accordance with Section 8.20 of the Intercreditor Agreement, the New Collateral Agent by its signature below becomes a Second Lien Collateral Agent under, and the related Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by it become subject to and bound by, the Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Collateral Agent had originally been named therein as a Second Lien Collateral Agent and Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively, and the New Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by it, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Second Lien Collateral Agent and to the Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by it. Each reference to a “Collateral Agent”, “Second Lien Collateral Agent” or “Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent” in the Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Collateral Agent and each reference to “Second Lien Claimholders” shall include the Initial Second Lien Claimholders represented by New Collateral Agent. The Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.


Section 2 Representations and Warranties. New Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the other Collateral Agents and Claimholders that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as agent, (ii) this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and (iii) the Initial Second Lien Note Documents relating to such Additional Second Lien Debt provide that, upon the New Collateral Agent’s entry into this Agreement, the Initial Second Lien Claimholders in respect of such Additional Second Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as Second Lien Claimholders.

Section 3 Counterparts. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.

Section 4 Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 5 Section Headings. Section heading used in this Joinder Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or to be taken in consideration in the interpretation hereof.

Section 6 Governing Law. THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL).

Section 7 Severability. Any provision of this Joinder Agreement that 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 in the Intercreditor Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Collateral Agent shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

Miscellaneous. The provisions of Section 8 of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Joinder Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Collateral Agent has duly executed this Joinder Agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW COLLATERAL AGENT],

as [    ] for the holders of [    ]

By:    
  Name:
  Title:
Address for notices:

 

   
   
     Attention of:    
     Telecopy:    

 

Receipt of the foregoing acknowledged:

[NAME OF APPLICABLE COLLATERAL AGENT],

as [Insert title of Collateral Agent]

By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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Exhibit C

[FORM OF] DEBT DESIGNATION (this “Designation”) dated as of [    ], 20[ ] with respect to the INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2024 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among [INSERT NAME], as First Lien Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Royalty Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by [INSERT NAME OF COMPANY], a [    ] (the “Company”), and certain subsidiaries of the Company (each, a “Grantor”).

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

This Designation is being executed and delivered in order to designate additional secured Obligations of the Company and the grantors as Additional Second Lien Debt entitled to the benefit of and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

The undersigned, the duly appointed [specify title of Responsible Officer] of the Company hereby certifies on behalf of the Company that:

 

  1.

Company intends to incur Indebtedness (the “Designated Obligations”) in the initial aggregate principal amount of [    ] pursuant to the following agreement: [describe credit/loan agreement, indenture or other agreement giving rise to Additional Second Lien Debt, as the case may be] (the “Designated Agreement”) which will be Initial Second Lien Obligations.

 

  2.

The incurrence of the Designated Obligations is permitted by each applicable First Lien Loan Document and Second Lien Document.

 

  3.

Pursuant to and for the purposes of Section 8.20 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the Designated Agreement is hereby designated as an “Initial Second Lien Note Document” and (ii) the Designated Obligations are hereby designated as “Initial Second Lien Obligations”.

 

  4.

The name and address of the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent for such Designated Obligations is:

[Insert name and all capacities; Address]

Telephone: ___________________

Fax: ___________________

Email ___________________

 

  5.

Attached hereto are true and complete copies of each of the Initial Second Lien Note Documents relating to such Additional Second Lien Debt.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Designation to be duly executed by the undersigned Responsible Officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

[INSERT NAME OF COMPANY]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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