GridAI Technologies Corp S-3, filed Jul 28, 2022
GridAI Technologies Corp. (GRDX)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIRST WAVE BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 2834 | 46-4993860 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
777 Yamato Road, Suite 502
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
(561) 589-7020
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
James Sapirstein, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
First Wave BioPharma, Inc.
777 Yamato Road, Suite 502
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
(561) 589-7020
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to
John D. Hogoboom, Esq.
Michael J. Lerner, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Telephone: (212) 262-6700
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders may not resell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, nor is it a solicitation of offers to buy these securities, in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
| PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS | SUBJECT TO COMPLETION | DATED JULY 28, 2022 |
4,120,000 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale of up to 4,120,000 shares of First Wave BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), by the selling stockholders listed in this prospectus or their permitted transferees (the “Selling Stockholders”). The shares of Common Stock registered for resale pursuant to this prospectus include:
| ● | 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) issued to certain of the Selling Stockholders in a private placement offering (the “Private Placement”) which closed on July 15, 2022; |
| ● | 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series E Preferred Stock” and together with the Series D Preferred Stock, the “Preferred Stock”) issued to certain of the Selling Stockholders in the Private Placement; |
| ● | 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Series D Warrants (the “Series D Warrants”) issued to certain of the Selling Stockholders in the Private Placement; and |
| ● | 120,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants” and together with the Series D Warrants, the “Warrants”) issued to certain individual designees of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) in connection with the Private Placement. |
For additional information about the Private Placement, see “Private Placement.”
The Preferred Stock is only convertible into shares of our Common Stock and the Warrants are only exercisable for shares of our Common Stock if we complete a reverse stock split of our Common Stock in a ratio, as determined by our board of directors in their sole discretion, of between one-for ten and at least one-for twenty. For additional information about the proposed reverse stock split, please see “Recent Developments-Annual Meeting and Proposed Reverse Stock Split.” The shares of Common Stock covered by the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part are only issuable from and after the date, if any, on which the reverse stock split becomes effective.
We are registering the shares on behalf of the Selling Stockholders, to be offered and sold by them from time to time. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the Selling Stockholders.
The Selling Stockholders may sell the shares of Common Stock described in this prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices. See Plan of Distribution on page 11 of this prospectus for more information about how the Selling Stockholders may sell the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to this prospectus. The Selling Stockholders may be an “underwriter” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
We will pay the expenses incurred in registering the shares, including legal and accounting fees. See Plan of Distribution on page 11 of this prospectus.
Our Common Stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “FWBI”. On July 27, 2022, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market was $0.1605.
Investing in our securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 of this prospectus for a discussion of the risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in our securities.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is , 2022.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before deciding to invest in our securities. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the “Risk Factors” section in this prospectus and under similar captions in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. In this prospectus, unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, references to “First Wave BioPharma”, “AzurRx”, “Company”, “we”, “us”, “our” or similar references mean First Wave BioPharma, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. References to “First Wave BioPharma” refer to First Wave BioPharma, Inc. on an unconsolidated basis. References to “AzurRx SAS” refer to AzurRx SAS, First Wave BioPharma’s wholly-owned subsidiary through which we conduct our European operations. References to “First Wave Bio” refer to First Wave Bio, Inc., First Wave BioPharma’s wholly-owned subsidiary.
Overview
We are engaged in the research and development of targeted, non-systemic therapies for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal (“GI”) diseases. Non-systemic therapies are non-absorbable drugs that act locally, i.e. the intestinal lumen, skin or mucosa, without reaching an individual’s systemic circulation.
We are currently focused on developing our pipeline of gut-restricted GI clinical drug candidates, including the biologic adrulipase (formerly MS1819), a recombinant lipase enzyme designed to enable the digestion of fats and other nutrients, and niclosamide, an oral small molecule with anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties. Our adrulipase programs are focused on the development of an oral, non-systemic, biologic capsule for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (“EPI”) in patients with cystic fibrosis (“CF”) and chronic pancreatitis (“CP”). The Company’s niclosamide programs leverage proprietary oral and topical formulations to address multiple GI conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease (“IBD”) indications and viral diseases.
We are developing our drug candidates for a host of GI diseases where there are significant unmet clinical needs and limited therapeutic options, resulting in painful, life threatening and discomforting consequences for patients.
Recent Developments
Nasdaq Listing Extension
On November 26, 2021, we received a deficiency notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), indicating that we were not in compliance with the $2.5 million minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing of the Common Stock on Nasdaq as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Rule”). In that regard, we reported a stockholders’ deficit of $(6,969,988) in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021 (we did not then, and do not now, meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities of $35 million or net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years).
On January 10, 2022, we submitted a plan to the Staff to regain compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Rule and on February 15, 2022, the Staff notified us that Nasdaq had granted us an extension through May 25, 2022, to regain compliance (this represented the maximum extension period available to the Staff under the Nasdaq Listing Rules). On May 26, 2022, we received a letter from the Nasdaq Staff indicating that, based upon our continued non-compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Rule, the Staff had determined to delist our securities from Nasdaq unless we timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”).
Additionally, on May 16, 2022, we received notice from the Staff indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of the Common Stock for the prior 30 consecutive business days, we were not in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on Nasdaq as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Rule”). We have 180 days from May 16, 2022, or through November 14, 2022, to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule.
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We timely requested a hearing before the Panel. Following the hearing, on July 11, 2022 the Panel granted our request for continued listing of the Common Stock (the “Exception”).
The Exception is subject to a number of significant conditions that must be satisfied on or before specific deadlines set forth in the Exception, including the completion of a significant equity financing, the receipt of stockholder approval for a reverse stock split that would enable us to comply with the Bid Price Rule and the completion of an agreement with Fortis Advisors LLC, the hired representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”) of the former stockholders of First Wave Bio, Inc., on terms described in the Exception. The final term of the Exception expires on November 22, 2022.
Pursuant to the Exception, we are required to provide the Panel with prompt notification of any significant events that occur including any event that may call into question our ability to satisfy the terms of the Exception. The Panel has reserved the right to reconsider the terms of the Exception based on any event, condition or circumstance that exists or develops that would, in the Panel’s opinion, make continued listing of our securities on Nasdaq inadvisable or unwarranted.
Annual Meeting and Proposed Reverse Stock Split
On July 25, 2022, we mailed our definitive proxy materials for our annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on August 25, 2022. One of the proposals to be considered and voted upon by the stockholders is a proposal for stockholder approval for a proposed amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to effect a reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-ten to one-for-forty, at any time prior to the one-year anniversary date of the Annual Meeting, with the exact ratio to be determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Reverse Split Amendment”). Under the terms of the Exception, we are required to effect the Reverse Split Amendment no later than August 26, 2022.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated on January 30, 2014 in the State of Delaware. In June 2014, we acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of AzurRx SAS. In September 2021, we acquired First Wave Bio through a merger transaction, and changed our name to First Wave BioPharma, Inc. Our principal executive offices are located at 777 Yamato Road, Suite 502, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Our telephone number is (561) 589-7020. We maintain a website at www.firstwavebio.com. The information contained on our website is not, and should not be interpreted to be, a part of this prospectus.
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The Offering
| Shares of common stock offered by the Selling Stockholders | 4,120,000 shares of Common Stock consisting of: | |||
| ● | 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series D Preferred Stock issued to the Selling Stockholders;
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| ● | 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series E Preferred Stock issued to the Selling Stockholders;
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| ● | 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Warrants issued to the Selling Stockholders; and
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| ● | 120,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants issued to designees of Wainwright. | |||
| Use of proceeds | We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the Selling Stockholders. |
| Terms of this offering | The Selling Stockholders, including their transferees, donees, pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest, may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus from time to time on The Nasdaq Capital Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. The shares of common stock may be sold at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market price or at negotiated prices. |
| Nasdaq symbol | Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “FWBI”. |
| Risk Factors | Investing in our securities involves significant risks. Before making a decision whether to invest in our securities, please read the information contained in or incorporated by reference under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus, the documents we have incorporated by reference herein, and under similar headings in other documents filed after the date hereof and incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” and “Where You Can Find More Information”. |
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An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to purchase our securities, including the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the SEC, all of which are incorporated by reference herein. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected and we may not be able to achieve our goals, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose some or all of your investment. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also significantly impair our business operations. If any of these risks occur, our business, results of operations or financial condition and prospects could be harmed. In that event, the market price of our common stock and the value of the warrants could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to This Offering
A substantial number of shares of common stock may be sold in the market following this offering, which may depress the market price for our common stock.
Following this offering, a large number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Preferred Stock and Warrants sold in this offering may be sold in the market, which may depress the market price of our Common Stock. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market following this offering could cause the market price of our Common Stock to decline. A substantial majority of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock are, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and Warrants will be, freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, unless owned or purchased by our “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Our failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements could result in the delisting of our Common Stock.
Our common stock is currently listed for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market. We must satisfy the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq, to maintain the listing of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
On November 26, 2021, we received notice from the Staff of Nasdaq indicating that we were not in compliance with the $2.5 million minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing of our common stock on Nasdaq, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). In that regard, we reported a stockholders’ deficit of $(6,969,988) in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021 (we did not then, and do not now, meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities of $35 million or net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most recently completed fiscal year or in two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years).
On January 10, 2022, we submitted a plan to the Staff to regain compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Rule and on February 15, 2022, the Listing Qualifications Staff notified us that Nasdaq had granted us an extension through May 25, 2022, to regain compliance (this represented the maximum extension period available to the Staff under the Nasdaq Listing Rules). On May 26, 2022, we received a letter from the Staff indicating that, based upon our continued non-compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Rule, the Staff had determined to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq unless we timely requested a hearing before the Panel.
Additionally, on May 16, 2022, we received notice from the Staff indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the prior 30 consecutive business days, we were not in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on Nasdaq, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). We have 180 days from May 16, 2022, or through November 14, 2022, to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule.
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We timely requested a hearing before the Panel. Following the hearing, on July 11, 2022 the Panel granted our request for continued listing of our common stock.
The Exception is subject to a number of significant conditions that must be satisfied on or before specific deadlines set forth in the Exception, including the completion of a significant equity financing, the receipt of stockholder approval for a reverse stock split that would enable us to comply with the Bid Price Rule and the completion of an agreement with the Representative of the former stockholders of First Wave Bio, Inc., on terms described in the Exception. The final term of the Exception expires on November 22, 2022.
Pursuant to the Exception, we are required to provide the Panel with prompt notification of any significant events that occur including any event that may call into question our ability to satisfy the terms of the Exception. The Panel has reserved the right to reconsider the terms of the Exception based on any event, condition or circumstance that exists or develops that would, in the Panel’s opinion, make continued listing of our securities on Nasdaq inadvisable or unwarranted.
There can be no assurance that we will be able to satisfy the conditions set forth in the Exception on a timely basis, if at all, or that we will ultimately regain and sustain compliance with all applicable requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, although we have had discussions with the Representative regarding the terms of an agreement that would satisfy the terms of the Exception, no agreement has been reached between the parties and no assurance can be given that an agreement with the Representative on the terms required by the Exception will be entered into on a timely basis. In the event that we are unable to comply with the terms of the Exception, our common stock may be delisted from Nasdaq.
If our common stock were delisted from Nasdaq, trading of our common stock would most likely take place on an over-the-counter market established for unlisted securities, such as the OTCQB or the Pink Market maintained by OTC Markets Group Inc. An investor would likely find it less convenient to sell, or to obtain accurate quotations in seeking to buy, our common stock on an over-the-counter market, and many investors would likely not buy or sell our common stock due to difficulty in accessing over-the-counter markets, policies preventing them from trading in securities not listed on a national exchange or other reasons. In addition, as a delisted security, our common stock would be subject to SEC rules as a “penny stock,” which impose additional disclosure requirements on broker-dealers. The regulations relating to penny stocks, coupled with the typically higher cost per trade to the investor of penny stocks due to factors such as broker commissions generally representing a higher percentage of the price of a penny stock than of a higher-priced stock, would further limit the ability of investors to trade in our common stock. In addition, delisting would materially and adversely affect our ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and may result in the potential loss of confidence by investors, suppliers, customers and employees and fewer business development opportunities. For these reasons and others, delisting would adversely affect the liquidity, trading volume and price of our common stock, causing the value of an investment in us to decrease and having an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and to raise capital.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, and any documents we incorporate by reference, contain certain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements contained in this prospectus and any documents we incorporate by reference, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected costs, prospects, plans, objectives of management and expected market growth. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “predict”, “project”, “target”, “potential”, “will”, “would”, “could”, “should”, “continue” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:
| ● | our ability to comply with the terms of the Exception and to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market; | |
| ● | our ability to satisfy our payment obligations in connection with the acquisition of First Wave Bio, Inc.; | |
| ● | statements regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other geopolitical events, including the war in Ukraine and their effects on our operations, access to capital, research and development and clinical trials and potential disruption in the operations and business of third-party vendors, contract research organizations (“CROs”), contract development and manufacturing organizations (“CDMOs”), other service providers, and collaborators with whom we conduct business; | |
| ● | the availability of capital to satisfy our working capital requirements; | |
| ● | our current and future capital requirements and our ability to raise additional funds to satisfy our capital needs; | |
| ● | the integration and effects of our acquisitions, including the First Wave Acquisition, and other strategic transactions; | |
| ● | the accuracy of our estimates regarding expense, future revenue and capital requirements; | |
| ● | ability to continue operating as a going concern; | |
| ● | our plans to develop and commercialize our product candidates, including the biologic adrulipase (formerly MS1819) and niclosamide; | |
| ● | our ability to initiate and complete our clinical trials and to advance our principal product candidates into additional clinical trials, including pivotal clinical trials, and successfully complete such clinical trials; | |
| ● | regulatory developments in the U.S. and foreign countries; | |
| ● | the performance of our third-party vendor(s), CROs, CDMOs and other third-party non-clinical and clinical development collaborators and regulatory service providers | |
| ● | our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our core assets; | |
| ● | the size of the potential markets for our product candidates and our ability to serve those markets; | |
| ● | the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates for any indication once approved; | |
| ● | the success of competing products and product candidates in development by others that are or become available for the indications that we are pursuing; | |
| ● | the loss of key scientific, clinical and nonclinical development, and/or management personnel, internally or from one of our third-party collaborators; and | |
| ● | other risks and uncertainties, including those listed in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein. |
These forward-looking statements are only predictions and we may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, so you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and operating results. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this prospectus that could cause actual future results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.
You should read this prospectus with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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On July 15, 2022, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the investors named therein (the “Purchasers”), we closed the Private Placement in which we issued an aggregate of (i) 150 shares (the “Series D Preferred Shares”) of the our Series D Preferred Stock, stated value $1,000 per share, convertible into an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of the Common Stock, (ii) 150 shares (the “Series E Preferred Shares” and, collectively with the Series D Preferred Shares, the “Preferred Shares”) of our Series E Preferred Stock, stated value $1,000 per share, convertible into an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, collectively, the “Conversion Shares”), and (iii) Series D Warrants (the “Warrants”), to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock the (the “Warrant Shares”). The Series D Preferred Shares are convertible, following the effectiveness of the Reverse Split Amendment, into an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.15 per share and the Series E Preferred Shares are convertible, following the effectiveness of the Reverse Split Amendment, into an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.15 per share. The Warrants have an exercise price of $0.15 per share, are exercisable commencing upon the effectiveness of the Reverse Split Amendment and will expire five years from the initial exercise date. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $300,000 from the Offering, before deducting the offering expenses payable by the Company, including fees payable to Wainwright.
As compensation to Wainwright, as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the Private Placement, we paid Wainwright a cash fee of 7% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Private Placement and reimbursement of certain expenses and legal fees. We also issued to designees of Wainwright in a private placement the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to 120,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares”). The Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable for $0.1875 per share (which is 125% of the conversion price of the Preferred Shares) and will be exercisable commencing upon the effectiveness of the Reverse Split Amendment and will expire five years from the initial exercise date.
In connection with the Private Placement, on July 15, 2022, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchasers pursuant to which we are required to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register for resale the shares that are issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, we are obligated to file a registration statement covering these shares with the SEC on or before the July 30, 2022 and to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement declared effective by the SEC within five days after the Reverse Stock Split Amendment is effective.
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This prospectus relates to the sale from time to time by the Selling Stockholders of up to 4,120,000 shares of our Common Stock. When we refer to the “Selling Stockholders” in this prospectus, we mean the persons and entities listed in the table below, and their respective pledgees, donees, permitted transferees, assignees, successors and others who later come to hold any of the Selling Stockholders’ interests in shares of our common stock other than through a public sale.
The Selling Stockholders may sell some, all or none of its shares. We do not know how long the Selling Stockholders will hold the shares before selling them, and we currently have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with the Selling Stockholders regarding the sale of any of the shares.
The following table presents information regarding the Selling Stockholders and the shares that they may offer and sell from time to time under this prospectus. The number of shares common stock beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholders is determined under rules promulgated by the SEC. Except as described above, there are currently no agreements, arrangements or understandings with respect to the resale of any of the securities covered by this prospectus.
| Shares Beneficially Owned | Maximum Number of Shares Being | Shares Beneficially Owned After this Offering(3) | ||||||||||||||
| Name of Selling Stockholder | Prior to Offering(1)(2)(3) | Offered Pursuant to this Prospectus | Number(3) | Percent(4) | ||||||||||||
| Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (5) | 2,180,000 | (6) | 2,000,000 | 2,180,000 | (6) | 4.9 | % | |||||||||
| Charles Worthman (7) | 6,595 | 1,200 | 5,395 | * | ||||||||||||
| Craig Schwabe (7) | 9,895 | 4,050 | 5,845 | * | ||||||||||||
| Intracoastal Capital, LLC (8) | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | - | * | ||||||||||||
| James Cappuccio (7) | 125,316 | 22,800 | 102,516 | * | ||||||||||||
| Michael Vasinkevich (7) | 423,022 | 76,950 | 346,072 | * | ||||||||||||
| Noam Rubinstein (7) | 82,446 | 15,000 | 67,446 | * | ||||||||||||
| * | Less than 1% |
| (1) | Except as noted below, beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. All entries exclude beneficial ownership of shares issuable pursuant to warrants, options or other derivative securities that have not vested or that are not otherwise exercisable as of the date hereof or which will not become vested or exercisable within 60 days of July 25, 2022. For purposes of preparing this table, we have assumed that the Reverse Split Amendment becomes effective on August 26, 2022. |
| (2) | Based upon the internal books and records of the Company. |
| (3) | Includes shares of Common Stock which are not being offered pursuant to this prospectus. |
| (4) | All percentage calculations are based on 41,590,308 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 25, 2022 and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. Warrants, options or other derivative securities that are presently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days are deemed to be beneficially owned by the person holding such securities for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of that person, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of any other person. |
| (5) | These securities are directly held by Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (the “Master Fund”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Armistice Capital, LLC (“Armistice”), as the investment manager of the Master Fund; and (ii) Steven Boyd, as the Managing Member of Armistice Capital. Armistice and Steven Boyd disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein. The address of the Master Fund is c/o Armistice Capital, LLC, 510 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022. |
| (6) | Excludes 7,777,788 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants, which are not exercisable within 60 days of July 25, 2022 by virtue of the beneficial ownership limitation described below. The number of shares of Common Stock into which the warrants are convertible is limited to that number of shares of Common Stock which would result in the stockholder, together with its affiliates, having an aggregate beneficial ownership of no more than 4.99% of the total and outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
| (7) | Includes shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Placement Agent Warrants issued in connection with the Private Placement. The selling stockholder is affiliated with Wainwright, which acted as placement agent in connection with the Private Placement. |
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| (8) | These securities are directly held by Intracoastal Capital LLC (“Intracoastal”), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Mitchell P. Kopin, a manager of Intracoastal, and Daniel B. Asher, a manager of Intracoastal (collectively, with Intracoastal, the “Intracoastal Owners”). Each of the Intracoastal Owners disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein. The address of Intracoastal is 245 Palm Trail, Delray Beach, Florida 33483. |
Issuances of our Common Stock to the Selling Stockholders will not affect the rights or privileges of our existing stockholders, except that the economic and voting interests of each of our existing stockholders will be diluted as a result of any such issuance. Although the number of shares of Common Stock that our existing stockholders own will not decrease, the shares owned by our existing stockholders will represent a smaller percentage of our total outstanding shares after any such issuance to the Selling Stockholders identified herein.
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The Common Stock to be offered and sold using this prospectus will be offered and sold by the Selling Stockholders named in this prospectus. Accordingly, we will not receive any proceeds from any sale of shares of Common Stock in this offering. We will pay all of the fees and expenses incurred by us in connection with this registration.
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Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
| ● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| ● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| ● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
| ● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
| ● | privately negotiated transactions; |
| ● | settlement of short sales; |
| ● | in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security; |
| ● | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| ● | a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
| ● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.
In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
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The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
Our Common Stock is quoted on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “FWBI”.
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The following summary of the rights of our capital stock is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our Charter and Bylaws, copies of which are filed as exhibits to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2022, and the Certificate of Designations and forms of securities, copies of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part , which are incorporated by reference herein.
General
Our authorized capital stock consists of:
| ● | 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share; and |
| ● | 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001. |
As of July 25, 2022, there were 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, of which a series of 5,194.81 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), a series of 75,000 shares of Series C 9.00% Convertible Junior Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), a series of 150 shares of Series D Preferred Stock and a series of 150 shares of Series E Preferred Stock have been designated.
As of July 25, 2022, there were 41,590,308 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, approximately 631.34 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, 0 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. 150 shares of Series D Preferred Stock issued and outstanding and 150 shares of Series E Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
The additional shares of our authorized capital stock available for issuance may be issued at times and under circumstances so as to have a dilutive effect on earnings per share and on the equity ownership of the holders of our common stock. The ability of our board of directors to issue additional shares of stock could enhance the board’s ability to negotiate on behalf of the stockholders in a takeover situation but could also be used by the board to make a change of control more difficult, thereby denying stockholders the potential to sell their shares at a premium and entrenching current management. The following description is a summary of the material provisions of our capital stock. You should refer to our certificate of incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), and our bylaws, as amended and restated (the “Bylaws”), both of which are on file with the SEC as exhibits to previous SEC filings, for additional information. The summary below is qualified by provisions of applicable law.
Common Stock
Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters on which the holders are entitled to vote (or consent pursuant to written consent). Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote. Our Charter and Bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting rights.
Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive, ratably, dividends only if, when and as declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available therefor and after provision is made for each class of capital stock having preference over the common stock.
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of common stock are entitled to share, ratably, in all assets remaining available for distribution after payment of all liabilities and after provision is made for each class of capital stock having preference over the common stock.
Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of our preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Colonial Stock Transfer Co., Inc., 7840 S. 700 E., Sandy, Utah 84070, Tel: (801) 355-5740.
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Preferred Stock
We currently have up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, authorized and available for issuance in one or more series. Our board of directors is authorized to divide the preferred stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of any series of preferred stock. The board of may increase or decrease the number of shares initially fixed for any series, but no decrease may reduce the number below the shares then outstanding and duly reserved for issuance. As of July 25, 2022, approximately 5,194.81 shares were designated as Series B Preferred Stock, of which approximately 631.34 shares were issued and outstanding, 75,000 shares were designated as Series C Preferred Stock, of which none were issued and outstanding, 150 shares were designated as Series D Preferred Stock, of which 150 shares were issued and outstanding and 150 shares were designated as Series E Preferred Stock, of which 150 shares were issued and outstanding.
Transfer Agent and Registrar for Preferred Stock
The transfer agent and registrar for any series or class of preferred stock will be set forth in each applicable prospectus supplement.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Delaware Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws
Certain provisions of Delaware law, our Charter and Bylaws discussed below may have the effect of making more difficult or discouraging a tender offer, proxy contest or other takeover attempt. These provisions are expected to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of our company to first negotiate with our Board of Directors. We believe that the benefits of increasing our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure our company outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging these proposals because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
Delaware Anti-Takeover Law.
We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). Section 203 generally prohibits a public Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:
| ● | prior to the date of the transaction, the Board of Directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; |
| ● | upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding specified shares; or |
| ● | at or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder. |
Section 203 defines a “business combination” to include:
| ● | any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; |
| ● | any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation to or with the interested stockholder; |
| ● | subject to exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; |
| ● | subject to exceptions, any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or |
| ● | the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation. |
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In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any person that is:
| ● | the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation; |
| ● | an affiliate or associate of the corporation who was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within three years immediately prior to the relevant date; or |
| ● | the affiliates and associates of the above. |
Under specific circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for an “interested stockholder” to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period, although the stockholders may, by adopting an amendment to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, elect not to be governed by this section, effective 12 months after adoption.
Our Charter and Bylaws do not exclude us from the restrictions of Section 203. We anticipate that the provisions of Section 203 might encourage companies interested in acquiring us to negotiate in advance with our Board of Directors since the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if a majority of the directors then in office approve either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder.
Charter and Bylaws.
Provisions of our Charter and Bylaws may delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change of control or change in our management, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares, or transactions that our stockholders might otherwise deem to be in their best interests. Therefore, these provisions could adversely affect the price of our common stock.
Stockholder Action by Written Consent
Our Bylaws provide that our stockholders may take action by written consent or electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, signed or e-mailed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting for such purpose.
Potential Effects of Authorized but Unissued Stock
We have shares of common stock and preferred stock available for future issuance without stockholder approval. We may utilize these additional shares for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, to facilitate corporate acquisitions or payment as a dividend on the capital stock.
The existence of unissued and unreserved common stock and preferred stock may enable our board of directors to issue shares to persons friendly to current management or to issue preferred stock with terms that could render more difficult or discourage a third-party attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, thereby protecting the continuity of our management. In addition, the board of directors has the discretion to determine designations, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences of each series of preferred stock, all to the fullest extent permissible under the DGCL and subject to any limitations set forth in our Charter. The purpose of authorizing the board of directors to issue preferred stock and to determine the rights and preferences applicable to such preferred stock is to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on specific issuances. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible financings, acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or could discourage a third party from acquiring, a majority of our outstanding voting stock.
The validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, New York.
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The consolidated audited financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Mazars USA LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The 2021 and 2020 audited annual consolidated financial statements of First Wave BioPharma, Inc. (formerly known as AzurRx BioPharma, Inc.), as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, have been audited by Mazars USA LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. The audit report dated March 31, 2022 for the 2021 audited annual consolidated financial statements includes an explanatory paragraph which states that certain circumstances raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith we file annual, quarterly, and other reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission under the Exchange Act. Such reports, proxy statements and other information, including the Registration Statement, and exhibits and schedules thereto, are available to the public through the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
We make available free of charge on or through our website our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with or otherwise furnish it to the Commission.
We have filed with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering of these securities. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us and the securities. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement, at prescribed rates, from the Commission at the address listed above, or for free at www.sec.gov. The registration statement and the documents referred to below under “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” are also available on our website, www. firstwavebio.com/investors/regulatory-filings.
We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus supplement.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this prospectus:
| ● | our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 31, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on May 10, 2022. |
| ● | our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 filed on May 23, 2022; |
| ● | our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 14, 2022, February 7, 2022, February 17, 2022, March 1, 2022, April 6, 2022, April 29, 2022, May 3, 2022, May 5, 2022, May 13, 2022, May 16, 2022, May 27, 2022, May 27, 2022, June 17, 2022, July 7, 2022, July 7, 2022, July 15, 2022 and July 18, 2022 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished and not filed); |
| ● | our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed on July 25, 2022; and |
| ● | the description of our common stock which is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 8, 2016, as supplemented and updated by the description of our capital stock set forth in Exhibit 4.19 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 31, 2022, including any amendment or reports filed for the purposes of updating this description. |
We also incorporate by reference all documents we file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act (other than any portions of filings that are furnished rather than filed pursuant to Items 2.02 and 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K) after the date of the initial registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to effectiveness of such registration statement. All documents we file in the future pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering are also incorporated by reference and are an important part of this prospectus.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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4,120,000 Shares
Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other person to give any information or to make any representations not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where an offer or sale is not permitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
| Item 14. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
The following table indicates the expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering described in this registration statement, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, all of which will be paid by us. All amounts are estimated except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.
| Amount | ||||
| SEC Registration Fee | $ | 58 | ||
| Legal Fees and Expenses | 15,000 | |||
| Accounting Fees and Expenses | 15,000 | |||
| Transfer Agent and Registrar fees and expenses | 2,000 | |||
| Miscellaneous Expenses | 2,000 | |||
| Total expenses | $ | 34,058 | ||
| Item 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Amended and Restated Bylaws
Pursuant to our bylaws, our directors and officers will be indemnified to the fullest extent allowed under the laws of the State of Delaware for their actions in their capacity as our directors and officers.
We must indemnify any person made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (“Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including attorney’s fees) (“Expenses”) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such Proceeding if: (a) he conducted himself in good faith, and: (i) in the case of conduct in his own official capacity with us, he reasonably believed his conduct to be in our best interests, or (ii) in all other cases, he reasonably believes his conduct to be at least not opposed to our best interests; and (b) in the case of any criminal Proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
We must indemnify any person made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of us, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, against reasonable expenses actually incurred by him in connection with such proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith, and: (a) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with us, he reasonably believed his conduct to be in our best interests; or (b) in all other cases, he reasonably believed his conduct to be at least not opposed to our best interests; provided that no such indemnification may be made in respect of any proceeding in which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us.
No indemnification will be made by unless authorized in the specific case after a determination that indemnification of the director is permissible in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct.
Reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is party to a proceeding may be paid or reimbursed by us in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding in certain cases.
We have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was our director, officer, employee, or agent or is or was serving at our request as an officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise, or employee benefit plan against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the amended and restated bylaws.
Delaware Law
We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such person as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability for any:
| ● | transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit; |
| ● | act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
| ● | unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares; or |
| ● | breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders. |
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws include such a provision. Expenses incurred by any officer or director in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by us upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by us.
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, among other things, that a director who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved, or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
Indemnification Agreements
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, we have entered, and intend to continue to enter, into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers, that require us to indemnify such persons against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, an officer or an employee of us or any of our affiliated enterprises, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors or executive officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation or preceding that may result in a claim for indemnification.
We have an insurance policy covering our officers and directors with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or controlling persons, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
| Item 16. | Exhibits |
| * | Filed herewith. |
| Item 17. | Undertakings |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
| (1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
| (a) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, |
| (b) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement, |
| (c) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. |
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a), (1)(b) and (1)(c) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
| (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
| (4) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
| (a) | If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B: |
| (i) | Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and |
| (ii) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date. |
| (b) | If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be a part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
| (5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
| (a) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
| (b) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the registrant or used or referred to by the registrant; |
| (c) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the registrant; and |
| (d) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by a registrant to the purchaser. |
| (6) | That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (7) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the forgoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement thereto to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boca Raton, Florida on this 28th day of July, 2022.
| FIRST WAVE BIOPHARMA, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ James Sapirstein | ||
| Name: | James Sapirstein | ||
| Title: | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James Sapirstein and Sarah Romano, and each of them, each with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this registration statement, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement, including post-effective amendments or registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming that each of said such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ James Sapirstein | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) |
July 28, 2022 | ||
| James Sapirstein | ||||
| /s/ Sarah Romano | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
July 28, 2022 | ||
| Sarah Romano | ||||
| /s/ Edward J. Borkowski | Director | July 28, 2022 | ||
| Edward J. Borkowski | ||||
| /s/ Charles Casamento | Director | July 28, 2022 | ||
| Charles Casamento | ||||
| /s/ Terry Coelho | Director | July 28, 2022 | ||
| Terry Coelho | ||||
| /s/ David Hoffman | Director | July 28, 2022 | ||
| David Hoffman | ||||
| /s/ Alastair Riddell | Director | July 28, 2022 | ||
| Alastair Riddell |
Exhibit 3.1
| Delaware The First State Page 1 5474088 8100H Authentication: 203929050 SR# 20223002602 Date: 07-15-22 You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED ARE TRUE AND CORRECT COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS ON FILE OF “FIRST WAVE BIOPHARMA, INC.” AS RECEIVED AND FILED IN THIS OFFICE. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED: CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, FILED THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2014, AT 1:44 O`CLOCK P.M. CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT, CHANGING ITS NAME FROM "BIOPHARMA D'AZUR, INC." TO "AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC.", FILED THE TWELFTH DAY OF MAY, A.D. 2014, AT 4:01 O`CLOCK P.M. CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, FILED THE TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE, A.D. 2014, AT 5:42 O`CLOCK P.M. RESTATED CERTIFICATE, FILED THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JULY, A.D. 2016, AT 11:21 O`CLOCK A.M. CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT, FILED THE TWENTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 2019, AT 3:18 O`CLOCK P.M. |
| Delaware The First State Page 2 5474088 8100H Authentication: 203929050 SR# 20223002602 Date: 07-15-22 You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, FILED THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY, A.D. 2020, AT 10:18 O`CLOCK A.M. CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, FILED THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2021, AT 4:48 O`CLOCK P.M. CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT, FILED THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 2021, AT 11:32 O`CLOCK A.M. AND I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AFORESAID CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT IS THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 2021 AT 5 O'CLOCK P.M. CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT, FILED THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 2021, AT 1:32 O`CLOCK P.M. AND I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AFORESAID CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT IS THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 2021 AT 12:01 O'CLOCK A.M. CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT, CHANGING ITS NAME FROM "AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC." TO "FIRST WAVE BIOPHARMA, INC.", FILED THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 2021, AT 1:58 O`CLOCK P.M. |
| Delaware The First State Page 3 5474088 8100H Authentication: 203929050 SR# 20223002602 Date: 07-15-22 You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT, FILED THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2022, AT 10:13 O`CLOCK A.M. AND I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AFORESAID CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT IS THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2022 AT 5 O'CLOCK P.M. CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION, FILED THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, A.D. 2022, AT 12:49 O`CLOCK P.M. CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, FILED THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY, A.D. 2022, AT 8:27 O`CLOCK A.M. CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, FILED THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY, A.D. 2022, AT 8:27 O`CLOCK A.M. AND I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE AFORESAID CERTIFICATES ARE THE ONLY CERTIFICATES ON RECORD OF THE AFORESAID CORPORATION, “FIRST WAVE BIOPHARMA, INC.”. |
| State of Delaware Secretazy of State Division 0£ Corporations Delivered 01:48 PM 01/30/2014 FILED 01 :44 PM 01/30/2014 SRV 140111945 - 5474088 FILE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF BIO PHARMA D'AZUR, INC. THE UNDERSIGNED, in order to fonn a corporation for the purposes herein stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows: FIRST; The name of the corporation is BioPhanna d'Azur, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Corporation"). SECOND; The registered office of the Corporation is to be located at 615 South DuPont Highway, in the City of Dover, in the County of Kent, 19901. The name of its Registered Agent at such address is National Corporate Research, Ltd. THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is ten million (10,000,000) shares, of which nine million (9,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one million (1,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The board of directors of the Corporation may divide the preferred stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of any series of preferred stock. The board of directors (within the limits and restrictions of the adopting resolutions) may increase or decrease the number of shares initially fixed for any series, but no decrease may reduce the number below the shares then outstanding and duly reserved for issuance. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is: Hope Wankel, c/o Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154. SIXTH: The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws so provide. SEVENTH: The board of directors of the Corporation is authorized and empowered from time to time in its discretion to make, alter, amend or repeal by-laws of the Corporation, except as such power may be restricted or limited by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. EIGHTH: Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jwisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed NY1244337.1 666666-66666 113012014 Draft |
| for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or the stockholders or class of stockholders �of the Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorgani:zation of the Corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorgani:zation shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation. NINTH: The Corporation shall to the fullest extent pennitted by Section 14S of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all directors and officers when it shall have the power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person may be entitled under any by-law, resolution of stockholders, resolution of directors, agreement or otherwise, as permitted by said Section, as to actions of such person in any capacity in which he or she served at the request of the Corporation. TENTH: Anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Incorporation notwithstanding, no director shall be liable personally to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided however, that nothing in this paragraph shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of such directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which such director derived an improper personal benefit. The modification or repeal of this Article Tenth shall not affect the restriction hereunder of a directors personal liability for any act or omission occurring prior to such modification or repeal. I, the undersigned, being the sole incorporator, for the purpose of fanning a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware do make, file and record this Certificate of Incorporation, do certify that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly, have hereto set my hand and seal this 30th day of January. 2014. NY1244337.1 666666-66666 2 Isl Hope Wankel Hope Wankel, Incorporator c/o Loeb & Loeb LLP 345 Parle A venue New York, New York 101S4 1no120u Draft |
| CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF BIOPHARMA D'AZUR, INC. State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 04:04 PM 05/12/2014 FILED 04:01 PM 05/12/2014 SRV 140610940 - 5474088 FILE I, Matthew Balk, being the President of BioPharma d'Azur, Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), do hereby certify as follows: The name of the Corporation is: BioPharma d'Azur, Inc. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary") on January 30, 2014 (the "Certificate of Incorporation"). The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by striking Article FIRST thereof in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Article FIRST, which shall read in its entirety as follows: "FIRST: The name of the corporation is: AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (the "Corporation")" This Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned affirms that the statements made herein are true under the penalties of perjury, this 12th day of May 2014. NY1275559. I 222845-1000 I Isl Matthew Balk Matthew Balk, President |
| State of Delaware Secretazy of State Di vision 0£ Corporations Delivered 05:58 PM 06/12/2014 FILED 05:42 PM 06/12/2014 SRV 140831543 - 5474088 FILE CERTIFICATE OF THE DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF THE SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK (par value $.0001 per share) of AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. a Delaware corporation Pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware The undersigned DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), by consent dated May 11, 2014: RESOLVED, that one series of the class of authorized preferred stock, $.0001 par value, of the Corporation is hereby created and that the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of such series, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, are hereby fixed as follows (this instrument hereinafter referred to as the "Designation"): 1. Number of Shares and Designations. 100 shares of the preferred stock, $.0001 par value, (the "Preferred Stock") of the Corporation are hereby constituted as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock"). 2. Dividend Provisions. Subject to the rights of any series of Preferred Stock that may from time to time come into existence, the holders of share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of any assets legally available therefor, ratably with any declaration or payment of any dividend (payable other than solely in common stock, $.0001 par value, of the Corporation (the "Common Stock"), or other securities and rights convertible into or entitling the holder thereof to receive, directly or indirectly, additional shares of Common Stock of this Corporation) on the Common Stock or other junior securities of this Corporation. NYI267476.5 222845-10001 |
| 3. Liquidation Preference. (a) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary ("Liguidation"), the holders of record of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, before and in preference to any distribution or payment of assets of the Corporation or the proceeds thereof may be made or set apart for the holders of Common Stock or any other security junior to the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of distributions upon Liquidation out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders, an amount in cash equal to $.0001 per share (subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, combinations or similar events) plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, on each share of Series A Preferred Stock on the date fixed for the distribution of assets of the Corporation (the "Series A Liguidation Preference"). If, upon such Liquidation, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock then outstanding ranking on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock upon liquidation ("Parity Stock") shall be insufficient to pennit payment in full to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Parity Stock, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution to such holders and the holders of the Parity Stock then outstanding shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Parity Stock based upon the proportion the total amount distributable on each share upon liquidation bears to the aggregate amount available for distribution on all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and of such Parity Stock, if any. (b) Upon the completion of the distribution required by subparagraph (a) of this Section 3, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis. 4. Redemption. The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable. 5. Conversion. (a) Optional Conversion. At any time commencing on the one year anniversary of the initial issuance date, the Series A Preferred Stock will be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as determined according to subsections (d) through (f) of this Section 5. (b) Automatic Conversion. The Series A Preferred Stock will automatically convert into that number of shares of Common Stock that equals thirty-three percent (33%) (the "Conversion Percentage") of the issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock on a fully diluted basis ( assuming the conversion, exercise, or exchange for shares of Common Stock of all convertible securities issued and outstanding immediately prior to such conversion, including the Series A Preferred Stock, all outstanding warrants and options, and all outstanding convertible debt, notes, debentures, or any other securities which are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (collectively, "Convertible Securities"), including for such purpose all Convertible Securities which the Corporation has agreed to issue prior to such conversion, subject to any adjustment as provided in subsections (d) through (i) of this Section 5, upon the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Public Event (as defined herein); or (ii) at any time NYl267476.S 22284S-J000J 2 |
| commencing on the one year anniversary of the initial issuance date of such Series A Preferred Stock, upon the vote or written consent as provided by law by the holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class and on an as converted basis) approving such conversion, or, if later, the effective date for conversion specified in such vote or written consent. For purposes hereof, "Public Event" shall mean (x) any transaction that results in the Corporation becoming either a public reporting company that files (voluntarily or otherwise) reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether by means of an initial public offering, reverse merger, self-registration or otherwise) or a public trading company that is quoted or listed on any U.S. securities exchange or quotation service, coupled with or preceded by (y) an equity-linked financing with an offering price that values the Corporation prior to consummation of such financing at not less than $12,000,000 and the aggregate gross proceeds to the Corporation (before deduction of underwriting discounts and registration expenses) are not less than USO $6,000,000 (a "Qualified Financing"). (c) Mechanics of Conversion. Before any holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to voluntarily convert the same into shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 5(a) or S(b )(ii) herein, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of this Corporation or of any transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, and shall give written notice to this Corporation at its principal corporate office, of the election to convert the same and shall state therein the name or names in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, but no later than five (5) business days thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to such holder of Series A Preferred Stock, or to the nominee or nominees of such holder, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such surrender of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, and the person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock as of such date. (d) Conversion Percentage Following a Qualified Financing. From and after the date of the final closing of a Qualified Financing, notwithstanding any provision set forth herein, following any issuance of additional shares of Common Stock ("Dilution Event"), the Conversion Percentage shall be adjusted to a percentage that is determined by dividing the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into immediately prior to the Qualified Financing in accordance with Section S(b) herein by the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Dilution Event, so that the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred shall be converted is diluted pro-rata with all other holders of Common Stock. (e) Adjustments for Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution. Subject to Section 3 above, if the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of any other class or classes of stock, whether by capital reorganization, reclassification or otherwise ( other than a subdivision or combination of shares provided for above), then, in any such event, in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock which the holders would otherwise have been entitled to receive, each NY1267476.5 222845-1000 I 3 |
| holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right thereafter to convert such shares of Series A Preferred Stock into a number of shares of such other class or classes of stock which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock immediately before that change would have been entitled to receive in such reorganization or reclassification, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein with respect to such other shares. (f) Other Distributions. In the event the Corporation shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by this Corporation or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends) or options or rights not referred to in Section 5, then, in each such case for the purpose of this Section 5, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the holders of the number of shares of Common Stock into which their shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution. (g) Waiver of Adjustment of Conversion Percentage. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any upward adjustment of the Conversion Percentage of the Series A Preferred Stock may be waived by the consent or vote of the holders of the ma jority of the outstanding shares of such series either before or after the issuance causing the ad justment. Any such waiver shall bind all future holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock. (h) Reservation of Shares. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or out of shares of Common Stock held in its treasury, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, the full number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the conversion of all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding. The Corporation shall from time to time in accordance with Delaware law take all steps necessary to increase the authorized amount of its Common Stock if at any time the authorized number of shares of Common Stock remaining unissued shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock. (i) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. Fractional shares will be rounded to the next highest whole number. 6. Voting Rights. (a) In addition to any other rights provided for herein or by law, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote, together with the holders of Common Stock as one class, on all matters as to which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote, in the same manner and with the same effect as such Common Stock holders. In any such vote, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to the number of votes per share that equals the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible pursuant to Section 5 at the time of such vote. NYl267476.5 222845-10001 4 |
| (b) So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the consent of holders of a majority of the then outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, voting as one class, either expressed in writing or at a meeting called for that purpose, shall be necessary to repeal, amend or otherwise change this Designation or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in a manner which would alter or change the powers, preferences, rights privileges, restrictions and conditions of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to adversely affect the Series A Preferred Stock. Subject to the preceding sentence of this Section 6(b ), the Series A Preferred Stock shall have no right to vote with respect to the authorization and/or issuance by the Corporation of any new series of preferred stock whether or not the terms of such preferred stock are junior to, on parity with, or senior to those of the Series A Preferred Stock. 7. Reissuance. No shares of Series A Preferred Stock which have been converted to Common Stock shall be reissued by the Corporation; provided, however, that any such share, upon being converted and canceled, shall be restored to the status of an authorized but unissued share of preferred stock without designation as to series, rights or preferences and may thereafter be issued as a share of preferred stock not designated as Series A Preferred Stock. 8. No Impairment. The Corporation will not, by amendment of 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Certificate of Designation and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock against impairment. 9. Miscellaneous. (a) There is no sinking fund with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. (b) The shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any preferences, voting powers or relative, participating, optional, preemptive or other special rights except as set forth above in this Designation and in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended. ( c) The Corporation shall deliver to holders of the Series A Preferred Stock all communications sent by the Corporation to the holders of the Common Stock. NYJ267476.5 222845-I 000 I 5 |
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AzurRx BioPhanna, Inc. has caused this Designation to be executed this li b day of June, 2014. NY1267476.5 222845-10001 AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. By: Isl Christine Rigby-Hutton 6 Name: Christine Rigby-Hutton Title: President |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 11:21 AM 07/13/2016 FILED 11:21 AM 07/13/2016 AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF SR 20164887692 - FileNumber 5474088 AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. (Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "General Corporation Law"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: That the name of this corporation is AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. and that this corporation was originally incorporated pursuant to the General Corporation Law on January 30, 2014 under the name BioPharma D'Azur, Inc. and filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation on May 12, 2014 changing its name to AzurRx BioPharma, Inc.; and That the Board of Directors duly adopted resolutions proposing to amend and restate the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of this corporation, declaring said amendment and restatement to be advisable and in the best interests of this corporation and its stockholders, and authorizing the appropriate officers of this corporation to solicit the consent of the stockholders therefor, which resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and restatement is as follows: RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of this corporation be amended and restated in its entirety as follows: FIRST: The name of the corporation is AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Corporation"). SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation is to be located at 850 New Burton Road, Suite 201, in the City of Dover, DE, in the County of Kent, 19904. The name of its Registered Agent at such address is National Corporate Research, Ltd. THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. FOURTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred ten million (110,000,000) shares, of which one hundred million (100,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The board of directors of the Corporation may divide the preferred stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of any series of preferred stock. The board of directors (within the limits and restrictions of the adopting resolutions) 7402573.1 222845-10005 |
| may increase or decrease the number of shares initially fixed for any series, but no decrease may reduce the number below the shares then outstanding and duly reserved for issuance. FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is: Hope Wankel, c/o Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154. SIXTH: The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws so provide. SEVENTH: The board of directors of the Corporation is authorized and empowered from time to time in its discretion to make, alter, amend or repeal by-laws of the Corporation, except as such power may be restricted or limited by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. EIGHTH: Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of the Corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation. NINTH: The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all directors and officers when it shall have the power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person may be entitled under any by-law, resolution of stockholders, resolution of directors, agreement or otherwise, as permitted by said Section, as to actions of such person in any capacity in which he or she served at the request of the Corporation. TENTH: Anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Incorporation notwithstanding, no director shall be liable personally to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided however, that nothing in this paragraph shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of such directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which such director derived an improper personal benefit. 7402573.1 222845-10005 2 |
| The modification or repeal of this Article Tenth shall not affect the restriction hereunder of a directors personal liability for any act or omission occurring prior to such modification or repeal. 7402573.1 222845-10005 3 |
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by a duly authorized officer of this corporation on this 13 th day of July, 2016. 7402573.1 222845-10005 Isl Johan M. (Thijs) Spoor Name: Johan M. (Thijs) Spoor Title: CEO 4 |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 03:18 P� 12/20/2019 FILED 03:18 PM 12/20/2019 SR 20198796215 - File Number 54 74088 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. (Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) Exhibit 3.1 AzurRx Bio Pharma, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL"), does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: That the name of this Corporation is AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. and that this Corporation was originally incorporated pursuant to the DGCL on January 30, 2014 under the name BioPharma D'Azur, Inc. and filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate oflncorporation on May 12, 2014 changing its name to AzurRx BioPhanna, Inc.; and That a resolution was duly adopted on October 29, 2019, by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 242 of the DGCL setting forth an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable. The stockholders of the Corporation received notice in accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL of the Corporation's 2019 annual meeting of stockholders held on December 19, 2019 during which stockholders approved said proposed amendment, in accordance with Section 242 of the DGCL. The proposed amendment set forth as follows: Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, be and hereby is amended by deleting the following sentence in the first paragraph of Article FOURTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred ten million (I 10,000,000) shares, of which one hundred million (100,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, par value $.0.0001 per share. The first reflected above under the first paragraph of Article FOURTH will be replaced by the following: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred sixty million (160,000,000) shares, of which one hundred fifty million (150,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, par value $.0.0001 per share. SECOND: That said amendment will have an Effective Time of5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the filing date of this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer this 20th day of December, 2019. Isl Tames Sapirstein JAMES SAPIRSTEIN President and Chie f Executive Offi cer |
| CERTIFICATE OF THE DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. (Pursuant to Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, pursuant to authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors") by Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), of the Company, the following resolutions were adopted on July 16, 2020 by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), and in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 of the DGCL, does hereby submit the following: WHEREAS, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), from time to time in one or more classes or series; WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to divide the Preferred Stock into any number of shares and to fix the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the designation and number of, and determine the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations relating to a series of the Preferred Stock, which shall consist of 5,194.805195 shares of the Preferred Stock which the Company has the authority to issue, as follows: "RESOLVED that, pursuant to authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Company by ARTICLE FOURTH of the Company's Certificate oflncorporation, out of the total authorized number of 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, there shall be designated a series of 5,194.805195 shares which shall be issued in and constitute a single series to be known as "Series B Convertible Preferred Stock" (hereinafter called the "Series B Preferred Stock"). The Board of Directors hereby resolves that the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the designations, relative rights, preferences and the limitations thereof, set forth below: State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 10:18 AM 07/16/2020 FILED 10:18 AM 07/16/2020 SR 20206256411 - FileNumber 5474088 |
| 1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Certificate of the Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (this "Certificate"), the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below: "Affiliate", as applied to any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, 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 to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. "Appraiser FMV" means the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be final and binding. Appraiser FMV shall be the fair market value determined without regard to any discounts for minority interest, illiquidity or other discounts. The cost of any independent appraisal shall be borne by the Company. "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company. "Change of Control" means (a) any sale, lease, or transfer or series of sales, leases or transfers of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (b) any sale, transfer, or issuance ( or series of sales, transfers, or issuances) of capital stock by the Company or the holders of Common Stock ( or other voting stock of the Company) that results in the inability of the holders of Common Stock ( or other voting stock of the Company) immediately prior to such sale, transfer, or issuance to designate or elect a majority of the board of directors ( or its equivalent) of the Company; or (c) any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization of the Company with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) that results in the inability of the holders of Common Stock ( or other voting stock of the Company) immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization to designate or elect a majority of the board of directors (or its equivalent) of the resulting entity or its parent company. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, including the stock into which shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are convertible, and any securities into which the Common Stock may be reclassified. "Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock. -2- |
| "Conversion Price" means a per share amount equal to the Initial Conversion Price, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4E, 4F and 4G of this Certificate. "Conversion Shares" means the shares of Common Stock into which the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible. "Effectiveness Deadline" means the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of the Stockholder Approval ( or sixty ( 60) days after the date of the Stockholder Approval if the SEC conducts a full review of the Registration Statement). "Exchange Warrants" means those certain Exchange Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. "Exempt Issuance" means the issuance of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a) to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company, for bona fide services rendered to the Company, pursuant to any equity incentive plan approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of directors established for such purpose ("Board Approval") and by the stockholders of the Company, (b) to consultants or advisors, or to their designees, for bona fide services provided in connection with the off er or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, or directly or indirectly promoting or maintaining a market for the Company's securities, ( c) upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any securities issued in connection with the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock issuable hereunder, and/or other securities issued and outstanding as of the date of first issuance of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of such first issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to increase the number or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price ( other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term thereof, (d) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated November 13, 2019, by and between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, as may be amended from time to time, ( e) to banks, equipment lessors or other financial institutions, or to real property lessors, pursuant to a debt financing, equipment lease financing, credit agreement, real property lease or other commercial transaction, provided that the primary purpose thereof is not to raise equity capital, and subject to Board Approval, (f) pursuant to acquisitions or other strategic transactions, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a person ( or to the equity holders of a person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, and subject to Board Approval, and (i) with the prior written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, up to an amount of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents as agreed upon by such holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding and the Company. "Final Closing" means the final closing date of the sale of the Series B Preferred Stock by the Company. "Initial Conversion Price" means $0.77 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4D of this Certificate. -3- |
| "Market Price" means as of a particular date (the "Valuation Date") shall mean the following: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed on a national stock exchange registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the Financial fudustry Regulatory Authority OTC Bulletin Board (the "Bulletin Board") or such similar quotation system or association, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such closing sale price is available, the average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted thereon on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date, equal to the Appraiser FMV. If the Common Stock is not then listed on a national securities exchange, the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the Board of Directors shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by a holder of Series B Preferred Stock prior to the conversion of Series B Preferred Stock hereunder as to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors. "Person" shall be construed in the broadest sense and means and includes any natural person, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a limited liability company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and other entity or governmental or quasi-governmental entity. "Purchase Agreement" means that certain Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated July 16, 2020, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto. "Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 16, 2020, entered into among the Company and the initial holders of the Series B Preferred Stock. "Registration Statement" means one or more registration statements of the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. "Series B Stated Value" means $7,700.00. "Series B Warrants" means those certain Series B Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. "Stockholder Approval" means the approval of the Company's stockholders for the issuance of all Conversion Shares upon full conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, and for the issuance of all shares of Common Stock issuable upon full exercise of the Series B Warrants and the Exchange Warrants, and the Subsequent Financing exchange rights pursuant to Section 8 herein, each in accordance with applicable law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and the applicable requirements of the Trading Market. -4- |
| "Subsidiary" means any corporation, association or other business entity (i) at least 50% of the outstanding voting securities of which are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company; or (ii) with respect to which the Company possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of such Person. "Trading Market" means whichever of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the OTC Bulletin Board or any tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any successors to any of the foregoing). "Transfer" means any direct or indirect sale, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, reorganization or other similar plan or scheme, or operation of law, assignment, conveyance, transfer, sale or other disposition, in each case, whether directly, or directly or indirectly of a parent, holding company, equity holder or Subsidiary or otherwise. 2. Dividends. (a) Each holder of Series B Preferred Stock in preference and priority to the holders of all other classes or series of stock, shall be entitled to receive, with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding and held by such holder, dividends, commencing from the date of issuance of such share of Series B Preferred Stock at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum (the "Series B Dividend Rate") of the Series B Stated Value (the "Series B Preferred Dividends"). The Series B Preferred Dividends shall be cumulative from the date of original issuance, whether or not earned or declared and shall accrue during such period on a daily basis computed on the basis of a 365-day year whether or not the Company shall have assets legally available therefore. The Series B Preferred Dividends shall be paid only when, as and if declared by the Board, out of assets legally available therefore, semiannually in arrears on the last day of June and December in each year, commencing December 31, 2020 (the "Series B Dividend Payment Terms"). The Series B Preferred Dividends shall be payable at the sole option of the Company either in cash or in kind in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock (rounded down to six decimal places) (the "PIK Shares"), provided the Company shall pay in cash the fair value of any such fractional share beyond six decimal places that is in excess of $100.00, which fair value shall be equal to (x) the fraction of a share of Series B Preferred Stock represented by such fractional amount, multiplied by (y) the Series B Stated Value, divided by (z) the Conversion Price (such result, the "Fractional Share Amount"). Any payment of Series B Preferred Dividends in PIK Shares shall be based on the Series B Stated Value. (b) If the Registration Statement has not been declared effective on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, commencing on the Effectiveness Deadline and until ( and not including) the date upon which the Registration Statement has been declared effective (the "Registration Default Period"), (a) the Series B Dividend Rate shall be adjusted to equal a fixed rate of one and one half percent (1.5%) per calendar month (the "Adjusted Series B Dividend Rate") and (b) the Series B Dividend Payment Terms shall be adjusted such that the Series B Preferred Dividends shall be paid, whether or not declared by the Board, out of assets legally -5- |
| available therefore, monthly in arrears on the last day of each calendar month (the "Adjusted Series B Payment Terms"). Prior to, and from and after the Registration Default Period, the Adjusted Series B Dividend Rate and the Adjusted Series B Payment Terms shall not apply, and the Series B Preferred shall accrue dividends at the Series B Dividend Rate, payable in accordance with the Series B Dividend Payment Terms, pursuant to Section 2(a). (c) No dividends shall be paid on any Common Stock of the Company or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company unless and until all outstanding dividends due to be paid to the holders of the shares of all Series B Preferred Dividends shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment to the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock. 3. Liquidation. (a) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled before any distributions shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock, or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company, to be paid an amount per share equal to the Series B Stated Value plus any accrued and unpaid Series B Preferred Dividends (the "Liquidation Preference"). If upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the assets to be distributed among the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit payment to the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock of their liquidation amount, then the entire assets of the Company to be distributed shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock. (b) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or any Corporate Transaction, after the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of the shares of Common Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder. 4. Conversion. 4A. Right to Convert; Automatic Conversion. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this subsection 4A, Section 7(a) and Section 7(b). the holder of any share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right, at its option at any time, to convert any such shares of Series B Preferred Stock into such number of fully paid and nonassessable whole shares of Common Stock as is obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be so converted by the Series B Stated Value per share and dividing the result by the Conversion Price in effect at the date any share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock are surrendered for conversion. Such rights of conversion shall be exercised by the holder thereof by surrender of a certificate or certificates for the shares to be converted to the Company at its principal office ( or such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by notice in writing to the holder or holders of the Series B Preferred Stock), together with a properly completed notice of conversion in the form attached to the Series B Preferred -6- |
| Stock certificate with a statement of (i) the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted by such holder, and (ii) the name or names (with address), subject to compliance with applicable laws to the extent such designation shall involve a transfer, in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock, shall be issued, at any time during its usual business hours on the date set forth in such notice. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected and the Conversion Price shall be determined as of the close of business on the date on which such written notice shall have been received by the Company and the certificate or certificates for such shares shall have been surrendered as aforesaid. (b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this subsection 4A, Section 7(a) (except to the extent the Company makes reasonable provision for the issuance of a prefunded warrant ( or similar instrument) with a similar Beneficial Ownership Limitation, as those specified in Section 7(a) (a "Prefunded Warrant") in lieu of Common Stock in connection with any such exercise) and Section 7(b), and in no event prior to six months following the Final Closing, if the Market Price per share of Common Stock exceeds 250% of the Initial Conversion Price for 20 consecutive trading days (trading day immediately following such 20th trading day, the "Automatic Conversion Date"), then all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into such number of fully paid and nonassessable whole shares of Common Stock as is obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be so converted by the Series B Stated Value per share and dividing the result by the then applicable Conversion Price. As of the Automatic Conversion Date all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be converted to the number of shares of Common Stock calculated pursuant to this Section 4A.(b) without any further action by the relevant holder of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or the Company. As promptly as practicable following the Automatic Conversion Date, the Company shall send each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock written notice of such event. Promptly after receipt of such notice, each holder shall surrender a certificate or certificates for the shares to be converted to the Company at its principal office (or such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by notice in writing to the holder or holders of the Series B Preferred Stock), together with a properly completed statement of the name or names (with address), subject to compliance with applicable laws to the extent such designation shall involve a transfer, in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock, shall be issued, at any time during its usual business hours on the date set forth in such notice. 4B. Issuance of Certificates; Time Conversion Effected. Promptly after (a)(i) in the case of a conversion pursuant to Section 4A.(a), receipt by the Company of a written notice of the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or (ii) in the case of a conversion pursuant to Section 4A.(b), receipt by the holder of a written notice of the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, and (b) surrender of the certificate or certificates for the share or shares of the Series B Preferred Stock being converted, the Company shall issue and deliver, or cause to be issued and delivered, to the holder, registered in such name or names as such holder may direct, subject to compliance with applicable laws to the extent such designation shall involve a transfer, a certificate or certificates ( or, in the case of book entry only securities, other evidence of ownership) for the number of whole shares of -7- |
| Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Upon the effective date of any such conversion, the rights of the holder of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock being converted shall cease, and the person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the shares represented thereby. 4C. Fractional Shares; Dividends: Partial Conversion. No fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock, and the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share provided the Company shall pay in cash the fair value of any such fractional share that is in excess of $100.00, which fair value shall be equal to (x) the fraction of a share of Common Stock represented by such fractional amount, multiplied by (y) the Conversion Price. Subject to subsection 4G, upon any conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall pay to the holder all accrued and unpaid Series B Preferred Dividends to the date of conversion, at the sole option of the Company, in cash or in PIK Shares; provided, that, on the date of conversion, Series B Preferred Dividends shall cease to accrue on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so converted. In case the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock represented by the certificate or certificates surrendered pursuant to subsection 4A(a) exceeds the number of shares converted, the Company shall upon such conversion, execute and deliver to the holder thereof at the expense of the Company, a new certificate for the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock represented by the certificate or certificates surrendered which are not to be converted. 4D Stock Splits and Dividends. If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date upon which such change shall become effective shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such change and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such change. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur. 4E. Reorganization or Reclassification. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets to another corporation ( each, a "Reorganization") shall be effected, then, as a condition of such Reorganization, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each holder of a share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall thereafter have the right to receive, in the -8- |
| holder's sole discretion, either (x) an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Preference, provided that this clause (x) shall not apply to any Reorganization that is not required to be approved by the holders of Common Stock, or (y) upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the Conversion Shares immediately theretofore receivable upon the conversion of such share or shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Conversion Shares equal to the number of Conversion Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, had such Reorganization not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such holder to the end that the provisions hereof (including without limitation provisions for adjustment of the Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of such conversion rights. The Company shall not effect any such Reorganization unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such Reorganization, or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets ( or other appropriate corporation or entity), shall assume the obligation to deliver to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, at the last addresses of such holders appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holders may be entitled to receive, and the other obligations hereunder. The provisions of this subsection 4E shall similarly apply to successive Reorganizations. 4F. Distributions. Subject to Section 2(b). in case the Company shall fix a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets ( other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in Section 4D). or subscription rights or warrants, the Conversion Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date, less the fair market value ( as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date. 4G. Adjustment for Unissued Shares. To the extent that applicable law or any existing contractual restrictions of the Company prohibit any required issuance pursuant to this Certificate of (x) PIK Shares or (y) additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock ((x) and (y), collectively, "Additional Shares"), then appropriate adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made, in connection with any conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, or any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock into which shares of Series B Preferred Stock would be convertible, such that the number of shares of Common -9- |
| Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock are, or would be, convertible equals the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares, plus any Additional Shares in respect of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, would be convertible but for the effects of such prohibition. On the date of a conversion in connection with which an adjustment under this subsection 4G is being made, all Series B Preferred Dividends which were previously accrued and unpaid on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock being converted shall be deemed paid in full. 4H. Effective Date of Adjustment. An adjustment to the Conversion Price shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment; provided that any adjustment pursuant to subsection 4G shall be made solely in the circumstances required by such subsection. 41. Subsequent Adjustments. In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the number of such other shares so receivable upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be subject thereafter to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Conversion Shares contained herein. 41 Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, then, and in each such case the Company shall give written notice thereof by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the address of such holder as shown on the books of the Company, which notice shall state the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. 4K. Other Notices. In case at any time: (1) the Company shall declare any dividend upon its Common Stock payable in cash or stock or make any other distribution to the holders of its Common Stock; (2) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of such stock of any class or other rights; (3) there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, or a consolidation or merger of the Company with, or a sale of all or substantially all its assets to, another corporation; or (4) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give, by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each holder of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the address -10- |
| of such holder as shown on the books of the Company, (a) at least 15 days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least 15 days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place and a form of election pursuant to Section 4E. Such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled thereto, and such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as the case may be. 4L. Stock to be Reserved. (1) The Company will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuance upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as herein provided, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall then be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock. All shares of Common Stock which shall be so issued shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens, duties and charges arising out of or by reason of the issue thereof (including, without limitation, in respect of taxes) and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants that it will from time to time take all such action as may be requisite to assure that the par value per share of the Common Stock is at all times equal to or less than the effective Conversion Price. The Company will take all such action within its control as may be necessary on its part to assure that all such shares of Common Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any national securities exchange upon which the Common Stock of the Company may be listed. In the event the Company takes any action which results in, or would result in, any adjustment of the Conversion Price after such action the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and thereafter issuable upon exercise of all options and conversion of convertible or exchangeable stock or securities, including upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, would exceed the total number of shares of such class of Common Stock then authorized by the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, then prior to and as a condition of effecting such action the Company shall take all actions necessary to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized shares of Common Stock to at least such amount necessary to permit the exercise of all options and conversions of convertible or exchangeable stock or securities, including upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, following such action. (2) The Company will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Series B Preferred Stock such number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as is equal to or greater than the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then -11- |
| outstanding. All shares of Series B Preferred Stock which shall be so issued shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens, duties and charges arising out of or by reason of the issue thereof (including, without limitation, in respect of taxes). 4M. No Reissuance of Series B Preferred Stock. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are converted into shares of Common Stock as provided herein shall be retired and may not be reissued as Series B Preferred Stock but may be reissued as all or part of another series of Preferred Stock. 4N. Issue Tax. The issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the holders thereof for any issuance tax, stamp tax, transfer tax, duty or charge in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax, duty or charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock which is being converted. 40. Closing of Books. The Company will at no time close its transfer books against the transfer of any Series B Preferred Stock or of any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock in any manner which interferes with the timely conversion of such Series B Preferred Stock; provided, however, nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting record dates for the holders of its securities. 5. Voting. Except as required by applicable law or provided in Section 6 below, the Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matters. To the extent the Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to vote on any matters, each holder of outstanding Shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of all stockholder meetings ( or requests for written consent) in accordance with the Company's bylaws. 6. Certain Restrictions. So long as at least 130 aggregate shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock required by applicable law or by the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, without the prior consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a special meeting called for that purpose, at which meeting the holders of the shares of such Series B Preferred Stock shall vote together as a class, the Company will not: (a) authorize, create, designate, establish, issue or sell (whether by merger or otherwise) (i) an increased number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock ( other than the PIK Shares), or (ii) any other class or series of capital stock ranking senior to or on parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation; (b) reclassify any shares of Common Stock or any other class or series of capital stock into shares having any preference or priority as to dividends or upon -12- |
| liquidation superior to or on parity with any such preference or priority of Series B Preferred Stock; ( c) amend, alter or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or the resolutions contained in this Certificate and the powers, preferences, privileges, relative, participating, optional and other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, which would adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series B Preferred Stock; ( d) issue, or cause any Subsidiary of the Company to issue, any indebtedness or debt security, other than trade accounts payable, insurance premium financings and/or letters of credit, performance bonds or other similar credit support incurred in the ordinary course of business, or amend, renew, increase, or otherwise alter in any material respect the terms of any such indebtedness existing as of the date of first issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock hereunder or previously approved or required to be approved by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided that no such consent shall be required with respect to indebtedness incurred solely to fund (x) the payment of accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock, (y) the redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 9 or (z) the refinancing of any of the Company's convertible promissory notes issued between December 20, 2019 and January 9, 2020 that are outstanding as of the date of first issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock hereunder; ( e) redeem, purchase, or otherwise acquire or pay or declare any dividend or other distribution on ( or pay into or set aside for a sinking fund for any such purpose) any capital stock of the Company; provided, that this restriction shall not apply to the redemption or repurchase of or the payment of dividends on Shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant hereto; (f) declare bankruptcy, dissolve, liquidate, or wind up the affairs of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; or (g) effect, or enter into any agreement to effect, a Change of Control; (h) materially modify or change the nature of the Company's business; (i) agree to do any of the foregoing. 7. Limitations on Conversion. (a) The Company shall not effect any conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and a holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have the right to convert any shares of Series B Preferred Stock, pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after conversion, the holder of Series B Preferred -13- |
| Stock (together with the Affiliates of such holder of Series B Preferred Stock, and any other Persons acting as a group within the meaning of Rule l 3D-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act together with such holder of Series B Preferred Stock or any Affiliates of such holder of Series B Preferred Stock) (such Persons, "Attribution Parties"), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by a holder of Series B Preferred Stock and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock held with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of the Series B Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock or any of its Affiliates ( or Attribution Parties) and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other common stock equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 7(a). beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock that the Company is not representing to such holder of Series B Preferred Stock that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13( d) of the Exchange Act and such holder of Series B Preferred Stock is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 7(a) applies, the determination of whether the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of such Series B Preferred Stock is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such holder of Series B Preferred Stock, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the determination of such holder of Series B Preferred Stock of whether such shares of Series B Preferred Stock are exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock are exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, 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. For purposes of this Section 7(a). in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, such holder of Series B Preferred Stock may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company's most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company's transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a holder of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall within two trading days confirm orally and in writing to such holder of Series B Preferred Stock the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of -14- |
| outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including any shares of Series B Preferred Stock, by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall be 9.99% 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 the Series B Preferred Stock. Such holder of Series B Preferred Stock, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 7(a). provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 19 .99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder and the provisions of this Section 7(a) shall continue to apply. Any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 7(a) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. (b) The Company shall not effect any conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and a holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have the right to convert any shares of Series B Preferred Stock, pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise, prior to the Company obtaining the Stockholder Approval. 8. Subsequent Financing Exchange Right. From the date hereof and after the Stockholder Approval, if the Company effects any issuance by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration, or a combination of units thereof (a "Subsequent Financing"), the holder of any share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right, at its option, to exchange (in lieu of cash subscription payments) all or some of the Series B Preferred Stock then held (with a value per share of Series B Preferred Stock equal to the Liquidation Preference) for any securities or units issued in a Subsequent Financing on dollar-for-dollar basis; provided, however, that this Section 8 shall not apply with respect to an Exempt Issuance. 9. Redemption. (a) The Company shall have no right to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock except as set forth in this Section 9. (b) In the event Stockholder Approval is not received on or prior to the ninetieth (90th) day following the Final Closing, subject to extension upon the prior written approval of the holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding (the "Stockholder Approval Deadline"), the Company shall repurchase all of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price equal to 150% times the -15- |
| then applicable Liquidation Preference (the "Redemption Price"), in cash ("Mandatory Cash Redemption"). (c) No greater than ten (10) days subsequent to the Stockholder Approval Deadline, notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, shall be given to the registered holders of the Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed, addressed to such holders at their last addresses as shown on the stock transfer books of the Company. Each such notice shall specify the date fixed for redemption (the "Redemption Date"), which date shall be the Stockholder Approval Deadline, the Redemption Price, and the place or places for surrender of the certificates representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Any notice which is mailed by the Company as herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given by the Company on the date deposited in the mail, whether or not the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock receives such notice; and failure to properly give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice, to the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series B Preferred Stock. On or after the Redemption Date, each holder of shares Series B Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificates representing such shares of Series B Preferred Stock to the Company at the place designated in the notice of such redemption. (d) The Company shall pay the applicable Redemption Price upon the receipt of surrender of the certificates representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Company shall so reasonably require, and letters of transmittal and instructions therefor on reasonable terms as are included in the notice sent by the Company); provided, that if such certificates are lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may require such holder to execute an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Company to indemnify the Company from any loss incurred by it in connection therewith, prior to paying such Redemption Price. ( e) Shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, as the case may be, will from and after the Redemption Date, no longer be deemed to be outstanding; and all powers, designations, preferences and other rights of the holder thereof as a holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock ( except the right to receive from the Company the applicable Redemption Price) shall cease and terminate with respect to such shares; provided, that in the event that a share of Series B Preferred Stock is not redeemed due to a default in payment by the Company or because the Company is otherwise unable to pay the applicable Redemption Price in cash in full, such share of Series B Preferred Stock will remain outstanding and will be entitled to all of the powers, designations, preferences and other rights as provided herein. ( f) Any Mandatory Cash Redemption pursuant to this Section 9 shall be payable out of any cash legally available therefor. At the time of the Mandatory Cash Redemption, the Company shall take all actions required or permitted under Delaware law to permit the Mandatory Cash Redemption and to make funds legally available for such Mandatory Cash Redemption. To the extent that the Company has insufficient funds to redeem all of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock upon the Mandatory Cash Redemption, -16- |
| the Company shall use available funds to redeem a pro rata portion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, to the extent permissible under Delaware law. 10. Transfer Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything in the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate to the contrary, no holder of Series B Preferred Shares may Transfer any of such holder's shares of Series B Preferred Stock without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that any holder may at any time Transfer any of such holder's shares of Series B Preferred Stock ( a) to one or more of such holder's Affiliates, (b) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual, and ( c) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. Each holder agrees that in connection with any Transfer consented to by the Company, such holder shall, if requested by the Company, deliver to the Company an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and counsel for the Company, to the effect that the Transfer is not in violation of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any state. Any purported Transfer in violation of the provisions of this Section 10 shall be null and void and shall have no force or effect. 11. No Waiver. Except as otherwise modified or provided for herein, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall also be entitled to, and shall not be deemed to have waived, any other applicable rights granted to such holders under the DGCL. 12. No Impairment. The Company will not, through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger scheme or arrangement, 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company but will at all time in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions herein and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights and liquidation preferences granted hereunder of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock above the Conversion Price then in effect and shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. 13. Amendment: Waiver. Any term of the Series B Preferred Stock may be amended or waived upon the written consent of the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding; provided, however, that the number of Conversion Shares issuable hereunder and the Conversion Price may not be amended ( except for adjustments made pursuant to Section 4 herein), and the right to convert the Series B Preferred Stock may not be altered or waived, without the written consent of the holders of all of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding. 14. Action By Holders. Any action or consent to be taken or given by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock may be given either at a meeting of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock called and held for such purpose or by written consent. -17- |
| 15. Fractional Shares. Series B Preferred Stock may not be issued in :fractions of a share of more than six decimal places, and the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to any provision hereof shall be rounded down to the nearest six decimal places, provided the Company shall pay in cash the fair value of any such fractional share beyond six decimal places that is in excess of $100.00, which fair value shall be equal to the Fractional Share Amount. [Execution Page Follows] -18- |
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of the Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock this 16 th day of July, 2020. AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. By: Isl James Sapirstein Name: James Sapirstein Title: Chief Executive Officer [Signature Page to Certificate of the Designations, Powers, Pre f erences and Rights of Series B Convertible Pre f erred Stock] |
| CERTIFICATE OF THE DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF SERIES C 9.00% CONVERTIBLE JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK OF AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. (Pursuant to Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, pursuant to authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors") by Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), of the Company, the following resolutions were adopted on December 31, 2020 by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), and in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 of the DGCL, does hereby submit the following: WHEREAS, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), from time to time in one or more classes or series; WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to divide the Preferred Stock into any number of shares and to fix the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the designation and number of, and determine the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations relating to a series of the Preferred Stock, which shall consist of up to 75,000.0000 shares of the Preferred Stock which the Company has the authority to issue, as follows: "RESOLVED that, pursuant to authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Company by ARTICLE FOUR ill of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, out of the total authorized number of 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, there shall be designated a series of 75,000.0000 shares which shall be issued in and constitute a single series to be known as "Series C 9.00% Convertible Junior Preferred Stock" (hereinafter called the "Series C Preferred Stock"). The Board ofDirectors hereby resolves that the shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall have the designations, relative rights, preferences and the limitations thereof, set forth below: State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 04:48 PM 01/0412021 FILED 04:48 PM 01/04/2021 SR 20210014285 - File Number 5474088 |
| TERMS OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK Section 1. the following meanings: Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have "Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act. "Alternate Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e). "Bankruptcy Event" means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary ( as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, ( c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, ( d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, ( e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts, or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing. "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6( e ). "Business Day" means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close. "Buy-In" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(iv). "Change of Control Transaction" means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or "group" (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(l) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the Company ( other than by means of conversion or exercise of Series C Preferred Stock and the Securities 2 |
| issued together with the Series C Preferred Stock), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, ( c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all ofits assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, ( d) a replacement at one time or within a one year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date ( or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the Original Issue Date), or ( e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above. "Closing" means the initial closing of the purchase and sale of the Series C Preferred Stock and the Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Initial Purchase Agreement. "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. "Common Stock" means the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed. "Common Stock Eguivalents" means any secunttes of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock. "Conversion Amount" means the sum of the Stated Value at issue. "Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). "Conversion Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6( c ). "Conversion Shares" means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof. "Conversion Shares Registration Statement" means a registration statement that registers the resale of all of the Conversion Shares by the Holders, which shall be named 3 |
| as "selling stockholders" therein, and meets the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement. "Covered Securities" means any shares of Common Stock underlying (x) any shares of preferred stock issuable to First Wave Bio, Inc., as consideration for the First Wave License Agreement (if other than the Series C Preferred Stock), (y) any warrants issuable as placement agent compensation, as a result of with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and (z) any securities issuable to holders of the exchange rights set forth in Section 8 of the Series B Certificate of Designations, as a result of the transactions contemplated the Transaction Documents. "Dividend Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a). "Effective Date" means the date that the Conversion Shares Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "First Wave License Agreement" means the License Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020, by and between First Wave Bio, Inc. and the Company, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "First Wave Purchase Agreement" means any Securities Purchase Agreement relating to the purchase of Series C Preferred Stock to be entered into by and between First Wave Bio, Inc. and the Company pursuant to the terms of the First Wave License Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Fundamental Transaction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e). "GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles. "Holder" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2. "Initial Closing Date" means the Trading Day on which the Investor Purchase Agreement has been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all conditions precedent to (i) each Holder's obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company's obligations to deliver the Series C Preferred Stock and the Warrants have been satisfied or waived. "Investor Purchase Agreement" means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020, by and among the Company and the original Holders signatory 4 |
| thereto, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Issuable Maximum" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f). "Issue Date" means, with respect to any Purchase Agreement, the date of first issuance of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Series C Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Series C Preferred Stock. "Junior Securities" means the Common Stock and all other Common Stock Equivalents of the Company other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari passu to the Series C Preferred Stock in dividend rights or liquidation preference. "Liquidation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5. "MFN Purchase Agreement" means any agreement pursuant to which shares of Series B Preferred Stock are exchanged for shares of Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the exchange rights set forth in Section 8 of the Series B Certificate of Designations. "New York Courts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8( d). "Notice of Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). "Original Issue Date" means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Series C Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Series C Preferred Stock. "Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government ( or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind. "Prefunded Warrant" means a prefunded warrant or similar instrument, with a similar Beneficial Ownership Limitation as specified in Section 6( e ). "Purchase Agreement" means the Investor Purchase Agreement, the First Wave Purchase Agreement or any MFN Purchase Agreement, as applicable. "Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule. 5 |
| "Series B Preferred Stock" means the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company. "Series B Certificate of Designations" means the Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. "Series C Preferred Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2. "Securities" means the Series C Preferred Stock, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Conversion Shares. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "Senior Securities" means the Company's Series B Preferred Stock. "Share Delivery Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c\d). "Stated Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2, as the same may be increased pursuant to Section 3. "Stockholder Approval" means such approval as may be required from the stockholders of the Company in accordance with applicable law, the applicable rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor entity), the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the General Corporate Law of the State of Delaware with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including (x) an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock above 150,000,000 and (y) the issuance of any Underlying Shares or other Covered Securities in excess of the Issuable Maximum. "Subscription Amount" shall mean, as to each Holder who is a party to the Investor Purchase Agreement, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Series C Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to the Investor Purchase Agreement, as specified below such Holder's name on the signature page of such Purchase Agreement and next to the heading "Subscription Amount," in United States dollars and in immediately available funds. "Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1 (a) of the Investor Purchase Agreement and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date of the Investor Purchase Agreement. "Successor Entity" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 ( e ). "Trading Day" means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business. 6 |
| "Trading Market" means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange ( or any successors to any of the foregoing). "Transaction Documents" means any Purchase Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated pursuant to any Purchase Agreement. "Transfer Agent" means Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 66 Exchange Place, 1st Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 841 11, and any successor transfer agent of the Company. "Underlying Shares" means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, and upon exercise of the Warrants. "Warrants" means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Holder at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) of the Investor Purchase Agreement. "Warrant Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Section 2. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of preferred stock shall be designated as its Series C 9.00% Convertible Junior Preferred Stock (the "Series C Preferred Stock") and the number of shares so designated shall be up to 75,000.0000 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of all of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock ( each, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders")). Each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall have a par value of$0.0001 per share and a stated value equal to $750.00, subject to increase set forth in Section 3 below (the "Stated Value"). Section 3. Dividends. a) Accrual and Payment of Dividends. From and after its applicable Issue Date, subject to the rights the holders of the Senior Securities, cumulative dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock shall accrue, whether or not declared by the Board and whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of dividends, on a daily basis in arrears at the rate of 9.00% per annum on the sum of the Stated Value thereof plus all unpaid accrued and accumulated dividends thereon. All accrued dividends on any Series C Preferred Stock shall be paid in cash only when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor or upon a Liquidation in accordance with the provisions of Section 5; provided, that to the extent not paid on the last day of March, June, September and December of each calendar year ( each such date, a "Dividend Payment 7 |
| Date"), all accrued dividends on any share shall accumulate and compound on the applicable Dividend Payment Date whether or not declared by the Board of Directors and shall remain accumulated, compounding dividends until paid pursuant hereto or converted pursuant to Section 6. All accrued and accumulated dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock shall be prior and in preference to any dividend on any Junior Securities and shall be fully declared and paid before any dividends are declared and paid, or any other distributions or redemptions are made, on any Junior Securities, other than to (a) declare or pay any dividend or distribution payable on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock or (b) repurchase Common Stock held by employees or consultants of the Company upon termination of their employment or services pursuant to agreements providing for such repurchase. b) Partial Dividend Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Company pays less than the total amount of dividends then accrued and accumulated with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, such payment shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders thereof based upon the aggregate accrued and accumulated but unpaid dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock held by each such Holder. Section 4. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, the Series C Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, ( a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series C Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (b) authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a Liquidation (as defined in Section 5) senior to, or otherwise pari passu with, the Series C Preferred Stock, ( c) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the Holders, ( d) increase the number of authorized shares of Series C Preferred Stock, or ( e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. Section 5. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (a "Liquidation"), after payment in full of any liquidation preference to the holders of the Senior Securities, the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Company an amount equal to the Stated Value, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon and any other fees or liquidated damages then due and owing thereon under this Certificate of Designation, for each share of Series C Preferred Stock before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities, and if the assets of the Company shall be insufficient to pay in full such amounts, then the entire assets to be distributed to the Holders shall be ratably distributed among the Holders in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. A Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction shall be deemed a Liquidation for purposed of this Section 5. The Company shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder. 8 |
| Section 6. Conversion. a) Conversions at Option of Holder. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time at the option of the Holder thereof, into that number of shares of Common Stock ( subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(e), except to the extent the Company makes reasonable provision for the issuance of Prefunded Warrants in lieu of Common Stock, and Section 6(±)) determined by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the Stated Value of such share of Series C Preferred Stock and (ii) all accrued and accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Company with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A ( a ''Notice of Conversion"). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers such Notice of Conversion to the Company pursuant to Section 8(a) (such date, the "Conversion Date"). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Company is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee ( or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock to the Company unless all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Series C Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock ( or Prefunded Warrants, as applicable) or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued. b) Conversions at Option of Company. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time at the option of the Company, into that number of shares of Common Stock (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6( e ), except to the extent the Company makes reasonable provision for the issuance of Prefunded Warrants in lieu of Common Stock, and Section 6(±)) determined by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the Stated Value of such share of Series C Preferred Stock and (ii) all accrued and accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price. The Company shall send each Holder written notice of such event and of the date of effectiveness thereof. Promptly after receipt of such notice, each Holder shall surrender any certificate or certificates representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock to the Company at its principal office ( or such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by notice in writing to the holder or holders of the Series C Preferred Stock), together with a properly completed statement of the name or names (with address), subject to compliance with applicable laws to the extent such 9 |
| designation shall involve a transfer, in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock (or Prefunded Warrants, as applicable) shall be issued, at any time during its usual business hours, as of the date set forth in such notice. c) Conversion Price. The conversion price for the Series C Preferred Stock shall equal $0.75, subject to adjustment herein (the "Conversion Price"). d) Mechanics of Conversion. i. Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock which, if (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Conversion Shares to or resale of the Conversion Shares by such Holder or (B) the Conversion Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by any Purchase Agreement). If (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Conversion Shares to or resale of the Conversion Shares by such Holder following a conversion of Series C Preferred Stock or (B) the Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion of Series C Preferred Stock are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall deliver the Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 6 electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. 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 Conversion. ii. Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Series C Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice. 111. Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. The Company's obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, 10 |
| irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation oflaw by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action that the Company may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the Stated Value of its Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series C Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Series C Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails to deliver to a Holder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6( d)(i) by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Stated Value of Series C Preferred Stock being converted, $50 per Trading Day (increasing to $100 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day and increasing to $200 per Trading Day on the sixth Trading Day after such damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law. iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to a Holder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6(d)(i), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm 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 such 11 |
| Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such Holder's total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Series C Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(d)(i). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11, 000 to cover a Buy In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to such 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 the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof. v. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Series C Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in any Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Sections 6(f) and 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, including all accrued and accumulated dividends. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. vi. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock ( or Prefunded Warrants to purchase fractional 12 |
| shares of Common Stock, as applicable) shall be issued upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock. As to any :fraction of a share of Common Stock which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, 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 Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share. vii. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares. e) Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The Company shall not effect any conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Series C Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holder's Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder's Affiliates (such Persons, "Attribution Parties")) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock 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 Series C Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties 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, the Series C Preferred Stock or the Warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6( e ), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6( e) applies, the determination of whether the Series C Preferred Stock is convertible (in relation to other securities owned 13 |
| by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of Series C Preferred Stock are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such Holder's determination of whether the shares of Series C Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph 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. For purposes of this Section 6( e ), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a 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 Transfer Agent 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 such 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 Series C Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The "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 Series C Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder. A Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6( e) applicable to its Series C Preferred Stock provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9 .99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 6( e) shall continue to apply. Any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company and shall only apply to such Holder and no other Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6( e) to correct this paragraph ( or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of Series C Preferred Stock. f) Issuance Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except to the extent the Company has previously obtained effective Stockholder Approval, 14 |
| the Company may not issue, upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock ( or Prefunded Warrants covering a number of shares of Common Stock, as applicable) which would exceed 6,186,966 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, recapitalizations and the like (such number of shares, the "Issuable Maximum"). Section 7. Certain Adjustments. a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, this Series C Preferred Stock), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock ( excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7 (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) [Intentionally Omitted]. c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7(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 each Holder of Series C Preferred Stock 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 conversion of such Holder's Series C Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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, to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, 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 such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held 15 |
| in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding, if the Company declares or makes 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 Series C Preferred Stock, 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 conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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, 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 Beneficial Ownership Limitation). e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Series C Preferred Stock 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 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (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 or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common 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) ( each a 16 |
| "Fundamental Transaction"), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock, the Holders shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction ( without regard to any limitation in Section 6( e) and Section 6(f) on the conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (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 Series C Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction ( without regard to any limitation in Section 6( e) and Section 6(f) on the conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion 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 Conversion 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 Holders shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to eff ectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Certificate of Designation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders' right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. 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 Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and approved by the Holders (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Series C Preferred Stock, deliver to the Holders in exchange for this Series C Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Series C Preferred Stock which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity ( or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (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 conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Series C Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holders. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental 17 |
| 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 Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents 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 Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 11100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, 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 any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding. g) Notice to the Holders. i. Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice pursuant to Section 8(a) setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. ii. Notice to Allow Conversion 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 of 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 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 filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Series C Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be delivered by to each Holder at its last e-mail address or address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Company, at least twenty (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 18 |
| 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 hereunder 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 convert the Conversion Amount of this Series C Preferred Stock ( or any part hereof) during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. Section 8. Miscellaneous. a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally or by e-mail attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above Attention: Chief Financial Officer, e-mail address dschneiderman@azurrx.com, or such other e-mail address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 8. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by or e-mail attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such e-mail address or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement applicable to such Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail attachment at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail attachment at the e mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Designation shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay liquidated damages, accrued dividends and accrued interest, as applicable, on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 19 |
| c) Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder's Series C Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Company. d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Certificate of Designation and any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the "New York Courts"). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of this Certificate of Designation any of the Transaction Documents), 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 such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. 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 via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation 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 other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Company or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party ( or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term 20 |
| of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or a Holder must be in writing. f) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. g) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. h) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. i) Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock. If any shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Company, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series C 9.00% Convertible Junior Preferred Stock. j) Fractional Shares. Series C Preferred Stock may not be issued in fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of more than four decimal places. As to any fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to any provision hereof, 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 Stated Value or round up to the next ten-thousandth of a share. ********************* 21 |
| RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Company be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations m accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this 4th day of January, 2021. Isl James Sapirstein Name: James Sapirstein Title: Chief Executive Officer 22 |
| ANNEX A NOTICE OF CONVERSION (TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK) The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series C 9.00% Convertible Junior Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as may be required by the Company in accordance with the applicable Purchase Agreement. No fee will be charged to any Holder for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes. Conversion calculations: Date to Effect Conversion: ----------------------- Number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: ______ _ Number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be Converted: ----------- Stated Value of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be Converted: --------- Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: --------------- Applicable Conversion Price: ______________________ _ Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion: _________ _ Address for Delivery: _________ _ or DW AC Instructions: Broker no: ---- Account no: ----- [HOLDER] By: ---------------- Name: Title: 23 |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 11:32 AM 02/24/2021 FILED 11:32 AM 02/24/2021 SR 20210608648 - FileNumber 5474088 CERTlFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AZURRX BIO PHARMA, INC. AzurRx BioPhanna, Inc. (the "Cor poration'), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: That a resolution was duly adopted on December 31, 2020, by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendm.ent to be advisable. The stockholders of the Corporation duly approved said proposed amendment at a special meeting of stockholders held on February 24, 2021 in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The proposed amendment set forth as follows: Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, be and hereby is amended by deleting the following sentence in the first paragraph of Article FOURTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred sixty million (160,000,000) shares, of which one hundred and fifty million (150,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The sentence reflected above under the first paragraph of Article FOURTH will be replaced by the following: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is two hundred and sixty million (260,000,000) shares, of which two hundred and fifty million (250,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. SECOND: That said amendment will have an Effective Time of February 24, 2021 at 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the filing date of this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer this 24th day of February, 2021. Isl James Sapirstein James Sapirstein President and Chie f Executive Offi cer |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 01:32 PM 09/10/2021 FILED 01:32 PM 09/10/2021 SR 20213214369 - FileNumber 5474088 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (the "Cor poration"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: That a resolution was duly adopted on December 31, 2020, by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable. The stockholders of the Corporation duly approved said proposed amendment at a special meeting of stockholders held on February 24, 2021, in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The proposed amendment set forth as follows: Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, be and hereby is further amended by inserting the following immediately after the first paragraph of Article FOUR TH: Upon effectiveness ("E ff ective Time") of this amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate oflncorporation of the Corporation, a ten-for-one reverse stock split of the Corporation's Common Stock shall become effective, pursuant to which each ten shares of Common Stock outstanding and held of record by each stockholder of the Corporation (including treasury shares) immediately prior to the Effective Time ("Old Common Stock" ) shall be reclassified and split into one share of Common Stock automatically and without any action by the holder thereof upon the Effective Time and shall represent one share of Common Stock from and after the Effective Time ("New Common Stoel<'), with a corresponding reduction in the number of authorized shares of our Common Stock by a corresponding ratio. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Stockholders of record who otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares, will be entitled to receive cash (without interest) in lieu of fractional shares, equal to such fraction multiplied by the average of the closing sales prices of our Common Stock on the exchange the Corporation is currently trading during regular trading hours for the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding the effective date of the Reverse Split (with such average closing sales prices being adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Split). Each holder of record of a certificate or certificates for one or more shares of the Old Common Stock shall be entitled to receive as soon as practicable, upon surrender of such certificate, a certificate or certificates representing the largest whole number of shares of New Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraphs. Any certificate for one or more shares of the Old Common Stock not so surrendered shall be deemed to represent one share of the New Common Stock for each ten shares of the Old Common Stock previously represented by such certificate. |
| SECOND: That said amendment will have an Effective Time of 12:01 A.M., Eastern Time, on September 13, 2021. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer this 10th day of September, 2021. By: Isl James Sapirstein James Sapirstein President and Chie f Executive Offi cer |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 01:58 P�'I 09/2112021 FILED 01:58 PM 09/2112021 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF SR 20213302563 - File Number 5474088 AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (the "Cor poration"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: The name of the corporation is AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. The Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate oflncorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 13, 2016. SECOND: This Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Amendment") amends the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate oflncorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 13, 2016, and has been duly adopted by the Corporation's Board of Directors and stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. RESOLVED, that, upon effectiveness of this Certificate of Amendment, the Amended and Restated Certificate oflncorporation as presently in effect be, and the same hereby is, amended to amend Article FIRST in its entirety as follows: The name of the Corporation is First Wave BioPharma, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Corporation"). The Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate oflncorporation so adopted reads in full as set forth above and is hereby incorporated by reference. All other provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation remain in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer as of this 21st day of September, 2021. Isl James Sapirstein James Sapirstein President and Chie f Executive Offi cer |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 10:13 AM 01/14/2022 FILED 10:13 AM 01/14/2022 SR 20220130437 - File Number 54 74088 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF FIRST WAVE BIOPHARMA, INC. First Wave BioPhanna, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows: FIRST: That a resolution was duly adopted on November 8, 2021, by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable. The stockholders of the Corporation duly approved said proposed amendment at an annual meeting of stockholders held on January 14, 2022, in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The proposed amendment set forth as follows: Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, be and hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is sixty million (60,000,000) shares, of which fifty million (50,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The board of directors of the Corporation may divide the preferred stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of any series of preferred stock. The board of directors (within the limits and restrictions of the adopting resolutions) may increase or decrease the number of shares initially fixed for any series, but no decrease may reduce the number below the shares then outstanding and duly reserved for issuance. SECOND: That said amendment will have an Eff ective Time of5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the filing date of this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and ChiefExecutive Officer this 14th day of January, 2022. Isl James Sa,pirstein James Sapirstein President and Chie f Executive Ojjicer |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 12:49 PM 06/16/2022 FILED 12:49 PM 06/16/2022 SR 20222745859 - FileNumber 5474088 CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF FIRST WA VE BIO PHARMA, INC. First Wave BioPharma, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: The name of the Corporation is First Wave BioPharma, Inc. SECOND: On July 13, 2016, the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware its Amended and Restated Certificate oflncorporation (the "Restated Certificate oflncorporation"), which instrument requires correction as permitted by subsection (f) of Section 103 of the DGCL. THIRD: The inaccuracy or defect of the Restated Certificate oflncorporation to be corrected hereby is that the second sentence of Article FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation inadvertently omitted express language vesting the board of directors of the Corporation (the "Board") with the power to fix the voting powers of shares of preferred stock to be designated by resolution or resolutions of the Board. FOURTH: The second sentence of Article FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby corrected to read in its entirety as follows: "The board of directors of the Corporation may, by resolution or resolutions thereof, divide the preferred stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights (including voting powers), preferences and limitations of any series of preferred stock." FIFTH: unchanged. All other provisions of the Restated Certificate oflncorporation remain [ Signature Page Follows] |
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Certificate of Correction to be executed by its duly authorized of ficer on this 16 th day of June, 2022. FIRST WA VE BIO PHARMA, INC. By: Isl James Sapirstein Name: James Sapirstein Title: Chief Executive Officer |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 08:27 AM 07/15/2022 FILED 08:27 AM 07/15/2022 SR 20222997517 - FileNumber 5474088 FIRST WA VE BIO PHARMA, INC. CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES, RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS OF SERIES E CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW The undersigned, James Saperstein, does hereby certify that: 1. The undersigned is the President and Chief Executive Officer of First Wave BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"). 2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share. 3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors"): WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the "Certificate oflncorporation"), provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 10,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to divide the preferred stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights (including voting powers), preferences and limitations of any series of preferred stock; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the designation and number of a series of the preferred stock and to determine the designation, relative rights (including voting powers), preferences and limitations thereof, which shall consist of 150 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the powers, designations, rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows: TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK 1 |
| Section 1. the following meanings: Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have "Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act. "Alternate Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d). "Amendment" means the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to, after the date hereof, effect the Reverse Stock Split. "Authorized Stockholder Approval" means adoption and approval of the Amendment by the holders of a majority in voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter. "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6( d). "Business Day" means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to "stay at home", "shelter-in-place", "non-essential employee" or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day. "Buy-In" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(iv). "Closing" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement. "Closing Date" means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all conditions precedent to (i) each Holder's obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Corporation's obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. "Common Stock" means the Corporation's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed. 2 |
| "Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock. "Conversion Amount" means the sum of the Stated Value at issue. "Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). "Conversion Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b ). "Conversion Shares" means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof. "Escrow Agent" means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. "Escrow Agreement" means the escrow agreement which may be entered into prior to the Closing Date, by and among the Corporation, the Escrow Agent and the Placement Agent pursuant to which the Holder shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be applied to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. "Equity Conditions" means, during the period in question, (a) the Corporation shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the applicable Holder in respect of the Preferred Stock, (b )(i) there is an effective registration statement which either (A) covers the issuance by the Corporation of the Conversion Shares or (B) the Holders are permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Corporation believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 by a non-affiliate of the Corporation without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Corporation and set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holder, or (iii) all of the Conversion Shares maybe issued to the Holder pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and immediately resold without restriction, ( c) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Corporation believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (d) there is a sufficient number of authorized, but unissued and otherwise unreserved, shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, ( e) the Authorized Stockholder Approval shall have been received and be effective, (f) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock in question to the applicable 3 |
| Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 6( d) herein, (g) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction that has not been consummated, (h) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information and (i) the Corporation shall have duly honored all conversions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the applicable Holder on or prior to the dates so requested or required, if any. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 8(a). "Forced Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b ). "Forced Conversion Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b ). "Forced Conversion Notice Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b ). "Fundamental Transaction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d). "GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles. "Holder" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2. "Liquidation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5. "Mandatory Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a). "Mandatory Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a). "Mandatory Conversion Notice Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section "Notice of Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). "Original Issue Date" means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates, if any, which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock. "Placement Agent" means H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC 4 |
| "Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government ( or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind. "Preferred Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2. "Proposal" means the proposal submitted by the Board of Directors to the stockholders of the Corporation to adopt and approve the Amendment. "Purchase Agreement" means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated on or about the Original Issue Date, among the Corporation and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Reverse Stock Split" means a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at a ratio set forth in the Proposal ranging from one-for-ten (l-for-10) to at least one-for-twenty (1-for-20) that is to be effected by the filing and effectiveness of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the acceptance thereof. "Reverse Stock Split Date" means the date on which the Reverse Stock Split is consummated pursuant to the filing and effectiveness of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. "Registration Rights Agreement" means the registration rights agreement, dated on or about the Original Issue Date, among the Corporation and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Securities" means the Preferred Stock and the Underlying Shares. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "Share Delivery Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6( c ). "Stated Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2. "Subscription Amount" shall mean, as to each Holder, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as specified below such Holder's name on the signature page of the Purchase Agreement and next to the heading "Subscription Amount," in United States dollars and in immediately available funds. "Successor Entity" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d). 5 |
| "Trading Day" means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business. "Trading Market" means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing). "Transaction Documents" means this Certificate of Designation, the Purchase Agreement, the Warrants, the Escrow Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. "Transfer Agent" means Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc., the current transfer agent of the Corporation and any successor transfer agent of the Corporation. "Underlying Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock. "Warrants" means, collectively, the Series D Common Stock purchase warrants issued in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement. Section 2. Designation. Amount and Par Value. The series of preferred stock shall be designated as Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") and the number of shares so designated shall be 150 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock ( each, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders")). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share and a stated value equal to $1,000 (the "Stated Value"). Unless otherwise provided in resolutions of the Board of Directors, the shares of Preferred Stock shall be uncertificated. Section 3. Dividends. Except for stock dividends or distributions for which adjustments are to be made pursuant to Section 7, Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, dividends on shares of Preferred Stock equal (on an as-if-converted-to Common-Stock basis, disregarding for such purpose any conversion limitations hereunder) to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as and if such dividends are paid on shares of the Common Stock. No other dividends shall be paid on shares of Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall not pay any dividends on the Common Stock unless the Corporation simultaneously complies with this provision. Section 4. Voting Rights. a) Solely for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation at which the shares of Preferred Stock are entitled 6 |
| to vote, the number of shares of Preferred Stock and votes represented by such shares shall be counted on an as converted to Common Stock basis, disregarding, for such purposes, any limitations on conversion set forth herein. b) Each share of Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof (a) to vote exclusively on the Proposal (and the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any other matter except to the extent required under the Delaware General Corporation Law) and (b) to 200,000,000 votes per each share of Preferred Stock and shall, except as required by law, vote together with the Common Stock and any other issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock entitled to vote of the Corporation, as a single class; provided, however, that such shares of Preferred Stock shall, to the extent cast on the Proposal, be automatically and without further action of the Holders voted in the same proportions as shares of Common Stock (excluding any shares of Common Stock that are not voted), Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and any other issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock of the Corporation having the right to vote thereon (other than the Preferred Stock and shares of preferred stock not voted) are voted on the Proposal. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in this Section 4, as long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock, (b) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, or ( c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. Section 5. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a "Liquidation"), prior and in preference to the Common Stock, the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets available for distribution to stockholders an amount equal to 100% of the Stated Value and no more. The preference set forth in this Section 5 with respect to distributions to the Preferred Stock upon a Liquidation shall apply mutatis mutandis to any distributions to be made upon the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation or Fundamental Transaction not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder. Section 6. Conversion. a) Conversions at Option of Holder. Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the Reverse Stock Split Date at the option of the Holder thereof, into that number of shares of Common Stock (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6( d)) determined by dividing the Stated Value of such share of Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A ( a "Notice of Conversion"). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by email such Notice of 7 |
| Conversion to the Corporation (such date, the "Conversion Date"). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee ( or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. From and after the Conversion Date, until presented for transfer or exchange, certificates that previously represented shares of Preferred Stock, if any, shall represent, in lieu of the number of shares of Preferred Stock previously represented by such certificate, the number of shares of Preferred Stock, if any, previously represented by such certificate that were not converted pursuant to the Notice of Conversion, plus the number of shares of Conversion Shares into which the shares of Preferred Stock previously represented by such certificate were converted. To effect conversions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s), if any, representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate, if any, representing such shares of Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued as shares of Preferred Stock and shall automatically and without further action by the Corporation be retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation. b) Conversion Price. The conversion price for the Preferred Stock shall equal $0.15 (prior to giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split), subject to adjustment herein (the "Conversion Price"). c) Mechanics of Conversion i. Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As used herein, "Standard Settlement Period" means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Corporation's primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion. ii. Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original 8 |
| Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and the Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion. 111. Obligation Absolute: Partial Liquidated Damages. The Corporation's obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of its Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any Person associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Preferred Stock which is subject to the in junction, which bond shall remain in eff ect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment in its favor. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Corporation shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Stated Value of Preferred Stock being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date and increasing to $50 per Trading Day on the tenth Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation's failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law. 9 |
| iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Corporation fails for any reason to deliver to a Holder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6( c )(i), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Ho Ider' s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a "Buy-In"), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such Holder's total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Preferred Stock submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(c)(i). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Corporation, 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 Corporation's failure to timely deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof. v. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. From and after the Reverse Stock Split Date and until no shares of the Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall ( subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account 10 |
| the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that following the Reverse Stock Split Date, all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. vi. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to upon such conversion, the Corporation 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 Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but consistent with the provisions of this subsection with respect to fractional Conversion Shares, nothing shall prevent any Holder from converting fractional shares of Preferred Stock. vii. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of the Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company ( or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares. d) Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holder's Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder's Affiliates (such Persons, "Attribution Parties")) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock 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 Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted 11 |
| portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Preferred Stock) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6( d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6( d) applies, the determination of whether the Preferred Stock is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of Preferred Stock are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such Holder's determination of whether the shares of Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many shares of the Preferred Stock are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Holder will be deemed to represent to the Corporation each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Corporation 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. The Holder understands and acknowledges that the Corporation is not representing to the Holder that the calculations and determinations set forth in this Section 6(d) are in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. For purposes of this Section 6( d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Corporation's most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Corporation or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request (which may be via email) of a Holder, the Corporation shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to such 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 Corporation, including the Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall be 4.99% ( or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock, 9.99%) 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 Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder. A Holder, upon notice to the Corporation submitted in writing (which may be via email) to the Secretary of the Corporation, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6( d) applicable to its Preferred Stock provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9. 99% of the number of shares of the Common 12 |
| Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Stock held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 6( d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation and shall only apply to such Holder and no other Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be waived by the Corporation or the Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6( d) to correct this paragraph ( or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of Preferred Stock. Section 7. Certain Adjustments. a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at anytime while the Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, the Preferred Stock), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split, including the Reverse Stock Split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock ( excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become eff ective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification. b) Subseguent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7 (a) above, if at any time the Corporation 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 each 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 conversion of such Holder's Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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 13 |
| are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, 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 such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as the Preferred Stock is outstanding, if the Corporation declares or makes 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 (other than any dividend or distribution as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 7(a)) (a "Distribution"), then, in each such case, each 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 conversion of the Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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, 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 Beneficial Ownership Limitation). d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while the Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person, (ii) the Corporation ( 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 Corporation 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 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Corporation, 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 Corporation, directly or 14 |
| 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 or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common 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) (each a "Fundamental Transaction"), then, upon any subsequent conversion of the Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of the Preferred Stock), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Corporation, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the "Alternate Consideration") receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of the Preferred Stock). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion 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 Corporation shall apportion the Conversion 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 conversion of the Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to eff ectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Certificate ofDesignation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders' right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The Corporation shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the survivor (the "Successor Entity") to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(d) pursuant to written agreements in customary form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for the Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Preferred Stock which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity ( or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Stock) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the 15 |
| 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 conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of the Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. 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 Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents referring to the "Corporation" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein. e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 11100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, 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 any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding. t) Notice to the Holders. i. Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder by email a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the adjustment required to be specified in such notice. ii. Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on the Common Stock or shall repurchase the Common Stock, (C) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock in their capacities as such 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 Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation ( and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then, in each case, the Corporation shall email to each Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the stock ledger of the Corporation, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or 16 |
| 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 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 hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non public information regarding the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries, the Corporation shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert its Preferred Stock ( or any part hereof) during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. Section 8. Mandatory Conversion and Forced Conversion. a) Mandatory Conversion. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Reverse Stock Split Date or, if all of the Equity Conditions are not satisfied on the Reverse Stock Split Date, on the first such date after the Reverse Stock Split Date if and only if such date is within and no later than ninety (90) Trading Days after the Reverse Stock Split Date, that all of the Equity Conditions are satisfied (unless waived in writing by a Holder with respect to such Holder), the Corporation may deliver written notice of the Mandatory Conversion to all Holders ("Mandatory Conversion Notice Date") and, subject to the Holder's election to convert the Holder's shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6 hereof, on the 15 th day following such notice (such 15 th day, the "Mandatory Conversion Date"), the Corporation shall convert all of each Holder's shares of Preferred Stock (the "Mandatory Conversion") into Conversion Shares at the then effective Conversion Price, it being agreed that the "Conversion Date" for purposes of Section 6 herein shall be deemed to be the Mandatory Conversion Date. The Mandatory Conversion hereunder shall not be effective unless all of the Equity Conditions are met (unless waived in writing by a Holder with respect to such Holder) on the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date through and including the Mandatory Conversion Date. For purposes of clarification, a Mandatory Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 6, including, without limitation, Section 6( d) and the provision requiring payment of liquidated damages. If any of the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied at any time on or after the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date through and including the actual delivery of all of the Conversion Shares to the Holders, a Holder may elect to nullify the Mandatory Conversion as to such Holder by notice to the Corporation within two (2) Trading Days after the first day on which any such Equity Condition has not been satisfied (provided that 17 |
| if, by a provision of the Transaction Documents, the Corporation is obligated to notify the Holders of the non-existence of an Equity Condition, such notice period shall be extended to the second Trading Day after proper notice from the Corporation) in which case the Mandatory Conversion shall be null and void, ab initio. Subject to the other terms hereof, the Corporation covenants and agrees that the Corporation will honor all Notices of Conversion that are tendered by the Holder on or after the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date. b) Forced Conversion. At any time after 120 days following the Original Issue Date, the Corporation may deliver a written notice to all Holders (a "Forced Conversion Notice" and the date such notice is delivered to all Holders, the "Forced Conversion Notice Date") to cause each Holder to convert all or part of such Holder's Preferred Stock (as specified in such Forced Conversion Notice) pursuant to Section 6 (a "Forced Conversion"), it being agreed that the "Conversion Date" for purposes of Section 6 shall be deemed to be the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such date, the "Forced Conversion Date"), provided that the Corporation shall not deliver (i) a Forced Conversion Notice more than once in any 60 day period or (ii) a Forced Conversion Notice within 60 days of a Mandatory Conversion. The Corporation may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Corporation shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions have been met on the Forced Conversion Notice Date through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the Trading Day after the date that the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to such conversion are actually delivered to the Holders pursuant to the Forced Conversion Notice. Any Forced Conversion Notices shall be applied ratably to all of the Holders still holding shares of Preferred Stock based on each such Holder's initial purchases of Preferred Stock hereunder, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied against such Holder's pro rata allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder if less than all shares of the Preferred Stock are forcibly converted. For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 6, including, without limitation, the provisions requiring payment of liquidated damages and Section 6( d) on Beneficial Ownership Limitation on conversion. Section 9. [futentionally Omitted] Section 10. Miscellaneous. a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, 777 Yamato Road, Suite 502, Boca Raton, FL 33431, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or such other e-mail address or address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 10. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight 18 |
| courier service addressed to each Holder at the e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such e-mail address or address appears on the books of the Corporation, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section 10 prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail to jsapirstein@FirstWaveBio.com and sromano@FirstWaveBio.com on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. b) Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder's Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, uncertificated shares or a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock represented by the certificate so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (which shall not include the requirement of posting of any bond). c) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. d) Waiver. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of any provision of this Certificate of Designation or any breach thereof shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or any breach thereof or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing. e) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. 19 |
| f) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. g) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. h) Status of Converted or Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may only be issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares may not be reissued as Preferred Stock and shall automatically be retired and shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Preferred Stock. ********************* 20 |
| RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Corporation be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations m accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this 15th day of July 2022. Isl James Sapirstein Name: James Sapirstein Title: President and Chief Executive Officer 21 |
| ANNEX A NOTICE OF CONVERSION (TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK) The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.000lper share (the "Common Stock"), of First Wave BioPharma, fuc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as may be required by the Corporation in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes. Conversion calculations: Date to Effect Conversion: -------------------- Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: ______ _ Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: ----------- Stated Value of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: --------- Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: ------------ Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________ _ Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion: ______ _ Address for Delivery: _________ _ or DW AC hlstructions: Broker no: ---- Account no: ----- [HOLDER] By: _______________ _ Name: Title: 22 |
| State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 08:27 AM 07/15/2022 FILED 08:27 AM 07/15/2022 SR 20222997504 - File Number 54 74088 FIRST WA VE BIO PHARMA, INC. CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES, RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS OF SERIES D CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW The undersigned, James Saperstein, does hereby certify that: 1. The undersigned is the President and Chief Executive Officer of First Wave BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"). 2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share. 3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors"): WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the "Certificate oflncorporation"), provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 10,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to divide the preferred stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights (including voting powers), preferences and limitations of any series of preferred stock; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the designation and number of a series of the preferred stock and to determine the designation, relative rights (including voting powers), preferences and limitations thereof, which shall consist of 150 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the powers, designations, rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows: TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK 1 |
| Section 1. the following meanings: Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have "Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act. "Alternate Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d). "Amendment" means the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to, after the date hereof, effect the Reverse Stock Split. "Authorized Stockholder Approval" means adoption and approval of the Amendment by the holders of a majority in voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter. "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6( d). "Business Day" means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to "stay at home", "shelter-in-place", "non-essential employee" or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day. "Buy-In" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(iv). "Closing" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement. "Closing Date" means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all conditions precedent to (i) each Holder's obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Corporation's obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. "Common Stock" means the Corporation's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed. 2 |
| "Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock. "Conversion Amount" means the sum of the Stated Value at issue. "Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). "Conversion Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b ). "Conversion Shares" means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof. "Escrow Agent" means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. "Escrow Agreement" means the escrow agreement which may be entered into prior to the Closing Date, by and among the Corporation, the Escrow Agent and the Placement Agent pursuant to which the Holder shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be applied to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. "Equity Conditions" means, during the period in question, (a) the Corporation shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the applicable Holder in respect of the Preferred Stock, (b )(i) there is an effective registration statement which either (A) covers the issuance by the Corporation of the Conversion Shares or (B) the Holders are permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Corporation believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 by a non-affiliate of the Corporation without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Corporation and set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holder, or (iii) all of the Conversion Shares maybe issued to the Holder pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and immediately resold without restriction, ( c) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Corporation believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (d) there is a sufficient number of authorized, but unissued and otherwise unreserved, shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, ( e) the Authorized Stockholder Approval shall have been received and be effective, (f) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock in question to the applicable 3 |
| Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 6( d) herein, (g) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction that has not been consummated, (h) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information and (i) the Corporation shall have duly honored all conversions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the applicable Holder on or prior to the dates so requested or required, if any. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 8(a). "Forced Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b ). "Forced Conversion Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b ). "Forced Conversion Notice Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b ). "Fundamental Transaction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d). "GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles. "Holder" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2. "Liquidation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5. "Mandatory Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a). "Mandatory Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a). "Mandatory Conversion Notice Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section "Notice of Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). "Original Issue Date" means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates, if any, which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock. "Placement Agent" means H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC 4 |
| "Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government ( or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind. "Preferred Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2. "Proposal" means the proposal submitted by the Board of Directors to the stockholders of the Corporation to adopt and approve the Amendment. "Purchase Agreement" means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated on or about the Original Issue Date, among the Corporation and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Reverse Stock Split" means a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at a ratio set forth in the Proposal ranging from one-for-ten (l-for-10) to at least one-for-twenty (1-for-20) that is to be effected by the filing and effectiveness of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the acceptance thereof. "Reverse Stock Split Date" means the date on which the Reverse Stock Split is consummated pursuant to the filing and effectiveness of the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. "Registration Rights Agreement" means the registration rights agreement, dated on or about the Original Issue Date, among the Corporation and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Securities" means the Preferred Stock and the Underlying Shares. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "Share Delivery Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6( c ). "Stated Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2. "Subscription Amount" shall mean, as to each Holder, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as specified below such Holder's name on the signature page of the Purchase Agreement and next to the heading "Subscription Amount," in United States dollars and in immediately available funds. "Successor Entity" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d). 5 |
| "Trading Day" means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business. "Trading Market" means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing). "Transaction Documents" means this Certificate of Designation, the Purchase Agreement, the Warrants, the Escrow Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. "Transfer Agent" means Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc., the current transfer agent of the Corporation and any successor transfer agent of the Corporation. "Underlying Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock. "Warrants" means, collectively, the Series D Common Stock purchase warrants issued in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement. Section 2. Designation. Amount and Par Value. The series of preferred stock shall be designated as Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") and the number of shares so designated shall be 150 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock ( each, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders")). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share and a stated value equal to $1,000 (the "Stated Value"). Unless otherwise provided in resolutions of the Board of Directors, the shares of Preferred Stock shall be uncertificated. Section 3. Dividends. Except for stock dividends or distributions for which adjustments are to be made pursuant to Section 7, Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, dividends on shares of Preferred Stock equal (on an as-if-converted-to Common-Stock basis, disregarding for such purpose any conversion limitations hereunder) to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as and if such dividends are paid on shares of the Common Stock. No other dividends shall be paid on shares of Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall not pay any dividends on the Common Stock unless the Corporation simultaneously complies with this provision. Section 4. Voting Rights. a) Solely for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation at which the shares of Preferred Stock are entitled 6 |
| to vote, the number of shares of Preferred Stock and votes represented by such shares shall be counted on an as converted to Common Stock basis, disregarding, for such purposes, any limitations on conversion set forth herein. b) Each share of Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof (a) to vote exclusively on the Proposal (and the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any other matter except to the extent required under the Delaware General Corporation Law) and (b) to a number of votes equal to the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion thereof assuming the Preferred Stock were then convertible into Common Stock (whether or not such Conversion Shares are then convertible and disregarding any limitations on conversion set forth herein) and shall, except as required by law, vote together with the Common Stock and any other issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, as a single class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition, as long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock in this Certificate of Designation, (b) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, or ( c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. Each Holder agrees that such Holder's voting rights pursuant to this Section 4 shall be limited to a number of Conversion Shares underlying the Series D Preferred Stock determined by dividing the Stated Value by the NASDAQ Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) immediately preceding the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement ( or $0.1997 per share). For purposes of clarity, NASDAQ Minimum Price shall apply only for purposes of Section 4 of the Series D Certificate ofDesignation and not apply to any other section of the Series D Certificate of Designation or any Transaction Document. Section 5. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a "Liquidation"), prior and in preference to the Common Stock, the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets available for distribution to stockholders an amount equal to 100% of the Stated Value and no more. The preference set forth in this Section 5 with respect to distributions to the Preferred Stock upon a Liquidation shall apply mutatis mutandis to any distributions to be made upon the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation or Fundamental Transaction not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder. Section 6. Conversion. a) Conversions at Option of Holder. Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the Reverse Stock Split Date at the option of the Holder thereof, into that number of shares of Common Stock (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6( d)) determined by dividing the Stated Value of such share of Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a "Notice of Conversion"). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares 7 |
| of Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by email such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation (such date, the "Conversion Date"). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee ( or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. From and after the Conversion Date, until presented for transfer or exchange, certificates that previously represented shares of Preferred Stock, if any, shall represent, in lieu of the number of shares of Preferred Stock previously represented by such certificate, the number of shares of Preferred Stock, if any, previously represented by such certificate that were not converted pursuant to the Notice of Conversion, plus the number of shares of Conversion Shares into which the shares of Preferred Stock previously represented by such certificate were converted. To effect conversions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s), if any, representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate, if any, representing such shares of Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued as shares of Preferred Stock and shall automatically and without further action by the Corporation be retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation. b) Conversion Price. The conversion price for the Preferred Stock shall equal $0.15 (prior to giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split), subject to adjustment herein (the "Conversion Price"). c) Mechanics of Conversion i. Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As used herein, "Standard Settlement Period" means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Corporation's primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion. ii. Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the 8 |
| applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and the Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion. m. Obligation Absolute: Partial Liquidated Damages. The Corporation's obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of its Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any Person associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment in its favor. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Corporation shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Stated Value of Preferred Stock being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date and increasing to $50 per Trading Day on the tenth Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation's failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, 9 |
| a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law. iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Corporation fails for any reason to deliver to a Holder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6( c )(i), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm 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 such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a "Buy-In"), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such Holder's total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Preferred Stock submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(c)(i). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11, 000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of$ I 0,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Corporation, 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 Corporation's failure to timely deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof. v. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. From and after the Reverse Stock Split Date and until no shares of the Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose ofissuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock as herein provided, free 10 |
| from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall ( subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that following the Reverse Stock Split Date, all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. vi. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to upon such conversion, the Corporation 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 Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but consistent with the provisions of this subsection with respect to fractional Conversion Shares, nothing shall prevent any Holder from converting fractional shares of Preferred Stock. vii. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of the Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company ( or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares. d) Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holder's Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder's Affiliates (such Persons, "Attribution Parties")) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred 11 |
| Stock 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 Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Preferred Stock) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6( d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6( d) applies, the determination of whether the Preferred Stock is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of Preferred Stock are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such Holder's determination of whether the shares of Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many shares of the Preferred Stock are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Holder will be deemed to represent to the Corporation each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Corporation 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. The Holder understands and acknowledges that the Corporation is not representing to the Holder that the calculations and determinations set forth in this Section 6( d) are in compliance with Section 13( d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. For purposes of this Section 6( d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Corporation's most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Corporation or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request (which may be via email) of a Holder, the Corporation shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to such 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 Corporation, including the Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall be 4.99% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock, 9.99%) 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 Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder. A Holder, upon 12 |
| notice to the Corporation submitted in writing (which may be via email) to the Secretary of the Corporation, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6( d) applicable to its Preferred Stock provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9 .99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Stock held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 6( d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation and shall only apply to such Holder and no other Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be waived by the Corporation or the Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6( d) to correct this paragraph ( or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of Preferred Stock. Section 7. Certain Adjustments. a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at anytime while the Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, the Preferred Stock), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split, including the Reverse Stock Split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock ( excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(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 any adjustments pursuant to Section 7 (a) above, if at any time the Corporation 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 each 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 conversion of such 13 |
| Holder's Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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, to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, 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 such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as the Preferred Stock is outstanding, if the Corporation declares or makes 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 ( other than any dividend or distribution as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 7(a)) (a "Distribution"), then, in each such case, each 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 conversion of the Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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, 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 Beneficial Ownership Limitation). d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while the Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person, (ii) the Corporation ( 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 Corporation 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 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the 14 |
| Corporation, 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 Corporation, 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 or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common 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) (each a "Fundamental Transaction"), then, upon any subsequent conversion of the Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of the Preferred Stock), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Corporation, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the "Alternate Consideration") receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of the Preferred Stock). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion 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 Corporation shall apportion the Conversion 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 conversion of the Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to eff ectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Certificate ofDesignation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders' right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The Corporation shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the survivor (the "Successor Entity") to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(d) pursuant to written agreements in customary form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Ho Ider, deliver to the Holder in exchange for the Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Preferred Stock which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity ( or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of 15 |
| Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Stock) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (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 conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of the Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. 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 Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents referring to the "Corporation" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein. e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 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 7, 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 any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding. :t) Notice to the Holders. i. Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder by email a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the adjustment required to be specified in such notice. ii. Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on the Common Stock or shall repurchase the Common Stock, (C) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock in their capacities as such 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 Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation ( and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Corporation shall 16 |
| authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then, in each case, the Corporation shall email to each Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the stock ledger of the Corporation, at least twenty (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 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 hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non public information regarding the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries, the Corporation shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert its Preferred Stock ( or any part hereof) during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. Section 8. Mandatory Conversion and Forced Conversion. a) Mandatory Conversion. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Reverse Stock Split Date or, if all of the Equity Conditions are not satisfied on the Reverse Stock Split Date, on the first such date after the Reverse Stock Split Date if and only if such date is within and no later than ninety (90) Trading Days after the Reverse Stock Split Date, that all of the Equity Conditions are satisfied (unless waived in writing by a Holder with respect to such Holder), the Corporation may deliver written notice of the Mandatory Conversion to all Holders ("Mandatory Conversion Notice Date") and, subject to the Holder's election to convert the Holder's shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6 hereof, on the 15th day following such notice (such 15th day, the "Mandatory Conversion Date"), the Corporation shall convert all of each Holder's shares of Preferred Stock (the "Mandatory Conversion") into Conversion Shares at the then effective Conversion Price, it being agreed that the "Conversion Date" for purposes of Section 6 herein shall be deemed to be the Mandatory Conversion Date. The Mandatory Conversion hereunder shall not be eff ective unless all of the Equity Conditions are met (unless waived in writing by a Holder with respect to such Holder) on the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date through and including the Mandatory Conversion Date. For purposes of clarification, a Mandatory Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 6, including, without limitation, Section 6( d) and the provision requiring payment of liquidated damages. If any of the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied at any time on or after 17 |
| the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date through and including the actual delivery of all of the Conversion Shares to the Holders, a Holder may elect to nullify the Mandatory Conversion as to such Holder by notice to the Corporation within two (2) Trading Days after the first day on which any such Equity Condition has not been satisfied (provided that if, by a provision of the Transaction Documents, the Corporation is obligated to notify the Holders of the non-existence of an Equity Condition, such notice period shall be extended to the second Trading Day after proper notice from the Corporation) in which case the Mandatory Conversion shall be null and void, ab initio. Subject to the other terms hereof, the Corporation covenants and agrees that the Corporation will honor all Notices of Conversion that are tendered by the Holder on or after the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date. b) Forced Conversion. At any time after 120 days following the Original Issue Date, the Corporation may deliver a written notice to all Holders (a "Forced Conversion Notice" and the date such notice is delivered to all Holders, the "Forced Conversion Notice Date") to cause each Holder to convert all or part of such Holder's Preferred Stock (as specified in such Forced Conversion Notice) pursuant to Section 6 (a "Forced Conversion"), it being agreed that the "Conversion Date" for purposes of Section 6 shall be deemed to be the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such date, the "Forced Conversion Date"), provided that the Corporation shall not deliver (i) a Forced Conversion Notice more than once in any 60 day period or (ii) a Forced Conversion Notice within 60 days of a Mandatory Conversion. The Corporation may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Corporation shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions have been met on the Forced Conversion Notice Date through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the Trading Day after the date that the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to such conversion are actually delivered to the Holders pursuant to the Forced Conversion Notice. Any Forced Conversion Notices shall be applied ratably to all of the Holders still holding shares of Preferred Stock based on each such Holder's initial purchases of Preferred Stock hereunder, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied against such Holder's pro rata allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder if less than all shares of the Preferred Stock are forcibly converted. For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 6, including, without limitation, the provisions requiring payment of liquidated damages and Section 6( d) on Beneficial Ownership Limitation on conversion. Section 9. [Intentionally Omitted] Section 10. Miscellaneous. a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, 777 Yamato Road, Suite 502, Boca Raton, FL 33431, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or such other e-mail 18 |
| address or address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section l 0. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such e-mail address or address appears on the books of the Corporation, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section 10 prior to 5 :30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via e-mail to jsapirstein@FirstWaveBio.com and sromano@FirstWaveBio.com on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. b) Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder's Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, uncertificated shares or a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock represented by the certificate so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (which shall not include the requirement of posting of any bond). c) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. d) Waiver. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of any provision of this Certificate of Designation or any breach thereof shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or any breach thereof or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing. e) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall 19 |
| nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. f) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. g) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. h) Status of Converted or Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may only be issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares may not be reissued as Preferred Stock and shall automatically be retired and shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Preferred Stock. ********************* 20 |
| RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Corporation be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations m accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this 15th day of July 2022. Isl James Sapirstein Name: James Sapirstein Title: President and Chief Executive Officer 21 |
| ANNEX A NOTICE OF CONVERSION (TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK) The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.000lper share (the "Common Stock"), of First Wave BioPharma, fuc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as may be required by the Corporation in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes. Conversion calculations: Date to Effect Conversion: -------------------- Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: ______ _ Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: ----------- Stated Value of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: --------- Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: ------------ Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________ _ Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion: ______ _ Address for Delivery: _________ _ or DW AC fustructions: Broker no: ---- Account no: ----- [HOLDER] By: _______________ _ Name: Title: 22 |
Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC.
(as amended through July 7, 2022)
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
1.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, if any, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (the “Corporation”), the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the Corporation. The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
1.2 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on a date and at a time designated by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. The Board may postpone, recess, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled annual meeting of stockholders.
1.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting. The Board may postpone, recess, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.
1.4 Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. The notices of all meetings shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting). The notice of a special meeting shall state, in addition, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
1.5 Voting List. The Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
1.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, of both (i) the holders of one-third of the voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, and (ii) the holders of at least one-third of the shares of common stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of capital stock is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of one-third of the voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on such matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.
1.7 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time to any other time and to any other place at which a meeting of stockholders may be held under these Bylaws by the Board, the chairman of the meeting or, if directed to be voted on by the chairman of the meeting, by the stockholders present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, although less than a quorum. Notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting other than an announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken of the hour, date and place, if any, to which the meeting is adjourned and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
1.8 Proxies. Each stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person (including by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting) or may authorize another person or persons to vote for such stockholder by a proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by applicable law. No such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from the date of its execution, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Except as otherwise limited therein or as otherwise provided by law, proxies authorizing a person to vote at a specific meeting shall entitle the persons authorized thereby to vote at any adjournment or postponement of such meeting, but they shall not be valid after final adjournment of such meeting.
1.9 Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, any matter other than the election of directors to be voted upon by the stockholders at such meeting shall be decided by the vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority in voting power of the votes cast by the holders of all of the shares of stock present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter (or if there are two or more classes or series of stock entitled to vote as separate classes, then in the case of each such class or series, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of that class or series present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter), except when a different vote is required by express provision of applicable law, regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in which case such express provisions shall govern. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect.
1.10 Action Without a Meeting. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the stockholders are required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a written consent or electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed or e-mailed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting called for such purpose.
1.11 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.10 is delivered by such stockholder to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting upon such election of directors or upon such other business, as the case may be, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.10.
(2) For any nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 1.10, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation (and must timely provide any updates or supplements to such notice at such times and in such forms provided by this Section 1.10) and any such proposed business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board) must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation); provided, further, that for purposes of the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, which is the first annual meeting following the adoption of these Bylaws, notice by the stockholders must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the adoption of these Bylaws is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment, postponement or recess of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting. To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 1.10, such stockholder's notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business and residence address, and principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (ii) and all other information relating to such nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (iii) a reasonably detailed description of any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding that such nominee has with any other person or entity other than the Corporation including the amount of any payment or payments received or receivable thereunder, in each case in connection with candidacy or service as a director of the Corporation, (iv) such person's written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement and associated proxy card as a nominee of the stockholder and to serving as a director if elected and (v) all information with respect to such nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.10 if such nominee were the stockholder giving notice hereunder; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), (iii) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (iv) any direct or indirect material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made and any other person or persons with whom such stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, has any agreement, arrangement or understanding in connection with such proposal and (v) such other information relating to any proposed item of business as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine whether such proposed item of business is a proper matter for stockholder action; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) or of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner (provided, that such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation as to which such stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future), (iii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing (including their names), including, in the case of a nomination, the nominee, (iv) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholder's notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owners, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, with respect to securities of the Corporation, (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting upon such business or nomination, as the case may be, and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (vi) a representation as to whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation's outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and (vii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The foregoing notice requirements of this paragraph (A) of this Section 1.10 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder's proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. If requested by the Corporation, the information required by clause (c) of this paragraph (A)(2) shall be supplemented by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date. In addition, a stockholder seeking to nominate a director candidate or bring other business before the annual meeting shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 1.10 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board at the annual meeting is increased effective after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 1.10 and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice required by this Section 1.10 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or (2) provided that the Board has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.10 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.10. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such special meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation's notice of meeting, if the stockholder's notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 1.10 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which the public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment, postponement or recess of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above.
(C) General. (1) Except as otherwise expressly provided in any applicable rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.10. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholder's nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder's representation as required by clause (A)(2)(c)(vi) of this Section 1.10) and (b) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.10, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.10, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of such writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2) For purposes of this Section 1.10, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.10; provided however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 1.10 (including paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) of this Section 1.10 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the penultimate sentence of (A)(2), business other than nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 1.10 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals or nominations in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation.
1.12 Conduct of Meetings; Inspectors of Election.
(A) Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Chairman's absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Vice Chairman's absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officer's absence, by the President, or in the President's absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of all of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary's absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
(B) The Board may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
(C) The chairman of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter to be voted upon at the meeting will be opened and closed. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted.
(D) The Corporation may, and if required by law, shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees, agents or representatives of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and, when the vote is completed, shall certify the inspector’s determination of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by law. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or duly appointed inspectors.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
2.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which may exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
2.2 Number, Election; Term and Qualification.
(A) Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of the directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time solely by resolution of the Board. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to the election of directors, each director of the Corporation shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she is elected and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, death or removal. Election of directors need not be by written ballot. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.
(B) During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock have the right to elect additional directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation, then upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then otherwise total number of authorized directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and (ii) each such additional director shall serve until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be reduced accordingly.
2.3 Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board may appoint from its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board, neither of whom need be an employee or officer of the Corporation. If the Board appoints a Chairman of the Board, such Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board and, if the Chairman of the Board is also designated as the Corporation's Chief Executive Officer, shall have the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer prescribed in Section 3.7 of these Bylaws. If the Board appoints a Vice Chairman of the Board, such Vice Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or, in the Chairman's absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board.
2.4 Quorum. The greater of (a) a majority of the directors at any time in office and (b) one-third of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum of the Board. If at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
2.5 Action at Meeting. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation.
2.6 Terms of Office. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director was elected; provided that the term of each director shall continue until the election and qualification of his or her successor and be subject to his or her earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal.
2.7 Newly Created Directorships; Vacancies. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders; provided that a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the stockholders may be filled by the stockholders. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall, in the case of a newly created directorship, hold office for the full term of the class in which the newly created directorship was created or, in the case of a vacancy, hold office for the remaining term of his or her predecessor and in each case until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, subject to his or her earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal.
2.8 Removal. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any director or the entire Board may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of Directors.
2.9 Resignation. Any director may resign by delivering a resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation at its principal office or to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event.
2.10 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place as shall be determined from time to time by the Board; provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is made shall be given notice of the determination. A regular meeting of the Board may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.
2.11 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, or by one director in the event that there is only a single director in office.
2.12 Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the date, place and time of any special meeting of the Board shall be given to each director (a) in person or by telephone at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting, (b) by sending written notice by reputable overnight courier, telecopy, electronic mail, facsimile or other means of electronic transmission, or delivering written notice by hand, to such director's last known business, home or means of electronic transmission address at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting, or (c) by sending written notice by first-class mail to such director's last known business or home address at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the meeting. Such notice may be given by the Secretary or by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or one of the directors calling the meeting. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board need not specify the purposes of the meeting.
2.13 Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment. Directors may participate in meetings of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
2.14 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board, or the committee thereof, in the same paper or electronic form as the minutes are maintained.
2.15 Committees. The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board and subject to the provisions of law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each such committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the Board may from time to time request. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.
2.16 Compensation of Directors. Directors may be paid such compensation for their services and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board may from time to time determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary entities in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
3.1 Titles. The officers of the Corporation may consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer and a Secretary and such other officers with such other titles as the Board shall from time to time determine. The Board may appoint such other officers, including one or more Vice Presidents and one or more Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries, as it may deem appropriate from time to time. The only individuals who shall be considered the officers of the Corporation shall be those individuals who have been appointed or elected as an officer of the Corporation by the Board.
3.2 Election. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board.
3.3 Qualification. No officer need be a stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
3.4 Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until such officer's successor is duly elected and qualified, unless a different term is specified in the resolution electing or appointing such officer, or until such officer's earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
3.5 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign by delivering a resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation at its principal office or to the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event. Any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Except as the Board may otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation as an officer for any period following such officer's resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether such officer's compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided for in a duly authorized written agreement with the Corporation
3.6 Vacancies. The Board may fill any vacancy occurring in any office for any reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled, for such period as it may determine, any offices. Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term of such officer's predecessor and until a successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such officer's earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
3.7 President; Chief Executive Officer. Unless the Board has designated another person as the Corporation's Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Corporation subject to the direction of the Board, and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of chief executive or that are delegated to such officer by the Board. The President shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer) may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer or the President (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so performing such duties shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.
3.8 Vice Presidents/Other Officers. Each Vice President and any other officer designated by the Board shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. The Board may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, and may assign to any Vice President or other officer any other title selected by the Board.
3.9 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of the secretary, including without limitation the duty and power to give notices of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board, to attend all meetings of stockholders and the Board (other than executive sessions of the Board) and keep a record of the proceedings, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents.
Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.
The chairman of any meeting of the Board or of stockholders may designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of any meeting.
3.10 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to deposit funds of the Corporation in depositories selected in accordance with these Bylaws, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the Board statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Treasurer may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.
3.11 Salaries. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board. No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that he is also a director.
3.12 Delegation of Authority. The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
4.1 Issuance of Stock. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation or the whole or any part of any shares of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation held in the Corporation's treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Board in such manner, for such lawful consideration and on such terms as the Board may determine.
4.2 Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation's stock shall be uncertificated shares. Every holder of stock of the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed by law and by the Board, representing the number of shares held by such holder registered in certificate form. Each such certificate shall be signed in a manner that complies with Section 158 of the DGCL and each of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer are duly authorized to sign such certificates by, or in the name of, the Corporation, unless otherwise expressly provided in the resolution of the Board electing such officer.
Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable securities laws or any agreement among any number of stockholders or among such holders and the Corporation shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction.
If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock, provided that in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the registered owner thereof shall be given a notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the DGCL or, with respect to Section 151 of DGCL, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
4.3 Transfers. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation, and these Bylaws. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of stock of the Corporation. Subject to applicable law, shares of stock represented by certificates shall be transferred only on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Except as may be otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation, or these Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
4.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate or uncertificated shares in place of any previously issued certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, including the presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity and posting of such bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
4.5 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
4.6 Regulations. The issue and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board may establish.
ARTICLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
5.1 Fiscal Year. Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each year and end on the last day of December in each year.
5.2 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board.
5.3 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation, or these Bylaws, a written waiver signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before, at or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in any such waiver. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
5.4 Voting of Securities. Except as the Board may otherwise designate, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer may waive notice, vote, consent, or appoint any person or persons to waive notice, vote or consent, on behalf of the Corporation, and act as, or appoint any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact for the Corporation (with or without power of substitution and re-substitution), with respect to the securities of any other entity which may be held by this Corporation.
5.5 Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the Corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.
5.6 Certificate of Incorporation. All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and/or restated and in effect from time to time, including any certificate (a “Preferred Stock Designation”) setting forth the designation of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation (“Preferred Stock”).
5.7 Severability. Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these Bylaws.
5.8 Pronouns. All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.
5.9 Manner of Notice. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws may be given in writing directed to the stockholder’s mailing address (or by electronic transmission directed to the stockholder’s electronic mail address, as applicable) as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice shall be given (i) if mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, (ii) if delivered by courier service, the earlier of when the notice is received or left at the stockholder’s address, or (iii) if given by electronic mail, when directed at to such stockholder’s electronic mail address (unless the stockholder has notified the Corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail or such notice is prohibited by the DGCL to be given by electronic transmission). A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation. A notice by electronic mail shall be deemed to include any files attached thereto and any information hyperlinked to a website if such electronic mail includes the contact information of an officer or agent of the Corporation who is available to assist with accessing such files or information. Any notice to stockholders under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws provided by electronic transmission (other than any such notice given by electronic mail) may only be given in a form consented to by such stockholder, and any such notice by electronic transmission shall be deemed to be given as provided by the DGCL.
5.10 Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board as expressly provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote, and in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, including any Preferred Stock Designation, these Bylaws may also be amended, altered or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT
7.1 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 7.3, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, in and of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person's conduct was unlawful.
7.2 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 7.3, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
7.3 Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.2, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
7.4 Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 7.3, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful, if such person's action is based on good faith reliance on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Section 7.4 shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. The provisions of this Section 7.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7.1 or 7.2, as the case may be.
7.5 Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 7.3, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, if a claim under Sections 7.1 or 7.2 of this Article VII is not paid in full by the Corporation within (i) ninety (90) days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation, or (ii) thirty (30) days after a written claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter (but not before) bring suit against the Corporation in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, together with interest thereon, or to obtain advancement of expenses, as applicable. It shall be a defense to any such action brought to enforce a right to indemnification (but not in an action brought to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL (or other applicable law) for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 7.3 nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the claimant has not met any applicable standard of conduct. If successful, in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in connection therewith, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
7.6 Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses, including without limitation attorneys' fees, incurred by a current or former director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding that is subject to this Article VII shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such current or former director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VII.
7.7 Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that, subject to Section 7.11, indemnification of the persons specified in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 7.1 or 7.2 but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise.
7.8 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VII.
7.9 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VII, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VII, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect of any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article VII.
7.10 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
7.11 Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 7.5), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent in connection with an action, suit proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.
7.12 Contract Rights. The obligations of the Corporation under this Article VII to indemnify, and advance expenses to, a person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation shall be considered a contract between the Corporation and such person, and no modification or repeal of any provision of this Article VII shall affect, to the detriment of such person, such obligations of the Corporation in connection with a claim based on any act or failure to act occurring before such modification or repeal.
ARTICLE VIII
Forum Selection
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, (A) (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws (as either may be amended or restated) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the law of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be exclusively brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, the federal district court of the State of Delaware; and (B) the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article VIII shall not apply to claims seeking to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article VIII.
Exhibit 5.1
July 28, 2022
First Wave BioPharma, Inc.
777 Yamato Road, Suite 502
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to First Wave BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the offer and sale by the selling stockholders identified therein of up to 4,120,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). Such shares of Common Stock consist of:
| (i) | 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Series D Conversion Shares”) issuable upon conversion of 150 shares of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”), stated value $1,000 per share, which are currently issued and outstanding; |
| (ii) | 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Series E Conversion Shares”) issuable upon conversion of 150 shares of the Company’s Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series E Preferred Stock”), stated value $1,000 per share, which are currently issued and outstanding; |
| (iii) | 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Series D Warrant Shares”) issuable upon exercise of certain warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “Series D Warrants”), which are currently issued and outstanding; and |
| (vi) | 120,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares” and together with the Series D Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) issuable upon exercise of certain warrants to purchase Common Stock, which are currently issued and outstanding. |
In connection with rendering this opinion, we have examined the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series D Preferred Stock, the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series E Preferred Stock, the forms of the Warrants, and such other corporate records, agreements, documents and instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company, and we have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity of original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:
| 1. | when issued in accordance with the terms of the Series D Preferred Stock, the Series D Conversion Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; |
| 2. | when issued in accordance with the terms of the Series E Preferred Stock, the Series E Conversion Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and |
| 3. | when issued in accordance with the terms of the respective Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Lowenstein Sandler LLP | |
| Lowenstein Sandler LLP | |
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of First Wave BioPharma, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated March 31, 2022, on the consolidated financial statements of First Wave BioPharma, Inc. as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2021, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Wave BioPharma, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2021. The report for First Wave BioPharma, Inc. includes an explanatory paragraph about the existence of substantial doubt concerning its ability to continue as a going concern. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement.
/s/ Mazars USA LLP
New York, New York
July 28, 2022