IDXG 8-K
Interpace Biosciences, Inc. (IDXG)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Exchange Agreement
On October 10th, 2024, Interpace Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”), Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership (“Ampersand”) and 1315 Capital II, L.P. (“1315 Capital and, together with Ampersand, the “Investors”) entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company exchanged (the “Exchange”) an aggregate of 47,000 shares of the Company’s existing Series B convertible preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), comprised of 28,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by Ampersand and 19,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by 1315 Capital, which represented all of the Company’s issued and outstanding Series B Preferred Stock, for 47,000 newly created shares of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), at an issuance price per share of $1,000 (the “Stated Value”). In the Exchange, Ampersand received 28,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and 1315 received 19,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. The Company believes that the newly issued Series C Preferred Stock should constitute stockholders’ equity under generally accepted accounting principles.
The Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) at a conversion price of $2.02 per share of Common Stock (subject to further adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination, or other similar recapitalization affecting such shares) (the “Series C Conversion Price”) which was the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of the Exchange Agreement. The Series C Preferred Stock does not have a liquidation preference over the Common Stock in the event of a sale or dissolution of the Company, does not have director designation rights and includes limited customary protective provisions. The Series B Preferred Stock had a conversion price of $6.00 per share of Common Stock and included additional protective provisions not applicable to the Series C Preferred Stock, including (i) limitations on the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to declare dividends, (ii) director designation rights for each of the Investors, (iii) liquidation rights of holders upon “deemed liquidation” events, including a liquidation preference over the Common Stock, (iv) limitations on the ability to authorize, issue or create debt securities, (v) limitations on the ability to enter into mergers or acquisitions and (vi) limitations on the ability to conduct public offerings of the Company’s Common Stock.
The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement occurred on October 11, 2024 following the satisfaction of customary conditions set forth in the Exchange Agreement and did not result in the receipt of any cash proceeds by the Company.
Certificate of Designation
In connection with the Exchange, on October 11, 2024, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Exchange Agreement, and filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 (the “Certificate of Designation”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Each capitalized term used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Certificate of Designation.
Voting
On any matter presented to the stockholders of the Company for their action or consideration at any meeting of stockholders of the Company (or by written consent of stockholders in lieu of meeting), each holder of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock will be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of Common Stock, into which the shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by such holder are convertible as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on such matter. Except as provided by law or by the Certificate of Designation, holders of Series C Preferred Stock will vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class and on an as-converted to Common Stock basis.
Conversion
The Certificate of Designation provides that from and after the Issuance Date and subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designation, each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible, at any time and from time to time, at the option of the holder into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of the Series C Conversion Ratio (the “Series C Conversion Ratio”) and the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted. The Series C Conversion Ratio is calculated by dividing the Stated Value per share of Series C Preferred Stock by the Series C Conversion Price. The Series C Conversion Ratio is subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination, or other similar recapitalization which results in the adjustment of the Series C Conversion Price.
The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued through conversion of all of the Exchange Shares is 23,267,326 shares (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization affecting such shares).
Mandatory Conversion
Immediately prior to the Company’s listing of Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market, all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of the Series C Conversion Ratio and the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned by each holder.
Dividends
The Certificate of Designation does not provide for mandatory dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock. Dividends may be declared and paid on the Series C Preferred Stock from funds lawfully available and as determined by the Board.
Protective Provisions
For so long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding, the written consent of each holder of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock is required for the Company or its subsidiaries to (i) amend, waive, alter or repeal the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock, (ii) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Certificate of Designation in a manner adverse to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock or (iii) authorize, create or issue any equity securities senior to or pari passu with the Series C Preferred Stock.
Liquidation
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders on a pari passu basis with the holders of the Common Stock of the Company.
Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement
In connection with the Exchange, on October 10, 2024, the Company and the Investors entered into an amended and restated investor rights agreement (the “Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement”), which amended and restated that certain Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2020, among the Company and the Investors (the “Prior Investor Rights Agreement”), the form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on January 17, 2020. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, the Company and the Investors established certain terms and conditions concerning the rights of and restrictions on the Investors with respect to the ownership of the Series C Preferred Stock of the Company.
The Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement provides the Investors with (1) demand registration rights exercisable beginning on the date of the Closing and subject to certain limitations described therein, (2) piggy-back registration rights at any time the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, subject to certain exceptions described therein, and (3) shelf registration rights.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Termination of Support Agreement
As previously reported on the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020, filed on October 19, 2020, the Company entered into a Support Agreement (the “Support Agreement”) with 1315 Capital, pursuant to which 1315 Capital consented to, and agreed to vote (by proxy or otherwise), all shares of Series B Preferred Stock registered in its name or beneficially owned by it and/or over which it exercises voting control as of the date of the Support Agreement and any other shares of Series B Preferred Stock legally or beneficially held or acquired by 1315 Capital after the date of the Support Agreement or over which it exercises voting control, in favor of any Fundamental Action desired to be taken by the Company as determined by the Board. For purposes of the Support Agreement, “Fundamental Action” means any action proposed to be taken by the Company and set forth in Section 4(d)(i), 4(d)(ii), 4(d)(v), 4(d)(vi), 4(d)(viii) or 4(d)(ix) of the Series B Preferred Stock designated in the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which was filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on January 17, 2020, or Section 8.5.1.1, 8.5.1.2, 8.5.1.5, 8.5.1.6, 8.5.1.8 or 8.5.1.9 of the Prior Investor Rights Agreement.
In connection with the Exchange, the Company and 1315 Capital entered into a Termination of Support Agreement, dated October 14, 2024 (the “Support Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties agreed that the Support Agreement would immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect as of the date of the Support Termination Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Support Termination Agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Support Termination Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued in the Exchange were not registered under the Securities Act, and were issued in reliance on the exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, for transactions not involving a public offering.
The information regarding the Exchange, including entry into the Exchange Agreement, as set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information regarding the Exchange, including entry into the Exchange Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Designation concurrent with Closing, as set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The information regarding the filing of the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of Delaware on October 11, 2024, as set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 15, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Exchange Agreement and the Closing. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as will be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Interpace Biosciences, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Name: | Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: October 15, 2024
Exhibit 3.1
INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES, RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE
DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) does hereby certify that, in accordance with Section 151 of the DGCL, the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on October 10, 2024:
RESOLVED, pursuant to authority expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the issuance of a series of Preferred Stock designated as the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation is hereby authorized and the designation, number of shares, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof (in addition to any provisions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation that are applicable to the Preferred Stock of all classes and series) are hereby fixed, and this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is hereby approved as follows:
SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be 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.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
“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.
“Convertible Securities” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options.
“DGCL” shall mean the Delaware General Corporation Law.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Holder” means any holder of Series C Preferred Stock.
“Issuance Date” means October 11, 2024.
“Option” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
“Person” means any 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” means the Corporation’s preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.
“Series C Conversion Price” means an amount initially equal to $2.02 (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization affecting such shares).
“Series C Conversion Ratio” means, for each share of Series C Preferred Stock, the ratio obtained by dividing the Stated Value of such share by the Series C Conversion Price.
“Stated Value” means $1,000 per share.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded for any period on a principal securities exchange or if the Common Stock is not traded on a principal securities exchange, on a day that the Common Stock is traded on another securities market on which the Common Stock is then being traded.
Section 2. Designation, Amount and Par Value; Assignment.
(a) The Preferred Stock designated by this Certificate of Designation shall be designated as the Corporation’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares so designated shall be 52,000.
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(b) The Corporation shall register shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, upon records to be maintained by the Corporation for that purpose (the “Series C Preferred Stock Register”), in the name of the Holders thereof from time to time. The Corporation may deem and treat the registered Holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any conversion thereof and for all other purposes. Shares of Series C Preferred Stock may be issued solely in book-entry form or, if requested by any Holder, such Holder’s shares may be issued in certificated form. The Corporation shall register the transfer of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock in the Series C Preferred Stock Register, upon surrender of the certificates (if applicable) evidencing such shares to be transferred, duly endorsed by the Holder thereof, to the Corporation at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new certificate (or book-entry notation, if applicable) evidencing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a new certificate (or book-entry notation, if applicable) evidencing the remaining portion of the shares not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder, in each case, within two (2) Business Days. The provisions of this Certificate of Designation are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time and shall be enforceable by any such Holder.
Section 3. Dividends. Dividends may be declared and paid on the Series C Preferred Stock from funds lawfully available therefor as and when determined by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
Section 4. Voting Rights.
(a) Series C Preferred Stock Voting Rights. On any matter presented to the stockholders of the Corporation for their action or consideration at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (or by written consent of stockholders in lieu of meeting), each Holder of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by such Holder are convertible as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on such matter. Except as provided by law or by the other provisions of this Certificate of Designation, Holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class and on an as-converted to Common Stock basis.
(b) Protective Provisions. Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Designation to the contrary, for so long as any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the following actions may only be taken by the Corporation or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries with the written consent of each Holder of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock:
(i) amend, waive, alter or repeal the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock;
(ii) amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate of Designation in a manner that is adverse to the Holders of Series C Preferred Stock; or
(iii) authorize, create or issue any equity securities senior to or pari passu with the Series C Preferred Stock;
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Section 5. Liquidation.
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (a “Liquidation”), the Holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding on an as-converted basis shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders on a pari passu basis with the holders of the Common Stock of the Company.
Section 6. Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock into Common Stock.
(a) Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock into Common Stock at Option of Holder. Subject to Section 6(b) below, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the Issuance Date, at the option of the Holder thereof, into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of the Series C Conversion Ratio and the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted. Holders shall effect conversions of Series C Preferred Stock into Common Stock by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a “Notice of Conversion”), duly completed and executed. Provided the Corporation’s transfer agent is participating in the Depository Trust Corporation (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer program, the Notice of Conversion may specify, at the Holder’s election, whether the applicable Conversion Shares shall be credited to the DTC participant account nominated by the Holder through DTC’s Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system (a “DWAC Delivery”). The “Optional Conversion Date”, or the date on which a conversion shall be deemed effective, shall be defined as the Trading Day after the Trading Date that the Notice of Conversion, completed and executed, is sent by facsimile or other electronic transmission to, and received during regular business hours by, the Corporation; provided that the original certificate(s) (if any) representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion, are received by the Corporation within two (2) Trading Days thereafter. In all other cases, the Optional Conversion Date shall be defined as the Trading Day after the Trading Date on which the original shares of Series C Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion, are received by the Corporation.
(b) Mandatory Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock into Common Stock. Immediately prior to the listing of the Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market, all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned by each Holder shall automatically convert (a “Mandatory Conversion”) into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of the Series C Conversion Ratio and the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned by such Holder. The Trading Day that the Common Stock is listed for trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market is referred to herein as the “Mandatory Conversion Date” and together with each Optional Conversion Date, a “Conversion Date. Such shares of Series C Preferred Stock may not be reissued by the Corporation.
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(c) Mechanics of Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock into Common Stock.
(i) Delivery of Certificate or Electronic Issuance Upon Conversion. Not later than one (1) Trading Day after the applicable Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Corporation shall electronically transfer the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock by crediting the DTC participant account nominated by the Holder through DTC’s DWAC system. If in the case of a conversion to which Section 6(a) applies such shares are not electronically delivered to or as directed by, the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the applicable Holder shall be entitled to elect to rescind such Notice of Conversion by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates for Conversion Shares or electronic receipt of such shares, as applicable, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to such Holder any original Series C Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and such Holder shall promptly direct the return of any shares of Common Stock delivered to the Holder through the DWAC system, representing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Corporation.
(ii) Obligation Absolute. The Corporation’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, 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. 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; provided that Holder shall not receive duplicate damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein. 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.
(d) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. 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 Series C Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock, not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments of Section 7) upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances.
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(e) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share of Common Stock which a Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive upon such conversion, the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Series C Conversion Price.
(f) Transfer Taxes. The issuance of book entry notations for shares of the Common Stock upon conversion of the 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 of such book entry notation, 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 of such book entry notation upon conversion in a name other than that of the registered Holder(s) of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and the Corporation shall not be required to issue such book entry notation 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.
(g) Status as Stockholder. Upon each Conversion Date: (i) the shares of Series C Preferred Stock being converted shall be deemed converted into shares of Common Stock; and (ii) the Holder’s rights as a holder of such converted shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall cease and terminate, excepting only the right to receive book entry notations for such shares of Common Stock and to any remedies provided herein or otherwise available at law or in equity to such Holder because of a failure by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designation. In all cases, the Holder shall retain all of its rights and remedies for the Corporation’s failure to convert Series C Preferred Stock.
Section 7. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock with respect to the then outstanding shares of Common Stock; (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares; or (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then the Series C 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 (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation). 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 or combination.
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(b) Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in securities of the Corporation (other than a distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or in other property, then and in each such event the Holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall receive, simultaneously with the distribution to the holders of Common Stock, a dividend or other distribution of such securities or other property in an amount equal to the amount of such securities or other property as they would have received if all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.
(c) Adjustment for Merger or Reorganization, etc. Subject to the provisions of Section 5, if there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Corporation in which the Common Stock (but not the Series C Preferred Stock) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by Section 7(a) or Section 7(b)), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall thereafter be convertible in lieu of the Common Stock into which it was convertible prior to such event into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of one share of Series C Preferred Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Certificate of Designation with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth in this Certificate of Designation (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Series C Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock.
(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Certificate of Designation 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.
(e) Notice to the Holders.
(i) Adjustment to Series C Conversion Price. Whenever the Series C Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Series C Conversion Ratio after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
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(ii) Other Notices. 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 or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Corporation 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, or (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 Liquidation, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, then, in each case, the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be delivered to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, at least ten (10) 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, Liquidation or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.
Section 8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Lost or Mutilated Stock Certificates. If a Holder’s certificate representing shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, if requested by the Holder, 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 thereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and, in each case, customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested, without the requirement to post a bond. Applicants for a new certificate under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Corporation may prescribe, without the requirement to post a bond.
(b) Waiver. Any waiver by the Corporation 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 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. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing. Notwithstanding any provision in this Certificate of Designation to the contrary, any provision contained herein and any right of the Holders of Series C Preferred Stock granted hereunder may be waived as to all shares of Series C Preferred Stock (and the Holders thereof) upon the written consent of the Holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock (voting as a single class) then outstanding, unless a higher percentage is required by the DGCL, in which case the written consent of the Holders of not less than such higher percentage shall be required.
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(c) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
(f) Status of Converted Series C Preferred Stock. If any shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be converted or redeemed by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series C Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Interpace Biosciences, Inc., has caused this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 10th day of October, 2024.
| INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Name: | Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Title: | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | |
[Signature Page to Certificate of Designation]
ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER
IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK)
The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to convert the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock indicated below, represented by stock certificate No(s). _____ (the “Preferred Stock Certificates”), into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Interpace Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), as of the date written below. If securities 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. Capitalized terms utilized but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in that certain Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) filed by the Corporation with the Delaware Secretary of State on 0.
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: ________________________________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: _________________________________________________________
Address for delivery of physical certificates: _____________________________________________________________
Or
for DWAC Delivery: _______________________________________________________________________________
DWAC Instructions: _______________________________________________________________________________
Broker no: _______________________________________________________________________________________
Account no: _____________________________________________________________________________________
| HOLDER | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: | ||
Exhibit 10.1
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
This Exchange Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 10, 2024, by and among Interpace Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 1315 Capital II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (including its successors and assigns, “1315 Capital”) and Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (including its successors and assigns, “Ampersand” and, together with 1315 Capital, the “Preferred Stockholders” and each a “Preferred Stockholder”).
RECITALS
A. The Company has authorized a new series of convertible preferred stock of the Company designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Shares”), the terms of which are set forth in the certificate of designations, preferences and rights for such Series C Shares, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Certificate of Designation”).
B. 1315 Capital desires to exchange all of its 19,000 shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Shares”), and Ampersand desires to exchange all of its 28,000 Series B Shares (the “Exchange”), together representing all issued and outstanding Series B Shares of the Company, for that number of Series C Shares as set forth next to each Preferred Stockholder’s respective name on Schedule I (the “Exchange Shares”). The Preferred Stockholders and the Company intend, by executing this Agreement, that the Exchange qualify as a tax-free reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and that this Agreement will be, and is, adopted as a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g).
C. The Series C Shares shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation, at a conversion price of $2.02 per share of Common Stock, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization affecting such shares (the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any Preferred Shares, being the “Conversion Shares”). The Preferred Shares and the Conversion Shares are referred to herein as the “Securities.”
D. At the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver an Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (with such changes as the parties may mutually agree, the “Investor Rights Agreement”, which amends and restates the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated January 15, 2020, by and among the Company and the Preferred Stockholders (the “Original Investor Rights Agreement”)), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Preferred Stockholders hereby agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
“1315 Capital” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act; provided, however, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Preferred Stockholders or their Affiliates, and (ii) with respect to a Preferred Stockholder, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Preferred Stockholder will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Preferred Stockholder.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Ampersand” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Any Person shall be deemed to “beneficially own”, to have “beneficial ownership” of, or to be “beneficially owning” any securities (which securities shall also be deemed “beneficially owned” by such Person) that such Person is deemed to “beneficially own” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act; provided that any Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether or not such right is exercisable immediately (including assuming conversion of all Preferred Shares, if any, owned by such Person to Common Stock).
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, 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.
“Certificate of Designation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Closing Date” means the date on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 5.1 and 5.2 hereof are satisfied or waived, as the case may be, or such other date as the parties may agree.
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“Code” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Counsel” means McDermott Will & Emery LLP, with offices located at One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017.
“Company Organizational Documents” means the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, of the Company, in each case, as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
“Control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Conversion Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any securities into which the Conversion Shares may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Delaware Courts” means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Wilmington in the State of Delaware.
“DTC” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).
“Exchange” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Governmental Entity” means any United States or non-United States (i) federal, national, regional, state, provincial, local, municipal or other government, (ii) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity, any self-regulatory authority, public utility and any supra-national organization, state, county, city or other political subdivision and any court or other tribunal) or (iii) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any public arbitral tribunal, arbitrator or mediator.
“Investor Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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“Original Investor Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, Governmental Entity or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.
“Preferred Shares” means the Series C Shares, and also includes any securities into which the Series C Shares may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Preferred Stockholder” or “Preferred Stockholders” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Regulation D” means Rule 506 of Regulation D.
“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.
“SEC Reports” means all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, since the date that is two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material).
“Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Series B Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Series C Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or the OTC Markets Group Inc. on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto, the Investor Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements for the Closing explicitly contemplated hereunder and thereunder.
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“Transfer Agent” means Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, or any successor transfer agent for the Company.
“U.S. GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, as applied by the Company.
Article
II
EXCHANGE AND ISSUANCE
2.1 Closing.
(a) Exchange and Issuance of Exchange Shares.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue to the Preferred Stockholders such number of Exchange Shares as set forth next to each Preferred Stockholder’s respective name on Schedule I, in exchange for the tender for cancellation of an aggregate of 47,000 shares of Series B Shares held by the Preferred Stockholders as set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(ii) Except as otherwise required by applicable laws, the Company and the Preferred Stockholders hereby agree to treat, for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, the Exchange as a recapitalization under Section 368 of the Code.
(b) Closing. The Closing of the exchange and issuance of the Exchange Shares shall take place at the offices of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, with offices located at One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017, on the Closing Date or at such other locations or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree.
(c) Book-Entry. At the Closing, the Company shall issue all Exchange Shares in book-entry form.
2.2 Closing Deliveries.
(a) At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchasers the Investor Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company.
(b) On or prior to the Closing, each Preferred Stockholder shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the Investor Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Preferred Stockholder.
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Article III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the Closing Date to the Preferred Stockholders as follows:
(a) The Company (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and corporate authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in all material respects in the SEC Reports, and (ii) has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not be material.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and performance by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other applicable action including by the Board of Directors. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or will be) duly executed by the Company, and when delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies, by other equitable principles of general application, or except insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. No vote, consent or approval of the stockholders of the Company is required under applicable law, the Company Organizational Documents or under any contract between the Company and any stockholder of the Company, to authorize or approve this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c) The Preferred Shares to be issued by the Company to the Preferred Stockholders hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and, assuming the accuracy of the Preferred Stockholders’ representations in Section 3.2 below, issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws ; the Conversion Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the Transaction Documents and the Certificate of Designation upon conversion of the Series C Shares, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and, assuming the accuracy of the Preferred Stockholders’ representations in Section 3.2 below, issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and the issuance of the Securities is not and will not be issued in violation of any purchase option, call option, preemptive right, resale right, subscription right, right of first refusal or similar right, and will be free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except restrictions imposed by the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. The Preferred Shares, when issued, and the Conversion Shares, if and when issued, will have the terms and conditions and entitle the holders thereof to the rights set forth in the Company Organizational Documents, as amended by the Certificate of Designation. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares have been duly reserved for issuance. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to mean that the Preferred Shares, Conversion Shares and Common Stock are not subject to the restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Designation and the Investor Rights Agreement.
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(d) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents (including the adoption of the Certificate of Designation), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issue and sale of the Preferred Shares and the compliance by the Company its obligations hereunder and thereunder, do not and will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, (B) violate any of the provisions of the Company Organizational Documents, or the organizational documents of any subsidiary, (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (D) require any consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court, governmental agency or body or third party, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications that have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, and with respect to any third party consent, the failure of which to obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or adversely impact the ability to consummate the offering contemplated hereby.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Preferred Stockholders. Each Preferred Stockholder, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization; Authority; Enforceability. Such Preferred Stockholder is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Preferred Stockholder and performance by such Preferred Stockholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership action, on the part of such Preferred Stockholder. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Preferred Stockholder, and when delivered by such Preferred Stockholder in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Preferred Stockholder, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.
(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Preferred Stockholder of this Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Preferred Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Preferred Stockholder, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Preferred Stockholder is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Preferred Stockholder, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Preferred Stockholder to perform its obligations hereunder.
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(c) Marketable Title. The Preferred Stockholders hereby represent and warrant as of the Closing Date to the Company that each is the record and beneficial owner of, and has valid and marketable title to, the Series B Shares being exchanged by it pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of any lien, pledge, restriction or other encumbrance (other than restrictions arising pursuant to applicable securities laws), and has the absolute and unrestricted right, power and capacity to surrender and exchange the Series B Shares being exchanged by it pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of any lien, pledge, restriction or other encumbrance. Except for the Investor Rights Agreement or that certain Support Agreement, dated April 2, 2020, by and between the Company and 1315 Capital, neither Preferred Stockholder is a party to or bound by, and the Series B Shares being exchanged by it pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to, any agreement, understanding or other arrangement (i) granting any option, warrant or right of first refusal with respect to such Series B Shares to any person, (ii) restricting its right to surrender and exchange such Series B Shares as contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) restricting any other of its rights with respect to such Series B Shares.
(d) Investment Intent. Such Preferred Stockholder understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws. Such Preferred Stockholder is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Preferred Stockholder does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Securities (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any Person; such Preferred Stockholder is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered as a broker-dealer.
(e) Preferred Stockholder Status. At the time such Preferred Stockholder was offered the Preferred Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
(f) General Solicitation. Such Preferred Stockholder is not acquiring the Preferred Shares as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Preferred Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general advertisement.
(g) Experience of Such Preferred Stockholder. Such Preferred Stockholder, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Preferred Stockholder is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
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(h) Independent Investment Decision. Such Preferred Stockholder has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase the Preferred Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents. Such Preferred Stockholder understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to such Preferred Stockholder in connection with the purchase of the Preferred Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Preferred Stockholder has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Preferred Shares.
The Company and each of the Preferred Stockholders acknowledges and agrees that no party to this Agreement has made or makes any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Article III and the Transaction Documents.
Article IV
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Legends. The Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form, until such time as they are not required under Section 4.1(b):
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY, IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
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(b) Removal of Legends. Promptly, and in no event later than two (2) Business Days, following a request by a Preferred Stockholder, the legend set forth in Section 4.1(a) above shall be removed from the book-entry record of the applicable Securities and the Company shall issue the applicable securities to such holder (if such Securities are DTC eligible) by electronic delivery at the applicable account at the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) designated by such holder, if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the Securities Act or (ii) such Securities are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (if the transferor is not an Affiliate of the Company). Nothing herein shall limit a Preferred Stockholder’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 Securities without legends as required pursuant to the terms hereof; provided, however, such Preferred Stockholder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the reissuance of the Securities submitted for legend removal for which such conversion was not timely honored and (ii) receive the type and number of Securities that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements hereunder.
4.2 Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Preferred Stockholders, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction.
4.3 Form D; Blue Sky. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon the written request of either Preferred Stockholder. The Company, on or before the Closing Date, shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Preferred Stockholders under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification) and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon the written request of either Preferred Stockholder.
4.4 Reservation of Securities. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance from and after the Closing Date, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Shares in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation.
4.5 Efforts to Consummate. Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the Preferred Stockholders and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things commercially reasonable efforts, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as practicable the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the satisfaction, but not waiver, of the closing conditions set forth in Article V).
4.6 Consent. Subject to and effective as of the Closing, the Preferred Stockholders, as holders of all issued and outstanding Series B Shares, consent to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and waives their rights under Section 7 of the Original Investor Rights Agreement.
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Article V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSINGs
5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Preferred Stockholders to Acquire Preferred Shares at the Closing. The obligation of the Preferred Stockholders to acquire Preferred Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the Preferred Stockholders’ satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Preferred Stockholders:
(a) Representations and Warranties. As of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.1(d) shall be true and correct in all material respects as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date (which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date). As of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(b) shall be true and correct in all respects as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date (which shall be so true and correct as of such date). As of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties contained in 3.1(c) shall be true and correct in all respects, except for any de minimis inaccuracies, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date (which shall be so true and correct as of such date).
(b) Covenants. The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants, obligations and conditions of this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.
(c) No Injunction; Government Approvals. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(d) Certificate of Designation. The Certificate of Designation substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and shall be in full force and effect, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and shall not have been amended.
(e) Deliveries. Each Preferred Stockholder shall have received each of the agreements, instruments and other documents set forth in Section 2.2(a).
5.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to Issue Preferred Shares at the Closing. The Company’s obligation to issue the Preferred Shares at the Closing to each Preferred Stockholder is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:
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(a) No Injunction; Governmental Approvals. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Preferred Stockholder contained in Article III shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.
(c) Covenants. The Preferred Stockholders shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants, obligations and conditions of this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.
(d) Deliveries. The Company shall have received each of the agreements, instruments and other documents set forth in Section 2.2(b).
Article VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Preferred Stockholders will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.
6.2 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email (provided the sender does not receive a machine-generated rejection of transmission) at the email address specified in this Section 6.3 prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email at the email address specified in this Section 6.3 on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Business Day, (c) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:
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| If to the Company: | Interpace Biosciences, Inc. | |
| Waterview Plaza, Suite 301 | ||
| 2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054 | ||
| Attention: Thomas W. Burnell, President and CEO | ||
| Email: [email protected] |
| With a copy to: | McDermott Will & Emery LLP | |
| One Vanderbilt Avenue | ||
| New York, NY 10017 | ||
| Attn: Merrill M. Kraines, Esq.; Todd R. Kornfeld, Esq. | ||
| E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] | ||
| If to 1315 Capital: | 1315 Capital II, L.P. | |
| 2929 Walnut Street, Suite 1240 | ||
| Philadelphia, PA 19104 | ||
| Attn: Brian Schwenk, Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Email: [email protected] | ||
| With a copy to: | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2222 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-3007 Attn: Joanne R. Soslow, Esq. Email: [email protected] | |
| If to Ampersand: | Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership | |
| c/o Ampersand Capital Partners | ||
| 55 William Street, Suite 240 | ||
| Wellesley, MA 02481 | ||
| Attn: Dana L. Niles, Chief Operating Partner | ||
| Email: [email protected] |
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.
6.3 Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each Preferred Stockholder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. No consideration shall be offered or paid to either Preferred Stockholder to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is also offered to any holders who then hold Securities.
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6.4 Construction; Interpretation. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents. Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (i) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Schedules and exhibits, and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause contained in this Agreement; (ii) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (iii) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa; (iv) the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (v) financial terms shall have the meanings given to such terms under U.S. GAAP unless otherwise specified herein; (vi) references to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars; (vii) where the context permits, the use of the term “or” will be non-exclusive and equivalent to the use of the term “and/or”; (viii) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; and (ix) if any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day or on which a government office is not open with respect to which a filing must be made, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter.
6.5 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of each Preferred Stockholder. Any Preferred Stockholder may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to any Person to whom such Preferred Stockholder assigns or transfers such rights in compliance with applicable law, provided such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to any Securities transferred in connection with such assignment, by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement that apply to the Preferred Stockholders; provided, further, that, such Purchaser remains liable for its obligations hereunder.
6.6 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as set forth in Section 6.12, this Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of and shall not confer any rights or remedies on, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
6.7 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement 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 conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the Delaware Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware 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 any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such Delaware Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. 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 AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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6.8 Survival. Subject to applicable statute of limitations, the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Preferred Shares at the Closing.
6.9 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, or by email delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.
6.10 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
6.11 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Preferred Stockholders and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation (other than in connection with any action for a temporary restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
6.12 Limitation of Liability; No Recourse.
(a) Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, and notwithstanding the fact that each Preferred Stockholder may be a partnership, the Company and each Preferred Stockholder covenant, agree and acknowledge that no recourse under this Agreement, any Transaction Document, or any other documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any current or future Affiliate, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager, member, trustee or control persons (as such term is used in the Securities Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder) of any Preferred Stockholder or any director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager, member, trustee or control persons (as such term is used in the Securities Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder), Affiliate or assignee thereof (collectively, “Preferred Stockholder Related Parties”), whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable Proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future officer, agent or employee of any Preferred Stockholder or any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager, member or trustee of any Preferred Stockholder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such for any obligation of any Preferred Stockholder under this Agreement, any Transaction Document, or any other documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.
6.13 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and transactions contemplated hereby abandoned at any time prior to the Closing: (i) by mutual written consent of the Company and each Preferred Stockholder or (ii) by either Preferred Stockholder if the Company or any of its Affiliates institutes, directly or indirectly, any action, litigation or other Proceeding against (x) any Preferred Stockholder Related Parties in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or (y) such Preferred Stockholder in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement, other than in the case of clause (y), an action, litigation or other Proceeding seeking to enforce this Agreement in accordance with its terms. Nothing in this Section 6.13 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, and Section 6.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
6.14 Fees and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Morgan Lewis & Bockius in connection with the Exchange, up to a cap of $15,000.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Exchange Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
| INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Name: | Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |
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[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement]
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| 1315 CAPITAL II, L.P. | ||
| By: 1315 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Adele Olivia | |
| Name: | Adele Olivia | |
| Title: | Manager | |
| Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership | ||
| By: AMP-18 Management Company Limited Partnership, its General Partner | ||
| By: AMP-18 MC LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Herberg H. Hooper | |
| Name: | Herberg H. Hooper | |
| Title: | Managing Partner | |
[Signature Page to Exchange Agreement]
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Schedule I
| Preferred Stockholder | Series B Shares to be Exchanged | Series C Shares to be Issued | ||
| Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership | 28,000 | 28,000 | ||
| 1315 Capital II, L.P., | 19,000 | 19,000 |
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EXHIBITS
| A: | Certificate of Designation |
| B: | Form of Investor Rights Agreement |
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EXHIBIT A
Certificate of Designation
[INSERT CERT OF DESIGNATION HERE]
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Exhibit B
Form of Investor Rights Agreement
[INSERT INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT HERE]
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Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 10, 2024, by and among Interpace Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 1315 Capital II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (including its successors and assigns, “1315 Capital”) and Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (including its successors and assigns, “Ampersand” and, together with 1315 Capital, the “Investors” and each an “Investor”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are parties to an Exchange Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2024 (the “Exchange Agreement”), pursuant to which on the date hereof the Company issued and delivered (i) 28,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Shares”) to Ampersand in exchange for Ampersand’s 28,000 shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Shares”) and (ii) 19,000 Series C Shares to 1315 Capital in exchange for 1315 Capital’s 19,000 Series B Shares, representing in the aggregate all issued and outstanding Series B Shares, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Series C Shares have the designation, powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, as specified in the Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”), attached as an exhibit to the Exchange Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Series C Shares are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Shares”) pursuant to the Certificate of Designation; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors desire to amend and restate that certain Investor Rights Agreement (the “Original Investor Rights Agreement”), dated as of January 15, 2020, among the Company, Ampersand and 1315 Capital in order to establish certain terms and conditions concerning the rights of and restrictions on the Investors with respect to the ownership of the Series C Shares and other capital stock of the Company, and it is a condition of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement that the Company and the Investors execute and deliver this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto amend and restate the Original Investor Rights Agreement in its entirety as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings:
“Addendum Agreement” is defined in Section 6.2.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such specified Person; provided that the following Persons shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of any of the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates: (a) the Company and its subsidiaries and (b) any portfolio company in which any of the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates has an investment (whether debt or equity) or any of such portfolio companies’ controlled Affiliates, so long as, in the case of this clause (b), such Person shall not have been acting on behalf of or at the direction of any of the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates or received any Confidential Information from or on behalf of any of the Investors; provided, however, clause (b) shall not apply to the use of the word “Affiliate” in the definition of Investor Parties. For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Any Person shall be deemed to “beneficially own”, to have “beneficial ownership” of, or to be “beneficially owning” any securities (which securities shall also be deemed “beneficially owned” by such Person) that such Person is deemed to “beneficially own” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act; provided that any Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether or not such right is exercisable immediately, within 60 days or otherwise (including assuming conversion of all Series C Shares owned by such Person to Common Shares).
“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, 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.
“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of capital stock, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or equivalent ownership interests in or issued by such Person, and with respect to the Company includes, without limitation, any and all Common Shares and Series C Shares.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
“Common Shares” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Company” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Company Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
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“Demand Registration” is defined in Section 2.1.1.
“Demand Takedown” is defined in Section 2.3.4.(a).
“Demanding Holder” is defined in Section 2.1.1.
“Effectiveness Period” is defined in Section 3.1.3.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” any United States or non-United States (i) federal, national, regional, state, provincial, local, municipal or other government, (ii) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity, any self-regulatory authority, public utility and any supra-national organization, state, county, city or other political subdivision and any court or other tribunal) or (iii) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any public arbitral tribunal, arbitrator or mediator.
“Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.3.
“Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 4.3.
“Investor” and “Investors” are defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Investor Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.1.
“Law” means all applicable constitutions, treaties, statutes, laws (including common law), orders, ordinances, regulations, codes, rules, legally binding regulatory policy statements, binding standards or guidance, or general binding directives or decrees enacted, adopted or applied by any and all Governmental Authorities.
“Lock-Up Parties” is defined in Section 2.4.4.
“Marketed Takedown” shall mean a Underwritten Takedown that is a fully marketed underwritten offering that requires Company management to participate in “road show” presentations to potential investors requiring substantial marketing effort from management over multiple days.
“Maximum Number of Shares” is defined in Section 2.1.4.
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“Notices” is defined in Section 6.3.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.
“Piggy-Back Registration” is defined in Section 2.2.1.
“Registrable Securities” means (i) any Series C Shares, (ii) any Common Shares issued upon the conversion of the Series C Shares and (iii) any other Common Shares hereafter acquired by the Investors (and any other securities issued or issuable to the Investors with respect to the securities referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) by way of any share split, share dividend or other distribution, recapitalization, share exchange, share reconstruction, amalgamation, contractual control arrangement or similar event). As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement; (b) upon an Investor’s request in writing, (i) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred pursuant to such written request, (ii) new certificates for them or registered in such alternative form, in each case not bearing a legend restricting further transfer, shall have been delivered by the Company in accordance with such written request and (iii) subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under the Securities Act and is permitted under Rule 144A without any volume, manner-of-sale or other conditions; or (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding. The parties hereto acknowledge that the inclusion of “any Series C Shares” in the definition of “Registrable Securities” is intended solely to facilitate any registration of Common Shares and that, in the event the Investors have no rights under this Agreement to effect any public offering of Series C Shares.
“Registration” means a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of another entity).
“Requesting Holder” is defined in Section 2.3.4(a).
“Resale Shelf Registration Statement” is defined in Section 2.3.1.
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“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Exchange Agreement” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Selling Holders” is defined in Section 2.3.4(a)(ii).
“Underwriter” means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.
“Underwritten Takedown” shall mean an underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented.
2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
2.1 Demand Registration.
2.1.1 Request for Registration. Subject to Section 2.4, at any time and from time to time beginning on the Closing Date, any Investor or a group of Investors may make a written demand to require the Company to effect the Registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities, as applicable, on Form S-1 or any similar long-form Registration or, if then available, on Form S-3; provided that the Registrable Securities included in such demand have an estimated aggregate market value of not less than $5,000,000. Each registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.1.1 is referred to herein as a “Demand Registration”. Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company will notify all Investors that are holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and each such holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a “Demanding Holder”) shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Sections 2.1.4 and 3.4 and the provisos set forth in Section 3.1.1.
2.1.2 Effective Registration. A Registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto (including the Company’s maintaining effectiveness for the duration of the Effectiveness Period (as defined below)); provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other Governmental Authority or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) the Demanding Holders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement thereafter elect to continue the offering; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed is counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated.
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2.1.3 Underwritten Offering. If the Demanding Holders so elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of their written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any holder to include its Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting and the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwriting by the holders initiating the Demand Registration.
2.1.4 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Common Shares which the Company desires to sell and the Common Shares, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to valid written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other stockholders of the Company who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Shares”), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares held by each such Person) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Common Shares that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Common Shares for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to valid written contractual arrangements with such persons, as to which “piggy-back” registration has been requested by the holders thereof (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares held by each such person) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
2.1.5 Withdrawal. The Demanding Holders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall have the right to require the Company to abandon or withdraw such Registration Statement by giving written notice to the Company and the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of such request prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. In such case, the abandoned or withdrawn registration shall not count for purposes of the number of Demand Registrations permitted pursuant to Section 2.4.1 if (i) more than twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities requested by such Demanding Holders to be included in such registration are not or would not have been so included or (ii) a material adverse change in the Company’s business, operations, financial condition, operating results or prospects or the price to the public at which the Registrable Securities are proposed to be sold in such registration has occurred; provided that if such Demanding Holders require the Company to abandon or withdraw such Registration Statement for any other reason, the abandoned or withdrawn registration shall also not count for purposes of the number of Demand Registrations permitted pursuant to Section 2.4.1 if such Demanding Holders reimburse the Company for the Demanding Holders’ costs associated with the abandoned or withdrawn registration.
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2.2 Piggy-Back Registration.
2.2.1 Piggy-Back Rights. If at any time from time to time, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for stockholders of the Company for their account (or by the Company and by stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.3), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable Securities as such holders may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such notice (a “Piggy-Back Registration”). Subject to receipt of the information from the holders of Registrable Securities set forth in Section 3.4, the Company shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company and all holders of Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration.
2.2.2 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in writing that the dollar amount or number of Common Shares which the Company desires to sell, taken together with Common Shares, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to valid written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder and the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.2, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in any such registration:
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(a) If the registration is undertaken for the Company’s account: (A) first, the Common Shares or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Common Shares or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares, pro rata based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Investors; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Common Shares or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to valid written contractual piggy-back registration rights with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and
(b) If the registration is a “demand” registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities, (A) first, the Common Shares or other securities for the account of the demanding persons and the holders of Registrable Securities exercising their piggy-back registration rights pursuant to the terms hereof, pro rata based on the total number of fully diluted Common Shares held by such selling holders, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Common Shares or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Common Shares or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to valid written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
2.2.3 Withdrawal. Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. With respect to registrations not initiated by holders of Registrable Securities and to which such holders are participating solely through their piggy-back registration rights, the Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to valid written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3.
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2.3 Resale Shelf Registration Rights.
2.3.1 Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. On or prior to the Closing Date, upon the written demand of an Investor or group of Investors and subject to receipt of the information from the holders of Registrable Securities set forth in Section 3.4, the Company shall promptly effect an effective Registration Statement permitting offerings to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act registering the resale from time to time by Investors of all of the Registrable Securities held by or then-issuable to the Investors (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”). The Company will notify all Investors that are holders of Registrable Securities of the demand and that they will include in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement such Investor’s Registrable Securities. The Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Investors. If, on the date that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (a “WKSI”), then the Company shall file the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), which shall be effective upon the filing thereof. If the Company is not a WKSI on the date of the written demand, the Company shall make the initial filing of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the written demand. Once the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is effective, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act at all times until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period. If any Registrable Securities are outstanding at the expiration of the Effectiveness Period, the Company is obligated to file and make effective a subsequent Resale Shelf Registration Statement on or prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period in accordance with this Section 2.3.1 registering the resale from time to time by Investors of all of the Registrable Securities held by or then issuable to the Investors.
2.3.2 Notification and Distribution of Materials. The Company shall notify the Investors in writing of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments, supplements and exhibits), the prospectus contained therein (including each preliminary prospectus and all related amendments and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the Investors may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement.
2.3.3 Amendments and Supplements. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3.1 above, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities during the Effectiveness Period.
2.3.4 Notice of Certain Events. The Company shall promptly notify the Investors in writing of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to, or additional information in connection with, the Resale Shelf Registration Statement required to be prepared and filed hereunder (or prospectus relating thereto). The Company shall promptly notify each Investor in writing of the filing of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or any prospectus, amendment or supplement related thereto or any post-effective amendment to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment.
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(a) If the Company shall receive a request from one or more holders of Registrable Securities (the requesting holder(s) shall be referred to herein as the “Requesting Holder”), provided that the estimated aggregate market value of the Registrable Securities is at least $5,000,000 for a Marketed Takedown, that the Company effect an Underwritten Takedown of all or any portion of the Requesting Holder’s Registrable Securities, and specifying the intended method of disposition thereof (including whether such Underwritten Takedown is intended to be a Marketed Takedown), then the Company shall promptly give notice of such requested Underwritten Takedown (each such request shall be referred to herein as a “Demand Takedown”) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the prospectus or supplement relating to such Demand Takedown to the other Investors and thereupon shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as expeditiously as possible, the offering in such Underwritten Takedown of:
(i) subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.1.4, all Registrable Securities for which the Requesting Holder has requested such offering under Section 2.3.4(a), and
(ii) subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.1.4, all other Registrable Securities that any holders of Registrable Securities (all such holders, together with the Requesting Holder, the “Selling Holders”) have requested the Company to offer by request received by the Company within two (2) Business Days after such holders receive the Company’s notice of the Demand Takedown, all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so to be offered.
(b) Promptly after the expiration of the two (2) Business Day period referred to in Section 2.3.4(a)(ii), the Company will notify all Selling Holders of the identities of the other Selling Holders and the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included therein.
(c) If the managing underwriter in an Underwritten Takedown advises the Company and the Requesting Holder that, in its view, the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwritten offering exceeds the largest number of shares that can be sold without having an adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such shares can be sold, the shares included in such Underwritten Takedown will be reduced by the Registrable Securities held by the Selling Holders (on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Selling Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Selling Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Selling Holders).
2.3.5 Selection of Underwriters. Selling Holders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities requested to be sold in an Underwritten Takedown shall have the right to select an Underwriter or Underwriters in connection with such Underwritten Takedown, which Underwriter or Underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). In connection with an Underwritten Takedown, the Company shall enter into customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Takedown, including, if necessary, the engagement of a “qualified independent underwriter” in connection with the qualification of the underwriting arrangements with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
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2.4 Registration Rights Limitations.
2.4.1 The Company shall not be obligated to effectuate more than an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations.
2.4.2 The Company shall not be obligated to effectuate more than (i) two (2) Marketed Takedowns in any 365-day period or (ii) an aggregate of two (2) Marketed Takedowns.
2.4.3 For so long as a Resale Shelf Registration Statement is effective with respect to all Registrable Securities of an Investor and such Investor is able to sell its Registrable Securities in a takedown offering pursuant to such Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such Investor’s right to make a Demand Registration of such Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 is suspended.
2.4.4 If any sale of Registrable Securities shall be effected by means of an underwritten offering, (a) each of the Investors, the members of the Company Board and the executive officers of the Company (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”) shall enter into a customary “lock-up” agreement (which lock-up agreements shall contain identical terms) in favor of the underwriters and (b) neither the Company nor any Lock-Up Party shall effect any public sale or distribution of any of the Company’s securities (except as part of such underwritten offering), including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or by entering into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequence of ownership of such securities, during the ten (10) Business Days prior to, and continuing for ninety (90) Business Days after, the date of the pricing of such underwritten offering (unless the underwriters, the Company and the Investors agree on a different time period). The foregoing notwithstanding, no Lock-Up Party shall be required to terminate an existing 10b5-1 plan or to cease sales under any such plan. No Lock-Up Party holding any class of securities subject to this Section 2.4.4 shall be released from any obligation under any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into with respect to this Section 2.4.4 unless the Investors are also released.
2.4.5 The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investors, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any security of the Company giving such holder or prospective holder any registration rights the terms of which are more favorable than the registration rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, or which would reduce the amount of Registrable Securities such holders can include in any (i) registration statement filed pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3.1 hereunder or (ii) Underwritten Takedown pursuant to Section 2.3.4 hereunder, unless such rights are subordinate to those of the holders of Registrable Securities.
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3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
3.1 Filings; Information. Whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any such request:
3.1.1 Filing Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep it effective for the Effectiveness Period; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to forty-five (45) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as may be applicable to deferment of any Demand Registration to which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to the holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board, if the Registration Statement were to be effected at such time, it would (i) materially interfere with a bona fide material acquisition, corporate organization or other similar transaction involving the Company or (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential, the premature disclosure of which would materially adversely affect the Company; provided, further, however, that the Company shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso for more than a total of ninety (90) days in any 365-day period.
3.1.2 Copies. The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and such other documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration or legal counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holders.
3.1.3 Amendments and Supplements. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or such securities have been withdrawn (the “Effectiveness Period”).
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3.1.4 Notification. After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly, and in no event more than two (2) Business Days after such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such holders within two (2) Business Days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the Company shall take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the Commission a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to the legal counsel for any such holders, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such holders and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon.
3.1.5 Securities Laws Compliance. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.
3.1.6 Agreements for Disposition. The Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties and covenants of the Company in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement, and the representations, warranties and covenants of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the Company.
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3.1.7 Comfort Letter. The Company shall obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an underwritten offering, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and as are reasonably satisfactory to participating holders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities included in such offering.
3.1.8 Opinions. On the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to any Registration or Underwritten Takedown, the Company shall obtain an opinion, dated such date, of one (1) counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the holders, placement agent, sales agent or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions, and as are reasonably satisfactory to participating holders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities included in such offering.
3.1.9 Cooperation. The principal executive officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company, the principal accounting officer of the Company and all other officers and members of the management of the Company shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential investors.
3.1.10 Records. Upon execution of confidentiality agreements, the Company shall make available for inspection by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement.
3.1.11 Listing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or designated.
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3.2 Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or, upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by the Company Board, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by such program to transact in the Company’s securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall immediately discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the Company, each such holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.
3.3 Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Resale Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.3, any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, any Demand Takedown pursuant to Section 2.3.4(a), any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, any other distribution pursuant to the terms hereof and all expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) the Company’s internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.11; (vi) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company; (viii) the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration and (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by participating holders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration or offering. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall be borne by such holders.
3.4 Information. The holders of Registrable Securities shall promptly provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with applicable state securities laws, including each participating holder delivering to the Company a fully completed and duly executed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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4. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Investor Indemnified Party”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) or any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act), or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), or any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein.
4.2 Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each selling holder of Registrable Securities will severally, in the event that any registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) or any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act), or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each selling holder’s indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds actually received by such selling holder.
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4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any person of any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder, notify such other person (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such claim or action, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in any action in which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more than one (1) such separate counsel, which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding.
4.4 Contribution.
4.4.1 If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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4.4.2 The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4.2 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding Section 4.4.1.
4.4.3 The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraphs shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
5. UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION.
5.1 Rule 144. The Company covenants that it shall file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as the holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.
6. MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1 Other Registration Rights and Arrangements. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than the holders of the Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any of the Company’s share capital for sale or to include the Company’s share capital in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of shares for its own account or for the account of any other person. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement and in the event of any conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
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6.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be freely assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the extent of any permitted transfer of Registrable Securities by any such holder. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the holders of Registrable Securities and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Section 4 and this Section 6.2. The rights of a holder of Registrable Securities under this Agreement may be transferred by such a holder to a transferee; provided, however, that such transferee has executed and delivered to the Company a properly completed agreement to be bound by the terms of this Agreement substantially in form attached hereto as Exhibit A (an “Addendum Agreement”), and the transferor shall have delivered to the Company no later than thirty (30) days following the date of the transfer, written notification of such transfer setting forth the name of the transferor, the name and address of the transferee, and the number of Registrable Securities so transferred. The execution of an Addendum Agreement shall constitute a permitted amendment of this Agreement.
6.3 Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively, “Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email (provided the sender does not receive a machine-generated rejection of transmission) at the email address specified in this Section 6.3 prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email at the email address specified in this Section 6.3 on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Business Day, (c) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows (or to such other address or email address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice):
If to the Company:
Interpace Biosciences, Inc.
Waterview Plaza, Suite 301
2001 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054
Attention: Thomas W. Burnell, President and CEO
Email: [email protected]
With a copy to:
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
One Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Merrill M. Kraines, Esq.; Todd R. Kornfeld, Esq.
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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If to 1315 Capital:
1315 Capital II, L.P.
2929 Walnut Street, Suite 1240
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Attention: Adele C. Oliva, Founding Partner
Email: [email protected]
With a copy to:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
2222 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-3007
Attention: Joanne R. Soslow, Esq.
Email: [email protected]
If to Ampersand:
Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership
c/o Ampersand Capital Partners
55 William Street, Suite 240
Wellesley, MA 02481
Attention: Dana L. Niles, Chief Operating Partner
Email: [email protected]
6.4 Severability; Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible that is valid and enforceable. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may be given, only with the written agreement of holders holding seventy-five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities covered hereby.
6.5 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement 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 conflicts of law thereof that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of Delaware. Each party agrees that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Wilmington in the State of Delaware. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. 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 AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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6.6 Specific Enforcement. The parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in the courts described in Section 6.5 without proof of damages or otherwise, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement and (b) the right of specific enforcement is an integral part of this Agreement and without that right, neither the Company nor the Investors would have entered into this Agreement. The parties hereto agree not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to law or inequitable for any reason, and agree not to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy or that the parties otherwise have an adequate remedy at law. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 6.6 shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.
6.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
6.8 Construction; Interpretation. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (i) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Schedules and exhibits, and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause contained in this Agreement; (ii) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (iii) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa; (iv) the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (v) financial terms shall have the meanings given to such terms under GAAP unless otherwise specified herein; (vi) references to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars; (vii) where the context permits, the use of the term “or” will be non-exclusive and equivalent to the use of the term “and/or”; (viii) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; and (ix) if any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day or on which a government office is not open with respect to which a filing must be made, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter.
6.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Exchange Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and thereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto or thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: | ||
| INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Name: | Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |
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Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
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| INVESTORS: | ||
| Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership | ||
| By: | AMP-18 Management Company Limited Partnership, its General Partner | |
| By: | AMP-18 MC LLC, its General Partner | |
| By: | /s/ Herberg H. Hooper | |
| Name: | Herberg H. Hooper | |
| Title: | Managing Partner |
| 1315 CAPITAL II, L.P. | ||
| By: | 1315 Capital Management II, LLC, | |
| its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Adele Olivia | |
| Name: | Adele Olivia | |
| Title: | Manager |
Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
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EXHIBIT A
Addendum Agreement
This Addendum Agreement (“Addendum Agreement”) is executed on __________________, 20___, by the undersigned (the “New Holder”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2024 (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Investors identified therein, as such Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Addendum Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. By the execution of this Addendum Agreement, the New Holder agrees as follows:
1. Acknowledgment. New Holder acknowledges that New Holder is acquiring certain Common Shares of the Company (the “Shares”) [or other equity securities of the Company that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares of the Company (the “Convertible Securities”)] as a transferee of such Shares [or Convertible Securities] from a party in such party’s capacity as a holder of Registrable Securities under the Agreement, and after such transfer, New Holder shall be considered an “Investor” and a holder of Registrable Securities for all purposes under the Agreement.
2. Agreement. New Holder hereby (a) agrees that the Shares [or Convertible Securities] shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Agreement and (b) adopts the Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Holder were originally a party thereto.
3. Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Agreement shall be given to New Holder at the address or facsimile number listed below New Holder’s signature below.
| NEW HOLDER: | ACCEPTED AND AGREED: | |||
| Print Name: | INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |||
| By: | By: | |||
| Address: |
| Facsimile: |
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EXHIBIT B
SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned holder of shares of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Interpace Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is a party to that certain Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2024, by and among the Company, 1315 Capital II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Ampersand 2018 Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Agreement”), and understands that the Company is obligated to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement. The undersigned has agreed to complete, execute and deliver this Questionnaire to the Company pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Agreement.
In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, a holder of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling stockholder in the related prospectus or a supplement thereto (as so supplemented, the “Prospectus”), and to deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities (including pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act). Holders must complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire in order to be named as selling stockholders in the Prospectus. Holders of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire within ten (10) Business Days following either (A) any Investor’s delivery of a notice for Demand Registration, (B) the Company’s delivery of a notice for Piggy-Back Registration or (C) a request from the Company in connection with the filing of a Resale Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Agreement (1) will not be named as selling stockholders in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and (2) may not use the Prospectus for resales of Registrable Securities.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Holders of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned holder (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item (3), unless otherwise specified in Item (3), pursuant to the Registration Statement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands and agrees that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
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QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Name.
| (a) | Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder: |
| (b) | Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held: |
| (c) | Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire): |
2. Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
| Telephone: |
| Fax: |
| Contact Person: |
| E-mail address of Contact Person:______________________________________________ |
3. Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities Issuable Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement:
| (a) | Type and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and issued pursuant to the Agreement: | |
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| (b) | Number of shares of Common Shares to be registered pursuant to this Notice for resale: |
4. Broker-Dealer Status:
| (a) | Are you a broker-dealer? |
| Yes[ ] | No[ ] |
| (b) | If “yes” to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company? |
| Yes[ ] | No[ ] |
| Note: | If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. |
| (c) | Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? |
| Yes[ ] | No[ ] |
| Note: | If yes, provide a narrative explanation below: |
| (d) | If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? |
| Yes[ ] | No[ ] |
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| Note: | If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. |
5. Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.
Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned:
| __________________________________________________________________________________ |
| _______________________________________________________________________________ |
6. Relationships with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
| State any exceptions here: |
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The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the effective date of any applicable Registration Statement. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand delivery, confirmed or facsimile transmission, first-class mail or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery at the address set forth below. In the absence of any such notification, the Company shall be entitled to continue to rely on the accuracy of the information in this Notice and Questionnaire.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of any such Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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By signing below, the undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. The undersigned also acknowledges that it understands that the answers to this Questionnaire are furnished for use in connection with Registration Statements filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.
I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing statements (including without limitation the answers to this Questionnaire) are correct.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
| Dated: | Beneficial Owner: ____________________________________ | |||
| By: | ||||
| Name: | ||||
| Title: | ||||
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Exhibit 10.3
TERMINATION OF SUPPORT AGREEMENT
TERMINATION OF SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Termination Agreement”) is entered into as of October 14, 2024, by and between 1315 Capital II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“1315 Capital”), and Interpace Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
WHEREAS, the Company and 1315 Capital entered into that certain Support Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2020 (the “Support Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Company and 1315 Capital desire to terminate the Support Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Termination of Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Termination Agreement, each of the parties hereby mutually agrees that the Support Agreement shall immediately terminate, and be of no further force or effect as of the date hereof (the “Effective Date”). Upon the execution and delivery of this Termination Agreement, neither party shall have any further or continuing obligation to any other party under the Support Agreement.
2. Counterparts; Facsimile/PDF Execution. This Termination Agreement may be (a) executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and (b) executed and delivered by telecopier or portable document format (PDF) transmission with the same force and effect as if the same were a fully executed and delivered original manual counterpart.
3. Entire Termination Agreement; Survival. This Termination Agreement constitutes the entire contract among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether written or oral, of the Parties, including without limitation, the Support Agreement, and there are no representations, warranties or other agreements among the parties in connection with the subject matter hereof, except as specifically set forth herein.
4. Language Construction. The language in all parts of this Termination Agreement shall be construed, in all cases, according to fair meaning. Each of the parties acknowledges that no single party bears sole responsibility for the preparation and drafting of this Termination Agreement and no rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party should be employed in the interpretation of this Termination Agreement.
5. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Termination Agreement 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 conflicts of law thereof that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of Delaware. Each party agrees that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Termination Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Wilmington in the State of Delaware. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Termination Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. 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 TERMINATION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
6. Successors and Assigns. This Termination Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and bind the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties. Nothing expressed or referred to in this Termination Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Termination Agreement or their respective successors or permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Termination Agreement or any provision contained herein, it being the intention of the Parties to this Termination Agreement that the Termination Agreement be for the sole and exclusive benefit of such Parties or such successors and assigns and not for the benefit of any other person.
7. Mutual Release. Effective as of the Effective Time, except as otherwise contemplated by the terms of this Termination Agreement, each party, for itself and its successors and assigns, hereby releases and forever discharges each other party and each such party’s affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, managers, agents, representatives, employees, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, from any and all duties, obligations and agreements of every kind that in any way arise from or are related to the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this TERMINATION AGREEMENT to be executed as of the date first written above.
| INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Name: | Thomas W. Burnell | |
| Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this TERMINATION AGREEMENT to be executed as of the date first written above.
| 1315 CAPITAL II, L.P. | ||
| By: | 1315 Capital Management II, LLC, | |
| its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Adele C. Olivia | |
| Name: | Adele C. Olivia | |
| Title: | Manager | |
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Exhibit 99.1
Interpace Biosciences Announces Capital Restructuring of Its Preferred Stock as a First Step Toward Seeking an Uplisting of Its Common Stock to Nasdaq
PARSIPPANY, NJ, October 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Interpace Biosciences, Inc. (“Interpace” or the “Company”) (OTCQX: IDXG) today announced that its Series B Preferred Stock investors, Ampersand Capital Partners and 1315 Capital (the “Investors”), have exchanged (the “Exchange”) their existing Series B Preferred Stock for a new issuance of Series C Preferred Stock in order to assist the Company in seeking an uplisting of its Common Stock to Nasdaq.
The Investors exchanged an aggregate of 47,000 shares of the Company’s existing Series B Preferred Stock comprising 28,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by Ampersand Capital Partners and 19,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by 1315 Capital for 47,000 newly created shares of Series C Preferred Stock. The Series C Preferred Stock will have a conversion price into Common Stock of $2.02 which was the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of the exchange agreement. The Series C Preferred Stock will not include certain rights applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock, including the liquidation preference of the Investors upon a sale or dissolution of the Company, director designation rights for each of the Investors, and certain protective voting rights. The Series C Preferred Stock will automatically convert into Common Stock upon a Nasdaq uplisting. The Company entered into this agreement with advisement of its third party consultants that the newly issued Series C Preferred Stock will constitute stockholders’ equity under generally accepted accounting principles.
Tom Burnell, Chairman, President and CEO of Interpace said, “The Company has considered a number of opportunities over the past several years to adjust its capital structure that would allow for raising growth capital given the Company’s recent strong financial performance.” Burnell added, “The willingness of Ampersand Capital Partners and 1315 Capital to partner with the Company for the long-term benefit of all shareholders, and, most importantly, the patients we serve, is truly appreciated. The Medical community has longed for the continued use of molecular diagnostics to risk-stratify both thyroid and pancreatic cancers. The agreed-to exchange between the Company and its Preferred Shareholders will undoubtedly create further opportunities to extend this mission.”
The Exchange is the first significant step for the Company to seek an uplisting of its Common Stock to Nasdaq and other steps may need to be taken in order to satisfy Nasdaq listing requirements, including meeting Nasdaq’s stockholder equity and minimum bid price requirements. The Company believes that a Nasdaq listing would assist it in raising additional capital, increasing investor interest and trading volume in its Common Stock, and pursuing acquisitions.
About Interpace Biosciences
Interpace Biosciences is an emerging leader in enabling personalized medicine, offering specialized services along the therapeutic value chain from early diagnosis and prognostic planning to targeted therapeutic applications.
The Company provides clinically useful molecular diagnostic tests and bioinformatics and pathology services for evaluating risk of cancer by leveraging the latest technology in personalized medicine for improved patient diagnosis and management. Interpace has five commercialized molecular tests and one test in a clinical evaluation program (CEP): PancraGEN® for the diagnosis and prognosis of pancreatic cancer from pancreatic cysts; PanDNA®, a “molecular only” version of PancraGEN that provides physicians a snapshot of a limited number of factors; ThyGeNEXT® for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer from thyroid nodules utilizing a next-generation sequencing assay; ThyraMIR®v2, used in combination with ThyGeNEXT®, for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer utilizing a proprietary microRNA pairwise expression profiler along with algorithmic classification; and RespriDX®, that differentiates lung cancer of primary versus metastatic origin. In addition, BarreGEN®, a molecular-based assay that helps resolve the risk of progression of Barrett’s Esophagus to esophageal cancer, is currently in a CEP, whereby we gather information from physicians using BarreGEN to assist us in gathering clinical evidence relative to the safety and performance of the test and also providing data that will potentially support payer reimbursement.
For more information, please visit Interpace Biosciences’ website at www.interpace.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, relating to the Company’s future financial and operating performance. The Company has attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,” “projects,” “intends,” “potential,” “may,” “could,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “approximately” or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, assumptions and uncertainties involving judgments about, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. These statements also involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the Company’s ability to satisfy Nasdaq listing requirements and achieve an uplist to Nasdaq of its Common Stock. Additionally, all forward-looking statements are subject to the “Risk Factors” detailed from time to time in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as amended, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Because of these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. In addition, these statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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