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FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”),
dated as of August 13, 2026, is made by and among OPKO Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Issuer”), the Guarantors party hereto, the initial Purchasers that hold Notes issued under the Existing Note Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (each, an “Initial Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), the Purchasers that hold the First Amendment Note Purchase Commitments (as defined below) (each, an “First Amendment Note Purchaser” and, collectively, the “First Amendment Note Purchasers”), and HCR INJECTION SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent, collateral agent and security trustee for the Purchasers (in such capacities together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, the “Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Initial Purchasers from time to time party thereto and the Agent are party to that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, the “Existing Note Purchase Agreement”; the Existing Note Purchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Note Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Note Purchase Agreement, the Purchasers have purchased notes issued by the Issuer in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000.00 (the “Existing Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has requested that certain purchasers acquire additional notes in an aggregate principal amount of $125,000,000.00 (the “First Amendment Notes”) on the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined below);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.05 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement, the Issuer, the Agent and the Required Purchasers may amend the Existing Note Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has requested that the Existing Note Purchase Agreement be amended to, among other things, provide for the issuance of the First Amendment Notes and to set forth the terms and conditions applicable thereto;
WHEREAS, each purchaser identified on Exhibit A as a “First Amendment Note Purchaser” has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to purchase the First Amendment Notes and to become a Purchaser under the Existing Note Purchase Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agent and Purchasers party hereto constituting all Purchasers are willing to agree to the foregoing, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:
Article I – AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1.01 Amendments to Existing Note Purchase Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV hereof, and effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text), and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages attached as Annex A hereto.
Article II – FIRST AMENDMENT NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT
SECTION 2.01 First Amendment Note Purchase Commitments. Pursuant to Section 12.05 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement, on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date:
SECTION 2.02 Terms.
Article III – REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties. Each Note Party represents and warrants that as of the First Amendment Effective Date:
(B) execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under this Amendment to the extent a party hereto; and
except, in each case referred to in clause (ii)(A) or clause (iii), to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
except, in each case referred to in clause (ii) or clause (iii), to the extent that such conflict or violation could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Article IV– CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
SECTION 4.01 Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment, the amendments specified in Article I hereof and the obligations of each First Amendment Note Purchaser to make its respective First Amendment Note Purchase Commitments and to purchase its First Amendment Notes, as applicable, as specified in Article II hereof, shall become effective on and as of the Business Day on which the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived (the “First Amendment Effective Date”):
relates to an earlier date (in which event such representation or warranty was true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date);
the chief executive office of each Note Party is located and (ii) searches of Intellectual Property of the Note Parties in the appropriate governmental offices located in the United States and such patent/trademark/copyright filings as reasonably requested by the Agent;
& Co., in its capacity as Israeli counsel for the Note Parties;
Article V– POST-CLOSING COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01 Post-Closing Covenants Regarding Non-U.S. Security. The Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Note Party to, deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Agent (or its counsel), or otherwise complete to the Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, each of the following items on or before the date that is fourteen (14) days following the First Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as the Agent may agree in writing in its sole discretion):
& Co., in its capacity as Israeli counsel for the Note Parties, in respect of the Israeli Security Document.
Any failure by the Issuer or any other Note Party to deliver, or cause to be delivered, any item set forth in this Section 5.01 on or before the date required therefor (as such date may be extended in accordance with this Section 5.01) shall constitute an immediate Event of Default under the Amended Note Purchase Agreement, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Agent.
Article VI – MODIFICATION; REAFFIRMATION
SECTION 6.01 Effect on Note Documents.
SECTION 6.02 Authorization of Collateral Release; Reaffirmation.
Article VII– MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.01 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. The provisions set forth in Section 12.11 of the Amended Note Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 7.02 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 7.03 Costs, Expenses. Each Note Party agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agent and the Purchasers in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) in accordance with the terms of Section 11.03 of the Amended Note Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 7.04 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Note Parties and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, and upon the Agent and the Purchasers and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
SECTION 7.05 Severability. If any provision of this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable,
SECTION 7.06 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in this Amendment or any other document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, electronic records or the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Agent, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the same may be, to the extent and as provided for in applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
SECTION 7.07 Headings. Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.
SECTION 7.08 |
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SECTION 7.09 |
Purchaser Direction. |
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Purchaser party |
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(collectively constituting all Purchasers), by its execution hereof, hereby authorizes and directs the Agent to execute this Amendment on the date hereof.
SECTION 7.10 Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc. The provisions of Article XI (Indemnification; Expenses) of the Amended Note Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first above written.
ISSUER:
OPKO HEALTH, INC.,
as Issuer
By: /s/ Steven D. Rubin Name: Steven D. Rubin
Title: Executive Vice President-Administration
EIRGEN PHARMA LIMITED,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Damien Burke Name: Damien Burke
Title: Director, CEO
OPKO BIOLOGICS LTD.,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Laura Moschcovich Name: Laura Moschcovich
Title: Director General Manager
By: /s/ Sharon Benor Name: Sharon Benor
Title: Chief Financial Officer
HCR INJECTION SPV, LLC,
as Agent
By: /s/ Clarke B. Futch Name: Clarke B. Futch
Title: Authorized Person
HCRX INVESTMENTS HOLDCO, L.P.,
as a Purchaser
By: HCRX Master GP, LLC Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Clarke B. Futch Name: Clarke B. Futch
Title: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
HCR POTOMAC FUND II, L.P.,
as a Purchaser
By: HCR Potomac Fund II GP, LLC Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Clarke B. Futch Name: Clarke B. Futch
Title: Managing Member
HCR STAFFORD FUND II, L.P.,
as a Purchaser
By: HCR Stafford Fund II GP, LLC Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Clarke B. Futch Name: Clarke B. Futch
Title: Managing Member
HRBR 2025-2, LLC
as a Purchaser
By: Global Atlantic Financing Company Its: Administrator
By: /s/ Zachary Burke Name: Zachary Burke
Title: Managing Director
CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. OMISSIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS [***]
Annex A
Amended Note Purchase Agreement
[see attached]
NEITHER THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT NOR THE NOTES ISSUED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS DEFINED BELOW), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, DELIVERED AFTER SALE, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED BY THE ISSUER (AS DEFINED BELOW) WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION COVERING SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO TREAS. REG. SECTION 1.1275-3: THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. HOLDERS CAN OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT BY CONTACTING THE TREASURER OF ISSUER AT 4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FL 33137.
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dateddated as of July 17, 2024,
and amended on August 13, 2026,
By and among
OPKO HEALTH, INC.,
as Issuer,
the Guarantors from time to time party hereto,
the various Purchasers from time to time party hereto, and
HCR INJECTION SPV, LLC,
as Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 1
Section 1.01 Definitions 1
Section 1.02 Rules of Construction 4043
Section 1.03 Rates 4346
Section 1.04 Divisions 4446
Section 1.05 Accounting Terms 4447
Section 1.06 Suspension and Termination of Covenants 4547
ARTICLE II. THE NOTES; DISBURSEMENT; CERTAIN FEES 4649
Section 2.01 Notes Issuance 4649
Section 2.02 Disbursement of Purchase Price 4750
Section 2.03 No Right to Reborrow or Reissue 4750
Section 2.04 Allocated Shares; Availability of Funds 4750
ARTICLE III. REPAYMENT 4851
Section 3.01 Amortization; Maturity Date 4851
Section 3.02 Voluntary Prepayment 5054
Section 3.03 Increased Cost 5155
Section 3.04 Application of Prepayments 5256
Section 3.05 General Provisions Regarding Payments 5357
Section 3.06 Ratable Sharing 5559
ARTICLE IV. INTEREST; EXPENSES; MAKING OF PAYMENTS 5660
Section 4.01 Interest Rate; Payments of Interest 5660
Section 4.02 [Reserved] 5761
Section 4.03 Collection Account 5761
Section 4.04 Application of Payments 5862
Section 4.05 Default Rate 5964
Section 4.06 Administration and Enforcement Expenses 5964
Section 4.07 Making of Payments 5965
Section 4.08 Set-off or Counterclaim 5965
Section 4.09 Benchmark Replacement Setting 5965
Section 4.10 Compensation for Losses 6166
Section 4.11 Inability to Determine Rates 6167
ARTICLE V. TAXES 6268
Section 5.01 Taxes 6268
Section 5.02 Receipt of Payment 6570
Section 5.03 Other Taxes 6570
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Section 5.04 Indemnification 6570
Section 5.05 Registered Obligation 6571
Section 5.06 Tax Treatment 6671
Section 5.07 Treatment of Certain Refunds 6671
Section 5.08 Value Added Tax 6772
ARTICLE VI. CLOSING CONDITIONS 67
FOR INITIAL CLOSING DATE NOTES ISSUANCE 72
Section 6.01 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Closing Date Notes Issuance 6772
ARTICLE VII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 7378
Section 7.01 Representations and Warranties of Note Parties 7378
Section 7.02 Survival of Representations and Warranties 8592
Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties of Purchasers 8693
ARTICLE VIII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 8794
Section 8.01 Maintenance of Existence 8794
Section 8.02 Use of Proceeds 8894
Section 8.03 Financial Statements and Information 8895
Section 8.04 Books and Records; Audit Rights 9097
Section 8.05 Governmental Authorizations 9198
Section 8.06 Compliance with Laws and Contracts 9198
Section 8.07 [Reserved] 9299
Section 8.08 Notices 9299
Section 8.09 Payment of Taxes 93101
Section 8.10 Company in Breach 94101
Section 8.11 Intellectual Property 94101
Section 8.12 Security Documents; Further Assurances 95103
Section 8.13 Information Regarding Collateral 96104
Section 8.14 Additional Collateral; [***] 97104
Section 8.15 Further Assurances 98106
Section 8.16 Post-Closing Covenant 98106
ARTICLE IX. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 98107
Section 9.01 [***] 98107
Section 9.02 Merger; Dispositions; Sale-Leasebacks 99107
Section 9.03 Liens 100108
Section 9.04 Investment Company Act 100108
Section 9.05 Limitation on Additional Indebtedness 100109
Section 9.06 Transactions with Affiliates 102110
Section 9.07 ERISA 103111
Section 9.08 Restricted Payments 103111 Section 9.09 Investments 105113
Section 9.10 [Reserved] 107115
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Section 9.11 Pari Passu Ranking 107115
Section 9.12 Burdensome Agreements 107115
Section 9.13 No Change in Fiscal Year; Auditor 107115
Section 9.14 [Reserved]. 107116
Section 9.15 Centre of Main Interests and Establishment 107116
Section 9.16 [Reserved]. 107116
Section 9.17 [Reserved] 107116
Section 9.18 Tax 107116
Section 9.19 Amendments to Organizational Documents; Material Contracts 107116
Section 9.20 Plan Assets 108116
Section 9.21 Nature of Business 108116
Section 9.22 Impairment of Security Interest, Obligations and Pfizer Royalty
Interest and, Pfizer License Agreement
ARTICLE X. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 108117
Section 10.01 Events of Default 108117
Section 10.02 Right of Set-off; Sharing of Set-off 118124
Section 10.03 Suspension Rights Uponupon Breach of Sanctions 118125
Section 10.04 Control by Majority 118125
Section 10.05 Limitation on Suits 119125
Section 10.06 Rights Not Exclusive 119126
ARTICLE XI. INDEMNIFICATION; EXPENSES 119126
Section 11.01 Losses 119126
Section 11.02 Assumption of Defense; Settlements 120127
Section 11.03 Expenses 121127
ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS 121128
Section 12.01 Assignments 121128
Section 12.02 Successors and Assigns 123129
Section 12.03 Notices 123129 Section
12.04 Entire Agreement 123129
Section 12.05 Amendments and Waivers 123130
Section 12.06 No Delay; Waivers; etc 125132
Section 12.07 Severability 125132
Section 12.08 Determinations 126132
Section 12.09 Replacement of Note 126132
Section 12.10 Governing Law 126132
Section 12.11 Jurisdiction 133
Section 12.12 Waiver of Jury Trial 127133
Section 12.13 Waiver of Immunity 127134
Section 12.14 Counterparts; Electronic Execution 127134
Section 12.15 Limitation on Rights of Others 128134
Section 12.16 Survival 128134
Section 12.17 Confidentiality 128134
Section 12.18 Certain ERISA Matters 129135
Section 12.19 Patriot Act Notification 130137
Section 12.20 Injunction Relief; Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws 130137
Section 12.21 Third Parties 131138
Section 12.22 Intent 131138
Section 12.23 Judgment Currency 132139
Section 12.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial
Institutions 132139
Section 12.25 English Language 133140
ARTICLE XIII. AGENCY 133140
Section 13.01 Appointment of Agent 133140
Section 13.02 Powers and Duties 133140
Section 13.03 General Immunity 134140
Section 13.04 Agent Entitled to Act as Purchaser 135142
Section 13.05 Delegation of Duties 136142
Section 13.06 Purchasers’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment 136143
Section 13.07 Right to Indemnity 136143
Section 13.08 Successor Agent 137144
Section 13.09 Collateral Documents and Guaranty 138144
Section 13.10 Agent May File Proofs of Claim 139146
Section 13.11 All Powers Coupled Withwith Interest 140146
ARTICLE XIV. GUARANTY 140146
Section 14.01 Guaranty of Obligations 140146
Section 14.02 Payment by Guarantors 140147
Section 14.03 Liability of Guarantors Absolute 140147
Section 14.04 Waivers by Guarantors 143149
Section 14.05 Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc 143150
Section 14.06 Subordination of Other Obligations 144151
Section 14.07 Continuing Guaranty 144151
Section 14.08 Authority of Guarantors or Issuer 144151
Section 14.09 Financial Condition of Issuer 145151
Section 14.10 Bankruptcy, etc 145152
Section 14.11 Keepwell 146152
Section 14.12 Limitation 146153
Appendices
Appendix A-1 Initial Closing Date Allocated Share Appendix A-2 Second Closing Date Allocated Share Appendix B Financial Test Calculations
Exhibits
Exhibit A Form of Issuance Offer
Exhibit B-1 Form of Initial Closing Date Note Exhibit B-2 Form of Second Closing Date Note Exhibit C Form of Initial Closing Date Certificate Exhibit D Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E Initial Closing Checklist Exhibit F-1 Pfizer Instruction Letter Exhibit F-2 Lilly Instruction Letter
Schedules
Schedule 1.01 Liens
Schedule 1.01(a) Amendments to Pfizer License Agreement Schedule 1.01(b) Amendments to Lilly License Agreement
Schedule 1.012.01(ab) Amendments to License AgreementConditions to Purchases on the Second Closing Date
Schedule 4 Collection Account
Schedule 6.01(d) Organizational and Capital Structure Schedule 7.01 Patents and Trademarks
Schedule 7.01(h) Adverse Proceedings
Schedule 7.01(l) Commissions or broker’s feesBroker’s Fees Schedule 7.01(m) Relevant non-UNon-U.S. Jurisdiction Schedule 7.01(r) Material ContractsSchedule 7.01(o) Patents Schedule 7.01(o)(i) Pfizer Product Patents – Owned Patents Schedule 7.01(o)(ii) Pfizer Product Patents – Co-Owned Patents Schedule 7.01(o)(iii) Lilly Patent Rights
Schedule 7.01(r)(i) Material Contracts (Initial Closing Date) Schedule 7.01(r)(ii) Material Contracts (Second Closing Date)
Schedule 7.01(s) Principal Place of Business; Chief Executive Office Schedule 7.01(t) Other Names
Schedule 8.16 Post-Closing Covenants Schedule 9.05 Indebtedness
Schedule 9.06 Affiliate Transactions Schedule 9.09 Investments Schedule 12.03 Notice Addresses
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NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 17, 2024, and amended on August 13, 2026, is entered into by and among OPKO HEALTH, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Issuer”), the Guarantors from time to time party hereto, the initial Purchasers that hold Notes issued hereunder on the Initial Closing Date (each, an “Initial Closing Date Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Initial Closing Date Purchasers”), the Purchasers that hold Notes issued hereunder on the Second Closing Date (each, an “Second Closing Date Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Second Closing Date Purchasers”), HCR INJECTION SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HCRI SPV”), as administrative agent, collateral agent and security trustee for the Purchasers (in such capacities together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, the “Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on the Initial Closing Date the Issuer issued, and the Purchasers on Appendix A-1 purchased, senior secured notes in an aggregate initial principal amount of up to Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000), at the initial purchase price thereof (the “Initial Purchase Price”) set forth beside such Purchaser’s name on Appendix A-1 (the “Initial Closing Date Allocated Share”);
WHEREAS, on the Second Closing Date the Issuer will issue, and the Purchasers on Appendix A-2 will purchase, senior secured notes in an aggregate initial principal amount of up to TwoOne Hundred FiftyTwenty Five Million Dollars ($250,000,000125,000,000), at the initial purchase price thereof (the “Second Closing Date Purchase Price”) set forth beside such Purchaser’s name on Appendix A-2 (the “Second Closing Date Allocated Share”);
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the Initial Closing Date and as a continuing condition to the Second Closing Date, the Guarantors have agreed to secure the Obligations by granting to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority Lien on the Collateral; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the Parties, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually agreed by the Parties as follows:
ARTICLE I.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. As used herein:
“Acceleration Trigger Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01(3).
“Acceleration Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01(3).
“Account Bank” means [***] or such other bank or financial institution approved by each of the Agent and Issuer.
“Accounting Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.05(b).
“Accreted Principal” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).
“Additional Note Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c).
“Additional Notes” means, collectively, the notes issued by the Issuer and purchased by the Purchasers on an Issuance Date pursuant to Section 2.01(bc), in the form of Exhibit B hereto, and also means all other notes accepted by any Purchaser from time to time in substitution therefor or renewal thereof, in each case, as such note may be reduced by any repayment, redemption or retirement thereof or increased pursuant to any payment and capitalization of Accreted Principal.
“Additional Notes Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(bc).
“Additional Notes Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(bc).
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for such calculation; provided that, if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means (a) in the case of corporate entities, direct or indirect ownership of at least ten percent (10%) of the stock or shares having the right to vote for the election of directors; and (b) in the case of non-corporate entities, direct or indirect ownership of at least ten percent (10%) of the equity interest with the power to direct the management and policies of such non-corporate entities. Unless otherwise stated, any usage of “Affiliate” herein means an Affiliate of Issuer.
“Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Agent Expense Amount” means the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent incurred in connection with the closing of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, including Attorneys’ Fees and expenses and expenses incurred in connection with Agent’s due diligence investigation. It being understood that, unless agreed otherwise with the Issuers, the fees and expenses to be paid by the Issuer (i) on the Initial Closing Date shall not [***] less any amounts paid by Issuer prior to the Initial Closing Date and (ii) on the Second Closing Date shall not [***] deposit previously paid by Issuer.
“Aggregate Amounts Due” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Allocated ShareAgreement Currency” has the meaning set forth in the recitalsSection 12.23.
“Amortization Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 and Section E of Chapter 9 of the Israeli Penal Law, 1977 as well as any other Law, rule or regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to a Note Party concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any and all Laws, judgments, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case Law or treaties applicable to any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including any applicable provision of the PATRIOT Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959) and the Israeli Anti-Money Laundering Law, 2000.
“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, all Laws, rules, regulations and orders of Governmental Authorities applicable to such Person or any of its properties or assets.
“Applicable Prepayment Price” means, as of any Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the aggregate Prepayment Price in respect of all of the outstanding Notes as of such Prepayment Date.
“Applicable Rate” means, as of any date of determination, the applicable rate per annum set forth below:
Term SOFR Note |
Base Rate Note |
Adjusted Term SOFR plus 7.50% |
Base Rate plus 4.36% |
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, the Applicable Rate shall be increased by two percent (2.00%) per annum above the rate set forth above for Base Rate Notes (the “Default Rate”).
“Assignee” means any other Person to which a Purchaser has assigned or is assigning its rights and obligations hereunder, whether in whole or in part.
“Attorneys’ Fees” means and shall include any and all attorneys’ fees that are incurred by Agent or any other Secured Party incident to, arising out of, or in any way in connection with Agent’s or other Secured Party’s interests in, or defense of, any action, claim, proceeding or Agent’s or other Secured Party’s enforcement of its rights and interests with respect to any Collateral or otherwise under any Note, or any Note Document, which shall include all attorneys’ fees incurred by the Agent and other Secured Parties (including, without limitation, all expenses
of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Agent or applicable Secured Party is a party thereto) whether or not a suit or action is commenced, and all costs in collection of sums due during any workout or with respect to settlement negotiations, or the cost to defend the Agent or other Secured Party or to enforce any of its rights, including, without limitation, during any Bankruptcy Event or other Insolvency Proceeding.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then- current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement; or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 4.09(d).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing Law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other Law applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” means (x) the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or (y) equivalent legislation in any jurisdiction applicable to the Note Parties or their respective Subsidiaries.
“Bankruptcy Event of Default” means the occurrence of any condition or event set forth in Section 10.01(i).
“Bankruptcy Event” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:
and, in each case, under this clause (f), such petition, application or proceeding continues undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) days after the institution thereof; provided that, if an order, decree or judgment is granted or entered (whether or not entered or subject to appeal) against any Note Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries thereunder in the interim, such grace period will cease to apply; provided, further, that if any Note Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries files an answer admitting the material allegations of a
petition filed against it in any such proceeding prior to such date, the grace period will cease to apply;
“Bankruptcy Event of Default” means the occurrence of any condition or event set forth in Section 10.01(i).
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus one half of one percent (½ of 1.00%), (c) four percent (4.00%) per annum, and (d) Term SOFR for a three (3)-month tenor in effect on such day plus one percent (1.00%) per annum. If the Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR for any reason, the Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (d) above, as applicable, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Each change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change is announced as being effective.
“Base Rate Note” means a Note bearing interest, at all times during an Interest Period applicable to such Note, at a rate of interest determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR.”
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that, if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 4.09.
“Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
determined by the Agent) giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body, or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities; and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Note Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero (0)) that has been selected by the Agent and the Issuer (and which shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Agent) giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body; or (b) any evolving or then- prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means a date and time determined by the Agent, which date shall be no later than the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Note Document in accordance with Section 4.09; and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Note Document in accordance with Section 4.09.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Beneficiary” means Agent and each Purchaser.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or
(c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan.”
“Blocked Account” means, collectively, any segregated deposit account established and maintained in the United States at the Account Bank and pledged as Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents and subject to a Control Agreement that is subject to the full dominion and “control” of the Agent within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Ireland are authorized or required by Applicable Law to remain closed.
“Calendar Quarter” means, for the first calendar quarter, the period beginning on the Initial Closing Date and ending on the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Initial Closing Date falls, and thereafter each successive period of three (3) consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, memberships, ownership interest units, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred stock, and including, if such Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such partnership, and including, if such Person is a limited liability company, membership interests and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive an interest in the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such limited liability company, in each case, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the Initial Closing Date, but excluding any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable into common stock unless and until they are converted or exchanged.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (a) marketable securities
(i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case, maturing within one (1) year after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case, maturing within one (1) year after the date of the relevant calculation and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one
(1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Purchaser or by any commercial bank organized under the Laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000); and (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than Five Billion Dollars ($5,000,000,000), and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s.
“Cash Interest Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a).
“Change of Control” means (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) other than the Permitted Holders becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than [***] of the Capital Stock of Issuer entitled to vote (through contract, ownership of voting securities or otherwise) for members of its board of directors on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); (b) at any time, Issuer shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate voting and economic power of the Capital Stock of each other Note Party free and clear of all Liens (except Permitted Liens); (c) any “change of control,” “Fundamental Change” or similar event shall occur under, and as defined in or set forth in the documents evidencing or governing the Capital Stock of Issuer, the Pfizer License Agreement, the Lilly License Agreement or any agreement in connection therewith, any Material Indebtedness or Material Contract of any of the Note Parties, in each case, to the extent it would result in any event of default, optional or mandatory repayment or payment obligation by any of the Note Parties (or equivalent) in connection with such event; or (d) the sale, transfer or other Disposition of all or a substantial portion of the assets of any Note Party (other than pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted under this Agreement); provided that a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of clause (a) or, to the extent related to an event of the type specified in clause (a), clause (c) of this definition, if, contemporaneously with the occurrence of any such event with respect to the Issuer, (x) the Issuer (or any successor or assignee thereof or any purchaser or other transferee of all or substantially all of the assets thereof) has assumed all obligations, liabilities and duties of Issuer under this Agreement and the other Note Documents, the Pfizer License Agreement and the Lilly License Agreement pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion, (y) to the extent [***] the Issuer has provided evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the [***] and (z) provide such other agreements, documentation and information as Agent may reasonably request (including, without limitation, the information specified in Section 6.01(k)). For the avoidance of doubt, any [***] without the consent of the Agent shall be deemed to be a Change of Control.
“Closing Date” means July 17, 2024.
“Co-ownedCo-Owned Patents” means the Patents owned by Israeli Guarantor and a Third Party.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means, collectively, the tangible and intangible assets and property of the Note Parties, including all personal, intangible (including Intellectual Property rights) and mixed property, leases, rents, rights, powers, benefits, privileges, remedies, and interests therein and proceeds thereof, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in or upon which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to any of the Collateral Documents and/or other Note Documents as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Documents” means each Israeli Security Document, the Irish Security Document, each U.S. Security Agreement, each Control Agreement, each IP Security Agreement and each acknowledgement with respect to any such agreements, and all other instruments, powers of attorney, intercompany notes, allonges, certificates, documents, agreements, acknowledgements, collateral assignments, notices and filings delivered in connection with the Collateral, this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents in order to grant to (or evidence the grant of) Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any assets, rights, powers, benefits, privileges, remedies and interests of that Note Party as security for the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations or that provides information with respect to the assets of each Note Party.
“Collection Account” that certain Blocked Account described on Schedule 4 of this Agreement maintained with [***] and established solely for the purpose of receiving remittance of royalty receivables of Irish Guarantor pursuant to the Pfizer License Agreement and remittance of royalty receivables of Irish Guarantor pursuant to the Lilly License Agreement and disbursement in each case thereof as provided herein, and any successor Collection Account entered into in accordance with Section 4.03 and the related Control Agreement.
“Commercialization” means, on a country-by-country basis, any and all activities with respect to the distribution, marketing, detailing, promotion, selling and securing of reimbursement of the Pfizer Licensed Product in the Pfizer Territory and of the Lilly Licensed Product in the Lilly Territory, which shall include, as applicable, post-marketing approval studies, post-launch marketing, promoting, detailing, marketing research, distributing, customer service, selling the Pfizer Licensed Product and the Lilly Licensed Product, importing, exporting or transporting the Pfizer Licensed Product and the Lilly Licensed Product for sale, and regulatory compliance with respect to the foregoing. When used as a verb, “Commercialize” means to engage in Commercialization.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended and in effect from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of the chief financial officer or the treasurer or other similar financial officer of the Issuer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D.
“Confidential Information” means any and all technical and non-technical non-public information provided by either Party to the other (including, without limitation, any notices or other information provided pursuant to Section 8.08), either directly or indirectly, whether in graphic, written, electronic or oral form, and marked or identified at the time of disclosure as confidential, or which by its context would reasonably be deemed to be confidential, including without limitation information relating to a Party’s revenues, net sales, costs, technology, products and services, and any business, financial or customer information relating to a Party. Confidential Information shall not include any information that a Party can demonstrate was: (i) known to the general public at the time of its disclosure to such Party or its Affiliates, or thereafter became generally known to the general public, other than as a result of actions or omissions of the receiving Party, its Affiliates, or anyone to whom the receiving Party or its Affiliates disclosed such portion; (ii) known by the receiving Party or its Affiliates prior to the date of disclosure by the disclosing Party; (iii) disclosed to the receiving Party or its Affiliates on an unrestricted basis from a source unrelated to the disclosing Party and not known by the receiving Party or its Affiliates to be under a duty of confidentiality to the disclosing Party; or
(iv) independently developed by the receiving Party or its Affiliates by personnel that did not use the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party in connection with such development. For clarity, this Agreement shall supersede the Confidentiality Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement shall cease to be of any force and effect following the execution of this Agreement; provided, however, that all information falling within the definition of “Confidential Information” set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement shall also be deemed Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement, and the use and disclosure of such Confidential Information following the date of this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of Section 12.17.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Non-Disclosure and Confidential Information Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2020, by and between HealthCare Royalty Management, LLC and Issuer, as amended.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Adjusted Term SOFR,” the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of issuance offers or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the (x) Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, and (y) the Agent determines is administratively feasible).
“Contract” means any agreement, contract, lease, commitment, license and other arrangement that is legally binding.
“Contribution Agreements” means, collectively, (a) [***] and (b) the [***].
“Control Agreement” shall mean, with respect to Collateral consisting of any deposit account, any securities account, commodity account, securities entitlement or commodity contract, an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, among, the Agent, the financial institution or other person at which such account is maintained or with which such entitlement or contract is carried and the Note Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC) over such account to the Agent; it being understood that other than with respect to the Collection Account (which shall be a blocked account subject to Agent’s full dominion and control within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC as of the Initial Closing Date), any reference to a Control Agreement shall mean a Control Agreement subject to springing dominion pursuant to which the applicable Note Party shall maintain control unless and until the notice of springing control has been given by Agent to the financial institution or other person at which such account is maintained or with which such entitlement or contract is carried.
“Covenant Expiration Date” means the first date following the Initial Closing Date on which the Purchasers shall have collectively received aggregate cash payments in respect of the Notes (whether such payments constitute payments of principal, interest or otherwise) in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate original principal amount of the Notes issued hereunder (without giving effect to any PIK Interest added to the principal amount of the Notes following the Initial Closing Date).
“Curable Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
“Cure Acceptance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, stay of
proceedings, rearrangement, arrangement, compromise, receivership (whether temporary or permanent), insolvency, examinership, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws (including applicable provisions of any corporate laws) of the United States or any state thereof or Ireland, Israel or any other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both (in each case, to the extent described in the relevant sub-clauses of the definition of “Event of Default”) would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Deficiency Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).
“Disposition” means the sale, license, lease or sublease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment or other conveyance, transfer, license or sublicense or other Return on Capital, liquidity event, disposition or other exchange of any property for value by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person (including any issuance of Capital Stock by a Subsidiary of any Note Party) of any asset, property (real property, mixed or otherwise) or right of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including the loss, destruction or damage of any of the foregoing or any actual or threatened condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure or taking of any of the foregoing), in one transaction or a series of transactions. For purposes of clarification, “Disposition” shall include, without limitation, (a) any sale or other disposition for value of the Pfizer License Agreement, the Lilly License Agreement or any other contracts, (b) any early termination or modification of the Pfizer License Agreement, the Lilly License Agreement or any other contract resulting in the receipt by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries of a cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event (other than payments in the ordinary course for accrued and unpaid amounts due through the date of termination or modification), (c) any sale of accounts receivable (or any rights thereto (including, without limitation, any rights to any residual payment stream with respect thereto including with respect to any fee income)) by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (d) any sale or other disposition for value of any Capital Stock owned by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(e) any sale or disposition of one or more of the material assets, a line of business, a division, a project or a substantial portion of the assets or properties of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any similar transactions.
“Dispute(s)” means any opposition, interference, reexamination, injunction, claim, suit, action, citation, summons, subpoena, hearing, inquiry, investigation (by the International Trade Commission or otherwise), complaint, arbitration, mediation, demand, decree or other dispute, disagreement, proceeding, claim or inter partes review (other than standard patent prosecution before a Patent Office).
“Disqualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any class of Capital Stock of such Person that, by its terms, or by the terms of any related agreement or of any security into which it is convertible, puttable or exchangeable, is, or upon the happening of any event (other than a Change of Control) or the passage of time would be, required to be redeemed by such Person, whether or not at the option of the holder thereof, or matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date which is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date; provided, however, that any class of
Capital Stock of such Person that, by its terms, authorizes such Person to satisfy in full its obligations with respect to the payment of dividends or upon maturity, redemption (pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise) or repurchase thereof or otherwise by the delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock, and that is not convertible, puttable or exchangeable for Disqualified Capital Stock or Indebtedness, will not be deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock so long as such Person satisfies its obligations with respect thereto solely by the delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Dollars” or “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the economies of member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Enhanced Cooperation Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06.
“Enhanced Cooperation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with any Note Party and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 412 of the Code, under Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event as to which the PBGC has waived under subsection .22, .23, .25, .27 or .28 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified of such event); (b) any failure to make a required contribution to any Pension Plan that would result in the imposition of a lien or other encumbrance or the provision of security under Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 or 4068 of ERISA, or the arising of such a lien or encumbrance, there being or arising any “unpaid minimum required contribution” or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined or otherwise set forth in Section 4971 of the Code or Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title 1 of ERISA), whether or not waived, or any filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or that such filing may be made, or any determination that any Pension Plan is, or is
expected to be, in at-risk status under Title IV of ERISA; (c) any incurrence by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan (other than for premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (d) any institution of proceedings, or the occurrence of an event or condition which would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for the institution of proceedings by the PBGC, under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (e) any incurrence by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or the receipt by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any notice that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status under Section 305 of ERISA; (f) any receipt by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or any receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in critical or declining status within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (g) engaging in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA; or (h) any filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, any filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan, or the termination of any Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA.
“Event of Default” has the meaning given to such termset forth in Section 10.01.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient, (i) any Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income (however denominated), branch profits Taxes, or any franchise or similar Taxes imposed in lieu thereof, imposed by any Governmental Authority, in each case (x) as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its applicable funding office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), or (y) that are Other Connection Taxes;
(ii) in the case of a Purchaser, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Purchaser with respect to an applicable interest in a Note pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (A) such Purchaser acquires such interest in the applicable Note, or (B) such Purchaser changes its funding office, except in each case, to the extent that amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable under Section 5.01 either to such Purchaser’s assignor immediately before such Purchaser acquired such interest in the applicable Note or to such Purchaser immediately before it changed its funding office; (iii) any Tax that is attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.01(b); and (iv) any Tax withheld pursuant to FATCA.
“Existing Unsecured Convertible Notes” means the 3.000% Convertible Notes (2033), the 4.500% Convertible Notes (2025) and the 3.750% Convertible Notes (2029).
“Exit Fee” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Initial Closing Date Fee Letter or the Second Closing Date Fee Letter, as the context may require.
“Exploit” means, with respect to the Pfizer Licensed Product and the Lilly Licensed Product, the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale (including marketing and promotion), importation, distribution or other Commercialization; and “Exploitation” shall have the correlative meaning.
“Extended Cure Period Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
“Extended Option Exercise End Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) and any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities (and any related laws, regulations or official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.
“FCPA” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s Federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the Federal funds effective rate; and (b) zero percent (0%).
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fee Letters” means (a) that certain fee letter dated as of the Initial Closing Date, entered into by the Issuer and the Agent (as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Initial Closing Date Fee Letter”); (b) that certain fee letter dated as of the Second Closing Date, entered into by the Issuer and the Agent (as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Closing Date Fee Letter”); and (bc) each other fee letter entered into on or after the Initial Closing Date by and among Issuer and the Persons party thereto and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by any of the other Note Documents, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Financial Statements” means, collectively, (a) the consolidated balance sheets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, audited at December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, December 31,
2021, and December 31, 2020 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, audited for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020 and the accompanying notes thereto, as filed within Forms 10-K with the SEC; and (b) the consolidated balance sheets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries at March 31, 2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2024, as filed within Form 10-Q with the SEC.
“Financial Test Failure Event” means, as of any Test Date occurring prior to the Covenant Expiration Date, the occurrence of either (a) the Tangible Net Worth, as of such date, being less than [***]; or (b) the Quick Ratio, as of such date, [***]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the period of [***], solely for purposes of this definition, the Tangible Net Worth and the Quick Ratio as of any date shall be determined [***]. For the purposes of this definition of “Financial Test Failure Event,” the Tangible Net Worth and Quick Ratio as of any date shall, to the extent applicable, be determined in accordance with Section 1.06(f).
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to four percent (4.00%).
“Foreign Purchaser” means any Purchaser which is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, which are in effect as of the relevant date of determination. It being understood that in the event such principles change after the Initial Closing Date in a manner which affects compliance with this Agreement by the Note Parties (including without limitation in the determination of payments in respect of the Included Royalty InterestInterests), such change shall be ignored for the purpose of determining such compliance with the Note Documents unless and until agreed otherwise with the Agent.
“General Event of Default” means the occurrence of any condition or event set forth in Section 10.01 (other than a Bankruptcy Event of Default or Specified Event of Default).
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States, Ireland, Israel or any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, local or otherwise, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, certificate, license, registration, authorization, clearance, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree, or approval of or from any Governmental Authority and any accreditation issued or granted by an accrediting organization.
“Grant” means any grant, funding, incentive, subsidy, award, loan, participation, exemption, cost sharing arrangement, reimbursement arrangement, relief or other support or benefit (including, but not limited to, Tax benefits).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person: (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning given to such termset forth in Section 14.01.
“Guarantor” means, collectively, the Irish Guarantor, the Israeli Guarantor and any other Person who joins this Agreement as a guarantor from time to time.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Article XIV.
“HCRI SPV” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“IIA” means the Israeli Innovation Authority (formerly known as the Office of the Chief Scientist), being part of the Israeli Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology.
“Included Lilly Royalty Interest” means, with respect to each Calendar Quarter, all payments on account of the Lilly Royalty Interest received (or receivable) by the Note Parties and/or their Affiliates during such Calendar Quarter.
“Included Pfizer Royalty Interest” means, with respect to each Calendar Quarter, all payments on account of the Pfizer Royalty Interest received (or receivable) by the Note Parties and/or their Affiliates during such Calendar Quarter.
“Included Royalty Interests” means, collectively, the Included Lilly Royalty Interest and the Included Pfizer Royalty Interest.
“Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or upon which interest payments are customarily made; (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables which are not overdue by more than ninety (90) days); (iv) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement(s) with respect to property used and/or acquired by such Person, even though the rights and remedies of the lessor, seller and/or lender thereunder may be limited to repossession or sale of such property; (v) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar extensions of credit; (vi) any capitalized lease;
(vii) any obligations with respect to Disqualified Capital Stock; (viii) indebtedness of a third party secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on assets owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed (but only to the extent of such Lien);
(ix) net amounts owing pursuant to an interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement or other hedging arrangement; (x) a reimbursement obligation under a letter of credit issued for the account of such Person; or (xi) all Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (i) through (x) above of another Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity to the extent such Person is directly liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and whether or not such Indemnitee is required by Applicable Law to be involved therein, and any fees or expenses actually incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing the indemnity provided herein), whether direct, indirect or consequential, whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Note Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including any enforcement of any of the Note Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral)).
“Indemnified Taxes” means all (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any the Note Party under any Note Document; and (ii) Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” means Agent, each Purchaser, their respective Affiliates and their respective officers, partners, directors, trustees, employees, agents and controlling Persons.
“Indemnitee Related Party” has the meaning given to such termset forth in Section 13.07.
“Initial Closing Date” means July 17, 2024.
“Initial Closing Date Allocated Share” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Initial Closing Date Notes” means, collectively, the notes issued by the Issuer and purchased by the Initial Closing Date Purchasers on the Initial Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a), in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, and also means all other notes accepted by any Purchaser from time to time in substitution therefor or renewal thereof, in each case, as such note may be reduced by any repayment, redemption or retirement thereof or increased pursuant to any payment and capitalization of Accreted Principal.
“Initial Closing Date Notes Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
“Initial Closing Date Purchaser” has the meaning preamble hereto.
given to such termset forth in the
“Innovent” means Innovent Biologics, Inc. or any successor thereto or permitted assignee thereof, as a party to the Innovent License Agreement.
“Innovent License Agreement” means that certain agreement, by and between Lilly Licensee and Innovent, pursuant to which Lilly Licensee granted to Innovent rights with respect to the commercialization of Mazdutide in the Innovent Territory, together with such amendments or other modifications thereto.
“[***]” has the meaning set forth in [***].
“Innovent Prepayment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(e).
“[***]” has the meaning set forth in [***].
“[***]” has the meaning set forth in [***].
“[***]” has the meaning set forth in [***].
“Innovent Territory” means the People’s Republic of China.
“[***]” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.14(c).
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person or entity under any Debtor Relief Laws (domestic or foreign), including assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with its creditors or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement or other relief.
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property covering the sale, manufacture, use, importation or marketing of the Pfizer Licensed Product or the Lilly Licensed Product including but not limited to the Pfizer Product Patents, the Pfizer License Agreement, the Lilly License Agreement and any other Patents, other Patent applications, and know-how, necessary or useful for the Exploitation of the Pfizer Licensed Product or the Lilly Licensed Product, in each case, that is owned or controlled (and if controlled, only to the extent of control) by a Note Party during term of this Agreement.
“[***]” means that [***].
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means an Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, by and among the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Interest Only Period” means the period beginning on the Initial Closing Date and ending on the fourth (4th) annual anniversary thereof; provided that, if the Innovent Prepayment Date occurs prior to such fourth (4th) annual anniversary, the Interest Only Period shall automatically terminate on, and shall be deemed to have ended on, the Innovent Prepayment Date.
“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect of each of the Notes, (i) August 20, 2024, and each November 20, February 20, May 20 and August 20 occurring thereafter (or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day); and (ii) the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, in connection with a Notes Issuance, an interest period of three (3) months, unless the Agent agrees otherwise in its sole discretion, (a) initially, commencing on the Issuance Date thereof; and (b) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period, and (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, the date of a Notes Issuance initially shall be the date on which such Notes Issuance is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of the Note issued in connection with such Notes Issuance.
“Investment” means (a) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by any Person or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Capital Stock, securities or evidence of Indebtedness of any other Person (other than a Note Party); (b) any direct or indirect loan, advance, investment or capital contributions by any Person or its Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than a Note Party), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business; (c) any Guarantee by a Person or any of its Subsidiaries of any
obligations of another Person; and (d) any direct or indirect acquisition by a Person or any of its Subsidiaries. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
“Investment Grade Securities” means: (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents); (2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Issuer and the Subsidiaries of the Issuer; (3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and (4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.
“IP Security Agreement” means each intellectual property security agreement or other security agreement, entered into from time to time by a Note Party in favor of the Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) with such changes as approved by the Agent, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Irish Guarantor” means Eirgen Pharma Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland.
“Irish Security Documents” means the Irish law security deed between the Issuer and the Security Trustee (on behalf of the Secured Parties), creating an Irish law charge over the Issuer’s rights in respect of the Pfizer License Agreement and the Blocked Account.
“Israeli Companies Law” means the Israeli Companies Law, 1999 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israeli Encouragement of Capital Investments Law” means the Israeli Law for Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israeli Encouragement of Industrial R&D Law” means Israeli Encouragement of Industrial Research and Development Law, 1984 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israeli Fixed Charge Pledge” means the Israeli law fixed charge debenture, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, by and between the Israeli Guarantor and the Agent, creating, among others, an Israeli law fixed charge over Israeli Guarantor’s assets in favor of the Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) and securing the Guaranteed Obligations.
“Israeli Guarantee Law” means the Israeli Guarantee Law, 1967 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israeli Guarantor” means OPKO Biologics Ltd., a private company incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel, with company registration number 51-310520-5.
“Israeli Income Tax Ordinance” means the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version), 1961 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israeli Insolvency Law” means the Israeli Insolvency and Economic Rehabilitation Law, 2018 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Israeli Investment Center” means the Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Economy (formerly, the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor) established under the Israeli Encouragement of Capital Investments Law.
“Israeli Security Documents” means the Israeli Fixed Charge Pledge and any other Israeli law governed Collateral Documents entered into from time to time.
“Israeli Tax Dispute” means (a) Tax Appeal 66372-01-23 filed by the Israeli Guarantor in the Haifa District Court appealing a tax order issued on December 29, 2022, in respect of tax years 2014-2017; and (b) Tax Appeal 45307-05-24 filed by the Israeli Guarantor in the Haifa District Court appealing a tax order issued on April 18, 2024, in respect of tax years 2018-2020.
“Issuance Date” means the date of issuance of any Note.
“Issuance Offer” means an offer substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as agreed by the Agent, specifying, among other things, (a) the name of the Issuer; (b) the requested date of the issuance of any Note; (c) the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased;
(d) the use of proceeds of the sale by Issuer of the Note (which must be a purpose permitted by Section 8.02); and (e) the account to which the proceeds of the Notes Issuance should be directed.
“Issuer” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Jointly-Owned Patents” means the Patents owned by Israeli Guarantor jointly with Pfizer Licensee.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.23.
“Knowledge” means, with respect to any Person or its Subsidiaries, the actual knowledge of any Senior Officer or other responsible officer of such Person, or to the extent such officer does not exist, the actual knowledge of another person with similar responsibility, regardless of title, of any such Person, relating to a particular matter.
“Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, including common law, and any regulation, rule, requirement, administrative pronouncement, policy, judgment, order, writ, decree, ruling, award, approval, authorization, consent, license, waiver, variance, guideline or permit of, or any agreement with, any Governmental Authority.
“License Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Development and Commercialization License Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2020, by and between Licensee and Irish Guarantor (as assignee of OPKO Ireland Ltd.), together with such amendments or other modifications thereto (including the amendments set forth on Schedule 1.01(a)), as assigned, transferred and contributed to Irish Guarantor pursuant to the Contribution Agreements.
“License Agreement” means the Pfizer License Agreement or the Lilly License Agreement, as the context may require.
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“Licensed Product” means the “Pfizer Licensed Product” as such term is defined in the License Agreement or the Lilly Licensed Product, as the context may require.
“Licensee” means the Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto, a party to the License AgreementLicensee or the Lilly Licensee, as the context may require.
“Lien” means (a) with respect to any Person, any interest granted by such Person in any real or personal property, asset or other right owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person (including an interest in respect of a capital lease) which secures payment or performance of any obligation and shall include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, hypothec, deed of trust, assignment license or sublicense, title retention lien, charge, cautionary note or other security interest of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing), whether arising by contract, as a matter of law, by judicial process or otherwise, and whether or not filed or otherwise recorded; and (b) in the case of securities or Capital Stock, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities or Capital Stock.
“Lilly Instruction Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(e).
“Lilly License Agreement” means the Collaboration and License Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2010, by and between Lilly Licensee and Irish Guarantor (as assignee from Waratah Pharmaceuticals Inc.), together with such amendments or other modifications thereto (including the amendments set forth on Schedule 1.01(b)).
“Lilly Licensed Product” means any compound containing a “Backup Compound” as such term is defined in the Lilly License Agreement.
“Lilly Licensee” means Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation, or any successor thereto, as a party to the Lilly License Agreement.
“Lilly Patent Rights” means the Lilly Patents (as such term is defined in the Lilly License Agreement) that cover the Lilly Licensed Product.
“Lilly Royalty Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).
“Lilly Royalty Interest” means the royalties and other payments (together with the right to receive such royalties and payments) payable to Irish Guarantor under Section 4.8 of the Lilly License Agreement (including in each case, payments constituting royalties, settlement payments, judgments, securities, consideration or any other remuneration of any kind payable or received in respect of, or in substitution or compensation for, or otherwise in lieu of, such royalties under the Lilly License Agreement and all “accounts” (as such term is defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code) in respect of the Lilly Royalty Interest evidencing or giving rise to any of the foregoing) relating to Exploitation of the Lilly Licensed Product as provided in the Lilly License Agreement, and any collections, recoveries, payments or other compensation made in lieu thereof and any amounts paid or payable to Irish Guarantor, any other Note Party and/or any of their respective Subsidiaries in respect of such royalties pursuant to Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code derived from payments under the Lilly License Agreement since the Second Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Lilly Royalty Interest includes all such royalties and payments in respect of the period from and after July 1, 2026, and, on the Second Closing Date, the Issuer shall pay (or cause to be paid) to the Agent, for the account of the Purchasers, an amount equal to all such royalties and payments received by any Note Party on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to the Second Closing Date.
“Lilly Territory” means worldwide.
“Liquid Assets” means as of any date of determination, (i) cash, (ii) Cash Equivalents,
“Material Acquisition” means any acquisition, or a series of related acquisitions, of
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or liabilities of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) the ability of any Note Party to fully and timely perform its obligations under any Note Document to which it is a party; (c) the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a Note Party of a Note Document to which it is a party; (d) the validity, perfection or priority of Agent’s Liens on the Collateral (other than, in the case of this clause (d), to the extent resulting solely from the action or inaction of the Agent); or (e) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent or Purchaser or any other Secured Party under any Note Document (other than, in the case of this clause (e), to the extent resulting solely from the action or inaction of the Agent). It being understood that [***] under Section 9.3 or 9.5.1 thereof.
“Material Contract” means (a) the Pfizer License Agreement, (b) the Lilly License Agreement, (c) the Existing Unsecured Convertible Notes, and (cd) any Contract to which any Note Party, as the case may be in the context in which used, is a party or any of the respective assets or properties of any Note Party are bound or committed (other than the Note Documents) and for which any breach, violation, nonperformance or early cancellation would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Material Contracts as of the Initial Closing Date are identified on Schedule 7.01(r).(i). The Material Contracts as of the Second Closing Date are identified on Schedule 7.01(r)(ii).
“Material Contract Counterparty” means a counterparty to any Material Contract.
“Material Disposition” means any sale, transfer or other Disposition, or a series of related sales, transfers or other Dispositions, of (a) all or substantially all the issued and outstanding Capital Stock in any Subsidiary that are owned by the Issuer or any Subsidiary, or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of or a license or other Disposition of all of the intellectual property relating to a business line or product line or product) any Person (other than (x) the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business, and (y) sales pursuant to any other ordinary course commercial contract, undertaking or similar agreement that by its terms may be terminated or canceled by such Person in the ordinary course of business upon less than sixty (60) days’ prior notice and without penalty or premium for which the breach, loss or termination of such contract would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect); provided that the aggregate consideration therefor (including Indebtedness assumed by the transferee in connection therewith, all obligations in respect of deferred purchase price (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earnout or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) [***].
“Material Indebtedness” means the Existing Unsecured Convertible Notes and any other Indebtedness (other than the Obligations under the Note Documents) of any one (1) or more of
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of [***] or more.
“Material Restricted Payment” means any Restricted Payment, or a series of related Restricted Payments, made by any one or more of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of [***].
“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X; provided that, in any event, each of the Guarantors shall be Material Subsidiaries.
“Maturity Date” means July 17, 2044.
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“Maximum Lawful Rate” means the highest rate of interest permissible under Applicable
“Mazdutide” means the proprietary compound known as Mazdutide, a once-weekly injectable receptor agonist targeting both GLP-1 and glucagon receptors.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, which is contributed to by (or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute of) Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate.
“Net Sales” means “Net Sales” as such term is defined in the License Agreement.
“[***]” has the meaning set forth in [***].
“Note Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Collateral Document, each Fee Letter, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Contribution Agreements, eachthe Pfizer Instruction Letter, the Lilly Instruction Letter, the Process Agent Appointment Letters, and all other fee letters, side letters, certificates, notes, allonges, joinders, counterpart agreements, guaranty documents, subordination agreements, intercreditor agreements, mortgages, instruments, powers of attorney, process agent appointment letters, notices or agreements executed and delivered from time to time by a Note Party for the benefit of the Agent or any Purchaser in connection herewith in connection with the other Note Documents.
“Note Party” means the Issuer and the Guarantors.
“Notes” means, collectively, the Initial Closing Date Notes, the Second Closing Date Notes and any Additional Notes.
“Notes Issuances” means an Initial Closing Date Notes Issuance, a Second Closing Date Notes Issuance or an Additional Notes Issuance, as the context may require.
“Notices” means, collectively, notices, consents, approvals, reports, designations, requests, waivers, elections and other communications.
“Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of the Note Parties from time to time owed to the Agent (including any former Agent), the Purchasers or other Secured Parties or any one of them, under any Note Document, regardless of how such obligation arises or by what agreement or instrument it may be evidenced, whether or not it is or may be direct, indirect, matured, unmatured, absolute, contingent, primary, secondary, liquidated, unliquidated, disputed, undisputed, joint, joint and several, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not any claim for such Indebtedness, liability or obligation is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Issuer and, if applicable, the other Note Parties include (a) the obligation (irrespective of whether a claim therefor is allowed in a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law) to pay principal, interest, fees, (including, without limitation, any Exit Fee or Prepayment Premium (if applicable) and whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including obligations of performance), origination fee and/or Attorneys’ Fees), and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by such Person under the Note Documents; (b) the obligation to pay all costs and expenses incurred by the Agent and/or any other Secured Parties to obtain, preserve, perfect and enforce the Liens granted to the Agent and/or any other Secured Party pursuant to any Note Documents and to maintain, preserve and collect the property subject to such Liens, including but not limited to all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses of any Secured Party to enforce any Obligations whether or not by litigation, in each case, as required to be repaid by the Issuer in any Note Document; (c) the obligation to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Secured Party may elect to pay or advance on behalf of the Note Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Note Document; (d) the obligation of the Note Parties under the Collateral Documents to reimburse the Agent for any amount incurred in connection with (i) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, (ii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Agent under the Collateral Documents, or (iii) the failure by any Note Party to perform any of the provisions of any Collateral Document; and (e) Surviving Obligations. It is understood that “Obligations” shall include, without limitation, the obligation of the Note Parties to pay amounts under the Note Documents necessary for the Purchasers to achieve the Prepayment Price and that such obligations exist as of the Initial Closing Date and, if such obligations increase after such date due to additional extensions of credit being made by or advanced by or on behalf of the Secured Parties, such increases occur at the time that the additional extensions of credit are made or deemed made by the Secured Parties and in all other events prior to the time when the Notes and other Obligations are accelerated by operation of law or otherwise become due as result of a Prepayment Event (the “Base Return Principal”).
“Obligee Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.06.
“Office” means, for each Person, such Person’s office as set forth in Section 12.03, or such other office, address, or bank account as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Issuer, Agent and each Purchaser.
“Organizational Document” means, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the certificate of incorporation, each certificate of name change, memorandum of association and by-laws (or similar documents) of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the certificate of formation and operating agreement (or similar documents) of such Person and, where such limited liability company is incorporated under Irish law, the certificate of incorporation and the constitution, (iii) in the case of any limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement (or similar documents) of such Person,
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Note Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Note or other Note Document).
“Other Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.
“Owned Patents” means the Patents owned by Israeli Guarantor.
“Party” and “Parties” means the parties to this Agreement from time to time, individually and collectively.
“Patent” means any and all issued patents and pending patent applications, including without limitation, all provisional applications, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in- part, divisions and renewals, all letters patent granted thereon, and all patents-of-addition, reissues, reexaminations and extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms (including regulatory extensions), whether in or related to the United States or any foreign country or other jurisdiction.
“Patent Office” means the respective patent office (foreign or domestic) for any patent.
“Patent Rights” has the meaning set forth the License Agreementmeans the Pfizer Patent Rights or the Lilly Patent Rights, as the context may require.
“Patriot Act” means the USA Patriot Act, Public Law No. 107-56.
“Payment in Full,” “payment in full,” “paid in full,” “repaid in full,” “prepaid in full” or any other term or word of similar effect used in this Agreement or any other Note Document means the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations in immediately available funds in Dollars (including any Exit Fee or Prepayment Premium (if any)) (other than yet unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of the Note Documents in writing.
“Payments” means due and owing payments of Amortization Payments and interest (each under Section 4.04 hereof), including, in each case, any default, additional interest, Exit Fee, or Prepayment Premium or other prepayment premium charged hereunder.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA that is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) and that is maintained or contributed to by Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate or to which Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has or could reasonably be expected to have an obligation to contribute.
“Permitted Holders” means (a) Phillip Frost, M.D., and (b) any entities directly or indirectly controlled by Phillip Frost, M.D. or established for the benefit of Phillip Frost, M.D. or his descendants or spouses or charities.
“Permitted Intercompany Investments” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(e).
“Permitted Liens” means:
(ii) Liens in respect of Taxes to the extent such Taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, in each of clauses (i) and (ii), provided that adequate reserves are set aside therefor in accordance with GAAP;
are not subject to restrictions on access by any Note Party in excess of those required by applicable banking regulations;
(i) the property covered thereby is not changed (other than after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated in to the property covered and other than proceeds and products thereof), (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased (other than by the amount of any fees, expenses or premiums incurred in connection with such modification, renewal, refinancing or extension and any such related Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder), and (iii) any modification, renewal, refinancing or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby, to the extent constituting Indebtedness, is permitted by Section 9.05;
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”), the proceeds of which are used to refinance, refund, renew, extend or replace outstanding Indebtedness or issued in exchange for outstanding Indebtedness (such outstanding Indebtedness, the “Refinanced Indebtedness”); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Indebtedness (including any unused commitments thereunder) is not greater than the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Indebtedness at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension, replacement or exchange, except by an amount equal to any original issue discount thereon and the amount of unpaid accrued interest and fees paid to all lenders and legal advisors in connection with the originations thereof; (b) the final stated maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Refinanced Indebtedness and such Refinancing Indebtedness does not require any scheduled payment of principal, mandatory repayment, redemption or repurchase that is more favorable to the holders of the Refinancing Indebtedness than the corresponding terms (if any) of the Refinanced Indebtedness (including by virtue of such Refinancing Indebtedness participating on a greater basis in any mandatory repayment, redemption or repurchase as compared to the Refinanced Indebtedness, but excluding any scheduled payment of principal, mandatory repayment, redemption or repurchase occurring on or after the date that is ninety-one
“Person” means any natural person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other legal entity, including public bodies, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“Personal Information” means any data that is defined as “personal information” under applicable Privacy Law, including any such data that constitutes a name, address, email address, photograph, internet protocol address, and unique device identifier.
“Pfizer Instruction Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(e).
“Pfizer License Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Development and Commercialization License Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2020, by and between Pfizer Licensee and Irish Guarantor (as assignee of OPKO Ireland Ltd.), together with such amendments or other modifications thereto (including the amendments set forth on Schedule 1.01(a)), as assigned, transferred and contributed to Irish Guarantor pursuant to the Contribution Agreements.
“Pfizer Licensed Product” means the “Licensed Product” as such term is defined in the Pfizer License Agreement.
“Pfizer Licensee” means Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto, as a party to the Pfizer License Agreement.
“Pfizer Milestone Payments” or “Milestone Payments” means all amounts payable by the Pfizer Licensee pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Pfizer License Agreement.
“Pfizer Patent Rights” has the meaning given to the phrase “Patent Rights” set forth in the Pfizer License Agreement.
“Pfizer Product Patents” or “Product Patents” means all Patents (a) in which a Note Party has rights, and (b) that relate to, are embodied in, cover, involve or would otherwise be infringed by the Exploitation of a Pfizer Licensed Product, including but not limited to those Patents identified in Schedule 7.01. For the avoidance of doubt, the Pfizer Product Patents include the Pfizer Patent Rights.
“Pfizer Royalty Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).
“Pfizer Royalty Interest” means the royalties and other payments (together with the right to receive such royalties and payments) payable to Irish Guarantor under Section 5.3, Section 5.4 or Section 5.5 of the Pfizer License Agreement (including in each case, payments constituting royalties, settlement payments, judgments, securities, consideration or any other remuneration of any kind payable or received in respect of, or in substitution or compensation for, or otherwise in lieu of, such royalties under the Pfizer License Agreement and all “accounts” (as such term is defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code) in respect of the Pfizer Royalty Interest evidencing or giving rise to any of the foregoing) relating to Exploitation of the Pfizer Licensed Product as provided in the Pfizer License Agreement, and any collections, recoveries, payments
or other compensation made in lieu thereof and any amounts paid or payable to Irish Guarantor, any other Note Party and/or any of their respective Subsidiaries in respect of such royalties pursuant to Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code derived from payments under the Pfizer License Agreement since the Initial Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Pfizer Royalty Interest” shall not include any Pfizer Milestone Payments.
“Pfizer Royalty Interest Election” or “Royalty Interest Election” has the meaning given to the term “Royalty Interest Election” in the Pfizer Side Letter.
“Pfizer Side Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, by and among the Agent and the Note Parties.
“Pfizer Territory” means the United States and its territories and possessions. “PIK Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
“PIK Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
“Plan Assets” means assets of any (i) employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) entity whose underlying assets include assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan by reason of the investment by an employee benefit plan or plan in such entity.
“Prepayment Date” means (i) the date on which any prepayment and redemption shall occur or shall be required to occur in accordance with Section 3.02(b), or (ii) the date on which the Obligations become due and payable prior to the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms hereof, whether due to acceleration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, as the context may require.
“Prepayment Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events or circumstances prior to the Maturity Date: (a) all or any portion of the Obligations evidenced by the Note Documents are refinanced, repaid, prepaid or replaced or modified by operation of Applicable Law or reduced for any reason prior to the date of any scheduled repayment pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, as a result of any optional or mandatory repayments or deemed repayment or prepayment of the Notes and other Obligations evidenced by the Note Documents, including as a result of acceleration or otherwise; (b) there is a Bankruptcy Event; (c) all or any portion of the Obligations evidenced by the Note Documents are satisfied as a result of a foreclosure sale, deed in lieu or by any other means (including, without limitation, (x) a foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien on the Collateral pursuant to the Note Documents, or (y) a sale of the Collateral in any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws); or (d) this Agreement (or the Obligations evidenced by the Note Documents) terminates for any other reason.
“Prepayment Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).
“Prepayment Premium” means, as of any Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the greater of:
“Prepayment Premium Percentage” means (i) with respect to any Prepayment Date occurring on or prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, one hundred fifty percent (150%); and (ii) with respect to any Prepayment Date occurring after fifth (5th) anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, two hundred percent (200%).
“Prepayment Price” means a cash redemption price of the Notes being redeemed equal to, without duplication, (A) one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, together with (B) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, (C) the applicable Exit Fee (if any), (D) the applicable Prepayment Premium (if any), and (E) other unpaid amounts then due and owing by the Issuer to the applicable Purchaser(s) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Note Documents.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum last quoted by the Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if the Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Agent). Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
“Principal Amount” means, as of any date of determination, and without duplication, the amount equal to the sum of: (i) the original principal amount of the Notes, plus, (ii) any Accreted Principal accrued as of such date, minus, (iii) any payment in respect of principal as provided for in Section 3.01.
“Privacy Laws” shall mean any applicable requirements of Laws governing privacy, data security or breach notification with respect to the processing of Personal Information, and
privacy and data security requirements of contracts by which any Note Party is otherwise bound. Without limiting the foregoing, Privacy Laws include, as applicable, state personal information breach notification Laws.
“Proceeding” means an action or proceeding brought against a Party as a defendant, for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
“Process Agent Appointment Letters” means, collectively, the U.S. Process Agent Appointment Letter and each other process agent appointment letter entered into in connection with the Note Documents.
“Process Agents” means, collectively, the U.S. Process Agent and each other process agent appointment pursuant to a Process Agent Appointment Letter.
“Product Patents” means all Patents (a) in which a Note Party has rights, and (b) that relate to, are embodied in, cover, involve or would otherwise be infringed by the Exploitation of a Licensed Product, including but not limited to those Patents identified in Schedule 7.01. For the avoidance of doubt, the Product Patents include the Patent Rights.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Purchaser” means each Initial Closing Date Purchaser, each Second Closing Date Purchaser, and any of itstheir successors and assigns and any other Person that accepts or otherwise holds a Note from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Purpose” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.17(a).
“Qualified Capital Stock” means Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Note Party that has total assets exceeding Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Quarterly Interest Excess” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(b).
“Quarterly Interest Shortfall” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).
“Quarterly Report” means, with respect to the relevant Calendar Quarter, the quarterly reports provided for under Section 5.5.3 of the Pfizer License Agreement and the quarterly
reports provided for under Section 9.10 of the Lilly License Agreement for the period thereunder corresponding to such quarter, together with relevant supporting documentation.
“Quick Ratio” means, with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries at any time, the ratio, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, of: (a) Liquid Assets, to (b) the aggregate amount of all items which would be set forth as current liabilities on the balance sheet of Issuer and its Subsidiaries at such time in accordance with GAAP (including the current portion of all Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries).
“Recipient” means Agent or any Purchaser, as applicable.
Event.
“Recourse Event” means the occurrence of (a) a Bankruptcy Event, or (b) a Trigger
“Register” means a record of ownership in which Issuer registers by book entry the interests (including any rights to receive payment hereunder) of each Purchaser in the Notes and any assignment of any such interest, obligation or right.
“Regulatory Agency” means a Governmental Authority with responsibility for the regulation of the research, development, marketing or sale of drugs or pharmaceuticals in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the FDA, the European Medicines Agency and the Israeli Ministry of Health.
“Regulatory Change” means (i) the adoption after the date hereofInitial Closing Date or the Second Closing Date of any Applicable Law, rule or regulation or any change therein after the date hereof; or (ii) any change after the date hereofInitial Closing Date or the Second Closing Date in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Regulatory Agency, Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, either generally or as effected through compliance with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Regulatory Agency, Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, members, managers, investors, potential investors, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Relevant Jurisdiction” means in relation to any Note Party (as applicable): (a) its jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any Collateral or Collateral Document (as applicable) entered into by it; and (c) any jurisdiction where any Note Party conducts its business, has assets or operations or is required to maintain permits for its continued operations.
“Relevant non-U.S. Jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 7.01(m).
“Representative” means, with respect to any Person, directors, officers, employees, agents, co-investors, advisors, potential investors, underwriters, rating agencies, permitted assignees, sources of financing and trustees of such Person.
“Requisite Purchasers” means one or more Purchasers having or holding Notes with an outstanding principal amount owing under such Notes representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount owing under the Notes held by all Purchasers.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Restricted Payment” means any (i) dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Capital Stock of any Note Party or any of their Subsidiaries, or (ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Capital Stock or other Capital Stock, or on account of any return of capital to a Note Party or a Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof).
“Return on Capital” means any payment of dividends or other payments or distributions, in each case, in cash by a Person, to the direct or indirect holders of the Capital Stock in such Person on account of their ownership interests in the Capital Stock of such Person.
“Royalty Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).
“Royalty Interest” means the royalties and other payments (together with the right to receive such royalties and payments) payable to Irish Guarantor under Section 5.3, Section 5.4 or Section 5.5 of the License Agreement (including in each case, payments constituting royalties, settlement payments, judgments, securities, consideration or any other remuneration of any kind payable or received in respect of, or in substitution or compensation for, or otherwise in lieu of, such royalties under the License Agreement and all “accounts” (as such term is defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code) in respect of the Royalty Interest evidencing or giving rise to any of the foregoing) relating to Exploitation of the Licensed Product as provided in the License Agreement, and any collections, recoveries, payments or other compensation made in lieu thereof and any amounts paid or payable to Irish Guarantor, any other Note Party and/or any of their respective Subsidiaries in respect of such royalties pursuant to Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code derived from payments under the License Agreement since the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Royalty Interest” shall not include any Milestone Payments.
“[***]” has the meaning [***].
“Sanctions” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(v).
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Closing Date” means August 13, 2026.
“Second Closing Date Allocated Share” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Second Closing Date Notes” means, collectively, the notes issued by the Issuer and purchased by the Second Closing Date Purchasers on the Second Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b), in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, and also means all other notes accepted by any Purchaser from time to time in substitution therefor or renewal thereof, in each case, as such note may be reduced by any repayment, redemption or retirement thereof or increased pursuant to any payment and capitalization of Accreted Principal.
“Second Closing Date Notes Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
“Second Closing Date Purchasers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Purchasers and the Agent and shall include, without limitation, any former Purchaser or Agent to the extent that any Obligations owing to such Person were incurred while such Person was Agent or a Purchaser and such Obligations have not been paid and satisfied in full in cash.
“Security Trustee” means the Agent acting in its capacity as security trustee under the Irish Security Document.
“Senior Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, or one of its vice presidents (or the equivalent thereof), and such Person’s chief financial officer or treasurer and, with respect to any Note Party or its Subsidiaries, shall include, without limitation, each of Phil Frost, Steve Rubin, Adam Logal, Damien Burke and Monte Browder.
“Set-off” means any right of set off, rescission, counterclaim, reduction, deduction or defense.
“[***]” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Agent and the Note Parties.
“Significant Transaction” means (a) any incurrence or repayment of Material Indebtedness, (b) the making of any Material Restricted Payment, (c) the consummation of any Material Acquisition or any Material Disposition, and (d) the loss, sale or other material amendment to any Material Contract.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, that as of the date of determination, both (a)(i) the sum of such Person’s debts (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets, (ii) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Initial Closing Date or with respect to any transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Initial Closing Date; and (b) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (c) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under Applicable Laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“Specified Event of Default” means the occurrence of any condition or event set forth in Section 10.01(a), 10.01(b) or 10.01(g)(i).
“Specified Existing Debt Documents” means the [***].
“Specified Permitted Lien” means a Lien of the type described in clause (a), (c)(ii), (d) or
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, at any time, any entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock or other equity interest entitled ordinarily to vote in the election of the directors or other governing body (however designated) is at the time beneficially owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such Person, by one or more such entities or by such Person and one or more such entities.
“Surviving Obligations” has the meaning given to such term in the Pfizer Side Letter.
“Surviving Person” means, with respect to any Person involved in or that makes any disposition, the Person formed by or surviving such disposition or the Person to which such disposition is made.
“Suspended Covenants” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06.
“Suspension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Tangible Net Worth” means, with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries at any time, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i) consolidated total assets, minus (ii) any amounts attributable to (a) goodwill, (b) intangible items such as unamortized debt discount and expense, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and research and
development expenses, and (c) reserves not already deducted from assets, minus (iii) the aggregate amount of all items which would be set forth as liabilities on the balance sheet of Issuer and its Subsidiaries at such time in accordance with GAAP (including all Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries). A representative example of the calculation of Tangible Net Worth is set forth on Appendix B hereto.
“Taxes” means all present and future taxes, levies, duties, imposts, deductions, charges, fees or withholdings (including backup withholdings), and all interest, penalties and additions to tax with respect thereto, that are imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term SOFR” means,
U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Agent in its sole discretion).
“Term SOFR Note” means a Note bearing interest, at all times during an Interest Period applicable to such Note, at a rate of interest determined by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Terminated Covenants” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06.
“Territory” means the United States and its territories and possessions.
“Test Date” means (a) the last day of each calendar quarter, (b) the date of any Additional Notes Issuance, and (c) each date on which either the Quick Ratio or Tangible Net Worth are required to be tested or complied with in connection with any Significant Transaction or pursuant to Article IX, in each case, of clauses (a), (b) and (c), that occurs prior to the Covenant Expiration Date.
“Third Party” means any Person other than Issuer or its Affiliates.
“Trademarks” means, collectively, all trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, trade names, trade dress, logos, Internet domain names, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, all registrations thereof, and all registrations and applications filed in connection therewith, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under Applicable Law with respect to such trademarks, (ii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof and amendments thereto, (iii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, and (iv) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements thereof.
“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Note Documents on or about the Initial Closing Date and or the Second Closing Date, including (a) the execution and delivery of the Note Documents and the Note purchase hereunder, and (b) the payment of the fees, cost and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Trigger Event” means any of (i) the occurrence of both (A) the Maturity Date and (B) the failure of the Issuer to fulfill its obligations to consummate the actions specified in either Section 3.01(b)(i) or Section 3.01(b)(ii) on the Maturity Date, (ii) the automatic acceleration of the Obligations in the case of a Bankruptcy Event of Default, (iii) the acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section 10.01(2) upon the occurrence of a Specified Event of Default, or
(iv) an Acceleration Trigger Event.
“U.S.” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday, or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Process Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(n).
“U.S. Process Agent Appointment Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(n).
“U.S. Security Agreement” and “U.S. Security Agreements” means each of (i) the Security Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, entered into, by among others, the Irish Guarantor as a grantor for the benefit of the Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties; (ii) the Security Agreement dated as of the Initial Closing Date, entered into, by among others, the Israeli Guarantor as a grantor for the benefit of the Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties; and (iii) each other New York law governed security agreement entered from time to time securing the Obligations, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b)(ii).
“Uniform Commercial Code” and “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York (the “NY UCC”); provided that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of Applicable Law, the perfection, non-perfection, attachment or priority of a security interest is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) in effect in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions in the Note Documents relating to such perfection, or effect of perfection or non-perfection, attachment or priority and for the purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
“United Kingdom” and “UK” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“VAT” means, as applicable (a) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of November 28, 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112), including any value added tax imposed by the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 of Ireland or the Value-Added Tax Regulations 20210 of Ireland; (b) any value added tax
imposed by the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (United Kingdom); (c) any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above, or imposed elsewhere; and (d) value added tax as defined in the Israeli Value Added Tax Law, 1975.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
“Withholding Agent” means any Note Party, the Agent and any other applicable withholding agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any applicable Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such applicable Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country or as the context may require, the United Kingdom, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule or in the equivalent Laws in the United Kingdom.
“3.000% Convertible Notes (2033)” means each of the unsecured convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000 and issued pursuant to that certain Indenture (and 3.000% Convertible Senior Notes due 2033), dated as of January 30, 2013, by and among Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
“4.500% Convertible Notes (2025)” means each of the unsecured convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $170,000 and issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of February 7, 2019, by and among Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and the First Supplemental Indenture (and 4.500% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025), dated as of February 7, 2019, by and among Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
“3.750% Convertible Notes (2029)” means each of the unsecured convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $301,054,000 and issued pursuant to that certain Indenture (and 3.750% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029), dated as of January 9, 2024, by and among Issuer and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee.
Section 1.02 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Agreement:
any provision of any Note Document which imposes additional burdens on a Note Party or further restricts the rights of a Note Party or gives any of the Agent or the Purchasers additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement and shall be given full force and effect.
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waived in writing pursuant to this Agreement or, in the case of a Default, is cured within any period of cure expressly provided for in this Agreement; and an Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” until such Event of Default has been waived in writing by the Requisite Purchasers or by each Purchaser affected thereby, or by all Purchasers, as applicable. Any Lien referred to in this Agreement or any other Note Document as having been created in favor of Agent, any agreement entered into by Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Note Document, any payment made by or to or funds received by Agent pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement or any other Note Document, or any act taken or omitted to be taken by Agent, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be created, entered into, made or received, or taken or omitted, for the benefit or account of the Agent and the other Secured Parties. Wherever the phrase “to the knowledge of the Issuer” or words of similar import relating to the knowledge or the awareness of the Issuer are used in this Agreement or any other Note Document, such phrase shall mean and refer to (i) the actual knowledge of a Senior Officer of the Issuer, or (ii) the knowledge that a Senior Officer would have obtained if such officer had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of such officer’s duties, including the making of such reasonably specific inquiries as may be necessary of the employees or agents of the Issuer and a good faith attempt to ascertain the existence or accuracy of the matter to which such phrase relates.
(ii) the appointment of a receiver or trustee or other authorized functionary (“baal tafkid”), as such term is understood under the Israeli Insolvency Law; (iii) a reorganization order, freeze order, stay of proceedings order (“Ikuv Halichim”) (or other similar remedy), relief of debtors, an order for commencing proceedings (“Tzav Ptichat Halichim”), an order for financial rehabilitation (“Hafala Leshem Shikum Calcali”) or an order for liquidation (“Tzav Piruk”); or (iv) the
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recognition of a foreign proceeding with respect to an insolvency of a company (“Hakara be Halich Zar”), as such term is understood under the Israeli Insolvency Law.
Section 1.03 Rates.
Agent neither warrants nor accepts responsibility for, and Agent shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability; or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Issuer. The Agent may select information sources or services in its sole discretion to ascertain the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Issuer, any Purchaser or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Section 1.04 Divisions. For all purposes under the Note Documents, in connection with any division or plan division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s Laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person; and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Capital Stock at such time.
Section 1.05 Accounting Terms.
with any covenant (including the computation of Tangible Net Worth and the Quick Ratio or component definitions) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
Section 1.06 Suspension and Termination of Covenants.
Initial Closing Date until the Covenant Expiration Date during which no Enhanced Cooperation Period shall be in effect is referred to as a “Suspension Period.” For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that an Enhanced Cooperation Period shall be in effect on the Covenant Expiration Date, such Enhanced Cooperation Period shall be deemed to automatically terminate on the Covenant Expiration Date.
ARTICLE II.
THE NOTES; DISBURSEMENT; CERTAIN FEES
Section 2.01 Notes Issuance.
sell and deliver, on the Initial Closing Date, upon payment of the Initial Purchase Price, such Issuer’sInitial Closing Date Purchaser’s Initial Closing Date Allocated Share of the Notes (the “Initial Closing Date Notes Issuance”).
(bc) At any time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Purchasers, subject to such conditions as the Agent and Purchasers shall require, the Issuer may authorize the issuance and offering of Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) (an “Additional Notes Offering”) to the Purchasers or an Affiliate thereof or another Purchaser approved by the Agent (each, an “Additional Note Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Additional Note Purchasers”), which Additional Notes, if issued and purchased, will constitute Notes under, and will be issued on all of the same terms and conditions of, this Agreement and the other Note Documents, subject to the following:
With respect to any Additional Notes Offering, Issuer shall deliver to the Agent a fully completed and duly executed and delivered Issuance Offer no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Issuance Date (or such shorter period agreed to by the Agent and Additional Note Purchasers in their sole discretion). Except as otherwise provided herein, an Issuance Offer for an Additional Notes Issuance shall be irrevocable on and after the date delivered, and Issuer shall be bound to issue such Additional Notes in accordance therewith. Promptly upon receipt by the Agent of such Issuance Offer, the Agent shall notify each Additional Note Purchaser of the proposed issuance and sale and each Additional Note Purchaser shall promptly notify the Agent and Issuer whether such Additional Note Purchaser will purchase the Additional Notes subject to such Additional Notes Offering.
Section 2.02 Disbursement of Purchase Price. Issuer shall deliver to the Agent a fully executed Issuance Offer for the Notes Issuance no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)
three (3) Business Days prior to the Initial Closing Date or the Second Closing Date (as applicable, or such shorter period agreed by the Agent and the Purchasers in writing). Except as otherwise provided herein, an Issuance Offer for the Notes Issuance shall be irrevocable on and after the date delivered, and Issuer shall be bound to issue such Notes in accordance therewith. Promptly upon receipt by Agent of such Issuance Offer, the Agent shall notify each Purchaser of the proposed issuance and sale. Each Purchaser shall make the purchase price of its Note available to the Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Closing Date or the Second Closing Date (as applicable), by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Agent’s Office. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, and receipt of all funds requested in the applicable Issuance Offer, Agent shall fund a net amount to Issuer in Dollars equal to (A) for the Initial Closing Date, to (1) the purchase price of all such Notes received by Agent, less (2) each of (I) the Agent Expense Amount, and (II) any fees, obligations or other expenses due and payable hereunder or under any other Note Document and (B) for the Second Closing Date, to (1) the purchase price of all such Notes received by Agent, less (B2) each of (iI) the Agent Expense Amount, and (iiII) any fees, obligations or other expenses due and payable hereunder or under any other Note Document.
Section 2.03 No Right to Reborrow or Reissue. Any Note issued under this Article II and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed or reissued. Each Initial Closing Date Purchaser’s commitment to purchase the Notes listed on Appendix A-1 shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Initial Closing Date after giving effect to the purchase of Notes in an amount equal to such Initial Closing Date Purchaser’s Initial Closing Date Allocated Share, if any, on such date. Each Second Closing Date Purchaser’s commitment to purchase the Notes listed on Appendix A-2 shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Second Closing Date after giving effect to the purchase of Notes in an amount equal to such Second Closing Date Purchaser’s Second Closing Date Allocated Share, if any, on such date.
Section 2.04 Allocated Shares; Availability of Funds.
(bc) Availability of Funds. Unless the Agent shall have been notified in writing by a Purchaser prior to the applicable Issuance Date that such Purchaser does not intend to make available to the Agent the amount of the purchase price of such
Purchaser’s Note requested on such Issuance Date, Agent may assume that such Purchaser has made such amount available to the Agent on such Issuance Date and after consultation with Issuer, the Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Issuer a corresponding amount on such Issuance Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Agent by such Purchaser, Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount following demand from such Purchaser together with interest thereon, for each day from such Issuance Date until the date such amount is paid to the Agent, at the customary rate set by Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Purchaser does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith following Agent’s demand therefor, Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer and Issuer shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from such Issuance Date until the date such amount is paid to Agent, at the then Applicable Rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Notes. Nothing in this Section 2.04(b) shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Issuer may have against any Purchaser as a result of any default by such Purchaser hereunder.
ARTICLE III.
REPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Amortization; Maturity Date.
all other Obligations then outstanding (including any Exit Fee), and any amounts so paid to the Agent, once paid shall be applied by the Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and distributed to the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof (including satisfying the Base Return Principal); or
In the event that the Issuer shall desire to consummate the [***] on the Maturity Date pursuant to clause (b)(ii) above, the Issuer shall (x) deliver written notice thereof to the Agent at least thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date, and
(y) execute and deliver to the Agent and the Purchasers on the Maturity Date such agreements, documents and other evidence, instructions and filings reasonably necessary to consummate and evidence the [***] on the Maturity Date as may reasonably be requested by the Agent and/or the Requisite Purchasers by delivery of written notice thereof to the Issuer reasonably in advance of the Maturity Date (including taking steps to cooperate on [***] necessary to effectuate the intent of the parties).
In the event that the Issuer shall fulfill its obligations under this clause (b) on the Maturity Date by consummating the actions specified in clause (b)(ii) above, then, on the date the Agent determines that all such conditions precedent to effectuate such transaction have been satisfied, all of the Obligations under the Note Documents (other than Surviving Obligations) shall be deemed satisfied and paid in full on such date. The Surviving Obligations shall continue on and after such date and shall continue to be secured by first priority Liens on the Collateral, and neither the Collateral nor the Pfizer License Agreement nor the Lilly License Agreement shall be subject to Liens other than Specified Permitted Liens.
Royalty Amounts. In the case of a [***], the Surviving Obligations shall be satisfied in the manner described in the documentation evidencing such election. It is agreed that prior to the occurrence of a Recourse Event, unless agreed otherwise by the Issuer and the Agent (acting at the direction of the Secured Parties), the payment on the Obligations shall be limited to the Pfizer Royalty Amount and, subject to the limitation in the final sentence of this clause (c), the Lilly Royalty Amount and proceeds of the Collateral securing the Obligations (even if the Issuer elects to pay or satisfy any of the Obligations using other assets of the Note Parties). From and after the date that the aggregate amount of the Lilly Royalty Amount applied to the Obligations in respect of the Notes equals $187,500,000 (plus the amount of Indemnified Liabilities and expenses included in the Obligations under Article XI hereof), the Lilly Royalty Amount shall equal $0.
amount so prepaid. The obligation of the Issuer to pay the Innovent Prepayment Amount shall be a full recourse obligation of the Note Parties and shall not be limited by, and the [***] without regard to, Section 3.01(c). Notwithstanding the definition of “Prepayment Event” or Section 3.04, the Innovent Prepayment Amount shall be applied solely to the outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes, the payment thereof shall not constitute a Prepayment Event, and no Exit Fee, Prepayment Premium or other premium, fee or make-whole amount shall be due or payable in connection therewith (it being understood that the Exit Fee shall remain payable in accordance with the Note Documents, calculated after giving effect to such prepayment). Upon the occurrence of the [***], the Interest Only Period shall automatically terminate, if it shall not already have ended. For the avoidance of doubt, (A) [***], and (B) no Innovent Prepayment Amount shall be due or payable if the Innovent Termination Date occurs on or after December 31, 2030.
Section 3.02 Voluntary Prepayment.
Section 3.03 Increased Cost.
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to reduce the rate of return on the capital of any Purchaser or other Recipient as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or arising in connection herewith to a level below that which such Purchaser or Recipient could have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of Purchaser with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Purchaser or Recipient to be material, then from time to time, on the first Interest Payment Date occurring at least thirty (30) days after demand by such Purchaser or Recipient (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand and a description of the computation of such demand), Issuer shall pay directly to such Purchaser or Recipient such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Purchaser or Recipient for such reduction. Such Purchaser or Recipient will take such actions reasonably requested by Issuer, at the expense of Issuer, if such actions will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the judgment of such Purchaser or Recipient, be otherwise disadvantageous to it or inconsistent with its internal policies and procedures. In no event will such Purchaser or Recipient be expected or required to monitor the occurrence of any of the events or contingencies described in this Section 3.03(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Issuer be required to compensate such Purchaser or Recipient pursuant to this Section
3.03 for any amounts under this Section 3.03 incurred more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Purchaser or Recipient notifies Issuer of such amount and of such Purchaser’s or Recipient’s intention to claim compensation therefor.
Section 3.04 Application of Prepayments.
Any prepayments of any Note in connection with a Prepayment Event shall be applied as follows (and, in the case of any partial prepayment, ratably across the applicable series or tranche of Notes):
first, to the payment of all fees, and all expenses specified in Section 11.03 owed to the Agent, to the full extent thereof;
second, to the payment of all fees, and all expenses specified in Section 11.03 owed to the Purchasers, to the full extent thereof;
third, to the payment of any accrued interest at the Default Rate, if any;
fourth, to the payment of any accrued interest (other than Default Rate interest);
fifth, to the payment of, as applicable, the Exit Fee and/or any Prepayment Premium (if any) then due on any Notes or other Obligations;
sixth, to prepay Notes on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof) and shall be further applied in direct order of maturity to reduce the remaining scheduled installments of principal amount of the Notes;
seventh, to the payment in full of all other Obligations; and
eighth, upon satisfaction in full of all Obligations, to the Issuer or as otherwise required by Law.
In carrying out the foregoing, (a) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to the application to the next succeeding category, and (b) each of the Persons entitled to receive a payment in any particular category shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share of amounts available to be applied pursuant thereto for such category. Upon the acceleration of the principal amount of any of the Notes in accordance with Article X, Issuer irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times thereafter received by the Agent from or on behalf of Issuer, and, as between Issuer on the one hand and the Agent and the other Secured Parties on the other, the Agent shall have the
continuing and exclusive right to apply and to reapply any and all payments received against the Obligations in such manner as the Agent may deem advisable and to make and apply such payments notwithstanding any previous application by the Agent.
Section 3.05 General Provisions Regarding Payments.
Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or an Event of Default. Interest shall continue to accrue on any Obligations as to which a non-conforming payment is made at the Default Rate from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full in cash in immediately available funds in Dollars.
determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Section 3.06 Ratable Sharing.
The Purchasers hereby agree among themselves that, except otherwise expressly provided herein, if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of the Notes made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s Lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Note Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Purchaser hereunder or under the other Note Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Purchaser) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Purchaser in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Purchaser, then the Purchaser receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Agent and each other Purchaser of the receipt of such payment, and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Purchasers so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Purchasers in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Purchaser is thereafter recovered from such Purchaser upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Note Party or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Purchaser ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Each Note Party expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may
exercise any and all rights of banker’s Lien, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by any Note Party to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.
ARTICLE IV.
INTEREST; EXPENSES; MAKING OF PAYMENTS
Section 4.01 Interest Rate; Payments of Interest.
Section 4.02 [Reserved].
Section 4.03 Collection Account.
and naming the Agent as an intended third-party beneficiary of such instruction letter. (ii) On or before the Second Closing Date, Irish Guarantor shall deliver an irrevocable instruction letter substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 (any such instruction letter, an “Lilly Instruction Letter”) to the Lilly Licensee directing that for so long as the Obligations remain outstanding all payments that are due and payable to Irish Guarantor in respect of or derived from the Lilly License Agreement shall be paid directly into the Collection Account and naming the Agent as an intended third-party beneficiary of such instruction letter.
Section 4.04 Application of Payments.
first, to the payment of all fees, and all expenses specified in Section 11.03 owed to the Agent, to the full extent thereof;
second, to the payment of all fees, and all expenses specified in Section 11.03 owed to the Purchasers, to the full extent thereof;
third, to the payment of any accrued and unpaid interest at the Default Rate, if any; and
fourth, to the payment of any accrued and unpaid interest (other than Default Rate interest);
provided that in no event shall the amounts applied pursuant to clauses third and fourth above exceed, in the aggregate, the amount of interest accrued and payable on such Interest Payment Date, and any portion of the Pfizer Royalty Amount not applied pursuant to the foregoing clauses first through fourth shall not be applied to any other Obligations, including the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, and shall instead be treated as Quarterly Interest Excess pursuant to Section 4.04(b) below; and
first, to the extent any interest accrued and payable on such Interest Payment Date remains unpaid after giving effect to the application of the Pfizer Royalty Amount pursuant to clause (A) above, to the payment of such remaining accrued and unpaid interest; and
second, any remaining balance of the Lilly Royalty Amount after application pursuant to the foregoing clause (A) shall be applied to the repayment of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes as an Amortization Payment in accordance with Section 3.01(a)(i); and
first, to the payment of all fees, and all expenses specified in Section 11.03 owed to the Agent, to the full extent thereof;
second, to the payment of all fees, and all expenses specified in Section 11.03 owed to the Purchasers, to the full extent thereof;
third, to the payment of any accrued and unpaid interest at the Default Rate, if any;
fourth, to the payment of any accrued and unpaid interest (other than Default Rate interest); and
fifth, any remaining balance to the repayment of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes as an Amortization Payment in accordance with Section 3.01(a)(ii);
provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, if there is a Quarterly Interest Shortfall on any Interest Payment Date, (whether occurring during or after the Interest Only Period), then on such Interest Payment Date (x) the Issuer shall be deemed to have made a payment in kind in an amount equal to the Deficiency Amount in respect of such Quarterly Interest Shortfall, (y) the Issuer shall make a cash payment to Agent in an amount equal to the Pfizer Royalty Amount plus the Lilly Royalty Amount (any such cash payment, the “Cash Interest Payment”), which amount shall be forthwith distributed by Agent to the Purchasers on a ratable basis and all other interest then due and owing shall be deemed to be have been paid in kind and added to the principal amount of the Notes, and (z) upon Agent’s receipt of such Cash Interest Payment, provided that no Enhanced Cooperation Period shall then be in effect, upon request of the Note Parties to the Agent and the Account Bank, the Agent shall deliver a countersigned notice instruction to the Account Bank authorizing the Account Bank to release to the Irish Guarantor or its designee an amount equal to the Cash Interest Payment from the Collection Account in accordance with the instructions of the Irish Guarantor.
Section 4.05 Default Rate. Immediately upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, the outstanding principal balance of the outstanding Notes and other Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate and shall be payable in cash on demand and upon the election of the Agent at the direction of the Requisite Purchasers shall be converted to Base Rate Notes. Any election made pursuant to this Section 4.05 may be made retroactive to the date of the occurrence of the applicable Default. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 4.05 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Agent or any Purchaser. Any such election by Agent, if exercised after the date of
such Default or Event of Default, may apply retroactively to the date of such Default or Event of Default in the sole discretion of the Agent. If any amount payable by Issuer to Agent or any Purchaser hereunder is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), interest shall accrue on any such unpaid amounts, both before and after judgment during the period from and including the applicable due date, to but excluding the day the overdue amount is paid in full, at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate. Interest accruing under this Section 4.05 shall be payable in cash on demand of the Agent.
Section 4.06 Administration and Enforcement Expenses. Issuer shall promptly reimburse the Secured Parties on demand for the costs and expenses incurred by Secured Parties (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to Agent and Purchasers to the extent required pursuant to Article XI) as a consequence of or in connection with the administration, monitoring and enforcement of the Notes Documents, including without limitation, as a result of any Default, Event of Default, Prepayment Event or other prepayment of the Notes.
Section 4.07 Making of Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Payment stated to be due hereunder or under any Note on a given day in a specified month shall be made or shall end (as the case may be), (i) if there is no such given day or corresponding day, on the last Business Day of such month; or (ii) if such given day or corresponding day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 4.08 Set-off or Counterclaim. Each payment by Issuer under this Agreement or under any Note shall be made without Set-Off or counterclaim. The Secured Parties shall have the right to Set-off any and all amounts owed by the Note Parties and/or any of their Subsidiaries under the Note Documents in the manner provided in Section 10.03.
Section 4.09 Benchmark Replacement Setting.
notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Purchasers comprising the Requisite Purchasers.
Section 4.10 Compensation for Losses. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Term SOFR Note other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default); (b) the conversion of any Term SOFR Note other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default); (c) the failure to issue and sell, convert, continue or prepay any Term SOFR Note on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto; or (d) the assignment of any Term SOFR Note other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, in any such event, the Issuer shall compensate each Purchaser for any loss, cost and expense attributable to such event, including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or redeployment of funds or from any fees payable. A certificate of any Purchaser setting forth any amount or amounts that such Purchaser is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Issuer and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Issuer shall pay such Purchaser the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
Section 4.11 Inability to Determine Rates.
If, on or prior to the first (1st) day of any Interest Period for any Term SOFR Note:
Upon notice thereof by the Agent to the Issuer, any obligation of the Purchasers to purchase Term SOFR Notes, and any right of the Issuer to continue the interest rate applicable to Term SOFR Notes or to convert the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Notes to the interest rate applicable to Term SOFR Notes, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Notes or affected Interest Periods) until the Agent (with respect to clause (b), at the
instruction of the Requisite Purchasers) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Issuer may revoke any pending request for an issuance and sale of, conversion to or continuation of the interest rate applicable to Term SOFR Notes (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Notes or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Issuer will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for an issuance and sale of or conversion to the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Notes in the amount specified therein; and (ii) any outstanding affected Term SOFR Notes will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Notes at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Issuer shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section
ARTICLE V.
TAXES
Section 5.01 Taxes.
Purchaser, if reasonably requested by Issuer, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by Issuer as will enable Issuer to determine whether or not such Purchaser is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Purchaser may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of such direct and indirect partner(s); and
Section 5.02 Receipt of Payment. Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes by Issuer or any other Note Party pursuant to this Article V, Issuer or such Note Party shall furnish to the applicable Recipient the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Recipient.
Section 5.03 Other Taxes. Issuer and the other Note Parties shall promptly pay any registration, transfer, stamp or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes arising from any payment made under any Note Document, or
from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Note Document, except any such Taxes with respect to an assignment by a Purchaser that are Other Connection Taxes (all such non-excluded Taxes, “Other Taxes”), to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.
Section 5.04 Indemnification. If a Recipient pays any Indemnified Taxes pursuant to this Article V, Issuer and the other Note Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify such Recipient on demand in full (including any Indemnified Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 5.04), whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted, together with interest thereon from and including the date of payment to, but excluding, the date of reimbursement at the Default Rate and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom. A certificate of an affected Recipient claiming any compensation under this Section 5.04, setting forth the amounts to be paid thereunder and delivered to Issuer, shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Section 5.05 Registered Obligation.
Section 5.06 Tax Treatment.
that is inconsistent with the foregoing sentence on any Tax return or in any audit or other administrative or judicial Tax proceeding unless (i) each other Party has consented to such actions; or (ii) such inconsistent position is required as a result of a material change in Applicable Law following the date of this Agreement or the good faith resolution of a Tax audit or a judicial or administrative Tax proceeding.
Section 5.07 Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Article V (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Article V), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Article V with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 5.07 (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.07, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 5.07 the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 5.07 shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
Section 5.08 Value Added Tax. All fees and other amounts payable to any Purchaser under this Agreement by the Issuer and/or the Guarantors are exclusive of any VAT. If any of the transactions described in this Agreement are subject to VAT, the Purchasers shall provide the Issuer with a valid invoice that complies with all relevant tax regulations and that specifically states the applicable VAT. Provided the Purchaser(s) have stated the applicable VAT on the invoice, the Issuer will pay the applicable Purchaser(s) the applicable VAT. All payments by Issuer or any other Note Party under this Agreement or any other Note Document (including payments with respect to the Notes and payments under a guarantee) which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable, if any, on that supply, and accordingly, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Purchaser and such Purchaser is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, Issuer or any other Note Party must pay to such Purchaser
(in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT.
ARTICLE VI.
CLOSING CONDITIONS FOR INITIAL CLOSING DATE NOTES ISSUANCE
Section 6.01 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Closing Date Notes Issuance. The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase Initial Closing Date Notes on the Initial Closing Date shall be subject to the fulfillment, to the sole satisfaction of each Purchaser, of all of the following conditions precedent in addition to the conditions specified in Section 2.01 and Section 2.02:
U.S. counsel to the Note Parties; (b) McCann FitzGerald LLP, Irish counsel to the Note Parties; and (c) Gornitzky & Co, Israeli counsel to the Note Parties.
this Agreement and the other Note Documents, Issuer has had the opportunity to review, evaluate and negotiate this Agreement, the other Note Documents, the Exit Fee, the Prepayment Premium and the calculations thereof with its advisors, (b) each of the Exit Fee and the Prepayment Premium is a good-faith, reasonable approximation of the Purchasers’ liquidated damages upon the applicable triggering events, taking into account all of the circumstances, including the cost of funds, the opportunity costs of capital, the relative risk of the investment and the operational benefits for the Note Parties from continued use of funds as a result of the Purchasers’ agreement to accept the Exit Fee and the Prepayment Premium in lieu of additional up-front fees, (c) neither the Exit Fee nor the Prepayment Premium is intended to be nor viewed by the parties as the economic equivalent of unmatured interest, and (d) each of the Note Parties has duly authorized its entry into this Agreement and the other Note Documents in connection therewith; (iii) setting forth the incumbency of the officer of such party who executed and delivered such Note Documents, including therein a signature specimen of each such officer; and (iv) copies, certified by such officer as true and complete, of certificates of the appropriate Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of formation, stating that such party was in good standing under the laws of such jurisdiction as of the Initial Closing Date (or a date immediately prior thereto acceptable to Agent);
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without limitation, under sections 255, 270-272 and Section 277 thereof) and the Organizational Documents of such party, had been duly obtained for, amongst other things, the transactions contemplated by the Note Documents; and
and be continuing that (i) constitutes a Default, an Event of Default or an Enhanced Cooperation Event; and (ii) would reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Effect, in each case, both at the time of, and immediately after giving effect to, the purchase of the Notes. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the reasonable discretion of the Agent, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the consummation of the Transactions, the financing thereof or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Note Documents or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
including recordations in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and any other equivalent foreign office of competent jurisdiction in any Relevant non-U.S. Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction in which a Note Party has registered material Intellectual Property that are necessary or reasonably requested by Agent in order to establish, protect, preserve and perfect the security interest in the assets of each Note Party constituting Collateral as provided in any Collateral Document as a valid and perfected first priority security interest with respect to such assets shall have been duly effected (or arrangements therefor satisfactory to Agent shall have been made).
Each Purchaser and the Agent, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and the Purchasers purchasing and accepting the Notes on the Initial Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Note Document and each other document required to be approved by Agent, Requisite Purchasers or Purchasers, as applicable on the Initial Closing Date.
ARTICLE VII.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 7.01 Representations and Warranties of Note Parties. Each Note Party hereby represents and warrants on its own behalf to Agent and each Purchaser as of the date of this Agreementthe Initial Closing Date and as of the Second Closing Date (except for any
representations and warranties which speak as to a specific date, which representations and warranties shall be made as of the date specified) as follows:
imposition of any Lien on the Pfizer Product Patents, the Pfizer Licensed Product, the Lilly Licensed Product or the Included Royalty InterestInterests.
the other Secured Parties created by any Note Document in and to the Included Royalty InterestInterests, to be subordinated to any creditor or any other Person.
over any asset subject to such security interest or the enforceability or validity of such security interest.
(b) an adverse effect, in any respect, on the timing, amount or duration of the Included Royalty InterestInterests or the right of Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers and other Secured Parties, to receive a payment equal to the Pfizer Royalty Amount and the Lilly Royalty Amount or for the Included Royalty InterestInterests to be paid into the Collection Account. The Taxes that are the [***] are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on the Note Parties’ books and records. Other than the [***] or disputes that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no disputes with a Governmental Authority that are ongoing, pending or threatened in writing against any Note Party in respect of the Tax affairs of a Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries. None of the payments received (or to be received) by any Note Party in respect of the Pfizer Royalty Interest or the Lilly Royalty Interest has been, or under current Law will be, subject to any deduction or withholding of any Tax, except, with respect to the Lilly Royalty Interest, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material reduction in the Lilly Royalty Amount (it being understood that, to the extent any such deduction or withholding is required by Applicable Law, the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts as are necessary so that the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers, receives an amount equal to the Lilly Royalty Amount free and clear of such deduction or withholding, in each case pursuant to Section 5.01) and no Note Party has provided or been requested to provide any documentation to any applicable withholding agent in
order to establish entitlement to any treaty benefit in order to avoid any such withholding, other than an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E with respect to U.S. federal withholding tax.
(26) Israeli Guarantor is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire right, title and interest in each of the Pfizer Product Patents that are Owned Patents other than the Jointly-Owned Patents, and Israeli Guarantor jointly owns, solely with Pfizer Licensee, each of the Pfizer Product Patents that are Jointly-Owned Patents. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo), each of the Pfizer Product Patents that are Owned Patents are not subject to any encumbrance, lien or claim of ownership by any Third Party, and there are no facts that would preclude Israeli Guarantor from having unencumbered title to the Owned Patents, in each case, other than Specified Permitted Liens. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo), no Note Party has received any notice of any claim by any Third Party challenging the ownership of the rights of such Note Party in and to any of the Pfizer Product Patents that are Owned Patents.
(37) [Reserved].
(48) [Reserved].
(59) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material reduction in the amount of the Pfizer Royalty Interest, to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, each Person who has or has had any rights in or to the Pfizer Product Patents, including each inventor named on the Pfizer Product Patents, has executed a Contract assigning their entire right, title and interest in and to such Pfizer Product Patents and the inventions embodied, described and/or claimed therein, to the owner thereof.
(610) To the Knowledge of the Note Parties, no issued Product Patent has lapsed, expired or otherwise been terminated. To the Knowledge of the Note Parties, no Product Patent applications have lapsed, expired, been abandoned or otherwise been terminated, other than by operation of law or, with regard to immaterial Pfizer Product Patents, by any prosecution or maintenance decisions of the Pfizer Licensee on a case-by-case
and country-by-country basis and under routine patent prosecutions.
(711) There are no unpaid maintenance fees, annuities or other like payments with respect to the Pfizer Product Patents that would have a material effect on any Product Patent or that would result in a material reduction in the amount of the Pfizer Royalty Interest.
(812) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo), (i) to the Knowledge of the Note Parties each of the Pfizer Product Patents correctly identifies each and every inventor of the claims thereof as determined in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Product Patent was issued or is pending; (ii) to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, there is not any Person who is or claims to be an inventor of any of the Pfizer Product Patents who is not a named inventor thereof; and (iii) no Note Party has received any notice from any Person who is or claims to be an inventor of any of the Pfizer Product Patents who is not a named inventor thereof.
(913) Each of the Pfizer Product Patents is valid, enforceable and subsisting. (i) No Note Party has received any opinion of counsel that any of the Pfizer Product Patents is invalid or unenforceable, and (ii) no Note Party has received any written notice of any claim by any Third Party challenging the validity or enforceability of any of the Pfizer Product Patents.
(1014) To the Knowledge of the Note Parties, each individual associated with the filing and prosecution of the Pfizer Product Patents has complied, in all material respects with all applicable duties of candor and good faith in dealing with any Patent Office, including any duty to disclose to any Patent Office all information known by such individual to be material to patentability of each such Product Patent, in those jurisdictions where such duties exist.
(1115) To the Knowledge of the Note Parties, there is at least one (1) valid claim in each of Product Patent that would be infringed by Pfizer Licensee’s Exploitation of the Pfizer Product Patents in the currently approved indications of use but for the Pfizer Licensee’s rights in such Product Patent.
(1216) [Reserved].
(1317) There are no pending or threatened proceedings before a Governmental Authority (other than normal course patent examinations, if any) that could reasonably be expected to (i) impact the validity and/or enforceability of any of the claims of the
Pfizer Product Patents, or (ii) otherwise impact whether any claim within the Pfizer Product Patents is a valid claim.
(1418) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo), there is no pending, decided or settled Dispute, including without limitation any International Trade Commission investigations, and, to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, no such Dispute been threatened in writing, in each case, challenging the legality, validity, enforceability, scope or ownership of any Product Patent, or adjudicating whether any Product Patent is or would be infringed by the Exploitation of a product by a Third Party.
(1519) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo), to the Knowledge of the Note Parties there are no pending Disputes or like procedures involving any of the Pfizer Product Patents.
(1620) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo), to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, none of the conception, development and reduction to practice of the inventions claimed in the Pfizer Product Patents has constituted or involved the misappropriation of trade secrets or other rights or property of any Third Party.
(1721) No Note Party has filed any disclaimer, other than a terminal disclaimer, or made or permitted any other voluntary reduction in the scope of any Product Patent.
(1822) To the Knowledge of the Note Parties, neither any Note Party nor any other Person has undertaken or omitted to undertake any acts, and no circumstances or grounds exist, that would void, invalidate, reduce or eliminate, in whole or in part, the enforceability or scope of any of the Pfizer Product Patents.
(1923) To the Note Parties’ Knowledge, (i) no Third Party Patent has been, or is or will be, infringed by Pfizer Licensee’s Exploitation of the Pfizer Licensed Products; (ii) no Patent other than the Pfizer Product Patents would limit or prohibit in any material respect Pfizer Licensee’s Exploitation of any Pfizer Licensed Product; and
(iii) Pfizer Licensee does not have rights in any Patent other than the Pfizer Product Patents that relate to, are embodied in, cover, involve or would otherwise be infringed by the Exploitation of the Pfizer Licensed Product. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo), no Note Party nor, to the Knowledge of any Note Party, Pfizer Licensee has received any notice of any claim by any Third Party asserting that Pfizer Licensee’s Exploitation of any Pfizer Licensed Product infringes such Third Party’s Patents. No Note Party has received any opinion of counsel regarding infringement or
non-infringement of any Third Party Patent by Pfizer Licensee’s Exploitation of any Pfizer Licensed Product.
(24) To the Note Parties’ Knowledge, no Third Party Patent has been, or is or will be, infringed by Lilly Licensee’s, or any licensee of Lilly Licensee’s, Exploitation of the Lilly Licensed Products.
(2025) No Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Note Party other than the Note Parties has rights to any Patent that relates to, is embodied in, covers, involvedinvolves or would otherwise be infringed by the Exploitation of a Pfizer Licensed Product. No Note Party, and none of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, has rights to any Patent that relates to, is embodied in, covers, involves or would otherwise be infringed by the Exploitation of a Lilly Licensed Product.
(2126) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(vo) or as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or be likely to result in a material reduction in the amount of the Pfizer Royalty Interest, (i) there are no Disputes between a Note Party and a Third Party relating to the Exploitation of any Pfizer Licensed Product, (ii) no Note Party has received or given notice of any such Dispute, and (iii) to Issuer’s Knowledge, there exists no circumstances or grounds upon which any such claims could be asserted. The PatentsPfizer Patent Rights are not subject to any outstanding injunction, judgment or other decree, ruling, charge settlement or other disposition of any Dispute.
(27) To the Note Parties’ Knowledge, except as set forth in Schedule 7.01(o) or as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or be likely to result in a material reduction in the amount of the Lilly Royalty Interest, (i) there are no Disputes between Lilly Licensee and/or any licensee of Lilly Licensee and a Third Party relating to the Exploitation of any Lilly Licensed Product, (ii) neither Lilly Licensee nor any licensee of Lilly Licensee has received or given notice of any such Dispute, and (iii) there exists no circumstances or grounds upon which any such claims could be asserted. The Lilly Patent Rights are not subject to any outstanding injunction, judgment or other decree, ruling, charge settlement or other disposition of any Dispute.
(2228) No Note Party is aware of any actual, potential, suspected or threatened infringement, misappropriation or other violation by a Third Party of any Pfizer Patent Right.
purpose that violates Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time.
License Agreement and the Included Royalty InterestInterests as Collateral.
a security interest in the Pfizer License Agreement
or the, the Lilly
License Agreement, the Lilly Royalty Interest or the Pfizer Royalty Interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties. No Note Party is aware of any tax set-off, dispute or counterclaim that could be expected to reduce the Pfizer Royalty Interest, the Lilly Royalty Interest or the amount of the Included Royalty InterestInterests in any material respect or result in an Enhanced Cooperation Event.
(iiiii) Except as separately disclosed in writing to Agent referencing this Section 7.01, neither any Note Party nor, to the Note Parties’ Knowledge, any Material Contract Counterparty is in material breach or default of any Material Contract and no circumstances or grounds exist that would, upon the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, give rise (i) to a claim by any Note Party or any Material Contract Counterparty of a material breach
or default of any Material Contract, or (ii) to a right of rescission, termination, revision, setoff, or any other rights, by any Person, in, to or under any Material Contract except, in any case, where such claim or right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Note Party has received from, or delivered to, any Material Contract Counterparty, any notice alleging a material breach or default under any Material Contract, which breach or default has not been cured or waived as of the date hereofInitial Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iiiiv) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) each Material Contract to which any Note Party is a party is a valid and binding obligation of such Note Party and, to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, of the applicable Material Contract Counterparty, enforceable against each of such Note Party and, to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, each applicable Material Contract Counterparty in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally; (B) no Note Party has received any written notice from any Material Contract Counterparty or any other Person challenging the validity or enforceability of any Material Contract; and (C) neither any Note Party nor, to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, any Material Contract Counterparty, has delivered or intends to deliver any written notice to any Note Party or a Material Contract Counterparty challenging the validity or enforceability of any Material Contract.
(ivv) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither any Note Party nor, to the Knowledge of the Note Parties, any Material Contract Counterparty, is contemplating to commence any case, proceeding or other action relating to Material Contract Counterparty’s bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or dissolution or reorganization by any of the foregoing means.
own behalf and on behalf of third parties; and (iii) in the past one (1) year, no Note Party has (A) experienced any material actual, alleged or suspected unauthorized access, use or disclosure of, or data breach or other security incident involving Personal Information in its possession or control, or (B) received any written notice of any proceeding by any Governmental Authority concerning any Note Party’s collection, use, processing, storage, transfer or protection of Personal Information or any actual, alleged or suspected violation of any Privacy Law, and, to the Knowledge of any Note Party, there are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such proceedings.
(aa) No Immunity; Proper Legal Form; No Need to Qualify under Any Relevant Jurisdiction or Other Applicable Law.
(bb) Exchange Controls. Under current Laws and regulations of each Relevant Jurisdiction applicable to the Note Parties and each political subdivision thereof, all interest, principal, premium, if any, and other payments due or to be made on the Notes or otherwise pursuant to the Note Documents may be freely transferred out of such Relevant Jurisdictions and may be paid in, or freely converted into, Dollars.
(cc) Investment Company Act. No Note Party is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(dd) Israeli Guarantor. The prices of any [***].
(ee) ERISA. Neither Issuer, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has any Pension Plan (other than any Pension Plan that is in material compliance in form and operation with its terms and with ERISA and the Code and all other applicable laws and regulations or that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).
Section 7.02 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties by the Note Parties, whether with respect to any Note Party, any respective Affiliate or any asset or property, contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution, delivery and acceptance thereof by the Parties and the closing of the transactions described in this Agreement and continue in effect until Payment in Full.
Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties of Purchasers. Each Purchaser, by acceptance of a Note, hereby represents and warrants on the Initial Closing Date and on each Issuance Date as follows:
of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all
transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; and
(iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Notes.
ARTICLE VIII.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Note Party covenants and agrees with Agent and Purchasers that, until Payment in Full:
Section 8.01 Maintenance of Existence. Each Note Party shall at all times (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence (except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 9.02 hereof) and good standing as a corporation under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, provided such concept exists under the Laws of that jurisdiction; (b) not change its name, jurisdiction of organization or formation or its chief executive office as set forth herein without having given the Agent and the Purchasers the notice thereof required under Section 8.13; and (c) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.02 Use of Proceeds. Issuer shall use the net proceeds of the issuance of the Notes received by it for general corporate purposes. No portion of the proceeds of any Notes
Issuance shall be used in any manner that causes or might cause such Notes Issuance or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any other regulation thereof, or to violate the Exchange Act, to violate any Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws or other Applicable Laws.
Section 8.03 Financial Statements and Information.
GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit. In the event that any such annual financial statement is required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Note Parties shall furnish such statement to Agent and Purchasers concurrently with such filing (which requirement may be satisfied by Note Parties sending Agent a hyperlink to the EDGAR website where such information is available). Concurrently with the delivery or filing of the documents described in the preceding sentence, Note Parties shall furnish to Agent a Compliance Certificate of the chief financial officer of the Issuer, which certificate shall include (i)(A) a statement that such officer has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any condition, event or act which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, and (B) the amount of the Included Royalty InterestInterests; and (ii) solely to the extent that such certificate is delivered prior to the Covenant Expiration Date, (A) a statement that such officer has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any condition, event or act which constitutes an Enhanced Cooperation Event, and (B) a certification as to the Tangible Net Worth and Quick Ratio as of the applicable Test Date, along with backup documentation and calculations relating to the same.
pursuant to this Section 8.03 had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change (except to the extent the failure to timely deliver would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
Section 8.04 Books and Records; Audit Rights.
effect or (B) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and is then continuing, the Agent, the Purchasers and their Representatives shall be collectively permitted to exercise the rights under this clause (b) only once during any calendar year; and (ii) the Agent, the Purchasers and their Representatives shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any exercise of the rights under this clause (b) are made during normal business hours and upon prior written notice to Issuer.
Section 8.05 Governmental Authorizations. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Note Party shall obtain, make and keep in full force and effect all authorizations from and registrations with Governmental Authorities that may be required for the validity or enforceability against such Note Party of this Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is a party.
Section 8.06 Compliance with Laws and Contracts.
(ii) (A) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions; or (B) any other manner that would result in a violation of any applicable Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Notes, whether as agent, purchaser, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
Section 8.07 [Reserved].
Section 8.08 Notices.
Governmental Authority, together with such additional information relating to such regulatory examination or investigation as Agent may reasonably request, except to the extent the failure to timely deliver any such Notice would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.09 Payment of Taxes.
Section 8.10 Company in Breach. Israeli Guarantor shall timely and accurately file all filings required to be filed with the Israeli Companies Registrar and shall timely pay all fees due to the Israeli Companies Registrar, in each case, as necessary for it to not be classified as “company in breach” (“hevrah meferah”), as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law.
Section 8.11 Intellectual Property. In each case (x) subject to Article 6 of the Pfizer License Agreement, and (y) solely to the extent that the Note Parties are permitted to take such actions in accordance with the Pfizer License Agreement:
Section 8.12 Security Documents; Further Assurances.
reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is a party and to establish and protect the rights, interests and remedies created, or intended to be created, in favor of Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereby and thereby.
Section 8.13 Information Regarding Collateral. No Note Party shall effect any change
(i) [***]; (ii) except to the extent such change would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in the location of its chief executive office; (iii) [***]; (iv) except to the extent such change would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in its federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number, if any; or
Section 8.14 Additional Collateral; [***].
Permitted Liens) Lien on such property subject to no Liens other than Specified Permitted Liens; and (ii) take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by Agent to cause such Lien to be duly perfected in accordance with all applicable requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by Agent. Subject to Section 8.12(b), the Note Parties shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to Agent such documents as Agent shall reasonably require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any Collateral Document on such after-acquired properties.
(ii) [***], and (iii) include, without Agent’s prior written consent, terms, conditions and limitations that are not materially less favorable to the Note Parties or Agent and other Secured Parties (other than economic terms, which shall be no less favorable to the Note Parties or Agent and other Secured Parties), than those contained in the [***].
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Section 8.15 Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time upon the request of Agent, the Issuer and each other Note Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Note Documents, including providing Purchasers with any information reasonably requested pursuant to Section 12.19. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuer shall take such actions as Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are secured by the assets intended to be Collateral owned by the Issuer or any other Note Party.
Section 8.16 Post-Closing Covenant. The Issuer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Agent, or otherwise complete to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, the items set forth on Schedule 8.16 on or before the date specified for such item (or such later date determined by Agent in its sole discretion).
ARTICLE IX. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Note Party covenants and agrees with the Agent and Purchasers that, until Payment in Full.
Section 9.01 Amendments to License AgreementAgreements. No Note Party shall amend, modify, waive or terminate (other than expiration in accordance with its terms) any provision of, or permit or agree to the amendment, modification, waiver or termination (other than expiration in accordance with its terms) of any provision of, the Pfizer License Agreement or the Lilly License Agreement, [***] if the related amendment, modification, waiver or termination could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect, in any respect, on the timing, amount or duration of the Pfizer Royalty Interest or the Lilly Royalty Interest or the right of Secured Parties to receive payments equivalent to the Pfizer Royalty Amount or the Lilly Royalty Amount or the right for the Pfizer Royalty Interest or the Lilly Royalty Interest to be paid into the Collection Account; and (y) with respect to any other matters, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contractcontrary set forth above, no consent of the Agent shall be required with respect to (i) any amendment, modification or waiver to the Pfizer License Agreement implemented by the JDC (as defined in the Pfizer License Agreement) in accordance with the Pfizer License Agreement; or (ii) any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Pfizer License Agreement related to the development of products or related timelines.
Section 9.02 Merger; Dispositions; Sale-Leasebacks.
“Change of Control” pursuant to the proviso to the definition of “Change of Control.”
Agreement, as in effect on the date hereofInitial Closing Date or the Second Closing Date or as may be amended in a manner permitted by Section 9.01.
Section 9.03 Liens.
Section 9.04 Investment Company Act. No Note Party shall be or become an investment company subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 9.05 Limitation on Additional Indebtedness. For so long as the Covenant Expiration Date shall have not yet occurred, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than:
(iv) in respect of hedging agreements that are entered into for purposes of reducing risk and not for speculative purposes, and (v) incurred in lieu of cash payments to repurchase Capital Stock permitted under Section 9.08(c) so long as, in the case of this clause (v), such Indebtedness is unsecured;
(ii) owed by any Note Party to any non-Note Party Subsidiary; provided that, any such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated pursuant to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, (iii) owed by any non-Note Party Subsidiary to any Note Party (provided that after an Enhanced Cooperation Event,
intercompany Indebtedness under this clause (iii) in the form of cash and other Liquid Assets shall be prohibited to the extent that it would cause a Bankruptcy Event or for such Person to have unreasonably small capital to satisfy their obligations, including the payment of the Obligations at the Prepayment Price), or
(iv) owed by any non-Note Party Subsidiary to any other non-Note Party Subsidiary (clauses (i) through (iv), collectively, the “Permitted Intercompany Investments”);
(B) if an Enhanced Cooperation Period shall then be in effect, but such transaction does not result in a [***] to the Quick Ratio or Tangible Net Worth;
(B) both before and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof): (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) either (x) no Financial Test Failure Event, determined on a pro forma basis, has occurred and is then continuing, or (y) if a Financial Test Failure Event has occurred and is then continuing, the incurrence of such Indebtedness would not result in a [***] to the Quick Ratio or Tangible Net Worth; and (C) such Indebtedness does not
contain restrictions on paying the Obligations and making payments and distributions to the Note Parties in the ordinary course of business;
Section 9.06 Transactions with Affiliates. For so long as the Covenant Expiration Date shall have not yet occurred, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related transactions or participate in any arrangement (including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of assets or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate, in each such case, that involves the payment of money by a Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), other than:
Section 9.07 ERISA. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate to, suffer to exist one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.08 Restricted Payments. For so long as (x) an Enhanced Cooperation Period is then in effect, and (y) the Covenant Expiration Date shall have not yet occurred, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payments, unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, no Enhanced Cooperation Event has occurred. The provisions of this Section 9.08 will not prohibit the following:
Capital Stock represents the exercise, exchange or conversion price of those stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, warrants, convertible notes or similar rights;
(B) the par value of the Existing Unsecured Convertible Notes, in each case, plus transfer taxes and fees and expenses associated therewith; and
Section 9.09 Investments. For so long as (x) an Enhanced Cooperation Period is then in effect and (y) the Covenant Expiration Date shall have not yet occurred, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Investment, no Enhanced Cooperation Event has occurred. The provisions of this Section 9.09 will not prohibit the following:
Section 9.10 [Reserved].
Section 9.11 Pari Passu Ranking. The Note Parties shall take, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to take, all actions to ensure that (a) the Obligations rank at all times at least pari passu in right of payment with the claims of all other creditors of the Note Parties (other than any such claims that, by operation of Applicable Law, are prior in right of payment to the Obligations), and (b) except as expressly permitted hereby, no Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur or suffer to exist Indebtedness that is senior in right of payment to the Obligations without the consent of the Purchasers.
Section 9.12 Burdensome Agreements. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into agreement or document or permit to exist any contractual obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Note Document) that limits the ability of (a) any Subsidiary to make dividends or other distributions to any Note Party or to otherwise transfer property to or invest in a Note Party, (b) any Subsidiary to make or repay obligations owing to a Note Party or (c) the Note Parties to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness and/or Investments permitted by this Agreement to be incurred or made, as applicable, after the Initial Closing Date if the relevant restrictions, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Note Parties or the Purchasers than the restrictions contained in this Agreement, taken as a whole.
Section 9.13 No Change in Fiscal Year; Auditor. No Note Party shall change its fiscal year end from December 31st without the Agent’s prior written consent.
Section 9.14 [Reserved].
Section 9.15 Centre of Main Interests and Establishment. The Irish Guarantor shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, take any action that shall cause its centre of main interests (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) to be situated outside of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
Section 9.16 [Reserved].
Section 9.17 [Reserved].
Section 9.18 Tax. No Note Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Agent, take any action that shall cause it to become tax resident in any jurisdiction other than its jurisdiction of incorporation.
Section 9.19 Amendments to Organizational Documents; Material Contracts.
Section 9.20 Plan Assets. No Note Party shall take any action that causes its assets to be deemed to be Plan Assets at any time.
Section 9.21 Nature of Business. From and after the Initial Closing Date, no Note Party shall engage in any business other than (a) the businesses engaged in by such Note Party on the Initial Closing Date, (b) such other lines of business that are incidental, ancillary, complementary or reasonably related to the Note Parties’ lines of business on the Initial Closing Date or reasonable extensions, developments or expansions thereof and (c) such other lines of business as may be consented to from time to time by Agent and Requisite Purchasers.
Section 9.22 Impairment of Security Interest, Obligations and Pfizer Royalty Interest and, Pfizer License Agreement, Lilly License Agreement and Lilly Royalty Interest. No Note Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, take or knowingly or negligently omit to take any action, including any discount or sale (with or without recourse) to any other Person that is not a Note Party any of its notes receivable or accounts receivable relating to or arising from the Pfizer Royalty Interest or the Lilly Royalty Interest, which action or omission might reasonably be expected to or would (in the good faith determination of the Issuer) have the result of materially impairing the value of the Pfizer Royalty Interest, the Pfizer License Agreement, the Lilly License Agreement, the Lilly Royalty Interest or the security interests granted in the Note Documents or the ability of the Issuer or the Guarantors to pay the Obligations, taken as a whole (including the lien priority with respect to the Collateral) (it being understood that any release permitted by the terms of this Agreement or the other Note Documents and the incurrence of Specified Permitted Liens shall not be deemed to so materially impair the security interests with respect to the Collateral).
ARTICLE X. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 10.01 Events of Default. The occurrence at any time of one or more of the following conditions or events (where applicable, after giving effect to the applicable grace and
cure periods described in the paragraphs below) constitutes an event of default (an “Event of Default”):
right in any such contract or other instrument which would require the payment of the Existing Unsecured Convertible Notes); or
disaffirmation or challenge is not withdrawn or disavowed by such Person within ten (10) days after its communication or such Note Party has not brought appropriate proceedings for declaratory or other relief negating such disaffirmation or challenge within twenty (20) days after such communication and has not obtained an order granting such relief within forty-five (45) days after commencement of such proceedings, (iii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document shall cease to give the Agent or any other Secured Party the material rights purported to be created hereby or thereby (including a first priority (subject to Specified Permitted Liens) perfected and enforceable Lien on the assets of each Note Party that constitute Collateral (except as otherwise expressly provided herein and in the other Note Documents)) other than as a direct result of any action or inaction by Agent or any Secured Party or failure of Agent or such Secured Party to perform its respective obligation hereunder, (iv) any subordination agreement (or subordination provisions incorporated in any Indebtedness) or intercreditor agreement relating to the Agent’s Liens on the Collateral, or any provisions thereof, ceases to be valid and enforceable against any Person (other than the Agent or any other Secured Party) intended to be bound thereby or such Person shall so assert in writing unless, with respect to this clause (iv), the existence of the Indebtedness to which such subordination agreement (or subordination provisions) or intercreditor agreement relates would not, at such time, be prohibited by Section 9.05 regardless of whether or not such subordination agreement (or subordination provisions) or intercreditor agreement were in effect, or (v) the failure of any Person referred to in the immediately preceding clause (iv) to comply with the terms of such applicable intercreditor agreement or subordination agreement unless, with respect to this clause (v), the existence of the Indebtedness to which such subordination agreement or intercreditor agreement relates would not, at such time, be prohibited by Section 9.05 regardless of whether or not such subordination agreement or intercreditor agreement were in effect.
rights, powers and privileges purported to be created and granted hereunder or thereunder (including a perfected first priority (subject to Specified Permitted Liens) Lien on substantially all of the Collateral (except as otherwise expressly provided herein and therein)) in favor of Agent pursuant hereto or thereto (other than as a result of the failure by Agent of taking any action required to maintain the perfection of such security interests), or shall be asserted by any Note Party not to be a valid, perfected, first priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such Collateral Document) security interest in the Collateral and/or any Note Party takes any action that could reasonably be expected to impair Agent’s security interest in any of the Collateral.
In the case of one of the events or circumstances described above which is not a Specified Event of Default or a Bankruptcy Event of Default which is capable of cure and for which the Note Parties are given a cure period either expressly stated in the clauses above or, in the case of other non-monetary breaches or potential breaches where no specific cure period is identified but the Issuer reasonably believes that the breach is capable of cure within fifteen (15) days, Issuer may notify the Agent and Purchasers in writing by a date not later than the second (2nd) Business Day after such event or circumstance occurs identifying (i) the applicable event, circumstance or breach, (ii) stating that such event, circumstance or breach is curable and the actions it is taking and the time period in which it believes such event, circumstance or breach will be cured (an “Extended Cure Period Request” and any such event, circumstance or breach, a “Curable Default”). The Agent acting at the direction of the Requisite Purchasers in its sole discretion shall have the right to approve or decline any Extended Cure Period Request and if the Agent fails to respond (including via email) within two (2) Business Days after an Extended Cure Period Request (such date, the “Cure Acceptance Date”), it shall be deemed to be declined. During the period prior to the Cure Acceptance Date, or if such Curable Default has a cure period expressly stated above or agreed with the Agent, the last day of such cure period (such date, the applicable “Cure Date”), it is agreed that for purposes of this Agreement, provided that the Note Parties are diligently pursuing such cure and no Bankruptcy Event or other Event of Default occurs during such period, that no Event of Default with respect to such Curable Default will be deemed to have occurred until the applicable Cure Date.
THEN,
(x) no Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred hereunder as a result of the Curable Default until the Extended Option Exercise End Date and (y) the Secured Parties will not accelerate the Obligations or exercise remedies with respect to the Collateral other than the [***] and the collection and payment of cash in the Blocked Account in the manner the Agent directs. However, if (x) a Bankruptcy Event of Default or Specified
Event of Default occurs, (y) the Note Parties fail to cooperate or the Agent otherwise determines that the [***] cannot be consummated before the applicable Extended Option Exercise End Date or (z) the [***] is not timely consummated in a manner acceptable to Agent on or before the Extended Option Exercise End Date (any such event, an “Acceleration Trigger Event”), then the Agent and the Secured Parties shall have the immediate right without any further delay, notice or waiting period to declare the Obligations immediately due and payable and to exercise all other rights and remedies hereunder.
In the event that the [***] has been timely consummated, then on the date the Agent determines all conditions to such transaction have been satisfied, the Obligations under the Note Documents (other than the Surviving Obligations) shall be deemed discharged and paid in full. The Surviving Obligations shall continue on and after such date and shall continue to be secured by first priority Liens on the Collateral, and neithernone of the Collateral nor, the Lilly License Agreement or the Pfizer License Agreement shall be subject to Liens other than Specified Permitted Liens.
Prepayment Event), in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining the actual amount of damages to the Purchasers or profits lost by the Purchasers as a result of such acceleration, and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable estimation and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Purchasers as a result thereof. Any Exit Fee or Prepayment Premium payable pursuant to the Note Documents shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Purchaser as the result of the applicable triggering event and the Issuer and each other Note Party agree that the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium are reasonable under the circumstances currently existing and that the parties’ Base Return Principal is part of the agreed consideration at the Initial Closing Date for the issuance of the Notes. In the event the Obligations are reinstated in connection with or following any applicable triggering event, it is understood and agreed that the Obligations shall include any Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium payable in accordance with the Note Documents. The Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium shall also be payable (i) in the event the Obligations (and/or this Agreement or the Notes evidencing the Obligations) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding or otherwise), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means and/or (ii) upon the satisfaction, release, payment, restructuring, reorganization, replacement, reinstatement, defeasance or compromise of any of the Obligations (and/or this Agreement or the Notes evidencing the Obligations) in any Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws, foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding or otherwise), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means or the making of a distribution of any kind in any Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws to Agent, for the account of the Purchasers, in full or partial satisfaction of the Obligations. If the Exit Fee and/or the Prepayment Premium becomes due and payable pursuant to the Note Documents, the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium shall be deemed to be principal of the Notes and Obligations under the Note Documents and interest shall accrue on the full principal amount of the Notes (including on the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium) from and after the applicable triggering event. In the event that any Exit Fee or Prepayment Premium is determined not to be due and payable by order of any court of competent jurisdiction, including, without limitation, by operation of the Bankruptcy Code, despite such a triggering event having occurred, each of the Exit Fee and the Prepayment Premium shall nonetheless constitute Obligations under this Agreement and the Note Documents for all purposes hereunder and thereunder. EACH OF THE ISSUER AND EACH OTHER NOTE PARTY HEREBY WAIVES THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE EXIT FEE OR THE PREPAYMENT PREMIUM AND ANY DEFENSE TO PAYMENT, WHETHER SUCH DEFENSE MAY BE BASED IN PUBLIC POLICY, AMBIGUITY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY ACCELERATION OF THE OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO ANY INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO ANY DEBTOR RELIEF LAWS OR PURSUANT TO A
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION. Each of the Note Parties, the Agent and the Secured Parties acknowledges and agrees that any Exit Fee or Prepayment Premium due and payable in accordance with the Note Documents does not and shall not be deemed to constitute unmatured interest, whether under Section 502(b)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (including pursuant to any analogous Bankruptcy Code provision). Each Note Party further acknowledges and agrees, and waives any argument to the contrary, that payment of such amount does not constitute a penalty or an otherwise unenforceable or invalid obligation. The parties have agreed
on the Exit Fee, the Prepayment Premium and the Base Return Principal because these capture the attractiveness of the Investment and the opportunity cost to each Purchaser for its capital investment because each Purchaser is an investment fund with limited ability to recycle capital and the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium reflect the parties’ view on risk return. All parties to this Agreement agree (and each person that accepts an interest in the Notes or Obligations from time to time by their acceptance of such Note or interest agrees) to the Base Return Principal and that neither the Exit Fee nor the Prepayment Premium is to be construed as part of a headline interest rate, but instead compensation specifically reflecting the Purchasers’ agreement to forego receiving additional compensation, fees and pricing on the Initial Closing Date in return for the Note Parties agreeing to the Base Return Principal and to pay the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium and that the payment of such amount reflects each Purchaser’s capital anticipated to be returned for the specific investment of the Purchaser’s capital after taking into account all of the circumstances, including the costs of funds, the opportunity cost of capital, the relative risk of the investment, and the operational benefits for the Note Parties from continued use of funds as a result of the Purchasers’ agreement to receive cash payment of that portion of their compensation at a date later than the Initial Closing Date in lieu of additional up-front fees. Each Note Party expressly acknowledges and agrees that, prior to executing this Agreement, it has had the opportunity to review, evaluate, and negotiate the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium and the calculations thereof with its advisors, and that (i) the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium are reasonable and are the product of an arm’s-length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel, (ii) the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made, (iii) there has been a course of conduct between the Purchasers and the Note Parties giving specific consideration in this transaction for the Base Return Principal and such agreement to pay the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium, (iv) the Note Parties shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this Section 10.01(5), (v) the Note Parties’ agreement to pay the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium is a material inducement to the Purchaser’s agreement to purchase the Notes, and (vi) the Exit Fee and Prepayment Premium represent a good faith, reasonable estimate and calculation of the lost profits, losses or other damages of the Purchasers and that it would be impractical and extremely difficult to ascertain the actual amount of damages to the Purchasers or profits lost by the Purchasers as a result of such any applicable triggering event.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, only one Exit Fee and one Prepayment Premium shall be payable under this Agreement, regardless of whether multiple Prepayment Events or other events that would otherwise trigger an Exit Fee or Prepayment Premium occur after such Exit Fee or Prepayment Premium is paid.
Section 10.02 Right of Set-off; Sharing of Set-off.
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extent of all amounts payable by any Note Party to Agent or Purchasers hereunder; provided, however, that Agent or such Purchaser shall notify such Note Party of the exercise of such right promptly following such exercise.
Section 10.03 Suspension Rights upon Breach of Sanctions. Upon the occurrence of a breach of Section 8.06(c), each Purchaser may, without prejudice to any other rights it has under any Note Document, and upon providing notice to both Issuer and Agent, immediately suspend the performance of its obligations under the Note Documents.
Section 10.04 Control by Majority. The Requisite Purchasers may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Agent or exercising any power conferred on the Agent. However, the Agent may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with Law, this Agreement or the other Note Documents, that may involve Agent in personal liability, or that the Agent determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Purchasers not joining in the giving of such direction (it being understood that the Agent shall have no duty to determine whether any direction is prejudicial to any Purchaser). In addition, the Agent may take any other action they deem necessary or proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from the Purchasers. The Agent shall not be obligated to take any action at the direction of Purchasers of Notes unless such Purchasers have offered and, if requested, provided to the Agent, indemnity or security satisfactory to the Agent.
Section 10.05 Limitation on Suits. A Purchaser that holds a Note may not institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or the other Note Documents, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under this Agreement, the Notes or the other Note Documents, unless: (a) the Purchaser of a Note has previously given to the Agent written notice of a continuing Event of Default; (b) the Purchasers of the Notes have offered and, if requested, provided to the Agent an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Agent against any costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred in compliance
with such request; and (c) the Agent, for sixty (60) days after their receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding. A Purchaser that holds a Note may not use this Agreement to prejudice the rights of another Purchaser that holds a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Purchaser that holds a Note.
Section 10.06 Rights Not Exclusive. The rights provided for herein to the Agent and the Secured Parties are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided to the Agent and the Secured Parties by Applicable Law.
ARTICLE XI. INDEMNIFICATION; EXPENSES
Section 11.01 Losses.
occurring in connection therewith, and each Party hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
Section 11.02 Assumption of Defense; Settlements. If any Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Article XI with respect to any action or proceeding brought by a third party that is also brought against a Note Party, such Note Party shall be entitled to assume the defense of any such action or proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee. Upon assumption by any Note Party of the defense of any such action or proceeding, such Indemnitee shall have the right to participate in such action or proceeding and to retain its own counsel but such Note Party shall not be liable for any legal expenses of other counsel subsequently incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof unless
(i) such Note Party has otherwise agreed to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) such Note Party shall have failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee in a timely manner or
Section 11.03 Expenses.
Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Note Parties agree to pay promptly (a) all of the Agent’s and the Purchasers’ actual and reasonable costs and expenses of preparation of the Note Documents (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agent and the Purchasers) and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b) all the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to Agent and the Purchasers in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Note Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Issuer; (c) all the reasonable costs and reasonable expenses of creating and perfecting Liens in favor of Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to Secured Parties and of counsel providing any opinions that Agent or Purchasers may request in respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral
Documents; (d) all of the Secured Parties’ costs and fees, expenses for, and disbursements of any of auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers whether internal or external, and all Attorneys’ Fees (including allocated costs of internal counsel and expenses and disbursements of outside counsel) incurred by Agent or any other Secured Party; (e) all the costs and reasonable expenses (including the fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by Agent, the Secured Parties and their counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (f) all other costs and expenses incurred by Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications to the Note Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (g) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including allocated costs of internal counsel) and costs of settlement, incurred by the Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Note Party hereunder or under the other Note Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work out” or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings.
ARTICLE XII.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01 Assignments.
surrendered Note or dated the date surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made each representation set forth in Section 7.03 and Section 12.18.
Section 12.02 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 12.03 Notices. All Notices authorized or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be given in writing and either personally delivered to the Party or Process Agent to whom it is given or delivered by an established delivery service by which receipts are given or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by electronic mail with a copy sent on the following Business Day by one of the other methods of giving notice described herein, addressed to the Party or Process Agent at its address listed in Schedule 12.03 attached hereto. Any Party or Process Agent may change its address for the receipt of Notices at any time by giving Notice thereof to the other Party. Except as otherwise provided herein, any Notice authorized or required to be given by this Agreement shall be effective when received.
Section 12.04 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Exhibits and Schedules hereto (which are incorporated herein by reference), and the other Note Documents constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements (including the Confidentiality Agreement), understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Section 12.05 Amendments and Waivers.
outstanding, each future Purchaser and, if signed by a Note Party, on such Note Party.
Section 12.06 No Delay; Waivers; etc. No delay on the part of Agent or any Purchaser in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power or right hereunder preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. Neither Agent nor any Purchaser shall be deemed to have waived any rights hereunder unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by Agent or such Purchaser, as applicable.
Section 12.07 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be given full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree by a court of competent jurisdiction shall remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.
Section 12.08 Determinations. Each determination or calculation by Agent and Purchasers hereunder shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Parties.
Section 12.09 Replacement of Note. Upon the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of any Note and (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt by Issuer of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (except that if the holder of such Note is a Purchaser or any
other financial institution of recognized responsibility, the holder’s own agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory) or (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender to Issuer of any mutilated Note, Issuer shall execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Note, dated the Closing Datedate of the Note that it replaces, in the same Principal Amount.
Section 12.10 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO LAWS CONCERNING CONFLICT OF LAWS OR CHOICE OF FORUM THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
Section 12.11 Jurisdiction.
including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments as may be necessary, to continue such designation and appointment of each Process Agent in full force and effect so long as there are any outstanding Obligations under the Note Documents.
Section 12.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY NOTE DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED UNDER ANY NOTE DOCUMENT (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO ANY NOTE DOCUMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE OTHER PARTY HERETO WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTY HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.12.
Section 12.13 Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that any Note Party has or hereafter may be entitled to claim or may acquire, for itself or any of its assets, any immunity from suit, jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, each Note Party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder and under the Notes to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section 12.14 Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement and the other Note Documents shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or electronic records, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 12.15 Limitation on Rights of Others. Except for the Indemnitees referred to in Section 11.01, no Person other than a Party shall have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement.
Section 12.16 Survival. The obligations of the Note Parties contained in Sections 4.05, 4.06, Article V, Article XI and this Section 12.16 shall survive the repayment of the Obligations
and the cancellation of the Note and the termination of the other obligations of Note Parties hereunder.
Section 12.17 Confidentiality.
Section 12.18 Certain ERISA Matters.
warrants, as of the date such Person became a Purchaser party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Purchaser party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Purchaser party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Issuer or any other Note Party, that the Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Purchaser involved in such Purchaser’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Notes and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Agent under this Agreement, any Note Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
Section 12.19 Patriot Act Notification. Agent and each Purchaser hereby notify Note Parties that, consistent with the Patriot Act, regulations promulgated thereunder and under other Applicable Law, Agent’s and such Purchaser’s procedures and customer due diligence standards may require it to obtain, verify and record information that identifies any Note Party, including, among other things, name, address, information regarding Persons with authority or control over such Note Party, and other information regarding the Note Parties, their operations and transactions with Agent and Purchasers. Each Note Party agrees to provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by Agent or any Purchaser in order to assist them in maintaining compliance with its procedures, the Patriot Act and any other Applicable Laws.
Section 12.20 Injunction Relief; Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
Section 12.21 Third Parties. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Note Document, whether express or implied, is intended to (a) confer any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any Persons other than the express parties to it and their respective permitted successors and assigns; (b) relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any Person not an express party to this Agreement; or (c) give any Person not an express party to this Agreement any right of subrogation or action against any party to this Agreement.
Section 12.22 Intent. Agent and Notes Parties hereby acknowledge and intend and, by accepting a Note, each Purchaser acknowledges and intends, that (a) the Notes are each a “security” as that term is used and defined in Section 101(49) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code;
(b) this Agreement constitutes a “securities contract” as defined in Section 741(7)(A) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and a “master netting agreement” as defined in Section 101(38A)(A) of the
“securities contract” as defined in Section 741(7)(A)(xi) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and a security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to a “master netting agreement” as defined in Section 101(38A)(A) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and as such, each is also a “securities contract” and “master netting agreement”; (d) payments and/or transfers under this Agreement, the Guaranty, the Note Documents, the Collateral Documents and any pledge or security interest granted therein or herein each constitute transfers made by, to or for the benefit of a “financial institution,” “financial participant” or “master netting agreement participant” within the meaning of Section 546(e) or 546(j) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (e) each of the Purchasers, Secured Parties and/or the Agent qualify as a “financial institution,” “financial participant,” “master netting participant” or other entity listed in Section 555, 561, 362(b)(6) or 362(b)(27) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code for the “safe harbor” benefits and protections afforded under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with respect to a “securities contract” and a “master netting agreement,” including the rights under Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(27), 362(o), 546, 555 and 561 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Section 12.23 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due under any Note Document in one (1) currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Note Parties in respect of any such sum due from it to Agent or Purchaser under any Note Document shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Agent or Purchaser, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Agent or Purchaser, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to Agent or Purchaser from any Note Party in the Agreement Currency, the Note Parties agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Agent or Purchaser, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to Agent or Purchaser in such currency, the Agent or Purchaser, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to the applicable Note Party (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under Applicable Law).
Section 12.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Note Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Note Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
Section 12.25 English Language. This Agreement and each other Note Document have been negotiated and executed in English. All certificates, reports, notices and other documents and communications given or delivered by any Person pursuant to this Agreement or any other Note Document shall be in English or, if not in English, accompanied by a certified English translation thereof if requested by the Purchaser or the Agent. The English version of any such document shall control the meaning of the matters set forth herein and therein.
ARTICLE XIII.
AGENCY
Section 13.01 Appointment of Agent. HCRI SPV is hereby appointed Agent hereunder and under the other Note Documents and each Purchaser, by its acceptance of a Note, hereby authorizes the Agent, in such capacity, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Note Documents. Agent hereby agrees to act upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Note Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Article XIII are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Purchasers, and no Note Party shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, the Agent shall act solely as Agent of Purchasers and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Note Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
Section 13.02 Powers and Duties. Each Purchaser, by its acceptance of a Note, irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such action on such Purchaser’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Note Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Note Documents. Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its
agents or employees. Agent shall not have, by reason hereof or any of the other Note Documents, a fiduciary relationship or other implied (or express) obligations arising under the agency doctrine of any Applicable Law in respect of any Purchaser; and nothing herein or any of the other Note Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Note Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
Section 13.03 General Immunity.
to liability or that is contrary to any Note Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall have no liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for the Note Parties and their and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Purchaser shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Note Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Purchasers (or such other Purchasers as may be required to give such instructions under Section 12.05). Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the purchase of a Note, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Purchaser, Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Purchaser unless Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Purchaser prior to the purchase of such Note. Agent shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Note Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Issuer or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
Section 13.04 Agent Entitled to Act as Purchaser.
The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, Agent in its individual capacity as a Purchaser hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Notes, any Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Purchaser and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Purchaser” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include Agent in its individual capacity. Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with any Note Party or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees
and other consideration from any Note Party for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Purchasers.
Section 13.05 Delegation of Duties.
Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Note Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective and their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article XIII shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of Agent and any such sub-agent. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 13.06 Purchasers’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
Section 13.07 Right to Indemnity.
Each Purchaser, by its acceptance of a Note, in proportion to its pro rata share, severally agrees to indemnify Agent and its Related Parties (each, an “Indemnitee Related Party”), to the extent that such Indemnitee Related Party shall not have been reimbursed by any Note Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee Related Party in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Note Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Indemnitee Related Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Note Documents, IN ALL
CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH
INDEMNITEE RELATED PARTY; provided, (x) no Purchaser shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Indemnitee Related Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order and (y) the unreimbursed liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements, as the case may be, were incurred by or asserted against Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Indemnitee Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. If any indemnity furnished to any Indemnitee Related Party for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Indemnitee Related Party, be insufficient or become impaired, such Indemnitee Related Party may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided that in no event shall this sentence require any Purchaser to indemnify any Indemnitee Related Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Purchaser’s pro rata share thereof; and provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Purchaser to indemnify any Indemnitee Related Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 13.08 Successor Agent.
(ii) execute and deliver to such successor Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Agent of the security interests created under the Note Documents, whereupon such retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 13.08 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent hereunder.
Issuer and the Purchasers of such assignment. Upon such assignment, such Affiliate shall succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties as Agent hereunder and under the other Note Documents.
Section 13.09 Collateral Documents and Guaranty.
Code or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code), the Agent (or any Purchaser, except with respect to a “credit bid” pursuant to section 363(k) or section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code) (or its respective nominees or designees) may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Purchaser or Purchasers in its or their respective individual capacities unless Requisite Purchasers shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, upon instructions from the Requisite Purchasers, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale or other disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by Agent at such sale or other disposition.
Section 13.10 Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Note Party, Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Note shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Agent shall have made any demand on Issuer) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Purchaser to make such payments to Agent and, in the event that Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Purchasers, to pay to Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Agent under this Agreement.
Section 13.11 All Powers Coupled with Interest.
All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Purchasers, Agent and any Persons designated by Agent or any Purchaser pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due).
ARTICLE XIV.
GUARANTY
Section 14.01 Guaranty of Obligations. Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Agent for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”).
Section 14.02 Payment by Guarantors.
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Beneficiary may have at Law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that solely upon the occurrence of both (a) the failure of Issuer to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), and (b) a Recourse Event having occurred and be continuing, Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Issuer’s becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Issuer for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
Section 14.03 Liability of Guarantors Absolute.
Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
determine consistent herewith and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against Issuer or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Note Documents or Applicable Law;
i-t(g) it is expressly agreed that the Israeli Guarantee Law shall not apply to this Agreement or to any Note Document and that should the Israeli Guarantee Law for any reason be deemed to apply to this Agreement or to any Note Document, or to it in connection thereof, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives all rights and defenses that may have been available to it under the Israeli Guarantee Law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1 to (and including) 3, 4(b) to (and including) 6, 7(b) to (and including) 13, and 15 to (and including) 17 of the Israeli Guarantee Law), provided that the foregoing shall not in any way affect or constitute a waiver of any rights or defenses available to such Guarantor under the terms of this Agreement or the laws of the State of New York after giving effect to the other provisions of this Article XIV.
Section 14.04 Waivers by Guarantors.
Each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Issuer, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Issuer, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account (including, without limitation, the Collection Account) or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Issuer or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Issuer or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Issuer or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of Law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith or gross negligence; (e)(i) any principles or provisions of Law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder, or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Issuer or issuances of Notes and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 14.03 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by Law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.
Section 14.05 Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc.
Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full, each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Issuer or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case, whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common Law or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Issuer with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Issuer, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Issuer or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against Issuer, to all right, title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been finally paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 14.06 Subordination of Other Obligations.
Any Indebtedness of Issuer or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such Indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, unless an Event of Default shall then exist, such Obligee Guarantor may receive payments on such Indebtedness.
Section 14.07 Continuing Guaranty.
This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 14.08 Authority of Guarantors or Issuer.
It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Issuer or the officers, directors or Agent acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
Section 14.09 Financial Condition of Issuer.
The Issuer may sell additional Notes and the Indebtedness and other Obligations under the Notes and other Note Documents may be continued from time to time, in each case, without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Issuer at the time of any such grant or continuation. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of Issuer. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Issuer on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Issuer and its ability to perform its obligations under the Note Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Issuer and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Issuer now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.
Section 14.10 Bankruptcy, etc.
which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of Law or order which may relieve Issuer of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, examiner, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person to pay Agent, or allow the claim of Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.
Section 14.11 Keepwell.
Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Note Party to honor all of its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 14.11 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 14.11, or otherwise under this Agreement, voidable under Applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 14.11 shall remain in full force and effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnity Obligations for which no claim has been asserted) shall have been paid in full and the Note Documents have been terminated. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 14.11 constitute, and this Section 14.11 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Note Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Section 14.12 Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Note Document, no Guarantor shall have any obligations under this Article XIV or with respect to the Guaranty of such Guarantor, and none of the Agent, the Purchasers or any other Secured Party shall have the right to enforce any obligations (including the Guaranteed Obligations) of, or any remedy against, any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Note Document, unless, in any such case, a Recourse Event shall have occurred and is then continuing.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
OPKO HEALTH, INC.,
as Issuer
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
EIRGEN PHARMA LIMITED,
as a Guarantor
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
OPKO BIOLOGICS LTD.,
as a Guarantor
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
HCR INJECTION SPV, LLC,
as Agent
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
HCRX INVESTMENTS HOLDCO, L.P.,
as a Purchaser
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
HCR POTOMAC FUND II, L.P.,
as a Purchaser
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
HCR STAFFORD FUND II, L.P.,
as a Purchaser
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
HRBR 2025-2, LLC
as a Purchaser
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title: