UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 11, 2019
ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC. | ||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||
Delaware | 001-36728 | 56-2590442 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
465 State Route 17, Ramsey, New Jersey | 07446 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 478-5552
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Overview
On February 11, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), ADMA Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Credit Agreement and Guaranty (the “Credit Agreement”) with ADMA Plasma Biologics, Inc. (“ADMA Plasma Biologics”), ADMA Bio Centers Georgia Inc. (“ADMA Bio Centers”), ADMA BioManufacturing, LLC (“ADMA BioManufacturing” and together with ADMA Plasma Biologics and ADMA Bio Centers, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP, as the lender and administrative agent (the “Lender”).
The Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured term loan facility in a principal amount of up to $72.5 million (the “Credit Facility”), comprised of (i) a term loan made on the Closing Date in the principal amount of $45.0 million, as evidenced by the Company’s issuance of a promissory note (the “Initial Note”) in favor of the Lender on the Closing Date (the “Initial Term Loan”), and (ii) an additional term loan in the principal amount of up to $27.5 million, but no less than $10.0 million (the “Additional Term Loan” and, together with the Initial Term Loan, the “Loan”), which Additional Term Loan is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (the “FDA”) approval of the Prior Approval Supplement (“PAS”) of BIVIGAM® (Intravenous Immune Globulin [Human], 10%) (“BIVIGAM”), or the FDA’s approval of the commercialization of the Company’s lead product candidate, RI-002, and no Material Adverse Changes (as defined therein) having occurred since December 31, 2017; provided, that the Additional Term Loan shall not be made later than June 30, 2020. The Credit Facility has a maturity date of March 1, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”), subject to acceleration pursuant to the Credit Agreement, including upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
On the Closing Date, the Company used $30.0 million of the Initial Term Loan to terminate and pay in full the Company’s existing credit facility with Marathon Healthcare Finance Fund, L.P. (“Marathon”) and the obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement with Marathon, dated as of October 10, 2017, by and among Marathon, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the administrative agent, the Company, and the Subsidiary Guarantors (the “Marathon Credit Agreement”). The Company also (i) used $2.8 million of the Initial Term Loan to pay a deferred facility fee to Marathon, (ii) used $6.5 million of the Initial Term Loan to pay a prepayment penalty to Marathon, (iii) used $0.7 million of the Initial Term Loan to pay outstanding accrued interest to Marathon, and (iv) used proceeds of the Initial Term Loan to pay certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Credit Facility.
Interest Rate
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 7.5% (the “Applicable Margin”) plus the greater of (i) one-month LIBOR and (ii) 3.5%; provided, however, that upon, and during the continuance of, an Event of Default, the Applicable Margin shall automatically increase by an additional 400 basis points. On the last day of each month during the term of the Credit Facility, the Company will pay accrued interest to the Lender.
Amortization and Prepayment
On the Maturity Date, the Company will pay the Lender the entire outstanding principal amount underlying the Loan and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Prior to the Maturity Date, there will be no scheduled principal payments on the Loan.
The Company may prepay outstanding principal of the Loan at any time and from time to time upon three business days’ prior written notice, subject to the payment to the Lender, of (A) any accrued but unpaid interest on the prepaid principal amount plus (B) a prepayment premium amount equal to (i) 5.0% of the prepaid principal amount, if prepaid on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) 4.0% of the prepaid principal amount, if prepaid after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, or (iii) 3.0% of the prepaid principal amount, if prepaid after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date.
Security Instruments and Warrants
Pursuant to a Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Security Agreement”), between the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lender, all of the Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a first-priority lien and security interest in substantially all of the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ tangible and intangible assets, including intellectual property and all of the equity interests in the Subsidiary Guarantors.
As consideration for the Credit Agreement, the Company has issued, on the Closing Date, a Warrant to Purchase Stock to the Lender (the “Warrant”). The Warrant has an exercise price equal to $3.28, which is equal to (A) the trailing 10-day volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), on the business day immediately prior to the Closing Date, multiplied by (B) 1.15 (the “Closing Date Exercise Price”); provided, however, that following the Closing Date until March 31, 2019, if the Closing Date Exercise Price shall exceed the Automatic Adjustment Exercise Price (as defined below), the exercise price shall automatically be decreased to (A) the lesser of (I) the 10-day VWAP of the Common Stock immediately following the Company’s public announcement, in the event such announcement occurs on or prior to March 31, 2019, concerning the FDA classification of the Company’s January 4, 2019 response to the Complete Response Letter (“CRL”) received for BIVIGAM on December 19, 2018, or (II) the public offering price per share of Common Stock in the event that the Company closes a public offering of its Common Stock on or prior to March 31, 2019, multiplied by (B) 1.15 (such exercise price, the “Automatic Adjustment Exercise Price”). The Warrant is exercisable for 1,360,000 shares of Common Stock and has an expiration date of February 11, 2029. The Lender represented to the Company, among other things, that it was an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), and the Company issued the Warrant in reliance upon an exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) under the Securities Act. The Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act.
Representations, Warranties, Covenants, and Events of Default
The Credit Agreement contains certain representations and warranties, affirmative covenants, negative covenants, financial covenants, and conditions that are customarily required for similar financings. The affirmative covenants, among other things, require the Company to undertake various reporting and notice requirements, maintain insurance and maintain in full force and effect all Regulatory Approvals, Material Agreements, Material Intellectual Property (each as defined in the Credit Agreement) and other rights, interests or assets (whether tangible or intangible) reasonably necessary for the operations of the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ business. The negative covenants restrict or limit the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things and subject to certain exceptions contained in the Credit Agreement, incur new indebtedness; create liens on assets; engage in certain fundamental corporate changes, such as mergers or acquisitions, or changes to the Company’s or Subsidiary Guarantors’ business activities; make certain Investments or Restricted Payments (each as defined in the Credit Agreement); change its fiscal year; pay dividends; repay other certain indebtedness; engage in certain affiliate transactions; or enter into, amend or terminate any other agreements that has the impact of restricting the Company’s ability to make loan repayments under the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Company must (i) at all times prior to the Maturity Date maintain a minimum cash balance of $3.0 million; and (ii) as of the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing on the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2019, receive revenue for the trailing 12-month period in amounts set forth in the Credit Agreement, which range from $6.2 million for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2019 to $55.0 million for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2021.
The Credit Agreement also contains certain customary Events of Default which include, among others, non-payment of principal, interest, or fees, violation of covenants, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, bankruptcy and insolvency events, material judgments, cross-defaults to material contracts, certain regulatory-related events and events constituting a change of control. The occurrence of an Event of Default could result in, among other things, the declaration that all outstanding principal and interest under the Loan are immediately due and payable in whole or in part.
Other Related Matters
The foregoing summaries of the Credit Agreement, the Initial Note, the Security Agreement and the Warrant (collectively, the “Credit Facility Agreements”) are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Credit Facility Agreements, copies of each of which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the Credit Facility Agreements were made solely for purposes of such documents and as of specific dates, were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the applicable documents, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Credit Agreement and such other documents instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to stockholders. The Company’s stockholders are not third-party beneficiaries under the Credit Facility Agreements and should not rely on the representations, warranties, and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its Subsidiary Guarantors or other affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Credit Facility Agreements, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosure.
Item 1.02 | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On the Closing Date, the Marathon Credit Agreement was terminated. To the extent applicable, the information reported under Item 1.01 above is incorporated into this Item 1.02 by reference.
Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
To the extent applicable, the disclosures of the material terms and conditions of the Credit Facility Agreements in Item 1.01 above are incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
To the extent applicable, the disclosure of the material terms and conditions of the Warrant in Item 1.01 above is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Credit Facility Press Release
On February 12, 2019, we issued a press release announcing the closing of the Credit Facility. The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Regulatory Update
Additionally, the Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide a regulatory update with respect to certain company confidential information pertaining to BIVIGAM.
During the second half of 2018, the Company filed a PAS with the FDA for BIVIGAM seeking FDA authorization which would enable the Company to resume manufacturing and relaunch and commercialize this product. On December 19, 2018, the Company received from the FDA a CRL for the drug substance PAS submission for BIVIGAM. The CRL requested certain additional information and clarifications relating to chemistry, manufacturing and control matters contained in the PAS submission, including complete resolution of certain manufacturing related deviations, information pertaining to how certain in-process manufacturing samples are taken, as well as updates on certain stability data previously submitted. As all FDA questions and requests contained in the CRL were addressable and information was readily available on file at the Company, on January 7, 2019 the Company announced that its responses to the CRL were submitted to the FDA for further review. Subsequent to the January 7, 2019 resubmission to the FDA, the Company has received an information request for a limited number of questions and the Company is currently preparing its responses which are expected to be submitted to the FDA in the near-term. The Company believes that all requests contained in the recently received FDA information request are addressable and all data and information are on file at the Company. The Company to date has not received a formal CRL resubmission acknowledgment and has not received formal clarity on the FDA’s intended classification or review timing. The Company can confirm that the FDA is actively reviewing its CRL resubmission but cannot provide any assurance or predict with certainty the schedule for when the Company will, if at all, receive authorization from the FDA with respect to its PAS for BIVIGAM.
Item 9.01 | Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
February 12, 2019 | ADMA Biologics, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Brian Lenz | ||
Name: | Brian Lenz | ||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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NOTE
U.S. $45,000,000 | February 11, 2019 |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ADMA Biologics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP (the “Lender”), in immediately available funds, the aggregate principal sum set forth above, or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of February 11, 2019 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”), on the date or dates specified in the Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal amount of such Loans from time to time outstanding thereunder at the rates, and payable in the manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.
This Note is a Note issued pursuant to the terms of Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement, and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement.
THIS NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION; PROVIDED THAT SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY.
The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder, other than notices provided for in the Loan Documents. The non-exercise by the holder hereof of any of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in such particular or any subsequent instance.
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC. | |
By /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary |
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THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER SAID ACT AND LAWS OR, IN THE OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK
Company: | ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC., a Delaware corporation |
Number of Shares: | 1,360,000 |
Type/Series of Stock: | Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) |
Exercise Price: | A per share dollar amount equal to (i) $2.85 (the “Base Amount”) multiplied by (ii) 1.15, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 2 hereof. |
Issue Date: | February 11, 2019. |
Expiration Date: | February 11, 2029. See also Section 6.1(b). |
Credit Agreement: | This Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (“Warrant”) is issued in connection with that certain Credit Agreement and Guarantee dated as of February 11, 2019 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto, and Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders. |
THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP (“Initial Holder” and, together with any successor or permitted assignee or transferee of this Warrant or of any shares issued upon exercise hereof, “Holder”) is entitled to purchase the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock (the “Class”) of ADMA Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) at the above-stated Exercise Price, all as set forth above and as adjusted pursuant to Section 2 of this Warrant, subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.
Unless otherwise defined, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
SECTION 1. EXERCISE.
1.1 Method of Exercise. Holder may at any time and from time to time exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, by delivering to the Company the original of this Warrant together with a duly executed Notice of Exercise in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix 1 and, unless Holder is exercising this Warrant pursuant to a cashless exercise set forth in Section 1.2, a check, wire transfer of same-day funds (to an account designated by the Company), or other form of payment acceptable to the Company for the aggregate Exercise Price for the Shares being purchased.
1.2 Cashless Exercise. On any exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in the manner as specified in Section 1.1 above, but otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Section 1.1, Holder may elect to receive Shares equal to the value of this Warrant, or portion hereof as to which this Warrant is being exercised. Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Holder such number of fully paid and non-assessable Shares as are computed using the following formula:
X = Y(A-B)/A
where:
X = | the number of Shares to be issued to the Holder; |
Y = | the number of Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised (inclusive of the Shares surrendered to the Company in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price); |
A = | the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 1.3 below) of one Share; and 1 |
B = | the Exercise Price. |
1.3 Fair Market Value. If the Company’s Common Stock is then traded or quoted on a nationally recognized securities exchange, inter-dealer quotation system or over-the-counter market (a “Trading Market”) and the Class is Common Stock, the fair market value of a Share shall be the closing price or last sale price of a share of Common Stock reported for the Business Day (as defined below) immediately before the date on which Holder delivers this Warrant together with its Notice of Exercise to the Company. If the Company’s Common Stock is not traded in a Trading Market, the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the fair market value of a Share in its reasonable good faith judgment, subject to Section 6.12(a) below.
1.4 Delivery of Certificate and New Warrant. Within four (4) Business Days after Holder exercises this Warrant in the manner set forth in Section 1.1 or 1.2 above, the Company shall deliver to Holder a certificate representing the Shares issued to Holder upon such exercise and, if this Warrant has not been fully exercised and has not expired, a new warrant of like tenor and having the same terms as set forth herein (as in effect at such time) representing the Shares remaining to be issued upon further exercise hereof.
1.5 Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of a customary indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form, substance and amount to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender of this Warrant to the Company for cancellation, the Company shall, within four (4) Business Days, execute and deliver to Holder, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and amount and having the same terms as set forth herein (as in effect at such time).
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1.6 Treatment of Warrant Upon Acquisition of Company.
(a) Acquisition. For the purpose of this Warrant, “Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions involving: (i) the sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another Person (other than a merger or consolidation effected exclusively to change the Company’s domicile), or any other corporate reorganization, in which the stockholders of the Company in their capacity as such immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization, own less than a majority of the Company’s (or the surviving or successor entity’s) outstanding voting power immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization (or, if such Company stockholders beneficially own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or successor entity as of immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization, such surviving or successor entity is not the Company); or (iii) any sale or other transfer by the stockholders of the Company of shares representing at least a majority of the Company’s then-total outstanding combined voting power other than (x) open market sales or (y) any distribution by a stockholder of its share to its partners, stockholders or stakeholders.
(b) Treatment of Warrant at Acquisition. In the event of an Acquisition prior to the Expiration Date in which the consideration to be received by the Company’s stockholders consists solely of cash, solely of Marketable Securities (as defined below) or a combination of cash and Marketable Securities (a “Cash/Public Acquisition”), unless the Holder otherwise notifies the Company in writing this Warrant shall automatically and without need of any action or notice by the Holder or any other Person be deemed to have been exercised in full pursuant to Section 1.2 on the date immediately preceding the date the Cash/Public Acquisition is consummated.
(c) The Company shall provide Holder with prior written notice of any Cash/Public Acquisition (together with such reasonable information as Holder may reasonably request regarding the Cash/Public Acquisition or the treatment of this Warrant in connection with such contemplated Cash/Public Acquisition giving rise to such notice), which notice shall be delivered to Holder not less than seven (7) Business Days prior to the closing of the proposed Cash/Public Acquisition. Not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the consummation of any Cash/Public Acquisition the Company shall notify the Holder in writing (and in reasonable detail) of the number of Shares (or such other securities) that will be issued to the Holder, assuming exercise of this Warrant in full in connection with such Cash/Public Acquisition.
(d) Upon the closing of any Acquisition other than a Cash/Public Acquisition defined above, the acquiring, surviving or successor entity shall assume the obligations of this Warrant, and this Warrant shall thereafter be exercisable for the same securities and/or other property as would have been paid for the Shares issuable upon exercise of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as if such Shares were outstanding on and as of the closing of such Acquisition, subject to further adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.
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(e) As used in this Warrant, “Marketable Securities” means securities meeting all of the following requirements: (i) the issuer thereof is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is then current in its filing of all required reports and other information under the Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) the class and series of shares or other security of the issuer that would be received by Holder in connection with the Acquisition were Holder to exercise this Warrant on or prior to the closing thereof is then traded on a Trading Market, and (iii) following the closing of such Acquisition, Holder would not be restricted from publicly re-selling all of the issuer’s shares and/or other securities that would be received by Holder in such Acquisition were Holder to exercise or convert this Warrant in full on or prior to the closing of such Acquisition, except to the extent that any such restriction (x) arises solely under federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, and (y) does not extend beyond six (6) months from the closing of such Acquisition to the extent such restrictions may be lifted at such time under the applicable federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations.
1.7 Automatic Cashless Exercise. To the extent this Warrant has not been exercised in full by the Holder prior to the Expiration Date, any portion of this Warrant that remains unexercised on such date shall be deemed to have been exercised automatically pursuant to Section 1.2 hereof, in whole (and not in part), on the Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Holder otherwise elects in writing, no such automatic exercise shall occur in the event that the fair market value on the trading day immediately preceding the Expiration Date is less than the Exercise Price.
SECTION 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE.
2.1 Stock Dividends, Splits, Etc. If the Company declares or pays a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of the Class payable in Common Stock or other securities or property (including cash), then upon exercise of this Warrant, for each Share acquired, Holder shall receive, without additional cost to Holder, the total number and kind of securities and property which Holder would have received had Holder owned the Shares of record as of the date the dividend or distribution occurred. If the Company subdivides the outstanding shares of the Class by reclassification or otherwise into a greater number of shares, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be proportionately increased and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased. If the outstanding shares of the Class are combined or consolidated, by reclassification or otherwise, into a lesser number of shares, the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased and the number of Shares shall be proportionately decreased.
2.2 Reclassification, Exchange, Combinations or Substitution. Upon any event whereby all of the outstanding shares of the Class are reclassified, exchanged, combined, substituted, or replaced for, into, with or by Company securities of a different class and/or series, then from and after the consummation of such event, this Warrant will be exercisable for the number, class and series of Company securities that Holder would have received had the Shares been outstanding on and as of the consummation of such event, and subject to further adjustment thereafter from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, exchanges, combinations substitutions, replacements or other similar events.
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2.3 Adjustments to Base Amount. After the Issue Date, in the event an Adjustment Event (defined below) occurs and, as a result thereof, either the Equity Raise Base Amount or the FDA Response Base Amount (each as defined below) is less than $2.85, then the Base Amount first set forth above in the description of Exercise Price (the “Initial Base Amount”) will be reduced, for all purposes hereof, to such lesser amount; provided that, in the event Adjustment Events occur that lead to both an Equity Raise Base Amount and a FDA Response Base Amount that are less than the Initial Base Amount, then the Initial Base Amount will be reduced to the lowest of the Equity Raise Base Amount and the FDA Response Base Amount, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 2.3, the terms capitalized herein shall have the meanings defined below:
“Adjustment Event” means any event or occurrence on or before March 31, 2019 of the type described in either the definition of “Equity Raise Base Amount” or “FDA Response Base Amount” that would give rise to a reduction of the Initial Base Amount as provided in Section 2.3. For purposes of clarity, no “Adjustment Event” shall occur after March 31, 2019.
“Equity Raise Base Amount” means, in the event that, at any time after the Issuance Date and on or prior to March 31, 2019, the Company issues shares of its Common Stock or any other securities or equity interests exercisable for or convertible into Common Stock, the per share amount or valuation (calculated on a fully-diluted, as-if-exercised or converted basis), as applicable, of such Common Stock as of the date of such issuance.
“FDA Response Base Amount” means the ten-day VWAP for the Company’s Common Stock immediately following the Company’s public announcement, in the event such announcement occurs on or prior to March 31, 2019, concerning the United States Food and Drug Administration classification of the Company’s January 4, 2019 response to the Complete Response Letter received for BIVIGAM® on December 19, 2018.
“VWAP” means, with respect to the Company’s Common Stock, as of any day or period of days (as the case may be), the volume weighted average sale price in the principal United States exchange or market (including NASDAQ and the OTC Bulletin Board), if any, on which such Common Stock is quoted or available for trading, as reported by, or based upon data reported by, Bloomberg Financial Markets or an equivalent, reliable reporting service reasonably acceptable to the Holder (collectively, “Bloomberg”) or, if no volume weighted average sale price is reported for such Common Stock by Bloomberg, then the last closing trade price of such Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last closing trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such Common Stock that are listed in the over the counter market by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor thereof) or in the “pink sheets” (or any successor thereof) by the OTC Markets Group, Inc.; provided, that if VWAP cannot be calculated for such Common Stock on such date in the manner provided above (whether because the Common Stock is not publicly traded, no sale or trade price is available, or otherwise), the VWAP shall be the fair market value (as determined in accordance with Section 1.3 above).
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2.4 No Fractional Share. No fractional Share shall be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and the number of Shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. If a fractional Share interest arises upon any exercise of the Warrant, the Company shall eliminate such fractional Share interest by paying Holder in cash the amount computed by multiplying the fractional interest by (i) the fair market value (as determined in accordance with Section 1.3 above) of a full Share, less (ii) the then-effective Exercise Price.
2.5 Notice/Certificate as to Adjustments. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt prior written notice of any adjustment event. Upon giving effect to any adjustment of the Exercise Price, Class and/or number of Shares, the Company, at the Company’s expense, shall, not later than four (4) Business Days following the occurrence of such event, notify the Holder in writing, which notice shall set forth (in reasonable detail) the reason for and effect of the adjustments to the Exercise Price, Class and/or number of Shares, as the case may be, and the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Such written notification shall include a certificate of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, including computations of such adjustment and the Exercise Price, Class and number of Shares in effect upon the date of such adjustment.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
3.1 Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Holder as follows:
(a) All Shares which may be issued upon the proper exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms contained herein shall, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free of any Liens except for restrictions on transfer provided for herein or under applicable federal and state securities laws. The Company covenants that it shall at all times cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued capital stock such number of shares of the Class, Common Stock and other securities as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of this Warrant and the conversion of the Shares into Common Stock or such other securities.
3.2 Notice of Certain Events. If the Company proposes at any time to:
(a) declare any dividend or distribution upon the outstanding shares of common stock, whether in cash, property, stock, or other securities and whether or not a regular cash dividend;
(b) offer for subscription or sale pro rata to the holders of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (other than pursuant to contractual pre-emptive rights);
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(c) effect any reclassification, exchange, combination, substitution, reorganization or recapitalization of the outstanding shares of common stock; or
(d) effect an Acquisition or to liquidate, dissolve or wind up;
then, in connection with each such event, the Company shall give Holder:
(1) at least seven (7) Business Days prior written notice of the date on which a record will be taken for such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights (and specifying the date on which the holders of outstanding shares of the Class will be entitled thereto) or for determining rights to vote, if any, in respect of the matters referred to in (a) and (b) above;
(2) in the case of the matters referred to in (c) and (d) above at least seven (7) Business Days prior written notice of the date when the same will take place (and specifying the date on which the holders of outstanding shares of the Class will be entitled to exchange their shares for the securities or other property deliverable upon the occurrence of such event).
In the case of any matters referred to in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, the Company will also provide information reasonably requested by Holder in respect of any such matter, including information that is reasonably necessary to enable Holder to comply with Holder’s accounting or reporting requirements.
Provided the Company remains subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, the notice provisions set forth in this Section 3.2 shall terminate at such time as the Company no longer has substantially similar notice obligations under any other warrant, option or similar instrument or agreement thereto.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE HOLDER.
The Holder represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
4.1 Purchase for Own Account. This Warrant and the securities to be acquired upon exercise of this Warrant by Holder are being acquired for investment for Holder’s account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a current view to the public resale or distribution within the meaning of the Act. Holder also represents that it has not been formed for the specific purpose of acquiring this Warrant or the Shares.
4.2 Disclosure of Information. Holder is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has received or has had full access to all the information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to the acquisition of this Warrant and its underlying securities. Holder further has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of this Warrant and its underlying securities and to obtain additional information (to the extent the Company possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify any information furnished to Holder or to which Holder has access.
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4.3 Investment Experience. Holder understands that the purchase of this Warrant and its underlying securities involves substantial risk. Holder has experience as an investor in securities of companies in the development stage and acknowledges that Holder can bear the economic risk of such Holder’s investment in this Warrant and its underlying securities and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that Holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in this Warrant and its underlying securities and/or has a preexisting personal or business relationship with the Company and certain of its officers, directors or controlling persons of a nature and duration that enables Holder to be aware of the character, business acumen and financial circumstances of such persons.
4.4 Accredited Investor Status. Holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Act.
4.5 The Act. Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise hereof have not been registered under the Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Holder’s investment intent as expressed herein. Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares issued upon any exercise hereof must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Act and qualified under applicable state securities laws, or unless exemption from such registration and qualification are otherwise available. Holder is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
4.6 No Voting Rights. Holder, as a Holder of this Warrant, will not have any voting rights until the exercise of this Warrant.
SECTION 5. REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
5.1 Registration. In the event that the Company files a registration statement (a “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the sale of its shares of Common Stock (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8, or on another form, or in another context, in which such “piggyback” registration would be inappropriate), then, with respect to any or all Shares which have been issued upon exercise hereof, Holder shall have the right to require the Company to register the resale of the Shares on such Registration Statement to the extent the Company does not maintain an effective registration statement for the Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the registration rights contained in this Section 5.1 shall not be effective more than seven (7) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f) (2)(G)(v).
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5.2 Suspension. The Company may by written notice to Holder immediately suspend the use of any resale prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 consecutive days in any one instance or 120 calendar days in total, in either case in any 12-month period (each, a “Suspension Period”) at any time that (i) the Company becomes engaged in a business activity or negotiation or any other event has occurred or is anticipated which is not disclosed in that prospectus which the Company reasonably believes should be disclosed therein under applicable law and which the Company desires to keep confidential for business purposes or (ii) the Company determines that a particular disclosure so determined to be required to be disclosed therein be premature or would adversely affect the Company or its business or prospects. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Registration Statement may be resumed as soon as practicable.
5.3 Costs and Expenses. The Company shall pay all expenses payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Shares and any new Warrants, except that if the certificates for the Shares or the new Warrants are to be registered in a name or names of a Person other than the name of the Holder or one of its Affiliates, funds sufficient to pay all transfer taxes payable as a result of such transfer shall be paid by the Holder at the time of its delivery of the Notice of Exercise or promptly upon receipt of a written request by the Company for payment. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses associated with the registration of the Shares as specified in this Section 5 and the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, including, without limitation, all printing expenses, legal fees and disbursement of the Company’s outside counsel, commissions, NASDAQ and blue sky registration filing fees and transfer agents’ and registrars’ fees, but not including underwriting commissions or similar charges and legal fees and disbursements of counsel to Holder.
5.4 Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees that:
(a) Securities Filings; Rules 144 & 144A. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder, (ii) cooperate with the Holder and each holder of Shares in supplying such information concerning the Company as may be necessary for the Holder or holder of Shares to complete and file any information reporting forms currently or hereafter required by the Commission as a condition to the availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of this Warrant or Shares issued upon exercise hereof, and (iii) take such further action as the Holder may reasonably request to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holder to sell Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 or 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.
(b) Obtaining of Governmental Approvals and Stock Exchange Listings. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities which may from time to time be required of the Company in order to satisfy its obligations hereunder, and (ii) take all action which may reasonably be necessary so that the Shares issued upon exercise hereof, immediately upon their issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, will be listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which such Shares are then listed.
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(c) Structural Dilution. In the event the Credit Agreement is no longer in full force and effect, so long as this Warrant remains outstanding the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue, sell, distribute or otherwise grant in any manner (including by assumption) any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any warrants or options for the purchase of any equity securities of such Subsidiary or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for such equity securities (or any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any warrants or options for the purchase of any such convertible or exchangeable securities), whether or not immediately exercisable or exercisable prior to the Expiration Date or thereafter; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from forming a Subsidiary after the Issue Date while the Credit Agreement is in effect if such formation and any Investments in such Subsidiary comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
(d) Ownership Cap. The Company shall not knowingly effect the exercise of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant to the extent that, after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder (together with its Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the voting Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible shares or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 5.4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding Shares, the Holder of this Warrant may rely on the number of outstanding Shares as reflected in the most recent of (i) the Company’s Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or other public filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) any other notice by the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of Shares outstanding. Upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall, within fifteen (15) Business Days, confirm to the Holder the number of Shares then outstanding. Furthermore, upon the written request of the Company, the Holder shall confirm to the Company its then current beneficial ownership with respect to the Company’s Shares.
SECTION 6. MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1 Term. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.6 above, this Warrant is exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or before 6:00 PM, Eastern time, on the Expiration Date and shall be void thereafter.
6.2 Legends. Each certificate evidencing Shares (and each certificate evidencing the securities issued upon conversion of any Shares, if any) shall be imprinted with a customary applicable legend as reasonably determined by the Company, unless, in the written opinion of counsel selected by the Holder (who may be an employee of such Holder), which counsel and opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Shares need no longer be subject to restrictions on resale under the Securities Act, in which event, upon the request of such Holder, the Company shall issue replacement certificates for such Shares that do not bear a legend.
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6.3 Compliance with Securities Laws on Transfer. This Warrant and the Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant (and the securities issuable, directly or indirectly, upon conversion of the Shares, if any) may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part except with respect to transfers and assignments to Affiliates of the Holder or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and the transferee (including, without limitation, the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Company, as reasonably requested by the Company).
6.4 Transfer Procedure. After receipt by Initial Holder of the executed Warrant, Initial Holder may transfer all or part of this Warrant to one or more of Initial Holder’s affiliates (each, an “Initial Holder Affiliate”), by execution of an Assignment substantially in the form of Appendix 2. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.3 and upon providing the Company with written notice, Initial Holder, any such Initial Holder Affiliate and any subsequent Holder, may transfer all or part of this Warrant or the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (or the Shares issuable directly or indirectly, upon conversion of the Shares, if any) to any other transferee, provided, however, in connection with any such transfer, the Initial Holder Affiliate(s) or any subsequent Holder will give the Company notice of the portion of the Warrant being transferred with the name, address and taxpayer identification number of the transferee and Holder will surrender this Warrant to the Company for reissuance to the transferee(s) (and Holder if applicable).
6.5 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder from the Company to the Holder, or vice versa, shall be deemed delivered and effective (i) when given personally, (ii) on the third (3rd) Business Day after being mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, (iii) upon actual receipt if given by facsimile or electronic mail and such receipt is confirmed in writing by the recipient, or (iv) on the first (1st) Business Day following delivery to a reliable overnight courier service, courier fee prepaid, in any case at such address as may have been furnished to the Company or Holder, as the case may be, in writing by the Company or such Holder from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.5. All notices to Holder shall be addressed as follows until the Company receives notice of a change of address in connection with a transfer or otherwise:
Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attn: Sandeep Dixit
Email: sandeep@perceptivelife.com
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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Mark Wojciechowski
Email: mwojciechowski@mofo.com
Notice to the Company shall be addressed as follows until Holder receives notice of a change in address:
ADMA Biologics, Inc.
465 Route 17 South
Ramsey, NJ 07446
Attn: Adam Grossman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Fax: (201) 478-5553
Email: agrossman@admabio.com
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
DLA Piper LLP (US)
51 JFK Parkway, Suite 120
Short Hills, NJ 07078
Attn: David C. Schwartz, Esq.
Fax: (973) 520-2575
Email: david.schwartz@dlapiper.com
6.6 Waiver. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
6.7 Attorneys’ Fees. In the event of any dispute between the parties concerning the terms and provisions of this Warrant, the party prevailing in such dispute shall be entitled to collect from the other party all costs incurred in such dispute, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. All other costs and expenses relating to this Warrant or any replacements or supplements shall be payable as provided pursuant to Section 14.03 of the Credit Agreement.
6.8 Counterparts; Facsimile/Electronic Signatures. This Warrant may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any signature page delivered electronically or by facsimile shall be binding to the same extent as an original signature page with regards to any agreement subject to the terms hereof or any amendment thereto.
6.9 Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to its principles regarding conflicts of law.
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6.10 Headings. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision of this Warrant.
6.11 Business Days. “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks located in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to be closed for business.
6.12 Disputes and Other Actions Affecting Shares or this Warrant. The parties hereto agree as follows:
(a) Disputes. In the event of any dispute which arises between the Holder and the Company (including the Board of Directors of the Company) with respect to the calculation of the adjusted Exercise Price or the number of Shares issuable upon exercise that is not resolved by the parties after good faith discussions and efforts to reach resolution, upon the request of the Holder the disputed issue(s) shall be submitted to a firm of independent investment bankers or public accountants of recognized national standing, which (i) shall be chosen by the Company and be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and (ii) shall be completely independent of the Company (an “Independent Advisor”), for determination, and such determination by the Independent Advisor shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder with respect to this Warrant or any Shares issued in connection herewith, as the case may be, absent manifest error. Costs and expenses of the Independent Advisor shall be shared 50/50 by the Company and the Holder.
(b) Equitable Equivalent. In case any event shall occur as to which the provisions of Section 2 above are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not, in the reasonable, good faith opinion of the Holder, fairly protect the rights and benefits of the Holder represented by this Warrant in accordance with the essential intent and principles of Section 2, then, in any such case, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall submit the matter and issues raised by the Holder to an Independent Advisor, which shall give its opinion upon the adjustment, if any, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles established in Section 2, to the extent necessary to preserve, without dilution, the rights and benefits represented by this Warrant. Upon receipt of such opinion, the Company will promptly mail a copy thereof to the Holder and shall make the adjustments described therein, if any. Costs and expenses of the Independent Advisor shall be shared 50/50 by the Company and the Holder.
6.13 No Avoidance. The Company shall not, by way of amendment of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, by way of contract or other agreement, or through any consolidation, merger, reorganization, transfer of assets, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against dilution or other impairment as if the Holder was a shareholder of the Company entitled to the benefit of fiduciary duties afforded to shareholders under Delaware law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be executed by their duly authorized representatives effective as of the Issue Date written above.
ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC. | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz Name: Brian Lenz Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary | |
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS II, LP | |
By: Perceptive Credit Opportunities GP, LLC, | |
By: /s/ Sandeep Dixit Name: Sandeep Dixit Title: Chief Credit Officer | |
By: /s/ Sam Chawla Name: Sam Chawla Title: Portfolio Manager |
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APPENDIX 1
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
1. The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase ___ shares of the Common Stock of ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC. (the “Company”) in accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Common Stock, and tenders payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares as follows [circle one]:
☐ Check in the amount of $_____ payable to order of the Company enclosed herewith
☐ Wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company’s account
☐ Cashless Exercise pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Warrant
☐ Other [Describe] _______________________________________
2. Please issue a certificate or certificates representing the Shares in the name specified below:
____________________________________________
Holder’s Name
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
(Address)
HOLDER: | |
By: _________________________ | |
Name: _______________________ | |
Title ________________________ | |
Date: |
APPENDIX 2
ASSIGNMENT
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Name: [TRANSFEREE] | ||
Address: ___________________________ | ||
Tax ID _____________________________ |
that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock issued by ADMA Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”), on [DATE] (the “Warrant”) together with all rights, title and interest therein.
[HOLDER] | |
By: _________________________ | |
Name: _______________________ | |
Title ________________________ |
Date: _______________
By its execution below, and for the benefit of the Company, [TRANSFEREE] makes each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Warrant and agrees to all other provisions of the Warrant as of the date hereof.
[TRANSFEREE] | |
By: _________________________ | |
Name: _______________________ | |
Title ________________________ |
Execution Version
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND GUARANTY
dated as of
February 11, 2019
by and among
ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC.,
as the Borrower,
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO
TIME PARTY HERETO,
as the Guarantors,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
as the Lenders,
and
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS II, LP,
as the Administrative Agent
U.S. $72,500,000
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS | 1 | |
1.01 | Certain Defined Terms | 1 |
1.02 | Accounting Terms and Principles | 28 |
1.03 | Interpretation | 28 |
SECTION 2. THE COMMITMENT AND THE LOANS | 29 | |
2.01 | Loans | 29 |
2.02 | Borrowing Procedures | 30 |
2.03 | Notes | 30 |
2.04 | Use of Proceeds | 30 |
SECTION 3. PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST | 30 | |
3.01 | Repayments and Prepayments Generally; Application | 30 |
3.02 | Interest | 30 |
3.03 | Prepayments | 31 |
SECTION 4. PAYMENTS, ETC. | 33 | |
4.01 | Payments | 33 |
4.02 | Computations | 33 |
4.03 | Set-Off | 33 |
SECTION 5. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC. | 34 | |
5.01 | Additional Costs | 34 |
5.02 | Illegality | 36 |
5.03 | Taxes | 36 |
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 40 | |
6.01 | Conditions to the Borrowing of the Loan | 40 |
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 45 | |
7.01 | Power and Authority | 45 |
7.02 | Authorization; Enforceability | 45 |
7.03 | Governmental and Other Approvals; No Conflicts | 46 |
7.04 | Financial Statements; Material Adverse Change | 46 |
7.05 | Properties | 46 |
7.06 | No Actions or Proceedings | 50 |
7.07 | Compliance with Laws and Agreements | 50 |
7.08 | Taxes | 51 |
7.09 | Full Disclosure | 52 |
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7.10 | Investment Company Act and Margin Stock Regulation | 52 |
7.11 | Solvency | 52 |
7.12 | Subsidiaries | 52 |
7.13 | Indebtedness and Liens | 52 |
7.14 | Material Agreements | 53 |
7.15 | Restrictive Agreements | 53 |
7.16 | Real Property | 53 |
7.17 | Pension Matters | 53 |
7.18 | Regulatory Approvals | 53 |
7.19 | OFAC | 56 |
7.20 | Anti-Corruption | 56 |
7.21 | Deposit and Disbursement Accounts | 56 |
7.22 | Senior Secured Obligations | 56 |
7.23 | Royalty and Other Payments | 56 |
7.24 | Internal Controls | 56 |
7.25 | Reimbursement from Medical Reimbursement Programs. | 57 |
SECTION 8. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 57 | |
8.01 | Financial Statements and Other Information | 57 |
8.02 | Notices of Material Events | 59 |
8.03 | Existence; Conduct of Business | 61 |
8.04 | Payment of Obligations | 61 |
8.05 | Insurance | 61 |
8.06 | Books and Records; Inspection Rights | 62 |
8.07 | Compliance with Laws and Other Obligations | 62 |
8.08 | Maintenance of Properties, Etc. | 62 |
8.09 | Licenses | 63 |
8.10 | Action under Environmental Laws | 63 |
8.11 | Use of Proceeds | 63 |
8.12 | Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries; Further Assurances | 63 |
8.13 | Termination of Non-Permitted Liens | 64 |
8.14 | Intellectual Property | 64 |
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8.15 | Litigation Cooperation | 65 |
8.16 | Maintenance of Regulatory Approvals, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Etc. | 65 |
8.17 | ERISA Compliance | 65 |
8.18 | Cash Management | 66 |
8.19 | Post-closing Requirements. | 66 |
SECTION 9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 67 | |
9.01 | Indebtedness | 67 |
9.02 | Liens | 69 |
9.03 | Fundamental Changes and Acquisitions | 70 |
9.04 | Lines of Business | 71 |
9.05 | Investments | 71 |
9.06 | Restricted Payments | 72 |
9.07 | Payments of Indebtedness | 73 |
9.08 | Change in Fiscal Year | 73 |
9.09 | Sales of Assets, Etc. | 73 |
9.10 | Transactions with Affiliates | 74 |
9.11 | Restrictive Agreements | 74 |
9.12 | Modifications and Terminations of Material Agreements and Organic Documents | 74 |
9.13 | Inbound and Outbound Licenses | 75 |
9.14 | Sales and Leasebacks | 76 |
9.15 | Hazardous Material | 76 |
9.16 | Accounting Changes | 76 |
9.17 | Compliance with ERISA | 76 |
9.18 | Inconsistent Agreements | 76 |
9.19 | Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Use of Proceeds | 77 |
SECTION 10. FINANCIAL COVENANTS | 77 | |
10.01 | Minimum Liquidity | 77 |
10.02 | Minimum Revenue | 78 |
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 78 | |
11.01 | Events of Default | 78 |
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11.02 | Remedies | 82 |
11.03 | Additional Remedies | 82 |
SECTION 12. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 82 | |
12.01 | Appointment and Duties | 82 |
12.02 | Binding Effect | 84 |
12.03 | Use of Discretion | 84 |
12.04 | Delegation of Rights and Duties | 84 |
12.05 | Reliance and Liability | 85 |
12.06 | Administrative Agent Individually | 86 |
12.07 | Lender Credit Decision | 86 |
12.08 | Expenses; Indemnities | 86 |
12.09 | Resignation of the Administrative Agent | 87 |
12.10 | Release of Collateral or Guarantors | 88 |
12.11 | Additional Secured Parties | 88 |
SECTION 13. GUARANTEE | 89 | |
13.01 | The Guarantee | 89 |
13.02 | Obligations Unconditional | 89 |
13.03 | Reinstatement | 90 |
13.04 | Subrogation | 90 |
13.05 | Remedies | 90 |
13.06 | Instrument for the Payment of Money | 90 |
13.07 | Continuing Guarantee | 91 |
13.08 | General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations | 91 |
SECTION 14. MISCELLANEOUS | 91 | |
14.01 | No Waiver | 91 |
14.02 | Notices | 91 |
14.03 | Expenses, Indemnification, Etc. | 91 |
14.04 | Amendments, Etc. | 92 |
14.05 | Successors and Assigns | 93 |
14.06 | Survival | 95 |
14.07 | Captions | 95 |
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14.08 | Counterparts | 95 |
14.09 | Governing Law | 95 |
14.10 | Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue | 96 |
14.11 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 96 |
14.12 | Waiver of Immunity | 96 |
14.13 | Entire Agreement | 96 |
14.14 | Severability | 97 |
14.15 | No Fiduciary Relationship | 97 |
14.16 | Confidentiality | 97 |
14.17 | Interest Rate Limitation. | 97 |
14.18 | Judgment Currency | 98 |
14.19 | USA PATRIOT Act | 98 |
14.20 | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | 98 |
SCHEDULE 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT | 1 |
SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Schedule 1 | - | Commitments |
Schedule 7.05(b) | - | Products |
Schedule 7.05(c) | - | Material Intellectual Property |
Schedule 7.06(a) | - | Certain Litigation |
Schedule 7.06(c) | - | Labor Matters |
Schedule 7.08 | - | Taxes |
Schedule 7.12 | - | Information Regarding Subsidiaries |
Schedule 7.13(a) | - | Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 7.13(b) | - | Existing Liens |
Schedule 7.14 | - | Material Agreements of Obligors |
Schedule 7.15 | - | Restrictive Agreements |
Schedule 7.16 | - | Real Property Owned or Leased by Borrower or any Subsidiary |
Schedule 7.17 | - | Pension Matters |
Schedule 7.18(b) | - | Material Regulatory Approvals |
Schedule 7.18(d) | - | Adverse Findings |
Schedule 7.19 | - | Transactions with Affiliates |
Schedule 7.22 | - | Deposit and Disbursement Accounts |
Schedule 7.24 | - | Royalties and Other Payments |
Schedule 9.05 | - | Existing Investments |
Schedule 9.14 | - | Permitted Sales and Leasebacks |
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Exhibit A | - | Form of Note |
Exhibit B | - | Form of Borrowing Notice |
Exhibit C | - | Form of Guarantee Assumption Agreement |
Exhibit D-1 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit D-2 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit D-3 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit D-4 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit E | - | Form of Compliance Certificate |
Exhibit F | - | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit G | - | [Reserved] |
Exhibit H | - | Form of Information Certificate |
Exhibit I | - | Form of Warrant |
Exhibit J | - | Form of Intercompany Subordination Agreement |
Exhibit K | - | Form of Solvency Certificate |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT AND GUARANTY
Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of February 11, 2019 (this “Agreement”), among ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower that may be required to provide Guarantees from time to time hereunder (each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), and PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS II, LP, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a senior secured term loan facility to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of $72,500,000 (with up to $45,000,000 to be available on the Closing Date and up to $27,500,000 to be available on the Delayed Draw Date, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein); and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to provide such senior secured term loan facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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DEFINITIONS
1.01 Certain Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, by which any Person directly or indirectly, by means of amalgamation, merger, purchase of assets, purchase of Equity Interests, or otherwise, (i) acquires all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person, (ii) acquires all or substantially all of a business line or unit or division of any other Person, (iii) with respect to any other Person that is managed or governed by a Board, acquires control of Equity Interests of such other Person representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power (determined on a fully-diluted basis) for the election of directors of such Person’s Board, or (iv) acquires control of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Equity Interests in any other Person (determined on a fully-diluted basis) that is not managed by a Board.
“ADMA BioManufacturing” means AMDA BioManufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
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“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ANDA” means (i) (x) an abbreviated new drug application (as defined in the FD&C Act) and (y) any similar application or functional equivalent relating to any generic new drug application applicable to or required by any non-U.S. country, jurisdiction or Governmental Authority, and (ii) all supplements and amendments that may be filed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Applicable Margin” means seven and one half of one percent (7.5%), as may be increased pursuant to Section 3.02(b).
“Asset Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee of such Lender in the form of Exhibit F.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, 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.
“Bailee Letter” means a bailee letter substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Security Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy.”
“Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether governed by the laws of the United States or otherwise) to which any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
“Biotest” means Biotest AG, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany.
“BIVIGAM Prior Approval Supplement” means the Borrower’s Prior Approval Supplement (PAS) to the FDA to the previously approved Biologics License Application (BLA) for BIVIGAM®.
“BPC” means Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“BLA” means (i) (x) a biologics license application (as defined in the FD&C Act) to introduce, or deliver for introduction, a biologic product, including vaccines into commerce in the U.S., or any successor application or procedure and (y) any similar application or functional equivalent relating to biologics licensing applicable to or required by any non-U.S. country, jurisdiction or Governmental Authority, and (ii) all supplements and amendments that may be filed with respect to the foregoing.
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“Board” means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors or equivalent management or oversight body of such Person or any committee thereof authorized to act on behalf of such board (or equivalent body).
“Boca Raton Plant” means the real property located at 5800 and 5900 Park of Commerce Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, Florida 33487, the vacant land in Boca Raton referred to as Parcel A.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Borrower Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.03(b).
“Borrowing” means, as the context may require, either or both of (i) the borrowing of the Initial Loan on the Closing Date or (ii) the borrowing of the Delayed Draw Loan on the Delayed Draw Date.
“Borrowing Date” means (i) with respect to the Initial Loan, the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to the Delayed Draw Loan, the Delayed Draw Date.
“Borrowing Notice” means a written notice in the form of Exhibit B.
“BPC Agreements” means (i) Transition Services Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2017, by and between ADMA BioManufacturing and BPC, including the schedules thereto; (ii) License Agreement, dated December 31, 2012, between ADMA Biologics and Biotest; (iii) Plasma Purchase Agreement, dated November 17, 2011, between ADMA Biologics and BPC; (iv) Plasma Supply Agreement (Hepatitis B Plasma from BPC to ADMA), dated June 6, 2017, between BPC and ADMA BioManufacturing; (v) Plasma Purchase Agreement (Normal Source Plasma Purchase from BPC to ADMA), dated June 6, 2017, between BPC and ADMA BioManufacturing; (vi) Plasma Supply Agreement, dated June 22, 2012, between BPC and ADMA Biologics; (vii) the Biocenters Purchase Agreement; (viii) Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of June 6, 2017, by and among BPC, Sanofi Pasteur SA and ADMA BioManufacturing; and (ix) the Master Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2017, among BPC, the Borrower, Biotest and Biotest US Corporation, each as amended prior to the Closing Date and as the same may be amended from time to time on and after the Closing Date in compliance with this Agreement.
“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are not authorized or required to close in New York City.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real and/or personal property, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Casualty Event” means the damage, destruction or condemnation, as the case may be, of property of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events (i) as a result of which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Act, but excluding any Plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such Plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of fifty and one-tenth of one percent (50.1%) or more of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the Board of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or (ii) as a result of which, during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Board of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (x) who were members of such Board on the first day of such period, (y) whose election or nomination to such Board was approved by individuals referred to in clause (x) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of such Board or equivalent governing body or (z) whose election or nomination to such Board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (x) and (y) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of such Board; or (iii) that results in the sale of all or substantially all of the assets or businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iv) that results in the Borrower’s failure to own, beneficially and of record, one-hundred percent (100%) of all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Claims” means (and includes) any claim, demand, complaint, grievance, action, application, suit, cause of action, order, charge, indictment, prosecution, judgment or other similar process, whether in respect of assessments or reassessments, debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, damages or losses, contingent or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, disputed or undisputed, contractual, legal or equitable, including loss of value, professional fees, including fees and disbursements of legal counsel, and all costs incurred in investigating or pursuing any of the foregoing or any proceeding relating to any of the foregoing.
“Closing Date” means February 11, 2019.
“Closing Date Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(c).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.
“Collateral” means any asset or property in which a Lien is purported to be granted under any Loan Document, including future acquired or created assets or property (or all such assets or property, as the context may require), provided, that in no event will the Collateral include the real property leases covering the (i) 6290 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Suite 206-208 Norcross, GA 30071 and (ii) Terrace at Windy Hill (Suites 220 and 212) 3000 Windy Hill Road SE Marietta, Georgia 30067 locations and all property located at such locations.
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“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans to the Borrower on each Borrowing Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which commitment is in the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 under the caption “Commitment”, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise. The aggregate Commitments on the Closing Date equal $72,500,000.
“Competitor” means any Person that is a bona fide direct competitor of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the same industry or a substantially similar industry which offers a substantially similar product or service as Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and is identified by name in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, which list may be updated by the Borrower from time to time with the consent of, and in a manner reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(c).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Contract” means any contract, license, lease, agreement, obligation, promise, undertaking, understanding, arrangement, document, commitment, entitlement or engagement under which a Person has, or will have, any liability or contingent liability (in each case, whether written or oral, express or implied, and whether in respect of monetary or payment obligations, performance obligations or otherwise).
“Control” means, in respect of a particular Person, the possession by one or more other Persons, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such particular Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” (and similar derivatives) have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlled Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18(a).
“Copyright” means all copyrights, copyright registrations and applications for copyright registrations, including (i) all renewals and extensions thereof, (ii) all rights to recover for past, present or future infringements thereof, and (iii) all other rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto.
“Default” means any Event of Default and any event that, upon the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).
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“Delayed Draw Date” means the Business Day on which the Delayed Draw Loan hereunder is made, which shall be (x) no sooner than the date on which each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.02 shall have been satisfied and (y) no later than June 30, 2020.
“Delayed Draw Date Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(c).
“Delayed Draw Loan” means the term loan made by the Lenders on the Delayed Draw Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $27,500,000.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), including pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends or other distributions in cash or other securities that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Maturity Date.
“Disqualified Institution” means, on any date, (i) any Person designated by Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) Affiliates of the Persons described in the preceding clause (i) to the extent readily identifiable as such on the basis of such Affiliate’s name.
“Dollars” and “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or similar business entity incorporated, formed or organized under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
“Donor Account” means each deposit account held by ADMA Bio Centers and maintained with SunTrust Bank and 3Pea International, Inc., from which withdrawals are made solely for the purpose of compensating the Borrower’s blood plasma donors for blood plasma donations in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm 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 financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
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“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Transferee” means and includes (i) any commercial bank, (ii) any insurance company, (iii) any finance company, (iv) any financial institution, (v) any investment fund that invests in loans or other obligations for borrowed money, (vi) with respect to any Lender, any of its Affiliates, and (vii) any other “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act) that is principally in the business of managing investments or holding assets for investment purposes; provided, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in no event shall a Competitor or Disqualified Institution be an Eligible Transferee.
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, provincial or local governmental law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree, whether U.S. or non-U.S., relating to pollution or protection of the environment or the treatment, storage, disposal, release, threatened release or handling of hazardous materials, and all local laws and regulations, whether U.S. or non-U.S., related to environmental matters and any specific agreements entered into with any competent authorities which include commitments related to environmental matters.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person (for purposes of this defined term, an “issuer”), all shares of, interests or participations in, or other equivalents in respect of such issuer’s capital stock, including all membership interests, partnership interests or equivalent, and all debt or other securities directly or indirectly exchangeable, exercisable or otherwise convertible into, such issuer’s capital stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date, and in each case however designated and whether voting or non-voting.
“Equivalent Amount” means, with respect to an amount denominated in one currency, the amount in another currency that could be purchased by the amount in the first currency determined by reference to the Exchange Rate at the time of determination.
“ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, collectively, any Obligor, Subsidiary thereof, and any Person under common control, or treated as a single employer, with any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof, within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
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“ERISA Event” means (i) a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation has waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of such event; (ii) the applicability of the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, to any Title IV Plan where an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such plan within the following thirty (30) days; (iii) a withdrawal by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a Title IV Plan or the termination of any Title IV Plan resulting in liability under Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA; (v) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof pursuant to Sections 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the failure by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to make any required contribution to a Plan, or the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (viii) the determination that any Title IV Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered to critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; (ix) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (x) the imposition of any liability under Title I or Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof; (xi) an application for a funding waiver under Section 303 of ERISA or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan; (xii) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA for which any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof may be directly or indirectly liable; (xiii) a violation of the applicable requirements of Section 404 or 405 of ERISA or the exclusive benefit rule under Section 401(a) of the Code by any fiduciary or disqualified person for which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof may be directly or indirectly liable; (xiv) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or under Sections 409, 502(c), (i) or (1) or 4071 of ERISA; (xv) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan or the assets thereof, or against any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with any such plan; (xvi) receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of any Qualified Plan to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Qualified Plan to fail to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; (xvii) the imposition of any lien (or the fulfillment of the conditions for the imposition of any lien) on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV, including Section 302(f) or 303(k) of ERISA or to Section 401(a)(29) or 430(k) of the Code; or (xviii) the establishment or amendment by any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof of any “welfare plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of any Obligor.
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“ERISA Funding Rules” means the rules regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Title IV Plans, as set forth in Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Rate” means, as of any date of determination, the rate at which a currency may be exchanged into another currency, as set forth on the relevant Reuters screen at or about 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on such date. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters screen, the “Exchange Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (x) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivisions thereof) or (y) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (1) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 5.03(h)) or (2) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.03, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.03(f), and (iv) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Expense Deposit” means a cash deposit referenced in the Proposal Letter.
“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 more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
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“FD&C Act” means the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 (or any successor thereto), as amended from time to time, and the rules, regulations, guidelines, guidance documents and compliance policy guides issued or promulgated thereunder.
“FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and any successor entity.
“Federal Funds Effective 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) 0%.
“Fee Letter” means the Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. All references to “GAAP” shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in the preparation of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(e)(i).
“Governmental Approval” means any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise, permit, certification, accreditation, registration, clearance, exemption, filing or notice that is issued or granted by or from (or pursuant to any act of) any Governmental Authority, including any application or submission related to any of the foregoing.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation, government, branch of power (whether executive, legislative or judicial), state, province or municipality or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, monetary, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including without limitation regulatory authorities, governmental departments, agencies, commissions, bureaus, officials, ministers, courts, bodies, boards, tribunals and dispute settlement panels, and other law-, rule- or regulation-making organizations or entities of any state, territory, county, city or other political subdivision of any country, in each case whether U.S. or non-U.S.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
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“Guarantee Assumption Agreement” means a Guarantee Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C by an entity that, pursuant to Section 8.12(a), is required to become a “Subsidiary Guarantor.”
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01.
“Hazardous Material” means any substance, element, chemical, compound, product, solid, gas, liquid, waste, by-product, pollutant, contaminant or material which is hazardous or toxic, and includes, without limitation, (i) asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and (ii) any material classified or regulated as “hazardous” or “toxic” or words of like import pursuant to an Environmental Law.
“Healthcare Laws” means, collectively, all Laws and Regulatory Approvals applicable to the business, any Product or the Product Commercialization and Development Activities of any Obligor, whether U.S. or non-U.S., regulating the distribution, dispensing, importation, exportation, quality, manufacturing, labeling, promotion and provision of and payment for drugs, medical or healthcare products, items and services, including, without limitation, 45 C.F.R. et seq. (“HIPAA”); Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended; 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (Criminal Penalties Involving Medicare or State Health Care Programs), commonly referred to as the “Federal Anti-Kickback Statute”; § 1877 of the Social Security Act, as amended; 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (Limitation on Certain Physician Referrals), commonly referred to as “Stark Statute”; the FD&C Act and PHS Act, including all applicable Good Manufacturing Practice requirements addressed in the FDA’s regulations (e.g., for biological drugs 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 & 211, and 600 et seq.); all rules, regulations and guidance with respect to the provision of Medicare and Medicaid programs or services (42 C.F.R. Chapter IV et seq.); 10 U.S.C. §§1071 – 1110(b) (the “TRICARE Program”); 5 U.S.C. §§ 8901 – 8914 (“FEHB Plans”); the PDMA; and all rules, regulations and guidance promulgated under or pursuant to any of the foregoing, including any non-U.S. equivalents.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate exchange agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that, as of any time of determination, is included in the Immaterial Subsidiary Group.
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“Immaterial Subsidiary Group” means, as of any time of determination, those Subsidiaries of the Borrower that, when taken together, do not have (i) aggregate revenue that exceeds $1,000,000 for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ended as of the most recent fiscal quarter for which a Compliance Certificate has been delievered pursuant to Section 8.01(c) or (ii) aggregate total assets as of the most recent fiscal quarter for which a Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(c) that exceed $1,000,000, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and inclusive of revenue and assets, as the case may be, of each of their respective Subsidiaries.
“IND” means (i) (x) an investigational new drug application (as defined in the FD&C Act) that is required to be filed with the FDA before beginning clinical testing in human subjects, or any successor application or procedure and (y) any similar application or functional equivalent relating to any investigational new drug application applicable to or required by any non-U.S. country, jurisdiction or Governmental Authority, and (ii) all supplements and amendments that may be filed with respect to the foregoing.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or obligations of such Person with respect to deposits or advances of any kind by third parties, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (iv) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (v) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business not overdue by more than ninety (90) days), (vi) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (vii) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (viii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (ix) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (x) obligations under any Hedging Agreement, currency swaps, forwards, futures or derivatives transactions, (xi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (xii) all obligations of such Person under license or other agreements containing a guaranteed minimum payment or purchase by such Person, (xiii) any Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person, and (xiv) all other obligations required to be classified as indebtedness of such Person under GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is 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 provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.03(b).
“Indemnified Taxes” means (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any Obligation and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (i), Other Taxes.
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“Information Certificate” means the Collateral, Perfection and Information Certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit H which shall be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(b).
“Initial Loan” means the term loan made by the Lenders on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $45,000,000.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means (i) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (ii) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of any Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of such Person’s creditors, in each case undertaken under U.S. federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
“Intellectual Property” means all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Technical Information, whether registered or not, U.S. or non-U.S., including (without limitation) all of the following:
(a) applications, registrations, amendments and extensions relating to such Intellectual Property;
(b) rights and privileges arising under any Law with respect to such Intellectual Property;
(c) rights to sue for or collect any damages for any past, present or future infringements of such Intellectual Property; and
(d) rights of the same or similar effect or nature in any jurisdiction corresponding to such Intellectual Property throughout the world.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means a subordination agreement to be executed and delivered by each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to which all obligations in respect of any Indebtedness owing to any such Person by an Obligor shall be subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations, such agreement to be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Administrative Agent, Biotest and the Borrower.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Borrowing, (i) initially, the period commencing on (and including) the Closing Date and ending on (and including) the last day of the calendar month in which the Loan was made, and (ii) thereafter, the period beginning on (and including) the first day of each succeeding calendar month and ending on the earlier of (and including) (x) the last day of such calendar month and (y) the Maturity Date.
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“Interest Rate” means the sum of (i) the Applicable Margin plus (ii) the greater of (x) the Reference Rate and (y) three and one half of one percent (3.5%).
“Invention” means any novel, inventive or useful art, apparatus, method, process, machine (including any article or device), manufacture or composition of matter, or any novel, inventive and useful improvement in any art, method, process, machine (including article or device), manufacture or composition of matter.
“Investment” means, for any Person: (i) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of any debt or Equity Interests, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or other securities of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such sale); (ii) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan, assumption of debt or other extension of credit to, or capital contribution in any other Person (including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person), but excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding ninety (90) days arising in connection with the sale of inventory or supplies by such Person in the ordinary course of business; (iii) the entering into of any Guarantee of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person; or (iv) the entering into of any Hedging Agreement.
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency, and to the extent relevant, the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Junior Debt” means the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities owed by one or more Obligors under the Junior Debt Documents.
“Junior Debt Documents” means (i) the Subordinated Loan Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2017, among Biotest (as successor to BPC), the Borrower and ADMA BioManufacturing, (ii) any and all promissory notes issued thereunder, and (iii) all other documents, instruments, and agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith, in each case, as in effect on the Closing Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified solely in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement.
“Landlord Consent” means a Landlord Consent substantially in the form of Exhibit G to the Security Agreement.
“Law” means any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or local statute, treaty, rule, guideline, regulation, ordinance, code or administrative or judicial precedent or authority, including any interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
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“Lenders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge or other security interest, or any lease, title retention agreement, mortgage, restriction, easement, right-of-way, option or adverse claim (of ownership or possession) or other encumbrance of any kind or character whatsoever or any preferential arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security interest.
“Loan” means each loan advanced by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Warrant, the Fee Letter, any Guarantee Assumption Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, and any other subordination agreement, intercreditor agreement or other present or future document, instrument, agreement, certificate or other amendment, waiver or modification of a Loan Document delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, as amended or otherwise modified.
“Loss” means judgments, debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, damages or losses, contingent or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, disputed or undisputed, contractual, legal or equitable, including loss of value, professional fees, including fees and disbursements of legal counsel on a full indemnity basis, and all costs incurred in investigating or pursuing any Claim or any proceeding relating to any Claim.
“Majority Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans) then in effect.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations U and X.
“Material Adverse Change” and “Material Adverse Effect” mean a material adverse change in or effect on (i) the business, financial performance, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, as and when due, or (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents.
“Material Agreement” means (i) any Contract listed on Schedule 7.14, (ii) any other Contract to which any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a beneficiary from time to time, or to which any assets or properties of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is bound the absence or termination of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) any other Contract to which any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a guarantor (or equivalent) that (x) relates to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activity and (y) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months is reasonably expected to (1) result in payments or receipts (including royalty, licensing or similar payments) made to any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000, or (2) require payments or expenditures (including royalty, licensing or similar payments) made by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000.
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“Material Indebtedness” means, at any time, any Indebtedness of any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof, the outstanding principal amount of which, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $2,500,000 (or the Equivalent Amount in other currencies); provided that the Junior Debt shall at all times constitute Material Indebtedness.
“Material Intellectual Property” means, (i) all Obligor Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 7.05(c), and (ii) all other Obligor Intellectual Property, whether currently owned or licensed, or acquired, developed or otherwise licensed or obtained after the Closing Date (x) necessary for the operation of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries as it is currently conducted or as currently contemplated to be conducted, including all current and contemplated Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to the Products, (y) the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (z) that has a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that, as of any time of determination, is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (x) March 1, 2022 and (y) the acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section 11.02.
“Medicaid” means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XIX, P.L. 89-97 of the Social Security Act, which provides federal grants to states for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth on Section 1396, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code.
“Medicare” means that government-sponsored insurance program under Title XVIII, P.L. 89-97, of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code.
“Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or other document creating in favor of the Administrative Agent a Lien on any fee-owned real property.
“Mortgaged Property” means the Boca Raton Plant.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 400l(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any ERISA Affiliate incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
“NDA” means (i) (x) a new drug application (as defined in the FD&C Act) and (y) any similar application or functional equivalent relating to any new drug application applicable to or required by any non-U.S. country, jurisdiction or Governmental Authority, and (ii) all supplements and amendments that may be filed with respect to any of the foregoing.
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“Net Cash Proceeds” means, (i) with respect to any Casualty Event experienced or suffered by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) including, without limitation, in the form of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event, from time to time by or on behalf of such Person after deducting therefrom only (x) reasonable costs and expenses related thereto incurred by such Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, and (y) Taxes (including transfer Taxes or net income Taxes) paid or payable in connection therewith; and (ii) with respect to any Asset Sale by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time to time by or on behalf of such Person after deducting therefrom only (w) reasonable costs and expenses related thereto incurred by such Obligor or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (x) Taxes (including transfer Taxes or net income Taxes) paid or payable in connection therewith, (y) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness permitted in reliance on Section 9.01 that is secured by a Lien on the Property disposed of in such Asset Sale and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a condition to the consummation or effectiveness of such Asset Sale, and (z) without duplication, reasonable and customary brokers’, advisors’ and investment banking fees and other customary out-of-pocket underwriting discounts, commissions and other customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees (including any reasonable legal or other professional fees) and expenses, in each case incurred and payable (to non-Affiliates of the Borrower) in connection with such Asset Sale); provided that, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), costs and expenses shall only be deducted to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are (x) actually paid to a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) properly attributable to such Casualty Event or Asset Sale, as the case may be.
“Note” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, executed and delivered by the Borrower to any Lender in accordance with Section 2.03.
“NY UCC” means the UCC as in effect from time to time in New York.
“Obligations” means, with respect to any Obligor, all amounts, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by such Obligor to any Secured Party (including all Guaranteed Obligations and Warrant Obligations) any other indemnitee hereunder or any participant, arising out of, under, or in connection with, any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether liquidated or not, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, and whether or not evidenced by any instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (i) if such Obligor is the Borrower, all Loans, (ii) all interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or after the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding, and (iii) all other fees, expenses (including fees, charges and disbursement of counsel), interest, commissions, charges, costs, disbursements, indemnities and reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to such Obligor under any Loan Document.
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“Obligor Intellectual Property” means, at any time of determination, Intellectual Property owned by, licensed to or otherwise held by any of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries at such time including, without limitation, the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 7.05(c).
“Obligors” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
“One-Month LIBOR” means, with respect to any applicable Interest Period hereunder, the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), as determined by the Administrative Agent from the appropriate Bloomberg or Telerate page selected by the Administrative Agent (or any successor thereto or similar source reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time), which shall be that one-month London Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in Dollars in effect two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period rounded up to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of one percent (1%). The Administrative Agent’s determination of the interest rates shall be determinative on the Obligors and Lenders in the absence of manifest error.
“Organic Document” means, for any Person, such Person’s formation documents, including, as applicable, its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability agreement, operating agreement and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements applicable to such Person’s Equity Interests, or any equivalent document of any of the foregoing.
“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 Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 5.03(h)).
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.05(e).
“Patents” means all patents and patent applications, including (i) the inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (ii) the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions, and continuations in part thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, (iv) all damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof, and rights to sue therefor, and (v) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
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“Patriot Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.19.
“Payment Date” means (i) the last day of each Interest Period and (ii) the Maturity Date.
“PBGC” means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person; provided that:
(a) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or could reasonably be expected to result therefrom;
(b) all transactions in connection with such Acquisition shall have been consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable Laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Approvals;
(c) in the case of an Acquisition of all of the Equity Interests of such Person, all of such Equity Interests (except for any such securities in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to any Law) acquired, or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with such acquisition, shall be owned one-hundred percent (100%) by an Obligor or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of an Obligor, and the Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, each of the actions set forth in Section 8.12(a), if applicable;
(d) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 10;
(e) to the extent that the purchase price for any such Acquisition is paid in cash, the amount thereof, when taken together with the purchase price paid in cash for all other Acquisitions consummated or effected since the Closing Date, does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate (or the Equivalent Amount thereof);
(f) to the extent that the purchase price for any such Acquisition is paid in Equity Interests, all such Equity Interests shall be Qualified Equity Interests;
(g) promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent in the case of any such Acquisition that has a purchase price in excess of $5,000,000, the Borrower shall provide (i) a copy of the draft purchase agreement related to the proposed Acquisition (and any related documents requested by the Administrative Agent), (ii) any available quarterly and annual financial statements of the Person whose Equity Interests or assets are being acquired for the twelve (12) month period ending forty-five (45) days immediately prior to such Acquisition, including any audited financial statements that are available, and (iii) any other information requested by the Administrative Agent and available to the Obligors;
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(h) the Borrower shall have provided the Administrative Agent with at least fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice of any such Acquisition, together with summaries, prepared in reasonable detail, of all due diligence conducted by or on behalf of the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary, as applicable, prior to such Acquisition, and at least five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed date of such Acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (prepared in reasonable detail), certifying that such Acquisition complies with the requirements of this definition, and which certificate shall include a summary (prepared in reasonable detail), certifying as to any contingent liabilities and prospective research and development costs associated with the Person, business or assets being acquired; and
(i) no Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall, in connection with any such Acquisition, assume or remain liable with respect to (x) any Indebtedness of the related seller or the business, Person or properties acquired, except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 9.01, (y) any Lien on any business, Person or assets acquired, except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 9.02, (z) any other liability (including Tax, ERISA and environmental liabilities), except (with respect to liabilities under this clause z) to the extent the assumption of any such liability could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Any other such Indebtedness, liabilities or Liens not permitted to be assumed, continued or otherwise supported by any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof hereunder shall be paid in full or released as to the business, Persons or properties being so acquired on or before the consummation of such Acquisition.
“Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments” means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any state thereof having maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of acquisition, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days after its creation and having the highest rating from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (iii) any Dollar-denominated time deposit, certificates of deposit, or bankers’ acceptance issued maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof that has a combined capital surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000, (iv) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above and (v) shares of any United States money market fund that (a) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (b) has portfolio assets of at least $500,000,000 and (c) has obtained from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in the United States.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01.
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“Permitted Liens” means any Liens permitted under Section 9.02.
“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced hereunder, any refinancings, extensions, renewals and replacements of such Indebtedness; provided that such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement shall not (i) increase the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, (ii) contain terms relating to outstanding principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral security (if any) or subordination (if any), or other material terms that, taken as a whole, are less favorable in any material respect to the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries or the Secured Parties than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, (iii) have an applicable interest rate or equivalent yield that exceeds the interest rate or equivalent yield of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (iv) contain any new requirement to grant any Lien or to give any Guarantee that was not an existing requirement of the Indebtedness being refinanced and (v) after giving effect to such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, no Event of Default shall have occurred (or could reasonably be expected to occur) as a result thereof.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“PHS Act” means the Public Health Service Act, as amended from time to time, and the FDA rules, regulations, guidelines, guidance documents and compliance policy guides issued or promulgated thereunder.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Prepayment Premium” means with respect to any prepayment of any outstanding principal amount of the Loans pursuant to Section 3.03(a) or (b) occurring (i) on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to 5 percent (5.0%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans being prepaid; (ii) at any time after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to four percent (4.0%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans being prepaid; and (iii) at any time after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to three percent (3.0%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans being prepaid.
“Prepayment Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a)(i).
“Product” means (i) those pharmaceutical or biological products on Schedule 7.05(b) and (ii) any other current or future pharmaceutical or biological product developed, distributed, dispensed, imported, exported, labeled, promoted, manufactured, licensed, marketed, sold or otherwise commercialized by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, including any such product in development or which may be developed.
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“Product Authorizations” means any and all Regulatory Approvals, whether U.S. or non-U.S. (including all applicable ANDAs, NDAs, BLAs, INDs, Product Standards, supplements, amendments, pre- and post- approvals, governmental price and reimbursement approvals and approvals of applications for regulatory exclusivity), clearances, licenses, notifications, registrations or authorizations of any Regulatory Authority, in each case, necessary for the ownership, use or other commercialization of any Product or for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect thereto in any country or jurisdiction.
“Product Commercialization and Development Activities” means, with respect to any Product, any combination of research, development, manufacture, import, use, sale, licensing, importation, exportation, shipping, storage, handling, design, labeling, marketing, promotion, supply, distribution, testing, packaging, purchasing or other commercialization activities, receipt of payment in respect of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, in respect of licensing, royalty or similar payments), or any similar or other activities the purpose of which is to commercially exploit such Product.
“Product Related Information” means, with respect to any Product, all books, records, lists, ledgers, files, manuals, Contracts, correspondence, reports, plans, drawings, data and other information of every kind (in any form or medium), and all techniques and other know-how, that is necessary or useful for any Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to such Product, including (i) branding materials, packaging and other trade dress, customer targeting and other marketing, promotion and sales materials and information, referral, customer, supplier and other contact lists and information, product, business, marketing and sales plans, research, studies and reports, sales, maintenance and production records, training materials and other marketing, sales and promotional information, (ii) clinical data, information included or supporting any Regulatory Approval, any regulatory filings, updates, notices and correspondence (including adverse event and other pharmacovigilance and other post-marketing reports and information, etc.), technical information, product development and operational data and records, and all other documents, records, files, data and other information relating to product development, manufacture and use, (iii) litigation and dispute records, and accounting records; (iv) all documents, records and files relating to Intellectual Property, including all correspondence from and to third parties (including Intellectual Property counsel and patent, trademark and other intellectual property registries, including the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office), and (v) all other information, techniques and know-how necessary or useful in connection with the Product Commercialization and Development Activities for any Product.
“Product Standards” means all safety, quality and other specifications and standards applicable to any Product, including all pharmaceutical, biological and other standards promulgated by Standards Bodies.
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“Prohibited Payment” means any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment or gift of money or anything of value (including meals or entertainment) to any officer, employee or ceremonial office holder of any government or instrumentality thereof, political party or supra-national organization (such as the United Nations), any political candidate, any royal family member or any other person who is connected or associated personally with any of the foregoing that is prohibited under any Law for the purpose of influencing any act or decision of such payee in his official capacity, inducing such payee to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duty, securing any improper advantage or inducing such payee to use his influence with a government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality.
“Proportionate Share” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the Commitment (or, if the Commitments are terminated, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans) of such Lender then in effect by (ii) the sum of the Commitments (or, if the Commitments are terminated, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans) of all Lenders then in effect.
“Proposal Letter” means the Proposal Letter, dated October 31, 2018, between the Borrower and Perceptive Advisors LLC (as supplemented by the outline of proposed terms and conditions attached thereto).
“Qualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.
“Qualified Plan” means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan (i) that is or was at any time maintained or sponsored by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof or to which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has ever made, or was ever obligated to make, contributions, and (ii) that is intended to be tax qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.
“Real Property Security Documents” means any Mortgage, Landlord Consent, Bailee Letter or any other real property security document, registration, recordation, filing, instrument or approval required, entered into or recommended to grant, perfect, and otherwise render enforceable Liens in real property in favor of the Secured Parties for purposes of securing the Obligations.
“Recipient” means any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation.
“Reference Rate” means One-Month LIBOR; provided that if One-Month LIBOR can no longer be determined by the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion) or the Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the quotation or determination of London Interbank Offered Rates causes to supervise or sanction such rates for purposes of interest rates on loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor, in good faith, to establish an alternate rate of interest to One-Month LIBOR that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for middle-market loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable; provided further that, until such alternate rate of interest is agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the Reference Rate for purposes hereof and of each other Loan Document shall be the “Wall Street Journal Prime Rate” as published and defined in The Wall Street Journal.
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“Referral Source” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.07(b).
“Refinanced Debt” means the obligations under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2017, among the Borrower, ADMA Plasma Biologics, Inc., ADMA Bio Centers Georgia Inc., ADMA BioManufacturing, as borrowers, Marathon Healthcare Finance Fund, L.P., as the lender, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the administrative agent.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.05(d).
“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended.
“Regulatory Approval” means, with respect to any Product or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, any Governmental Approval, whether U.S. or non-U.S. that is required to be held or maintained by, or for the benefit of, any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries with respect thereto, including all Product Authorizations.
“Regulatory Authority” means any Governmental Authority, whether U.S. or non-U.S., that is concerned with or has regulatory or supervisory oversight with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to any Product, including the FDA and all equivalent Governmental Authorities, whether U.S. or non-U.S.
“Related Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.16.
“Responsible Officer” of any Person means each of the president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer and similar officer of such Person.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, Equity Interests or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, any payment of interest, principal or fees in respect of any Indebtedness owed by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to any holder of any Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, Equity Interests or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries.
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“Restrictive Agreement” means any Contract or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (i) the ability of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than (x) customary provisions in Contracts (including without limitation leases and in-bound licenses of Intellectual Property) restricting the assignment thereof and (y) restrictions or conditions imposed by any Contract governing secured Permitted Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(g), to the extent that such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness), or (ii) the ability of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to make Restricted Payments with respect to any of their respective Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to any other Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or such other Obligor or to Guarantee Indebtedness of any other Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries thereof or such other Obligor.
“Revenue” means, for any relevant fiscal period for which a Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(c), the consolidated total revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal period, as recognized on the income statement of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“RI-002 Biologics License Application” means the Borrower’s Biologics License Application (BLA) resubmission to the FDA for RI-002.
“Sanction” means any international economic sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or its Member States, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
“Secured Parties” means the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, each other Indemnified Party, any other holder of any Obligation, and any of their respective permitted transferees or assigns.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Obligors and the Administrative Agent, granting a security interest in the Obligors’ personal property in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, each Short-Form IP Security Agreement, each Real Property Security Document, and each other security document, control agreement, financing statement, registration, recordation, filing, instrument or approval required, entered into or recommended to grant, perfect, and otherwise render enforceable Liens in favor of the Secured Parties for purposes of securing the Obligations.
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“Short-Form IP Security Agreements” means short-form copyright, patent or trademark (as the case may be) security agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, D and E to the Security Agreement, entered into by one or more Obligors in favor of the Secured Parties.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person at any time, that (i) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such Person, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured and (iii) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature.
“Standard Bodies” means any of the organizations that create, sponsor or maintain safety, quality or other standards, including ISO, ANSI, CEN and SCC and the like.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, directly or indirectly, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guarantors” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower identified under the caption “SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS” on the signature pages hereto and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes, or is required to become, a “Subsidiary Guarantor” after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.12.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Technical Information” means all Product Related Information and all trade secrets and other proprietary or confidential information, public information, non-proprietary know-how, any information of a scientific, technical, or business nature in any form or medium, standards and specifications, conceptions, ideas, innovations, discoveries, Invention disclosures, all documented research, developmental, demonstration or engineering work and all other information, data, plans, specifications, reports, summaries, experimental data, manuals, models, samples, know-how, technical information, systems, methodologies, computer programs, information technology and any other information.
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“Title IV Plan” means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan (i) that is or was at any time maintained or sponsored by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof or to which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has ever made, or was obligated to make, contributions, and (ii) that is or was subject to Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA.
“Trademarks” means all trade names, trademarks and service marks, logos, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark and service mark registrations, including (i) all renewals of trademark and service mark registrations, (ii) all rights to recover for all past, present and future infringements thereof and all rights to sue therefor, and (iii) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, together, in each case, with the product lines and goodwill of the business connected with the use thereof.
“Transactions” means the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Obligor is (or is intended to be) a party, the making of the Loans hereunder, the repayment of the Refinanced Debt, and all other transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“UCC” means, with respect to any applicable jurisdictions, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such jurisdiction, as may be modified from time to time.
“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America, its fifty states and the District of Columbia.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(f)(ii)(B)(3).
“Warrant” means that certain Warrant, dated as of the Closing Date and delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(k), evidenced by an instrument substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto, as amended, replaced or otherwise modified pursuant to the terms thereof.
“Warrant Obligations” means all Obligations of Borrower arising out of, under or in connection with the Warrant.
“Withdrawal Liability” means, at any time, any liability incurred (whether or not assessed) by any ERISA Affiliate and not yet satisfied or paid in full at such time with respect to any Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4201 of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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1.02 Accounting Terms and Principles. Unless otherwise specified, all accounting terms used in each Loan Document shall be interpreted, and all accounting determinations and computations thereunder (including under Section 10 and any definitions used in such calculations) shall be made, in accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all financial covenants and defined financial terms shall be computed on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case without duplication. If the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of (a) any change in GAAP or the application thereof or (b) the issuance of any new accounting rule or guidance or in the application thereof, in each case, occurring after the date of this Agreement, then the Lenders and Borrower agree that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly affected by such change or issuance with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and Borrower after such change or issuance conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, (i) the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such change or issuance has occurred and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Lenders a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, between calculations of any baskets and other requirements hereunder before and after giving effect to such change or issuance.
1.03 Interpretation. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) the terms defined in this Agreement include the plural as well as the singular and vice versa;
(b) words importing gender include all genders;
(c) any reference to a Section, Annex, Schedule or Exhibit refers to a Section of, or Annex, Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement;
(d) any reference to “this Agreement” refers to this Agreement, including all Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits hereto, and the words herein, hereof, hereto and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement and its Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits as a whole and not to any particular Section, Annex, Schedule, Exhibit or any other subdivision;
(e) references to days, months and years refer to calendar days, months and years, respectively;
(f) all references herein to “include” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;
(g) the word “from” when used in connection with a period of time means “from and including” and the word “until” means “to but not including”;
(h) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer broadly to any and all assets and properties, whether tangible or intangible, real or personal, including cash, securities, rights under contractual obligations and permits and any right or interest in any such assets or property;
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(i) accounting terms not specifically defined herein (other than “property” and “asset”) shall be construed in accordance with GAAP;
(j) the word “will” shall have the same meaning as the word “shall”;
(k) where any provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refers to an action to be taken by any Person, or an action which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly; and
(l) references to any Lien granted or created hereunder or pursuant to any other Loan Document securing any Obligations shall deemed to be a Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto permitted by the Loan Documents. Any definition or reference to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
If any payment required to be made pursuant to the terms and conditions of any Loan Document falls due on a day which is not a Business Day, then such required payment date shall be extended to the immediately following Business Day.
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2.
THE COMMITMENT and the loans
2.01 Loans.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Lender agrees to make an Initial Loan to the Borrower, in a single Borrowing on the Closing Date, in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Proportionate Share of $45,000,000; provided, that each Lender’s Commitment with respect to the Initial Loan shall automatically terminate upon the making of the Initial Loan to the Borrower.
(b) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Lender agrees to make a Delayed Draw Loan to the Borrower, in a single Borrowing on the Delayed Draw Date, in an principal amount equal to such Lender’s Proportionate Share of (x) $27,500,000 or (y) such lesser amount as set forth in the Borrowing Notice for such Loan, which shall be an amount of at least $10,000,000; provided that after the Delayed Draw Date, each Lender’s Commitment with respect to the Delayed Draw Loan shall automatically terminate.
(c) No amounts paid or prepaid with respect to any Loan may be reborrowed.
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(d) Any term or provision hereof (or of any other Loan Document) to the contrary notwithstanding, Loans made to the Borrower will be denominated solely in Dollars and will be repayable solely in Dollars and no other currency.
2.02 Borrowing Procedures. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable Borrowing Notice (x) for the Borrowing of the Initial Loan, at least three (3) (but not more than five (5)) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and (y) for the Borrowing of the Delayed Draw Loan, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date therefor (which notice, if received by the Administrative Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on a Business Day, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the next Business Day).
2.03 Notes. If requested by any Lender, the Loan of such Lender shall be evidenced by one or more Notes. The Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Lender such promissory note(s) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
2.04 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans to (i) repay all outstanding obligations under the Refinanced Debt, (ii) for working capital and general corporate purposes and (iii) without duplication, the payment of fees and expenses associated with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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3.
PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
3.01 Repayments and Prepayments Generally; Application.
(a) There will be no scheduled repayments of principal on the Loans prior to the Maturity Date. On the Maturity Date the Borrower shall repay the entire remaining outstanding balance of the Loans in full and in cash.
(b) The Borrower agrees that all amounts payable hereunder or any other Loan Document, whether in respect of principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses, indemnities or otherwise, shall be payable solely in Dollars pursuant to the terms of this Section 3. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each payment (including each repayment and prepayment) by the Borrower will be deemed to be made ratably in accordance with the Lenders’ Proportionate Shares.
3.02 Interest.
(a) Interest Generally. The outstanding principal amount of the Loans, as well as the amount of all other outstanding Obligations, shall accrue interest at the Interest Rate.
(b) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Applicable Margin shall increase automatically by four percent (4.0%) per annum (the Interest Rate, as increased pursuant to this Section 3.02(b), being the “Default Rate”) until such time as such Event of Default has been cured or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If any Obligation is not paid when due under any applicable Loan Document, the amount thereof shall accrue interest at the Default Rate.
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(c) Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on the Loans shall be payable in cash, in arrears, on each Payment Date with respect to the most recently completed Interest Period, and upon the payment or prepayment of the Loans (on the principal amount being so paid or prepaid); provided that interest payable at the Default Rate, or any accrued interest not paid on or before the Maturity Date, shall also be payable from time to time on demand by the Administrative Agent until paid in full in cash.
3.03 Prepayments.
(a) Optional Prepayments.
(i) Subject to prior written notice pursuant to clause (ii) below, the Borrower shall have the right to optionally prepay in whole or in part the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on any Business Day for an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, (B) any accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid and (C) any applicable Prepayment Premium on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid (such aggregate amount, the “Prepayment Price”).
(ii) A notice of optional prepayment shall be effective only if received by the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on a date not less than three (3) (nor more than five (5)) Business Days prior to the proposed prepayment date. Each notice of optional prepayment shall specify the proposed prepayment date, the Prepayment Price and the principal amount to be prepaid.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. Upon the occurrence of any Casualty Event or Asset Sale (that is not otherwise permitted by Section 9.09), to the extent that the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds received by Borrower and its Subsidiaries (and not paid to the Administrative Agent as a prepayment of the Loans) in respect of all such Casualty Events or Asset Sales, when taken together, shall exceed $2,000,000 in such fiscal year, the Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such Casualty Event or Asset Sale, as the case may be, (ii) any accrued but unpaid interest on any principal amount of the Loans being prepaid and (iii) any applicable Prepayment Premium on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid; provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or shall result therefrom, if, within seven (7) Business Days following the occurrence of any such Casualty Event or Asset Sale, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a notice to the effect that the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary intends to apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Casualty Event or Asset Sale, to repair, refurbish, restore, replace or rebuild the asset subject to such Casualty Event or Asset Sale or in other useful assets (to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 9.04), then such Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event or Asset Sale may be applied for such purpose in lieu of such mandatory prepayment to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event or Asset Sale are actually applied for such purpose, provided, further, that, in the event that Net Cash Proceeds have not been so applied within two hundred and seventy (270)days following the occurrence of such Casualty Event or Asset Sale, the Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the unused balance of such Net Cash Proceeds received by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such Casualty Event or Asset Sale, (ii) any accrued but unpaid interest on any principal amount of the Loans being prepaid and (iii) any applicable Prepayment Premium on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid.
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(c) Prepayment Premium. Without limiting the foregoing, whenever the obligations to pay the Prepayment Premium is in effect and payable pursuant to the terms hereof, such Prepayment Premium shall be payable on all repayments, payments and prepayments of the Loans, whether by optional or mandatory prepayment, acceleration or otherwise, including after the Maturity Date has occurred.
(d) Application. Proceeds of any prepayment made pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above shall be applied in the following order of priority, with proceeds being applied to a succeeding level of priority only if amounts owing pursuant to the immediately preceding level of priority have been paid in full in cash:
(i) first, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations payable to the Administrative Agent constituting fees, indemnities, costs, expenses and other amounts then due and owing (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel payable under Section 14.03);
(ii) second, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations payable to the Lenders constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts then due and owing (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel payable under Section 14.03), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (ii) payable to them;
(iii) third, to the payment of any accrued and unpaid interest and any fees then due and owing;
(iv) fourth, to the payment of unpaid principal of the Loans;
(v) fifth, to the payment of any Prepayment Premium then due and payable;
(vi) sixth, to the payment in full of all other Obligations then due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (vi) payable to them; and
(vii) seventh, to the Borrower or such other Persons as may lawfully be entitled to or directed by the Borrower to receive the remainder.
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Section
4.
PAYMENTS, ETC.
4.01 | Payments. |
(a) Payments Generally. Each payment of principal, interest and other amounts to be made by the Obligors under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made (i) in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set off or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, to the deposit account of the Administrative Agent designated by the Administrative Agent by notice to the Borrower, and (ii) not later than 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date on which such payment is due (each such payment made after such time on such due date shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day).
(b) Application of Payments. All such payments referenced in clause (a) above shall be applied as set forth in Section 3.03(d) above.
(c) Non-Business Days. If the due date of any payment under this Agreement (whether in respect of principal, interest, fees, costs or otherwise) would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall continue to accrue and be payable for the period of such extension; provided that if such next succeeding Business Day would fall after the Maturity Date, payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
4.02 Computations. All computations of interest and fees hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days and actual days elapsed during the period for which payable.
4.03 | Set-Off. |
(a) Set-Off Generally. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Obligor against any and all of the Obligations, whether or not such Person shall have made any demand and although such obligations may be unmatured. Any Person exercising rights of set off hereunder agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 4.03 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Persons may have.
(b) Exercise of Rights Not Required. Nothing contained in Section 4.03(a) shall require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of such Persons to exercise, and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of any Obligor.
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(c) Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Obligor is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of the foregoing exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Affiliate in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then (i) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (ii) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect.
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5.
YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.
5.01 | Additional Costs. |
(a) Change in Law Generally. If, on or after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes party to this Agreement), the adoption of any Law, or any change in any Law, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any court or other Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders (or its lending office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), special deposit, contribution, insurance assessment or similar requirement, in each case that becomes effective after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes party to this Agreement), against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, a Lender (or its lending office) or shall impose on a Lender (or its lending office) any other condition affecting the Loans or the Commitment, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining the Loans by an amount deemed in good faith by such Lender to be material, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or subject any Lender to any Taxes on its Loan, Commitment or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital (if any) attributable thereto by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender in good faith to be material (other than (i) Indemnified Taxes and (ii) Taxes described in clauses (ii) through (iv) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (iii) Connection Income Taxes), then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender within five (5) Business Days after written demand therefor such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.
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(b) Change in Capital Requirements. If a Lender shall have determined that, on or after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes party to this Agreement), the adoption of any Law regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, in each case that becomes effective after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes party to this Agreement), has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of a Lender (or its parent) as a consequence of a Lender’s obligations hereunder or the Loans to a level below that which a Lender (or its parent) could have achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive by an amount reasonably deemed by it to be material, then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender within five (5) Business Days after written demand therefor such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender (or its parent) for such reduction.
(c) Notification by Lender. Each Lender promptly will notify the Borrower of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes party to this Agreement), which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 5.01. Before giving any such notice pursuant to this Section 5.01(c) such Lender shall designate a different lending office if such designation (x) will, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and (y) will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. A certificate of such Lender claiming compensation under this Section 5.01, setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs unless the Lender notifies the Borrower, within 90 days following the receipt by such Lender of its audited annual financial statements, of the change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to constitute a change in Law for all purposes of this Section 5.01, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
5.02 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that on or after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes party to this Agreement) the adoption of or any change in any Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by any competent Governmental Authority shall make it unlawful for a Lender or its lending office to make or maintain the Loans (and, in the opinion of such Lender, the designation of a different lending office would either not avoid such unlawfulness or would be disadvantageous to such Lender), then such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof, following which, if such Law shall so mandate, the Loans shall be prepaid by the Borrower on or before such date as shall be mandated by such Law in an amount equal to the Prepayment Price applicable on such prepayment date in accordance with Section 3.03(a).
5.03 | Taxes. |
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any Obligation shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by any Law. If any Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by such Obligor shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws, or at the option of the Administrative Agent or each Lender, timely reimburse it for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 5, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment.
(d) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(e) Indemnification by the Lender. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), and (ii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding; provided that, other than in the case of U.S. federal withholding Taxes, such Lender has received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and containing all applicable documentation. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Law as reasonably requested by the Borrower as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two (2) sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.03(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B), and (ii)(D)) shall not be required if in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 (or successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
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(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E as applicable (or successor forms) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E as applicable (or successor forms) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form);
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E as applicable (or successor forms); or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or successor form), accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or D-3, IRS Form W-9 (or successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner.
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
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(D) if a payment made to a Foreign Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Foreign Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Foreign Lender has complied with such Foreign Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment under FATCA. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Tax Benefits. If any party to this Agreement determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 5 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 5 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (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 5.03(g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 5.03(g) 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 5.03(g) 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.
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(h) Mitigation Obligations. If the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.01 or this Section 5.03, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the sole reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation would (i) eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or this Section 5.03, as the case may be, in the future, (ii) not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and (iii) not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.
(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 5 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.
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6.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
6.01 Conditions to the Borrowing of the Initial Loan. The obligation of each Lender to make its Initial Loan on the Closing Date shall be subject to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the delivery of a Borrowing Notice as required pursuant to Section 2.02, and the prior or concurrent satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 6.01.
(a) Secretary’s Certificate, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Obligor (x) a copy of a good standing certificate, dated a date reasonably close to the Closing Date, for each such Person and (y) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by such Person’s secretary or assistant secretary, managing member, general partner or equivalent, as to:
(i) resolutions of each such Person’s Board then in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to be executed by such Person and the Transactions;
(ii) the incumbency and signatures of each Responsible Officer authorized execute and deliver each Loan Document to be executed by such Person; and
(iii) the full force and validity of each Organic Document of such Person and copies thereof;
upon which certificates shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and upon which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely until they shall have received a further certificate of the secretary, assistant secretary, managing member, general partner or equivalent of any such Person cancelling or amending the prior certificate of such Person.
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(b) Information Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a fully completed Information Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. All documents and agreements required to be appended to the Information Certificate, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, shall have been executed and delivered by the requisite parties and shall be in full force and effect.
(c) Closing Date Certificate. The following statements shall be true and correct, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Closing Date Certificate”), duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying that: (i) both immediately before and after giving effect to the borrowing on the Closing Date, (x) the representations and warranties set forth in each Loan Document that are qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct, (y) the representations and warranties set forth in each Loan Document that are not qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct in all material respects, and (z) no Default has occurred and is continuing, or could reasonably be expected to result from the making of the Loans being advanced, or the consummation of any Transactions contemplated to occur, on the Closing Date, and (ii) all of the conditions set forth in Section 6.01 have been satisfied (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent). All documents and agreements required to be appended to the Closing Date Certificate, if any, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, shall have been executed and delivered by the requisite parties, and shall be in full force and effect.
(d) Delivery of Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender evidencing such Lender’s Initial Loan duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(e) Financial Information, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017; and
(ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter ended after December 31, 2017 and at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, together with the related consolidated statement of operations, shareholder’s equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter.
(f) Minimum Liquidity Compliance. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that, both immediately before and after giving effect to the Borrowing on the Closing Date, the Borrower is in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 10.01.
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(g) Solvency. The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit K, duly executed and delivered by the chief financial or accounting Responsible Officer of the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(h) Security Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by each Obligor, together with:
(i) delivery of all certificates (in the case of Equity Interests that are securities (as defined in the UCC)) evidencing the issued and outstanding capital securities owned by each Obligor that are required to be pledged under the Security Agreement, which certificates in each case shall be accompanied by undated instruments of transfer duly executed in blank, or, in the case of Equity Interests that are uncertificated securities (as defined in the UCC), confirmation and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the security interest required to be pledged therein under the Security Agreement has been transferred to and perfected by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the NY UCC and all laws otherwise applicable to the perfection of the pledge of such Equity Interests;
(ii) financing statements naming each Obligor as a debtor and the Administrative Agent as the secured party, or other similar instruments or documents, in each case suitable for filing, filed under the UCC (or equivalent law) of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Agreement;
(iii) UCC-3 termination statements, if any, necessary to release all Liens and other rights of any Person in any collateral described in the Security Agreement previously granted by any Person; and
(iv) all Short-Form IP Agreements required to be provided under the Security Agreement, each dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed and delivered by each applicable Obligor.
(i) Controlled Accounts. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that (i) all deposit accounts, lockboxes, disbursement accounts, investment accounts or other similar accounts of each Obligor, other than the Donor Accounts, are Controlled Accounts and (ii) such Controlled Accounts are subject to one or more account control agreements, in favor of, and satisfactory in form and substance to, the Administrative Agent.
(j) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with Lien searches regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made within two (2) Business Days prior to the Borrowing of the Loans.
(k) Warrants. The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed counterpart of the Warrant.
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(l) Intercreditor Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed counterpart of the Intercreditor Agreement from each of the Borrower and Biotest.
(m) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of the insurance policies (or binders in respect thereof), from one or more insurance companies satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, evidencing coverage required to be maintained pursuant to each Loan Document. All such insurance policies required pursuant to this Section shall (i) name the Administrative Agent (for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders) as mortgagee (in the case of property insurance) or loss payee or additional insured (in the case of liability insurance), as applicable, and provide that no cancellation or modification of the policies will be made without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and (ii) be in addition to any requirements to maintain specific types of insurance contained in the other Loan Documents.
(n) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received one or more opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, from independent legal counsel to the Borrower and the other Obligors, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(o) Fee Letter. The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed counterpart of the Fee Letter, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower.
(p) Payoff of Refinanced Debt. The Refinanced Debt, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and related fees, costs and expenses shall be indefeasibly paid in full, and the Administrative Agent shall have received executed payoff letters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, evidencing such indefeasible payment in full (and irrevocable termination) of such Refinanced Debt and other amounts and the termination and release of all guarantees and Liens, if any, in connection therewith.
(q) Closing Fees, Expenses, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received for its account and the account of each Lender, all fees, costs and expenses due and payable to them pursuant to the Proposal Letter, the Fee Letter and Section 14.03, including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket closing costs and fees and all unpaid reasonable expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders incurred in connection with the Transactions in excess of the Expense Deposit (including the Administrative Agent’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses), in each case, subject to the terms of the Proposal Letter.
(r) Material Adverse Change. No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred since December 31, 2017.
(s) Junior Debt Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received a true and complete copy of each Junior Debt Document, and each such Junior Debt Document shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(t) Anti-Terrorism Laws. The Administrative Agent shall have received, as applicable, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.
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6.02 Conditions to the Borrowing of the Delayed Draw Loan. The obligation of each Lender to make its Delayed Draw Loan on the Delayed Draw Date shall be subject to the prior making of the Initial Loan on the Closing Date, the delivery of a Borrowing Notice as required pursuant to Section 2.02, and the prior or concurrent satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 6.02.
(a) Secretary’s Certificate, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Obligor (x) a copy of a good standing certificate, dated a date reasonably close to the Delayed Draw Date, for each such Person and (y) a certificate, dated as of the Delayed Draw Date, duly executed and delivered by such Person’s secretary or assistant secretary, managing member, general partner or equivalent, as to:
(i) resolutions of each such Person’s Board then in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to be executed by such Person and the Transactions (or confirming that the resolutions executed on the Closing Date remain in effect);
(ii) the incumbency and signatures of each Responsible Officer authorized execute and deliver each Loan Document to be executed by such Person (or confirming that the incumbency and signatures executed on the Closing Date remain in effect); and
(iii) the full force and validity of each Organic Document of such Person and copies thereof (or confirming that the Organic Documents certified to as of the Closing Date remain in effect);
upon which certificates shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and upon which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely until they shall have received a further certificate of the secretary, assistant secretary, managing member, general partner or equivalent of any such Person cancelling or amending the prior certificate of such Person.
(b) Delayed Draw Date Certificate. The following statements shall be true and correct, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Delayed Draw Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Delayed Draw Date Certificate”), duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying that: (i) both immediately before and after giving effect to the Borrowing on the Delayed Draw Date, (x) the representations and warranties set forth in each Loan Document that are qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct, (y) the representations and warranties set forth in each Loan Document that are not qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct in all material respects, and (z) no Default has occurred and is continuing, or could reasonably be expected to result from the making of the Loans being advanced, or the consummation of any Transactions contemplated to occur, on the Delayed Draw Date, and (ii) all of the conditions set forth in Section 6.02 have been satisfied (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent). All documents and agreements required to be appended to the Delayed Draw Date Certificate, if any, shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, shall have been executed and delivered by the requisite parties, and shall be in full force and effect.
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(c) Delivery of Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender a Note evidencing such Lender’s Delayed Draw Loan duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(d) Minimum Liquidity Compliance. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that, both immediately before and after giving effect to the Borrowing on the Delayed Draw Date, the Borrower is in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 10.01.
(e) FDA Approval. The Borrower shall have obtained FDA approval of either (x) the BIVIGAM Prior Approval Supplement or (y) the RI-002 Biologics License Application, and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it of such approval.
(f) Closing Fees, Expenses, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received for its account and the account of each Lender, all fees, costs and expenses due and payable to them pursuant to the Proposal Letter, the Fee Letter and Section 14.03.
(g) Material Adverse Change. No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred December 31, 2017.
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7.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower and each other Obligor hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
7.01 Power and Authority. Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite corporate or other power, and has all Governmental Approvals necessary to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted, except to the extent that failure to have the same could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary and where failure so to qualify would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) has full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow the Loans hereunder.
7.02 Authorization; Enforceability. Each Transaction to which an Obligor is a party (or to which it or any of its assets or properties is subject) are within such Obligor’s corporate or other powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action including, if required, approval by all necessary holders of Equity Interests. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitutes, and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party when executed and delivered by such Obligor will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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7.03 Governmental and Other Approvals; No Conflicts. None of the Transactions (i) requires any Governmental Approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except for (x) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (y) filings and recordings in respect of perfecting or recording the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents, (ii) will violate (1) any Law, (2) any Organic Document of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or (3) any order of any Governmental Authority, (iii) will violate or result in a default under any Material Agreement binding upon any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (iv) will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any asset of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries.
7.04 | Financial Statements; Material Adverse Change. |
(a) Financial Statements. The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders certain consolidated financial statements as provided for in Section 6.01(e). Such financial statements, and all other financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant hereto present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements of the type described in Section 8.01(a). Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material contingent liabilities or unusual forward or long-term commitments not disclosed in the aforementioned financial statements.
(b) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2017, there has been no Material Adverse Change.
7.05 | Properties. |
(a) Property Generally. With respect to all real and personal assets and properties of the Obligors and each of their Subsidiaries (other than Intellectual Property which is covered in clause (c) below), each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property, whether tangible or intangible, material to its business, including all properties and assets relating to its Products or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, subject only to Permitted Liens and except for minor defects in title that (i) do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and (ii) could not reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with the ability of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct its business in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with historic practices.
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(b) Products. Schedule 7.05(b) contains a complete and accurate list and description (in reasonable detail) of all Products (set for forth on an Obligor-by-Obligor basis).
(c) Intellectual Property.
(i) Schedule 7.05(c) contains with respect to each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries (set for forth on an Obligor-by-Obligor basis):
(A) a complete and accurate list of all applied for, issued or registered Patents owned by or licensed to an Obligor or one of its Subsidiaries, including the jurisdiction and patent number, which would qualify as Material Intellectual Property;
(B) a complete and accurate list of all material unregistered, applied for, or registered Trademarks owned by or licensed to an Obligor or one of its Subsidiaries, including the jurisdiction, trademark application or registration number and the application or registration date, which would qualify as Material Intellectual Property;
(C) a complete and accurate list of all applied for or registered Copyrights owned by or licensed to an Obligor or one of its Subsidiaries, which would qualify as Material Intellectual Property; and
(D) a complete and accurate list of all Technical Information which would qualify as Material Intellectual Property.
(ii) Each Obligor or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, is the absolute registered beneficial owner of all right, title and interest in and to all its Material Intellectual Property, with no breaks in chain of title and with good and marketable title, free and clear of any Liens or Claims of any kind whatsoever other than Permitted Liens, and each Obligor and its applicable Subsidiaries has the right to use all such Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of its business as currently conducted and as anticipated to be conducted. Without limiting the foregoing, and except as set forth on Schedule 7.05(c)(ii):
(A) other than as permitted by Section 9.09, no Obligor, nor any of its Subsidiaries, has transferred ownership of any of its Material Intellectual Property, in whole or in part, to any Person who is not an Obligor;
(B) other than (1) customary restrictions in in-bound licenses of Intellectual Property and non-disclosure agreements, or (2) as would have been or is permitted by Section 9.13, there are no judgments, covenants not to sue, permits, grants, licenses, Liens (other than Permitted Liens), Claims, or other agreements or arrangements relating to or otherwise adversely affecting any Material Intellectual Property, including any development, submission, services, research, license or support agreements, which bind, obligate or otherwise restrict any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Material Intellectual Property;
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(C) the use by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries of any of their respective Material Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business does not, to the best of any Obligor’s knowledge, breach, violate, infringe or interfere with or constitute a misappropriation of any valid rights arising under any Intellectual Property of any other Person;
(D) (1) there are no pending or, to any Obligor’s knowledge, threatened in writing Claims against such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries asserted by any other Person relating to any Material Intellectual Property, including any Claims of adverse ownership, invalidity, infringement, misappropriation, violation or other opposition to or conflict with such Intellectual Property; and (2) no Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice from, or Claim by, any other Person that the business of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, the use of Material Intellectual Property by such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to any Product, infringes upon, violates or constitutes a misappropriation of, or may infringe upon, violate or constitute a misappropriation of, or otherwise interfere with, or otherwise offer a license with respect to, any Intellectual Property of any such other Person, in each case, in any material respect;
(E) no Obligor has knowledge that any Material Intellectual Property is being infringed, violated, misappropriated or otherwise used by any other Person without the express authorization of the Borrower; and, without limiting the foregoing, no Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries has put any other Person on notice of actual or potential infringement, violation or misappropriation of any Material Intellectual Property, and no Obligor has initiated the enforcement of any Claim with respect to any Material Intellectual Property;
(F) all relevant current and former employees and contractors of each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries has executed written confidentiality and invention assignment Contracts with such Obligor or Subsidiary, as applicable, that irrevocably assigns to such Obligor or Subsidiary, as applicable, or its designee all rights of such employees and contractors to any Inventions, improvements, discoveries or information relating to the business of such Obligor or Subsidiary, as applicable;
(G) each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries has made available to the Administrative Agent accurate and complete copies of all Material Agreements relating to Material Intellectual Property; and
(H) each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of its Material Intellectual Property consisting of trade secrets and confidential information.
(iii) With respect to Material Intellectual Property consisting of Patents, except as set forth on Schedule 7.05(c), and without limiting the representations and warranties in Section 7.05(c)(ii):
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(A) each of the issued claims in such Patents is valid and enforceable;
(B) each inventor named in such Patents has executed written Contracts with an Obligor or its predecessor-in-interest that properly and irrevocably assigns to such Obligor or its predecessor-in-interest all of such inventor’s rights, title and interest to any of the Inventions claimed in such Patents;
(C) all such Patents are in good standing and none of the Patents, or the Inventions claimed in any such Patent, have been dedicated to the public;
(D) all prior art material to such Patents was adequately disclosed to or considered by the respective patent offices during prosecution of such Patents;
(E) subsequent to the issuance of such Patents, no Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries or predecessors-in-interest, has filed any disclaimer or made or permitted any other voluntary reduction in the scope of the Inventions claimed in such Patents;
(F) no allowable or allowed subject matter of such Patents is subject to any competing conception claims of allowable or allowed subject matter of any patent applications or patents of any third party and have not been the subject of any interference, and are not and have not been the subject of any re-examination, opposition or any other post-grant proceedings, nor is any Obligor or its Subsidiaries aware of any basis for any such interference, re-examination, opposition, inter partes review, post grant review, or any other post-grant proceedings;
(G) no such Patents have ever been finally adjudicated to be invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable for any reason in any administrative, arbitration, judicial or other proceeding, and, with the exception of publicly available documents in the applicable patent office recorded with respect to any Patents, no Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice asserting that such Patents are invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable; if any of such Patents is terminally disclaimed to another patent or patent application, all patents and patent applications subject to such terminal disclaimer are included in the Collateral;
(H) no Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries has received an opinion, whether preliminary in nature or qualified in any manner, which concludes that a challenge to the validity or enforceability of any Patents is more likely than not to succeed;
(I) no Obligor, nor any of its Subsidiaries, or any prior owner of any Patent, or any of their respective agents or representatives, have engaged in any conduct, or omitted to perform any necessary act, the result of which would invalidate or render unpatentable or unenforceable any Patent; and
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(J) all maintenance fees, annuities, and the like due or payable on or with respect to any Patents have been timely paid or the failure to so pay could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(iv) The Obligors own or hold rights to all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct all Project Commercialization and Development Activities relating to the Products.
7.06 | No Actions or Proceedings. |
(a) Litigation. There is no litigation, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries threatened in writing, with respect to such Obligor or any such Subsidiaries by or before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in an Event of Default, except as specified on Schedule 7.06(a), or (ii) involves this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Product or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, or any Material Intellectual Property.
(b) Environmental Matters. The operations and property of each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, except to the extent the failure to so comply (either individually or in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Labor Matters. There are no strikes, lockouts or other labor disputes against any Obligor or any Subsidiary or, to any Obligor’s knowledge, threatened in writing against or affecting such Obligor any of its Subsidiaries, and no material unfair labor practice complaint is pending against such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of such Obligor threatened in writing, against any of them before any Governmental Authority, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.06(c), none of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreements or similar contracts, no union representation exists on any facilities of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries and, no Obligor has any knowledge of any union organizing activities that are taking place.
7.07 | Compliance with Laws and Agreements. |
(a) Each of the Obligors is in compliance with all Laws and all Contracts binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing, or will occur as a result of any Borrowing.
(b) Any physician, other licensed healthcare professional, or any other Person who is in a position to refer patients or other business to the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries (collectively, a “Referral Source”) who has a direct ownership, investment, or financial interest in the Borrower, any other Obligor or any such Subsidiary paid fair market value for such ownership, investment or financial interest; any ownership or investment returns distributed to any Referral Source is in proportion to such Referral Source’s ownership, investment or financial interest; and no preferential treatment or more favorable terms were or are offered to such Referral Source compared to investors or owners who are not in a position to refer patients or other business. No Obligor, nor any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, has or will guarantee a loan, make a payment toward a loan or otherwise subsidize a loan for any Referral Source including, without limitation, any loans related to financing the Referral Source’s ownership, investment or financial interest in the Borrower, any other Obligor or any such Subsidiary.
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(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) all financial relationships between or among the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Referral Source, on the other hand (i) comply in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws including, without limitation, the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law and other applicable anti-kickback and self-referral laws, whether U.S. or non-U.S.; (ii) reflect fair market value, have commercially reasonable terms, and were negotiated at arm’s length; and (iii) do not obligate the Referral Source to purchase, use, recommend or arrange for the use of any products or services of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(ii) each Obligor and each of their respective Subsidiaries have implemented policies and procedures to monitor, collect, and report, and will report, any payments or transfers of value to certain healthcare providers and teaching hospitals, and to the Obligors’ knowledge, such policies and procedures are in accordance with industry standards and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Physician Payments Sunshine Act and their implementing regulations and state disclosure and transparency laws.
(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all applicable Healthcare Laws, and no Obligor or any such Subsidiary has received written notice by a Governmental Authority of any material violation (or of any investigation, audit, or other proceeding involving allegations of any violation) of any Healthcare Laws, and no such investigation, inspection, audit or other proceeding involving allegations of any such violation has been, to the knowledge of any Obligor, threatened in writing.
(e) None of the Obligors nor any of its Subsidiaries has been debarred or excluded from participation under state or federal health care program, including any state or federal workers compensation programs.
(f) None of the Obligors nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any corporate integrity agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar agreements with or imposed by any Governmental Authority.
7.08 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.08, each of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all material tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all material taxes required to have been paid by it, except taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Obligor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP.
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7.09 Full Disclosure. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Obligors to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken as a whole, contain any material misstatement of material fact or, taken as a whole, omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time such projections were delivered (it being understood that such projected financial information is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the periods covered by such projected financial information may differ from the projected results and that such differences may be material).
7.10 | Investment Company Act and Margin Stock Regulation. |
(a) Investment Company Act. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(b) Margin Stock. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock in violation of Regulation T, U or X.
7.11 Solvency. The Obligors, taken as a whole, are and, immediately after giving effect to the Borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, will be Solvent.
7.12 | Subsidiaries. |
(a) Set forth on Schedule 7.12 is a complete and correct list of all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Each such Subsidiary is duly organized and validly existing under the jurisdiction of its organization shown in said Schedule 7.12, and the percentage ownership by each Obligor of each such Subsidiary thereof is as shown in said Schedule 7.12.
(b) Set forth on Schedule 7.12 is a complete and correct list of all other Equity Interests owned or held by the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries in any Person that is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary. Such Schedule 7.12 also sets forth, in reasonable detail, the type of Equity Interest held by each such Obligor in such Person and the fully-diluted percentage ownership held beneficially by such Obligor in such Person.
7.13 Indebtedness and Liens. Set forth on Schedule 7.13(a) is a complete and correct list of (i) all Material Indebtedness of each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries and (ii) any other Indebtedness of each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness exceeds $1,000,000 in the aggregate, in each case, outstanding as of the Closing Date. Set forth on Schedule 7.13(b) is a complete and correct list of all Liens granted by the Obligors and their Subsidiaries with respect to their respective property and outstanding as of the Closing Date.
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7.14 Material Agreements. Set forth on Schedule 7.14 is a complete and correct list of each Material Agreement. Accurate and complete copies of each Contract disclosed on such schedule have been made available to the Administrative Agent. No Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any such Material Agreement, and no Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any breach or default by any counterparty to any such Material Agreement, and there are no pending or, to any Obligor’s knowledge, threatened in writing Claims against such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries asserted by any other Person relating to any Material Agreements, including any Claims of breach or default under any such Material Agreements.
7.15 Restrictive Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.15, no Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Restrictive Agreement, except those permitted under Section 9.11.
7.16 Real Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.16, no Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries owns or leases (as tenant thereof) any real property.
7.17 Pension Matters. Schedule 7.17 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a complete and correct list of, and that separately identifies, (i) all Title IV Plans and (ii) all Multiemployer Plans. Each Benefit Plan, and each trust thereunder, intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Laws is the subject of a favorable IRS determination, opinion, or advisory letter regarding such qualified status. Except as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (x) each Benefit Plan is in compliance with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Laws, (y) there are no existing or pending (or to the knowledge of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened in writing) claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions, lawsuits or other proceedings or investigation involving any Benefit Plan to which any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof incurs or otherwise has or could have an obligation or any liability or Claim and (z) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. The Borrower and each of its ERISA Affiliates has, in all material respects, met all applicable requirements under the ERISA Funding Rules with respect to each Title IV Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the ERISA Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained. No ERISA Affiliate would have any Withdrawal Liability as a result of a complete withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan on the date this representation is made that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.18 | Regulatory Approvals. |
(a) Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries holds, and will continue to hold, either directly or through licensees and agents, all Regulatory Approvals required for the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective operations and businesses, including all Product Commercialization and Development Activities, in the manner currently conducted and as anticipated to be conducted.
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(b) Set forth on Schedule 7.18(b) is a complete and accurate list of all Regulatory Approvals of the type described in clause (a) above. All such Regulatory Approvals are (i) legally and beneficially owned or held exclusively by the Obligors or such Subsidiaries, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, (ii) validly registered and on file with the applicable Regulatory Authority, in compliance, in all material respects, with all registration, filing and maintenance requirements (including any fee requirements) thereof, and (iii) in good standing, valid and enforceable with the applicable Regulatory Authority in all material respects. All required and notices, registrations and listings, supplemental applications or notifications, reports (including field alerts and reports of adverse experiences) and other required filings with respect to the Products have been filed with the FDA and all other applicable Regulatory Authorities.
(c) (i) All material regulatory filings, notices, registrations, listings, reports and similar items required to be filed with or made by any Regulatory Authority or in respect of any Regulatory Approval with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities have been made (including all required notices, registrations and listings, supplemental applications or notifications, reports (including field alerts or other reports of adverse experiences) and all other required filings with respect to the Products or any related Product Commercialization and Development Activities) and all such filings are materially complete, correct and compliant with all applicable Laws, (ii) all clinical and pre-clinical trials, if any, of investigational Products have been and are being conducted by each Obligor and its Subsidiaries in material compliance with applicable Laws along with appropriate monitoring of clinical investigator trial sites for their compliance, and (iii) each Obligor has disclosed to the Administrative Agent all such regulatory filings and all material communications between representatives of each Obligor and its Subsidiaries and any Regulatory Authority all of which shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 7.18(d), and without limiting the generality of any other representation or warranty made by any Obligor hereunder or under any other Loan Document: (i) all Products and all Product Commercialization and Development Activities comply in all material respects with (A) all applicable Laws of the FDA and each other applicable Regulatory Authority, whether U.S. or non-U.S., and (B) all Regulatory Approvals; (ii) no Obligor, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective agents, suppliers, licensors or licensees have received any inspection reports, warning letters or notices or similar documents with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities from any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years that asserts a material lack of compliance with any applicable Laws or Regulatory Approvals or other orders, injunctions, or decrees; (iii) no Obligor, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective agents, suppliers, licensors or licensees have received any notification from any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years, asserting that any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities lacks a required Regulatory Approval; (iv) there is no pending regulatory action, investigation or inquiry (other than non-material routine or periodic inspections or reviews) against any Obligor, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective suppliers, licensors or licensees with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, and, to the knowledge of any Obligor, there is no basis for any adverse regulatory action against such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective suppliers agents, licensors or licensees with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities; and (v) without limiting the foregoing, (A) (1) there have been no product recalls, safety alerts, corrections, withdrawals, marketing suspensions, removals or the like conducted, undertaken or issued by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, whether voluntary, at the request, demand or order of any Regulatory Authority or otherwise, with respect to any Product, any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, any Regulatory Approval within the last three (3) years, (2) no such product recall, safety alert, correction, withdrawal, marketing suspension, removal or the like has been requested, demanded or ordered by any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years, and, to the knowledge of any Obligor, there is no basis for the issuance of any such product recall, safety alert, correction, withdrawal, marketing suspension, removal or the like with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, and (B) no criminal, injunctive, seizure, detention or civil penalty action has been commenced or threatened in writing by any Regulatory Authority within the last three (3) years with respect to or in connection with any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, there are no consent decrees (including plea agreements) that relate to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, and, to the knowledge of each Obligor, there is no basis for the commencement of any criminal injunctive, seizure, detention or civil penalty action by any Regulatory Authority relating to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities or for the issuance of any consent decree. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective agents, suppliers, licensees or licensors, is employing or utilizing the services of any individual who has been debarred or temporarily suspended under any applicable Law.
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(e) No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor their respective officers, employees or agents, has made an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statements to the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority, or committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made (or was not made), could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority to invoke its policy respecting Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery and Illegal Gratuities, set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar policy.
(f) The clinical, preclinical, safety and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or in respect of which any Products or Product candidates under development have participated, were (and if still pending, are) being conducted materially in accordance with standard medical and scientific research procedures and all applicable Regulatory Approvals. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority requiring the termination or suspension of any clinical, preclinical, safety or other studies or tests used to support regulatory clearance of, or any Regulatory Approval for, any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities.
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7.19 OFAC. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any agents or other Persons acting on behalf of any of the foregoing (i) is currently the target of any Sanctions, (ii) is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, (iii) is or has been (within the previous five (5) years) engaged in any transaction with, or for the benefit of, any Person who is now or was then the target of Sanctions or who is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or (iv) is or has ever been in violation of or subject to an investigation relating to Sanctions. No Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan, has been or will be used, directly or indirectly, to lend, contribute or provide to, or has been or will be otherwise made available to fund, any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates) of Sanctions.
7.20 Anti-Corruption. No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their respective directors, officers or employees nor, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any agents or other Persons acting on behalf of any of the foregoing, directly or indirectly, has (i) violated or is in violation of any applicable anti-corruption Law, (ii) made, offered to make, promised to make or authorized the payment or giving of, directly or indirectly, any Prohibited Payment or (iii) been subject to any investigation by any Governmental Authority with regard to any actual or alleged Prohibited Payment.
7.21 Deposit and Disbursement Accounts. Schedule 7.22 contains a list of all banks and other financial institutions at which any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries maintains deposit accounts, lockboxes, disbursement accounts, investment accounts or other similar accounts, and such Schedule correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number of each bank or financial institution, the name in which the account is held, the type of account, and the complete account number therefor (such accounts, the “Obligor Accounts”).
7.22 Senior Secured Obligations; Priority of Obligations; Security Interests. The Obligations constitute the sole senior secured obligations and sole Indebtedness (except as set forth on Schedule 7.13(a)) of the Obligors. No monetary Obligation arising hereunder or under any Loan Document, or arising in connection herewith or therewith, is subordinated to any other Indebtedness. Each Security Document is effective to create in favor of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral subject to such Security Document, each such security interest is legal, valid and enforceable, and each such security interest is perfected on a first-priority basis (subject to Permitted Liens that may apply to specific items of Collateral permitted pursuant to Section 9.02) and secures the Obligations.
7.23 Royalty and Other Payments. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.24, no Obligor, nor any of its Subsidiaries, is obligated to pay any royalty, milestone payment, deferred payment or any other contingent payment in respect of any Product.
7.24 Internal Controls. The Borrower acknowledges that its management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 8.01(a) and 8.01(b), in each case, in accordance with GAAP. The Borrower has designed, implemented and maintained internal controls relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
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7.25 Reimbursement from Medical Reimbursement Programs. Each Obligor has the requisite provider number to bill Medicare (to the extent such Person participates in Medicare), the respective Medicaid program in the state or states in which such Person operates (to the extent such Person participates in the Medicaid program in such state or states), and all other commercial payor programs currently bills. There is no investigation, audit, claim review, or other action pending with respect to any Obligor or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, threatened in writing which could reasonably be expected to result in a revocation, suspension, termination, probation, restriction, limitation, or non-renewal of any provider number issued to any Obligor or result in the exclusion of any Obligor from Medicare or Medicaid, nor is there any action pending or, to any Obligor’s knowledge, threatened in writing, pursuant to which any Governmental Authority seeks to impose material sanctions with respect to such Obligor’s business.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and all Obligations (other than Warrant Obligations and inchoate indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash:
8.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (or sixty (60) days, in the case of the fourth fiscal quarter) (i) the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and (ii) the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such fiscal quarter, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, all in reasonable detail and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, together with (iii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that (x) such financial statements fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date and (y) the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to changes resulting from normal, year-end audit adjustments and except for the absence of notes; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(a) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on “EDGAR” (with the related certificate separately delivered);
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(b) as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year (i) the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and (ii) the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, all in reasonable detail and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, accompanied by a report and opinion thereon of the Borrower’s auditors (the “Audit”), which Audit 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, and in the case of consolidating financial statements, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; provided that, with respect to any Audit delivered pursuant to this Section 8.01(b) relating to the Borrower’s 2018 fiscal year or any fiscal year occurring thereafter, such Audit may include a “going concern” qualification relating solely to sufficient liquidity, so long as no other Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of delivery of such Audit; and provided, further that, not more than two (2) such Audits shall be permitted to be subject to any “going concern” qualifications. Any documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(b) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on “EDGAR”;
(c) together with the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 8.01(a) and (b), a compliance certificate signed by the chief financial officer or equivalent Responsible Officer of the Borrower as of the end of the applicable accounting period (which delivery may, unless a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original, authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes) in the form of Exhibit E (a “Compliance Certificate”) including details of any issues that are material that are raised by auditors;
(d) solely upon the Administrative Agent’s written request, after being prepared by the Borrower and approved by its Board, a consolidated financial forecast for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year in which such request was made; provided that, for each fiscal year, not later than 30 days after the Borrower is required to file a Form 10-K under the Exchange Act for each fiscal year, the Borrower shall prepare, and its Board shall approve such consolidated financial forecast for such fiscal year, and the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly after the Board has given such approval;
(e) promptly after the same are released, copies of all material press releases; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(e) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on “EDGAR”;
(f) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by an Obligor thereof, copies of each material notice or other material correspondence received from any securities regulator or exchange to the authority of which the Borrower may become subject from time to time concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of such Obligor; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(f) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on “EDGAR”;
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(g) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of each Obligor and its Subsidiaries, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which any Obligor or its Subsidiaries may file or be required to file with any securities regulator or exchange to the authority of which such Obligor or such Subsidiary, as applicable, may become subject from time to time; provided that documents required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 8.01(g) shall be deemed furnished on the date that such documents are publicly available on “EDGAR”;
(h) the information regarding insurance maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as required under Section 8.05;
(i) as soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the Borrower obtains knowledge of any filed or written Claim related to any Product or inventory involving more than $1,000,000, written notice thereof from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower which notice shall include a statement setting forth details of such return, recovery, dispute or claim;
(j) within twenty-one (21) calendar days following the end of each calendar month, a certification from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, based upon the Borrower’s bank account statements, that the Borrower has met its minimum liquidity requirement set out in Section 10.01;
(k) such other information respecting the assets, businesses, condition (financial or otherwise), operations and liability of the Obligors (including with respect to the Collateral) as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower covenants and agrees that neither the Borrower, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide, or be obligated to provide, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or their respective representatives and agents with any information that the Borrower reasonably believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Person shall have confirmed to the Borrower in writing that it consents to receive such information. The Borrower acknowledges and confirms that each Secured Party shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Borrower.
8.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of the following promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) after a Responsible Officer first learns of or acquires knowledge with respect to:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the occurrence of any event with respect to the property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries resulting in a Loss aggregating $2,500,000 (or the Equivalent Amount in other currencies) or more (including any such Claim or Loss relating to any violation or liability under or in respect of any Environmental Law);
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(c) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) (i) the intention of any ERISA Affiliate to file any notice of intent to terminate any Title IV Plan, a copy of such notice and (ii) the filing by any ERISA Affiliate of a request for a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan, in each case in writing and in reasonable detail (including a description of any action that any ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining thereto);
(e) (i) the termination of any Material Agreement other than in accordance with its terms and not as a result of a breach or default, (ii) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any notice of a material breach or default under any Material Agreement (and a description thereof), (iii) the entering into of any new Material Agreement by any Obligor (and a description thereof) or (iv) the proposed entering into of any amendment, supplement, or modification of any BPC Agreement, which notice shall be delivered prior to the entry into, and shall be delivered with a copy of, such proposed amendment, supplement, or modification;
(f) any material change in account in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) any labor controversy resulting in or threatening to result in any strike, work stoppage, boycott, shutdown or other material labor disruption against or involving an Obligor that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) any licensing agreement or arrangement entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any infringement or alleged infringement of any Intellectual Property of another Person;
(i) the registration with a federal Governmental Authority of any Material Intellectual Property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date (whether as a result of any creation, development or other acquisition of such Intellectual Property); provided that, with respect to any such Intellectual Property registered with a federal Governmental Authority in any fiscal year, notice thereof pursuant to this Section 8.02(k) shall not be made later than the delivery of financial statements for such fiscal year required pursuant to Section 8.01(b);
(j) the occurrence or existence of any event, circumstance, act or omission that would cause any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.07, Section 7.18 or Section 7.23 to be incorrect in any material respect (or in any respect if such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or by reference to a Material Adverse Effect or Material Adverse Change) if such representation or warranty was to be made at the time any Obligor learned of such event, circumstance, act or omission;
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(k) the acquisition by any Obligor or any fee interest in any real property for which the value, individually or in the aggregate, exceeds $1,000,000; and
(l) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section 8.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 8.02 shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date that such information shall have been made publicly available on “EDGAR” so long as such information has been made publicly available within the five (5) Business Day period set forth above. Nothing in this Section 8.02 is intended to waive, consent to or otherwise permit any action or omission that is otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower covenants and agrees that neither the Borrower, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide, or be obligated to provide, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or their respective representatives and agents with any information that the Borrower reasonably believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Person shall have confirmed to the Borrower in writing that it consents to receive such information. The Borrower acknowledges and confirms that each Secured Party shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Borrower.
8.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and all Governmental Approvals necessary to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 9.03.
8.04 Payment of Obligations. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge its obligations, including (i) all material Taxes, fees, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its properties or assets prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might become a Lien upon any properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent such Taxes, fees, assessments or governmental charges or levies or such claims are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and are adequately reserved against in accordance with GAAP and (ii) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property not constituting a Permitted Lien.
8.05 Insurance. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of comparable size engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall furnish the Administrative Agent from time to time with (i) full information as to the insurance carried by it and, if so requested, copies of all such insurance policies and (ii) a certificate from the Borrower’s insurance broker or other insurance specialist stating that all premiums then due on the policies relating to insurance on the Collateral have been paid and that such policies are in full force and effect. The Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure, or cause others to ensure, that all insurance policies required under this Section 8.05 shall provide that they shall not be terminated or cancelled nor shall any such policy be materially changed in a manner that could reasonably be expected to be adverse to the insured Person without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Receipt of notice of termination or cancellation of any such insurance policies or reduction of coverages or amounts thereunder shall entitle the Secured Parties to renew any such policies, cause the coverages and amounts thereof to be maintained at levels required pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 8.05 or otherwise to obtain similar insurance in place of such policies, in each case at the expense of the Borrower (to be payable on demand). The amount of any such expenses shall accrue interest at the Default Rate if not paid on demand and shall constitute “Obligations.”
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8.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition (financial or otherwise) with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times (but not more often than once a year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may request upon at least two days’ prior notice; provided that no notice shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The Borrower shall pay all costs of all such inspections.
8.07 Compliance with Laws and Other Obligations. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) comply in all material respects with all Laws (including Environmental Laws and Healthcare Laws) and Governmental Approvals applicable to it and its business activities, and (ii) maintain in full force and effect, remain in material compliance with, and perform in all material respects its obligations under all Material Agreements to which it is a party, in each case, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.08 Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve all of its assets and properties, including all assets and properties, whether tangible or intangible, relating to its Products or Product Commercialization and Development Activities, required in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition in accordance with the general practice of other Persons of similar character and size, ordinary wear and tear and damage from casualty or condemnation excepted.
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8.09 Licenses. Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, obtain and maintain all Governmental Approvals necessary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, the consummation of the Transactions or the operation and conduct of its business and ownership of its properties (including its Product Commercialization and Development Activities), except where failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.10 Action under Environmental Laws. Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, upon becoming aware of any material violation of applicable Environmental Laws (including any such violation in respect of the presence of Hazardous Materials) with respect to their respective businesses, operations or properties, take all actions, at their cost and expense, as shall be necessary or advisable to investigate and abate such violation as required to comply, in all material respects, with applicable Environmental Laws.
8.11 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only as provided in Section 2.04. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X.
8.12 Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries; Further Assurances.
(a) Subsidiary Guarantors. In the event that (i) any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall form or acquire any new Material Subsidiary, such Obligor and its Subsidiaries shall, within ten (10) Business Days of such formation or acquisition, or (ii) any Subsidiary becomes a Material Subsidiary, such Material Subsidiary and its parent shall, within ten (10) Business Days of the delivery of the Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 8.01(c) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter:
(i) cause such new Material Subsidiary to become a “Subsidiary Guarantor” hereunder pursuant to a Guarantee Assumption Agreement, a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement, and a “Subsidiary Party” under the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(ii) take such action or cause such Material Subsidiary to take such action (including joining or delivering any Security Document and delivering shares of stock together with undated transfer powers executed in blank, applicable control agreements and other instruments) as shall be reasonably necessary or desirable or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to create and perfect, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, valid and enforceable first priority Liens on substantially all of the personal property of such new Subsidiary as collateral security for the Obligations hereunder; provided that any such security interest or Lien shall be subject to the relevant requirements of the Security Documents and the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(iii) to the extent that the parent of such Material Subsidiary is not a party to the Security Agreement or has not otherwise pledged Equity Interests in its Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement and this Agreement, cause the parent of such Material Subsidiary to execute and deliver a pledge agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all outstanding issued shares of such Material Subsidiary; and
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(iv) deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by each Obligor pursuant to Section 6.01 and Section 6.02 or as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(b) Further Assurances.
(i) such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries (including any newly formed or newly acquired Subsidiary) to, take such action from time to time as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent to effectuate the purposes and objectives of this Agreement and the Security Documents;
(ii) in the event that such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries acquires Obligor Intellectual Property during the term of this Agreement, then the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Agreement shall automatically apply thereto and any such Obligor Intellectual Property shall automatically constitute part of the Collateral under the Security Documents, without further action by any party, in each case from and after the date of such acquisition; and
(iii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Obligor will, and will cause each Person that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor to, take such action from time to time (including joining or delivering any Security Documents and delivering shares of stock together with undated transfer powers executed in blank, applicable control agreements and other instruments) as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to create, in favor of the Secured Parties, perfected security interests and Liens in substantially all of the property of such Obligor as collateral security for the Obligations; provided that any such security interest or Lien shall be subject to the relevant requirements of the Security Documents; provided, further that, without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent to require a Lien or security interest in any newly acquired or created Subsidiary or asset, upon the prior written request of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall consult, in good faith, as to whether the cost of obtaining a Lien or security interest thereon would be unreasonably excessive relative to the benefit thereof.
8.13 Termination of Non-Permitted Liens. In the event that any Obligor shall become aware of, or be notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of the existence of, any outstanding Lien against any assets or property of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, which Lien is not a Permitted Lien, such Obligor shall use its best commercial efforts to promptly terminate or cause the termination of such Lien.
8.14 Intellectual Property. In the event that the Obligors create, develop or acquire Obligor Intellectual Property during the term of this Agreement, then the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto and any such Obligor Intellectual Property shall automatically constitute part of the Collateral under the Security Documents, without further action by any party, in each case from and after the date of such creation, development or acquisition (except that any representations or warranties of any Obligor shall apply to any such Obligor Intellectual Property only from and after the date, if any, subsequent to such acquisition that such representations and warranties are brought down or made anew as provided herein).
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8.15 Litigation Cooperation. Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, make available to the Administrative Agent, without expense to the Administrative Agent, its (and its Subsidiaries’) officers, employees, agents, books and records to the extent that the Administrative Agent may deem them reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend against any third-party suit or proceeding instituted by or against the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party with respect to any Collateral, the subject of any Loan Document or relating to any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries.
8.16 Maintenance of Regulatory Approvals, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Etc. Such Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries (to the extent applicable) to, (i) maintain in full force and effect all Regulatory Approvals, Material Agreements, Material Intellectual Property and other rights, interests or assets (whether tangible or intangible) reasonably necessary for the operations of such Person’s business, including any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, (ii) promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent of any product recalls, safety alerts, corrections, withdrawals, marketing suspensions, removals or the like conducted, to be undertaken or issued, by such Obligor, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective agents, suppliers, licensors or licensees, as the case may be, whether voluntary or at the request, demand or order of any Regulatory Authority or otherwise with respect to any Product or any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, or any basis for undertaking or issuing any such action or item, (iii) maintain in full force and effect, and pay all costs and expenses relating to, such Regulatory Approvals, Material Agreements and Material Intellectual Property owned, used or controlled by such Obligor or any such Subsidiary that are used in or necessary for any related Product Commercialization and Development Activities, (iv) promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent of any infringement or other violation by any Person of such Obligor’s or any such Subsidiaries’ Material Intellectual Property, and pursue any such infringement or other violation, except in any specific circumstance where both (x) the Borrower is able to demonstrate to the Administrative Agent that it is not commercially reasonable to do so and (y) where not doing could not reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect any Product or the Product Commercialization and Development Activities related to such Product, (v) use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue and maintain in full force and effect legal protection for all new Material Intellectual Property created, developed or acquired by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, that is used in or necessary for the operations of the business of such Person, or in connection with any Product Commercialization and Development Activities relating to any Product, and (vi) promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent of any Claim by any Person that the conduct of the business of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, including in connection with any Product Commercialization and Development Activities, has infringed upon any Intellectual Property of such Person.
8.17 ERISA Compliance. Such Obligor shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA with respect to any Plans to which such Obligor or such Subsidiary is a party as an employer.
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8.18 Cash Management. Such Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) maintain at all times all deposit accounts, disbursement accounts, investment accounts (and other similar accounts) and lockboxes held by such Obligor or Subsidiary (other than the Donor Accounts) with a bank or financial institution within the U.S. that has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a customary account control agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (each such deposit account, disbursement account, investment account (or similar account) and lockbox, a “Controlled Account”); each such Controlled Account shall be a cash collateral account, with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such account securing payment of the Obligations, and each Obligor shall have granted a Lien to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, over such Controlled Accounts; and
(b) deposit promptly, and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days after the date of receipt thereof, all cash, checks, drafts or other similar items of payment relating to or constituting payments made in respect of any and all accounts and other rights and interests into Controlled Accounts.
8.19 | Post-closing Requirements. |
(a) Within forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, with respect to the Mortgaged Property, (i) a Mortgage, (ii) an A.L.T.A. lender’s title insurance policy, in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, insuring that such Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first priority Lien on the Mortgaged Property, free and clear of all defects, encumbrances and Liens other than Permitted Liens, (iii) a current A.L.T.A. survey, certified to the Administrative Agent, and (iv) one or more legal opinions (in a form consistent with local counsel legal opinions typically rendered in Florida mortgage financing transactions), dated as of the date of such Mortgage, in each case of clauses (i) through (iv), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(b) Within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a bailee letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from RxCrossroads with respect to one or more warehouses or other storage facilities controlled by RxCrossroads.
(c) Within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (i) that the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2017, by and between the Borrower, as grantor, the other grantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as secured party, has been released and such release, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, has been duly filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (ii) that the Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Fixture Filing and Security Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2017, entered into by ADMA Biologics in favor of Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as agent, relating to the Boca Raton Plant, has been satisfied and evidence of such satisfaction has been duly recorded in the public records of Palm Beach County, Florida, (iii) that any promissory notes delivered in connection with the Refinanced Debt have been returned to the Borrower and marked paid in full, (iv) that the Leasehold Deed, dated as of October 10, 2017, entered into by ADMA Biologics in favor of Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as agent, has been cancelled and evidence of such cancellation has been duly recorded in the public records of Cobb County, Georgia, (v) that the Blocked Account Control Agreement, dated October 10, 2017, among the Borrower, Wilmington Trust, as the collateral agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depository, has been duly terminated, (vi) that the Landlord’s Waiver and Consent, dated October 10, 2017, among the Borrower, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as agent and Areth III, Inc., as landlord, has been duly terminated and notice of such termination has been delivered to Areth III, Inc., and (vii) that the Bailee Letter re: Inventory and Other Goods of ADMA Biologics, Inc., dated October 10, 2017, among the Borrower, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as agent and RxCrossroads, as bailee, has been duly terminated and notice of such termination has been delivered to RxCrossroads.
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Section
9.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and all Obligations (other than Warrant Obligations and inchoate indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash:
9.01 Indebtedness. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, whether directly or indirectly, except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 7.13(b) (other than the Junior Debt) and Permitted Refinancings thereof; provided that, in each case, such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(c) accounts payable to trade creditors for goods and services and current operating liabilities (not the result of the borrowing of money) incurred in the ordinary course of such Obligor’s or such Subsidiary’s business in accordance with customary terms and paid within the specified time, unless contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserved for in accordance with GAAP;
(d) Indebtedness consisting of guarantees resulting from the endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Indebtedness of an Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so) to any other Obligor; provided that, in each case, such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(f) Guarantees by any Obligor of Indebtedness of any other Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so);
(g) ordinary course of business equipment financing and leasing; provided that (i) if secured, the collateral therefor consists solely of the assets being financed, the products and proceeds thereof and books and records related thereto, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed $2,750,000 (or the Equivalent Amount in other currencies) at any time;
(h) Indebtedness under Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 9.05(f);
(i) Indebtedness assumed pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) no such Indebtedness (individually) shall exceed 15% of the total purchase price paid in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Section 9.01(i) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding and (iii) no such Indebtedness shall have been created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition;
(j) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not an Obligor that is permitted by Section 9.05(k);
(k) Junior Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000, plus accrued interest thereon that it is paid in kind and added to the principal balance thereof in accordance with the terms of the Junior Debt Documents;
(l) Indebtedness incurred in connection with cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchasing cards, electronic funds transfer, automatic clearing house arrangements, cash pooling arrangements, netting services, merchant services and other similar arrangements of Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided that at no time shall such Indebtedness exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;
(m) Indebtedness incurred in connection with letters of credit that are secured solely by cash or cash equivalents and issued on behalf of the Borrower in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed $750,000 at any time;
(n) Debt owed to any Person providing worker’s compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Debt is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Debt is incurred and such Debt is outstanding only during such year; and
(o) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000.
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9.02 Liens. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property now owned by it or such Subsidiary, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens securing the Obligations;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.13(c); provided that (i) no such Lien shall extend to any other property or asset of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) any such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Closing Date and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(c) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(g); provided that such Liens are restricted solely to the collateral described in Section 9.01(g);
(d) Liens imposed by any Law arising in the ordinary course of business, including (but not limited to) carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and which (x) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially impair the use thereof in the operations of the business of such Person or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to such Liens and for which adequate reserves have been made if required in accordance with GAAP;
(e) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other similar social security legislation;
(f) Liens securing Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, the payment of which is not yet due or is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted and for which such reserve or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made;
(g) servitudes, easements, rights of way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances on real property imposed by any Law and Liens consisting of zoning or building restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of property or minor imperfections in title thereto which, in the aggregate, are not material, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries; and
(h) with respect to any real property, (i) such defects or encroachments as might be revealed by an up-to-date survey of such real property; (ii) the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in the original grant, deed or patent of such property by the original owner of such real property pursuant to all applicable Laws; and (iii) rights of expropriation, access or user or any similar right conferred or reserved by or in any Law, which, in the aggregate for clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), are not material, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any of the Obligors or its Subsidiaries;
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(i) Bankers liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens incurred on deposits made in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.01(i); provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secured immediately prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(k) attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens in connection with judgments the existence of which do not constitute an Event of Default;
(l) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease (other than a Capital Lease) or of a licensor or sublicensor under any license, in each case permitted by this Agreement;
(m) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses (other than of Intellectual Property) granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business which (x) do not interfere in any material respect with, or materially detract from the value of, the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (y) permit the granting and creation of such leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
(n) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted pursuant to Section 9.01(n); and
(o) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods.
9.03 Fundamental Changes and Acquisitions. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) enter into any transaction of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, (ii) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), (iii) sell or issue any Disqualified Equity Interests, or (iv) other than Permitted Acquisitions, make any Acquisition or otherwise acquire any business or substantially all the property from, or Equity Interests of, or be a party to any Acquisition of, any Person, except:
(a) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any other Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so); provided that with respect to any such transaction involving the Borrower, the Borrower must be the surviving or successor entity of such transaction;
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(b) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition by any Subsidiary Guarantor of any or all of its property (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any other Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so); and
(c) the sale, transfer or other disposition of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so).
9.04 Lines of Business. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than the business engaged in on the Closing Date by such Persons or a business reasonably similar or related thereto.
9.05 Investments. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make, directly or indirectly, or permit to remain outstanding any Investments except:
(a) Investments outstanding on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 9.05;
(b) operating deposit accounts with banks that are Controlled Accounts;
(c) extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the sales of goods or services in the ordinary course of business;
(d) cash and Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments in Controlled Accounts;
(e) Investments by any Obligor in another Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so);
(f) Hedging Agreements entered into in such Obligor’s ordinary course of business for the purpose of hedging currency risks or interest rate risks (and not for speculative purposes) and in an aggregate notional amount for all such Hedging Agreements not in excess of $250,000 (or the Equivalent Amount in other currencies);
(g) Investments consisting of security deposits with utilities and other like Persons made in the ordinary course of business;
(h) employee loans, travel advances and guarantees in accordance with the Borrower’s usual and customary practices with respect thereto (if permitted by applicable Laws) which in the aggregate shall not exceed $750,000 outstanding at any time (or the Equivalent Amount in other currencies);
(i) Investments received in connection with any Insolvency Proceedings in respect of any customers, suppliers or clients and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers, suppliers or clients;
(j) Investments permitted under Section 9.03;
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(k) (i) Investments in Subsidiaries that are Obligors, (ii) Investments in any newly formed or acquired Subsidiary that is not an Obligor so long as (x) such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary becomes a “Subsidiary Guarantor” hereunder in compliance with the terms of Section 8.12(a), and all other covenants set forth in Section 8.12(a) are satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary, within the time period set forth therein, and (y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or could reasonably be expected to occur or result from any such Investment; provided that in the event that any such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary fails to timely become an Obligor as provided in Section 8.12(a), any Investment made in such Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 9.05(k)(ii) shall no longer be permitted hereunder; and (iii) Investments in any Immaterial Subsidiary that is not an Obligor so long as (1) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or could reasonably be expected to occur or result from any such Investment and (2) at no time shall the sum of the aggregate original amount of Investments made pursuant to this Section 9.05(k)(iii) since the Closing Date exceed $750,000;
(l) Investments in joint ventures or strategic alliances entered into in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business consisting of the non-exclusive licensing of technology, the development of technology or the providing of technical support; provided that cash investments in such joint ventures and strategic alliances shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date;
(m) the build out, construction or acquisition by the Borrower of blood plasma collection centers in the United States (the “Blood Center Acquisitions”) so long as (A) the costs of such Blood Center Acquisitions do not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date; (B) the Borrower shall have provided the Administrative Agent not less than thirty (30) days written notice prior to the commencement or consummation, as the case may be, of each such Blood Center Acquisition; (C) the Borrower shall have provided the Administrative Agent all documentation relating to each such Blood Center Acquisition as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; and (D) prior to the commencement or consummation, as the case may be, of each such Blood Center Acquisition the Borrower shall have taken, and shall have caused each other Obligor and any Subsidiary of any Obligor, as applicable, to have taken, all such action, including without limitation the execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to perfect the Administrative Agent’s first priority security interest in all assets (including, without limitation, real property) in which Borrower, any Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries has an interest or will acquire an interest in connection with each such Blood Center Acquisition;
(n) payments made by the Borrower to BPC as required by the express terms and conditions of the BPC Agreements; and
(o) cash deposits in the Donor Accounts so long as, at any given time, (A) the account balance of any Donor Account shall not exceed $100,000 and (B) the aggregate account balance of all Donor Accounts shall not exceed $500,000.
9.06 Restricted Payments. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment; provided that the following Restricted Payments shall be permitted so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or could reasonably be expected to occur or result from such Restricted Payment:
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(a) dividends with respect to the Borrower’s Equity Interests payable solely in shares of its Qualified Equity Interests (or the equivalent thereof);
(b) the Borrower’s purchase, redemption, retirement, or other acquisition of shares of its Equity Interests with the proceeds received from a substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its Qualified Equity Interests; and
(c) dividends paid by any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so).
9.07 Payments of Indebtedness. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any payments in respect of any Indebtedness other than (i) payments of the Obligations, (ii) scheduled payments of Junior Debt (including, for the avoidance of doubt, scheduled interest payments made in cash or in kind) to the extent permitted under the Junior Debt Documents and (iii) scheduled payments of other Indebtedness to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 9.01.
9.08 Change in Fiscal Year. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change the last day of its fiscal year from that in effect on the Closing Date, except to change the fiscal year of a Subsidiary acquired in connection with an Acquisition to conform its fiscal year to that of the Borrower.
9.09 Sales of Assets, Etc. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease, exclusively license (in terms of geography or field of use), transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of its assets or property (including accounts receivable and Equity Interests of Subsidiaries), or forgive, release or compromise any amount owed to such Obligor or Subsidiary, in each case, in one transaction or series of transactions (any thereof, an “Asset Sale”), except:
(a) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of its business on ordinary business terms;
(b) the forgiveness, release or compromise of any amount owed to any Obligor or Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(c) outbound licenses permitted pursuant to Section 9.13;
(d) transfers of assets or property by any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other Obligor (other than any Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor but has not yet done so);
(e) dispositions of any assets or property that is obsolete or worn out or no longer used or useful in the Business;
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(f) in connection with any transaction permitted under Section 9.03 or 9.05;
(g) the leasing or subleasing of assets of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(h) the lapse of any Obligor Intellectual Property, other than any Material Intellectual Property, not to exceed $2,000,000 in value in the aggregate since the date hereof;
(i) the abandonment or other disposition of a lease or sublease of real property or personal property that is, in the reasonable business judgment of Borrower, not used or useful or is no longer economically necessary in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, not to exceed $2,000,000 in value in the aggregate since the date hereof;
(j) the assignment to BPC of the real property leases covering the (A) 6290 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Suite 206-208 Norcross, GA 30071 and (B) Terrace at Windy Hill (Suites 220 and 212) 3000 Windy Hill Road SE Marietta, Georgia 30067 locations and all property located at each such location, in each case in accordance with the express terms and conditions of the BPC Agreements;
(k) the license or transfer of assets in accordance with the express terms and conditions of the BPC Agreements; and
(l) Asset Sales not otherwise described in this Section 9.09, of property with an aggregate fair market value not to exceed at any time $3,000,000 since the date hereof.
9.10 Transactions with Affiliates. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease, license or otherwise transfer any assets to, or purchase, lease, license or otherwise acquire any assets from, or otherwise engage in, or be party to or subject to, any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, unless such arrangement or transaction (i) is on fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Person than it could obtain in an arm’s-length transaction with another Person that is not an Affiliate, and (ii) is of the kind which would be entered into by a prudent Person in the position of the Borrower with another Person that is not an Affiliate, except customary compensation and indemnification of, and other employment arrangements with, directors, officers and employees of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereof in the ordinary course of business.
9.11 Restrictive Agreements. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any Restrictive Agreement other than (i) restrictions and conditions imposed by applicable Laws or by the Loan Documents and (ii) Restrictive Agreements listed on Schedule 7.15.
9.12 Modifications and Terminations of Material Agreements and Organic Documents. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) waive, amend, terminate, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of any Organic Document in any way or manner adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders, including under or pursuant to any Loan Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Obligor may change its name, provided that such Obligor gives at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and, prior to the effectiveness of such change, shall have taken all actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent necessary to continue in full force, effect and relative priority the Liens granted hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.;
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(b) (x) take or omit to take any action that results in the termination of, or permits any other Person to terminate, any Material Agreement or Material Intellectual Property, (y) take any action that permits any Material Agreement or Material Intellectual Property to be terminated by any counterparty thereto prior to its stated date of expiration, in any such case if such action or omission could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (z) waive, amend, terminate, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of any Material Agreement in any material way or manner adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders; or
(c) Subject to the terms of the Subordination Agreement, amend, terminate, replace or otherwise modify any term or provision of any Junior Debt Document in any material way or manner adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or of the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
9.13 | Inbound and Outbound Licenses. |
(a) Inbound Licenses. No Obligor will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or become or remain bound by any inbound license agreement requiring any such Person, during any twelve-month period during the term of such license agreement, to make aggregate payments in excess of $2,500,000 when taken together with all other such licenses agreements of any Obligor and all of its respective Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis), unless no Default has occurred and is continuing (or could reasonably be expected to occur as a result thereof) and the Borrower has (i) provided prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of the material terms of such license or agreement with a description of its anticipated and projected impact on the relevant Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s, as applicable, business or financial condition, and (ii) taken such commercially reasonable actions as Administrative Agent may reasonably request to obtain the consent of, or waiver by, any Person whose consent or waiver is necessary for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to be granted a valid and perfected Lien on such license agreement and the right to fully exercise its rights under any of the Loan Documents in the event of a disposition or liquidation (including in connection with a foreclosure) of the rights, assets or property that is the subject of such license agreement; provided that inbound license agreements in the nature of over the counter software that are commercially available to the public shall not be prohibited by this clause (a).
(b) Outbound Licenses. No Obligor will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or become or remain bound by any outbound license of Intellectual Property unless such outbound license: (i) is duly authorized by the Borrower (pursuant to its customary approval process) and entered into on an arm’s-length basis, on commercially reasonable terms and in the ordinary course of business, (ii) is entered into for the purpose of Product Commercialization and Development Activities with respect to a Product, (iii) does not otherwise constitute an Asset Sale prohibited pursuant to Section 9.09, (iv) to the extent such Intellectual Property constitutes Collateral, does not impair the Administrative Agent or the Lenders from fully exercising their rights under any of the Loan Documents in the event of a disposition or liquidation (including in connection with a foreclosure) of the rights, assets or property that is the subject of such license, (v) is not an exclusive license (whether as to use, geography or otherwise) and (vi) is not perpetual.
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9.14 Sales and Leasebacks. Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.14, such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a Capital Lease Obligation, of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (i) which such Person has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person and (ii) which such Obligor or Subsidiary intends to use for substantially the same purposes as property which has been or is to be sold or transferred.
9.15 Hazardous Material. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use, generate, manufacture, install, treat, release, store or dispose of any Hazardous Material, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws or where the failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.16 Accounting Changes. Such Obligor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any significant change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP.
9.17 Compliance with ERISA. No ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer to exist (i) any event that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (ii) any other ERISA Event that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall cause or suffer to exist any event that could reasonably be expected result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Benefit Plan.
9.18 Inconsistent Agreements. No Obligor will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or be party to or subject to any Contract containing any provision that would (i) cause a Default hereunder or be violated or breached by such Person hereunder or by the performance by such Person of any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (ii) prohibit any such Person from granting to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Lien on any of its assets pursuant hereto or any other Loan Document or (iii) create or permit to exist or become effective any Lien or restriction on the ability of any such Person to (x) pay dividends or make other distributions to the Borrower, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower, (y) make loans or advances to the Borrower or (z) transfer any of its assets or properties to the Borrower, except, in each case, the prohibitions and limitations set forth in the Junior Debt Documents as in existence on the Closing Date or as may be amended pursuant to the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement.
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9.19 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption Law, or (ii) (A) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (B) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as Administrative Agent, Lender, underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).
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10.
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
10.01 Minimum Liquidity. The Borrower shall at all times maintain a minimum aggregate balance of three million dollars ($3,000,000) in cash in one or more Controlled Accounts that is free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens granted hereunder in favor of the Administrative Agent. In the event the Borrower shall at any time fail to be in compliance with the minimum liquidity requirement in this Section 10.01 (such failure, a “Liquidity Covenant Default”), then the Borrower shall have the right to cure the Liquidity Covenant Default on no more than five (5) occasions prior to the Maturity Date on the following terms and conditions:
(a) The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, within five (5) Business Days following the occurrence of such Liquidity Covenant Default, written notice of its intent to raise additional equity to cure such Liquidity Covenant Default (a “Cure Notice”).
(b) In the event the Borrower delivers a Cure Notice, the Borrower shall have a period of not more than thirty (30) days from the date on which the Liquidity Covenant Default shall have occurred (the “Cure Period”) to cause a cash equity contribution (a “Specified Equity Contribution”) in an amount equal to the Liquidity Covenant Cure Amount (as hereafter defined) to be infused into the Borrower by remittance thereof directly to a Controlled Account. In the event the Borrower shall (a) have caused the Specified Equity Contribution to be remitted to a Controlled Account within the Cure Period, then the Liquidity Covenant Default shall be deemed retroactively cured with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply with the Liquidity Covenant Default or (b) fail to cause the Specified Equity Contribution to be remitted to the a Controlled Account within the Cure Period, then an Event of Default shall immediately be deemed to have occurred based on such Liquidity Covenant Default (retroactively to the date of the occurrence of the applicable Liquidity Covenant Default). For purposes hereof, the term “Liquidity Covenant Cure Amount” shall mean the amount which, if added to the amount of cash then on deposit in the Controlled Accounts, would result in the Borrower being in compliance with Section 10.01.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, until expiration of the Cure Period, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Lender may exercise any remedies specified in this Agreement (or any other Loan Document) arising solely from an Event of Default resulting from a Liquidity Covenant Default so long as the Cure Notice has been timely given to the Administrative Agent.
10.02 Minimum Revenue. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter set forth below, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received Revenue (exclusive of any non-recurring Revenue from royalties, licenses or other sources), for the twelve (12) consecutive month period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, in an amount not less than the corresponding amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter:
Fiscal Quarter Ending | Revenue |
June 30, 2019 | $7,041,000 |
September 30, 2019 | $6,244,000 |
December 31, 2019 | $7,780,000 |
March 31, 2020 | $11,004,000 |
June 30, 2020 | $14,761,000 |
September 30, 2020 | $19,626,000 |
December 31, 2020 | $23,588,000 |
March 31, 2021 | $31,193,000 |
June 30, 2021 | $37,341,000 |
September 30, 2021 | $45,420,000 |
December 31, 2021 | $54,974,000 |
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11.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
11.01 Events of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) Principal or Interest Payment Default. The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of or interest on the Loans, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof, at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise.
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(b) Other Payment Defaults. Any Obligor shall fail to pay any Obligation (other than an amount referred to in Section 11.01(a)) when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days.
(c) Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof, shall: (i) prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made to the extent that such representation or warranty contains any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier; or (ii) prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made to the extent that such representation or warranty does not otherwise contain any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifier.
(d) Certain Covenants. Any Obligor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Sections 8.02, 8.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence), 8.09, 8.11, 8.12, 8.16, 8.18, Section 9 or Section 10.
(e) Other Covenants. Any Obligor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in Section 11.01(a), (b) or (d)) or any other Loan Document, and, in the case of any failure that is capable of cure, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of twenty (20) or more days.
(f) Payment Default on Other Indebtedness. Any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period as originally provided by the terms of such Indebtedness.
(g) Other Defaults on Other Indebtedness. (i) Any material breach of, or an “event of default” or similar event by any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof under any Material Agreement shall occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, (ii) any material breach of, or “event of default” or similar event with respect to any Material Indebtedness shall occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, or (iii) any event or condition occurs (x) that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (y) that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this Section 11.01(g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Material Indebtedness.
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(h) Insolvency, Bankruptcy, Etc. Any Obligor:
(i) becomes insolvent, or generally does not or becomes unable to pay its debts or meet its liabilities as the same become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or declares any general moratorium on its indebtedness, or proposes a compromise or arrangement or deed of company arrangement between it and any class of its creditors.
(ii) commits an act of bankruptcy or makes an assignment of its property for the general benefit of its creditors or makes a proposal (or files a notice of its intention to do so).
(iii) institutes any proceeding seeking to adjudicate it an insolvent, or seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection, moratorium, relief, stay of proceedings of creditors generally (or any class of creditors), or composition of it or its debts or any other relief, under any Law, whether U.S. or non-U.S., now or hereafter in effect relating to bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, plans of arrangement or relief or protection of debtors or at common law or in equity, or files an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding.
(iv) applies for the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, sequestrator, conservator, custodian, administrator, trustee, liquidator, voluntary administrator, receiver and manager or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property.
(v) takes any action, corporate or otherwise, to approve, effect, consent to or authorize any of the actions described in this Section 11.01(h), or otherwise acts in furtherance thereof or fails to act in a timely and appropriate manner in defense thereof.
(vi) Any petition is filed, application made or other proceeding instituted against or in respect of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries:
(A) seeking to adjudicate it as insolvent;
(B) seeking a receiving order against it;
(C) seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, adjustment, protection, moratorium, relief, stay of proceedings of creditors generally (or any class of creditors), deed of company arrangement or composition of it or its debts or any other relief under any Law, whether U.S. or non-U.S., now or hereafter in effect relating to bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, plans of arrangement or relief or protection of debtors or at common law or in equity; or
(D) seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, interim receiver, receiver/manager, sequestrator, conservator, custodian, administrator, trustee, liquidator, voluntary administrator, receiver and manager or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property, and 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 such Obligor or such Subsidiary thereunder in the interim, such grace period will cease to apply; provided, further, that if such Obligor or such Subsidiary files an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, such grace period will cease to apply.
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(vii) Any other event occurs which, under the Laws of any applicable jurisdiction, has an effect equivalent to any of the events referred to in Section 11.01(h).
(i) Judgments. One or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000 (or the Equivalent Amount in other currencies) (exclusive of any amounts fully covered by insurance (less any applicable deductible) and as to which the insurer has acknowledged responsibility to cover such judgment) shall be rendered against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Obligor to enforce any such judgment.
(j) ERISA and Pension Plans. (i) An ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,500,000 for all periods until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash.
(k) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall have occurred.
(l) Regulatory Matters, Etc. If any of the following occurs: (i) the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority initiates enforcement action against, or issues a warning letter with respect to, any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, any Product or any manufacturing facilities for any Product that causes any Obligor to discontinue or withdraw, or could reasonably be expected to cause any Obligor to discontinue or withdraw, marketing or sales of any Product, or causes a delay in the manufacture or sale of any Product, which discontinuance or delay could reasonably be expected to last for more than thirty (30) days, (ii) a recall of any Product that has generated or is expected to generate at least $2,500,000 in revenue for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries over any period of twelve (12) consecutive months or (iii) any Obligor enters into a settlement agreement with the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority that results in aggregate liability as to any single or related series of transactions, incidents or conditions, in excess of $2,500,000.
(m) Impairment of Security, Etc. If any of the following events occurs: (i) Any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall at any time not constitute a valid and perfected Lien on the applicable Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties, free and clear of all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) except to the extent due to the action or inaction of the Administrative Agent, (ii) except for expiration in accordance with its terms, any of the Security Documents or any Guarantee of any of the Obligations (including that contained in Section 13) shall for whatever reason cease to be in full force and effect, (iii) any Obligor shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any such Lien or any Loan Document, or (iv) any injunction, whether temporary or permanent, shall be rendered against any Obligor that prevents the Obligors from selling or manufacturing the Products or their commercially available successors, or any of their other material and commercially available products in the United States for more than forty-five (45) calendar days.
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11.02 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, then, and in every such event (other than an Event of Default described in Section 11.01(h)), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations, shall become due and payable immediately (in the case of the Loans, at the Prepayment Price therefor), without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Obligor; and in case of an Event of Default described in Section 11.01(h), the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations, shall automatically become due and payable immediately (in the case of the Loans, at the Prepayment Price therefor), without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Obligor.
11.03 Additional Remedies. If any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries shall be in default under a Material Agreement which has triggered the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have the right (but not the obligation) to cause the default or defaults under such Material Agreement to be remedied (including without limitation by paying any unpaid amount thereunder) and otherwise exercise any and all rights of such Obligor or Subsidiary, as the case may be, thereunder, as may be necessary to prevent or cure any default. Without limiting the foregoing, upon any such default, each Obligor shall promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Administrative Agent such instruments as may reasonably be required of such Obligor to permit the Administrative Agent and Lenders to cure any default under the applicable Material Agreement or permit the Administrative Agent and Lenders to take such other action required to enable the Administrative Agent and Lenders to cure or remedy the matter in default and preserve the interests of the Administrative Agent or Lenders. Any amounts paid by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 11.03 shall be payable on demand by Obligors, shall accrue interest at the Default Rate if not paid on demand, and shall constitute “Obligations.”
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
12.01 | Appointment and Duties. Subject in all cases to clause (c) below: |
(a) Appointment of the Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP (together with any successor the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.09) as the Administrative Agent hereunder and authorizes the Administrative Agent to (i) execute and deliver the Loan Documents and accept delivery thereof on its behalf from any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent under such Loan Documents and (iii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
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(b) Duties as Collateral and Disbursing Agent. Without limiting the generality of Section 12.01(a), the Administrative Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents (including in any proceeding described in Section 11.01(h) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding), and each Person making any payment in connection with any Loan Document to any Secured Party is hereby authorized to make such payment to the Administrative Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 11.01(h) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of the perfection of all Liens created by such agreements and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created by the Loan Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Loan Document, exercise all remedies given to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Loan Documents, applicable Laws or otherwise and (vii) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Loan Documents on behalf of any Lender that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver; provided that the Administrative Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all Liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Obligor with, and cash and Cash Equivalents held by, such Lender, and may further authorize and direct the Lenders to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Administrative Agent, and each Lender hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.
(c) Limited Duties. The Lenders and the Obligors hereby each acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent (i) has undertaken its role hereunder purely as an accommodation to the parties hereto and the Transactions, (ii) is receiving no compensation for undertaking such role and (iii) subject only to the notice provisions set forth in Section 12.09, may resign from such role at any time for any reason or no reason whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that under the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders (except to the limited extent provided in Section 12.11), with duties that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “the Administrative Agent”, the terms “agent”, “administrative agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in any Loan Document to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any obligation under any Loan Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Loan Document (fiduciary or otherwise), and each Lender hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in this clause (c).
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12.02 Binding Effect. Each Lender agrees that (i) any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, (ii) any action taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.
12.03 | Use of Discretion. |
(a) No Action without Instructions. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take, or to omit to take, any action, including with respect to enforcement or collection, except (subject to clause (b) below) any action it is required to take or omit to take (i) under any Loan Document or (ii) pursuant to instructions from the Majority Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders).
(b) Right Not to Follow Certain Instructions. Notwithstanding Section 12.03(a) or any other term or provision of this Section 12, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take, or to omit to take, any action (i) unless, upon demand, the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders (or, to the extent applicable and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, any other Secured Party) against all Liabilities that, by reason of such action or omission, may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any Related Person thereof or (ii) that is, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, contrary to any Loan Document, Law or the best interests of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or Related Persons.
12.04 Delegation of Rights and Duties. The Administrative Agent may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any Loan Document by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any other Person (including any Secured Party). Any such Person shall benefit from this Section 12 to the extent provided by the Administrative Agent.
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12.05 | Reliance and Liability. |
(a) the Administrative Agent may, without incurring any liability hereunder, (i) consult with any of its Related Persons and, whether or not selected by it, any other advisors, accountants and other experts (including advisors to, and accountants and experts engaged by, any Obligor) and (ii) rely and act upon any document and information and any telephone message or conversation, in each case believed by it to be genuine and transmitted, signed or otherwise authenticated by the appropriate parties.
(b) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Persons shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Loan Document, and each Lender and the Borrower hereby waive and shall not assert (and the Borrower shall cause each other Obligor to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or cause of action based thereon, except to the extent of liabilities resulting primarily from the fraudulent conduct or behavior of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Person (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) in connection with the duties expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(i) shall not be responsible or otherwise incur liability for any action or omission taken in reliance upon the instructions of the Majority Lenders or for the actions or omissions of any of its Related Persons selected with reasonable care (other than employees, officers and directors of the Administrative Agent, when acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent);
(ii) shall not be responsible to any Secured Party for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Loan Document;
(iii) makes no warranty or representation, and shall not be responsible, to any Secured Party for any statement, document, information, representation or warranty made or furnished by or on behalf of any Related Person, in or in connection with any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein, whether or not transmitted by the Administrative Agent, including as to completeness, accuracy, scope or adequacy thereof, or for the scope, nature or results of any due diligence performed by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents; and
(iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any provision of any Loan Document, whether any condition set forth in any Loan Document is satisfied or waived, as to the financial condition of any Obligor or as to the existence or continuation or possible occurrence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default and shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of such occurrence or continuation unless it has received a notice from the Borrower, any Lender describing such Default or Event of Default clearly labeled “notice of default” (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice of such receipt to all Lenders);
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and, for each of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, each Lender and the Borrower hereby waives and agrees not to assert (and the Borrower shall cause each other Obligor to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or cause of action it might have against the Administrative Agent based thereon.
12.06 Administrative Agent Individually. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may make loans and other extensions of credit to, acquire stock and stock equivalents of, engage in any kind of business with, any Obligor or Affiliate thereof as though it were not acting the Administrative Agent and may receive separate fees and other payments therefor. To the extent the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates makes any Loan or otherwise becomes a Lender hereunder, it shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities as any other Lender and the terms “Lender”, “Majority Lender”, and any similar terms shall, except where otherwise expressly provided in any Loan Document, include, without limitation, the Administrative Agent or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its individual capacity as Lender or as one of the Majority Lenders, respectively.
12.07 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Related Persons or upon any document (including the Disclosure Documents) solely or in part because such document was transmitted by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons, conducted its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and has made and continues to make its own credit decisions in connection with entering into, and taking or not taking any action under, any Loan Document or with respect to any transaction contemplated in any Loan Document, in each case based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate.
12.08 | Expenses; Indemnities. |
(a) Each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Obligor) promptly upon demand for such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any costs and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and Other Taxes paid in the name of, or on behalf of, any Obligor) that may be incurred by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with the preparation, syndication, execution, delivery, administration, modification, consent, waiver or enforcement (whether through negotiations, through any work-out, bankruptcy, restructuring or other legal or other proceeding or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, any Loan Document.
(b) Each Lender further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Obligor), from and against such Lender’s aggregate Pro Rata Share of the Liabilities (including taxes, interests and penalties imposed for not properly withholding or backup withholding on payments made to on or for the account of any Lender) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in any matter relating to or arising out of, in connection with or as a result of any Loan Document, any Related Document or any other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any such document, or, in each case, any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons under or with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons to the extent such liability has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order.
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12.09 | Resignation of the Administrative Agent. |
(a) At any time upon not less than five (5) Business Days prior written notice, the Administrative Agent may resign as the “the Administrative Agent” hereunder, in whole or in part (in the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrative Agent), effective on the date set forth in such notice, which effective date shall not be less than five (5) (or more than thirty (30)) days following delivery of such notice. If the Administrative Agent delivers any such notice, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor the Administrative Agent (with the consent of the Borrowers (so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)); provided that if a successor the Administrative Agent has not been appointed on or before the effectiveness of the resignation of the resigning Administrative Agent, then the resigning Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint any Person reasonably chosen by it (with the consent of the Borrowers (so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) as the successor the Administrative Agent.
(b) Effective immediately upon its resignation, (i) the resigning Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents to the extent set forth in the applicable resignation notice, (ii) the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent until a successor the Administrative Agent shall have accepted a valid appointment hereunder, (iii) the resigning Administrative Agent and its Related Persons shall no longer have the benefit of any provision of any Loan Document other than with respect to (x) any actions taken or omitted to be taken while such resigning Administrative Agent was, or because the Administrative Agent had been, validly acting as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or (y) any continuing duties such resigning Administrative Agent will continue to perform, and (iv) subject to its rights under Section 12.04, the resigning Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor the Administrative Agent its rights as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Effective immediately upon its acceptance of a valid appointment as the Administrative Agent, a successor the Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.
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12.10 Release of Collateral or Guarantors. Each Lender hereby consents to the release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent to release (or, in the case of Section 12.10(b)(ii), release or subordinate) the following:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Obligor if all of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary owned by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries are disposed of in an Asset Sale permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, such Subsidiary could not be required to guaranty any Obligations pursuant to Section 8.12(a); and
(b) any Lien held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (i) any Collateral that is disposed of by an Obligor in an Asset Sale permitted by the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), (ii) any property subject to a Lien described in Section 9.02(c) and (iii) all of the Collateral and all Obligors, upon (w) termination of the Commitments, (x) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans and all other Obligations that the Administrative Agent has been notified in writing are then due and payable, (y) deposit of cash collateral with respect to all contingent Obligations, in amounts and on terms and conditions and with parties satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Indemnified Party that is owed such Obligations and (z) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Obligors each in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release the guarantees and Liens when and as directed in this Section 12.10.
12.11 Additional Secured Parties. The benefit of the provisions of the Loan Documents directly relating to the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder shall extend to and be available to any Secured Party that is not a Lender as long as, by accepting such benefits, such Secured Party agrees, as among the Administrative Agent and all other Secured Parties, that such Secured Party is bound by (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, shall confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent) this Section 12 and the decisions and actions of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) to the same extent a Lender is bound; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) such Secured Party shall be bound by Section 12.08 only to the extent of Liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to or otherwise relating to the Collateral held for the benefit of such Secured Party, in which case the obligations of such Secured Party thereunder shall not be limited by any concept of Pro Rata Share or similar concept, (ii) each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion, without regard to the interest of such Secured Party, regardless of whether any Obligation to such Secured Party thereafter remains outstanding, is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral, becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to such Secured Party or any such Obligation and (iii) such Secured Party shall not have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under any Loan Document.
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Section
13.
GUARANTEE
13.01 The Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their successors and assigns, the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on the Loans, all fees and other amounts and Obligations from time to time owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower and each other Obligor under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby further jointly and severally agree that if the Borrower or any other Obligor shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
13.02 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 13.01 are absolute and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by all applicable Laws, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 13.02 that the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, joint and several, under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; or
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(d) any lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, the Secured Parties as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected.
The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
13.03 Reinstatement. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Section 13 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify the Secured Parties on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including fees of counsel) incurred by such Persons in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
13.04 Subrogation. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that, until the payment and satisfaction in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the Commitments, they shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of any performance by them of their guarantee in Section 13.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
13.05 Remedies. The Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 11 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 11) for purposes of Section 13.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for purposes of Section 13.01.
13.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Section 13 constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, at their sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Subsidiary Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to proceed by motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint pursuant to N.Y. Civ. Prac. L&R § 3213.
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13.07 Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Section 13 is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
13.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any provincial, territorial or state corporate law, or any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 13.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 13.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
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14.
MISCELLANEOUS
14.01 No Waiver. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
14.02 Notices. All notices, requests, instructions, directions and other communications provided for herein (including any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this Agreement) or in the other Loan Documents shall be given or made in writing (including by telecopy or email) delivered, if to the Borrower, another Obligor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, to its address specified on the signature pages hereto or its Guarantee Assumption Agreement, as the case may be, or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or therein, all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt of a legible copy thereof, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid. All such communications provided for herein by telecopy shall be confirmed in writing promptly after the delivery of such communication (it being understood that non-receipt of written confirmation of such communication shall not invalidate such communication).
14.03 | Expenses, Indemnification, Etc. |
(a) Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse (i) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all of their reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of Morrison & Foerster LLP, special counsel to the Administrative Agent, and any sales, goods and services or other similar taxes applicable thereto, and printing, reproduction, document delivery, communication and travel costs), in connection with (x) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of the Loans (exclusive of post-closing costs), and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to apply the Expense Deposit to such costs and expenses, subject to the terms of the Proposal Letter, (y) post-closing costs and (z) the negotiation or preparation of any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (whether or not consummated) and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all of their out of pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of legal counsel) in connection with any enforcement or collection proceedings resulting from the occurrence of an Event of Default.
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(b) Indemnification. Borrower hereby indemnifies the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, advisors and controlling parties (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against, and agrees to hold them harmless against, any and all Claims and Losses of any kind (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel), joint or several, that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or relating to any investigation, litigation or proceeding or the preparation of any defense with respect thereto arising out of or in connection with or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the Transactions or any use made or proposed to be made with the proceeds of the Loans, whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Obligor, any of its Subsidiaries, shareholders or creditors, an Indemnified Party or any other Person, or an Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto, and whether or not any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 are satisfied or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, except to the extent such Claim or Loss is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Obligor shall assert any claim against any Indemnified Party, on any theory of liability, for consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Transactions or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Loans. The Borrower, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, advisors and controlling parties are each sometimes referred to in this Agreement as a “Borrower Party”. No Lender shall assert any claim against any Borrower Party, on any theory of liability, for consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Transactions or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Loans.
14.04 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any provision of this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be modified or supplemented only by an instrument in writing signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders; provided that:
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(a) any such modification or supplement that is disproportionately adverse to any Lender as compared to other Lenders or subjects any Lender to any additional obligation shall not be effective without the consent of such affected Lender;
(b) the consent of all of the Lenders shall be required to:
(i) amend, modify, discharge, terminate or waive any of the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Agreement if such amendment, modification, discharge, termination or waiver would increase the amount of the Loans or Commitment, reduce the fees payable hereunder, reduce interest rates or other amounts payable with respect to the Loans, extend any date fixed for payment of principal, interest or other amounts payable relating to the Loans or extend the repayment dates of the Loans;
(ii) amend, modify, discharge, terminate or waive any Security Document if the effect is to release a material part of the Collateral subject thereto other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof; or
(iii) amend this Section 14.04 or the definition of “Majority Lenders”.
14.05 | Successors and Assigns. |
(a) General. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto or thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby or thereby, except that no Obligor may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.05(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.05(e), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 14.05(f). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 14.05(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lender. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Transferees (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to any Person) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it) and the other Loan Documents; provided that (i) no such assignment shall be made to any Obligor, any Affiliate of any Obligor, or any employees or directors of any Obligor at any time, and (ii) no such assignment shall be made without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Subject to the recording thereof by the Lender pursuant to Section 14.05(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of the Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and correspondingly the assigning Lender shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) and the other Loan Documents but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 5 and Section 14.03. Any assignment or transfer by the Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 14.05(b) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 14.05(e).
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(c) Amendments to Loan Documents. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Obligors agrees to enter into such amendments to the Loan Documents, and such additional Security Documents and other instruments and agreements, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Obligors, as shall reasonably be necessary to implement and give effect to any assignment made under this Section 14.05.
(d) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or any Obligor or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of the Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection therewith. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which any Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (i) increase or extend the term of such Lender’s Commitment, (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on the Loans or any portion of any fee hereunder payable to the Participant, (iii) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal, or (iv) reduce the rate at which interest is payable thereon to a level below the rate at which the Participant is entitled to receive such interest. Subject to Section 14.05(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 14.05(b). To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.03(a) as though it were a Lender.
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(f) Limitations on Rights of Participants. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 5.01 or 5.03 than such Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.
(g) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under the Loan Documents to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
14.06 Survival. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 14.03, 14.05, 14.06, 14.09, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13, 14.14 and the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 13 (solely to the extent guaranteeing any of the obligations under the foregoing Sections) shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitment and, in the case of the Lenders’ assignment of any interest in the Commitment or the Loans hereunder, shall survive, in the case of any event or circumstance that occurred prior to the effective date of such assignment, the making of such assignment, notwithstanding that the Lenders may cease to be “Lenders” hereunder. In addition, each representation and warranty made, or deemed to be made by a Borrowing Notice, herein or pursuant hereto shall survive the making of such representation and warranty.
14.07 Captions. The table of contents and captions and section headings appearing herein are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
14.08 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (in PDF format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
14.09 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction; provided that Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law shall apply.
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14.10 | Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue. |
(a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Obligor agrees that any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party or any judgment entered by any court in respect thereof may be brought initially in the federal or state courts in New York, New York or in the courts of its own corporate domicile and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court for the purpose of any such suit, action, proceeding or judgment. This Section 14.10(a) is for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders only and, as a result, no Lender shall be prevented from taking proceedings in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by any Law, the Lenders may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
(b) Alternative Process. Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to serve any process or summons in any manner permitted by any Law.
(c) Waiver of Venue, Etc. Each Obligor irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and hereby further irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. A final judgment (in respect of which time for all appeals has elapsed) in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which such Obligor is or may be subject, by suit upon judgment.
14.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
14.12 Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that any Obligor may be or become entitled to claim for itself or its property or revenues any immunity on the ground of sovereignty or the like from suit, court jurisdiction, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or execution of a judgment, and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed such an immunity (whether or not claimed), such Obligor hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
14.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including any confidentiality (or similar) agreements. EACH OBLIGOR ACKNOWLEDGES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IN DECIDING TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR IN TAKING OR NOT TAKING ANY ACTION HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER, IT HAS NOT RELIED, AND WILL NOT RELY, ON ANY STATEMENT, REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OF OR WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE LENDERS OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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14.14 Severability. If any provision hereof is found by a court to be invalid or unenforceable, to the fullest extent permitted by any Law the parties agree that such invalidity or unenforceability shall not impair the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
14.15 No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no fiduciary relationship with, or fiduciary duty to, the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Lenders and the Borrower is solely that of creditor and debtor. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not create a joint venture among the parties.
14.16 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent and each Lender agree to keep confidential all non-public information provided to them by any Obligor pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Obligor as confidential in accordance with its customary procedures for handling its own confidential information; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (i) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or any Eligible Transferee or other assignee permitted under Section 14.05(b), (ii) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective direct or indirect counterparty to any Hedging Agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (iii) to its employees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants, trustees and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates (collectively, its “Related Parties”), (iv) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority or any Regulatory Authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (v) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Law, (vi) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (vii) that has been publicly disclosed (other than as a result of a disclosure in violation of this Section 14.16), (viii) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, (ix) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (x) on a confidential basis to (A) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Loans or (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers of other market identifiers with respect to the Loans or (xi) to any other party hereto.
14.17 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively, “charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Administrative Agent and the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate. To the extent lawful, the interest and charges that would have been paid in respect of such Loan but were not paid as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the amount collectible at the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. Any amount collected by such Lender that exceeds the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of such Loan so that at no time shall the interest and charges paid or payable in respect of such Loan exceed the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate.
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14.18 | Judgment Currency. |
(a) If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Administrative Agent could purchase Dollars with such other currency at the buying spot rate of exchange in the New York foreign exchange market on the Business Day immediately preceding that on which any such judgment, or any relevant part thereof, is given.
(b) The obligations of the Obligors in respect of any sum due to the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than Dollars, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency the Administrative Agent may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase Dollars with such other currency. If the amount of Dollars so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent against such loss. If the amount of Dollars so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, the Administrative Agent shall remit such excess to the Borrower.
14.19 USA PATRIOT Act. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby notify the Obligors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), they are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Obligors, which information includes the name and address of each Obligor and other information that will allow such Person to identify such Obligor in accordance with the Patriot Act.
14.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER: | |
ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC. | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary |
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Address for Notices: | |
465 Route 17 | |
Ramsey, NJ 07446 | |
Attn: Brian Lenz | |
Tel.: (201) 478-5552 | |
Fax: (201) 478-5553 | |
Email: blenz@admabio.com | |
With a copy to: | |
DLA Piper LLP (US) | |
51 John F Kennedy Pkwy Suite 120 | |
Short Hills, NJ 07078 | |
Attn: David Schwartz, Esq. | |
Tel.: (973) 520-2555 | |
Fax: (973) 520-2575 | |
Email: david.schwartz@us.dlapiper.com |
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: | |
ADMA BIO CENTERS GEORGIA INC. | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Address for Notices: | |
465 Route 17 | |
Ramsey, NJ 07446 | |
Attn: Brian Lenz | |
Tel.: (201) 478-5552 | |
Fax: (201) 478-5553 | |
Email: blenz@admabio.com | |
With a copy to: | |
DLA Piper LLP (US) | |
51 John F Kennedy Pkwy Suite 120 | |
Short Hills, NJ 07078 | |
Attn: David Schwartz, Esq. | |
Tel.: (973) 520-2555 | |
Fax: (973) 520-2575 | |
Email: david.schwartz@us.dlapiper.com |
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ADMA BIOMANUFACTURING, LLC | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Address for Notices: | |
465 Route 17 | |
Ramsey, NJ 07446 | |
Attn: Brian Lenz | |
Tel.: (201) 478-5552 | |
Fax: (201) 478-5553 | |
Email: blenz@admabio.com | |
With a copy to: | |
DLA Piper LLP (US) | |
51 John F Kennedy Pkwy Suite 120 | |
Short Hills, NJ 07078 | |
Attn: David Schwartz, Esq. | |
Tel.: (973) 520-2555 | |
Fax: (973) 520-2575 | |
Email: david.schwartz@us.dlapiper.com |
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ADMA PLASMA BIOLOGICS, INC. | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Address for Notices: | |
465 Route 17 | |
Ramsey, NJ 07446 | |
Attn: Brian Lenz | |
Tel.: (201) 478-5552 | |
Fax: (201) 478-5553 | |
Email: blenz@admabio.com | |
With a copy to: | |
DLA Piper LLP (US) | |
51 John F Kennedy Pkwy Suite 120 | |
Short Hills, NJ 07078 | |
Attn: David Schwartz, Esq. | |
Tel.: (973) 520-2555 | |
Fax: (973) 520-2575 | |
Email: david.schwartz@us.dlapiper.com |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS II, LP | |
By: PERCEPTIVE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES GP, LLC, its general partner | |
By: /s/ Sandeep Dixit | |
Name: Sandeep Dixit | |
Title: Chief Credit Officer | |
By: /s/ Sam Chawla | |
Name: Sam Chawla | |
Title: Portfolio Manager | |
Address for Notices: | |
Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP | |
c/o Perceptive Advisors LLC | |
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor | |
New York, NY 10003 | |
Attn: Sandeep Dixit | |
Email: Sandeep@perceptivelife.com |
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LENDERS: | |
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS II, LP | |
By: PERCEPTIVE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES GP, LLC, its general partner | |
By: /s/ Sandeep Dixit | |
Name: Sandeep Dixit | |
Title: Chief Credit Officer | |
By: /s/ Sam Chawla | |
Name: Sam Chawla | |
Title: Portfolio Manager | |
Address for Notices: | |
Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP | |
c/o Perceptive Advisors LLC | |
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor | |
New York, NY 10003 | |
Attn: Sandeep Dixit | |
Email: Sandeep@perceptivelife.com |
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Schedule 1
to Credit Agreement
COMMITMENTS
Lender | Commitment | Proportionate Share |
Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP | $72,500,000 | 100% |
TOTAL | $72,500,000 | 100% |
Execution Version
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 11, 2019, is made by and among ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries named in the signature pages hereto or having acceded hereto pursuant to Section 24 (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and, together with the Borrower, each a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), and PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS II, LP, as administrative agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of February 11, 2019 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, in order to guarantee the indebtedness and other obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, each Subsidiary Guarantor has executed the Credit Agreement, or will execute and deliver on the date such Subsidiary Guarantor accedes hereto, a Guarantee Assumption Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Borrowing under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors enter into this Agreement and grant to the Administrative Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties, the security interests hereinafter provided to secure the obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors described below.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Definitions; Interpretation.
(a) Terms Defined in Credit Agreement. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including in the recitals hereof) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
(b) Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Acceding Grantor” has the meaning set forth in Section 24.
“Accession Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 24.
“Books” means all books, records and other written, electronic or other documentation in whatever form maintained now or hereafter by or for any Grantor in connection with the ownership of its assets or the conduct of its business or evidencing or containing information relating to the Collateral, including: (i) ledgers; (ii) records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing any Grantor’s assets (including Inventory and Rights to Payment), business operations or financial condition; (iii) computer programs and software; (iv) computer discs, tapes, files, manuals, spreadsheets; (v) computer printouts and output of whatever kind; (vi) any other computer prepared or electronically stored, collected or reported information and equipment of any kind; and (vii) any and all other rights now or hereafter arising out of any Contract or agreement between any Grantor and any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person charged with preparing or maintaining any of any Grantor’s books or records or with credit reporting, including with regard to any such Grantor’s Accounts.
“Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Debtor Relief Law” means any law governing Persons or property with respect to liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, insolvency, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws, whether arising under foreign law, federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code), any state or local law, or any other applicable law.
“Excluded Property” shall mean (i) any “intent to use” Trademark application solely to the extent that and solely during the period in which the grant of such security interest would impair the validity or enforceability, or result in the cancellation, of such “intent to use” Trademark application under federal law, (ii) any property that is subject to a Lien securing purchase money or sale and leaseback Indebtedness permitted under the Credit Agreement pursuant to documents entered into prior to the date hereof to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such property to the Administrative Agent in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, would result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the agreement or instrument governing such Lien, (iii) the Donor Account, and (iv) any permit, lease, license, contract or instrument, whether now or hereafter in effect, of an Obligor to the extent and solely to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such permit, lease, license, contract or instrument in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, under the terms thereof and under applicable law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise render unenforceable any of Obligor’s rights, titles or interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both), in each case, to the extent that such termination, acceleration or unenforceability would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity; provided, in each case that any limitation on the security interests granted in this Agreement shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of equity; provided, further, that in the case of Excluded Property described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), the Collateral shall include and such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such consequences specified in such clause shall be remedied or terminated and, to the extent severable, the Collateral shall include and the security interest shall attach immediately to any portion of such asset that does not result in any of the consequences specified therein.
“Grantors” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
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“Intellectual Property Collateral” means the following properties and assets owned or held by any Grantor or in which any Grantor otherwise has any interest, now existing or hereafter acquired or arising:
(i) all Patents, domestic or foreign, all licenses relating to any of the foregoing and all income and royalties with respect to any licenses (including such Patents and Patent licenses as are described in Schedule 2), all rights to sue for past, present or future infringement thereof, all rights arising therefrom and pertaining thereto and all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof;
(ii) all Copyrights, domestic or foreign, together with the underlying works of authorship (including titles), whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published and whether said Copyrights are statutory or arise under the common law, and all other rights and works of authorship (including the Copyrights described in Schedule 2), all computer programs, computer databases, computer program flow diagrams, source codes, object codes and all tangible property embodying or incorporating any Copyrights, all licenses relating to any of the foregoing and all income and royalties with respect to any licenses, and all other rights, Claims and demands in any way relating to any such Copyrights or works, including royalties and rights to sue for past, present or future infringement, and all rights of renewal and extension of such Copyrights;
(iii) all state (including common law), federal and foreign Trademarks, all licenses relating to any of the foregoing and all income and royalties with respect to any licenses (including such Trademarks and Trademark licenses as described in Schedule 2), whether registered or unregistered and wherever registered, all rights to sue for past, present or future infringement or unconsented use thereof, all rights arising therefrom and pertaining thereto and all reissues, extensions and renewals thereof;
(iv) all trade secrets, trade dress, trade styles, logos, other source of business identifiers, mask-works, mask-work registrations, mask-work applications, software, confidential and proprietary information, customer lists, license rights, advertising materials, operating manuals, methods, processes, know-how, algorithms, formulae, databases, quality control procedures, product, service and technical specifications, operating, production and quality control manuals, sales literature, drawings, specifications, blue prints, descriptions, inventions, name plates, catalogs, internet websites, and internet domain names and associated URL addresses;
(v) the entire goodwill of or associated with the businesses now or hereafter conducted by such Grantor connected with and symbolized by any of the aforementioned properties and assets; and
(vi) all accounts, all other proprietary rights, all other intellectual or other similar property and all other general intangibles associated with or arising out of any of the aforementioned properties and assets and not otherwise described above.
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“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means each Copyright Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C, each Trademark Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D, each Patent Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any amendment thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, supplementary to this Agreement and prepared for purposes of recordation with the U.S. Copyright Office or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable.
“Partnership and LLC Collateral” means any and all limited, limited liability and general partnership interests and limited liability company interests of any type or nature (including any such interests in the Borrower’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries now or hereafter owned by any Grantor), whether now existing or hereafter acquired or arising, including any such interests specified in Schedule 3.
“Pledge Supplement” has the meaning specified in Section 3(i).
“Pledged Collateral” means any and all (i) Pledged Shares; (ii) additional capital stock or other Equity Interests of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower, whether certificated or uncertificated; (iii) other Investment Property of any Grantor; (iv) warrants, options or other rights entitling any Grantor to acquire any interest in Equity Interests or other securities of such Subsidiaries or any other Person; (v) Partnership and LLC Collateral; (vi) Instruments; (vii) securities, property, interest, dividends and other payments and distributions issued as an addition to, in redemption of, in renewal or exchange for, in substitution or upon conversion of, or otherwise on account of, any of the foregoing; (viii) certificates and instruments now or hereafter representing or evidencing any of the foregoing; (ix) rights, interests and Claims with respect to the foregoing, including under any and all related agreements, instruments and other documents, and (x) cash and non-cash proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case whether presently existing or owned or hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located, and as from time to time received or receivable by, or otherwise paid or distributed to or acquired by, any Grantor.
“Pledged Collateral Agreements” has the meaning specified in Section 5(q)(i).
“Pledged Shares” means all of the issued and outstanding shares of Equity Interests, whether certificated or uncertificated, of the Borrower’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, including each Subsidiary identified on Schedule 3 (as amended or supplemented from time to time).
“Proceeds Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(c).
“Rights to Payment” means any and all of any Grantor’s Accounts and any and all of any Grantor’s rights and Claims to the payment or receipt of money or other forms of consideration of any kind in, to and under or with respect to its Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Proceeds and Supporting Obligations.
“Secured Obligations” means all Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement), whether in respect of indebtedness, liabilities or other obligations of the Grantors to any Secured Party under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Notes and each other Loan Document, including all unpaid principal of the Loans, all interest accrued thereon, all fees due under the Credit Agreement, and all other amounts payable by any Grantor to any Secured Party, and, in each case, whether now existing or hereafter arising, and whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, and including interest that accrues after the commencement by or against any Obligor of any Insolvency Proceeding naming such Obligor as the debtor in such proceeding.
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(c) Terms Defined in the NY UCC. Where applicable and except as otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the NY UCC; provided that to the extent that the NY UCC is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles of the NY UCC, the definition of such term contained in (and ascribed thereto in) Article 9 shall govern.
(d) Interpretation. The rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Agreement and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2 Security Interest.
(a) Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of such Grantor’s personal property, wherever located and whether now existing or owned or hereafter acquired or arising, including the following property (collectively, the “Collateral”): (i) all Accounts; (ii) all Chattel Paper; (iii) all Commercial Tort Claims; (iv) all Deposit Accounts (except for any Donor Account (as Defined in the Credit Agreement)); (v) all Documents; (vi) all Equipment; (vii) all General Intangibles; (viii) all Instruments; (ix) all Inventory; (x) all Investment Property; (xi) all Letter-of-Credit Rights; (xii) all other Goods; (xiii) all Intellectual Property Collateral (xiv) all money; (xv) all Pledged Collateral; and (xvi) all products, Proceeds and Supporting Obligations of any and all of the foregoing; provided, in no event will the Collateral include any Excluded Property.
(b) Grantors Remain Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable under any Contracts included in the Collateral, to the extent set forth therein, to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of the rights granted to the Administrative Agent hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under any such Contracts included in the Collateral, and (iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such Contracts included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such Contract included in the Collateral.
(c) Continuing Security Interest; Ratable Benefit. Each Grantor agrees that this Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral which shall remain in effect until terminated in accordance with Section 25, and such security has been granted to the Administrative Agent on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.
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SECTION 3 Perfection and Priority.
(a) Financing Statements, Etc.. Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file at any time and from time to time any financing statements describing the Collateral, and each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, and each Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file (with or without such Grantor’s signature), at any time and from time to time, all amendments to financing statements, continuation financing statements, termination statements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements, assignments, fixture filings, affidavits, reports, notices and all other documents and instruments, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may reasonably request, to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall from time to time take the actions specified in subsections (b) through (j) below.
(b) Delivery of Pledged Collateral. Each Grantor hereby agrees to deliver to or for the account of the Administrative Agent, at the address and to the Person to be designated by the Administrative Agent, the certificates, instruments and other writings representing any Pledged Collateral, which shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If any Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any Pledged Collateral after the date hereof, such Grantor shall accept the foregoing as the agent for the Administrative Agent, shall hold it in trust for the Administrative Agent, shall segregate it from other property or funds of such Grantor, and shall promptly deliver the same and all certificates, instruments and other writings representing such Pledged Collateral forthwith to or for the account of the Administrative Agent, at the address and to the Person to be designated by the Administrative Agent, which shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Instrument Collateral. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Grantor may retain for collection in the ordinary course any Instruments received by such Grantor in the ordinary course of business, and the Administrative Agent shall, promptly upon request of such Grantor, make appropriate arrangements for making any other Instruments pledged by such Grantor available to the payor of any such Instrument for purposes of presentation, collection or renewal (any such arrangement to be effected, to the extent required under applicable Law to continue to have perfected the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Instruments, against trust receipt or like document).
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(d) Transfer of Security Interest Other Than by Delivery. If for any reason Pledged Collateral cannot be delivered to or for the account of the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 3(b), each applicable Grantor shall promptly take such other steps as may be necessary or as shall be reasonably requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent to effect a transfer of a perfected first priority security interest in and pledge of the Pledged Collateral to the Administrative Agent for itself and on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties pursuant to the NY UCC. To the extent practicable, each such Grantor shall thereafter deliver the Pledged Collateral to or for the account of the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 3(b).
(e) Intellectual Property Collateral.
(i) Each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, such Intellectual Property Security Agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and record such Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the U.S. Copyright Office or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, and each Grantor shall take such other action as may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(ii) Following the creation or other acquisition of any Intellectual Property Collateral by any Grantor after the date hereof which is registered or becomes registered or the subject of an application for registration with the U.S. Copyright Office or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, such Grantor shall include details of such newly created or acquired Intellectual Property Collateral on the next Compliance Certificate provided under Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement, and thereafter, Schedule 2 shall be deemed modified to include any Intellectual Property Collateral which becomes part of the Collateral and which was not included on Schedule 2 as of the date hereof and the Administrative Agent may record such Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the U.S. Copyright Office or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, and each Grantor shall take such other action as may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may reasonably request, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(f) Documents, Etc. Each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, or an agent designated by it, appropriately endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment, all Documents and Chattel Paper, and all other Rights to Payment at any time evidenced by promissory notes, trade acceptances or other instruments, the aggregate value for which exceeds $1,000,000, to the extent not already delivered hereunder pursuant to this Section 3.
(g) Bailees. Any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) at any time and from time to time holding all or any portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to, and shall, hold the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, the Administrative Agent. At any time and from time to time, the Administrative Agent may give notice to any such Person holding all or any portion of the Collateral that such Person is holding the Collateral as the agent and bailee of, and as pledge holder for, the Administrative Agent, and obtain such Person’s written acknowledgment thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor will join with the Administrative Agent in notifying any Person who has possession of any Collateral of the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein and obtaining an acknowledgment from such Person that it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of the Administrative Agent.
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(h) Control. Each Grantor will cooperate with the Administrative Agent in obtaining control (as defined in the NY UCC) of Collateral consisting of any Deposit Accounts (other than the Donor Account), Investment Property, Electronic Chattel Paper, or Letter-of-Credit Rights (other than Electronic Chattel Paper or Letter-of-Credit Rights having a value in excess of $250,000, individually, or $1,000,000, in the aggregate), including delivery of Control Agreements, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Collateral.
(i) Additional Subsidiaries. In the event that any Grantor acquires rights in any Subsidiary after the date hereof and such Subsidiary is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement, such applicable Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed pledge supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B (the “Pledge Supplement”), together with all schedules thereto, reflecting such new Subsidiary and the Pledged Collateral related to such Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the security interest of the Administrative Agent shall attach to the Pledged Collateral related to such Subsidiary immediately upon any Grantor’s acquisition of rights therein and shall not be affected by the failure of any Grantor to deliver a Pledge Supplement.
(j) Purchase Money Security Interests. To the extent any Grantor uses the proceeds of any of the Secured Obligations to purchase Collateral, such Grantor’s repayment of the Secured Obligations shall apply on a “first-in, first-out” basis so that the portion of the Secured Obligations used to purchase a particular item of Collateral shall be paid in the chronological order in which such Grantor purchased the Collateral.
(k) Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees that, at its own expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all other commercially reasonable actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect, preserve and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or enable the Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.
SECTION 4 Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:
(a) Location of Chief Executive Office and Collateral. Each Grantor’s chief executive office and principal place of business (as of the date of this Agreement) is located at the address set forth in Schedule 1, and all other locations (as of the date of this Agreement) where each Grantor conducts business or Collateral is kept are set forth in Schedule 1.
(b) Locations of Books. All locations where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of each Grantor are kept, including all equipment necessary for accessing such Books and the names and addresses of all service bureaus, computer or data processing companies and other Persons keeping any Books or collecting Rights to Payment for each Grantor, are set forth in Schedule 1.
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(c) Jurisdiction of Organization and Names. Each Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization is set forth in Schedule 1; and each Grantor’s exact legal name is as set forth in the signature pages of this Agreement. All trade names and trade styles under which each Grantor presently conducts its business operations are set forth in Schedule 1, and, except as set forth in Schedule 1, no Grantor has at any time in the past: (i) been known as or used any other corporate, trade or fictitious name; (ii) changed its name; (iii) been the surviving or resulting corporation in a merger or consolidation; or (iv) acquired through asset purchase or otherwise any business of any Person.
(d) Collateral. Each Grantor has rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral, and the relevant Grantor is the sole and complete owner of the Collateral (or, in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time such Grantor acquires rights in such Collateral, will be the sole and complete owner thereof), free from any Lien other than Permitted Liens.
(e) Enforceability; Priority of Security Interest. (i) This Agreement creates a security interest which is enforceable against the Collateral in which each Grantor now has rights and will create a security interest which is enforceable against the Collateral in which each Grantor hereafter acquires rights at the time such Grantor acquires any such rights; and (ii) the Administrative Agent has a perfected and first priority security interest in the Collateral in which each Grantor now has rights, and will have a perfected and first priority security interest in the Collateral in which each Grantor hereafter acquires rights at the time such Grantor acquires any such rights, in each case, for the Administrative Agent’s own benefit and for the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties, subject to Permitted Liens and securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations.
(f) Other Financing Statements. Other than (i) financing statements pertaining to Permitted Liens and (ii) financing statements in favor of the Administrative Agent for itself and on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, no effective financing statement naming any Grantor as debtor, assignor, grantor, mortgagor, pledgor or the like and covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office in any jurisdiction.
(g) Rights to Payment.
(i) The Rights to Payment of each Grantor represent valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the account debtors or other Persons obligated thereon, representing undisputed, bona fide transactions completed in accordance with the terms and provisions contained in any documents related thereto, and are and will be genuine and what they purport to be;
(ii) no Grantor has assigned any of its rights under any of its Rights to Payment except as provided in this Agreement or as set forth in the other Loan Documents;
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(iii) all Rights to Payment of each Grantor comply in all material respects with all applicable Law concerning form, content and manner of preparation and execution;
(iv) to the best of each Grantor’s knowledge, all account debtors and other obligors on the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are solvent and generally paying their debts as they become due, except to the extent that such Grantor has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP or as disclosed to the Administrative Agent; and
(v) no Grantor has knowledge of any fact or circumstance which would materially impair the validity or collectability of any of the Rights to Payment of such Grantor.
(h) Inventory. No Inventory is stored with any bailee, warehouseman or similar Person or on any premises leased to any Grantor, no such Inventory has been consigned to such Grantor or consigned by such Grantor to any Person, nor is any such Inventory held by such Grantor for any Person under any “bill and hold” or other arrangement, except (i) to the extent that the aggregate value of such Inventory does not exceed $1,000,000 and (ii) as otherwise set forth in Schedule 1.
(i) Equipment. None of the Equipment is leased from or to any Person, except (i) to the extent that the aggregate fair market value of such Equipment does not exceed $1,000,000 or (ii) as set forth at Schedule 1 or as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
(j) Instrument Collateral. (i) No Grantor has previously assigned any interest in any Instruments held by such Grantor (other than (i) any Instruments for which the aggregate value does not exceed $1,000,000 or (i) any interests that will be released on or before the date hereof), (ii) no Person other than such Grantor owns an interest in such Instruments (whether as joint holders, participants or otherwise), and (iii) no material default exists under or in respect of such Instruments.
(k) Pledged Shares, Partnership and LLC Collateral and other Pledged Collateral. (i) All of the Pledged Shares and Partnership and LLC Collateral of each Grantor have been, and upon issuance any additional Pledged Collateral consisting of Pledged Shares, Partnership and LLC Collateral or any other securities of each Grantor, will be, duly and validly issued, and are and will be fully paid and non-assessable, subject in the case of Partnership and LLC Collateral to future assessments required under applicable Law and any applicable partnership or operating agreement, (ii) each Grantor is or, in the case of any such additional Pledged Collateral will be, the legal record and beneficial owner thereof, (iii) there are no restrictions on the transferability of such Pledged Collateral or such additional Pledged Collateral to the Administrative Agent or with respect to the foreclosure, transfer or disposition thereof by the Administrative Agent, except as provided under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws, (iv) the Pledged Shares and Partnership and LLC Collateral of each Grantor constitute 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Equity Interests of all directly and indirectly owned Subsidiaries of such Grantor, and no securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of Equity Interests of any such Subsidiary, or any options, warrants or other commitments entitling any Person to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Equity Interests of any such Subsidiary, are issued and outstanding, (v) any and all Pledged Collateral Agreements which affect or relate to the voting or giving of written consents with respect to any of the Pledged Shares pledged by each Grantor, and any and all other Pledged Collateral Agreements relating to the Partnership and LLC Collateral of each Grantor, have been disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (vi) as to each such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to the Partnership and LLC Collateral of each Grantor, (A) such agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, (B) there exists no material violation or material default under any such agreement by any Grantor or, to the best knowledge of each Grantor party thereto, the other parties thereto and (C) no Grantor has knowingly waived or released any of its material rights under or otherwise consented to a material departure from the terms and provisions of any such agreement.
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(l) Control Agreements. No Control Agreements exist with respect to any Collateral held by any Grantor other than any Control Agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent.
(m) Letter-of-Credit Rights. The Grantors do not have any Letter-of-Credit Rights except (i) to the extent that the aggregate value of such Letter-of-Credit Rights does not exceed $1,000,000 or (ii) as otherwise set forth in Schedule 1.
(n) Commercial Tort Claims. The Grantors do not have any Commercial Tort Claims, except (i) to the extent the aggregate value of such Commercial Tort Claims does not exceed $1,000,000 or (ii) as otherwise set forth in Schedule 1.
(o) Leases. Such Grantor is not and will not become a lessee under any real property lease or other agreement governing the location of Collateral at the premises of another Person pursuant to which the lessor or such other Person may obtain any rights in any of the Collateral (except as permitted under the Loan Documents), and no such lease or other such agreement now prohibits, restrains, impairs or will prohibit, restrain or impair such Grantor’s right to remove any Collateral from the premises at which such Collateral is situated, except for the usual and customary restrictions contained in such leases of real property.
SECTION 5 Covenants. So long as any of the Secured Obligations remain unsatisfied or any Lender shall have any Commitment, each Grantor agrees that:
(a) Defense of Collateral. Such Grantor will appear in and defend any action, suit or proceeding which may adversely affect to a material extent its title to, or right or interest in, or the Administrative Agent’s right or interest in, the Collateral.
(b) Preservation of Collateral. Such Grantor will do and perform all reasonable acts that may be necessary and appropriate to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral.
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(c) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Such Grantor will comply in all material respects with all Laws, and all policies of insurance, relating in a material way to the possession, operation, maintenance and control of the Collateral.
(d) Location of Books and Chief Executive Office. Such Grantor will: (i) keep all Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor at the locations set forth in Schedule 1; and (ii) give at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of (A) any changes in any location where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are kept, including any change of name or address of any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person preparing or maintaining any such Books or collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor or (B) any changes in the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or principal place of business.
(e) Location of Collateral. Such Grantor will: (i) keep the Collateral held by such Grantor at the locations set forth in Schedule 1 or at such other locations as may be disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (ii) and will not remove any such Collateral from such locations (other than in connection with sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business, other dispositions permitted by Section 5 and movements of Collateral from one disclosed location to another disclosed location within the United States), except upon at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice of any removal to the Administrative Agent; and (ii) give the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice of any change in the locations set forth in Schedule 1.
(f) Change in Name, Identity or Structure. Such Grantor will give at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of (i) any change in name, (ii) any change in its jurisdiction of organization, and (iii) any change in its registration as an organization (or any new registration), including any change to its type of organization or corporate structure; provided that such changes are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents and that Grantor shall not change its jurisdiction of organization to a jurisdiction outside of the United States.
(g) Maintenance of Records. Such Grantor will keep separate, accurate and complete, in all materials respects, Books with respect to the Collateral held by such Grantor. Such Grantor will not surrender or lose possession of (other than to the Administrative Agent), sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any of the Collateral held by such Grantor or any right or interest therein except to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents; provided that no such disposition or transfer of Investment Property or Instruments shall be permitted while any Event of Default exists.
(h) Leased Premises; Collateral Held by Warehouseman, Bailee, Etc. At the Administrative Agent’s request, each Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any collateral access, subordination, landlord waiver, bailment, consent and estoppel agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require (each, a “Third Party Consent”), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from (x) each Person from whom such Grantor leases any premises and (y) from each other Person (including any bailee, warehouseman or similar Person) at whose premises any Collateral held by such Grantor is at any time present (except to the extent that the aggregate value of such Collateral, when taken together with any other Collateral that is not subject to Third Party Consent, does not exceed $1,000,000); provided that such landlord waiver shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto and such bailee letter shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent shall not make a request of any of the Persons described in clause (x) hereof to the extent that the Collateral.
(i) Rights to Payment. Each Grantor will:
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(i) if any Accounts in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000 per fiscal year arise from Contracts with the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and execute any documents and instruments and take any other steps reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order that all monies due and to become due thereunder shall be assigned to the Administrative Agent and notice thereof given to the federal authorities under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act;
(ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (A) at any time notify all or any designated portion of the account debtors and other obligors on the Rights to Payment of such Grantor of the security interest hereunder, and (B) upon request of Administrative Agent, notify the account debtors and other obligors on the Rights to Payment or any designated portion thereof that payment shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent or to such other Person or location as the Administrative Agent shall specify; and
(iii) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, establish such lockbox or similar arrangements for the payment of the Accounts and other Rights to Payment of such Grantor as the Administrative Agent shall require.
(j) Instruments, Investment Property, Etc. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Grantor will (i) immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent, or an agent designated by it, appropriately endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment, all Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper and certificated securities with respect to any Investment Property held by such Grantor, all letters of credit of such Grantor, and all other Rights to Payment held by such Grantor at any time evidenced by promissory notes, trade acceptances or other instruments, (ii) cause any securities intermediaries to show on their books that the Administrative Agent is the entitlement holder with respect to any Investment Property held by such securities intermediary on behalf of such Grantor, and/or obtain Control Agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent from such securities intermediaries, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to any such Investment Property, as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) provide such notice, obtain such acknowledgments and take all such other action, with respect to any Chattel Paper, Documents and Letter-of-Credit Rights held by such Grantor, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify.
(k) Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Each Grantor will (i) give the Administrative Agent immediate notice of the establishment of any new Deposit Account, any new Securities Account, and of any new Commodity Account established by such Grantor with respect to any Investment Property held by such Grantor and (ii) obtain Control Agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent with respect to such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(l) Intellectual Property Collateral. Each Grantor will:
(i) except to the extent otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents, not allow or suffer any Intellectual Property Collateral held by such Grantor to become abandoned, nor any registration thereof to be terminated, forfeited, expired or dedicated to the public, except as shall be reasonable and appropriate in accordance with prudent business practice;
(ii) following the end of each fiscal quarter (and, in any event, within the time period set forth in Section 8.02(i) of the Credit Agreement) give the Administrative Agent notice of any acquired or registered Intellectual Property Collateral; and
(iii) diligently prosecute all applications for patents, copyrights and trademarks, and file and prosecute any and all continuations, continuations-in-part, applications for reissue, applications for certificate of correction and like matters as shall be reasonable and appropriate in accordance with prudent business practice, and, except to the extent otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents, promptly and timely pay any and all maintenance, license, registration and other fees, taxes and expenses incurred in connection with any Intellectual Property Collateral held by such Grantor.
(m) Notices, Reports and Information. Each Grantor will (i) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, notify the Administrative Agent of any other modifications of or additions to the information contained in Schedule 1 (including any acquisition or holding of an interest in any Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims and Letter of Credit Rights), (ii) upon the delivery of a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 8.01(c) of the Credit Agreement, notify the Administrative Agent of any material Claim made or asserted against the Collateral by any Person and of any change in the composition of the Collateral or other event which could materially adversely affect the value of the Collateral or the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon; and (iii) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, make such demands and requests for information and reports as such Grantor is entitled to make in respect of the Collateral.
(n) Shareholder Agreements and Other Agreements.
(i) Each Grantor shall comply in all material respects with all of its obligations under any shareholders agreement, operating agreement, partnership agreement, voting trust, proxy agreement or other agreement or understanding (collectively, the “Pledged Collateral Agreements”) to which it is a party and shall enforce all of its rights thereunder.
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(ii) Each Grantor will take all actions necessary to cause each such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to Partnership and LLC Collateral to provide specifically at all times that: (A) no such Partnership and LLC Collateral shall be a security governed by Article 8 of the NY UCC or any other applicable state’s Uniform Commercial Code; and (B) no consent of any member, manager, partner or other Person shall be a condition to the admission as a member or partner of any transferee (including the Administrative Agent) that acquires ownership of such Partnership and LLC Collateral as a result of the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any remedy hereunder or under applicable Law. Additionally, each Grantor agrees that no such Partnership and LLC Collateral (A) shall be dealt in or traded on any securities exchange or in any securities market, (B) shall constitute an investment company security, or (C) shall be held by such Grantor in a Securities Account.
(iii) No Grantor shall vote to enable or take any other action to: (A) amend or terminate, or waive compliance with any of the terms of, any such Pledged Collateral Agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents in any way that materially changes the rights of any Grantor with respect to any such Pledged Collateral in a manner adverse to the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties or that adversely affects the validity, perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein.
SECTION 6 Rights to Payment and Pledged Collateral.
(a) Collection of Rights to Payment. Until the Administrative Agent exercises its rights hereunder to collect any Rights to Payment of any Grantor, each Grantor shall endeavor in the first instance diligently to collect all amounts due or to become due on or with respect to the Rights to Payment held by such Grantor. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, all remittances received by each Grantor shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent and, in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions, remitted to the Administrative Agent or deposited to an account with the Administrative Agent in the form received (with any necessary endorsements or instruments of assignment or transfer).
(b) Pledged Collateral. Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred, each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain for its own account any cash dividend on or other cash distribution or payment, if any, in respect of the Pledged Collateral, to the extent consistent with the Credit Agreement; provided that, except in connection with transactions permitted under Section 9.03 or Section 9.09 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor shall not be entitled to receive (i) cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed in redemption of, or in exchange for or in substitution of, any Pledged Collateral held by such Grantor, or (ii) dividends and other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any such Pledged Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution of any Person whose ownership interests constitute Pledged Collateral or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in-surplus or any other type of recapitalization involving any such Person. At the request of the Administrative Agent, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive all distributions and payments of any nature with respect to any Pledged Collateral, and all such distributions or payments received by such Grantor shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent and, in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions, remitted to the Administrative Agent or deposited to an account with the Administrative Agent in the form received (with any necessary endorsements or instruments of assignment or transfer). Following the occurrence of an Event of Default any such distributions and payments with respect to any such Pledged Collateral held in any Securities Account shall be held and retained in such Securities Account, in each case as part of the Collateral hereunder. Additionally, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, following prior written notice to any applicable Grantor, to vote and to give consents, ratifications and waivers with respect to any Pledged Collateral held by such Grantor, and to exercise all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining thereto, as if the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to exercise any of the foregoing rights afforded to it and shall not be responsible to such Grantor or any other Person for any failure to do so or delay in doing so.
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(c) Voting Prior to an Event of Default. Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred, each Grantor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Collateral held by such Grantor and to give consents, ratifications and waivers in respect thereof, and shall retain the power to control the direction, management and policies of any Person comprising such Pledged Collateral to the same extent as such Grantor would if such Pledged Collateral were not pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement; provided that no vote shall be cast or consent, waiver or ratification given or action taken which could reasonably be expected to have the effect of materially impairing the position or interest of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties in respect of such Pledged Collateral or which would alter the voting rights with respect to the stock or other ownership interest in or of any such Person or be inconsistent with or violate any provision of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Documents. If applicable, such Grantor shall be deemed the beneficial owner of all such Pledged Collateral for purposes of Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act and agrees to file all reports required to be filed by beneficial owners of securities thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each Grantor all such proxies and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and other rights which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to this subsection (c) and to receive the distributions which it is authorized to receive and retain pursuant to this subsection (c).
(d) Certain Other Administrative Matters. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may cause any of the Pledged Collateral to be transferred into its name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (subject to the revocable rights specified in this Section 6). The Administrative Agent shall at all times have the right to exchange uncertificated Pledged Collateral for certificated Pledged Collateral, and to exchange certificated Pledged Collateral for certificates of larger or smaller denominations, for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.
SECTION 7 Authorization; Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. In addition to (and not in limitation of) any other right or remedy provided to the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to, in the name of any Grantor, or in the name of the Administrative Agent or otherwise, without notice to or assent by any such Grantor, and each Grantor hereby constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and any of the Administrative Agent’s officers or employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to:
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(a) file any of the financing statements which must be filed to perfect or continue perfected, maintain the priority of, or provide notice of, the Administrative Agent’s Lien in the Collateral;
(b) take possession of and endorse any notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other forms of payment or security and collect any Proceeds of any Collateral;
(c) sign and endorse any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral, warehouse or storage receipts, drafts against customers or other obligors, assignments, notices of assignment, verifications and notices to customers or other obligors;
(d) notify the U.S. Postal Service and other postal authorities to change the address for delivery of mail addressed to such Grantor to such address as the Administrative Agent may designate; and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, establish with any Person lockbox or similar arrangements for the payment of the Rights to Payment of such Grantor;
(e) receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to such Grantor;
(f) send requests for verification of Rights to Payment to the customers or other obligors of such Grantor;
(g) contact, or direct such Grantor to contact, all account debtors and other obligors on the Rights to Payment of such Grantor and instruct such account debtors and other obligors to make all payments directly to the Administrative Agent;
(h) assert, adjust, sue for, compromise or release any claims under any policies of insurance;
(i) exercise dominion and control over, and refuse to permit further withdrawals from, any Deposit Accounts of such Grantor maintained with the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other Person;
(j) notify each Person maintaining lockbox or similar arrangements for the payment of the Rights to Payment of such Grantor to remit all amounts representing collections on such Rights to Payment directly to the Administrative Agent;
(k) ask, demand, collect, receive and give acquittances and receipts for any and all Rights to Payment of such Grantor, enforce payment or any other rights in respect of the Rights to Payment and other Collateral, grant consents, agree to any amendments, modifications or waivers of the agreements and documents governing such Rights to Payment and other Collateral, and otherwise file any Claims, take any action or institute, defend, settle or adjust any actions, suits or proceedings with respect to the Collateral, as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral, to collect the Collateral or to enforce the rights of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Collateral;
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(l) execute any and all applications, documents, papers and instruments necessary for the Administrative Agent to use the Intellectual Property Collateral and grant or issue any exclusive or non-exclusive license or sublicense with respect to any Intellectual Property Collateral;
(m) execute any and all endorsements, assignments or other documents and instruments necessary to sell, lease, assign, convey or otherwise transfer title in or dispose of the Collateral;
(n) execute and deliver to any securities intermediary or other Person any entitlement order or other notice, document or instrument which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to maintain, protect, realize upon and preserve the Deposit Accounts and Investment Property of such Grantor and the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein; and
(o) execute any and all such other documents and instruments, and do any and all acts and things for and on behalf of such Grantor, which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary to maintain, protect, realize upon and preserve the Collateral and the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.
The Administrative Agent agrees that, except upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it shall not exercise the power of attorney, or any rights granted to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to clauses (b) through (n). The foregoing power of attorney is coupled with an interest and irrevocable so long as the Lenders have any Commitments or the Secured Obligations have not been paid and performed in full. Each Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by Law, all that the Administrative Agent shall lawfully and in good faith do or cause to be done by virtue of and in compliance with this Section 7.
SECTION 8 Agent Performance of Grantor Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have the right (but not any obligation) to perform or pay any obligation which any Grantor has agreed to perform or pay under or in connection with this Agreement, and such Grantor shall reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for any documented amounts paid, or costs incurred, by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.
SECTION 9 Agent’s Duties. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to exercise any of the rights, privileges or powers afforded to it and shall not be responsible to any Grantor or any other Person for any failure to do so or delay in doing so. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care to assure the safe custody of Collateral in the Administrative Agent’s possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or liability to exercise or preserve any rights, privileges or powers pertaining to the Collateral.
SECTION 10 Remedies.
(a) Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the NY UCC and other applicable Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that:
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(i) The Administrative Agent may peaceably and without notice enter any premises of such Grantor, take possession of any Collateral, remove or dispose of all or part of the Collateral on any premises of such Grantor or, subject to any necessary consent of any bailee, warehouseman or similar Person, elsewhere or, in the case of Equipment, render it nonfunctional, and otherwise collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon all or any part of the Collateral, and demand, give receipt for, settle, renew, extend, exchange, compromise, adjust or sue for all or any part of the Collateral, as the Administrative Agent may determine.
(ii) The Administrative Agent may require such Grantor to assemble all or any part of the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent, at any place and time designated by the Administrative Agent.
(iii) The Administrative Agent may use or transfer any of such Grantor’s rights and interests in any Intellectual Property Collateral, by license, by sublicense (to the extent permitted by an applicable license) or otherwise, on such conditions and in such manner as the Administrative Agent may determine.
(iv) The Administrative Agent may secure the appointment of a receiver of the Collateral or any part thereof (to the extent and in the manner provided by applicable Law).
(v) The Administrative Agent may withdraw (or cause to be withdrawn) any and all funds from any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodity Account.
(vi) The Administrative Agent may sell, resell, lease, use, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Collateral in its then condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing (utilizing in connection therewith any of such Grantor’s assets, without charge or liability to the Administrative Agent therefor) at public or private sale, by one or more Contracts, in one or more parcels, at the same or different times, for cash or credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, all as the Administrative Agent deems advisable; provided that such Grantor shall be credited with the net proceeds of a sale only when such proceeds are finally collected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and each of the other Secured Parties shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the extent permitted by Law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which right or equity of redemption such Grantor hereby releases, to the extent permitted by Law. The Administrative Agent shall give such Grantor such notice of any public or private sale as may be required by the UCC or other applicable Law. Such Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be unable to make a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Collateral, by reason of prohibitions contained in applicable securities laws or otherwise, and expressly agrees that a private sale to a restricted group of purchasers for investment and not with a view to any distribution thereof shall be considered a commercially reasonable sale.
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(vii) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to clean up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Administrative Agent has no obligation to attempt to satisfy the Secured Obligations by collecting them from any other Person liable for them and the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may release, modify or waive any Collateral provided by any other Person to secure any of the Secured Obligations, all without affecting the Administrative Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s rights against such Grantor. Such Grantor waives any right it may have to require the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to pursue any third Person for any of the Secured Obligations. The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Administrative Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Administrative Agent may specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the like. This procedure will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. If the Administrative Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, such Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser, received by the Administrative Agent and applied to the indebtedness of the purchaser. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Administrative Agent may resell the Collateral and the Grantors shall be credited with the proceeds of the sale.
(b) License. For the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise its rights and remedies under this Section 10 or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, an irrevocable, non-exclusive and assignable license (exercisable without payment or royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property Collateral.
(c) Proceeds Account. To the extent that any of the Secured Obligations may be contingent, unmatured or unliquidated at such time as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may, at its election, (i) retain the proceeds of any sale, collection, disposition or other realization upon the Collateral (or any portion thereof) in a special purpose non-interest-bearing restricted deposit account (the “Proceeds Account”) created and maintained by the Administrative Agent for such purpose (which shall constitute a Deposit Account included within the Collateral hereunder) until such time as the Administrative Agent may elect to apply such proceeds to the Secured Obligations, and each Grantor agrees that such retention of such proceeds by the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed strict foreclosure with respect thereto; (ii) in any manner elected by the Administrative Agent, estimate the liquidated amount of any such contingent, unmatured or unliquidated Claims and apply the proceeds of the Collateral against such amount; or (iii) otherwise proceed in any manner permitted by applicable Law. Each Grantor agrees that the Proceeds Account shall be a blocked account and that upon the irrevocable deposit of funds into the Proceeds Account, such Grantor shall not have any right of withdrawal with respect to such funds. Accordingly, each Grantor irrevocably waives until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 25 the right to make any withdrawal from the Proceeds Account and the right to instruct the Administrative Agent to honor drafts against the Proceeds Account.
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(d) Application of Proceeds. The cash proceeds actually received from the sale or other disposition or collection of any Grantor’s Collateral, and any other amounts received in respect of such Collateral the application of which is not otherwise provided for herein, shall be applied as provided in Section 3.03(d) of the Credit Agreement. Any surplus thereof which exists after payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations shall be promptly paid over to such Grantor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the UCC or other applicable Law. Each Grantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties for any deficiency which exists after any sale or other disposition or collection of Collateral.
SECTION 11 Certain Waivers. Each Grantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (i) any right of redemption with respect to the Collateral, whether before or after sale hereunder, and all rights, if any, of marshalling of the Collateral or other collateral or security for the Secured Obligations; (ii) any right to require the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties (w) to proceed against any Person, (x) to exhaust any other collateral or security for any of the Secured Obligations, (y) to pursue any remedy in the Administrative Agent’s or any of the other Secured Parties’ power, or (z) to make or give any presentments, demands for performance, notices of nonperformance, protests, notices of protests or notices of dishonor in connection with any of the Collateral; and (iii) all Claims, damages, and demands against the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, retention, sale or application of the proceeds of any sale of the Collateral, except for the gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative Agent or any of the other Secured Parties.
SECTION 12 Notices. All notices, requests, instructions, directions and other communications provided for herein (including any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including by telecopy or email) delivered, if to any of the parties hereto, as specified in the Credit Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or therein, all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt of a legible copy thereof, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid. All such communications provided for herein by telecopy shall be confirmed in writing promptly after the delivery of such communication (it being understood that non-receipt of written confirmation of such communication shall not invalidate such communication).
SECTION 13 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
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SECTION 14 Costs and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) Costs and Expenses. In addition to the payment and reimbursement obligations set forth in Section 14.03(a) of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any of its Affiliates and any other Secured Party (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for such Person), and shall pay all reasonable and documented fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of such Person, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section 14, (B) in connection with the Secured Obligations, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Secured Obligations, and including in or in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding, and (C) in connection with the protection, sale or collection of, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, including all reasonable and documented expenses of taking, collecting, holding, sorting, handling, preparing for sale, selling, or the like, and other such expenses of sales and collections of Collateral, and (ii) all title, appraisal, survey, audit, environmental inspection, consulting, search, recording, filing and similar costs, fees and expenses incurred or sustained by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the Collateral.
(b) Indemnification. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, hereby indemnifies each Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 14.03(b) of the Credit Agreement, mutatis mutandis. This Section 14 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, Claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax Claim.
(c) Payment. All amounts due under this Section 14 shall be due payable upon demand therefor.
(d) Interest. Any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party under this Section 14 or otherwise under this Agreement if not paid upon demand shall bear interest from the date of such demand until paid in full, at the rate of interest set forth in Section 3.02(b) of the Credit Agreement.
(e) Survival. The agreements in this Section 14 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all Secured Obligations.
SECTION 15 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each Grantor, the Administrative Agent, each Secured Party, each Indemnified Party referred to in Section 14, and their respective successors and assigns and shall bind any Person who becomes bound as a debtor to this Agreement.
SECTION 16 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction; provided that Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law shall apply.
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SECTION 17 Submission to Jurisdiction.
(a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Grantor agrees that any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party or any judgment entered by any court in respect thereof may be brought initially in the federal or state courts in New York, New York or in the courts of its own corporate domicile and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court for the purpose of any such suit, action, proceeding or judgment. This Section 17 is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only and, as a result, the Secured Parties shall not be prevented from taking proceedings in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by any Law, the Secured Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
(b) Waiver of Venue. Each Grantor irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by Law any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and hereby further irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by Law any Claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. A final judgment (in respect of which time for all appeals has elapsed) in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which such Grantor is or may be subject, by suit upon judgment.
(c) Alternative Process. Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability of the Secured Parties to serve any process or summons in any manner permitted by any Law.
SECTION 18 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
SECTION 19 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, including any confidentiality (or similar) agreements. EACH GRANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IN DECIDING TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR IN TAKING OR NOT TAKING ANY ACTION HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER, IT HAS NOT RELIED, AND WILL NOT RELY, ON ANY STATEMENT, REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OF OR WITH THE LENDERS OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. This Agreement shall not be amended except by the written agreement of the parties as provided in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 20 Severability. If any provision hereof is found by a court to be invalid or unenforceable, to the fullest extent permitted by any Law the parties agree that such invalidity or unenforceability shall not impair the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
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SECTION 21 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (in PDF format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 22 Incorporation of Provisions of the Credit Agreement. To the extent the Credit Agreement contains provisions of general applicability to the Loan Documents, including any such provisions contained in Section 14 of the Credit Agreement, such provisions are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 23 No Inconsistent Requirements. Each Grantor acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may contain covenants and other terms and provisions variously stated regarding the same or similar matters, and agrees that all such covenants, terms and provisions are cumulative and all shall be performed and satisfied in accordance with their respective terms.
SECTION 24 Accession. At such time following the date hereof as any Person (an “Acceding Grantor”) is required to accede hereto pursuant to the terms of Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement, such Acceding Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an accession agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A (an “Accession Agreement’), signifying its agreement to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement as a Grantor to the same extent as if such Acceding Grantor had originally executed this Agreement as of the date hereof. ).
SECTION 25 Termination. Upon the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders and payment and performance in full of all Secured Obligations, the security interests created by this Agreement shall automatically terminate and the Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Grantor such documents and instruments reasonably requested by such Grantor as shall be necessary to evidence the termination of all security interests given by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
GRANTOR: | |
ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC. | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary |
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ADMA BIO CENTERS GEORGIA INC. | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
ADMA BIOMANUFACTURING, LLC | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
ADMA PLASMA BIOLOGICS, INC. | |
By: /s/ Brian Lenz | |
Name: Brian Lenz | |
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Security Agreement]
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: | |
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS II, LP | |
By: PERCEPTIVE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES GP, LLC, its general partner | |
By: /s/ Sandeep Dixit | |
Name: Sandeep Dixit | |
Title: Chief Credit Officer | |
By: /s/ Sam Chawla | |
Name: Sam Chawla | |
Title: Portfolio Manager |
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ADMA Biologics Enters Into $72.5 Million Loan Facility with Perceptive Advisors
Provides Funding to Support Ongoing Activities Including Inventory Ramp, Plant Expansion, Product Launch and Plasma Collection Center Development
RAMSEY, N.J. and BOCA RATON, FL., – February 12, 2019 – ADMA Biologics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADMA) (“ADMA” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated commercial biopharmaceutical and specialty immunoglobulin company that manufactures, markets and develops specialty plasma-derived biologics for the treatment of immune deficiencies and the prevention of certain infectious diseases, announces that it has entered into a senior secured term loan facility with Perceptive Advisors (“Perceptive”) for up to $72.5 million under two funding tranches. The first loan facility tranche from Perceptive of $45 million was used to prepay ADMA’s former senior secured credit facility of $30 million in full plus associated costs and fees. The second loan facility tranche from Perceptive of $27.5 million is predicated on United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval of either the BIVIGAM® Prior Approval Supplement or the RI-002 Biologics License Application and is available at ADMA’s election through June 30, 2020, with a minimum draw down of $10 million. The Perceptive loan facility provides for an interest only period through the entire duration of the loan facility maturing in March 2022, as well as a more favorable interest rate as compared to ADMA’s former senior secured credit facility. Additionally, the new Perceptive loan facility does not include any back-end fees.
“This funding from Perceptive comes at an opportune time for ADMA as we continue to move forward seeking approval for our immunoglobulin products BIVIGAM® and RI-002,” stated Adam Grossman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ADMA. “As an existing equity holder in ADMA, Perceptive has an appreciable understanding of our business, and we believe that providing this loan facility demonstrates their confidence in our business and future prospects. This access to capital, combined with the potential FDA approvals of our product candidates, will allow us to increase our manufacturing activities, initiate building additional plasma collection centers, and prepare for the potential commercialization of BIVIGAM® and RI-002 this year.”
“Perceptive shares ADMA’s vision of developing specialty immunoglobulin therapeutics, and is pleased to provide additional capital to support the Company’s product launch plans and growth strategy,” stated Sam Chawla, Portfolio Manager at Perceptive. “The Company has made significant progress since acquiring the Boca Raton, FL manufacturing facility in 2017, including the improvement of the facility’s compliance status and obtaining new intellectual property for its proprietary product candidates. We look forward to ADMA’s progress, and our ability to fund the Company to drive important business objectives.”
The Perceptive credit agreement has an interest only term with a maturity date of March 1, 2022. Borrowings under the Perceptive credit agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 7.5% plus the greater of one-month LIBOR and 3.5%. ADMA will also issue a warrant to Perceptive priced at a 115% premium to purchase 1,360,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
The debt financing disclosed in this press release is not all inclusive and, as such, the statements in this press release are qualified in their entirety by reference to the description of the debt financing transaction and corresponding exhibits which are included in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed concurrently with this press release by ADMA with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About
ADMA Biologics, Inc. (ADMA)
ADMA Biologics is a vertically integrated commercial biopharmaceutical company that manufactures, markets and develops specialty
plasma-based biologics for the treatment of Primary Immune Deficiency Disease (“PIDD”) and the prevention and treatment
of certain infectious diseases. ADMA's mission is to develop and commercialize plasma-derived, human immune globulins targeted
to niche patient populations for the treatment and prevention of certain infectious diseases. The target patient populations include
immune-compromised individuals who suffer from an underlying immune deficiency disease, or who may be immune-compromised for other
medical reasons. ADMA has received U.S. Patents 9,107,906, 9,714,283, 9,815,886 and 9,969,793 related to certain aspects of its
lead product candidate, RI-002. For more information, please visit www.admabiologics.com.
About Perceptive Advisors
Founded in 1999 and based in New York, NY, Perceptive Advisors is an investment management firm with over $3 billion in assets whose activities are focused on supporting the progress of the life sciences industry by identifying opportunities and directing financial resources to the most promising technologies in healthcare. For more information about Perceptive, visit www.perceptivelife.com.
About BIVIGAM®
BIVIGAM® is an intravenous immune globulin indicated for the treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency. This includes, but is not limited to, agammaglobulinemia, common variable immunodeficiency, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and severe combined immunodeficiency. These primary immunodeficiencies (“PI”) are a group of genetic disorders. Initially thought to be very rare, it is now believed that as many as 250,000 people in the U.S. have some form of PI. BIVIGAM® contains a broad range of antibodies similar to those found in normal human plasma. These antibodies are directed against bacteria and viruses, and help to protect PIDD patients against serious infections. BIVIGAM® is a purified, sterile, ready-to-use preparation of concentrated polyclonal Immunoglobulin (“IgG”) antibodies. Antibodies are proteins in the human immune system that work to defend against infections and disease. FDA’s initial approval for BIVIGAM® was received by Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“BPC” or “Biotest”) on December 19, 2012, and production of BIVIGAM® was halted by Biotest in December 2016. ADMA Biologics obtained ownership and all rights, title and interest in BIVIGAM® on June 6, 2017 as part of the Biotest Therapy Business Unit (“BTBU”) asset acquisition and resumed the production of BIVIGAM during the fourth quarter of 2017.
About RI-002
ADMA's lead portfolio product candidate, RI-002, which has demonstrated positive Phase III pivotal clinical trial data, is a specialty plasma-derived, polyclonal, intravenous immune globulin (“IVIG”) derived from human plasma containing naturally occurring polyclonal antibodies (e.g., Streptococcus pneumoniae, H. influenza type B, cytomegalovirus (“CMV”), measles, tetanus, etc.) as well as plasma from donors tested to have high levels of neutralizing antibodies to respiratory syncytial virus (“RSV”). ADMA is pursuing an indication for the use of this specialty polyclonal IVIG product for treatment of patients diagnosed with PIDD. Polyclonal antibodies are the primary active component of IVIG products. Polyclonal antibodies are proteins that are used by the body's immune system to neutralize microbes, such as bacteria and viruses and prevent against infection and disease. Data review which has been published in peer reviewed journals indicates that the polyclonal antibodies present in RI-002 support its ability to prevent infections in immune-compromised patients. This data and other information about RI-002 or ADMA Biologics products can be found on the Company website at: www.admabiologics.com. RI-002 is protected by U.S. Patents: 9,107,906, 9,714,283, 9,815,886 and 9,969,793, the latter of which affords the Company patent exclusivity for the use of an immune globulin as a prevention and/or treatment for any type of respiratory infection.
About Primary Immune Deficiency Disease (PIDD)
PIDD is a class of inherited genetic disorders that causes an individual to have a deficient or absent immune system. According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 350 different genetic mutations encompassing PIDD. Some disorders present at birth or in early childhood, the disorders can affect anyone regardless of age or gender. Some affect a single part of the immune system, others may affect one or more components of the system. PIDD patients are vulnerable to infections and more likely to suffer complications from these infections as compared to individuals with a normal functioning immune system. The infections may occur in any part of the body. As patients suffering from PIDD lack a properly functioning immune system, they typically receive monthly treatment with polyclonal immune globulin products. Without this exogenous antibody replacement, these patients would remain vulnerable to persistent and chronic infections. PIDD has an estimated prevalence of 1:1,200 in the United States, or approximately 250,000 people in the U.S.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, about ADMA Biologics, Inc. ("we“, “our” or the “Company”). Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate, or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain the words "estimate," “project,” "intend," “forecast,” "target,” ”anticipate,” “plan,” “planning,” “expect,” “believe,” “will," “is likely,” “will likely,” “should,” “could,” "would," "may," or, in each case, their negative, or words or expressions of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements also include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our plans to develop, manufacture, market, launch and expand our own commercial infrastructure and commercialize our current products and future products, the safety, efficacy and expected timing of, and our ability to, obtain and maintain regulatory approvals of our current products and product candidates, and the labeling or nature of any such approvals, the success of our work with our third party vendors and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) in furtherance of and progress towards an approval of our Biologics License Application for specialty plasma-based biologics and the ability of such third parties to respond adequately or in a timely manner to the issues raised by the FDA, our ability to successfully pursue commercialization and prelaunch activities, the timeframe within which we may receive approval from the FDA for specialty plasma-based biologics, if at all, the potential of our specialty plasma-based biologics to provide meaningful clinical improvement for patients living with Primary Immune Deficiency Disease or other indications, our ability to realize increased prices for plasma growth in the plasma collection industry and our expectations for future capital requirements and availability of future capital. Actual events or results may differ materially from those described in this document due to a number of important factors. Current and prospective security holders are cautioned that there also can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation or warranty by ADMA or any other person that the objectives and plans of ADMA will be achieved in any specified time frame, if at all. Except to the extent required by applicable laws or rules, ADMA does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or to announce revisions to any of the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, and the timing of certain events, to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, and any amendments thereto.
COMPANY CONTACT:
Brian Lenz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |201-478-5552 | www.admabiologics.com
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:
Jeremy Feffer
Managing Director, LifeSci Advisors, LLC | 212-915-2568 |