EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT Securities Purchase Agreement

 

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 19, 2010, by and among Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 324 South Hyde Park Avenue, Suite 350, Tampa, Florida (the “Company”), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

WHEREAS:

A. On November 10, 2008 (the “Petition Date”), Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Accentia”) and its subsidiaries, the Company, Analytica International, Inc., TEAMM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AccentRx, Inc., Accentia Specialty Pharmacy, Inc., Biovax, Inc., AutovaxID, Inc., Biolender, LLC and Biolender II, LLC (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330 (as amended, the “Bankruptcy Code”), with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division) (the “Bankruptcy Court”). Since the Petition Date, the Debtors have continued to operate their businesses and manage their properties as debtors in possession pursuant to Sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code. On November 13, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court entered its Order Granting Debtor’s Ex Parte Emergency Motion for Order Directing Joint Administration of Chapter 11 Cases Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 1015(b) in each of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases. Pursuant to the Joint Administration Order, the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases are being jointly administered for procedural purposes only under In re: Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 8:08-bk-17795-KRM.

B. The Company and each Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 364(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1933 Act.

C. The Company has authorized (i) a new series of secured convertible notes of the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 (the “Initial Notes”), which notes shall be convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) (the Initial Notes as converted, collectively, the “Initial Conversion Shares”), in accordance with the terms of the Initial Notes, and (ii) a new series of convertible notes of the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 (the “Exchange Notes” and, together with the Initial Notes, the “Notes”), which notes shall be convertible into the Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Notes (the Exchange Notes as converted, collectively, the “Exchange Conversion Shares” and, together with the Initial Conversion Shares, the “Conversion Shares”).

D. The Notes bear interest and, from time to time, may require the payment of a Make-Whole Amount, each of which, subject to certain conditions, may be paid in shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Interest Shares”).


 

E. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes, set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (which aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes for all Buyers shall be up to $8,000,000), (ii) Series A Warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 (the “Initial Series A Warrants”), representing the right to acquire up to that number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised, collectively, the “Initial Series A Warrant Shares”) and (iii) Series B Warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 (the “Initial Series B Warrants” and, together with the Initial Series A Warrants, the “Initial Warrants”), representing the right to acquire up to that number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised, collectively, the “Initial Series B Warrant Shares” and, together with the Initial Series A Warrant Shares, the “Initial Warrant Shares”). As used herein, the term “Series A Warrants” shall mean the Initial Series A Warrants and the Exchange Series A Warrants. As used herein, the term “Series B Warrants” shall mean the Initial Series B Warrants and the Exchange Series B Warrants.

F. On the Effective Date (as defined in the Company’s First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (as amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms, the Bankruptcy Code or the Federal Bankruptcy Procedure and local rules, the “Plan”)), the Initial Notes shall be mandatorily exchangeable and exchanged by each Buyer for an aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes being exchanged by each Buyer thereof plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Initial Notes.

G. On the Effective Date of the Plan, (i) the Initial Series A Warrants shall be mandatorily exchangeable and shall be exchanged by each Buyer for Series A Warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 (the “Exchange Series A Warrants”), representing the right to acquire the same number of shares of Common Stock as the unexercised Initial Series A Warrant Shares (the “Exchange Series A Warrant Shares” and, together with the Initial Series A Warrant Shares, the “Series A Warrant Shares”) and (ii) the Initial Series B Warrants shall be mandatorily exchangeable and shall be exchanged by each Buyer for Series B Warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 (the “Exchange Series B Warrants” and, together with the Exchange Series A Warrants, the “Exchange Warrants”), representing the right to acquire the same number of shares of Common Stock as the unexercised Initial Series B Warrant Shares (the “Exchange Series B Warrant Shares” and, together with the Initial Series B Warrant Shares, the “Series B Warrant Shares”). The Initial Warrants and the Exchange Warrants collectively are referred to herein as the “Warrants”. The Exchange Series A Warrant Shares and the Exchange Series B Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Exchange Warrant Shares” and the Series A Warrant Shares and the Series B Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares.”

H. Upon the exchange of (i) the Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes and (ii) the Initial Warrants for the Exchange Warrants, the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Warrants will be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and upon the issuance of the Exchange Conversion Shares and the Exchange Warrant Shares, such shares will be freely transferable without any restrictions or limitations and without the requirement to be registered under the 1933 Act.

 

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I. The Initial Notes will be secured by a first priority perfected security interest in a segregated blocked bank account (the “Account”) at Wells Fargo, National Association (the “Account Bank”) as evidenced by a Security Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 (as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Security Agreement”) and an account control agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2 (the “Account Control Agreement” and, together with the Security Agreement, the “Security Documents”).

J. The Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities”.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:

1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.

(a) Purchase of Initial Notes and Initial Warrants. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), (x) a principal amount of Initial Notes as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, (y) Initial Series A Warrants to acquire up to that number of Series A Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers and (z) Initial Series B Warrants to acquire up to that number of Series B Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers (the “Closing”).

(b) Closing. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date hereof (or such other date and time as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, at the offices of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

(c) Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants to be purchased by each such Buyer at the Closing (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name in column (6) of the Schedule of Buyers. Each Buyer shall pay $1,000 for each $1,000 of principal amount of Initial Notes and related Initial Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing. The Buyers and the Company agree that the Notes and the Warrants constitute an “investment unit” for purposes of Section 1273(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Buyers and the Company mutually agree that the allocation of the issue price of such investment unit between the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants in accordance with Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2(h) shall be an aggregate amount of $917,855 allocated to the Initial Warrants and the balance of the Purchase Price allocated to the Initial Notes, and neither the Buyers nor the Company shall take any position inconsistent with such allocation in any tax return or in any judicial or administrative proceeding in respect of taxes.

(d) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its Purchase Price to the Company for the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants to be issued and sold

 

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to such Buyer at the Closing (less, in the case of Empery Asset Master Ltd. (“Empery”), the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Account and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Initial Notes (allocated in the principal amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder along with the Initial Warrants (allocated in the amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is purchasing, in each case duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.

2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:

(a) Organization. Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

(b) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Notes and the Warrants and (ii) upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants (other than those Warrants exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except for sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act and in compliance with applicable state securities laws; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act, including pursuant to, or as permitted by, Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, and in compliance with applicable state securities laws. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer does not presently have any present intention, plan, arrangement, agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person (as defined in Section 3(s)) to distribute any of the Securities.

(c) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

(d) Experience of Such Buyer. Such Buyer, either alone or together with its representatives has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Buyer has considered and has discussed with such Buyer’s professional legal, tax, accounting and financial advisors, to the extent such Buyer has deemed necessary, the suitability of an investment in the Securities for such Buyer’s particular tax and financial situation and has determined that the Securities being purchased by such Buyer are a suitable investment for such Buyer. Such Buyer recognizes that an investment in the Securities involves substantial risks, including the possible loss of the entire amount of such investment.

(e) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the

 

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truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.

(f) Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by such Buyer. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have had the opportunity to read the Disclosure Materials (as defined below). The reports and materials filed or furnished by the Company under the 1934 Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, filed or furnished since January 1, 2010, are collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Documents” and, together with this Agreement and the Schedules to this Agreement, the “Disclosure Materials.” Such Buyer acknowledges that the Company makes no representation or warranty to Buyer other than as expressly made by Company in the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, with respect to any projections, estimates or budgets heretofore delivered or made available to such Buyer concerning future revenues, expenses, expenditures or results of operations.

(g) No Governmental Review. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

(h) No Legal, Tax or Investment Advice. Such Buyer understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to such Buyer in connection with the purchase of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Buyer has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities. Such Buyer understands that the Placement Agent has acted solely as the agent of the Company in the placement of the Securities and not of the Buyer, and that the Placement Agent makes no representation or warranty with regard to the merits of this transaction or as to the accuracy of any information such Buyer may have received in connection therewith. Such Buyer acknowledges that he, she or it has not relied on any information or advice furnished by or on behalf of the Placement Agent.

(i) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that except for the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Warrants, the Exchange Conversion Shares or the Exchange Warrant Shares, which will be freely transferable pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state

 

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securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person (as defined below) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(i).

(j) Legends. Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the Initial Conversion Shares and the Initial Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act, the stock certificates representing the Initial Conversion Shares and the Initial Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] [EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS THE HOLDER PROVIDES THE COMPANY WITH REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT SUCH

 

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SECURITIES CAN BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT (COLLECTIVELY, “RULE 144”) AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or (iii) the Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Securities are issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, such Securities shall not bear any restrictive legend, including, without limitation, the foregoing legend, and if any such a restrictive legend appears on any such Securities, such legend shall promptly be removed by the Company.

(k) Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

(l) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.

(m) Residency. Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.

 

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(n) Broker Fees. Such Buyer has not entered into any agreement or arrangement that would entitle any broker or finder to compensation by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities to such Buyer.

(o) No Advertisement. Such Buyer is not, to such Buyer’s knowledge, subscribing for the Securities as a result of or subsequent to any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar, meeting or conference whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

(p) Prohibited Transactions. Such Buyer has not, directly or indirectly, and no Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer has, engaged in any purchases or sales of any securities, including any derivatives, of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales (as defined below) involving any of the Company’s securities) (a “Transaction”) since the time that such Buyer was first contacted by the Company or any other Person regarding an investment in the Company. Such Buyer covenants that neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer will engage, directly or indirectly, in any Transactions prior to the time the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed. “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act (as defined below) and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, derivatives and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker-dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:

(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed, and has the requisite power and authorization to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means, other than as contemplated by the Chapter 11 Cases, any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or on the transactions contemplated hereby or on the other Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries except as set forth on

 

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Schedule 3(a). As used herein, “Subsidiaries” shall mean any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(a), each of the Subsidiaries (i) has no properties or assets, (ii) other than liabilities that will be extinguished pursuant to the Chapter 11 Cases, has no liabilities, (iii) shall be liquidated on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan, (iv) is not a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, and (v) from the date hereof until the Effective Date shall not conduct any business or operations, enter into any transaction, agreement or arrangement or incur any indebtedness or liabilities. The Company shall not form any Subsidiaries while any Initial Notes or Initial Warrants are outstanding.

(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. Subject only to Bankruptcy Court approval, the Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Lock-Up Agreements (as defined in Section 7(xii)), the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)), the Security Documents, and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Interest Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and, upon Bankruptcy Court approval, shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

(c) Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants are duly authorized and, upon issuance and payment therefor in accordance with this Agreement, shall be validly issued and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. As of the Closing, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance (the “Required Reserved Amount) which equals or exceeds the sum of (A) 130% of the aggregate of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (i) issuable upon conversion of the Notes, (ii) issuable as Interest Shares pursuant to the terms of the Notes; and (iii) issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrants and (B) 100% of the aggregate of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrants. Upon conversion or payment in accordance with the Notes or exercise in accordance with the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

 

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(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of any memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, any certificate of designations or other constituent documents of the Company, any capital stock of the Company or the articles of association or bylaws of the Company or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party, except to the extent that such conflict, default, termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, assuming the accuracy of the Buyers’ representations and warranties in Section 2, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the OTCQX market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. (the “Principal Market”)), and laws of the State of Delaware applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except to the extent that such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Consents. Except for Bankruptcy Court approval, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future. The issuance by the Company of the Securities shall not have the effect of delisting or suspending the Common Stock from the Principal Market.

(f) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)). The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar

 

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capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

(g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, placement agent fees payable to ROTH Capital Partners, LLC, as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with the sale of the Securities. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged the Placement Agent in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.

(h) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any of their affiliates or any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, it Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings for purposes of any such applicable stockholder approval provisions.

(i) Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the number of Interest Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes and its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, in each case, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

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(j) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.

(k) SEC Documents; Financial Statements. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(k), since August 16, 2010, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act. The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, except for such rules and regulations governing the timing of such filings, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective filing dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).

(l) Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l), since August 16, 2010, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company. Since September 30, 2009, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000.

(m) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Other than the Chapter 11 Cases, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced.

 

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(n) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. The Company is not in violation of any term of or in default under any certificate of designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company, its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (as such terms are defined below) or its organizational charter or memorandum of association or certificate of incorporation or articles of association or bylaws, respectively. The Company is not in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, and the Company shall not conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(n), during the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, (i) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (ii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market. The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.

(o) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor any affiliate, director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on its behalf has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

(p) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.

(q) Transactions With Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(q), none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company is presently a party to any material transaction with the Company (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of such officer, director or employee.

 

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(r) Equity Capitalization.

(i) As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 98,149,783 shares are issued and outstanding, 26,802,486 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option and purchase plans and 86,339,113 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the aforementioned options, the Notes and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock and (ii) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”), of which as of the date hereof, no shares are issued and outstanding, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option and purchase plans or reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Preferred Stock. All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance in accordance with their terms, will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(r): (A) none of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (B) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company; (C) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or by which the Company is or may become bound; (D) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company; (E) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act; (F) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company; (G) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (H) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (I) the Company has no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has furnished or made available to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

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(ii) The equity capitalization of the Company, immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the effectiveness of the Plan, will be as set forth in Schedule 3(r)(ii).

(s) Indebtedness and Other Contracts.

(i) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(s)(i), , the Company (A) has no outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (B) is not a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (C) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (D) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (1) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (2) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (3) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (4) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (5) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (6) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (7) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (8) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (1) through (7) above; (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

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(ii) The Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the effectiveness of the Plan, will be as set forth in Schedule 3(s)(ii), which Schedule shall contain a description of the material terms of any such Indebtedness.

(t) Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s officers or directors in their capacities as such, except as set forth in Schedule 3(t). The matters set forth in Schedule 3(t) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the business in which the Company is engaged. The Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v) Employee Relations.

(i) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement and does not employ any member of a union. The Company believes that its relations with its employees are good. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(v), no current executive officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company that such officer intends to leave the Company or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company. No executive officer of the Company, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, does not subject the Company to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.

(ii) The Company is in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) Title. The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple with respect to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company.

 

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(x) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company owns or possesses adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, original works of authorship, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct its business as now conducted. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(x), all of the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights and relevant applications therefor have been duly registered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or the equivalent offices of non-US jurisdictions where such Intellectual Property Rights are registrable with such governmental or other registration authority and are not subject to a pending registration application, and have been properly maintained in accordance with applicable law. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(x), none of the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated or have been abandoned or are expected to expire or terminate or are expected to be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, being threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights. The Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of its Intellectual Property Rights.

(y) Environmental Laws. The Company (i) is in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

(z) Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities, and for so long any Buyer holds any Securities, will not be, an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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(aa) Tax Status. The Company (i) has made or filed all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

(bb) Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act) that are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed in to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Since September 30, 2010, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant relating to any material weakness in any part of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(cc) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(dd) Collateral. No creditor of the Company has rights in or to the Account. The Exchange Notes shall constitute general unsecured obligations of the Company.

(ee) Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder, if any, will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

 

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(ff) Manipulation of Price. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result, or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) other than the Placement Agent, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) other than the Placement Agent, paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

(gg) Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity. It is understood and acknowledged by the Company that (i) none of the Buyers has been asked to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) any Buyer, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iii) each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares and/or the Warrant Shares are being determined and (b) such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants or any of the documents executed in connection herewith.

(hh) No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Buyer with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.

(ii) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, their business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the disclosure schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company in writing in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or its business,

 

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properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.

(jj) Shell Company Status. The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1).

(kk) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its financial results or prospects.

(ll) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

4. COVENANTS.

(a) Best Efforts. Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts timely to satisfy each of the covenants and the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

(b) Form D and Blue Sky. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers no later than five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.

(c) Reporting Status. Until the date on which the Buyers (or any transferee or assignee thereof) may sell all the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares and Warrant Shares under Rule 144 in any three month period, without any restrictions or limitations and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (the “Reporting Period”), the Company

 

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shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and during such Reporting Period, the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.

(d) [Intentionally Omitted].

(e) Financial Information. The Company agrees to send the following to each Buyer (or any transferee or assignee thereof) during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, any Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K (or any analogous reports under the 1934 Act) and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act and (ii) copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders. As used herein, “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(f) Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing of all such Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall maintain the authorization for quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market or any other Eligible Market (as defined in the Warrants). The Company shall not take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market unless the Company has previously secured the listing on another Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).

(g) Fees. The Company shall reimburse Empery (a Buyer) or its designee(s) (in addition to any other expense amounts paid to any Buyer or its counsel prior to the date of this Agreement) for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith, documentation and implementation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence in connection therewith) in an amount not to exceed $100,000 (the “Fee Cap”) if the Chapter 11 Case relating to the Company is uncontested; provided, that the Fee Cap shall not apply if the Chapter 11 Case relating to the Company becomes contested, which amount may be withheld by such Buyer from its Purchase Price at the Closing. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Placement Agent. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

 

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(h) Pledge of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a Buyer (or any transferee or assignee thereof) in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer (or any transferee or assignee thereof) effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(i) hereof; provided that a Buyer (or any transferee or assignee thereof) and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(i) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by a Buyer (or any transferee or assignee thereof).

(i) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on the fourth (4th) Business Day after this Agreement has been executed, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules and exhibits to this Agreement), the form of the Notes, the form of Warrants, the Security Documents and the form of Lock-Up Agreement as exhibits to such filing, all as required by the rules and regulations of the SEC (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC without the express prior written consent of such Buyer. If a Buyer has, or believes it has, received, without its prior written consent, any such material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates or agents, it may provide the Company with written notice thereof. The Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days (as defined in the Notes) of receipt of such notice, make public disclosure of such material, nonpublic information. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents for any such disclosure. To the extent that the Company, Subsidiary or any of its or their officers, directors, employees or agents delivers any material, non-public information to a Buyer without such Buyer’s consent, the Company, on

 

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behalf of it, its Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees and agents, hereby covenants and agrees that such Buyer shall not have any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without the prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates shall disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise, except as required by law or the rules and regulations of the SEC or other governmental authority.

(j) Collateral Agent.

(i) Each Buyer hereby (a) appoints Empery, as the collateral agent hereunder and under the Security Documents (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and (b) authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Buyer’s behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not have, by reason hereof or the Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Buyer. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees and agents shall have any liability to any Buyer for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection hereof or the Security Documents except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and each Buyer agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Collateral Agent Indemnitees”) from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from or in connection with the performance by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee of the duties and obligations of Collateral Agent pursuant hereto or any of the Security Documents.

(ii) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.

(iii) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the Notes and the Security Documents at any time by giving at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to the Company and each holder of the Notes. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent of appointment as provided below. Upon any such notice of resignation, the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding principal under the Notes shall appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the

 

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acceptance of the appointment as Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the Security Documents. After any Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 4(j) shall inure to its benefit. If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been so appointed within said ten (10) Business Day period, the retiring Collateral Agent shall then appoint a successor Collateral Agent who shall serve until such time, if any, as the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding principal under the Notes appoint a successor Collateral Agent as provided above.

(k) Additional Notes; Variable Securities. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Notes, the Company will not issue any Notes other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby.

(l) Corporate Existence. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company shall maintain its corporate existence and shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants.

(m) Reservation of Shares. So long as any Buyer owns any Securities, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times after the Stockholder Approval (as defined below) have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than the sum of (A) 130% of the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (i) upon conversion of the Notes, (ii) as Interest Shares pursuant to the terms of the Notes and (iii) upon exercise of the Series A Warrants then outstanding and (B) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrants then outstanding (in each case, without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Notes and Warrants, respectively). If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations under Section 3(c), in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount.

(n) Conduct of Business. The Company shall not file any registration statement for any of its or its Subsidiaries securities until thirty (30) days after all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares are freely transferable pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code without any restrictions or limitations.

(o) Additional Issuances of Securities.

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(1) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

(2) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(3) “Common Stock Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.

(ii) From the date hereof until sixty (60) days after the Effective Date (the “Trigger Date”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, file any registration statement with the SEC. From the date hereof until the Trigger Date, the Company will not, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries’ equity or equity equivalent securities, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during its life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (any such sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”) or (ii) be party to any solicitations, negotiations or discussions with regard to the foregoing.

(iii) From the Trigger Date until the later of: (a) the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and (b), if any Subsequent Placement is consummated following the Closing Date and prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date and a Buyer participates in such Subsequent Offering to the maximum extent permitted hereunder, solely with respect to such Buyer, the first anniversary of the consummation of such Subsequent Placement, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(o)(iii).

(1) At least two (2) Business Day prior to the consummation of any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company or its agent shall contact each Buyer and ask whether such Buyer is willing to receive material non-public information (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”); provided that neither the Company nor any of its agents shall provide any material non-public information with respect to the Company to any Buyer without the express written consent of such Buyer to receive such material non-public information. Upon the written request of each Buyer no later than one (1) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of such Pre-Notice, and only upon the written request by such Buyer, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Business Day after such request, deliver via facsimile and email to the applicable facsimile number and email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, to each Buyer an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued,

 

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sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known and unless prohibited in writing by such persons or entities) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Buyers, in the aggregate, no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Offered Securities issued, sold or exchanged in such Subsequent Placement, allocated among such Buyers based on each Buyer’s pro rata percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased hereunder (the “Basic Amount”).

(2) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the first (1st) Business Day after the Company’s delivery of the Offer Notice via facsimile and email to the applicable facsimile number and email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, provided that confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated, as the case may be, and kept on file by the Company (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the percentage of such Buyer’s Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase (the “Notice of Acceptance”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company desires to materially modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period (other than the number or amount of Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged), the Company may deliver to the Buyers a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the first (1st) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.

(3) The Company shall have ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above (i) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Buyers (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”) but only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice (without first delivering to each Buyer a new Offer Notice) and (ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (b) either (x) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto; provided, however, that if the Offered Securities are to be sold pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1933 Act, such period shall be extended to the earlier of (i) three (3) Business Days following such registration statement being declared effective by the SEC and (ii) fifteen (15) Business Days after the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates or agents delivered material nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Buyer in connection with an applicable Offer.

 

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(4) [Intentionally Omitted]

(5) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of any Offered Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Buyers, the percentage of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Buyers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Buyers of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyers and their respective counsel.

(6) Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Buyers or other persons in accordance with Section 4(o)(iii)(3) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

(7) The Company and the Buyers agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the Offer neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provisions whereby any Buyer shall be required to agree to any restrictions in trading as to any securities of the Company owned by such Buyer prior to such Subsequent Placement.

(8) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(o) and unless otherwise agreed to by the Buyers, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Buyers that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case in such a manner such that the Buyers will not be in possession of material non-public information, by the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following the Offer Period. If by the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following the Offer Period no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by the Buyers, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Buyers shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide each Buyer with another Offer Notice and each Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4(o)(iii). The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice (other than the delivery of an Offer Notice contemplated pursuant to Section 4(o)(iii)(3)) to the Buyers in any 60 day period.

(iv) The restrictions contained in subsections (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4(o) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities. As used herein, “Excluded Securities” shall mean any Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in

 

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connection with any Approved Stock Plan, (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants or conversion of the Notes; provided that the terms of the Warrants or Other Notes (as defined in the Notes) are not amended, modified or changed on or after the date hereof other than pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Warrant and other than pursuant to any anti-dilution provisions of the Note, the Other Notes and the Warrants; (iii) upon conversion or exercise of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date hereof; provided that the exercise prices or conversion prices of such Options or Convertible Securities are not decreased and the number of shares issuable upon exercise or conversion are not increased other than in accordance with their terms on or after the date hereof, (iv) in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic business transactions (including, without limitation, license, distribution or development partnerships) or joint ventures, in each case with non-affiliated third parties and otherwise on an arm’s-length basis, the purpose of which is not to raise additional capital; provided that any Common Stock issued or issuable in connection with any transaction contemplated by this clause (iv) that is either (A) attributable to capital raising for the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than nominal amounts of capital or (B) to raise capital for the Company or its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, in connection with any transaction contemplated by this clause (iv), including, without limitation, securities issued in one or more related transactions or that result in similar economic consequences, shall not be deemed to be Excluded Securities and (v) pursuant to the Plan. As used herein, “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, officer, director, consultant or advisor for services provided to the Company; provided, however, that in the case of any issuance to of securities to any consultant or advisor of the Company, such securities are granted solely in consideration of the provision of bona fide services to the Company relating to the Company’s business or operations and not in connection with services relating to a financing or similar activity.

(p) Successor Collateral Agent. The Company hereby covenants and agrees to take all actions as promptly as practicable reasonably requested by either the holder of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Notes or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), from time to time, to secure a successor Collateral Agent satisfactory to the Buyers, in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, by paying all fees of such successor Collateral Agent, by having the Company agree to indemnify any successor Collateral Agent and by the Company executing a collateral agency agreement or similar agreement and/or any amendment to the Security Documents reasonably requested or required by the successor Collateral Agent.

(q) Lock-Up. The Company shall not amend or waive any provision of any of the Lock-Up Agreements except to extend the term of the lock-up period and shall enforce the provisions of each Lock-Up Agreement in accordance with its terms. If any officer or director that is a party to a Lock-Up Agreement breaches any provision of a Lock-Up Agreement, the Company shall promptly use its best efforts to seek specific performance of the terms of such Lock-Up Agreement.

(r) Closing Documents. On or prior to fourteen (14) calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP executed copies of the Transaction Documents, Securities and other document required to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof or otherwise.

 

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(s) Bankruptcy Court Filing and Confirmation. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Bankruptcy Court to enter an order in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers confirming the Plan as soon as practicable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no later than five Business Days prior to the delivery of the draft confirmation order or any filing relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby to the Bankruptcy Court, the Company shall provide as copy of such draft confirmation order or other documents to the Buyers for their review and comment.

(t) Bankruptcy Court Order. The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time, seek, consent to or suffer to exist any reversal, modification, amendment, stay or vacation of any order approving the issuance of the Initial Notes and Initial Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents (the “Approval Order”), except for modifications and amendments agreed to by holders of at least two-thirds of the Initial Notes purchased on the Closing Date without any restrictions or limitations.

(u) Existence of Claims. The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time, suffer to exist a priority for any administrative expense or unsecured claim against the Company, including, without limitation, any administrative expenses of the kind specified in, or arising or ordered under, Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c) 726 and 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code equal or superior to the priority of the holders of the Initial Notes in the Account.

(v) Shares Freely Transferable. The Exchange Notes, the Exchange Warrants, the Exchange Conversion Shares and the Exchange Warrant Shares upon their issuance in connection with the consummation of the Plan shall be freely transferable and eligible for sale without any restriction or limitation and without the need for registration under any applicable federal and state securities laws pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.

(w) Market Activity. From and after the date hereof and until 11:59 p.m. on December 21, 2010, each Buyer and its affiliates shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any transactions involving “short sales” (as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the 1933 Act) or any transaction involving derivatives that would result in a “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the 1934 Act), in each case with respect to the Common Stock; provided, however, that nothing shall prevent any Buyer from taking any actions to use available shares to borrow in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future and nothing shall prevent or limit the sale of any Securities issued hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any Buyer that irrevocably elects to forego the adjustment to increase the Maximum Eligibility Number contemplated in the Series B Warrants.

(x) Exchange Notes and Exchange Warrants. On the Effective Date, the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants shall be mandatorily exchangeable and exchanged for the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Warrants, respectively. On the Effective Date, the Company shall issue and deliver the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Warrants to the holders of the Initial Notes and Initial Warrants. Within three (3) Trading Days following the delivery of the Exchange Notes and Exchange Warrants to each such holder, such holder shall deliver to the Company the Initial Notes and Initial Warrants held by such holder. Notwithstanding anything

 

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to the contrary contained in this Section, each Buyer’s obligation to exchange the Initial Notes and Initial Warrants for the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Warrants shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Effective Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof: (i) such Buyer shall have received a legal opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP, the Company’s outside counsel, dated as of the Effective Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit E-1 attached hereto, (ii) no Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) shall have occurred and no event shall have occurred that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default and (iii) the Company shall have executed and delivered to such Buyer the Reaffirmation Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit I attached hereto.

(y) Account. Upon deposit of the aggregate Purchase Price in the Account at Closing, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Buyers each covenant and agree that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(j) hereof, the Collateral Agent shall have sole authority and discretion to deliver instructions to Account Bank with respect to distributions from the Account. The Company, the Collateral Agent and the Buyers further agree that, so long as no Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) shall have occurred and no event shall have occurred that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default, upon the Effective Date, the Collateral Agent shall give instructions to the Account Bank to release to the Company all cash in the Account other than cash in an amount equal to any unpaid fees or expenses contemplated pursuant to Section 4(g) hereof, which may be withheld and paid to Empery or its counsel in satisfaction of any such fees or expense obligations. The Company hereby covenants and agrees to deliver to the Collateral Agent all information reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent and/or to assist the Collateral Agent in delivering instructions to the Account Bank with respect to distributions from the Account or otherwise.

5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.

(a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Notes and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the principal amount of Notes held by such Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.

(b) Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at the DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares and the Warrant Shares issued at the Closing or upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in such amounts as specified in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”). The Company warrants that

 

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no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(j) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(j), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares or Warrant Shares were issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code or such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer (or any transferee or assignee thereof), as the case may be, without any restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:

(i) Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

(ii) Such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the case of Empery, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) for the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Account.

(iii) The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

(i) The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (A) each of the Transaction Documents, (B) the Initial Notes (allocated in such principal amounts as such Buyer shall request), being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement and (C) the related Initial Warrants (allocated in such amounts as such Buyer shall request) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

(ii) Such Buyer and the Placement Agent shall have received the opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP, the Company’s outside counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit E-2 attached hereto.

(iii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.

(iv) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company in such entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

(v) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

(vi) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of the State of Delaware within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

(vii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.

(viii) The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date which shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the

 

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Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.

(ix) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a date within five days of the Closing Date.

(x) The Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Market.

(xi) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.

(xii) The Company shall have delivered to each Buyer a lock-up agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H executed and delivered by each of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Laurus Mutual Fund, Ltd, (In Liquidation) and its affiliate, Kathleen M. O’Donnell Trustee of the Francis E. O’Donnell Irrevocable Trust #1, Ronald E. Osman, Francis E. O’Donnell, Jr., Dennis Ryll and John Sitillides (collectively, the “Lock-Up Agreements”).

(xiii) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Final Approval Order (as defined in the Initial Notes), which shall approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents as well as the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Securities, and no stay of such order shall have been entered or, if entered, shall remain in effect. The order shall contain a finding that such Buyer is extending credit to the Company in good faith and a provision that such Buyer is entitled to all of the protections afforded by Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, such order shall contain a finding to the effect that: (i) the Transaction Documents have been negotiated in good faith and at arm’s-length between the Company and the Buyers, (ii) the terms of the Notes and the Warrants to be issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents are fair, reasonable, and reflect the Company’s exercise of sound and prudent business judgment consistent with its fiduciary duties, and (iii) that any loans and/or other financial accommodations made to the Company by the Buyers pursuant to the Transaction Documents and such order shall (A) be deemed to have been extended by the Buyers in good faith, as that term is used in Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, and the Buyers shall be entitled to all of the protections afforded thereby and (B) constitute reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the Notes and Warrants under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable non-bankruptcy law.

 

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(xiv) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.

8. TERMINATION. In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or before ten (10) Business Days from the date hereof due to the Company’s or such Buyer’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to any other party; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the non-breaching Buyers for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above.

9. MISCELLANEOUS.

(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. On or prior to the Effective Date, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Florida. From and after the Effective Date, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein arising on or prior to the Effective Date, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper, in each case for the period prior to the Effective Date. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein arising from and after the Effective Date, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper, in each case for the period following the Effective Date. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

(c) Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

(d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and holders of at least two-thirds of the Initial Notes purchased on the Closing Date, and any amendment to this Agreement made in accordance with this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.

 

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(f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

Biovest International, Inc.

324 S. Hyde Park Ave., Suite 350

Tampa, Florida 33606

Telephone:      (813) 864-2558

Facsimile:        (813) 258-6912

Attention:        President

With a copy to:

Foley & Lardner LLP

100 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2700

Tampa, Florida 33602

Telephone:      (813) 229-2300

Facsimile:        (813) 221-4210

Attention:        Curt P. Creely

With a copy to:

Stichter Riedel Blain & Prosser P.A.

110 E. Madison Street, Suite 200

Tampa, Florida 33602

Telephone:      (813) 229-0144

Facsimile:        (813) 229-1811

Attention:        Charles A. Postler

If to the Transfer Agent:

StockTrans, Inc.

44 West Lancaster Ave.

Ardmore, PA 19003

Telephone:      (610) 649-7300

Facsimile:        (610) 649-7302

Attention:        Operations

 

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If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Telephone:      (212) 756-2000

Facsimile:        (212) 593-5955

Attention:        Eleazer N. Klein, Esq.

E-mail:            eleazer.klein@srz.com

or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes or the Warrants. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes issued and issuable hereunder, including by way of a Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

(h) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

(i) Survival. Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

(j) Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(k) Indemnification. (i) In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (iii) any disclosure made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i) or (iv) the status of such Buyer as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be liable to any Buyer or related Indemnitee under this Agreement to the extent, but only to the extent, of any Indemnified Liability that is finally judicially determined to have been caused by (i) a breach by such Buyer of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Buyer in this Agreement or (ii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Buyer.

(ii) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 9(k) of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim for indemnification in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 9(k), deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Indemnitee to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnitee, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnitee and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnitee and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. Legal counsel referred to in the

 

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immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Buyers holding at least a two-thirds of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes issued and issuable hereunder. The Indemnitee shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Indemnified Liabilities by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnitee that relates to such action or Indemnified Liabilities. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnitee fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which (i) does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such Indemnified Liabilities or litigation, (ii) requires any admission of wrongdoing by such Indemnitee, or (iii) obligates or requires an Indemnitee to take, or refrain from taking, any action. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 9(k), except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

(iii) The indemnification required by this Section 9(k) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.

(iv) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (x) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the indemnifying party or others, and (y) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to applicable law.

(l) No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

(m) Remedies. Each Buyer and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.

 

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(n) Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

(o) Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration 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 enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

(p) Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges and each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

(q) Currency. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in United States Dollars. All amounts owing under this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall be paid in US dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted in the US dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into US dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the US dollar exchange rate as published in The Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BUYERS:
[BUYER]

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]


 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A-1

   Form of Initial Notes

Exhibit A-2

   Form of Exchange Notes

Exhibit B-1

   Form of Initial Warrants

Exhibit B-2

   Form of Exchange Warrants

Exhibit C-1

   Form of Security Agreement

Exhibit C-2

   Form of Account Control Agreement

Exhibit D

   Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

Exhibit E-1

   Form of Opinion of Company Counsel - Effective Date

Exhibit E-2

   Form of Opinion of Company Counsel - Closing

Exhibit F

   Form of Secretary’s Certificate

Exhibit G

   Form of Officer’s Certificate

Exhibit H

   Form of Lock-Up Agreement

Exhibit I

   Form of Reaffirmation Agreement

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 3(a)

   Subsidiaries

Schedule 3(k)

   SEC Documents

Schedule 3(l)

   Absence of Certain Changes

Schedule 3(n)

   Regulatory Permits

Schedule 3(p)

   Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 3(r)

   Equity Capitalization

Schedule 3(r)(ii)

   Pro Forma Equity Capitalization

Schedule 3(s)(i)

   Indebtedness and Other Contracts

Schedule 3(s)(ii)

   Pro Forma Indebtedness

Schedule 3(t)

   Absence of Litigation

Schedule 3(v)

   Employee Relations

Schedule 3(x)

   Intellectual Property Rights


Schedules (Omitted)


 

Exhibit A-1

[FORM OF DEBTOR IN POSSESSION SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE]

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS NOTE IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iv) AND 17(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iv) OF THIS NOTE.

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

DEBTOR IN POSSESSION SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

Issuance Date: [                ], 2010   Original Principal Amount: U.S. $[                ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and debtor in possession, hereby promises to pay to [BUYER] or registered assigns (the “Holder”) the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption, conversion or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the Interest Rate from the date identified above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon an Interest Date (as defined below), the Maturity Date, acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof). This Debtor in Possession Secured Convertible Note (including all Debtor in Possession Secured Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is one of an issue of Debtor in Possession Secured Convertible Notes (collectively, the “Notes” and such other Debtor in Possession Secured Convertible Notes, the “Other Notes”) issued on the Closing Date pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 30.


 

(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal and accrued and unpaid Interest. The “Maturity Date” shall be December 15, 2010, as may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default (as defined in Section 4(a)) shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) or any event shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default and (ii) through the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of a Change of Control in the event that a Change of Control is publicly announced or a Change of Control Notice (as defined in Section 5(b)) is delivered prior to the Maturity Date. Other than as specifically permitted by this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal and accrued and unpaid Interest.

(2) INTEREST; INTEREST RATE. (a) Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall be payable in arrears on the first calendar day of each succeeding month after the Issuance Date (each, an “Interest Date”) with the first Interest Date being December 1, 2010. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Date, to the record holder of this Note on the applicable Interest Date, in shares of Common Stock (“Interest Shares”) so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure; provided however, that the Company may, at its option following notice to the Holder, pay Interest on any Interest Date in cash (“Cash Interest”) or in a combination of Cash Interest and Interest Shares. The Company shall deliver a written notice to each holder of the Notes on or prior to the twenty-fifth (25th) Trading Day prior to the applicable Interest Date (the date such notice is delivered to all of the holders of Notes, the “Interest Notice Date”) which notice (i) either (A) confirms that Interest to be paid on such Interest Date shall be paid entirely in Interest Shares or (B) elects to pay Interest as Cash Interest or a combination of Cash Interest and Interest Shares and specifies the amount of Interest that shall be paid as Cash Interest and the amount of Interest, if any, that shall be paid in Interest Shares and (ii) certifies that the Equity Conditions are satisfied as of such Interest Notice Date; provided that the Company must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the Equity Conditions are not satisfied as of the Interest Notice Date, then unless the Company has elected to pay such Interest as Cash Interest, the Interest Notice shall indicate that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Interest shall be paid as Cash Interest. If the Equity Conditions were satisfied as of the Interest Notice Date but the Equity Conditions are no longer satisfied at any time prior to the Interest Date, the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect indicating that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Interest shall be paid as Cash Interest. Interest to be paid on an Interest Date in Interest Shares shall be paid in a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares (rounded up to the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3(a)) of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (1) the amount of Interest payable on such Interest Date less any Cash Interest paid on such Interest Date and (2) the Interest Conversion Price in effect on the applicable Interest Date.

(b) When any Interest Shares are to be paid on an Interest Date, the Company shall (i) (A) provided that the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of Interest Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent

 

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Commission system, or (B) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver on the applicable Interest Date, to the address set forth in the register maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement or to such address as specified by the Holder in writing to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Date, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Interest Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled and (ii) with respect to each Interest Date, pay to the Holder, in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount of any Cash Interest.

(c) From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall be increased to fifteen percent (15.0%) per annum. In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of cure of such Event of Default. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Interest Shares.

(3) CONVERSION OF NOTES. This Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.

(a) Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time or times on or after the date hereof, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.

(b) Conversion Rate. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the “Conversion Rate”).

(i) “Conversion Amount” means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made, and (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal.

(ii) “Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, $0.91, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

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(c) Mechanics of Conversion.

(i) Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company and the Transfer Agent and (B) if required by Section 3(c)(iv), surrender this Note to a common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable on or following such date (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the first (1st) Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to the Holder and the Transfer Agent. On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall (x) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion as required by Section 3(c)(iv) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

(ii) Make-Whole Amount Upon Conversion. In addition to the foregoing, on each Share Delivery Date, any applicable Make-Whole Amount on such Conversion Amount (the “Make-Whole Conversion Amount”) shall be paid to the Holder in shares of Common Stock (“Make-Whole Shares”) so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure; provided however, that the Company may, at its option following notice to the Holder, pay such Make-Whole Conversion Amount in cash (“Make-Whole Cash”) or in a combination of Make-Whole Shares and Make-Whole Cash. In the event that the Company desires to elect to pay any portion of its Make-Whole Conversion Amount as a Make-Whole Cash, then the Company shall deliver a written notice (“Make-Whole Notice”) to the Holder no later than one (1) Trading Day following the receipt of the Conversion Notice by the Company (the “Make-Whole Notice Date”), which notice elects to pay the Make-Whole Conversion Amount in the form of a Make-Whole Cash or a combination of a Make-Whole Cash and Make-Whole Shares and specifies the amount of the Make-Whole Conversion Amount that shall be paid as a Make-Whole Cash and the amount of Make-Whole Conversion Amount, if any, that shall be paid in Make-Whole Shares. If the Equity Conditions are not satisfied as of the

 

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Conversion Date, then unless the Company has elected to pay such Make-Whole Conversion Amount as a Make-Whole Cash, the Make-Whole Notice shall indicate that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Make-Whole Conversion Amount shall be paid in the form of a Make-Whole Cash. If the Equity Conditions were satisfied as of the Conversion Date but the Equity Conditions are no longer satisfied at any time prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect indicating that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Make-Whole Conversion Amount shall be paid in the form of a Make-Whole Cash. The Make-Whole Conversion Amount to be paid on such Share Delivery Date in Make-Whole Shares shall be paid in a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3(a)) equal to the quotient of (1) the Make-Whole Conversion Amount payable on the applicable Conversion Date less any Make-Whole Cash paid and (2) the Interest Conversion Price in effect on the applicable Conversion Date. Delivery of the Make-Whole Shares shall be made in the manner set forth in Section 2(b)(i) of this Note replacing the terms “Interest Shares” with “Make-Whole Shares” and “Interest Date” with “Share Delivery Date.”

(iii) Company’s Failure to Timely Convert. If the Company shall fail to issue a certificate to the Holder or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, as applicable, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon conversion of any Conversion Amount on or prior to the date which is three (3) Trading Days after the Conversion Date (a “Conversion Failure”), then (A) the Company shall pay damages to the Holder for each Trading Day of such Conversion Failure in an amount equal to 1.5% of the product of (1) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled, and (2) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Share Delivery Date and (B) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Note that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice; provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(iii) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of the facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon such holder’s conversion of any Conversion Amount, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within five (5) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.

 

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(iv) Registration; Book-Entry. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the principal amount of the Notes held by such holders (the “Registered Notes”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and Interest, if any, hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 17. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(c)(iv), a Holder may assign any Note or any portion thereof to an Affiliate of such Holder or a Related Fund of such Holder without delivering a request to assign or sell such Note to the Company and the recordation of such assignment or sale in the Register (a “Related Party Assignment”); provided, that (x) the Company may continue to deal solely with such assigning or selling Holder unless and until such Holder has delivered a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company for recordation in the Register; (y) the failure of such assigning or selling Holder to deliver a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company shall not affect the legality, validity, or binding effect of such assignment or sale; and (z) such assigning or selling Holder shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register (the “Related Party Register”) comparable to the Register on behalf of the Company, and any such assignment or sale shall be effective upon recordation of such assignment or sale in the Related Party Register. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting physical surrender and reissue of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal and Interest converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion.

(v) Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes. In the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one holder of Notes for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such portions of the Notes submitted for conversion, the Company, subject to Section 3(d), shall convert from each holder of Notes electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of such holder’s portion of its Notes submitted for conversion based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for conversion on such date by such holder relative to the aggregate

 

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principal amount of all Notes submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 22.

(d) Limitations on Conversions; Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note, and the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note pursuant to Section 3(a), to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Other Notes or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of this Section 3(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Notes. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

 

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(4) RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

(a) Event of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

(i) the Company’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal (including, without limitation, any redemption payments), Interest or other amounts when and as due under this Note or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to which the Holder is a party, except (x) the failure to pay Interest when and as due shall be an Event of Default only if such failure continues for a period of at least five (5) Business Days, and (y) the failure to pay any amount other than Principal and Interest when and as due shall be an Event of Default only if such failure continues for a period of at least five (5) Business Days after the Company knew or should reasonably have known after due inquiry of the obligation to pay any such amount;

(ii) any default under or acceleration prior to maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company in excess of $250,000, other than with respect to any Other Notes or any redemption of such Indebtedness prior to its maturity with respect to any default;

(iii) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $250,000 are rendered against the Company and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a creditworthy party shall not be included in calculating the $250,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment; provided that no payments made on account of allowed claims pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Plan of Reorganization and confirmation order entered by the Bankruptcy Court relating to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case shall constitute an Event of Default;

(iv) the Company breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant which is curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days;

(v) any breach or failure in any respect to comply with Section 14 of this Note;

(vi) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, on the date of the effectiveness of the Company’s Plan of Reorganization with respect to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case (“Chapter 11 Effectiveness”) after giving effect to the Chapter 11 Effectiveness, (A) issued or issuable shall, excluding the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the conversion or exercise of the Notes and Warrants, respectively, exceed 44,000,000 shares of Common Stock or (B) issued or issuable that are both (1) not subject to Lock-Up Agreements (as defined in the Securities Purchase

 

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Agreement) and (2) issuable within ninety (90) days of the Chapter 11 Effectiveness, shall, excluding the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the conversion or exercise of the Notes and Warrants, respectively, exceed 2,600,000 shares of Common Stock;

(vii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company outstanding on the date of Chapter 11 Effectiveness after giving effect to the Chapter 11 Effectiveness (other than the Notes) shall exceed the amount of Indebtedness set forth on the chart located at the end of Schedule 3(s)(ii) of the Securities Purchase Agreement;

(viii) the occurrence of any of the following in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case prior to the Effective Date:

(1) an interim order approving the issuance of the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents (the “Approval Order”) has not been entered on the docket for the Company’s Chapter 11 Case by October 13, 2010; and a final order approving the issuance of the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the Transaction Documents (the “Final Approval Order”) has not been entered on the docket for the Company’s Chapter 11 Case by October 29, 2010; and such Final Approval Order shall not have become final and non-appealable by November 12, 2010;

(2) the bringing of a motion or taking of any other action by the Company to obtain additional financing under Section 364(c) or (d) of the Bankruptcy Code not otherwise permitted pursuant to the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the Company may continue to obtain financing from Corps Real LLC consistent with orders already entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Case;

(3) the prosecution of any plan of reorganization or any direct or indirect amendment to such plan by the Company that does not provide for the issuance of the Common Stock to be delivered upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants;

(4) the entry of an order staying, reversing or vacating any of the Transaction Documents or the Approval Order, without the written consent of the Required Holders;

(5) the entry of an order amending, supplementing, or modifying any of the Transaction Documents or the Approval Order, without the written consent of the Required Holders or the filing of a motion for reconsideration by the Company with respect to the Approval Order;

(6) the statutory committee of unsecured creditors of the Company or any other party or entity shall prevail on a motion, pleading, complaint or action against any holder of Notes or otherwise prevail on an objection to any such holder’s claims or prevail on any similar pleading which seeks to affect any such holder’s claims;

 

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(7) the appointment of an interim or permanent trustee in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case or the appointment of a receiver or an examiner with expanded powers beyond those set forth under Sections 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code to operate or manage the financial affairs, the business, or reorganization of the Company;

(8) the dismissal of the Company’s Chapter 11 Case, or the conversion of such case from one under Chapter 11 to one under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the Company shall file a motion or other pleading seeking such conversion or dismissal of its Chapter 11 Case under Section 1112 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise;

(9) the entry of an order in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case avoiding or requiring repayment of any portion of the payments made on account of the Principal and Interest owing under the Notes;

(10) the failure of the Company to perform any of its obligations under the Approval Order;

(11) the entry of an order in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case granting any other superpriority administrative claim equal or superior to that granted to the Holders of Notes with respect to the Collateral, without the written consent of the Required Holders;

(12) the failure of the confirmation order approving the Company’s Plan of Reorganization to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, including, without limitation, providing for the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants as being freely transferable and eligible for sale without any restriction or limitation and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws, pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; or

(13) the Bankruptcy Court order confirming the Company’s Plan of Reorganization shall not have become a final order on or before November 15, 2010; provided such date shall be extended to the extent the delay is due to extensions granted or caused by the Bankruptcy Court (other than extensions requested by the Company); provided, further, that the parties may agree in writing to extend the November 15, 2010 deadline, or

(ix) any material provision of any Security Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Security Document;

 

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(x) any Security Document, after delivery thereof pursuant hereto, shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) for the benefit of the holders of the Notes on any Collateral; or

(xi) any Event of Default (as defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.

(b) Redemption Right. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (an “Event of Default Redemption”) all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the “Event of Default Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Event of Default Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to redeem. Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 110% of the sum of (i) any Make-Whole Amount and (ii) the greater of (x) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time as the Holder delivers an Event of Default Redemption Notice with respect to such Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the greatest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding such Event of Default and ending on the date the Holder delivers the Event of Default Redemption Notice (the “Event of Default Redemption Price”). Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 4(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any Event of Default redemption premium due under this Section 4(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

(5) RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION AND CHANGE OF CONTROL.

(a) Assumption. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such

 

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Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts and the interest rates of the Notes then outstanding held by such holder, having similar conversion rights and having similar ranking and security to the Notes, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Note. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

(b) Redemption Right. No sooner than fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control, but not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (a “Change of Control Notice”). At any time during the period beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending twenty (20) Trading Days after the date of the consummation of such Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (a “Change of Control Redemption”) all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (“Change of Control Redemption Notice”, and the date thereof, the “Change of Control Redemption Notice Date”) to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to require the Company to redeem. The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 110% of the sum of (i) any Make-Whole Amount and (ii) the greater of (x) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time as the Holder delivers a Change of Control Redemption Notice with respect to such Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the greatest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (1) the consummation of the Change of Control and (2) the public announcement of such Change of Control and ending on the date the Holder delivers the Change of Control Redemption Notice (the “Change of Control Redemption Price”). Redemptions required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 and shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with a Change of Control. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5,

 

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but subject to Section 3(d), until the Change of Control Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 5(b) (together with any interest thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 5(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any Change of Control redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

(6) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS; RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.

(a) Distribution of Assets. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distributions of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to any or all holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (the “Distributions”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that upon a conversion of this Note, the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such Distributions to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for such Distributions (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note).

(b) Purchase Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

(c) Other Corporate Events. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Note, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the

 

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Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Note initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

(7) RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER SECURITIES.

(a) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 7(a) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (excluding Excluded Securities and shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced concurrently with such Dilutive Issuance to (A) in the event that the Dilutive Issuance is completed at a time during which at least one-third of the Original Principal Amount of the Notes remains outstanding (the “Ratchet Period”), to the New Issuance Price, and (B) in the event that the Dilutive Issuance is completed at a time that less than one-third of the Original Principal Amount of the Notes remain outstanding, an amount determined by multiplying the Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction, (x) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company for such additional shares in the Dilutive Issuance would purchase at the Conversion Price then in effect; and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive Issuance but before giving effect to anti-dilution rights contained in other securities of the Company that would be triggered by the same Dilutive Issuance. For purposes of this paragraph, “Common Stock Deemed Outstanding” shall mean at any given time, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time, plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 7(a)(i) and 7(a)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or issuable upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Notes and the Warrants. For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion Price under this Section 7(a), the following shall be applicable:

(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the

 

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Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 7(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 7(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 7(a), no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options issued after the Subscription Date, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the Conversion Price at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional

 

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consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. Additionally, if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date is increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease, but in such event the amount of the adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 7 will not be proportionately greater than the proportionate amount of the increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.

(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company less any consideration paid or payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such security on the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

 

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(vi) Variable-Priced Securities. If the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with Section 7 is deemed to have issued or sold, any Options or Convertible Securities after the Issuance Date, that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, a “Variable Price Formulation”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (the “Variable Notice”) on the date of issuance or deemed issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company issues or is deemed to have issued any such Convertible Securities or Options with a Variable Price Formulation, but only for so long as such Convertible Securities or Options are outstanding, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute any applicable Variable Price Formulation for the Conversion Price upon the Conversion of this Note by designating in the Conversion Notice delivered upon any conversion of this Notes that solely for purposes of such conversion the Holder is relying on the Variable Price Formulation rather than the Conversion Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for a particular conversion of this Note shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for any future conversion of this Note. In connection with determining the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of any Option” pursuant to Section 7(a)(i) and the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of a Convertible Security” pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii), as such terms pertain solely to any Variable Price Formulation contained in any Option or Convertible Securities issued after the Issuance Date, such lowest price shall equal the lesser of (i) the fixed exercise, conversion or exchange price set forth in the applicable Option or Convertible Security and (ii) the Variable Price Formulation contained in the applicable Option or Convertible Security, calculated as if such Option or Convertible Security were converted, exercised or exchanged as of the date of issuance of the applicable Option or Convertible Security.

(b) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

(c) De Minimis Adjustments. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least $0.01 in such price; provided, however, that any adjustment which by reason of this Section 7(c) is not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustments

 

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under this Section 7. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made by the Company in good faith and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one hundredth of a share, as applicable. No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par value of the Company’s Common Stock.

(d) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Note reduce the then current Conversion Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

(8) NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note.

(9) RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES.

(a) Reservation. The Company shall initially reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock for each of the Notes equal to 130% of the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount of each such Note as of the Issuance Date. So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Notes, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Notes then outstanding; provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions) (the “Required Reserve Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Notes and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Notes based on the principal amount of the Notes held by each holder at the Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Notes shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Notes, pro rata based on the principal amount of the Notes then held by such holders.

(b) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while any of the Notes remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Notes at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Notes then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after

 

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the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall either (x) obtain the written consent of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock and provide each stockholder with an information statement with respect thereto or (y) hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.

(10) COMPANY’S RIGHT OF MANDATORY CONVERSION.

(a) Mandatory Conversion. At any time after the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Company’s Plan of Reorganization with respect to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case (the “Mandatory Conversion Eligibility Date”), if (i) the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock listed on the Principal Market equals or exceeds 150% of the Conversion Price as of the Issuance Date (subject to appropriate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions after the Issuance Date) for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days commencing after the Mandatory Conversion Eligibility Date (the “Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period”), and (ii) no Equity Conditions Failure has occurred, the Company shall have the right to require the Holder to convert all or any portion of the Conversion Amount then remaining under this Note, in each case as designated in the Mandatory Conversion Notice (as defined below) into fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof at the Conversion Rate as of the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined below) (a “Mandatory Conversion”). The Company may exercise its right to require conversion under this Section 10(a) by delivering within not more than two (2) Trading Days following the end of such Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period a written notice thereof by facsimile and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes and the Transfer Agent (the “Mandatory Conversion Notice” and the date all of the holders of the Notes received such notice by facsimile is referred to as the “Mandatory Conversion Notice Date”). The Mandatory Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable. The Mandatory Conversion Notice shall (y) state (I) the Trading Day selected for the Mandatory Conversion, which Trading Day shall be no sooner than twenty (20) Trading Days nor later than sixty (60) Trading Days following the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date (the “Mandatory Conversion Date”), (II) the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes subject to Mandatory Conversion from the Holder and all of the holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 10(a) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes), (III) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder on the Mandatory Conversion Date and (z) certify that there has been no Equity Conditions Failure; provided, however, that the Company may not effect a Mandatory Conversion under this Section in excess of the Holder Pro Rata Amount of the applicable Mandatory Conversion Volume Limitation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not effect a Mandatory Conversion until a minimum of thirty (30) consecutive days have elapsed after any prior Mandatory Conversion Date.

(b) Pro Rata Conversion Requirement. If the Company elects to cause a conversion of any Conversion Amount of this Note pursuant to Section 10(a), then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the

 

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Company elects a Mandatory Conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 10(a) (or similar provisions under the Other Notes) with respect to less than all of the Conversion Amounts of the Notes then outstanding, then the Company shall require conversion of a Conversion Amount from each of the holders of the Notes equal to the product of (1) the aggregate Conversion Amount of Notes which the Company has elected to cause to be converted pursuant to Section 10(a), multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by such holder of outstanding Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by all holders holding outstanding Notes (such fraction with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Conversion Allocation Percentage,” and such amount with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Pro Rata Conversion Amount”); provided, however, that in the event that any holder’s Pro Rata Conversion Amount exceeds the outstanding Principal amount of such holder’s Note, then such excess Pro Rata Conversion Amount shall be allocated amongst the remaining holders of Notes in accordance with the foregoing formula. In the event that the initial holder of any Notes shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Conversion Allocation Percentage and the Pro Rata Conversion Amount.

(11) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION AT THE COMPANY’S ELECTION.

(a) General. At any time after the date hereof, so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure, the Company shall have the right to redeem all or any portion of the Conversion Amount then remaining under this Note (the “Company Optional Redemption Amount”) as designated in the Company Optional Redemption Notice on the Company Optional Redemption Date (each as defined below) (a “Company Optional Redemption”). The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 11(a) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 110% of the sum of (x) any Make-Whole Amount and (y) the Conversion Amount being redeemed (the “Company Optional Redemption Price”). The Company may exercise its right to require redemption under this Section 11 by delivering a written notice thereof by facsimile and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes (the “Company Optional Redemption Notice” and the date all of the holders received such notice is referred to as the “Company Optional Redemption Notice Date”). Each Company Optional Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable. The Company Optional Redemption Notice shall state (1) the date on which the Company Optional Redemption shall occur (the “Company Optional Redemption Date”), which date shall not be less than thirty (30) Business Days nor more than sixty (60) Business Days following the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date, and (2) the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes which the Company has elected to be subject to Company Optional Redemption from the Holder and all of the other holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 11(a) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) on the Company Optional Redemption Date. The Company may not effect a Company Optional Redemption until a minimum of five (5) consecutive Trading Days have elapsed after any prior Company Optional Redemption Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11, until the Company Optional Redemption Price is paid in full, the Company Optional Redemption Amount may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holders into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. If the Holder so elects, any or all of the Conversion Amounts converted by the Holder after the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date shall reduce the Company Optional Redemption Amount of this Note required to be redeemed on the Company Optional Redemption Date. Redemptions made pursuant to this Section 11 shall be made in accordance with Section 12.

 

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(b) Pro Rata Redemption Requirement. If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 11(a), then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 11(a) (or similar provisions under the Other Notes) with respect to less than all of the Conversion Amounts of the Notes then outstanding, then the Company shall require redemption of a Conversion Amount from each of the holders of the Notes equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Conversion Amount of Notes which the Company has elected to cause to be redeemed pursuant to Section 11(a), multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by such holder of outstanding Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by all holders holding outstanding Notes (such fraction with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Company Redemption Allocation Percentage”, and such amount with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount”); provided, however that in the event that any holder’s Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount exceeds the outstanding Principal amount of such holder’s Note, then such excess Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount shall be allocated amongst the remaining holders of Notes in accordance with the foregoing formula. In the event that the initial holder of any Notes shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Company Redemption Allocation Percentage and Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount.

(12) REDEMPTIONS.

(a) Mechanics. The Company shall deliver the applicable Event of Default Redemption Price to the Holder within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Event of Default Redemption Notice (the “Event of Default Redemption Date”). If the Holder has submitted a Change of Control Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 5(b), the Company shall deliver the applicable Change of Control Redemption Price to the Holder (i) concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control if such notice is received prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of such notice otherwise (such date, the “Change of Control Redemption Date”). If the Company has submitted a Company Optional Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 11(a), the Company shall deliver the applicable Company Optional Redemption Price to the Holder on the Company Optional Redemption Date. In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Conversion Amount of this Note, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal which has not been redeemed. In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company by written notice to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Conversion Amount that was submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Redemption Price has not been paid. Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Conversion Amount, (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue

 

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a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) to the Holder representing such Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (z) the Conversion Price of this Note or such new Notes shall be adjusted to the lesser of (A) the Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided and (B) the lowest Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is delivered to or by the Company and ending on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided.

(b) Redemption by Other Holders. Upon the Company’s receipt of notice from any of the holders of the Other Notes for redemption or repayment as a result of an event or occurrence substantially similar to the events or occurrences described in Section 4(b) or Section 5(b) (each, an “Other Redemption Notice”), the Company shall immediately, but no later than one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by facsimile a copy of such notice. If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all principal, interest and other amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of the Notes (including the Holder) based on the principal amount of the Notes submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven Business Day period.

(13) VOTING RIGHTS. The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law, including, but not limited to, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and as expressly provided in this Note.

(14) COVENANTS.

(a) Rank and Security. All payments due under this Note (a) shall rank pari passu with all Other Notes and (b) shall be senior to all other Indebtedness of the Company with respect to the Collateral. Additionally, all Indebtedness evidenced by this Note shall pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents be secured by a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) for the benefit of the holders of the Notes on any Collateral.

(b) Incurrence of Indebtedness. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Indebtedness.

(c) Existence of Liens. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance (collectively, “Liens”) upon any of the Collateral.

(d) Bankruptcy Court Order. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not, at any time, seek, consent to or suffer to exist any reversal, modification, amendment, stay or vacation of the Approval Order or the Final Approval Order, except for modifications and amendments agreed to by the Required Holders.

 

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(e) Existence of Claims. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not at any time, suffer to exist a priority for any administrative expense or unsecured claim against the Company, including, without limitation, any administrative expenses of the kind specified in, or arising or ordered under, Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c) 726 and 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code equal or superior to the priority of the Holder in respect of the Collateral.

(f) Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than this Note and the Other Notes), whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, an event constituting, or that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(g) Restriction on Redemption. Until all of the Notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem or repurchase its capital stock without the prior express written consent of the Required Holders.

(h) Change in Nature of Business. The Company shall not make any change in the nature of its business as described in the Company’s most recent annual report filed on Form 10-K with the SEC. The Company shall not modify its corporate structure or purpose.

(i) Preservation of Existence, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

(j) Maintenance of Properties, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve all of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder.

(k) Maintenance of Insurance. The Company shall maintain insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated.

 

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(l) Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except (i) in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business (including consistent with the past practices of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Inc.), for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate thereof or (ii) for any transactions or series of related transactions as are approved by a disinterested committee of the Company’s board of directors.

(15) VOTE TO ISSUE, OR CHANGE THE TERMS OF, NOTES. The affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of the Required Holders shall be required for any change or amendment to this Note or the Other Notes.

(16) TRANSFER. This Note and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company, subject only to the provisions of Section 2(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(17) REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

(a) Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less then the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 3(c)(iv) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

(c) Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 17(d) and in principal amounts of at least $100,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.

 

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(d) Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 17(a) or Section 17(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

(18) REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

(19) PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note (other than the Company’s Chapter 11 Case), then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

(20) CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Holders and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note.

(21) FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof unless a waiver signed by the Holder is set forth in writing, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege except as otherwise set forth in a written instrument signed by Holder.

 

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(22) DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, the Conversion Price or any Redemption Price, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt, or deemed receipt, of the Conversion Notice or Redemption Notice or other event giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within one (1) Business Day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within one Business Day submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, Conversion Price or any Redemption Price to an independent, outside accountant, selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. The Company, at the Company’s expense, shall cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

(23) NOTICES; PAYMENTS.

(a) Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

(b) Payments. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the Holders, shall initially be as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any

 

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day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and, in the case of any Interest Date which is not the date on which this Note is paid in full, the extension of the due date thereof shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the amount of Interest due on such date.

(24) CANCELLATION. After all Principal, accrued Interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.

(25) WAIVER OF NOTICE. To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby waives demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(26) SUPERPRIORITY CLAIM. The Company’s obligations to the Holder under this Note (and the holders of the Other Notes) shall constitute allowed superpriority administrative expense claims in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Superpriority Claims”), having priority over all other costs and expenses of administration of any kind, including those specified in, or ordered pursuant to, sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 363, 364, 503, 506, 507, 546, 726, 1113 or 1114 or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (whether incurred in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case or any successor case under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code), and shall at all times be senior to the rights of the Company or any domestic or foreign subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, any successor trustee or estate representative, or any other creditor or party in interest in the Chapter 11 Case or any successor case; provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall (i) be limited solely to a Superpriority Claim against only the Collateral and not against any other assets of the Company and (ii) not create any priority or seniority to any claims of Laurus Master Fund Ltd. (In Liquidation) and its Affiliates, Corps Real, LLC or Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. in any and all assets of the Company (excluding the Collateral). No cost or expense of administration in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code, including, but not limited to, sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 363, 364, 503, 506, 507, 546, 726, 1113 or 1114 or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (whether incurred in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case or any successor case under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code), shall be senior to, equal to, or pari passu with, the allowed Superpriority Claims granted the holders of the Notes hereunder; provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall (i) be limited solely to a Superpriority Claim against only the Collateral and not against any other assets of the Company and (ii) not create any priority or seniority to any claims of Laurus Master Fund Ltd. (In Liquidation) and its Affiliates, Corps Real, LLC or Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. in any and all assets of the Company (excluding the Collateral). The allowed Superpriority Claim granted the Holder and the holder of the Other Notes hereunder against only the Collateral and not against any other assets of the Company shall continue in the Company’s Chapter 11 Case and in any successor case under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code, and shall maintain their priority until all of the aggregate outstanding Principal and unpaid and accrued Interest owing under the Notes has been indefeasibly paid in full and the Notes have been cancelled.

 

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(27) EXCHANGE OF NOTES. On the Effective Date, this Note shall be mandatorily exchanged for the Exchange Note attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement in the form attached thereto as Exhibit A-2 (the “Exchange Note”). On the Effective Date, the Holder shall deliver this Note to the Company and concurrently with such delivery, the Company shall issue the Exchange Note to the Holder and cancel this Note.

(28) GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL. For the period from the entry of the Approval Order until the Effective Date, all disputes under this Note and any other Transaction Document shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court. This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. After the Effective Date, except as provided in Section 22, the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(29) SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Note is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Note so long as this Note as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s). If it shall be found that any default interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall

 

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not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or default interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

(30) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Affiliate” means, as to any specified Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such specified Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract, or otherwise).

(b) “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been or is hereafter approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, officer, advisor, consultant, and/or director for services provided to the Company; provided, however, that in the case of any issuance of securities to any consultant or advisor of the Company, such securities are granted solely in consideration of the provision of bona fide services to the Company relating to the Company’s business or operations and not in connection with services relating to a financing or similar activity.

(c) “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. ss 101 et seq..

(d) “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division).

(e) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

(f) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(g) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which this Note remains convertible into the publicly traded common stock of the Successor Entity and in which the holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the Successor Entity necessary to elect a

 

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majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such Successor Entity and to approve any measure requiring the approval of holders of a majority of the common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity, (ii) a license, distribution or development agreement relating to one or more of the Company’s biotech products entered into on an arms length basis for reasonably equivalent value with a Person that is not a direct or indirect affiliate of the Company or any officer, director or employee thereof and that is in the business of commercializing or developing biotech products or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

(h) “Chapter 11 Case” means the Company’s case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, captioned In re: Biovest International, Inc., Case No. 8:08-bk-17796-KRM, which case is jointly administered for procedural purposes only under In re: Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 8:08-bk-17795-KRM.

(i) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 22. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(j) “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(k) “Company’s Plan of Reorganization” means the Company’s First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization dated as of August 16, 2010 filed in the Chapter 11 Case, as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

(l) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease,

 

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dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

(m) “Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(n) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

(o) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, any other market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc., The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., NYSE Amex, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, or the OTC Bulletin Board.

(p) “Equity Conditions” means each of the following conditions: (i) on each day during the period beginning on the later of three (3) months prior to the applicable date of determination and the Issuance Date of this Note and ending on and including the applicable date of determination (the “Equity Conditions Measuring Period”), all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants shall be eligible for sale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws including, but not limited to, pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period the Common Stock is designated for quotation on the Principal Market or any other Eligible Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or market (other than suspensions of not more than two (2) days and occurring prior to the applicable date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market been threatened or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market; (iii) during the one (1) year period ending on and including the date immediately preceding the applicable date of determination, the Company shall have delivered shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants to the holders on a timely basis as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) and Sections 2(a) of the Warrants, respectively; (iv) any applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full without violating or causing the Holder to exceed the provisions of Section 3(d) hereof and the rules or regulations of the Principal Market or any other applicable Eligible Market; (v) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall not have failed to timely make any payments within five (5) Business Days of when such payment is due pursuant to any Transaction Document; (vi) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred either (A) the public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated, (B) an Event of Default or (C) an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default; (vii) the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of

 

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the Notes and shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants not to be eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and any applicable state securities laws and (viii) the Company otherwise shall have been in compliance with and shall not have materially breached any provision, covenant, representation or warranty of any Transaction Document which remains uncured.

(q) “Equity Conditions Failure” means that on any day during the period commencing ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable date of determination through the applicable date of determination, the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder).

(r) “Excluded Securities” means any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in connection with any Approved Stock Plan; (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants or conversion of the Other Notes; provided that the terms of such Warrants and Other Notes are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date other than pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Warrant and other than pursuant to any anti-dilution provisions of this Note, the Other Notes, or the Warrants, (iii) upon conversion or exercise of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Subscription Date, provided that the exercise prices or conversion prices of such Options or Convertible Securities are not decreased and the number of shares issuable upon exercise or conversion are not increased other than in accordance with their terms, (iv) in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic business partnerships (including without limitation license, distribution, or development partnerships), or joint ventures, in each case with non-affiliated third parties and otherwise on an arm’s-length basis, the purpose of which is not to raise additional capital; provided that any Common Stock issued or issuable in connection with any transaction contemplated by this clause (iv) that is either (A) attributable to capital raising for the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than nominal amounts of capital) or (B) to raise capital for the Company or its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, in order to fund any transaction contemplated by this clause (iv), including, without limitation, securities issued in one or more related transactions or that result in similar economic consequences, shall not be deemed to be Excluded Securities or (v) pursuant to or in accordance with the Plan.

(s) “Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person or Persons, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock (not including any shares of Voting Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock (not including any shares of Voting Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these

 

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terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Fundamental Transaction” shall not include any issuance of securities or any other transaction contemplated to occur at the Effective Date pursuant to the Company’s Plan of Reorganization.

(t) “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

(u) “Holder Pro Rata Amount” means a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the Principal amount of this Note on the Closing Date and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued to the initial purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date.

(v) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including (without limitation) “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

(w) “Interest Conversion Price” means the lower of (i) the applicable Conversion Price and (ii) the price computed as 90% of the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the Interest Date. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

(x) “Interest Rate” means 7.00% per annum, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 2.

 

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(y) “Mandatory Conversion Volume Limitation” means 20% of the aggregate dollar trading volume (as reported on Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the Principal Market over the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period immediately prior to the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice Date.

(z) “Make-Whole Amount” means, as to any Conversion Amount on any Conversion Date (including the Mandatory Conversion Date), as to any Event of Default Redemption on any Event of Default Redemption Date, as to any Change of Control Redemption on any Change of Control Redemption Date or as to any Company Optional Redemption Price on any Company Optional Redemption Date, the amount equal to any Interest that, but for (i) the Holder’s exercise of its conversion right pursuant to Section 3(c), (ii) an Event of Default Redemption pursuant to Section 4(b), (iii) a Change of Control Redemption pursuant to Section 5(b), or (iv) a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 11(a), would have accrued with respect to the Conversion Amount being converted or redeemed under this Note at the Interest Rate (assuming the Interest Rate then in effect as of the applicable Conversion Date, Event of Default Redemption Notice Date, Change of Control Redemption Notice Date or Company Option Redemption Notice Date, as the case may be, is the Interest Rate through the Maturity Date) for the period from the applicable Conversion Date, Event of Default Redemption Date, Change of Control Redemption Date or the Company Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be, through the earlier of the one (1) year anniversary of such date or the Maturity Date.

(aa) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(bb) “Option Value” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day prior to the issuance of the applicable Option for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of the day immediately prior to the public announcement of the applicable issuance, or if not publicly announced, as of the day immediately prior to the issuance of the applicable Option, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price during the period beginning on the day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and the public announcement of such issuance and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

(cc) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(dd) “Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes, (ii) unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Company that is made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, as reflected in a written agreement acceptable to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders

 

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in writing, and which Indebtedness does not provide at any time for (A) the payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon until ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date or later and (B) total interest and fees at a rate in excess of 10.00% per annum; (iii) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens described in clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition of Permitted Liens; (iv) Indebtedness described on Schedule 3(s)(ii) of the Securities Purchase Agreement; and (v) Indebtedness to Corps Real, LLC as approved by the orders of the Bankruptcy Court.

(ee) “Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment, (v) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clause (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase, (vi) leases or subleases and licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (vii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods; (viii) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 4(a)(ix); and (ix) Liens in favor of Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. and its Affiliates, Corps Real, LLC, Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and the holders of the 15% Secured Convertible Debentures in a principal amount of $1.15 million issued on September 22, 2008. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Permitted Liens shall not include any Liens imposed on the Collateral.

(ff) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(gg) “Principal Market” means the OTCQX market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc.

(hh) “Redemption Notices” means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Notices, the Change of Control Redemption Notices and the Company Optional Redemption Notice, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Notice.

 

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(ii) “Redemption Prices” means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Price, the Change of Control Redemption Price and the Company Optional Redemption Price , each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Price.

(jj) “Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, a fund or account managed by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

(kk) “Required Holders” means the holders of Notes representing at least two-thirds of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

(ll) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

(mm) “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes pursuant to which the Company issued the Notes and Warrants.

(nn) “Subscription Date” means October 19, 2010.

(oo) “Successor Entity” means the Person, which may be the Company, formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been made, provided that if such Person is not a publicly traded entity whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market, Successor Entity shall mean such Person’s Parent Entity.

(pp) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time).

(qq) “Voting Stock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

(rr) “Warrants” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

(ss) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market

 

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publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 22. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(31) DISCLOSURE. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to such Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC., Debtor In Possession
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

EXHIBIT I

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONVERSION NOTICE

Reference is made to the Convertible Note (the “Note”) issued to the undersigned by Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Note, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Note) of the Note indicated below into shares of Common Stock par value par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:

 

 

Aggregate Conversion Amount to be converted:

 

 

Please confirm the following information:

Conversion Price:

 

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

 

Is the Variable Price Formulation being relied on pursuant to Section 7(a)(vi)? (check one) YES        NO        

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted in the following name and to the following address:

Issue to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile Number:

 

 

Authorization:

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Dated:  

 


 

Account Number:

  

 

  (if electronic book entry transfer)

Transaction Code Number:

 

 

  (if electronic book entry transfer)


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated                 , 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

Exhibit A-2

[FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE]

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

Issuance Date: [                ], 2010   Original Principal Amount: U.S. $[                ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to [BUYER] or registered assigns (the “Holder”) the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption, conversion or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the Interest Rate from the date identified above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon an Interest Date (as defined below), the Maturity Date, acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof). This Convertible Note (including all Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is one of an issue of Convertible Notes (collectively, the “Notes” and such other Convertible Notes, the “Other Notes”) issued on the Closing Date pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 30.

(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal and accrued and unpaid Interest. The “Maturity Date” shall be [                ], 20121, as may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default (as defined in Section 4(a)) shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) or any event shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default and (ii) through the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of a Change of Control in the event that a Change of Control is publicly announced or a Change of Control Notice (as defined in Section 5(b)) is delivered prior to the Maturity Date. Other than as specifically permitted by this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal and accrued and unpaid Interest.

(2) INTEREST; INTEREST RATE. (a) Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall be payable in arrears on the first calendar day of each succeeding month after the Issuance Date (each, an “Interest Date”) with the first Interest Date being December 1, 2010. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Date, to the record holder of this Note on the applicable Interest Date, in shares of Common Stock (“Interest Shares”) so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure; provided however, that the Company may, at its option following

 

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notice to the Holder, pay Interest on any Interest Date in cash (“Cash Interest”) or in a combination of Cash Interest and Interest Shares. The Company shall deliver a written notice to each holder of the Notes on or prior to the twenty-fifth (25th) Trading Day prior to the applicable Interest Date (the date such notice is delivered to all of the holders of Notes, the “Interest Notice Date”) which notice (i) either (A) confirms that Interest to be paid on such Interest Date shall be paid entirely in Interest Shares or (B) elects to pay Interest as Cash Interest or a combination of Cash Interest and Interest Shares and specifies the amount of Interest that shall be paid as Cash Interest and the amount of Interest, if any, that shall be paid in Interest Shares and (ii) certifies that the Equity Conditions are satisfied as of such Interest Notice Date; provided that the Company must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the Equity Conditions are not satisfied as of the Interest Notice Date, then unless the Company has elected to pay such Interest as Cash Interest, the Interest Notice shall indicate that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Interest shall be paid as Cash Interest. If the Equity Conditions were satisfied as of the Interest Notice Date but the Equity Conditions are no longer satisfied at any time prior to the Interest Date, the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect indicating that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Interest shall be paid as Cash Interest. Interest to be paid on an Interest Date in Interest Shares shall be paid in a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares (rounded up to the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3(a)) of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (1) the amount of Interest payable on such Interest Date less any Cash Interest paid on such Interest Date and (2) the Interest Conversion Price in effect on the applicable Interest Date.

(b) When any Interest Shares are to be paid on an Interest Date, the Company shall (i) (A) provided that the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of Interest Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, or (B) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver on the applicable Interest Date, to the address set forth in the register maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement or to such address as specified by the Holder in writing to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Date, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Interest Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled and (ii) with respect to each Interest Date, pay to the Holder, in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount of any Cash Interest.

(c) From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall be increased to fifteen percent (15.0%) per annum. In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of cure of such Event of Default. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Interest Shares.

 

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(3) CONVERSION OF NOTES. This Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.

(a) Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time or times on or after the date hereof, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.

(b) Conversion Rate. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the “Conversion Rate”).

(i) “Conversion Amount” means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made, and (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal.

(ii) “Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, $0.91, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Mechanics of Conversion.

(i) Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company and the Transfer Agent and (B) if required by Section 3(c)(iv), surrender this Note to a common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable on or following such date (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the first (1st) Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to the Holder and the Transfer Agent. On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall (x) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to

 

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the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion as required by Section 3(c)(iv) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

(ii) Make-Whole Amount Upon Conversion. In addition to the foregoing, on each Share Delivery Date, any applicable Make-Whole Amount on such Conversion Amount (the “Make-Whole Conversion Amount”) shall be paid to the Holder in shares of Common Stock (“Make-Whole Shares”) so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure; provided however, that the Company may, at its option following notice to the Holder, pay such Make-Whole Conversion Amount in cash (“Make-Whole Cash”) or in a combination of Make-Whole Shares and Make-Whole Cash. In the event that the Company desires to elect to pay any portion of its Make-Whole Conversion Amount as a Make-Whole Cash, then the Company shall deliver a written notice (“Make-Whole Notice”) to the Holder no later than one (1) Trading Day following the receipt of the Conversion Notice by the Company (the “Make-Whole Notice Date”), which notice elects to pay the Make-Whole Conversion Amount in the form of a Make-Whole Cash or a combination of a Make-Whole Cash and Make-Whole Shares and specifies the amount of the Make-Whole Conversion Amount that shall be paid as a Make-Whole Cash and the amount of Make-Whole Conversion Amount, if any, that shall be paid in Make-Whole Shares. If the Equity Conditions are not satisfied as of the Conversion Date, then unless the Company has elected to pay such Make-Whole Conversion Amount as a Make-Whole Cash, the Make-Whole Notice shall indicate that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Make-Whole Conversion Amount shall be paid in the form of a Make-Whole Cash. If the Equity Conditions were satisfied as of the Conversion Date but the Equity Conditions are no longer satisfied at any time prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect indicating that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Make-Whole Conversion Amount shall be paid in the form of a Make-Whole Cash. The Make-Whole Conversion Amount to be paid on such Share Delivery Date in Make-Whole Shares shall be paid in a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3(a)) equal to the quotient of (1) the Make-Whole Conversion Amount payable on the applicable Conversion Date less any Make-Whole Cash paid and (2) the Interest Conversion Price in effect on the applicable Conversion Date. Delivery of the Make-Whole Shares shall be made in the manner set forth in Section 2(b)(i) of this Note replacing the terms “Interest Shares” with “Make-Whole Shares” and “Interest Date” with “Share Delivery Date.”

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applicable, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon conversion of any Conversion Amount on or prior to the date which is three (3) Trading Days after the Conversion Date (a “Conversion Failure”), then (A) the Company shall pay damages to the Holder for each Trading Day of such Conversion Failure in an amount equal to 1.5% of the product of (1) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled, and (2) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Share Delivery Date and (B) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Note that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice; provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(iii) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of the facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon such holder’s conversion of any Conversion Amount, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within five (5) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.

(iv) Registration; Book-Entry. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the principal amount of the Notes held by such holders (the “Registered Notes”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and Interest, if any, hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 17. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(c)(iv), a Holder may assign any Note or any portion thereof to an Affiliate of such Holder or a Related Fund of such Holder without delivering a request to assign or sell such Note to the Company and the recordation of such assignment or sale in the Register (a “Related Party

 

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Assignment”); provided, that (x) the Company may continue to deal solely with such assigning or selling Holder unless and until such Holder has delivered a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company for recordation in the Register; (y) the failure of such assigning or selling Holder to deliver a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company shall not affect the legality, validity, or binding effect of such assignment or sale; and (z) such assigning or selling Holder shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register (the “Related Party Register”) comparable to the Register on behalf of the Company, and any such assignment or sale shall be effective upon recordation of such assignment or sale in the Related Party Register. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting physical surrender and reissue of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal and Interest converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion.

(v) Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes. In the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one holder of Notes for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such portions of the Notes submitted for conversion, the Company, subject to Section 3(d), shall convert from each holder of Notes electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of such holder’s portion of its Notes submitted for conversion based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for conversion on such date by such holder relative to the aggregate principal amount of all Notes submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 22.

(d) Limitations on Conversions; Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note, and the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note pursuant to Section 3(a), to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Other Notes or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for

 

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purposes of this Section 3(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of this Section 3(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Notes. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

(4) RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

(a) Event of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

(i) the failure of any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Notes to be freely transferable and eligible for sale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(ii) the failure of the Common Stock to be listed or traded on at least one (1) Eligible Market for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of ten (10) Trading Days in any 365-day period;

(iii) the Company’s (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within ten (10) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Date or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Notes, including by way of public announcement or through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of any Notes into shares of Common Stock that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of the Notes;

(iv) at any time following the tenth (10th) consecutive Business Day that the Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation is less than the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon a conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3(d) or otherwise);

 

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(v) the Company’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal (including, without limitation, any redemption payments), Interest or other amounts when and as due under this Note or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to which the Holder is a party, except (x) the failure to pay Interest when and as due shall be an Event of Default only if such failure continues for a period of at least five (5) Business Days, and (y) the failure to pay any amount other than Principal and Interest when and as due shall be an Event of Default only if such failure continues for a period of at least five (5) Business Days after the Company knew or should reasonably have known after due inquiry of the obligation to pay any such amount;

(vi) the Company, pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief of debtors (collectively, “Bankruptcy Law”), (A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official (a “Custodian”), (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case;

(vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case;

(viii) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $250,000 are rendered against the Company and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a creditworthy party shall not be included in calculating the $250,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment; provided that no payments made on account of allowed claims pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Plan of Reorganization and confirmation order entered by the Bankruptcy Court relating to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case shall constitute an Event of Default;

(ix) the Company breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant which is curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days;

 

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(x) any breach or failure in any respect to comply with Section 14 of this Note;

(xi) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, on the date of the effectiveness of the Company’s Plan of Reorganization with respect to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case (“Chapter 11 Effectiveness”) after giving effect to the Chapter 11 Effectiveness, (A) issued or issuable shall, excluding the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the conversion or exercise of the Notes and Warrants, respectively, exceed 44,000,000 shares of Common Stock or (B) issued or issuable that are both (1) not subject to Lock-Up Agreements (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and (2) issuable within ninety (90) days of the Chapter 11 Effectiveness, shall, excluding the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the conversion or exercise of the Notes and Warrants, respectively, exceed 2,600,000 shares of Common Stock;

(xii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company outstanding on the date of Chapter 11 Effectiveness after giving effect to the Chapter 11 Effectiveness (other than the Notes) shall exceed the amount of Indebtedness set forth on the chart located at the end of Schedule 3(s)(ii) of the Securities Purchase Agreement;

(xiii) if a motion, request or application seeking relief from or revocation of the confirmation order entered by the Bankruptcy Court relating to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case has been filed under Rule 59 or 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as made applicable through Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 9023 and 9024, respectively, or any analogous Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure, or under 11 U.S.C. § 1144; or

(xiv) any Event of Default (as defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.

(b) Redemption Right. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (an “Event of Default Redemption”) all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the “Event of Default Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Event of Default Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to redeem. Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 110% of the sum of (i) any Make-Whole Amount and (ii) the greater of (x) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time as the Holder delivers an Event of Default Redemption Notice with respect to such Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the greatest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period

 

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commencing on the date immediately preceding such Event of Default and ending on the date the Holder delivers the Event of Default Redemption Notice (the “Event of Default Redemption Price”). Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 4(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any Event of Default redemption premium due under this Section 4(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

(5) RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION AND CHANGE OF CONTROL.

(a) Assumption. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts and the interest rates of the Notes then outstanding held by such holder, having similar conversion rights and having similar ranking and security to the Notes, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Note. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

(b) Redemption Right. No sooner than fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control, but not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via

 

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facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (a “Change of Control Notice”). At any time during the period beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending twenty (20) Trading Days after the date of the consummation of such Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (a “Change of Control Redemption”) all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (“Change of Control Redemption Notice”, and the date thereof, the “Change of Control Redemption Notice Date”) to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to require the Company to redeem. The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 110% of the sum of (i) any Make-Whole Amount and (ii) the greater of (x) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time as the Holder delivers a Change of Control Redemption Notice with respect to such Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the greatest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (1) the consummation of the Change of Control and (2) the public announcement of such Change of Control and ending on the date the Holder delivers the Change of Control Redemption Notice (the “Change of Control Redemption Price”). Redemptions required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 and shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with a Change of Control. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, but subject to Section 3(d), until the Change of Control Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 5(b) (together with any interest thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 5(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any Change of Control redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

(6) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS; RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.

(a) Distribution of Assets. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distributions of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to any or all holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (the “Distributions”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that upon a conversion of this Note, the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such Distributions to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for such Distributions (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note).

 

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(b) Purchase Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

(c) Other Corporate Events. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Note, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Note initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

(7) RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER SECURITIES.

(a) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 7(a) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (excluding Excluded Securities and shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced concurrently with such Dilutive Issuance to (A) in the event that the Dilutive Issuance is completed at a time during which at least one-third of the Original Principal Amount of the Notes remains outstanding (the “Ratchet Period”), to the New Issuance Price, and (B) in the event that the

 

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Dilutive Issuance is completed at a time that less than one-third of the Original Principal Amount of the Notes remain outstanding, an amount determined by multiplying the Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction, (x) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company for such additional shares in the Dilutive Issuance would purchase at the Conversion Price then in effect; and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive Issuance but before giving effect to anti-dilution rights contained in other securities of the Company that would be triggered by the same Dilutive Issuance. For purposes of this paragraph, “Common Stock Deemed Outstanding” shall mean at any given time, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time, plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 7(a)(i) and 7(a)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or issuable upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Notes and the Warrants. For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion Price under this Section 7(a), the following shall be applicable:

(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 7(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 7(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to the sum of the

 

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lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 7(a), no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options issued after the Subscription Date, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the Conversion Price at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. Additionally, if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date is increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease, but in such event the amount of the adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 7 will not be proportionately greater than the proportionate amount of the increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.

(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company less any consideration paid or payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the

 

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Closing Sale Price of such security on the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

(vi) Variable-Priced Securities. If the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with Section 7 is deemed to have issued or sold, any Options or Convertible Securities after the Issuance Date, that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, a “Variable Price Formulation”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (the “Variable Notice”) on the date of issuance or deemed issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company issues or is deemed to have issued any such Convertible Securities or Options with a Variable Price Formulation, but only for so long as such Convertible Securities or Options are outstanding, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute any applicable Variable Price Formulation for the Conversion Price upon the Conversion of this Note by designating in the Conversion Notice delivered upon any conversion of this Notes that solely for purposes of such conversion the Holder is relying on the Variable Price Formulation rather than the Conversion Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for a particular conversion of this Note shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for any future conversion of this Note. In connection with determining the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of any Option” pursuant to Section 7(a)(i) and the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of a Convertible Security” pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii), as such terms pertain solely to any

 

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Variable Price Formulation contained in any Option or Convertible Securities issued after the Issuance Date, such lowest price shall equal the lesser of (i) the fixed exercise, conversion or exchange price set forth in the applicable Option or Convertible Security and (ii) the Variable Price Formulation contained in the applicable Option or Convertible Security, calculated as if such Option or Convertible Security were converted, exercised or exchanged as of the date of issuance of the applicable Option or Convertible Security.

(b) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

(c) De Minimis Adjustments. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least $0.01 in such price; provided, however, that any adjustment which by reason of this Section 7(c) is not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustments under this Section 7. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made by the Company in good faith and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one hundredth of a share, as applicable. No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par value of the Company’s Common Stock.

(d) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Note reduce the then current Conversion Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

(8) NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note.

(9) RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES.

(a) Reservation. The Company shall initially reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock for each of the Notes equal to 130% of the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount of each such Note as of the Issuance Date. So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Notes, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of

 

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the Notes then outstanding; provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions) (the “Required Reserve Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Notes and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Notes based on the principal amount of the Notes held by each holder at the Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Notes shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Notes, pro rata based on the principal amount of the Notes then held by such holders.

(b) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while any of the Notes remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Notes at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Notes then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall either (x) obtain the written consent of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock and provide each stockholder with an information statement with respect thereto or (y) hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.

(10) COMPANY’S RIGHT OF MANDATORY CONVERSION.

(a) Mandatory Conversion. At any time after the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Company’s Plan of Reorganization with respect to the Company’s Chapter 11 Case (the “Mandatory Conversion Eligibility Date”), if (i) the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock listed on the Principal Market equals or exceeds 150% of the Conversion Price as of the Issuance Date (subject to appropriate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions after the Issuance Date) for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days commencing after the Mandatory Conversion Eligibility Date (the “Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period”), and (ii) no Equity Conditions Failure has occurred, the Company shall have the right to require the Holder to convert all or any portion of the Conversion Amount then remaining under this Note, in each case as designated in the Mandatory Conversion Notice (as defined below) into fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof at the Conversion Rate as of the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined below) (a “Mandatory Conversion”). The Company may exercise its right to require conversion under this Section 10(a) by delivering within not more

 

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than two (2) Trading Days following the end of such Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period a written notice thereof by facsimile and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes and the Transfer Agent (the “Mandatory Conversion Notice” and the date all of the holders of the Notes received such notice by facsimile is referred to as the “Mandatory Conversion Notice Date”). The Mandatory Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable. The Mandatory Conversion Notice shall (y) state (I) the Trading Day selected for the Mandatory Conversion, which Trading Day shall be no sooner than twenty (20) Trading Days nor later than sixty (60) Trading Days following the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date (the “Mandatory Conversion Date”), (II) the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes subject to Mandatory Conversion from the Holder and all of the holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 10(a) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes), (III) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder on the Mandatory Conversion Date and (z) certify that there has been no Equity Conditions Failure; provided, however, that the Company may not effect a Mandatory Conversion under this Section in excess of the Holder Pro Rata Amount of the applicable Mandatory Conversion Volume Limitation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not effect a Mandatory Conversion until a minimum of thirty (30) consecutive days have elapsed after any prior Mandatory Conversion Date.

(b) Pro Rata Conversion Requirement. If the Company elects to cause a conversion of any Conversion Amount of this Note pursuant to Section 10(a), then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the Company elects a Mandatory Conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 10(a) (or similar provisions under the Other Notes) with respect to less than all of the Conversion Amounts of the Notes then outstanding, then the Company shall require conversion of a Conversion Amount from each of the holders of the Notes equal to the product of (1) the aggregate Conversion Amount of Notes which the Company has elected to cause to be converted pursuant to Section 10(a), multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by such holder of outstanding Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by all holders holding outstanding Notes (such fraction with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Conversion Allocation Percentage,” and such amount with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Pro Rata Conversion Amount”); provided, however, that in the event that any holder’s Pro Rata Conversion Amount exceeds the outstanding Principal amount of such holder’s Note, then such excess Pro Rata Conversion Amount shall be allocated amongst the remaining holders of Notes in accordance with the foregoing formula. In the event that the initial holder of any Notes shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Conversion Allocation Percentage and the Pro Rata Conversion Amount.

(11) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION AT THE COMPANY’S ELECTION.

(a) General. At any time after the date hereof, so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure, the Company shall have the right to redeem all or any portion of the Conversion Amount then remaining under this Note (the “Company Optional Redemption Amount”) as designated in the Company Optional Redemption Notice on the Company Optional Redemption Date (each as defined below) (a “Company Optional Redemption”). The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 11(a) shall be redeemed by the Company

 

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in cash at a price equal to 110% of the sum of (x) any Make-Whole Amount and (y) the Conversion Amount being redeemed (the “Company Optional Redemption Price”). The Company may exercise its right to require redemption under this Section 11 by delivering a written notice thereof by facsimile and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes (the “Company Optional Redemption Notice” and the date all of the holders received such notice is referred to as the “Company Optional Redemption Notice Date”). Each Company Optional Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable. The Company Optional Redemption Notice shall state (1) the date on which the Company Optional Redemption shall occur (the “Company Optional Redemption Date”), which date shall not be less than thirty (30) Business Days nor more than sixty (60) Business Days following the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date, and (2) the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes which the Company has elected to be subject to Company Optional Redemption from the Holder and all of the other holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 11(a) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) on the Company Optional Redemption Date. The Company may not effect a Company Optional Redemption until a minimum of five (5) consecutive Trading Days have elapsed after any prior Company Optional Redemption Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11, until the Company Optional Redemption Price is paid in full, the Company Optional Redemption Amount may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holders into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. If the Holder so elects, any or all of the Conversion Amounts converted by the Holder after the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date shall reduce the Company Optional Redemption Amount of this Note required to be redeemed on the Company Optional Redemption Date. Redemptions made pursuant to this Section 11 shall be made in accordance with Section 12.

(b) Pro Rata Redemption Requirement. If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 11(a), then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 11(a) (or similar provisions under the Other Notes) with respect to less than all of the Conversion Amounts of the Notes then outstanding, then the Company shall require redemption of a Conversion Amount from each of the holders of the Notes equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Conversion Amount of Notes which the Company has elected to cause to be redeemed pursuant to Section 11(a), multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by such holder of outstanding Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by all holders holding outstanding Notes (such fraction with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Company Redemption Allocation Percentage”, and such amount with respect to each holder is referred to as its “Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount”); provided, however that in the event that any holder’s Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount exceeds the outstanding Principal amount of such holder’s Note, then such excess Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount shall be allocated amongst the remaining holders of Notes in accordance with the foregoing formula. In the event that the initial holder of any Notes shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Company Redemption Allocation Percentage and Pro Rata Company Redemption Amount.

 

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(12) REDEMPTIONS.

(a) Mechanics. The Company shall deliver the applicable Event of Default Redemption Price to the Holder within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Event of Default Redemption Notice (the “Event of Default Redemption Date”). If the Holder has submitted a Change of Control Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 5(b), the Company shall deliver the applicable Change of Control Redemption Price to the Holder (i) concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control if such notice is received prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of such notice otherwise (such date, the “Change of Control Redemption Date”). If the Company has submitted a Company Optional Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 11(a), the Company shall deliver the applicable Company Optional Redemption Price to the Holder on the Company Optional Redemption Date. In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Conversion Amount of this Note, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal which has not been redeemed. In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company by written notice to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Conversion Amount that was submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Redemption Price has not been paid. Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Conversion Amount, (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) to the Holder representing such Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (z) the Conversion Price of this Note or such new Notes shall be adjusted to the lesser of (A) the Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided and (B) the lowest Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is delivered to or by the Company and ending on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided.

(b) Redemption by Other Holders. Upon the Company’s receipt of notice from any of the holders of the Other Notes for redemption or repayment as a result of an event or occurrence substantially similar to the events or occurrences described in Section 4(b) or Section 5(b) (each, an “Other Redemption Notice”), the Company shall immediately, but no later than one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by facsimile a copy of such notice. If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all principal, interest and other amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of the Notes (including the Holder) based on the principal amount of the Notes submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven Business Day period.

 

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(13) VOTING RIGHTS. The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law, including, but not limited to, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and as expressly provided in this Note.

(14) COVENANTS.

(a) Bankruptcy Court Order. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not, at any time, seek, consent to or suffer to exist any reversal, modification, amendment, stay or vacation of the Approval Order or the Final Approval Order, except for modifications and amendments agreed to by the Required Holders.

(b) Existence of Claims. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not at any time, suffer to exist a priority for any administrative expense or unsecured claim against the Company, including, without limitation, any administrative expenses of the kind specified in, or arising or ordered under, Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c) 726 and 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code equal or superior to the priority of the Holder in respect of the Collateral.

(c) Preservation of Existence, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

(d) Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except (i) in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business (including consistent with the past practices of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Inc.), for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate thereof or (ii) for any transactions or series of related transactions as are approved by a disinterested committee of the Company’s board of directors.

(15) VOTE TO ISSUE, OR CHANGE THE TERMS OF, NOTES. The affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of the Required Holders shall be required for any change or amendment to this Note or the Other Notes.

(16) TRANSFER. This Note and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company, subject only to the provisions of Section 2(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(17) REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

(a) Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order

 

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of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less then the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 3(c)(iv) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

(c) Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 17(d) and in principal amounts of at least $100,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.

(d) Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 17(a) or Section 17(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

(18) REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

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(19) PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note (other than the Company’s Chapter 11 Case), then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

(20) CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Holders and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note.

(21) FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof unless a waiver signed by the Holder is set forth in writing, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege except as otherwise set forth in a written instrument signed by Holder.

(22) DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, the Conversion Price or any Redemption Price, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt, or deemed receipt, of the Conversion Notice or Redemption Notice or other event giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within one (1) Business Day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within one Business Day submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, Conversion Price or any Redemption Price to an independent, outside accountant, selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. The Company, at the Company’s expense, shall cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

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(23) NOTICES; PAYMENTS.

(a) Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

(b) Payments. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the Holders, shall initially be as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and, in the case of any Interest Date which is not the date on which this Note is paid in full, the extension of the due date thereof shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the amount of Interest due on such date.

(24) CANCELLATION. After all Principal, accrued Interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.

(25) WAIVER OF NOTICE. To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby waives demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(26) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

(27) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

(28) GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL. For the period from the entry of the Approval Order until the Effective Date, all disputes under this Note and any other Transaction Document shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court. Thereafter, this Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions

 

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concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. After the Effective Date, except as provided in Section 22, the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(29) SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Note is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Note so long as this Note as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s). If it shall be found that any default interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or default interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

 

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(30) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Affiliate” means, as to any specified Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such specified Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract, or otherwise).

(b) “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been or is hereafter approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, officer, advisor, consultant, and/or director for services provided to the Company; provided, however, that in the case of any issuance of securities to any consultant or advisor of the Company, such securities are granted solely in consideration of the provision of bona fide services to the Company relating to the Company’s business or operations and not in connection with services relating to a financing or similar activity.

(c) “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. ss 101 et seq.

(d) “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division).

(e) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

(f) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(g) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which this Note remains convertible into the publicly traded common stock of the Successor Entity and in which the holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the Successor Entity necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such Successor Entity and to approve any measure requiring the approval of holders of a majority of the common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity, (ii) a license, distribution or development agreement relating to one or more of the Company’s biotech products entered into on an arms length basis for reasonably equivalent value with a Person that is not a direct or indirect affiliate of the Company or any officer, director or employee thereof and that is in the business of commercializing or developing biotech products or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

 

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(h) “Chapter 11 Case” means the Company’s case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, captioned In re: Biovest International, Inc., Case No. 8:08-bk-17796-KRM, which case is jointly administered for procedural purposes only under In re: Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 8:08-bk-17795-KRM.

(i) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 22. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(j) “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(k) “Company’s Plan of Reorganization” means the Company’s First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization dated as of August 16, 2010 filed in the Chapter 11 Case, as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

(l) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

(m) “Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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(n) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

(o) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, any other market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc., The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., NYSE Amex, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, or the OTC Bulletin Board.

(p) “Equity Conditions” means each of the following conditions: (i) on each day during the period beginning on the later of three (3) months prior to the applicable date of determination and the Issuance Date of this Note and ending on and including the applicable date of determination (the “Equity Conditions Measuring Period”), all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants shall be eligible for sale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws including, but not limited to, pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period the Common Stock is designated for quotation on the Principal Market or any other Eligible Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or market (other than suspensions of not more than two (2) days and occurring prior to the applicable date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market been threatened or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market; (iii) during the one (1) year period ending on and including the date immediately preceding the applicable date of determination, the Company shall have delivered shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants to the holders on a timely basis as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) and Sections 2(a) of the Warrants, respectively; (iv) any applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full without violating or causing the Holder to exceed the provisions of Section 3(d) hereof and the rules or regulations of the Principal Market or any other applicable Eligible Market; (v) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall not have failed to timely make any payments within five (5) Business Days of when such payment is due pursuant to any Transaction Document; (vi) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred either (A) the public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated, (B) an Event of Default or (C) an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default; (vii) the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants not to be eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and any applicable state securities laws and (viii) the Company otherwise shall have been in compliance with and shall not have materially breached any provision, covenant, representation or warranty of any Transaction Document which remains uncured.

(q) “Equity Conditions Failure” means that on any day during the period commencing ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable date of determination through the applicable date of determination, the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder).

 

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(r) “Excluded Securities” means any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in connection with any Approved Stock Plan; (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants or conversion of the Other Notes; provided that the terms of such Warrants and Other Notes are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date other than pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Warrant and other than pursuant to any anti-dilution provisions of this Note, the Other Notes, or the Warrants, (iii) upon conversion or exercise of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Subscription Date, provided that the exercise prices or conversion prices of such Options or Convertible Securities are not decreased and the number of shares issuable upon exercise or conversion are not increased other than in accordance with their terms, (iv) in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic business partnerships (including without limitation license, distribution, or development partnerships), or joint ventures, in each case with non-affiliated third parties and otherwise on an arm’s-length basis, the purpose of which is not to raise additional capital; provided that any Common Stock issued or issuable in connection with any transaction contemplated by this clause (iv) that is either (A) attributable to capital raising for the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than nominal amounts of capital) or (B) to raise capital for the Company or its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, in order to fund any transaction contemplated by this clause (iv), including, without limitation, securities issued in one or more related transactions or that result in similar economic consequences, shall not be deemed to be Excluded Securities or (v) pursuant to or in accordance with the Plan.

(s) “Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person or Persons, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock (not including any shares of Voting Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock (not including any shares of Voting Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Fundamental Transaction” shall not include any issuance of securities or any other transaction contemplated to occur at the Effective Date pursuant to the Company’s Plan of Reorganization.

(t) “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

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(u) “Holder Pro Rata Amount” means a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the Principal amount of this Note on the Closing Date and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued to the initial purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date.

(v) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including (without limitation) “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

(w) “Interest Conversion Price” means the lower of (i) the applicable Conversion Price and (ii) the price computed as 90% of the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the Interest Date. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

(x) “Interest Rate” means 7.00% per annum, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 2.

(y) “Mandatory Conversion Volume Limitation” means 20% of the aggregate dollar trading volume (as reported on Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the Principal Market over the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period immediately prior to the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice Date.

(z) “Make-Whole Amount” means, as to any Conversion Amount on any Conversion Date (including the Mandatory Conversion Date), as to any Event of Default Redemption on any Event of Default Redemption Date, as to any Change of Control Redemption on any Change of Control Redemption Date or as to any Company Optional Redemption Price on any Company Optional Redemption Date, the amount equal to any Interest that, but for (i) the Holder’s exercise of its conversion right pursuant to Section 3(c), (ii) an Event of Default

 

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Redemption pursuant to Section 4(b), (iii) a Change of Control Redemption pursuant to Section 5(b), or (iv) a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 11(a), would have accrued with respect to the Conversion Amount being converted or redeemed under this Note at the Interest Rate (assuming the Interest Rate then in effect as of the applicable Conversion Date, Event of Default Redemption Notice Date, Change of Control Redemption Notice Date or Company Option Redemption Notice Date, as the case may be, is the Interest Rate through the Maturity Date) for the period from the applicable Conversion Date, Event of Default Redemption Date, Change of Control Redemption Date or the Company Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be, through the earlier of the one (1) year anniversary of such date or the Maturity Date.

(aa) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(bb) “Option Value” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day prior to the issuance of the applicable Option for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of the day immediately prior to the public announcement of the applicable issuance, or if not publicly announced, as of the day immediately prior to the issuance of the applicable Option, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price during the period beginning on the day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and the public announcement of such issuance and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

(cc) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(dd) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(ee) “Principal Market” means the OTCQX market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc.

(ff) “Redemption Notices” means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Notices, the Change of Control Redemption Notices and the Company Optional Redemption Notice, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Notice.

(gg) “Redemption Prices” means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Price, the Change of Control Redemption Price and the Company Optional Redemption Price , each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Price.

 

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(hh) “Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, a fund or account managed by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

(ii) “Required Holders” means the holders of Notes representing at least two-thirds of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

(jj) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

(kk) “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes pursuant to which the Company issued the Notes and Warrants.

(ll) “Subscription Date” means October 19, 2010.

(mm) “Successor Entity” means the Person, which may be the Company, formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been made, provided that if such Person is not a publicly traded entity whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market, Successor Entity shall mean such Person’s Parent Entity.

(nn) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time).

(oo) “Voting Stock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

(pp) “Warrants” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

(qq) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market

 

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on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 22. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(31) DISCLOSURE. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to such Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  


 

EXHIBIT I

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONVERSION NOTICE

Reference is made to the Convertible Note (the “Note”) issued to the undersigned by Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Note, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Note) of the Note indicated below into shares of Common Stock par value par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:

 

 

Aggregate Conversion Amount to be converted:

 

 

Please confirm the following information:

Conversion Price:

 

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

 

Is the Variable Price Formulation being relied on pursuant to Section 7(a)(vi)? (check one) YES        NO        

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted in the following name and to the following address:

Issue to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile Number:

 

 

Authorization:

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Dated:  

 


 

Account Number:

  

 

  (if electronic book entry transfer)

Transaction Code Number:

 

 

  (if electronic book entry transfer)


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated                 , 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  


 

Exhibit B-1

[FORM OF SERIES A WARRANT]

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SELECTED BY THE HOLDER, IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS THE HOLDER PROVIDES THE COMPANY WITH REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT SUCH SECURITIES CAN BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT (COLLECTIVELY, “RULE 144”) AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Warrant No.:             

Number of Shares of Common Stock:                     

Date of Issuance: [            ], 2010 (“Issuance Date”)

Biovest International, Inc., a company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Effective Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the “Initial Exercisability Date”), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below),                      (                    )1 fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16. This Warrant is one of the Series A Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October     , 2010 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

 

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Insert number of shares equal to such holder’s pro rata share of the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement divided by $0.91.


 

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any time or times on or after the Initial Exercisability Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”) so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No

 

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fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $        , subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the date of exercise.

(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if, after the Effective Date, any Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice cannot be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or is otherwise not freely transferable without any restrictions or limitations, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

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For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A=   the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
B=   the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
C=   the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.

(f) Limitations on Exercises. The Company shall not 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, such Person (together with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock 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 paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the

 

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conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

(g) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 130% (the “Required Reserve Amount”) of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.

2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(a) Adjustment upon Issuance of shares of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities (as defined in the SPA Securities)) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. Upon each such adjustment of the Exercise Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such

 

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adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment. For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be applicable:

(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such

 

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Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options issued after the Subscription Date, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. Additionally, if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date of the Subscription Date is increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease, but in such event the amount of the adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2 will not be proportionately greater than the proportionate amount of the increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.

(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company less any consideration paid or payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received or receivable by the Company therefor. If any shares

 

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of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such security on the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

(b) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

(c) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of shares of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the

 

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number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

(d) Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Variable Securities. If the Company issues or sells or, in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold any Options or Convertible Securities after the Issuance Date that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, a “Variable Price Formulation”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (the “Variable Notice”) on the date of issuance or deemed issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company issues or is deemed to have issued any such Convertible Securities or Options with a Variable Price Formulation, but only for so long as such Convertible Securities or Options are outstanding, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute any of the applicable Variable Price Formulation for the Exercise Price upon exercise of the Warrants held by it by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon exercise of such Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price Formulation rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for a particular exercise of Warrants shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for any future exercise of Warrants. In connection with determining the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of any Option” pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) and the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of a Convertible Security” pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii), as such terms pertain solely to any Variable Price Formulation contained in any Option or Convertible Securities issued after the Issuance Date, such lowest price shall equal the lesser of (i) the fixed exercise, conversion or exchange price set forth in the applicable Option or Convertible Security and (ii) the Variable Price Formulation contained in the applicable Option or Convertible Security, calculated as if such Option or Convertible Security were converted, exercised or exchanged as of the date of issuance of the applicable Option or Convertible Security.

(e) Price Adjusted Market Price Adjustment. If the Price Adjusted Market Price is less than the Exercise Price in effect on the Issuance Date, then on December 22, 2010, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to 120% of the Price Adjusted Market Price, provided that the Exercise Price shall not be reduced below $0.60 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar events with respect to the Company’s Common Stock) pursuant to this Section 2(e). For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made. Upon the foregoing adjustment to the Exercise Price, the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such adjustment shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying .9375 by the product of (A) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and (B) the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise in full of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

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3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon an exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder will be entitled to receive the amount of any such Distribution that the Holder would have received if the Holder had held, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, or, if no such record date is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder is entitled to receive upon such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Warrant).

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of the SPA Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with

 

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the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock or common shares (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Corporate Event but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Corporate Event had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Event. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control, at the request of the Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90th) day after the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five (5) Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Change of Control), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Change of Control.

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

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6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company 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, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

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(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Florida. The Holder and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to

 

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realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the

 

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provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

16. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request, (ii) an expected volatility equal to 100%, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in the Fundamental Transaction and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

(b) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

(c) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(d) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which this Warrant remains exercisable for publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity and in which the holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the Successor Entity necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such Successor Entity and to approve any measure requiring the approval of holders of a majority of the common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity, (ii) a license, distribution or development agreement relating to one or more of the Company’s biotech products entered into on an arms length basis for reasonably equivalent value with a Person that is not a direct or indirect affiliate of the Company or any officer, director or employee thereof and that is in the business of commercializing or developing biotech products or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

 

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(e) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(f) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

(g) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

(h) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, any other market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc., The Nasdaq Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NYSE Amex or the OTC Bulletin Board.

(i) “Expiration Date” means the date eighty-four (84) months after the Initial Exercisability Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next day that is not a Holiday.

(j) “Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common

 

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Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Fundamental Transaction” shall not include any issuance of securities or any other transaction contemplated to occur at the Effective Date pursuant to the Company’s Plan of Reorganization (as defined in the SPA Securities).

(k) “Option Value” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day prior to the public announcement of the applicable Option for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to 100%, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price during the period beginning on the day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and the public announcement of such issuance and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

(l) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(m) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common shares or common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(n) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(o) “Price Adjusted Market Price” means the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Prices during the period beginning on (and including) December 1, 2010 and ending on (and including) December 21, 2010.

(p) “Principal Market” means the OTCQX market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or such Eligible Market on which such security is then listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg.

 

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(q) “Required Holders” means the holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

(r) “SPA Securities” means the Initial Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(s) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(t) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

(u) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12 with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

EXHIBIT A

EXERCISE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                      of the Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Biovest International, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

             a “Cash Exercise” with respect to                      Warrant Shares; and/or

             a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to                      Warrant Shares.

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder                      Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

4. The undersigned holder hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect to the exercise of the Warrant contemplated by this Exercise Notice, such holder will not be in violation of the beneficial ownership limits specified in Section 1(f) of the Warrant, as increased or decreased pursuant to terms contained therein.

5. Is the Variable Price Formulation being relied on pursuant to Section 2.1(d)? (check one) YES        NO        

Date:                  ,         

 

Account Number:  

 

(if electronic book entry transfer)

 

Transaction Code Number:  

 

(if electronic book entry transfer)


 

 

Name of Registered Holder
 

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated October [    ], 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

Exhibit B-1

[FORM OF SERIES B WARRANT]

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SELECTED BY THE HOLDER, IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS THE HOLDER PROVIDES THE COMPANY WITH REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT SUCH SECURITIES CAN BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT (COLLECTIVELY, “RULE 144”) AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Warrant No.:             

Number of Shares of Common Stock:                     

Date of Issuance: [            ], 2010 (“Issuance Date”)

Biovest International, Inc., a company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Effective Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the “Initial Exercisability Date”), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below),                      (                    )1 fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Warrant Shares”). NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS WARRANT TO THE CONTRARY, NO MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM ELIGIBILITY NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES

 

1 Insert number of shares equal to the difference between (i) the Holder’s share of the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement divided by $0.50 and (ii) the Holder’s share of the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement divided by the Conversion Price (as defined in the SPA securities) in effect on the Issuance Date.


SHALL BE EXERCISABLE HEREUNDER. Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16. This Warrant is one of the Series B Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October     , 2010 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any time or times on or after the Initial Exercisability Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”) so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as

 

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practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $0.01, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the date of exercise.

(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if, after the Effective Date, any Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice cannot be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or is otherwise not freely transferable without any restrictions or limitations, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

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For purposes of the foregoing formula:
A=   the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
B=   the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
C=   $0.001.

(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.

(f) Limitations on Exercises. The Company shall not 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, such Person (together with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock 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 paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the

 

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conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

(g) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% (the “Required Reserve Amount”) of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.

(h) Mandatory Exercise. If the Maximum Eligibility Number on December 22, 2010 is greater than zero, then this Warrant shall be deemed to be exercised by a Cashless Exercise pursuant to Section 1(d) above and the Company shall be obligated to deliver all Warrant Shares in accordance with, and in the time periods specified in, this Warrant as if the Holder had delivered an Exercise Notice on such date with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares exercisable hereunder.

2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(a) Intentionally Omitted.

(b) Intentionally Omitted.

(c) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of shares of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by

 

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any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

(d) Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Variable Securities. If the Company issues or sells or, in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold any Options or Convertible Securities after the Issuance Date that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, a “Variable Price Formulation”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (the “Variable Notice”) on the date of issuance or deemed issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company issues or is deemed to have issued any such Convertible Securities or Options with a Variable Price Formulation, but only for so long as such Convertible Securities or Options are outstanding, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute any of the applicable Variable Price Formulation for the Exercise Price upon exercise of the Warrants held by it by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon exercise of such Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price Formulation rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for a particular exercise of Warrants shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for any future exercise of Warrants.

 

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3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon an exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder will be entitled to receive the amount of any such Distribution that the Holder would have received if the Holder had held, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, or, if no such record date is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder is entitled to receive upon such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Warrant).

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of the SPA Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with

 

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the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock or common shares (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Corporate Event but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Corporate Event had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Event. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control, at the request of the Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90th) day after the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five (5) Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Change of Control), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Change of Control.

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

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6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company 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, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

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(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Florida. The Holder and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to

 

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realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

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provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

16. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request, (ii) an expected volatility equal to 100%, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in the Fundamental Transaction and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

(b) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

(c) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(d) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which this Warrant remains exercisable for publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity and in which the holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the Successor Entity necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such Successor Entity and to approve any measure requiring the approval of holders of a majority of the common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity, (ii) a license, distribution or development agreement relating to one or more of the Company’s biotech products entered into on an arms length basis for reasonably equivalent value with a Person that is not a direct or indirect affiliate of the Company or any officer, director or employee thereof and that is in the business of commercializing or developing biotech products or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

 

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(e) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(f) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

(g) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

(h) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, any other market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc., The Nasdaq Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NYSE Amex or the OTC Bulletin Board.

(i) “Expiration Date” means December 23, 2010 or, if such date falls on a Holiday, the next day that is not a Holiday.

(j) “Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or

 

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exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Fundamental Transaction” shall not include any issuance of securities or any other transaction contemplated to occur at the Effective Date pursuant to the Company’s Plan of Reorganization (as defined in the SPA Securities).

(k) “Maximum Eligibility Number” means initially zero and such number shall be increased, on December 22, 2010 if 80% of the Price Adjusted Market Price is less than $0.91, to a number equal to the difference between (I) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities purchased by the Holder (or such Holder’s assignee) on the Issuance Date by (B) the greater of (1) $0.50 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar events with respect to the Company’s Common Stock) and (2) 80% of the Price Adjusted Market Price and (II) the quotient determined by dividing the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities purchased by the Holder (or such Holder’s assignee) on the Issuance Date by (B) $0.91; provided, that in no event shall the Maximum Eligibility Number exceed the number of Warrant Shares set forth on the first page of this Warrant (as adjusted pursuant to the terms set forth herein).

(l) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(m) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common shares or common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(n) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(o) “Price Adjusted Market Price” means the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Prices during the period beginning on (and including) December 1, 2010 and ending on (and including) December 21, 2010.

(p) “Principal Market” means the OTCQX market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or such Eligible Market on which such security is then listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg.

 

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(q) “Required Holders” means the holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

(r) “SPA Securities” means the Initial Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(s) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(t) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

(u) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12 with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

EXHIBIT A

EXERCISE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                      of the Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Biovest International, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

             a “Cash Exercise” with respect to                      Warrant Shares; and/or

             a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to              Warrant Shares.

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder                      Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

4. The undersigned holder hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect to the exercise of the Warrant contemplated by this Exercise Notice, such holder will not be in violation of the beneficial ownership limits specified in Section 1(f) of the Warrant, as increased or decreased pursuant to terms contained therein.

5. Is the Variable Price Formulation being relied on pursuant to Section 2.1(d)? (check one) YES          NO         

Date:                  ,         

 

Account Number:  

 

(if electronic book entry transfer)

 

Transaction Code Number:  

 

(if electronic book entry transfer)


 

 

Name of Registered Holder
 

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated October [    ], 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

Exhibit B-2

[FORM OF SERIES A WARRANT]

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Warrant No.:             

Number of Shares of Common Stock:                     

Date of Issuance: [            ], 2010 (“Issuance Date”)

Biovest International, Inc., a company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Effective Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the “Initial Exercisability Date”), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below),                      (                    )1 fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16. This Warrant is one of the Series A Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October     , 2010 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any time or times on or after the Initial Exercisability Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the

 

1 Insert number of shares equal to such holder’s pro rata share of the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement divided by $0.91


Exercise Notice), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”) so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $        , subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the

 

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Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the date of exercise.

(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if, after the Effective Date, any Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice cannot be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or is otherwise not freely transferable without any restrictions or limitations, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

                                     B

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A=   the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

B=

  the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.

C=

  the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.

(f) Limitations on Exercises. The Company shall not 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, such Person (together with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For

 

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purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock 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 paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

(g) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 130% (the “Required Reserve Amount”) of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a

 

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proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.

2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(a) Adjustment upon Issuance of shares of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities (as defined in the SPA Securities)) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. Upon each such adjustment of the Exercise Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment. For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be applicable:

(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant

 

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Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security less any consideration paid or payable by the Company with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options issued after the Subscription Date, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities issued after the Subscription Date are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. Additionally, if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date of the Subscription Date is increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security

 

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and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease, but in such event the amount of the adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2 will not be proportionately greater than the proportionate amount of the increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.

(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company less any consideration paid or payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received or receivable by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such security on the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock,

 

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Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

(b) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

(c) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of shares of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

(d) Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Variable Securities. If the Company issues or sells or, in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold any Options or Convertible Securities after the Issuance Date that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, a “Variable Price Formulation”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (the “Variable Notice”) on the date of issuance or deemed issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company issues or is deemed to have issued any such Convertible Securities or Options with a Variable Price Formulation, but only for so long as such Convertible Securities or Options are outstanding, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute any of the applicable Variable Price Formulation for the Exercise Price upon exercise of the Warrants held by it by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon exercise of such Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price Formulation rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for a particular exercise of Warrants shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for any future exercise of Warrants. In connection with determining the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of any Option” pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) and the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of a Convertible Security” pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii), as such terms pertain solely to

 

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any Variable Price Formulation contained in any Option or Convertible Securities issued after the Issuance Date, such lowest price shall equal the lesser of (i) the fixed exercise, conversion or exchange price set forth in the applicable Option or Convertible Security and (ii) the Variable Price Formulation contained in the applicable Option or Convertible Security, calculated as if such Option or Convertible Security were converted, exercised or exchanged as of the date of issuance of the applicable Option or Convertible Security.

(e) Price Adjusted Market Price Adjustment. If the Price Adjusted Market Price is less than the Exercise Price in effect on the Issuance Date, then on December 22, 2010, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to 120% of the Price Adjusted Market Price, provided that the Exercise Price shall not be reduced below $0.60 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar events with respect to the Company’s Common Stock) pursuant to this Section 2(e). For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made. Upon the foregoing adjustment to the Exercise Price, the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such adjustment shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying .9375 by the product of (A) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and (B) the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise in full of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon an exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder will be entitled to receive the amount of any such Distribution that the Holder would have received if the Holder had held, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, or, if no such record date is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder is entitled to receive upon such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Warrant).

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

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(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of the SPA Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock or common shares (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Corporate Event but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Corporate Event had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Event. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control, at the request of the Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90th) day after the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five (5) Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Change of Control), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Change of Control.

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)),

 

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registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company 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, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

 

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9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Holder and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives

 

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the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

16. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request, (ii) an expected volatility equal to 100%, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in the Fundamental Transaction and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

 

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(b) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

(c) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(d) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which this Warrant remains exercisable for publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity and in which the holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the Successor Entity necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such Successor Entity and to approve any measure requiring the approval of holders of a majority of the common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity, (ii) a license, distribution or development agreement relating to one or more of the Company’s biotech products entered into on an arms length basis for reasonably equivalent value with a Person that is not a direct or indirect affiliate of the Company or any officer, director or employee thereof and that is in the business of commercializing or developing biotech products or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

(e) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

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(f) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

(g) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

(h) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, any other market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc., The Nasdaq Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NYSE Amex or the OTC Bulletin Board.

(i) “Expiration Date” means the date eighty-four (84) months after the Initial Exercisability Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next day that is not a Holiday.

(j) “Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Fundamental Transaction” shall not include any issuance of securities or any other transaction contemplated to occur at the Effective Date pursuant to the Company’s Plan of Reorganization (as defined in the SPA Securities).

(k) “Option Value” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day prior to the public announcement of the applicable Option for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to 100%, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest Weighted Average Price during the period beginning on the day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and the public announcement of such issuance and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

 

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(l) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(m) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common shares or common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(n) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(o) “Price Adjusted Market Price” means the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Prices during the period beginning on (and including) December 1, 2010 and ending on (and including) December 21, 2010.

(p) “Principal Market” means the OTCQX market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or such Eligible Market on which such security is then listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg.

(q) “Required Holders” means the holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

(r) “SPA Securities” means the Exchange Notes (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

(s) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(t) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

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period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12 with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

EXHIBIT A

EXERCISE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                      of the Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Biovest International, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

             a “Cash Exercise” with respect to                      Warrant Shares; and/or

             a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to                      Warrant Shares.

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder                      Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

4. The undersigned holder hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect to the exercise of the Warrant contemplated by this Exercise Notice, such holder will not be in violation of the beneficial ownership limits specified in Section 1(f) of the Warrant, as increased or decreased pursuant to terms contained therein.

5. Is the Variable Price Formulation being relied on pursuant to Section 2.1(d)? (check one) YES        NO        

Date:                  ,         

 

Account Number:  

 

(if electronic book entry transfer)

 

Transaction Code Number:  

 

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Name of Registered Holder
 

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated October [    ], 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

Exhibit B-2

[FORM OF SERIES B WARRANT]

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Warrant No.:             

Number of Shares of Common Stock:                     

Date of Issuance: [            ], 2010 (“Issuance Date”)

Biovest International, Inc., a company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Effective Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the “Initial Exercisability Date”), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below),                      (                    )1 fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Warrant Shares”). NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS WARRANT TO THE CONTRARY, NO MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM ELIGIBILITY NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES SHALL BE EXERCISABLE HEREUNDER. Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16. This Warrant is one of the Series B Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October     , 2010 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any time or times on or after the Initial Exercisability Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The

 

1 Insert number of shares equal to the difference between (i) the Holder’s share of the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement divided by $0.50 and (ii) the Holder’s share of the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement divided by $0.91.


Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”) so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $0.01, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for

 

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such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the date of exercise.

(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if, after the Effective Date, any Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice cannot be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or is otherwise not freely transferable without any restrictions or limitations, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

                                     B

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A=   the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

B=

  the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.

C=

  $0.001.

(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.

 

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(f) Limitations on Exercises. The Company shall not 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, such Person (together with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock 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 paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

(g) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% (the “Required Reserve Amount”) of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without

 

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limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.

(h) Mandatory Exercise. If the Maximum Eligibility Number on December 22, 2010 is greater than zero, then this Warrant shall be deemed to be exercised by a Cashless Exercise pursuant to Section 1(d) above and the Company shall be obligated to deliver all Warrant Shares in accordance with, and in the time periods specified in, this Warrant as if the Holder had delivered an Exercise Notice on such date with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares exercisable hereunder.

2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(a) Intentionally Omitted.

(b) Intentionally Omitted.

(c) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of shares of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

(d) Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Variable Securities. If the Company issues or sells or, in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold any Options or Convertible Securities after the Issuance Date that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, a “Variable Price Formulation”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (the “Variable Notice”) on the date of issuance or deemed issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company issues or is deemed to have issued any such Convertible Securities or

 

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Options with a Variable Price Formulation, but only for so long as such Convertible Securities or Options are outstanding, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute any of the applicable Variable Price Formulation for the Exercise Price upon exercise of the Warrants held by it by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon exercise of such Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price Formulation rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for a particular exercise of Warrants shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price Formulation for any future exercise of Warrants.

3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, upon an exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder will be entitled to receive the amount of any such Distribution that the Holder would have received if the Holder had held, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, or, if no such record date is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the declaration or payment of the Distribution, the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder is entitled to receive upon such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Warrant).

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of the SPA Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of

 

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shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock or common shares (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Corporate Event but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Corporate Event had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Event. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control, at the request of the Holder delivered before the ninetieth (90th) day after the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five (5) Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Change of Control), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Change of Control.

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all

 

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the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company 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, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

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(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Holder and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in

 

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The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

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14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

16. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request, (ii) an expected volatility equal to 100%, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in the Fundamental Transaction and (iv) a 360 day annualization factor.

(b) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

(c) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(d) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which this Warrant remains exercisable for publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity and in which the holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of

 

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the Successor Entity necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such Successor Entity and to approve any measure requiring the approval of holders of a majority of the common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity, (ii) a license, distribution or development agreement relating to one or more of the Company’s biotech products entered into on an arms length basis for reasonably equivalent value with a Person that is not a direct or indirect affiliate of the Company or any officer, director or employee thereof and that is in the business of commercializing or developing biotech products or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

(e) “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(f) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

(g) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

(h) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, any other market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc., The Nasdaq Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NYSE Amex or the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

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(i) “Expiration Date” means December 23, 2010 or, if such date falls on a Holiday, the next day that is not a Holiday.

(j) “Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Fundamental Transaction” shall not include any issuance of securities or any other transaction contemplated to occur at the Effective Date pursuant to the Company’s Plan of Reorganization (as defined in the SPA Securities).

(k) “Maximum Eligibility Number” means initially zero and such number shall be increased, on December 22, 2010 if 80% of the Price Adjusted Market Price is less than $0.91, to a number equal to the difference between (I) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities purchased by the Holder (or such Holder’s assignee) on the Issuance Date by (B) the greater of (1) $0.50 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar events with respect to the Company’s Common Stock) and (2) 80% of the Price Adjusted Market Price and (II) the quotient determined by dividing the aggregate principal amount of SPA Securities purchased by the Holder (or such Holder’s assignee) on the Issuance Date by (B) $0.91 provided, that in no event shall the Maximum Eligibility Number exceed the number of Warrant Shares set forth on the first page of this Warrant (as adjusted pursuant to the terms set forth herein).

(l) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(m) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common shares or common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

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(n) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(o) “Price Adjusted Market Price” means the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Prices during the period beginning on (and including) December 1, 2010 and ending on (and including) December 21, 2010.

(p) “Principal Market” means the OTCQX market tier operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or such Eligible Market on which such security is then listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg.

(q) “Required Holders” means the holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding.

(r) “SPA Securities” means the Exchange Notes (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

(s) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(t) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

(u) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market

 

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makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12 with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

EXHIBIT A

EXERCISE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                      of the Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Biovest International, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

             a “Cash Exercise” with respect to                      Warrant Shares; and/or

             a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to                      Warrant Shares.

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder                      Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

4. The undersigned holder hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect to the exercise of the Warrant contemplated by this Exercise Notice, such holder will not be in violation of the beneficial ownership limits specified in Section 1(f) of the Warrant, as increased or decreased pursuant to terms contained therein.

5. Is the Variable Price Formulation being relied on pursuant to Section 2.1(d)? (check one) YES        NO        

Date:                  ,         

 

Account Number:  

 

(if electronic book entry transfer)

 

Transaction Code Number:  

 

(if electronic book entry transfer)


 

 

Name of Registered Holder
 

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated October [    ], 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

Exhibit C-1

PLEDGE, COLLATERAL ACCOUNT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

PLEDGE, COLLATERAL ACCOUNT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of October 19, 2010 (this “Agreement”), by and between Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Pledgor”), in favor of Empery Asset Master LTD, a Cayman limited company, in its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the “Buyers” party to the Securities Purchase Agreement referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, on November 10, 2008, (the “Petition Date”), Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Accentia”) and its Subsidiaries, the Pledgor, Analytica International, Inc., TEAMM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AccentRx, Inc., Accentia Specialty Pharmacy, Inc., Biovax, Inc., AutovaxID, Inc., Biolender, LLC and Biolender II, LLC (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330 (as amended, the “Bankruptcy Code”), with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division) (the “Bankruptcy Court”). Since the Petition Date, the Debtors have continued to operate their businesses and manage their properties as debtors in possession pursuant to Sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;

WHEREAS, the Pledgor has authorized the issuance of a new series of senior secured convertible notes of the Pledgor (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, together with any notes issued in exchange or replacement therefor, the “Initial Notes”), pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Pledgor and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto.

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Buyers entering into the Securities Purchase Agreement that the Pledgor execute and deliver to the Agent this Agreement providing for the pledge to the Agent of, and the grant to the Agent of a security interest in, account number 2000045511594 (the “Account”) maintained by the Pledgor with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or any successor entity (the “Bank”), including, without limitation, all securities, cash and investment property now or hereafter held in the Account;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in order to induce the Buyers to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. All terms used in this Agreement which are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement or Article 8 or 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (the “Code”) in effect in the State of New York from time to time and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein.

SECTION 2. Pledge and Grant of Security Interest. As collateral security for all of the Obligations (as defined in Section 3 hereof), the Pledgor hereby pledges and assigns to the Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, and grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, a continuing security interest in, the following (the “Collateral”):

(a) the Account, all securities, financial assets and cash which may from time to time be in the Account and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing, the Account;


 

(b) all investments of cash now or hereafter in the Account and all promissory notes, bonds, securities, certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing such investments;

(c) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments, promissory notes, certificates, shares, units, earnings, securities (whether certificated or uncertificated), options and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and all other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Collateral;

(d) all investment property contained in, arising from or related to the Account and all securities entitlements of the Pledgor in the Account; and

(e) to the extent not described above, all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing Collateral;

in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Pledgor and howsoever such interest therein may arise or appear (whether by ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise).

SECTION 3. Security for Obligations. The security interest created hereby in the Collateral constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the following obligations whether now existing or hereafter incurred (the “Obligations”):

(a) the prompt payment by the Pledgor, as and when due and payable, of all amounts from time to time owing by the Pledgor in respect of the the Initial Notes, including, without limitation, principal of and interest on the Initial Notes (including, without limitation, all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Pledgor, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), all fees, commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other amounts due or to become due under the Transaction Documents; and

(b) the due performance and observance by the Pledgor of all of its other obligations from time to time existing in respect of this Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Initial Notes, and the other Transaction Documents.

SECTION 4. Establishment of Collateral Account; Delivery of the Collateral.

(a) The Pledgor has established and will maintain with the Bank the Account. The Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, and the Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, shall have the sole right to make

 

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withdrawals from the Account and to exercise rights with respect to the securities, cash, financial assets and other investment property from time to time on deposit or held therein. The Collateral shall be held by the Bank in the Account pursuant to the terms hereof and the Deposit Account Control Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2010 (the “Control Agreement”) among the Pledgor, the Buyers and the Bank.

(b) If the Pledgor shall receive, by virtue of the Pledgor’s being or having been an owner of any Collateral, any (i) stock certificate, promissory note or other instrument, (ii) option or right, whether as an addition to, substitution for, or in exchange for, any Collateral, or otherwise, or (iii) payment in cash or in securities or other property, the Pledgor shall receive such promissory note, instrument, option, right, payment or distribution in trust for the benefit of the Agent, shall segregate it from the Pledgor’s other property and shall deliver it forthwith to the Agent or the Bank in the exact form received, with any necessary endorsement and/or appropriate stock powers duly executed in blank, to be held by the Agent or the Bank as Collateral and as further collateral security for the Obligations.

SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties. The Pledgor represents and warrants as follows:

(a) The Pledgor is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, and has the requisite power and authorization to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Subject only to Bankruptcy Court approval, the Pledgor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Pledgor and the consummation by the Pledgor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the Pledgor’s Board of Directors and no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Pledgor, its Board of Directors or its stockholders.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Pledgor of this Agreement, and the exercise by the Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder, (i) do not and will not contravene any law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States), or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Pledgor or any of the Pledgor’s properties, and (ii) do not and will not result in or require the creation of any security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the Pledgor’s properties, other than in favor of the Agent.

(c) This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable against the Pledgor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditor’s rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

(d) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Pledgor’s knowledge, threatened or otherwise affecting the Pledgor or the Account before any court or other governmental authority or arbitrator that is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the financial condition of the Pledgor or the Pledgor’s ability to perform the obligations of the Pledgor hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.

 

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(e) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or other regulatory body or any other Person is required for (i) the due execution, delivery and performance by the Pledgor of this Agreement, (ii) the grant by the Pledgor, or the perfection, of the security interest purported to be created hereby in the Collateral or (iii) the exercise by the Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder.

(f) The Pledgor is and will be at all times the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral, free and clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance except for the security interest created by this Agreement and any security interest of the Bank in the Account. There is no financing statement naming the Pledgor as debtor (or similar document or instrument of registration under the law of any jurisdiction) now on file or registered in any public office covering any interest of the Pledgor in any of the Collateral.

(g) This Agreement creates a valid security interest in favor of the Agent in the Collateral, as security for the Obligations. The Bank’s having possession in the Account of all certificates, instruments and cash constituting Collateral from time to time and the execution and delivery of the Control Agreement results in the perfection of such security interest. Such security interest is, or in the case of Collateral in which the Pledgor obtains rights after the date hereof, will be, a perfected, first priority security interest. All action necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such security interest has been duly taken, except the Agent’s and/or the Bank’s having possession of certificates, instruments and cash constituting Collateral after the date hereof.

SECTION 6. Covenants as to the Collateral. The Pledgor will, unless the Agent shall otherwise consent in writing:

(a) Keep adequate records concerning the Collateral and permit the Agent or any agents or representatives thereof at any reasonable time and from time to time to examine and make copies of and abstracts from such records.

(b) At the Pledgor’s expense, promptly deliver to the Agent a copy of each notice or other communication received by the Pledgor in respect of the Collateral, together with a copy of any reply by the Pledgor thereto.

(c) At the Pledgor’s expense, defend the Agent’s right, title and security interest in and to the Collateral against the claims of any person.

(d) At the Pledgor’s expense, at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary or desirable or that the Agent may reasonably request in order to (i) perfect and protect the security interest purported to be created hereby (whether pursuant to laws, rules, regulations or general practices currently in effect or adopted subsequent to the date hereof), (ii) enable the Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral, or (iii) otherwise effect the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, delivering to the Agent irrevocable proxies in respect of the Collateral and executing

 

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and filing such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, as may be necessary or that the Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect and preserve the security interest purported to be created hereby.

(e) Not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), exchange or otherwise dispose of any Collateral or any interest therein.

(f) Not create or suffer to exist any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any Collateral except for the security interest created hereby and the security interest of the Bank.

(g) Not make or consent to any amendment or other modification or waiver with respect to any Collateral or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction with respect to any Collateral other than pursuant hereto.

(h) Not take any action which would in any manner impair the value or enforceability of the Agent’s security interest in any Collateral.

SECTION 7. Withdrawal and Disposition of Collateral.

(a) All Collateral (including, without limitation, all cash and investment property from time to time in the Account, and the proceeds thereof), shall remain in the Account (except for withdrawals by the Agent in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the Pledgor may not withdraw any part of the Collateral from the Account.

(b) The Agent may make withdrawals of all or any part of the Collateral from the Account from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 8. Additional Provisions Concerning the Collateral.

(a) The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Agent to file, without the signature of the Pledgor where permitted by law, one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relating to the Collateral.

(b) The Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent the Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact and proxy, with full authority in the place and stead of the Pledgor and in the name of the Pledgor or otherwise, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument (at the expense of the Pledgor) which the Agent may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, at any time and from time to time, to register, or to direct that the Bank register, all or any item of Collateral in the Agent’s own name or in the name of its nominee or designee, to receive, indorse and collect all instruments made payable to the Pledgor representing any distribution in respect of any Collateral and to give full discharge for the same.

(c) If the Pledgor fails to perform any agreement or obligation contained herein, the Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or

 

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obligation, and the expenses of the Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Pledgor pursuant to Section 10 hereof, together with interest from the date such expenses are paid by the Agent until repaid in full, at the rate for overdue principal under the Initial Notes all payable on demand. The powers conferred on the Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers.

(d) Other than the exercise of reasonable care to assure the safe custody of the Collateral while held by the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall have no duty or liability to preserve rights pertaining thereto and shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Collateral upon surrendering it or tendering surrender of it to the Pledgor. The Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Agent accords its own property, it being understood that the Agent shall not have responsibility for (i) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relating to any Collateral, whether or not the Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or (ii) taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any Collateral.

SECTION 9. Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) The Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all of the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Code then in effect in the State of New York (whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral); and without limiting the generality of the foregoing and without notice except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange or broker’s board or elsewhere, at such price or prices and on such other terms as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable. In addition, the Agent may, at any time and from time to time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, direct that the Bank immediately deliver to the Agent all or part of the Collateral. The Agent may apply all or part of the cash and/or other investment property constituting Collateral to the payment of all or any part of the Obligations in such manner as the Agent may elect. The Pledgor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least three (3) days’ notice to the Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.

(b) The Pledgor agrees that in any sale of any Collateral hereunder the Agent is hereby authorized to comply with any limitation or restriction in connection with such sale as it may be advised by counsel is necessary in order to avoid any violation of applicable law (including, without limitation, compliance with such procedures as may restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers, require that such prospective bidders and purchasers have certain qualifications, and restrict such prospective bidders and purchasers to persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing for their own account for investment and not with a

 

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view to the distribution or resale of such Collateral), or in order to obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchasers by any governmental regulatory authority or official, and the Pledgor further agrees that such compliance shall not result in such sale being considered or deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner, nor shall the Agent be liable or accountable to the Pledgor for any discount allowed by reason of the fact that Collateral is sold in compliance with any such limitation or restriction.

(c) Any cash held by the Agent as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by the Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Agent, be held by the Agent as collateral for, and/or then or any time thereafter applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Agent pursuant to Section 10 hereof) in whole or in part by the Agent against, all or any part of the Obligations in such order as the Agent shall elect. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the Agent and remaining after payment in full of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

(d) In the event that the proceeds of any such sale, collection or realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Agent is legally entitled, the Pledgor shall be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at the highest rate specified in the Initial Notes for interest on overdue principal thereof or such lesser rate as shall be fixed by applicable law, together with the costs of collection and the fees, disbursements and other client charges of any attorneys employed by the Agent to collect such deficiency.

SECTION 10. Indemnity and Expenses.

(a) The Pledgor agrees to indemnify the Agent from and against any and all claims, losses and liabilities growing out of or resulting from this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement of this Agreement and any obligations owed to the Bank), except claims, losses or liabilities resulting solely and directly from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) The Pledgor agrees to pay to the Agent on demand the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the fees, disbursements and other client charges of the Agent’s counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration, amendment, modification or termination of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Agent hereunder, or (iv) the failure by the Pledgor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 11. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be given in accordance with the notice provisions in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.

(a) No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Pledgor and the Agent, and no waiver of any

 

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provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by the Pledgor therefrom, shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

(b) No failure on the part of the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and remedies of the Agent provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law. The rights of the Agent against the Pledgor are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by the Agent to exercise any of its rights under any other agreement, document or instrument against the Pledgor or against any other Person.

(c) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(d) This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the satisfaction in full of all Obligations after the Initial Notes have been returned to the Pledgor and (ii) be binding on the Pledgor and its successors, transferees and assigns and shall inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Agent and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Agent may assign or otherwise transfer its interests hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents, without notice to or consent of the Pledgor. None of the rights or obligations of the Pledgor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of the Agent.

(e) Upon the satisfaction in full of all Obligations after the Initial Notes have been returned to the Pledgor, (i) this Agreement and the security interest created hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Pledgor, and (ii) the Agent will, upon the request of the Pledgor and at the Pledgor’s expense, (A) return to the Pledgor such of the Collateral held by the Agent, and instruct the Bank to return to the Pledgor such of the Collateral held in the Account, as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied pursuant to the terms hereof and (B) execute and deliver to the Pledgor such documents as the Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

(f) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, except as required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the extent that the validity or perfection and the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest created hereby, or remedies hereunder, in respect of any particular Collateral are governed by the law of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(g) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an

 

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original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one in the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be equally effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has executed and delivered this Agreement on the date first above written.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


 

ACCEPTED BY:

 

EMPERY ASSET MASTER LTD,

as Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Exhibit C-2

LOGO

DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

(Access Restricted Immediately)

This Deposit Account Control Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of the date specified on the initial signature page of this Agreement, is entered into by and among Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), Empery Asset Master Ltd., (“Secured Party”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Bank”), and sets forth the rights of Secured Party and the obligations of Bank with respect to the deposit accounts of Company at Bank identified at the end of this Agreement as the Collateral Accounts (each hereinafter referred to individually as a “Collateral Account” and collectively as the “Collateral Accounts”). Each account designated as a Collateral Account includes, for purposes of this Agreement, and without the necessity of separately listing subaccount numbers, all subaccounts presently existing or hereafter established for deposit reporting purposes and integrated with the Collateral Account by an arrangement in which deposits made through subaccounts are posted only to the Collateral Account. Each Collateral Account operated as a “Multi-Currency Account” is a deposit account maintained with Bank’s Cayman Islands Branch, which may be denominated in foreign currency.

 

1. Secured Party’s Interest in Collateral Accounts. Secured Party represents that it is either (i) a lender who has extended credit to Company and has been granted a security interest in the Collateral Accounts or (ii) the agent for a group of such lenders. Company hereby confirms the security interest granted by Company to Secured Party in all of Company’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral Accounts and all sums now or hereafter on deposit in or payable or withdrawable from the Collateral Accounts (the “Collateral Account Funds”). In furtherance of the intentions of the parties hereto, this Agreement constitutes written notice by Secured Party to Bank and Bank’s Cayman Islands Branch of Secured Party’s security interest in the Collateral Accounts.

 

2. Secured Party Control. Bank, Secured Party and Company each agree that Bank will comply with instructions given to Bank by Secured Party directing disposition of funds in the Collateral Accounts (“Disposition Instructions”) without further consent by Company. Except as otherwise required by law, Bank will not agree with any third party to comply with instructions for disposition of funds in the Collateral Accounts originated by such third party.

 

3. No Company Access to Collateral Accounts. Unless separately agreed to in writing by Secured Party, Company agrees that it will not be able to make debits or withdrawals from or otherwise have access to the Collateral Accounts or any Collateral Account Funds, and that Secured Party will have exclusive access to the Collateral Accounts and Collateral Account Funds.

 

4.

Transfers in Response to Disposition Instructions. Without limiting the provisions of the “Secured Party Control” section of this Agreement, Bank shall comply with any Disposition Instructions by Secured Party directing the transfer or disposition of any or all available funds in the Collateral Accounts within two Business Days following receipt of such Disposition Instructions by Bank. Any disposition of funds which Bank makes in response to any such Disposition Instructions is subject to Bank’s standard policies, procedures and documentation governing the type of disposition made; provided, however, that in no circumstances will any such disposition require Company’s consent. To the extent any Collateral Account is a certificate of deposit or time deposit, Bank will be entitled to deduct any applicable early


 

withdrawal penalty prior to disbursing funds from such account in response to Disposition Instructions. To the extent Secured Party requests that funds be transferred from any Collateral Account in a currency different from the currency denomination of the Collateral Account, the funds transfer will be made after currency conversion at Bank’s then current buying rate for exchange applicable to the new currency. A “Business Day” is any day on which Bank is open to conduct its regular banking business, other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

 

5. Lockboxes. To the extent items deposited to a Collateral Account have been received in one or more post office lockboxes maintained for Company by Bank (each a “Lockbox”) and processed by Bank for deposit, Company acknowledges that Company has granted Secured Party a security interest in all such items (the “Remittances”). During the term of this Agreement, Company will have no right or ability to instruct Bank regarding the receipt, processing or deposit of Remittances, and Secured Party alone will have the right and ability to so instruct Bank. Company and Secured Party acknowledge and agree that Bank’s operation of each Lockbox, and the receipt, retrieval, processing and deposit of Remittances, will at all times be governed by Bank’s Master Agreement for Treasury Management Services or other applicable treasury management services agreement, and by Bank’s applicable standard lockbox Service Description.

 

6. Balance Reports and Bank Statements. Bank agrees, at the request of Secured Party on any Business Day, to make available to Secured Party a report (“Balance Report”) showing the opening available balance in the Collateral Accounts as of the beginning of such Business Day, by a transmission method determined by Bank, in Bank’s sole discretion. Company expressly consents to this transmission of information. Bank shall provide duplicate copies of all periodic statements on the Collateral Accounts to Secured Party at the address indicated for Secured Party after its signature to this Agreement.

 

7. Returned Items. Secured Party and Company understand and agree that the face amount (“Returned Item Amount”) of each Returned Item will be paid by Bank debiting the Collateral Account to which the Returned Item was originally credited, without prior notice to Secured Party or Company. As used in this Agreement, the term “Returned Item” means (i) any item deposited to a Collateral Account and returned unpaid, whether for insufficient funds or for any other reason, and without regard to timeliness of the return or the occurrence or timeliness of any drawee’s notice of non-payment; (ii) any item subject to a claim against Bank of breach of transfer or presentment warranty under the Uniform Commercial Code (as adopted in the applicable state) or Regulation CC (12 C.F.R. §229), as in effect from time to time; (iii) any automated clearing house (“ACH”) entry credited to a Collateral Account and returned unpaid or subject to an adjustment entry under applicable clearing house rules, whether for insufficient funds or for any other reason, and without regard to timeliness of the return or adjustment; (iv) any credit to a Collateral Account from a merchant card transaction, against which a contractual demand for chargeback has been made; and (v) any credit to a Collateral Account made in error. Company agrees to pay all Returned Item Amounts immediately on demand, without setoff or counterclaim, to the extent there are not sufficient funds in the applicable Collateral Account to cover the Returned Item Amounts on the day Bank attempts to debit them from the Collateral Account. Secured Party agrees to pay all Returned Item Amounts within fifteen (15) calendar days after demand, without setoff or counterclaim, to the extent that (i) the Returned Item Amounts are not paid in full by Company within five (5) calendar days after demand on Company by Bank, and (ii) Secured Party has received proceeds from the corresponding Returned Items under this Agreement.

 

8. [Reserved.]

 

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9. Bank Fees. Company agrees to pay all Bank’s fees and charges for the maintenance and administration of the Collateral Accounts and for the treasury management and other account services provided with respect to the Collateral Accounts and any Lockboxes (collectively “Bank Fees”), including, but not limited to, the fees for (a) Balance Reports provided on the Collateral Accounts, (b) funds transfer services received with respect to the Collateral Accounts, (c) lockbox processing services, (d) Returned Items, (e) funds advanced to cover overdrafts in the Collateral Accounts (but without Bank being in any way obligated to make any such advances), and (f) duplicate bank statements. The Bank Fees will be paid by Company within five (5) calendar days after demand from Bank. If Company fails to make such payments within such five (5) calendar day period, Bank may debit one or more of the Collateral Accounts for such Bank Fees, without notice to Secured Party or Company. If there are not sufficient funds in the Collateral Accounts to cover fully the Bank Fees on the Business Day Bank attempts to debit them from the Collateral Accounts, such shortfall or the amount of such Bank Fees will be paid by Secured Party within fifteen (15) calendar days after demand, without setoff or counterclaim.

 

10. Account Documentation. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, Secured Party and Company agree that the Collateral Accounts will be subject to, and Bank’s operation of the Collateral Accounts will be in accordance with, the terms of Bank’s applicable deposit account agreement governing the Collateral Accounts (“Account Agreement”). In addition to the Account Agreement, each Collateral Account operated as a “Multi-Currency Account” will be governed by Bank’s Master Agreement for Treasury Management Services or other applicable treasury management services agreement, and by Bank’s Multi-Currency Account Service Description in effect from time to time. All documentation referenced in this Agreement as governing any Collateral Account or the processing of any Remittances is hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Account Documentation”. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of any Account Documentation, on the one hand, and the terms of the Agreement, on the other hand, then the terms of this Agreement shall govern and control.

 

11. Partial Subordination of Bank’s Rights. Bank hereby subordinates to the security interest of Secured Party in the Collateral Accounts (i) any security interest which Bank may have or acquire in the Collateral Accounts, and (ii) any right which Bank may have or acquire to set off or otherwise apply any Collateral Account Funds against the payment of any indebtedness from time to time owing to Bank from Company, except for debits to the Collateral Accounts permitted under this Agreement for the payment of Returned Item Amounts or Bank Fees.

 

12. [Reserved.]

 

13. Legal Process, Legal Notices and Court Orders. Bank will comply with any legal process, legal notice or court order it receives in relation to a Collateral Account if Bank determines in its sole discretion that the legal process, legal notice or court order is legally binding on it.

 

14.

Indemnification. Company will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Bank, its officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (collectively “Losses and Liabilities”) Bank may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with (a) Bank complying with any binding legal process, legal notice or court order referred to in the immediately preceding section of this Agreement, (b) Bank following any instruction or request of Secured Party, including but not limited to any Disposition Instructions, or (c) Bank complying with its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such Losses and Liabilities are caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the extent such obligations of indemnity are not satisfied by Company within five (5) days after demand on Company by Bank, Secured Party will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Bank

 

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and the other Indemnified Parties against any and all Losses and Liabilities Bank may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with Bank following any instruction or request of Secured Party, except to the extent such Losses and Liabilities are caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

15. Bank’s Responsibility. This Agreement does not create any obligations of Bank, and Bank makes no express or implied representations or warranties with respect to its obligations under this Agreement, except for those expressly set forth herein. In particular, Bank need not investigate whether Secured Party is entitled under Secured Party’s agreements with Company to give Disposition Instructions. Bank may rely on any and all notices and communications it believes are given by the appropriate party. Bank will not be liable to Company, Secured Party or any other party for any Losses and Liabilities caused by (i) circumstances beyond Bank’s reasonable control (including, without limitation, computer malfunctions, interruptions of communication facilities, labor difficulties, acts of God, wars, or terrorist attacks) or (ii) any other circumstances, except to the extent such Losses and Liabilities are directly caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no event will Bank be liable for any indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages, whether or not the likelihood of such damages was known to Bank, and regardless of the form of the claim or action, or the legal theory on which it is based. Any action against Bank by Company or Secured Party under or related to this Agreement must be brought within twelve (12) months after the cause of action accrues.

 

16. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by Secured Party or Bank at any time by either of them giving thirty (30) calendar days prior written notice of such termination to the other parties to this Agreement at their contact addresses specified after their signatures to this Agreement; provided, however, that this Agreement may be terminated immediately upon written notice (i) from Bank to Company and Secured Party should Company or Secured Party fail to make any payment when due to Bank from Company or Secured Party under the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) from Secured Party to Bank on termination or release of Secured Party’s security interest in the Collateral Accounts; provided that any notice from Secured Party under clause (ii) of this sentence must contain Secured Party’s acknowledgement of the termination or release of its security interest in the Collateral Accounts. Company’s and Secured Party’s respective obligations to report errors in funds transfers and bank statements and to pay Returned Items Amounts and Bank Fees, as well as the indemnifications made, and the limitations on the liability of Bank accepted, by Company and Secured Party under this Agreement will continue after the termination of this Agreement with respect to all the circumstances to which they are applicable, existing or occurring before such termination, and any liability of any party to this Agreement, as determined under the provisions of this Agreement, with respect to acts or omissions of such party prior to such termination will also survive such termination. Upon any termination of this Agreement, (i) Bank will transfer all collected and available balances in the Collateral Accounts on the date of such termination in accordance with Secured Party’s written instructions, and (ii) Bank will close any Lockbox and forward any mail received at the Lockbox unopened to such address as is communicated to Bank by Secured Party under the notice provisions of this Agreement for a period of three (3) months after the effective termination date, unless otherwise arranged between Secured Party and Bank, provided that Bank’s fees with respect to such disposition must be prepaid directly to Bank at the time of termination by cashier’s check payable to Bank or other payment method acceptable to Bank in its sole discretion.

 

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17. Modifications, Amendments, and Waivers. This Agreement may not be modified or amended, or any provision thereof waived, except in a writing signed by all the parties to this Agreement.

 

18. Notices. All notices from one party to another must be in writing, must be delivered to Company, Secured Party and/or Bank at their contact addresses specified after their signatures to this Agreement, or any other address of any party communicated to the other parties in writing, and will be effective on receipt. Any notice sent by a party to this Agreement to another party must also be sent to all other parties to this Agreement. Bank is authorized by Company and Secured Party to act on any instructions or notices received by Bank if (a) such instructions or notices purport to be made in the name of Secured Party, (b) Bank reasonably believes that they are so made, and (c) they do not conflict with the terms of this Agreement as such terms may be amended from time to time, unless such conflicting instructions or notices are supported by a court order.

 

19. Successors and Assigns. Neither Company nor Secured Party may assign or transfer its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any person or entity without the prior written consent of Bank, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Party may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to (i) a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the financing or other arrangements between Secured Party and Company, or (ii) if Secured Party is acting as a representative in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor representative; provided that as between Bank and Secured Party, Secured Party will not be released from its obligations under this Agreement unless and until Bank receives any such transferee’s binding written agreement to assume all of Secured Party’s obligations hereunder. Bank may not assign or transfer its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any person or entity without the prior written consent of Secured Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that no such consent will be required if such assignment or transfer takes place as part of a merger, acquisition or corporate reorganization affecting Bank.

 

20. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and be construed in accordance with the laws of the state in which the office of Bank that maintains the Collateral Accounts is located, without regard to conflict of laws principles. This state will also be deemed to be Bank’s jurisdiction, for purposes of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as it applies to this Agreement.

 

21. Severability. To the extent that the terms of this Agreement are inconsistent with, or prohibited or unenforceable under, any applicable law or regulation, they will be deemed ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability, and will be deemed modified and applied in a manner consistent with such law or regulation. Any provision of this Agreement which is deemed unenforceable or invalid in any jurisdiction will not affect the enforceability or validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the same provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which will be an original with the same effect as if the signatures were on the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopier or electronic image scan transmission (such as a “pdf” file) will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of the Agreement.

 

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23. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Account Documentation, contains the entire and only agreement among all the parties to this Agreement and between Bank and Company, on the one hand, and Bank and Secured Party, on the other hand, with respect to (a) the interest of Secured Party in the Collateral Accounts and Collateral Account Funds, and (b) Bank’s obligations to Secured Party in connection with the Collateral Accounts and Collateral Account Funds.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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This Agreement has been signed by the duly authorized officers or representatives of Company, Secured Party and Bank on the date specified below.

Date:             , 2010

 

Collateral Account Numbers:    

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.     EMPERY ASSET MASTER LTD.
   

By: EMPERY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP, its

Authorized Agent

By:

 

   

By: EMPERY AM GP, LLC, its General

Partner

Name:

   

By:

Title:

   

Name: Ryan M. Lane

   

Title: Managing Member

Address for Notices:     Address for Notices:

324 S. Hyde Park Avenue

   

120 Broadway

Suite 350

   

Suite 1019

Tampa, Florida 33606

   

New York, New York 10271

Attn: Alan Pearce

   

Attn: Ryan Lane

Fax: 813.258.6912

   

Fax: 212.608.3307

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION

By:

Name:

Title:

Address for Notices:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

c/o Wachovia Bank

Mail Address Code: D1129-072

301 South Tryon Street, 7th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28282-1915

Attn: TM Legal Risk Mgmt- DACA Team

Fax: 704.374.4224

        with copy to:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Mail Address Code: Z0307-102

100 S. Ashley Drive, 10th Floor

Tampa, Florida 33602

Attn: Valerie DiGennaro

Fax: 813.225.4330

 

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Exhibit D

TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                , 2010

StockTrans, Inc.

[Address]

Telephone: [                ]

Facsimile: [                ]

Attention: [                ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October     , 2010 (the “Agreement”), by and among Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the investors named on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (collectively, the “Holders”), pursuant to which the Company is issuing to the Holders senior secured convertible notes (the “Initial Notes”), which are convertible into shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and warrants (the “Initial Warrants”), which are exercisable into shares of Common Stock.

On November 10, 2008, (the “Petition Date”), Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Accentia”) and its Subsidiaries, the Company, Analytica International, Inc., TEAMM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AccentRx, Inc., Accentia Specialty Pharmacy, Inc., Biovax, Inc., AutovaxID, Inc., Biolender, LLC and Biolender II, LLC (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330 (as amended, the “Bankruptcy Code”), with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division) (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Company’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (as amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms, the Bankruptcy Code or the Federal Bankruptcy Procedure and local rules, the “Plan”), (i) the Initial Notes shall be mandatorily exchangeable and exchanged by each Holder for an aggregate principal amount of new convertible notes (the “Exchange Notes”) equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes being exchanged by each such holder thereof plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon and (ii) the Initial Warrants shall be mandatorily exchangeable and exchanged by each Holder for new warrants (the “Exchange Warrants”), representing the right to acquire the same number of shares of Common Stock as the unexercised Initial Warrants.

Upon the exchange of (i) the Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes and (ii) the Initial Warrants for the Exchange Warrants, the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Warrants will be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and upon the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Exchange Notes (the “Conversion Shares”) and exercise of the Exchange Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”), such shares will be freely transferable without any restrictions or limitations and without the requirement to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).


 

This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to you (provided that you are the transfer agent of the Company at such time):

(i) to issue Conversion Shares to or upon the order of a Holder from time to time upon delivery to you of a properly completed and duly executed Conversion Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, which has been acknowledged by the Company as indicated by the signature of a duly authorized officer of the Company thereon; and

(ii) to issue Warrant Shares to or upon the order of a Holder from time to time upon delivery to you of a properly completed and duly executed Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II, which has been acknowledged by the Company as indicated by the signature of a duly authorized officer of the Company thereon.

You acknowledge and agree that, within three (3) business days after your receipt of a notice of transfer, Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice, you shall issue the Conversion Shares and/or the Warrant Shares, as applicable, so long as you are participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, by crediting the aggregate number of Conversion Shares and/or Warrant Shares to the applicable Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or, if you are not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue the Conversion Shares and/or Warrant Shares, as applicable, registered in the names of such transferee or the Holder, as applicable, and such certificates shall not bear any legend restricting the transfer of the Conversion Shares and/or the Warrant Shares and shall not be subject to any stop-transfer restriction.

Please execute this letter in the space indicated to acknowledge your agreement to act in accordance with these instructions. Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at                 .

 

Very truly yours,

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

 

THE FOREGOING INSTRUCTIONS ARE
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
this      day of             , 2010
STOCKTRANS, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:  

 

  Title:  

 


 

Enclosures

cc: [Buyers]


 

EXHIBIT I

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CONVERSION NOTICE

Reference is made to the Convertible Note (the “Note”) issued to the undersigned by Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Note, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Note) of the Note indicated below into shares of Common Stock par value par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:

 

 

Aggregate Conversion Amount to be converted:

 

 

Please confirm the following information:

Conversion Price:

 

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

 

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted in the following name and to the following address:

Issue to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile Number:

 

 

Authorization:

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Dated:  

 

Account Number:

 

 

    (if electronic book entry transfer)

Transaction Code Number:

 

 

    (if electronic book entry transfer)


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated                 , 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

EXHIBIT II

EXERCISE NOTICE

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                  of the Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Biovest International, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

                 a “Cash Exercise” with respect to                  Warrant Shares; and/or

                 a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to                  Warrant Shares.

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder                  Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

4. The undersigned holder hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect to the exercise of the Warrant contemplated by this Exercise Notice, such holder will not be in violation of the beneficial ownership limits specified in Section 1(f) of the Warrant, as increased or decreased pursuant to terms contained therein.

5. Is the Variable Price being relied on pursuant to Section 2.1(d) of the Warrant? (check one) YES              NO             

Date:                                              ,             

Account Number:                                                          

(if electronic book entry transfer)

Transaction Code Number:                                         

(if electronic book entry transfer)


 

 

Name of Registered Holder

 

Name:  
Title:  


 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs StockTrans, Inc. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated October [    ], 2010 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by StockTrans, Inc.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

Exhibit E-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are of the opinion that:

1. Based solely on the Government Certificates, the Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted.

2. Subject to the Transaction Approval Order, the Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, (a) the issuance of the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Conversion Shares pursuant to the Notes, and the Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrants, (b) the exchange of the Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes and (c) the exchange of the Initial Warrants for the Exchange Warrants, in accordance with the terms thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated therein (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants to the Buyers and the exchange of the Initial Warrants for the Exchange Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and, subject to the Transaction Approval Order, no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders is required therefor. Each of the Transaction Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. Each of the Transaction Documents constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

3. Subject to the Transaction Approval Order, Accentia has the corporate power, capacity and authority under the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “FBCA”) to enter into the Lock-Up Agreement to which it is a party. The execution and delivery by Accentia of the Lock-Up Agreement to which Accentia is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated therein have been duly authorized by Accentia’s Board of Directors and, subject to the Transaction Approval Order, no further consent of Accentia, its Board of Directors or its shareholder is required under the FCBA. The Lock-Up Agreement to which Accentia is a party has been duly executed and delivered by Accentia and constitutes a valid and binding agreement or obligation of Accentia, enforceable against Accentia in accordance with its terms

4. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities, the exchange of the Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes and the exchange of the Initial Warrants for the Exchange Warrants, and the compliance by the Company with the terms thereof (a) do not and will not result in a violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, constitutes or would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration under, (i) the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws, or (ii) any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Securities Act, and the Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act (the “Florida Securities Act”), in each case as are customarily applicable to transactions of this nature, and (b) do not and will not result in or require the creation of any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance (other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents) upon or with respect to any of its respective properties pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation or Company By-Laws.


 

5. When so issued, the Securities will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of any and all liens and charges and preemptive or similar rights contained in the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws. The Company has duly and validly adopted a resolution reserving [        ] shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the conversion of the Exchange Notes and the exercise of the Exchange Warrants.

6. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share. None of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or other rights of the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws or under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

7. Subject to the accuracy of the Buyers’ representations in Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement, the offer and sale of the Initial Notes and the Initial Warrants in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and the issuance and delivery of the Initial Conversion Shares and the Initial Warrant Shares in accordance with the Transaction Documents constitute transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

8. Except for the Transaction Approval Order, no authorization, approval, consent, filing or other order of any federal or state governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization or the stockholders of the Company is required under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Securities Act or the Florida Securities Act to be obtained by the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or for the issuance and sale of the Securities, the exchange of the Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes or the exchange of the Initial Warrants for the Exchange Warrants in accordance with the Transaction Documents or for the exercise of any rights and remedies under any Transaction Documents, except (i) the filing of a Form D under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (ii) the filing of a Form 8-K pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and (iii) any action necessary in order to qualify the Securities under applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States.

9. Other than the Chapter 11 Cases and except as set forth in Schedule 3(t) to the Purchase Agreement, to our knowledge, no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or body or any governmental agency or self-regulatory organization is pending or threatened against the Company or any of its properties or assets.

10. Based solely on factual representations made by the Company to us, the Company is not an “investment company” or any entity controlled by an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

11. The sale of the Initial Notes, the use of the proceeds thereof and the other transactions contemplated thereby or by the other Transaction Documents, will not violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

12. The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, as security for the payment of the obligations purported to be secured thereby, a valid security interest (the “Security Interest”) in the right, title and interest of the Company in and to that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be created under Article 9 of the New York UCC.

13. Assuming that the depository bank party to the Account Control Agreement is a “bank” (as such term is defined in the New York UCC) and that the Account covered by (and as defined

 

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in) the Account Control Agreement is a Deposit Account (as such term is defined in the New York UCC) and is and remains in the continued exclusive control of such depository bank party, the Security Interest referred to in paragraph 12 above in the portion of the Collateral consisting of the Account and any funds held therein pursuant to the Security Agreement and the Account Control Agreement will perfect by “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) as a result of the execution and delivery of the Account Control Agreement by the parties thereto.

 

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Exhibit E-2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are of the opinion that:

1. Based solely on the Government Certificate, the Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted.

2. When so issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Conversion Shares, the Exchange Warrants and the Exchange Warrant Shares will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of any and all liens and charges and preemptive or similar rights contained in the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws. The Company has duly and validly adopted a resolution reserving [        ] shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the conversion of the Exchange Notes and the exercise of the Exchange Warrants.

3. Other than the Chapter 11 Cases and except as set forth in Schedule 3(t) to the Purchase Agreement, to our knowledge, no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or body or any governmental agency or self-regulatory organization is pending or threatened against the Company or any of its properties or assets.

4. Based solely on factual representations made by the Company to us, the Company is not an “investment company” or any entity controlled by an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

5. The sale of the Exchange Notes, the use of the proceeds thereof and the other transactions contemplated thereby or by the other Transaction Documents, will not violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.


 

Exhibit F

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and that as such he is authorized to execute and deliver this certificate in the name and on behalf of the Company and in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2010, by and among the Company and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), and further certifies in his official capacity, in the name and on behalf of the Company, the items set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated October __, 2010. The resolutions contained in Exhibit A have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect.

 

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, together with any and all amendments thereto, and no action has been taken to further amend, modify or repeal such Certificate of Incorporation, the same being in full force and effect in the attached form as of the date hereof.

 

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of the Bylaws of the Company and any and all amendments thereto, and no action has been taken to further amend, modify or repeal such Bylaws, the same being in full force and effect in the attached form as of the date hereof.

 

4. Each person listed below has been duly elected or appointed to the position(s) indicated opposite his name and is duly authorized to sign the Securities Purchase Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents on behalf of the Company, and the signature appearing opposite such person’s name below is such person’s genuine signature.

 

Name

  

Position

  

Signature

Francis E. O’Donnell, Jr.    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer   

 

Samuel S. Duffey    President and General Counsel   

 

David Moser    Secretary and Director of Legal Affairs   

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand as of this      day of                 , 2010.

 

 

[Name]
Secretary

I, Francis E. O’Donnell, Jr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, hereby certify that [Name] is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of the Company and that the signature set forth above is his true signature.

 

 

Francis E. O’Donnell, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer


 

EXHIBIT A

Resolutions


 

EXHIBIT B

Certificate of Incorporation


 

EXHIBIT C

Bylaws


 

Exhibit G

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Chief Executive Officer of Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby represents, warrants and certifies to the Buyers (as defined below), pursuant to Section 7(viii) of the Agreement (as defined below), as follows:

 

  1. The representations and warranties made by the Company set forth in Section 3 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2010 (the “Agreement”), among the Company and the investors identified on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Agreement (the “Buyers”), are true and correct as of the date hereof (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date).

 

  2. The Company has performed, satisfied or complied with all covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it under the Transaction Documents at or prior to the date hereof.

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate this      day of                 , 2010.

 

 

Name:   Samuel S. Duffey
Title:   President/General Counsel


 

Exhibit H

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

October     , 2010

Biovest International, Inc.

324 South Hyde Park Avenue, Suite 350

Tampa, Florida 33606

Re: Biovest International, Inc. – Lock-Up Agreement

Dear Sirs:

This Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of October 19, 2010 by and among Biovest International, Inc. (the “Company”) and the investors party thereto (the “Buyers”), with respect to the issuance of (i) secured convertible notes of the Company (the “Notes”) which Notes shall be convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) which Warrants will be exercisable to purchase Common Stock. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

In order to induce the Buyers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned agrees that, commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 90 days following the Effective Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, and will cause all “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder) of the undersigned or any person in privity with and acting on behalf of the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned not to, (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the “Undersigned’s Shares”), (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Undersigned’s Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (iii) make any demand


for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (iv) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement are not consummated by the Effective Date, this Lock-Up Agreement shall terminate.

The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned, and any affiliate of the undersigned and any person in privity with and acting on behalf of the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned, from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigned’s Shares even if the Undersigned’s Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from the Undersigned’s Shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever1. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

In order to enforce this covenant, the Company shall impose irrevocable stop-transfer instructions preventing the Transfer Agent from effecting any actions in violation of this Lock-Up Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges that the execution, delivery and performance of this Lock-Up Agreement is a material inducement to each Buyer to complete the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and that the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the undersigned’s obligations hereunder. The undersigned hereby represents that the undersigned has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Lock-Up Agreement, that the undersigned has received adequate consideration therefor and that the undersigned will indirectly benefit from the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

 

 

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For the agreement to be entered into by Accentia, add “except for security interests granted to unrelated third parties securing obligations under which the undersigned has no monetary payment obligations during the Lock-Up Period.”


 

The undersigned understands and agrees that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.

This Lock-Up Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but both of which shall be considered one and the same instrument.

This Lock-Up Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the State of New York, or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York to be applied. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal laws of the State of New York will control the interpretation and construction of this Lock-Up Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.

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Very truly yours,

 

Exact Name of Stockholder

 

Authorized Signature

 

Title

 

Agreed to and Acknowledged:

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


 

Exhibit I

REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT

REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT, dated as of October     , 2010 (this “Agreement”), is made by Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) in favor of each of the investors (the “Buyers”) named on the Schedules of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) dated as of October 19, 2010 by and among the Company and the Buyers. Capitalized terms used herein but not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

WHEREAS, on November 10, 2008, Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, the Company, Analytica International, Inc., TEAMM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AccentRx, Inc., Accentia Specialty Pharmacy, Inc., Biovax, Inc., AutovaxID, Inc., Biolender, LLC and Biolender II, LLC filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330 (as amended, the “Bankruptcy Code”), with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division);

WHEREAS, on August 16, 2010, the Company filed its First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Biovest International, Inc., Biovax, Inc., Autovaxid, Inc., Biolender, LLC, and Biolender II, LLC under Chapter 11 Plan of Title 11, United States Code (as amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms, the Bankruptcy Code or the Federal Bankruptcy Procedure and local rules, the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, on October     , 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Order Granting Debtor’s Emergency Motion For Authority To Obtain From [Empery Asset Master Ltd.] Postpetition Financing And Grant Superpriority Administrative Expense Status Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. §§ 364(c) and (d) and F.R.B.P. 4001 (the “Financing Order”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Buyers were authorized to make and the Company was authorized to incur post-petition loans and advances secured by the Collateral (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Financing Order, the Company and the Buyers, entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued to the Buyers senior secured convertible notes (the “Initial Notes”) that are convertible into shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and warrants (the “Initial Warrants”), which are exercisable into shares of Common Stock;

WHEREAS, on the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Plan, (i) the Initial Notes are to be mandatorily exchangeable and exchanged by each Buyer for an aggregate principal amount of new convertible notes (the “Exchange Notes”) equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes being exchanged by each such holder thereof plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon and (ii) the Initial Warrants are to be mandatorily exchangeable and exchanged by each Buyer for new warrants (the “Exchange Warrants”), representing the right to acquire the same number of shares of Common Stock as the unexercised Initial Warrants; and


 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the exchange of (i) the Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes and (ii) the Initial Warrants for the Exchange Warrants on the Effective Date of the Plan that the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyers this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Reaffirmation and Confirmation. The Company hereby (a) confirms and agrees that the Securities Purchase Agreement is, and following the Effective Date shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified, assumed, adopted, and confirmed in all respects, (b), as of the Effective Date, acknowledges, agrees to be bound by, and reaffirms its obligations as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and (c) agrees to continue to comply with, and be subject to, all of the terms, provisions, conditions, covenants, agreements and obligations applicable to it in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which remain in full force and effect following the Effective Date.

2. Agreement as a Transaction Document. The Company acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement shall constitute a “Transaction Document” under the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

3. General Provisions.

(a) Effectiveness of Transaction Documents. This Agreement does not and shall not affect any of the obligations of the Company under or arising from the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, all of which obligations shall remain in full force and effect. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Buyer under the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(b) Representations and Warranties. The Company further represents and warrants that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, (ii) it has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and (iii) this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

(d) JURY TRIAL WAIVER. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON


LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. THE PARTIES HERETO REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:  

 

Title:  

 

Reaffirmation Agreement