ACCENTIA, INC.

EX-4.6 3 dex46.htm INVESTORS RIGHTS AGREEMENT Investors Rights Agreement

Exhibit 4.6

ACCENTIA, INC.

INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of by and among ACCENTIA, INC., a Florida corporation, having its principal place of business located at 5310 Cypress Center Drive, Suite 101, Tampa, FL 33609 (the “Company”), and (“Subscriber” or “Holder”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, SUBSCRIBER is a party to the Series E Convertible Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement of even date herewith by and among the Company and SUBSCRIBER (the “Series E Stock Purchase Agreement”), which provides that as a condition to the closing of the sale of shares of the Company’s Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series E Stock”), this Agreement must be executed and delivered by the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto further agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Section 1:

(a) The term “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document;

(b) The term “Registrable Securities” means the (i) Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series E Stock issued or issuable in connection with the Series E Stock Purchase Agreement, whether such Series E Stock is issued at the Closing or subsequent thereto upon the exercise of any warrants issued to SUBSCRIBER pursuant to the Series E Stock Purchase Agreement ; and (ii) any Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, any Series E Stock;

(c) The number of shares of “Registrable Securities then outstanding” shall be determined by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding which are, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities which are, Registrable Securities;

(d) The term “Holder” means any person owning or having the right to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in accordance with Section 1.12 hereof, including SUBSCRIBER; and

(e) The term “Form S-3” means such form under the Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Act subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

(f) The term “Qualifying IPO” means the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act, as amended, covering the offer and sale of Common Stock for the account of the Company to the public (an “Initial Public Offering”) in which the public offering price exceeds (prior to underwriter’s discounts or commissions and offering expenses) a price per share (adjusted for any subsequent stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications or recapitalizations) that implies a minimum aggregate enterprise value for the Company, on a fully diluted share basis, of not less than $200,000,000 and the aggregate gross proceeds raised by the Company (after all underwriting discounts) shall equal or exceed $30,000,000.

1.2 Request for Registration.

(a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) eighteen (18) months after the date hereof or (ii) six (6) months following the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or a SEC Rule 145 transaction) (the “Initial Registration”), a written request from the Holders of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of such Holders’ Registrable Securities with an aggregate offering price expected to exceed $2,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of Section 1.2(b), use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such written notice by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 1.2(a):

(i) During the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s estimated date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days immediately following the effective date of, any registration statement pertaining to securities of the Company (other than a registration of securities in a Rule 145 transaction or with respect to an employee benefit plan), provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;

(ii) After the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2(a), and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;

(iii) If the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for a registration statement to be filed at such time, then the Company’s obligation

to use its best efforts to register, qualify or comply under this Section 1.2(a) shall be deferred for a period not to exceed 60 days (which may be extended by the Company for an additional 60 days if in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors the serious detriment was continuing) from the date of receipt of written request from the Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.

(b) If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 1.2(a). In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder participating in such underwriting.

1.3 Company Registration. If (but without any obligation to do so) the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its stock or other securities under the Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan, or a registration on any form which does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of written notice by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1.8, cause to be registered under the Act all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be registered. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 1.3 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The registration expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 1.7 hereof.

1.4 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 1 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, and keep such registration statement effective for the earlier of ninety (90) days from the effective date of the Registration Statement or until the distribution described in the Registration Statement has been completed.

(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement.

(c) Furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them.

(d) Use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.

(e) In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering. Each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement.

(f) Notify each Holder covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing.

(g) Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 1, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.

1.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company,

promptly upon request, such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.

1.6 Expenses of Registrations. The Company shall bear and pay all expenses incurred in connection with any registration, filing or qualification of Registrable Securities with respect to the registrations pursuant to Sections 1.2, 1.3 and 1.11 for each Holder (which right may be assigned as provided in Section 1.12), including (without limitation) all registration, filing, and qualification fees, printers and accounting fees relating or apportionable thereto, but excluding stock transfer taxes, and any underwriting discounts and commissions and any legal fees incurred by Holder relating to Registrable Securities.

1.7 Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares being issued by the Company, the Company shall not be required under Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders’ securities in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by it (or by other persons entitled to select the underwriters), and then only in such quantity as will not, in the opinion of the underwriters, jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company, but in no event will the amount of Registrable Securities of the selling Holders included in the offering be reduced below twenty percent (20%) of the total amount of securities included in such offering, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities in which case the selling stockholders may be excluded entirely if the underwriters make the determination described above and no other stockholder’s securities are included. If the underwriter determines in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation in the number of shares to be underwritten, the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated (i) first, to the Company; (ii) second to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders; and (iii) third to any other stockholder of the Company (other than a Holder) on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that in no event shall any Holder be restricted from including such Holder’s Registrable Securities in an offering pursuant to this Section 1.7 unless and until all other holders of securities of the Company have been entirely restricted. For purposes of apportionment, any selling stockholder which is a Holder of Registrable Securities and which is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners and stockholders of such Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single “selling stockholder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling stockholder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such “selling stockholder,” as defined in this sentence.

1.8 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 1.

1.9 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 1:

(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, amended (the “1934 Act”), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which such Holder, underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations of the Company (collectively a “Violation”): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of the Company of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission by the Company to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities law; and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter or controlling person, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 1.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter or controlling person.

(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will severally, not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, any underwriter, any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will pay, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 1.9(b), in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 1.9(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, that, in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 1.9(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder, except in the case of willful fraud by such Holder.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 1.9 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.9, 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 the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 1.9, but the omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.9.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.9 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, that, in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 1.9(d) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder, except in the case of willful fraud by such Holder. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

(f) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 1.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.

1.10 Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act (“Rule 144”) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees to:

(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general public;

(b) take such action, including the voluntary registration of its Common Stock under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, as is necessary to enable the Holders to utilize Form S-3 for the sale of their Registrable Securities, such action to be taken as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year in which the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general public is declared effective;

(c) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and

(d) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC which permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.

1.11 Form S-3 Registration. In case the Company shall receive from any Holder or Holders who hold in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities, a written request or requests that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the Company will:

(a) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders; and

(b) as soon as practicable, effect such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance, pursuant to this Section 1.11: (i) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders; (ii) if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of

less than $500,000; (iii) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Form S-3 Registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not more than 60 days (which may be extended by the Company for an additional 60 days if in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors the serious detriment was continuing) after receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 1.11; provided, however, that the Company shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; or (iv) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.

(c) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (the “Participating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.11 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 1.11(a). In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Participating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Participating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.11, if the underwriter advises the Participating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Participating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders thereof, including the Participating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder.

(d) Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the Holders. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.11 shall not be counted as the demand for registration or registrations effected pursuant to Sections 1.2 or 1.3, respectively.

1.12 Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 may be assigned by a Holder to any of the following transferees or assignees of Registrable Securities: (i) any such transferee or assignee who holds, subsequent to such transfer, five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of Registrable Securities (as adjusted for stock splits, bonuses, combinations, and the like); or (ii) a subsidiary, wholly-owned entity, parent, affiliate, member, stockholder, officer, general partner, limited partner or former or retired partner or member of a Holder; or (iii) a Holder’s family member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or any family member;

provided, however, that (a) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned and (b) such assignment shall be effective only if immediately following such transfer the transferee is bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such transfer of any Registrable Securities is lawful under all applicable securities laws.

1.13 Termination of Registration Rights. No stockholder shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for in this Section 1 (except rights pursuant to Section 1.10) after the earlier of (i) three (3) years following the consummation of the sale of securities pursuant to an Initial Public Offering, or (ii) as to a given Holder, when such Holder can sell all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a consecutive ninety (90) day period pursuant to Rule 144.

1.14 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. Except with respect to substantially identical registration rights that may be granted to other holders of Series E Stock and Series F Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series F Stock”), if created, with respect to such Series E Stock or Series F Stock (and the Common Stock obtained upon conversion) held by them, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement) with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company which would allow such holder or prospective holder (i) to include securities of the Company in any Registration Statement upon terms which are the same or more favorable to such holder or prospective holder than the terms on which holders of Registrable Securities may include shares in such registration or (ii) to make a demand registration which could result in such registration statement being declared effective prior to the dates set forth in Section 1.2.

2. INFORMATION RIGHTS.

2.1 Inspection. The Company shall permit each Holder holding, together with its affiliates (which may include, without limitation, any person or entity to which rights can be transferred pursuant to Section 3.4, below), an aggregate of at least 1,000,000 shares of the Series E Stock (each, a “Major Holder” and collectively, the “Major Holders”), at such Major Holder’s expense to visit and inspect the Company’s properties, to examine its books of account and records and to discuss the Company’s affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, all at such reasonable times as may be requested by the Major Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 2.1 to provide access to any information which it reasonably considers to be a trade secret or similar confidential information unless such Major Holder agrees in writing to hold such information in confidence.

2.2 Delivery of Financial Statements.

(a) The Company shall deliver to each Holder of Series E Stock:

(1) as soon as practicable, but in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, a balance sheet dated as of the last day of such fiscal

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year, and statements of operations, cash flow and stockholders’ equity for such fiscal year. Such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), and audited and certified by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company;

(2) within forty five (45) days of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company commencing with the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2003, an unaudited statement of operations and balance sheet for and as of the end of such quarter, in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

(b) The Company shall deliver to each Major Holder:

(1) as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days prior to the end of the Company’s fiscal year, an annual budget and operating plan for the Company for the following fiscal year;

(2) as soon as practicable after the end of each month, and in any event within thirty (30) days thereafter, an unaudited statement of operations and balance sheet for such month, in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

2.3 Termination of Information Rights. The covenants set forth in this Section 2 shall terminate as to all Holders and Major Holders and be of no further force and effect (i) upon the consummation of a Qualifying IPO or (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 12(g) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whichever event shall first occur.

3. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

3.1 Waivers and Amendments. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 5.1 shall be binding upon each person or entity which are granted certain rights under this Agreement and the Company.

3.2 Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise noted herein, shall be deemed effectively given (i) upon personal delivery or delivery by nationally recognized courier, (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next business day, or (iii) five (5) days after having been deposited with the United States Post Office, (by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid) addressed (a) if to the Company, at the address set forth on the first page of this Agreement (or at such other address as the Company shall have furnished to the Holders in writing) attention of Chief Executive Officer and (b) if to a Holder, at the latest address of such person shown on the Company’s records; provided, however, that registered or certified mail shall not be used to effectuate delivery of any such notice under this Agreement if the party to be notified is located outside of the United States.

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3.3 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings herein have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect the construction of any provisions hereof.

3.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Florida as applied to agreements among Florida residents, made and to be performed entirely within the State of Florida.

3.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

3.6 Expenses. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

3.7 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall benefit and bind the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties to this Agreement.

3.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement amends, supersedes and replaces in its entirety all other agreements between or among any of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

3.9 Separability; Severability. Unless expressly provided in this Agreement, the rights and obligations of each Holder under this Agreement are several and not jointly held with any other Holders. Any invalidity, illegality or limitation on the enforceability of this Agreement with respect to any Holder shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of this Agreement with respect to the other Holders. If any provision of this Agreement is judicially determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired.

3.10 Stock Splits. All references to numbers of shares in this Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, split, combination or other recapitalization of shares by the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement.

3.11 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of the Series E Stock held or acquired by affiliated entities or persons shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.

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12.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Investors’ Rights Agreement on the day and year first set forth above.


“COMPANY”

ACCENTIA, INC.

By:

“SUBSCRIBER”

By:

ACCENTIA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

AGREEMENT AND WAIVER

WHEREAS, Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), is proposing to undertake an initial public offering of its common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Offering”).

WHEREAS, the undersigned is a shareholder, option holder, and/or warrant holder with respect to shares of common stock and/or preferred stock of the Company.

WHEREAS, as a requirement for the Offering, it is necessary for the Company to obtain certain waivers and agreements from the undersigned as set forth herein.

WHEREAS, also in connection with the Offering and as required by the underwriters’ for the Offering, the undersigned has entered into or will enter into a Lock-Up Agreement with such underwriters under which the undersigned will be prohibited from selling any shares of Company common stock for a period of time (the “Lock-Up Period”) specified in the Lock-Up Agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”).

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, including the pursuit of the Offering by the Company, the undersigned hereby makes the following agreements to and for the benefit of the Company:

1. Waiver of Right of First Refusal in Articles of Incorporation. Reference is hereby made to Section 1(o)(i) of Article IV of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles”). The undersigned, being a holder of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, hereby irrevocably and forever waives the undersigned’s right of first refusal set forth in said Section 1(o)(i) with respect to (i) any and all issuances of shares of capital stock of the Company, as well as options, warrants, or other rights to acquire capital stock of the Company, occurring prior to January 1, 2005, and (ii) all future issuances of shares of capital stock of the Company pursuant to the exercise or conversion of warrants, options, or other rights to acquire capital stock of the Company that are outstanding as of January 1, 2005.

2. Investors’ Rights Agreement. Reference is hereby made to that certain Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated , between the undersigned and the Company (the “Investors’ Rights Agreement”).

a. Definition of “Registrable Securities.” The undersigned hereby agrees that Section 1.1(b) of the Investors’ Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting said section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“(b) The term “Registrable Securities” means (i) any shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of any shares of Series E Stock issued by the Company on, prior to, or subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including Series E Stock issued subsequent hereto upon the exercise of warrants to purchase Series E Stock; and (ii) any Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, any Series E Stock.”

b. Waiver of Registration Rights. The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives any registration rights that the undersigned may have pursuant to Section 1 of the Investors’ Rights Agreement as a result of the filing of a registration statement by the Company in connection with the Offering, and the undersigned agrees and covenants that it will not, at any time during the Lock-Up Period, exercise any registration rights that the undersigned may have in Section 1 of the Investors’ Rights Agreement or otherwise during such period.

c. Waiver of Section 1.14. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company and Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (“PPD”) have entered into a Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated January 7, 2005 (the “Amended PPD Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has granted to PPD certain additional registration rights with respect to the shares of Company common stock issuable upon the conversion of 5 million shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company held by PPD as of January 7, 2005 (the “PPD Shares”). Specifically, the undersigned acknowledges that the Amended PPD Agreement will permit PPD to include the PPD Shares in the Company’s registration statement for the Offering and resell the PPD Shares as a part of the Offering up to maximum aggregate gross proceeds of $12 million. The undersigned hereby waives the applicability of Section 1.14 of the Investors’ Rights Agreement to the extent that the provisions of the Amended PPD Agreement would require the consent of the undersigned under said Section 1.14, and the undersigned hereby consents to the grant of the additional registration rights included in the Amended PPD Agreement. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned has been offered an opportunity to review the Amended PPD Agreement and has undertaken a review of such agreement to the extent desired.

3. Transfer of Securities. In addition to any other legal, contractual, or other restriction to which the undersigned is subject with respect to the transfer, assignment, or disposition of any shares of any class or series of the capital stock of the Company or any options or warrants to acquire the same (collectively referred to as “Company Securities”), the undersigned covenants and agrees that no such transfer, assignment, or disposition of any Company Securities shall be made by the undersigned unless and until (i) the transferee of such Company Securities enters into an agreement in substantially the same form as this agreement and delivers an originally signed counterpart of such agreement to the Company, and (ii) the Company acknowledges in writing to the undersigned that it has received such signed counterpart and approves of the transfer, assignment, or disposition. The restrictions set forth in this paragraph shall terminate on the later of (i) the expiration of the Lock-Up Period or (ii) the date on which the undersigned is permitted to sell the undersigned’s Company Securities pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or any successor rule).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement and Waiver as of the date set forth below.

Signature:

Date: