Waiver and Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Guaranty among Agile Therapeutics, Inc., the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP, dated as of March 21, 2023

Exhibit 10.18

Execution Version

 Waiver and Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Guaranty

This Waiver and Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Guaranty (herein, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of March 21, 2023 (the “Sixth Amendment Effective Date”), by and among Agile Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as a lender and as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”).

Recitals:

A.           The Lenders have extended credit to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of February 10, 2020 (as amended by that certain Waiver and First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Guaranty dated as of February 26, 2021, that certain Waiver and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement and Guaranty dated as of January 7, 2022, that certain Waiver and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement and Guaranty dated as of March 10, 2022, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 11, 2022 and that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Guaranty dated July 25, 2022, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement, the “Credit Agreement”).

B.           The Borrower has advised the Administrative Agent that its Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be delivered to the Administrative Agent via the SEC’s EDGAR system pursuant to Section 8.01(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement, will be subject to a “going concern” qualification in the accompanying opinion of Ernst & Young LLP (the “Specified Event of Default”).

C.           The Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to waive the Specified Event of Default.

D.           The Administrative Agent and the Lenders are willing to grant such waiver in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

E.           The Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement.

F.           The parties hereto agree to amend the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Now, Therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.             Incorporation of Recitals; Defined Terms. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Recitals set forth above are true and correct in all material respects. The defined terms in the Recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference. All other capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms have in the Credit Agreement.

2.             Limited Waiver. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof, pursuant to Section 13.04 of the Credit Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby waive the Specified Event of Default. For the avoidance of doubt, this waiver is effective solely as a waiver of the Specified Event of Default and does not constitute a waiver of any other Default or Event of Default.

3.             Sixth Amendment to Existing Credit Agreement. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by incorporating the changes shown on the marked copy of the Existing Credit Agreement attached hereto as Annex A. Deletions of text in the Existing Credit Agreement as amended hereby are indicated by struck-through red text, and insertions of text as amended hereby are indicated by underlined blue text. Attached hereto as Annex B is a clean copy of the Credit Agreement conformed through the Sixth Amendment.

4.             Acknowledgement of Liens. The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders arising out of or in any manner relating to the Loan Documents shall continue to be secured by the Liens granted as security therefor in the Loan Documents, to the extent provided for in the Loan Documents heretofore executed and delivered by the Borrower; and nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect or impair the priority of the Liens created and provided for thereby as to the indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities which would be secured thereby prior to giving effect to this Agreement.

5.             Representations And Warranties. In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

(A)           After giving effect to this Agreement, except for Section 7.04(a) with respect to the matter outlined in the Borrower’s 8-K filed on February 27, 2023, the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article 7 of the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof; provided that to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided further that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.

(B)           The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of, and duly executed and delivered by, the Borrower.

(C)           No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or shall occur and be continuing immediately after giving effect to this Agreement.

6.             Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(A)          The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received executed counterparts of this Agreement duly executed and delivered by the Borrower.

(B)           The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have been reimbursed by the Borrower for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Agent and its counsel outstanding as of the date hereof.

(C)           The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received (i) certified copies of the Organizational Documents of the Borrower (or to the extent that such Organizational Documents have not been amended, restated or otherwise modified since the Third Amendment Effective Date, a certification by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to that effect), (ii) resolutions of the board of directors of the Borrower approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Sixth Amendment and the Amended and Restated Warrants, certified as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date by the secretary or a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment, (c) a good standing certificate and/or compliance certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of the Borrower’s jurisdiction of incorporation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Sixth Amendment Effective Date and (e) a certificate of the Borrower as to the authority, incumbency and specimen signatures of the persons who have executed the Sixth Amendment and any other documents in connection herewith on behalf of the Borrower.

(D)           The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received amended and restated warrants (the “Amended and Restated Warrants”), dated as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, which will amend and restate the Warrants in their entirety.

7.             Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents; No Novation.

(A)          This Agreement constitutes a Loan Document. On and after the date hereof, words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Agreement.

(B)           Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(C)           Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Loan Documents and all of the obligations of the Loan Parties thereunder and the rights and benefits of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder remain in full force and effect. This Agreement is not a novation nor is it to be construed as a release, waiver or modification of any of the terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants, rights or remedies set forth in the Loan Documents, except as specifically set forth herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties agree to comply with all of the terms, conditions, and provisions of the Loan Documents except to the extent such compliance is irreconcilably inconsistent with the express provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified except by a written agreement entered into in accordance with Section 13.04 of the Credit Agreement. THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

8.            Headings. The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

9.            Governing Law. This Agreement, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

10.           Incorporation of Sections 13.10 and 13.11 of the Credit Agreement. The provisions set forth in Sections 13.10 (Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue) and 13.11 (Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement in all respects.

11.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile, DocuSign or a scanned copy by electronic mail shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

12.           Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.

13.           Binding Effect. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and is enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

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ANNEX A

Marked Credit Agreement

ANNEX B

Conformed Credit Agreement

(Sixth Amendment)