Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 29, 2024 by and among the Company and Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, L.P
Exhibit 10.1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of March 29, 2024, by and among INNOVATUS LIFE SCIENCES LENDING FUND I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership “Innovatus”), as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”), and the Lenders listed on Schedule 1.1 of the Loan Agreement (as defined herein) or otherwise a party to the Loan Agreement from time to time, including Innovatus, in its capacity as a Lender, and CELCUITY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”).
WHEREAS, Collateral Agent, Borrower and Lenders have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2021 (as amended by that First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2022, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which Lenders have provided to Borrower certain loans in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, Borrower, Lenders and Collateral Agent desire to extend the Term C Draw Period on the terms and conditions described herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, Lenders and Collateral Agent hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement. | |
| 2. | Amendment. Section 13 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of “Term C Draw Period” to read in its entirety as follows: |
“Term C Draw Period” is the period commencing on September 1, 2023 and ending on the earlier of (i) June 1, 2024 or (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default (unless such Event of Default is waived by Collateral Agent and Lender for the purposes of the Term C Draw Period).
| 3. | Limitation of Amendment. |
| a. | The amendments, consents and waiver set forth above are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right, remedy or obligation which Lenders or Borrower may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document, as amended hereby. | |
| b. | This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. |
| 4. | Representations and Warranties. To induce Collateral Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Collateral Agent and Lenders as follows: |
| a. | Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default (other than the Existing Defaults) has occurred and is continuing; | |
| b. | Borrower has the power and due authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment; | |
| c. | The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Collateral Agent on the Effective Date, and updated pursuant to subsequent deliveries by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect; | |
| d. | The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not contravene (i) any material law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (ii) any material contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (iii) any material order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (iv) the organizational documents of Borrower; | |
| e. | The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and | |
| f. | This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights. |
| 5. | No Other Amendments; Entire Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Loan Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without alteration or amendment. This Amendment and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. | |
| 6. | Release. The Borrower hereby remises, releases, acquits, satisfies and forever discharges the Lenders and Collateral Agent, their agents, employees, officers, directors, predecessors, attorneys and all others acting or purporting to act on behalf of or at the direction of the Lenders and Collateral Agent (“Releasees”), of and from any and all manner of actions, causes of action, suit, debts, accounts, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, variances, damages, judgments, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or in equity, which any of such parties ever had, now has or, to the extent arising from or in connection with any act, omission or state of facts taken or existing on or prior to the date hereof, may have after the date hereof against the Releasees, for, upon or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever relating to or arising out of the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents on or prior to the date hereof through the date hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower waives and affirmatively agrees not to allege or otherwise pursue any defenses, affirmative defenses, counterclaims, claims, causes of action, setoffs or other rights they do, shall or may have as of the date hereof, including the rights to contest: (a) the right of Collateral Agent and each Lender to exercise its rights and remedies described in the Loan Documents; (b) any provision of this Amendment or the Loan Documents; or (c) any conduct of the Lenders or other Releasees relating to or arising out of the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents on or prior to the date hereof. | |
| 7. | Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the date first set forth above upon the due execution and delivery to Collateral Agent of this Amendment by each party hereto. | |
| 8. | Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. | |
| 9. | Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2(b) and 11.2(d) are hereby incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, as if fully set forth herein. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.
| BORROWER: | ||
| CELCUITY, INC. | ||
| By | /s/ Brian F. Sullivan | |
| Name: | Brian F. Sullivan | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| COLLATERAL AGENT AND LENDER: | ||
| INNOVATUS LIFE SCIENCES LENDING FUND I, LP | ||
| By: | Innovatus Life Sciences GP, LP | |
| Its: | General Partner | |
| By | /s/ Andy Dym | |
| Name: | Andy Dym | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
| By | /s/ Andy Hobson | |
| Name: | Andy Hobson | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
[Celcuity, Inc. – Signature Page to Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement]
