Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2023, between the Company and VStock Transfer LLC, as Rights Agent
Exhibit 4.1
INMUNE BIO INC.
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 13, 2023, to the Rights Agreement, dated December 30, 2020, as amended on December 20, 2021 and December 9, 2022 (the “Rights Agreement”), between INmune Bio Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and VStock Transfer LLC, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent have executed and entered into the Rights Agreement;
WHEREAS, Section 27 of the Rights Agreement provides, the Company, by action of the Board, may from time to time and in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or amend the Rights Agreement in any respect without the approval of any holders of Rights, including, without limitation to shorten or lengthen any time period provided in the Rights Agreement;
WHEREAS, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person has become an Acquiring Person;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed it advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend certain provisions of the Rights Agreement as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company desires to amend the Rights Agreement as set forth below.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements set forth in the Rights Agreement and this Amendment, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
“(a) Subject to Section 7(e) hereof or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, at any time after the Distribution Date the registered holder of any Rights Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein including, without limitation, the restrictions on exercisability set forth in Section 9(c), Section 11(a)(iii), and Section 23(a) hereof) in whole or in part upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate contained therein properly completed and duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, accompanied by a signature guarantee and such other documentation as the Rights Agent may reasonably request, together with payment of the aggregate Purchase Price with respect to the total number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share (or, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Shares, other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights are then exercisable, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on December 30, 2024 (the “Final Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the “Redemption Date”), and (iii) the time at which the Rights are exchanged in full as provided in Section 24 hereof (the earliest of (i), (ii), and (iii) being herein referred to as the “Expiration Date”). Except for those provisions herein that expressly survive the termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate at such time as the Rights are no longer exercisable hereunder.”
2. Section 26 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
Section 26. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Rights Certificate to or on the Company will be sufficiently given or made if in writing and sent by a recognized national overnight delivery service, or first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent by the Company) as follows:
INmune Bio Inc.
225 NE Mizner Blvd., Suite 640
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Attention: David Moss, Chief Financial Officer
with copies (which will not constitute notice) to:
Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st floor, New York 10036
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Attention: Thomas A. Rose, Esq.
Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company, or by the registered holder of any Rights Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by (i) first-class mail, postage prepaid, (ii) a recognized national overnight delivery service, prepaid, or (iii) courier or messenger service, in each case addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Rights Agent with the Company) as follows:
Vstock Transfer, LLC
18 Lafayette Place
Woodmere, NY 11598
Phone: (212) 828- 8436
Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the registered holder of any Rights Certificate or, if prior to the Distribution Date, to the registered holder of the Common Shares shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Rights Agent or, if prior to the Distribution Date, as shown on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares.
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3. Exhibit B. Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting all references therein to “December 30, 2023” and inserting “December 30, 2024” in place thereof.
4. Exhibit C. Exhibit C to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference therein to “December 30, 2023” in Section 4 and inserting “December 30, 2024” in place thereof.
5. Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Rights Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof.
6. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Nevada and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State; provided, that all provisions regarding the rights, duties, liabilities and obligations of the Rights Agent shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within the State of New York.
7. Counterparts; Facsimiles and PDFs; Effectiveness. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts will for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. A signature to this Amendment executed or transmitted electronically (including by facsimile and a portable document format signature) will have the same authority, effect and enforceability as an original signature. No party hereto may raise the use of such electronic execution or transmission to deliver a signature, or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission, as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each party forever waives any such defense, except to the extent such defense relates to lack of authenticity. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof.
8. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the several sections of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Amendment.
9. Rights Agreement as Amended. From and after the date hereof, any reference to the Rights Agreement shall mean the Rights Agreement as amended hereby.
10. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
INMUNE BIO INC. | ||
By: | /s/ David Moss | |
Name: | David Moss | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
VSTOCK TRANSFER, LLC, AS RIGHTS AGENT | ||
By: | /s/ Young D. Kim | |
Name: | Young D. Kim | |
Title: | Compliance Officer |
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