Form of Warrant Agreement, dated August 2, 2022, issued by MeiraGTx Holdings plc to certain warrant holders
Exhibit 4.1
SCHEDULE OF WARRANT HOLDERS
In accordance with Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, below is a schedule setting forth details in which the omitted executed warrants differ from the form of warrant that follows:
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Holder | Exercise Price Per Share | Number of Ordinary Shares | |
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Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP | $15.00 |
| 400,000 | |
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Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP | $20.00 |
| 300,000 | |
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| 700,000 | |
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WARRANT CERTIFICATE
THIS WARRANT certificate AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT certificate HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED UNLESS (I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT COVERING SUCH SHARES IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE AND FOREIGN LAW OR (II) THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER APPLICABLE STATE AND FOREIGN LAW AND, IN EACH CASE, IF THE COMPANY REQUESTS, AN OPINION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT HAS BEEN RENDERED BY COUNSEL.
Issuer:MeiraGTx Holdings plc
Warrant Shares Issuable:[ ● ] ordinary shares
Warrant Certificate No.:[ ● ]
Issue Date:August 2, 2022 (the “Issue Date”)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MeiraGTx Holdings plc, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registration number 336306 (the “Company”), hereby certifies that for good and valuable consideration, PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Initial Holder” and, together with its successors and permitted transferees and assigns, a “Holder”) is entitled to purchase, at the per share Exercise Price (defined below), up to [ ● ] ([ ● ]) fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares (defined below), all subject to the terms, conditions and adjustments set forth below in this Warrant Certificate and subject further to the rules or regulations of the Trading Market and terms of the Articles.
This Warrant Certificate has been issued as a condition precedent to the making of the loans under and pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of August 2, 2022 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the
Company, as the borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto, as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and the Initial Holder, acting in its capacity as the administrative agent for the lenders.
“Aggregate Exercise Price” means, with respect to any exercise of this Warrant Certificate for Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 3, an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant Certificate is then being exercised pursuant to Section 3, multiplied by (ii) the Exercise Price.
“Articles“ means the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company adopted by special resolution dated June 19, 2019.
“Assignment” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.
“Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets or an equivalent, reliable reporting service reasonably acceptable to the Holder and the Company.
“Cashless Exercise” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)(ii).
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Convertible Securities” means any Equity Interests that, directly or indirectly, are convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares.
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Fair Market Value”.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exercise Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(i).
“Exercise Date” means, for any given exercise of this Warrant Certificate, whether in whole or in part, a Business Day on which the conditions to such exercise as set forth in Section 3 shall have been satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, including, without limitation, the receipt by the Company of the Exercise Certificate.
“Exercise Period” means the period from (and including) the Issue Date to (and including) 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
“Exercise Price” means $20.00 per Warrant Share.
“Expiration Date” means August 2, 2027.
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“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date of determination (a “Determination Date”), if the Ordinary Shares are traded on a Trading Market, (i) the VWAP for such date, (ii) if there is no VWAP on such date, the per share closing price for such Ordinary Shares on such Determination Date on the primary Trading Market for such shares, or (iii) if there have been no sales of the Ordinary Shares on such Determination Date on the primary Trading Market for such shares, the per share closing price for the Ordinary Shares on the immediately preceding day on which the Ordinary Shares were sold on its primary Trading Market; provided that if at any time the Ordinary Shares are not listed, quoted or otherwise available for trading on any Trading Market (so that no Trading Date shall have occurred), the “Fair Market Value” of such Warrant Shares shall be the fair market value per share of such Warrant Shares as determined by the Board of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith; provided further, that, in the event the Holder, in the exercise of its reasonable good faith judgment, disagrees with such determination, “Fair Market Value” shall be determined pursuant to Section 9(a) or Section 9(b), as applicable.
“Holder” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Independent Advisor” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
“Initial Holder” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Issue Date” means the date designated as such on the first page of this Warrant Certificate.
“Marketable Securities” means Equity Interests meeting each of the following requirements: (i) the issuer thereof is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and is current in its filing of all required reports and other information under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) such Equity Interests are traded on a Trading Market; and (iii) if delivered (or to be delivered) as payment or compensation to a Holder in connection with an automatic Cashless Exercise resulting from a Sale of the Company pursuant to Section 3(c), following the closing of such Sale of the Company the Holder would not be restricted from publicly re-selling any or all of such Equity Interests delivered to it, except to the extent that any such restriction (x) arises solely under federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, or (y) does not extend beyond six (6) months from the closing of such Sale of the Company to the extent such restrictions may be lifted at such time under the applicable federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations.
“Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Options” means any warrants, options or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase Equity Interests of the Company, including its Ordinary Shares or Convertible Securities.
“Ordinary Shares” means the Company’s ordinary shares, par value $0.00003881 per share, having ordinary voting rights, as provided in the Articles.
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“OTC Bulletin Board” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board.
“Registration Statement” means, in connection with any Public Offering of securities, any registration statement required pursuant to the Securities Act that covers the offer and sale of any such securities, including any prospectus, amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments and all exhibits and all materials incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Sale of the Company” means an event or transaction or series of related events or transactions pursuant to which, directly or indirectly, either (i) any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or otherwise in concert acquires ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of Equity Interests of the Company having more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate ordinary voting power, determined on a fully-diluted, as-if-converted or exercised basis, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets or businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are transferred or sold, including by way of lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Share Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Trading Market” means, with respect to the Ordinary Shares or any other Marketable Securities, the principal US exchange or market on which such securities are quoted or available for trading, including the Nasdaq, the NYSE, the OTC Bulletin Board or otherwise.
“Unrestricted Conditions” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(ii).
“VWAP” means volume weighted average sale price of the Ordinary Shares on Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg for the preceding five (5) Business Days.
“Warrant Certificate” means this Warrant Certificate and all subsequent warrant certificates issued upon division, combination or transfer of, or in substitution for, this Warrant Certificate.
“Warrant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
“Warrant Shares” means the Ordinary Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant Certificate in accordance with the terms of this Warrant Certificate and the Articles and any other Equity Interests into which such Ordinary Shares may be converted, exchanged or otherwise reclassified or modified pursuant to any Share Reorganization or otherwise.
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In the event of any withholding of Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii) or (iii) (such method of payment is herein referred to as “Cashless Exercise”) where the number of such shares whose value is equal to the Aggregate Exercise Price is not a whole number, the number of such shares withheld by the Company shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share and the Company shall make a cash payment to the Holder (by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Holder) in an amount calculated as provided pursuant to Section 3(e) below.
To the extent permitted by applicable Law, for purposes of Rule 144, it is acknowledged and agreed that (i) the Warrant Shares issuable upon any exercise of this Warrant Certificate in any Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired on the Issue Date, and (ii) the holding period for any Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant Certificate in any Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have commenced on the Issue Date; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty regarding the commencement of the holding period of any Warrant Share.
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then, and in each such case, the Company shall send or cause to be sent to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable record date or the applicable expected effective date, as the case may be, for the event, a written notice prepared in reasonable detail specifying, as the case may be, (A) the record date for such dividend, distribution or other right or action, and a
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description of such dividend, distribution or other right or action, or (B) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is proposed to take place, and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken with respect to which the holders of record of its shares (or such other Equity Interests at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant Certificate) shall be entitled to exchange their shares (or such other Equity Interests), for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and the amount per share and character of such exchange applicable to the Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Shares.
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If to the Company:MeiraGTx Holdings plc
450 East 29th Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Attention: Rich Giroux
Email: ***@***
with a copy to (which shall not qualify as notice to any party hereto):
***@***
and
Latham and Watkins LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
Attention: Peter N. Handrinos and Keith L. Halverstam
E-mail: ***@***; ***@***
If to the Holder:Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP
c/o Perceptive Advisors LLC
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention: Sandeep Dixit
Email ***@***;
***@***
with a copy to (which shall not qualify as notice to any party hereto):
Morrison & Foerster LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Mark Wojciechowski, Esq.
E-mail: ***@***
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Warrant Certificate on the Issue Date.
MEIRAGTX HOLDINGS PLC
By _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Signature Page to Warrant Certificate]
Accepted and agreed,
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS III, LP
By:PERCEPTIVE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES GP, LLC, its general partner
By: _______________________________________
Name:Sandeep Dixit
Title:Chief Credit Officer
By: _______________________________________
Name:Sam Chawla
Title:Portfolio Manager
[Signature Page to Warrant Certificate]
Exhibit A
to Warrant Certificate
FORM OF EXERCISE CERTIFICATE
(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant Certificate)
To: | MeiraGTx Holdings plc |
Reference is made to that certain Warrant Certificate, having an issue date of August 2, 2022 and bearing Warrant Certificate No. [ ● ] (the “Warrant Certificate”), issued by MeiraGTx Holdings plc (the “Company”) to the undersigned (the “Holder”), a true and correct copy of which is attached to this Exercise Certificate. Unless otherwise defined, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Warrant Certificate.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is the Holder of the Warrant Certificate. Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Certificate, the undersigned hereby elects to exercise its purchase right represented by such Warrant Certificate for, and to purchase thereunder, [________ (_____)] Warrant Shares of the Company and herewith makes payment with respect to this Exercise Certificate of [___________ Dollars ($________)] therefor by the following method.
(Check all that apply):
◻ The undersigned hereby elects to make payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price of [ Dollars ($ )] for [( )] shares of Ordinary Shares using the method described in Section 3(b)(i).
◻ The undersigned hereby elects to make payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price of [ Dollars ($ )] for [( )] shares of Ordinary Shares using the method described in Section 3(b)(ii).
◻ The undersigned hereby elects to make payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price of [ Dollars ($ )] for [( )] shares of Ordinary Shares using the method described in Section 3(b)(iii).
DATED: ______________
[NAME OF HOLDER]
By _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A-1
Exhibit B
to Warrant Certificate
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[DATE OF ASSIGNMENT]
Reference is made to that certain Warrant Certificate, having an issue date of August 2, 2022 and bearing Warrant Certificate No. [ ● ] (the “Warrant Certificate”), issued by MeiraGTx Holdings plc (the “Company”) to the undersigned (the “Holder”), a true and correct copy of which is attached to this Assignment. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Warrant Certificate.
Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Certificate, the Holder is entitled to purchase up to [ ● ]Warrant Shares.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Holder hereby sells, assigns and transfers to [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] (the “Assignee”) the right to acquire [all Warrant Shares entitled to be purchased upon exercise of the Warrant Certificate] [______ of the Warrant Shares entitled to be purchased upon exercise of the Warrant Certificate]. In furtherance of the foregoing assignment, the Holder hereby irrevocably instructs the Company to (i) memorialize such assignment in the Warrant Register as required pursuant to Section 5 of the Warrant Certificate, and (ii) pursuant to Section 6 of the Warrant Certificate, execute and deliver to [each of] the Assignee [and the Holder][a new Warrant Certificate][new Warrant Certificates] reflecting the foregoing assignment (each, a “Substitute Warrant Certificate”).
The Assignee acknowledges and agrees that it is (and will be) bound by the terms and provisions of its Substitute Warrant Certificate, and further acknowledges and agrees that its Substitute Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise thereof are being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of its Substitute Warrant Certificate or any Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise or conversion thereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities Laws. The Assignee represents and warrants for the benefit of the Company that the Assignee is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
To the extent (and for so long as) required pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Warrant Certificate, the Assignee acknowledges and agrees that restrictive legends shall be applied to the Assignee’s Substitute Warrant and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such certificate substantially consistent with the legends required pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Warrant Certificate.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto agree as set forth above as of the date first written above.
[NAME OF HOLDER]
By _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted and agreed,
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
[_____]
By _______________________________________
Name:
Title: