EX-10.18 13 g05278a3exv10w18.htm EX-10.18 WARRANT TO PURCHASE 39,450 SHARES EX-10.18 Warrant to purchase 39,450 shares
EXHIBIT 10.18
Warrant Agreement No. ________
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE COMMON STOCK WHICH MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
June ______, 2007
BIOHEART, INC.
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida)
Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BIOHEART, INC., a Florida corporation (the Company), hereby certifies that William P. Murphy, Jr. M.D. (the Initial Holder), or his/her/its assigns (the Holder) is entitled, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, to purchase from the Company, up to 39,450 (subject to adjustment in accordance with the four immediately succeeding paragraphs and Section 5 below) (the Subject Shares) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.75 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5 below (the Exercise Price) . This Warrant is being issued in connection with that certain Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement by and between the Company and the Initial Holder, dated as of June 1, 2007 (the Guarantee Agreement).
In the event that, as of September 30, 2007, the Company has not satisfied and/or discharged all of its payment obligations, including, without limitation, all payment obligations under the agreements, documents and instruments entered into in connection therewith (a Loan Satisfaction) under that certain $5,000,000 Loan borrowed by the Company from Bank of America, N.A. (the Bank of America Loan), the number of Subject Shares shall be automatically increased to 45,000 shares without any action required on the part of the Company or the Holder.
In the event that, as of the first year anniversary of the closing of the Bank of America Loan (the Closing Date), the Company has not satisfied and/or discharged all of its material
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payment obligations to the Initial Holder under the Guarantee Agreement (a Guarantee Satisfaction), the number of Subject Shares shall be automatically increased to 56,250 shares without any action required on the part of the Company or the Holder.
In the event that, as of the second year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company has not effectuated a Guarantee Satisfaction, the number of Subject Shares shall be automatically increased to 75,000 shares without any action required on the part of the Company or the Holder.
In the event that, as of the third year anniversary of Closing Date, the Company has not effectuated a Guarantee Satisfaction, the number of Subject Shares shall be automatically increased to 112,500 shares without any action required on the part of the Company or the Holder.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding four paragraphs to the contrary, a failure to timely effectuate a Guarantee Satisfaction shall be without prejudice to the Initial Holders (and/or its assigns or successors in interest in respect of the Guarantee Agreement) rights with respect to the Guarantee Agreement, it being understood that adjustments to the Subject Shares relating to the Companys failure to effectuate a Guarantee Satisfaction shall be an additional right of the Holder (and/or such successor or assign).
The number of Subject Shares are also subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5 below.
The term Common Stock means the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company as constituted on June 1, 2007 (the Base Date). The number of Subject Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as set forth herein. The shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, and as adjusted from time to time, are hereinafter referred to as Warrant Stock. The term Other Securities means any other equity or debt securities that may be issued by the Company in addition thereto or in substitution for the Warrant Stock. The term Company means and includes the corporation named above as well as (i) any immediate or more remote successor entity resulting from the merger or consolidation of such entity (or any immediate or more remote successor corporation of such entity) with another entity, or (ii) any entity to which such entity (or any immediate or more remote successor corporation of such corporation) has transferred its all or substantially all of its property or assets.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnification reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Warrant executed and delivered shall constitute an additional contractual obligation on the part of the Company, whether or not this Warrant so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.
The Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant is issued, and all the rights hereunder shall be held subject to, all of the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth herein.
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1. Exercise of Warrant.
(a) Subject to Section 1(b) below and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1(c) below, this Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is three hundred and sixty-six (366) days following the date of the closing (the Closing Date) of the Bank of America Loan (the One Year Exercise Date) and expiring at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the date that is ten years following the Closing Date (the Expiration Date).
(b) Notwithstanding Section 1(a) above, in no event shall the Holder be entitled to exercise this Warrant until such time that the Company effectuates a Loan Satisfaction; provided, however, that if, as of the eight month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company has not effectuated a Loan Satisfaction but the Initial Holder has complied in full with all of its material obligations under the Guarantee Agreement, this Section 1(b) shall have no further force and effect.
(c) During the period that this Warrant is exercisable in accordance with Sections 1(a) and 1(b) above, the Holder may exercise this Warrant by presentation and surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal office, or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, together with the Warrant Exercise Form, attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed and the Shareholders Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Shareholders Agreement), duly executed, accompanied by payment (either in cash or by certified or official bank check, payable to the order of the Company) of the Exercise Price for the number of shares specified in such form and instruments of transfer, if appropriate, duly executed by the Holder or his, her or its duly authorized attorney. If this Warrant should be exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for cancellation, execute and deliver a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder thereof to purchase the balance of the shares purchasable hereunder. Upon receipt by the Company of this Warrant, together with a duly executed Warrant Exercise Form , a duly executed Shareholders Agreement and the Exercise Price, at its office, or by the stock transfer agent of the Company at its office, in proper form for exercise, the Holder shall, subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, be deemed to be the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing such shares of Common Stock shall not then be actually delivered to the Holder.
(d) In the event the Initial Holder commits a Key Default (as defined in the Guarantee Agreement), this Warrant shall be automatically cancelled, without any action required on the part of the Company or the Holder, and shall have no further force and effect.
(e) During the period that this Warrant is exercisable in accordance with Sections 1(a) and 1(b) above and provided that (i) the Companys Common Stock is publicly
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traded and (ii) the average reported weekly trading volume during the four weeks preceding the date of exercise is equal to or greater than 2,500,000, in lieu of exercising this Warrant by tendering cash pursuant to Section 3(c) above, the Holder of this Warrant may elect to receive, without the payment by the Holder of any additional consideration, shares equal to the value of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with notice of such election, in which event the Company shall issue to the holder hereof a number of Shares computed using the following formula:
Where:
X = The number of shares to be issued to the Holder pursuant to this net exercise;
Y = The number of shares in respect of which the net issue election is made;
A = The fair market value of one share at the time the net issue election is made; and
B = The Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of the net issuance).
For purposes of this paragraph 3(e), the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall mean the closing price (or average of the closing bid and asked prices, as the case may be) on the applicable date (i.e. the date of exercise of Warrant) of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg L.P. on the applicable market upon which the Common Stock is traded.
2. Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants that during the term this Warrant is exercisable, the Company will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant and, from time to time, if necessary, will use its reasonable best efforts to amend its Articles of Incorporation to provide sufficient reserves of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.
3. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall issue one additional share of its Common Stock or Other Securities (as applicable) in lieu of each fraction of a share otherwise called for upon exercise of this Warrant.
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4. Transfer of Warrant.
(a) Subject to compliance with any applicable federal and state securities laws, the conditions set forth in Sections 4(b) below and the provisions of Section 7 of this Warrant, this Warrant may be transferred by the Holder with respect to any or all of the shares purchasable hereunder. Upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, together with the Assignment Form, attached hereto as Exhibit C duly executed, the Transferor Representation Letter (as defined below) duly executed, the Transferee Representation Letter (as defined below) duly executed and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified in the Assignment Form and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned. Thereafter, this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants that carry the same rights upon presentation hereof at the office of the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued and signed by the Holder hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to issue a Warrant covering less than 1,000 shares of Common Stock.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant shall be made except for transfers to the Company, unless:
(x) if such transfer is made at any time prior to the One Year Exercise Date, the Holder and the proposed transferee each truthfully certify and provide to the Company a written representation letter (the Transferor Representation Letter and the Transferee Representation Letter, respectively) that such transfer is to either:
(A) a Qualified Institutional Buyer as such term is defined under Rule 144A of the Securities Act, attached hereto as Exhibit D;
(B) a large institutional accredited investor as such term is used in the Securities and Exchange Commission staffs No-Action Letter dated February 28, 1992 to Squadron, Ellenoff, Pleasant & Lehrer, attached hereto as Exhibit E; or
(C) a person that is (1) an accredited investor within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act (an Accredited Investor), (2) as of the Effective Date (as defined in the Guarantee Agreement) and the date of such transfer, is an executive officer of the Company or a member of the Companys management; and (3) participated in assisting the Company structure the issuance of this Warrant to the (x) Guarantor (as defined in the Guarantee Agreement) and (y) any other persons receiving warrants in connection with their provision of a guaranty or letter of credit to secure the Bank of America Loan.
(y) if such transfer is made at any time following the One Year Exercise Date, the Holder and the proposed transferee each truthfully certify and provide to the Company the Transferor Representation Letter and the Transferee Representation Letter, respectively that such transfer is to an Accredited Investor.
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5. Anti-Dilution Provisions.
5.1 Adjustment for Dividends in Other Securities, Property, Etc. In case at any time or from time to time after the Base Date the shareholders of the Company shall have received, or on or after the record date fixed for the determination of eligible shareholders, shall have become entitled to receive without payment therefor: (a) other or additional securities or property (other than cash) by way of dividend, (b) any cash paid or payable or (c) other or additional (or less) securities or property (including cash) by way of stock-split, spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement, then, and in each such case, the Holder of this Warrant, upon the exercise thereof as provided in Section 1, shall be entitled to receive the amount of securities and property (including cash in the cases referred to in clauses (b) and (c) above) which such Holder would hold on the date of such exercise if on the Base Date it had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock or Other Securities (as applicable) as constituted on the Base Date subscribed for upon such exercise as provided in Section 1 and had thereafter, during the period from the Base Date to and including the date of such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional (or less) securities and property (including cash in the cases referred to in clauses (b) and (c) above) receivable by it as aforesaid during such period, giving effect to all adjustments called for during such period by this Section 5.1 and Sections 5.2 and 5.3 below.
5.2 Adjustment for Recapitalization. If the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant), or if the Company shall declare a stock dividend or distribute shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to its shareholders, the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities, as the case may be) subject to this Warrant immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately increased and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased, and if the Company shall at any time combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock or Other Securities subject to this Warrant immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately decreased and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased. Any such adjustments pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be effective at the close of business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination or if any adjustment is the result of a stock dividend or distribution then the effective date for such adjustment based thereon shall be the record date therefor.
5.3 Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case of any reorganization of the Company (or any other entity, the securities of which are at the time receivable on the exercise of this Warrant) after the Base Date or in case after such date the Company (or any such other entity) shall consolidate with or merge into another corporation or convey all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation, then, and in each such case, the Holder of this Warrant upon the exercise thereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation, merger or conveyance, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the securities and property receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such consummation, the securities or property to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation if such Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior thereto; in each such case, the terms of this Warrant shall be applicable to the securities or property receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant after such consummation.
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5.4 No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation (or the Shareholders Agreement) or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, sale of assets or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder of this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company will take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue or sell fully paid and non-assessable shares of capital stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.
5.5 Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of an adjustment in the number of shares of Warrant Stock or Other Securities receivable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate executed by an executive officer of the Company setting forth such adjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.
5.6 Notices of Record Date, Etc. In case:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or Other Securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant) for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend at the same rate as the rate of the last cash dividend theretofore paid) or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other right; or
(b) of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation; or
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(c) of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company,
then, and in each such case, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder of the Warrant at the time outstanding a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place, and the time, if any, which is to be fixed, as to which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall be mailed at least twenty (20) days prior to the date therein specified and the Warrant may be exercised prior to said date during the term of the Warrant.
6. Legend. Unless the shares of Warrant Stock or Other Securities have been registered under the Securities Act, upon exercise of any of the Warrants and the issuance of any of the shares of Warrant Stock or Other Securities, all certificates representing such securities shall bear on the face thereof substantially the following legend:
The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act) and may not be sold or transferred in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Act or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not required. The securities represented by this certificate are subject to certain restrictions and agreements contained in, that certain Warrant Agreement dated ___, 2007, by and between the original Holder and the Company and, may not be sold, assigned, transferred, encumbered, pledged or otherwise disposed of except upon compliance with the provisions of such Warrant Agreement. By the acceptance of the shares of capital stock evidenced by this certificate, the holder agrees to be bound by such Warrant Agreement and all amendments thereto. A copy of such Warrant Agreement has been filed at the office of the Company.
The securities represented by this certificate and the holder of such securities are subject to the terms and conditions (including, without limitation, voting agreements and restrictions on transfer) set forth in a Shareholders Agreement, dated as of ___, 200___, a copy of which may be obtained from the Company. No transfer of such securities will be made on the books of the Company unless accompanied by evidence of compliance with the terms of such agreement.
7. Lock-Up Agreement. The Holder hereby agrees that, during the period of duration (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) specified by the Company and an underwriter of Common Stock or other securities of the Company in an agreement in connection with any initial public offering of the Companys securities, following the effective date of the registration statement for a public offering of the Companys securities filed under the Securities Act, it shall not, to the extent requested by the Company and such underwriter, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, contract to sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), grant any option to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of (other than to donees who agree to be similarly bound) any securities of the Company held by it at any time during such period, except Common Stock, if any, included in such registration; provided, that such lock-up period applicable to the Holder shall not be greater than the shortest lock-up period restricting any other shareholder of the Company executing lock-up agreements in connection with such registration.
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8. No Voting Rights as a Shareholder. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company.
9. Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933.
9.1 Piggyback Registration. If at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months following the closing date of an initial public offering of the Common Stock and ending on the Expiration Date, the Company proposes to register any shares of its Common Stock under the Securities Act on any form for registration thereunder (the Registration Statement) for its own account or the account of shareholders (other than a registration solely relating to (i) shares of Common Stock underlying a stock option, restricted stock, stock purchase or compensation or incentive plan or of stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such plan, or a dividend investment plan; (ii) a registration of securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of, or in connection with a merger or consolidation with, another corporation or other entity; or (iii) a registration of securities proposed to be issued in exchange for other securities of the Company (collectively, an Excluded Registration)), it will at such time give prompt written notice to the Holder of its intention to do so (the Section 9.1 Notice). Upon the written request of the Holder given to the Company within ten (10) days after the giving of any Section 9.1 Notice setting forth the number of shares of Warrant Stock and/or Other Securities intended to be disposed of by the Holder and the intended method of disposition thereof, the Company will include or cause to be included in the Registration Statement the shares of Warrant Stock and/or Other Securities which the Holder has requested to register, to the extent provided in this Section 9 (a Piggyback Registration). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that prior to the Six-Month Post-IPO Exercise Date, the Company agrees to (other than in an Excluded Registration) (i) register the resale of Common Stock then held by any other shareholder of the Company or (ii) register the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of then outstanding securities, the Holder shall be similarly entitled to exercise the rights provided by this Section 9.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, at any time, withdraw or cease proceeding with any registration pursuant to this Section 9.1 if it shall at the same time withdraw or cease proceeding with the registration of all of the Common Stock originally proposed to be registered. The Company shall be obligated to file and cause the effectiveness of only one (1) Piggyback Registration. The shares of Warrant Stock and/or Other Securities subject to the piggyback registration rights set forth in the Section 9.1 Notice are referred to for purposes of this Section 9 as the Registrable Shares.
9.2 Company Covenants. Whenever required under this Section 9 to include Registrable Shares in a Registration Statement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
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(i) Use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until the earlier of the Holder having completed the distribution of all its Registrable Shares described in the Registration Statement or six (6) months from the effective date of the Registration Statement (or such later date by reason of suspensions the effectiveness as provided hereunder). The Company will also use its commercially reasonable efforts to, during the period that such Registration Statement is required to be maintained hereunder, file such post-effective amendments and supplements thereto as may be required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or otherwise to ensure that the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that if applicable rules under the Securities Act governing the obligation to file a post-effective amendment permits, in lieu of filing a post-effective amendment that (i) includes any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act or (ii) reflects facts or events representing a material or fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement, the Company may incorporate by reference information required to be included in (i) and (ii) above to the extent such information is contained in periodic reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) in the Registration Statement.
(ii) Prepare and file with the Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission (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 Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement.
(iii) Furnish to the Holder such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus as amended or supplemented from time to time, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as it may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Shares owned by the Holder; provided that, in no event, shall the Company be required to incur printing expenses in excess of $1,000 in complying with its obligations under this Section 9.2(iii).
(iv) Use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other federal or state securities laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holder; 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, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act.
(v) 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.
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(vi) Notify the Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, (a) when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment and supplement thereto has become effective; (b) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order or the initiation of proceedings for that purpose (in which event the Company shall make use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending effectiveness of the Registration Statement. at the earliest possible time or prevent the entry thereof); (c) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and (d) 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.
(vii) Cause all such Registrable Shares registered hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange or quotation service on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or quoted.
(viii) Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Shares registered pursuant hereunder and CUSIP number for all such Registrable Shares, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration.
(ix) Use commercially reasonable effort to furnish, on the date that such Registrable Shares are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (a) an opinion, dated as of such date and addressed to the Holder, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such resale registration, in form and substance as is customarily given by Company counsel to underwriters, if any, engaged by the Holder and (b) a letter, dated as of such date and addressed to the Holder, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters, if any, engaged by the Holder.
9.3 Furnish Information. In connection with a registration in which the Holder is participating, such Holder agrees to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriter. In addition, if requested by the Company or the representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, the Holder shall provide, within ten (10) days of such request, such information related to such Holder as may be required by the Company or such representative in connection with the completion of any public offering of the Companys securities pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
9.4 Expenses of Company Registration. All expenses other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Section 9.1, including, without limitation, all registration, filing and qualification fees, printers and accounting fees and fees, disbursements of counsel for the Company and disbursements of counsel for the Holder up to $10,000 (the Registration Expenses) shall be borne by the Company.
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9.5 Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Companys capital stock, the Company shall not be required under Section 9.1 to include any of the Holders Registrable Shares in such underwriting unless the Holder accepts 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 the underwriters determine in their sole and reasonable discretion will not materially jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company, and the Holder enters into such lock-up agreements as may be reasonably required of other selling shareholders in such Registration Statement. If the total amount of securities, including Registrable Shares, requested by shareholders to be included in such offering exceeds the amount of securities sold other than by the Company that the underwriters determine in their sole and reasonable discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Shares, which the underwriters determine in their sole and reasonable discretion will not materially jeopardize the success of the offering (the securities so included to be apportioned pro rata among the selling shareholders according to the total amount of securities entitled to be included therein owned by each selling shareholder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling shareholders). For purposes of the preceding parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling shareholder who is a holder of Registrable Shares and is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners and shareholders 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 shareholder, and any pro-rata reduction with respect to such selling shareholder shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such selling shareholder, as defined in this sentence.
9.6 Indemnification. In the event that any Registrable Shares are included in a Registration Statement under this Section 9.
(i) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will promptly indemnify and hold harmless the Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for the Holder and each person, if any, who controls the Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, 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 (collectively a Violation): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement 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 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 Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, and the Company will pay to the 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 9.6(i) 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 the Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
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(ii) To the extent permitted by law, the Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange 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 Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, 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 the Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and the Holder will pay, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 9.6(ii), in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 9.6(ii) 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, further, that, in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 9.6(ii) exceed 20% of the cash value of the gross proceeds from the offering received by the Holder.
(iii) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9.6 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 9.6, 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 notified, to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying party and approved by the indemnified party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties which may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate 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 9.6, 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 9.6.
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(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9.6 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. 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 alleged 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.
(v) 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.
(vi) The obligations of the Company and the Holder under this Section 9.6 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Shares in a Registration Statement under this Section 9, and otherwise.
9.7. Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With a view to making available to the Holder the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (Rule 144) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Holder to sell shares of the Companys Common Stock to the public without registration, commencing immediately after the date on which a registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act becomes effective, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to:
(i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(iii) furnish to the Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Shares, forthwith upon request (i) 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 (ii) 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.
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9.8. Permitted Transferees. The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Shares granted to the Holder by the Company under this Section 9 may be assigned in full by a Holder in connection with a transfer by the Holder of its Registrable Shares if: (a) the Holder gives prior written notice to the Company; (b) such transferee agrees to comply with and be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement; (c) such transfer is otherwise in compliance with this Agreement and (d) such transfer is otherwise effected in accordance with applicable securities laws. Except as specifically permitted by this Section 9.8, the rights of a Holder with respect to Registrable Shares as set out herein shall not be transferable to any other person, and any attempted transfer shall cause all rights of the Holder therein to be forfeited.
9.9 Termination of Registration Rights. The Holder shall no longer be entitled to exercise any registration rights provided for in Section 9.1 after such time at which all Registrable Shares held by the Holder can be sold in any three-month period without registration in compliance with Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act.
10. Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when telegraphed, delivered personally or within two (2) days after mailing when mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Company at its principal office, or to the Holder at the address set forth on the record books of the Company or at such other address of which the Company or the Holder has been advised by notice hereunder. A copy of any notices provided to the Company hereunder shall be concurrently provided to the Companys legal counsel addressed to Hunton & Williams, LLP, Attn: David E. Wells, Esq., 1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500, Miami, Florida 33131.
11. Applicable Law. The Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to the choice of law rules thereof.
12. Modification of the Terms. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the Holder and the Company.
13. Venue. The parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of State of Florida located in Broward County and federal courts of the United States for the Southern District of Florida in respect of the interpretation and of the provisions of this Agreement and in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby.
14 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, OR RELATED TO, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT. THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY THE HOLDER AND THE COMPANY.
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15. Payment of Certain Taxes and Charges. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities upon the exercise of this Warrant or to register any transfer of this Warrant until any applicable transfer tax and any other taxes or governmental charges that the Company may be required by law to collect in respect of such exercise or transfer shall have been paid, such tax being payable by Holder at the time of surrender for the exercise or transfer.
16. Register. The Company or its stock transfer agent, if any, will maintain a register containing the name and address of the Holder of this Warrant and of the holders of other warrants of like tenor issued simultaneously hereunder. Any Holder may change its, his or her address as shown on the warrant register by written notice to the Company requesting such change. The Company may treat the Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in this Warrant on the part of any other person.
17. Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Warrant were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that they shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Warrant and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States or any state thereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or equity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed on its behalf, in its corporate name, by its duly authorized officer, all as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
WARRANT EXERCISE FORM
To: Bioheart, Inc.
ELECTION TO EXERCISE
The undersigned hereby exercises its rights to purchase _________ shares of the Subject Shares covered by the within Warrant and tenders payment herewith in the amount of $____________ in accordance with the terms thereof, and requests that certificates for such securities be issued in the name of, and delivered to:
(Print Name, Address and Social Security or Tax Identification Number)
and, if such number of shares shall not be all the Subject Shares covered by the within Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Subject Shares covered by the within Warrant be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the undersigned at the address stated below.
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NOTICE OF CASHLESS EXERCISE
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrant
pursuant to Section 1(e)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exchange its Warrant for _____________ shares of the Subject Shares pursuant to the cashless exercise provisions of the within Warrant, as provided for in Section 1(e) of such Warrant, and requests that a certificate or certificates for the shares be issued in the name of and delivered to:
(Print Name, Address and Social Security or Tax Identification Number)
and, if such number of shares shall not be all the Subject Shares which the undersigned is entitled to purchase in accordance with the within Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Subject Shares covered by the within Warrant be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the undersigned at the address stated below.
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Exhibit B
STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT
BIOHEART, INC.
STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT (the Agreement), by and among BIOHEART, INC., a Florida corporation (Bioheart or the Company), HOWARD J. LEONHARDT (HJL), and the undersigned Stockholder of Bioheart (the Stockholder), effective as of the date of Biohearts signature below (the Effective Date).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, HJL is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bioheart and, as of the date hereof, HJL owns a significant number of Biohearts outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the Common Stock);
WHEREAS, the Stockholder understands and acknowledges that this Agreement is a material inducement to, and in consideration for, the shares of Common Stock to be issued and sold to the Stockholder pursuant to the Investment and Subscription Agreement between the Company and the Stockholder of even date herewith (the Subscription Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to provide for the agreements contained herein, including without limitation those regarding restrictions on transfers of Common Stock and various other matters, and to provide for certain rights and obligations of the parties in respect thereof, all as hereinafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the terms and conditions contained herein, the parties hereto agree, intending to be legally bound, as follows:
DEFINITIONS
1. As used herein, the term Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Persons controlled by, controlling or under common control with such Person.
2. As used herein, the term Excluded Stock means (i) the Reserved Options Shares (including issuance, award or grant thereof, the exercise thereof and or the vesting of or lapsing of restrictions thereto), (ii) securities issuable as a stock dividend or upon any subdivision of shares of Common Stock, provided that the securities issued pursuant to such stock dividend or subdivision are limited to additional shares of Common Stock, (iii) securities issuable pursuant to or otherwise sold in an Initial Public Offering or subsequent registered public offering, (iv) debt securities with no equity capital stock, or conversion to equity capital stock, provision, feature or right, (v) securities issued in connection with any loan or any equipment financing or leases (including securities issued in consideration of guarantees of such financing or leases) which are approved by the Companys Board of Directors, provided that such securities are issued to one or more of the following or to affiliates of such persons: (a) any commercial lender or financial institution providing financing for such transaction, or (b) the party providing the equipment or lease, (vi) shares of Common Stock, or other securities (whether equity or debt, convertible or not, or otherwise) of the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company), issued in connection with acquisitions or strategic ventures, arrangements or alliances, and/or to vendors, customers, co-venturers or other persons in similar commercial or corporate partnering situations, in each case, where such issuance is approved by the Companys Board of Directors and provided that such securities are issued to the seller in the case of an acquisition or to the parties constituting the strategic venture, arrangement or alliances,
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or to the vendors, customers, co-venturer or other persons in similar commercial corporate partnering situations, as the case may be, or to affiliates of such persons, and (vii) any securities issued pursuant to a poison pill rights plan adopted by the Company.
3 As used herein , the terms Initial Public Offering or IPO means the Companys initial underwritten public offering of shares of Common Stock or other securities pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the Securities Act). The parties acknowledge and agree that although the Company may attempt to conduct one or more public offerings of Common Stock in the future, the decision to proceed with any public offering shall be made solely by the Companys Board of Directors, the Company has no obligation to conduct any public offering, and there can be no assurance that a public offering will ever be attempted or consummated.
4. As used herein, the term Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, government (or any department or agency thereof) or other entity.
5. As used herein, the term Reserved Option Shares means shares of Common Stock awarded, issued or issuable, or options, warrants or rights to purchase such shares of Common Stock granted or grantable from time to time, to directors, officers or employees of, or consultants to, the Company pursuant to any restricted stock, stock purchase or option plan (or other similar equity-based compensation plan, scheme or arrangement), where such plan has been authorized, or such award, issuance or grant has been approved by the Companys Board of Directors (or by a properly authorized committee of the Board).
ARTICLE I
Section 1.1 Reconciliation with Prior Stockholders Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the undersigned Stockholder is a party to any of the Prior Stockholders Agreements, it is hereby agreed that the provisions of this Agreement (and the rights and obligations hereunder) shall be limited, modified and/or interpreted as and to the extent necessary to resolve any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and such Prior Stockholders Agreement; it being agreed that any such limitation, modification or interpretation of the terms hereof and the determination of the existence of any such conflict shall be determined solely by the Companys Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer in good faith.
Section 1.2 No Conflicting Agreements. The Stockholder shall not enter into any stockholder agreement or other agreements or arrangements of any kind with any Person with respect to the Common Stock or the Company that is inconsistent with, or that limits in any way the effectiveness or implementation of, the provisions of this Agreement, and the Stockholder represents and warrants to Bioheart that the Stockholder is not party to any such prohibited agreement or arrangement as of the time of this Agreement (other than, if applicable, a Prior Stockholders Agreement to which Section 1.1 hereof relates). The foregoing prohibition includes, but is not limited to, agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition or disposition of shares of Common Stock which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE II
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS OF STOCK
Section 2.1 General Provisions on Transfers
(a) Prohibition on Transfers Generally. The Stockholder shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, gift, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer any shares of Common Stock or any interest in or with respect to such shares (any such transaction, whether or not for consideration, or voluntary or involuntary, being referred to hereinafter as a Transfer and all Persons to whom a Transfer is made, regardless of the method of Transfer, shall be referred to collectively as Transferees and individually as a Transferee), unless such Transfer (A) is permitted under and made in accordance with Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6 hereof, or (B) is a Transfer to (i) Bioheart following Biohearts agreement to accept such Transfer, (ii) to HJL following HJLs agreement to accept such Transfer, or (iii) to any other Person if in the case of this clause (iii) the proposed Transfer is expressly permitted by HJL in his discretion in writing (any such permitted transfer under this clause B is a Section 2.1 Transfer).
(b) Recordation. Bioheart (or its transfer agent, if any) shall not be required to record upon its official stock books or records any Transfer of shares of Common Stock held or owned by the Stockholder or any other Person to any other Person or purported Transferee except Transfers in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) Obligations of Transferees. No Transfer of shares of Common Stock by the Stockholder shall be permitted or effective unless the Transferee shall have executed an appropriate agreement and documents in form and substance satisfactory to Bioheart in its reasonable judgment confirming (i) that the Transferee takes such shares subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transferee agrees to be a party to this Agreement as a Stockholder hereunder and to comply with the obligations of a Stockholder under this Agreement and (ii) the transferees investment representations to Bioheart and related matters providing reasonable assurances that the transfer does not violate securities laws or this Agreement; except that the requirements of this paragraph (c) shall not apply to acquisitions of Common Stock by the Company or HJL and may be waived in whole or in part at the election of HJL in connection with Transfers under Sections 2.5 or 2.6 or a Transfer under clause B(iii) of Section 2.1(a).
Section 2.2 Compliance with Securities Laws
In addition to any other requirements of this Agreement, the Stockholder shall not Transfer any shares of Common Stock at any time, unless (a) the Transfer is pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with any other applicable federal securities laws and state securities or blue sky laws or (b) such Stockholder shall have furnished Bioheart with an opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel shall be satisfactory to Bioheart in its reasonable judgment, to the effect that no such registration is required because of the availability of an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and under any applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
Section 2.3 Permitted Transfers
Section 2.3.1
Affiliate Transfers. The restrictions contained in Section 2.1(a) shall not apply to any Transfer of 100% of the Common Stock owned by the Stockholder to an Affiliate of the Stockholder that is not an individual. Any such Transferee must, as a condition to Transfer, agree to be bound by this Agreement as a Stockholder hereunder. In the event that any one or more parties other than the Person who is the Stockholder on the date of this Agreement (the Original Stockholder) becomes
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party to this Agreement (or counterpart to this Agreement) as the Stockholder hereunder, such parties shall have no rights under this Section 2.3.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Transfer may be affected under this Section 2.3.1 unless Bioheart is satisfied, in its reasonable discretion that the proposed Transferee is an Accredited Investor.
Section 2.3.2 Transfers to Another Stockholder. The restrictions contained in Section 2.1(a) shall not apply to any Transfer by the Stockholder to any one of the other stockholders of Bioheart if the Transfer occurs more than 18 months after the time when the shares to be transferred were acquired by the transferring Stockholder; provided, however, that no more than one Transfer may be made by the Stockholder under this Section 2.3.2 in any 90-day period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Transfer may be affected unless Bioheart is satisfied, in its reasonable discretion that the proposed Transferee is an Accredited Investor.
Section 2.4 Transfers to Third Parties; Rights of First Offer After 3 Years or Upon Improper Transfer.
Section 2.4.1 (a) Notice of Right of First Offer. From and after the third annual anniversary of the date of this Agreement, if the Stockholder (for purposes of this section, the Selling Stockholder) desires to make a bona fide offer and sale of any of its Common Stock to a third party (a Proposed Transferee) (other than a Section 2.1 Transfer or a Transfer pursuant to Section 2.3, 2.5 or 2.6), then the Selling Stockholder shall cause such offer to be reduced to writing and the Selling Stockholder shall deliver a Notice of Right of First Offer to the Company and HJL containing the following information:
(i) the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be so transferred (the Offered Stock) (it being agreed that the Offered Stock must constitute the entire legal and beneficial interest in whole shares of Stock, and not any lesser rights or interests therein or any fractional shares);
(ii) the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer (the Offered Terms), which terms shall include (A) the price per share at which the Selling Stockholder desires to sell the Offered Stock, and the timing of such payment (which price shall be payable only in cash, unless the Company permits other consideration to be paid, which consideration shall be valued as determined by the Companys board of directors) and (B) the identity (if known or then contemplated) of the proposed or potential transferee(s) of the Offered Stock (i.e., name, occupation and address); and
(iii) an irrevocable affirmative offer made by the Selling Stockholder to transfer the Offered Stock to the Company and/or HJL in accordance with this Stockholder Agreement, at a price (the Offer Price) equal to the cash portion of the price included in the Offered Terms plus additional cash equal to the fair market value (as determined by the Companys Board of Directors) of any non-cash consideration included in the Offered Terms as indicated in the Notice of Right of First Offer (i.e., the number of shares of Offered Stock multiplied by the per share price).
The date that the Notice of Right of First Offer is first received by the Company shall constitute the First Offer Notice Date.
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Right of First Offer to the Company. The Company shall have the exclusive, unconditional and irrevocable option to purchase and acquire from the Selling Stockholder all or any portion of the Offered Stock in its discretion, in accordance with the provisions of the Notice of Right of First Offer (other than the purchase price, which shall be payable in cash), for a period of thirty (30) days from the First Offer Notice Date, in accordance with the procedure described in this
Section 2.4.1. The Selling Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to sell, transfer and convey
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the Offered Stock, and all of such stockholders right, title and interest in and to such stock, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.4.1 (including this subsection (b)). The Company will be entitled to give written notice (the Company Exercise Notice) to the Selling Stockholder and to HJL, within thirty (30) business days from the First Offer Notice Date, of such partys election to acquire all or any portion of the Offered Stock. The Company Exercise Notice shall refer to the Notice of Right of First Offer and shall set forth the number of shares of Offered Stock sought to be acquired by the Company pursuant to the exercise of its first offer rights hereunder.
(c) Second Priority Right of First Offer to HJL. In the event that the Company shall either (x) fail to deliver the Company Exercise Notice, properly and on a timely basis, as required in Section 2.4.1(b) hereof, or (y) deliver the Company Exercise Notice but shall elect to purchase less than all of the shares of Offered Stock, then HLJ shall have the exclusive, unconditional and irrevocable option to purchase and acquire the Remaining Offered Stock, in whole but not in part, in accordance with the provisions of the Notice of Right of First Offer (other than the purchase price, which shall be payable in cash), for a period of thirty (30) days from the First Offer Notice Date, in accordance with the procedure described in this Section 2.4.1. As used herein, the term Remaining Offered Stock shall mean, in the case of the event described in clause (x) of the immediately preceding sentence, all Offered Stock, and, in the case of the event described in clause (y) of the immediately preceding sentence, all shares of Offered Stock other than those shares with respect to which the Company exercised its right to purchase in the Company Exercise Notice). HJL will be entitled to give written notice (the HJL Exercise Notice and, generally, together with the Company Exercise Notice, the Exercise Notice) to the Selling Stockholder and the Company, within thirty (30) days from the First Offer Notice Date, of HJLs election to acquire all of the Remaining Offered Stock in accordance with this Section 2.4.1(c). The HJL Exercise Notice shall refer to the Notice of Right of First Offer and shall set forth the number of shares of Remaining Offered Stock to be acquired by HJL pursuant to the exercise of its first offer rights hereunder.
(d) Requirement to Purchase All Offered Stock. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding subsections 2.4.1(b) and 2.4.1(c), the option to purchase Common Stock described in the Notice of Right of First Offer may be exercised and the Closing (as hereinafter defined) on such purchase consummated only if HJL and/or the Company, alone or collectively, agree to purchase all of the Offered Stock pursuant to one or both of their respective Exercise Notices.
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Closing and Tender Requirements. The consummation of any transfer to the Company or HJL required to be effected pursuant to this
Section 2.4.1 shall constitute the
Closing, and the time and date of such Closing shall constitute the
Closing Date. The Closing shall be held at the principal office of the Company, at 10:00 a.m. on the fortieth (40th) day subsequent to the First Offer Notice Date (or such other date, time or place as mutually agreed upon by the parties to the transaction); subject, in any case, to extension until expiration or termination of any applicable regulatory waiting periods (including, without limitation, if applicable, pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended) and satisfaction of all other applicable regulatory conditions. At the Closing, the Selling Stockholder shall present to the purchaser(s) (the Company and/or HJL, as the case may be) all certificates for the Offered Stock required to be sold in such transaction, in proper form for transfer, including signed endorsements or stock powers. The Offered Stock shall be transferred free and clear of all liens, security interests and encumbrances or adverse claims of any kind or character. At the Closing, the purchaser(s), upon receipt of proper tender of the Offered Stock, shall tender full payment of the Offer Price in conformity with the Offered Terms as set forth in the Notice of Right of First Offer. In addition, if the Person selling Common Stock is the personal representative of a deceased Stockholder, the personal representative shall also deliver to the purchaser or purchasers (i) copies of letters testamentary or letters of administration evidencing his appointment and qualification, (ii) a certificate issued by the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Section 6325 of Internal Revenue Code of
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1986, as amended (the Code), discharging the shares being sold from liens imposed by the Code (or, if it is impossible to obtain such certificate by the Closing Date, the sale of such Common Stock may be consummated and the proceeds placed in escrow pending receipt thereof) and (iii) an estate tax waiver issued by the state of the decedents domicile.
(f) Permitted Transfer Following Expiration or Non-Exercise of Right(s) of First Offer. If the Company and HJL shall either (x) elect in writing not to exercise their Rights of First Offer under this Section 2.4 or (y) fail to deliver the Company Exercise Notice and/or the HJL Exercise Notice in satisfaction of paragraph (d) of this Section 2.4 within thirty (30) days after the First Offer Notice Date and in accordance with this Section 2.4, then all (and not less than all) of the Offered Stock may be sold by the Selling Stockholder, at any time during the ensuing sixty (60) days, at a price not less than the purchase price contained in the Offered Terms (as determined in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.4.1) and on material terms no more favorable in the aggregate to the purchaser than the Offered Terms as set forth in the Notice of Right of First Offer; provided, however, that the purchaser of such Stock, as a condition to the effectiveness of such transfer, must first execute a written acknowledgment and agreement, in form and substance reasonable satisfactory to the Company, that such purchaser is an Accredited Investor and has become a Stockholder and is a party to this Stockholder Agreement and that such purchaser agrees to be bound by the terms, restrictions, provisions and conditions set forth in this Stockholder Agreement (as such may be amended from time to time).
Section 2.4.2 Improper Transfers; Right of First Offer Upon Improper Transfer. Absent the right to effect a Transfer of Common Stock pursuant to a Section 2.1 Transfer or a Transfer pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6 hereof, any Transfer or purported Transfer of Common Stock by the Stockholder at any time during the term of this Stockholder Agreement, whether voluntary or involuntary, which is not in compliance with the terms and provisions of this Article 2, as determined in good faith by the Companys Board of Directors (hereinafter, an Improper Transfer) shall be invalid, null, void and of no force or effect, and shall not be effected or permitted on the stock books and records of the Company, which constitute the definitive records regarding the issuance and transfer of Common Stock. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, promptly upon discovery of any such Improper Transfer or attempted Improper Transfer, the Company may in its discretion issue a Notice of Right of First Offer (with the date of such issue being deemed to be the First Offer Notice Date therefore) (hereinafter, the Corporate Notice of Rights), a copy of which shall be sent to the person attempting or purporting to make such Improper Transfer (the Improper Transferor) and to his or her intended transferee. The Improper Transferor shall comply with any requests for information that the Company shall make regarding such Improper Transfer. Upon the giving of the Corporate Notice of Rights, the time periods for the exercise of the Companys and HJLs purchase options specified in Section 2.4.1 (treating such Corporate Notice of Rights as if it were a Notice of Right of First Offer under Section 2.4.1) shall commence running, and the Company and HJL shall have such rights to purchase the shares subject to the Improper Transfer as provided in Section 2.4.1 above with respect thereto. The rights of the Company under this Section 2.4.2 shall be in addition to any rights, at law or in equity, which the Company may have in connection with any Improper Transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and whether or not the Company elects to give a Corporate Notice of Rights in connection with an Improper Transfer, the Company in its discretion may void and terminate any recordation of the Improper Transfer and may unilaterally cancel any stock certificates that may have been issued reflecting such Improper Transfer.
Section 2.5 Tag-Along Rights for Stockholder
Section 2.5.1
Tag-Along Notice. In the event that HJL proposes to sell all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock owned by him constituting twenty percent (20%) or more of the Companys outstanding shares of Common Stock held by him on the date hereof (such shares to be sold,
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the HJL Shares) and such sale is proposed to occur prior to the Companys IPO (a Covered Transaction), then HJL shall give written notice (the Tag-Along Notice) to the Stockholder prior to consummating such sale, stating HJLs bona fide intention to make such sale, referring to this Section 2.5, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be sold and specifying the bona fide per share price (the Tag-Along Price), and the material terms pursuant to which such sale is proposed to be made (together with the Tag-Along Price, the Tag-Along Terms), and specifying the name, address, and relationship, if any, to HJL of the proposed purchaser or transferee. Upon the request of the Stockholder, HJL shall promptly furnish such information as may be reasonably requested (to the extent such information is known to HJL) to establish that the offer and proposed transferee are bona fide. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 2.5 shall not apply to (i) a transfer by HJL to any Affiliate of HJL that agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as a Stockholder hereunder or (ii) a transfer of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section 2.5.2 Exercise of Tag-Along Option.
(a) Option. The Stockholder shall have the option until the 15th day (the Option Date) following the date of the Tag-Along Notice to elect to participate in the Covered Transaction by selling a number of shares (the Tag-Along Shares) of Common Stock held by Stockholder equal to the product of (1) the quotient of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be sold by HJL in the Covered Transaction divided by (B) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then owned by HJL, multiplied by (2) the number of shares of Common Stock then owned by the Stockholder, for the same Tag-Along Price and otherwise on the same Tag-Along Terms; provided, that in the event that the purchase price for the Common Stock to be sold by HJL consists in whole or in part of securities that are not issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act, then the Stockholder shall not be entitled to any rights to sell Tag-Along Shares under this Section 2.5 unless the Stockholder is then an Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act) and Stockholder certifies in writing to Bioheart in form reasonable satisfactory to Bioheart that Stockholder is an Accredited Investor.
(b) Failure to Exercise Option. If the Stockholder does not timely exercise its option to sell shares of Common Stock in the Covered Transaction by delivering written notice of such exercise (the Exercise Notice) to each of HJL and the Company prior to the Option Date, then HJL shall be free, for a period of 90 days following the Option Date, to sell the HJL Shares (or any portion of the HJL Shares that the proposed purchaser desires to purchase) to the proposed transferee, as long as all of the HJL Shares to be sold are sold on material terms no more favorable in the aggregate to the purchaser than the Tag-Along Terms; in which event the Stockholder shall not have any rights to participate in such sale under this Section 2.5.
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Sale Agreement. If the Stockholder timely elects to sell Tag-Along Shares by delivering his Exercise Notice to each of HJL and the Company on or prior to the Option Date, then the Stockholder shall and does hereby agree to cooperate in consummating such a sale, including, without limitation, by becoming a party to the sales agreement for the Covered Transaction with respect to the Tag-Along Shares (or portion thereof) to be sold by the Stockholder, delivering at the consummation of such sale, stock certificates and other instruments for such Common Stock duly endorsed for transfer, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and voting or consenting in favor of such transaction (to the extent a vote or consent is required) and taking any other necessary or appropriate action in furtherance thereof, including the execution and delivery of any other appropriate agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents. In connection with such sale, the Stockholder may be required to make representations and indemnities to the buyer solely and in customary form with respect
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to the Stockholder and the Stockholders ownership of, and his authority and rights to sell, his Tag-Along Shares and shall have no obligation with respect to transaction expenses of or on behalf of HJL.
(d) Limitations on Tag-A-Long Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, there shall be no liability on the part of Bioheart or HJL to the Stockholder in the event that a Covered Transaction subject to this Section 2.5 is not consummated in full or at all for any reason whatsoever. The decision whether to propose or to consummate a Covered Transaction subject to this Section 2.5 shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of HJL. The Stockholder acknowledges that any proposed buyer in the Covered Transaction may choose not to consummate such transaction in whole or in part for any reason, including as a result of the terms of this Agreement or in the event that the Stockholder or any other party to the proposed transaction does not agree to the terms of such sale requested by the buyer. Stockholder also understands and agrees that a buyer may choose to purchase less than all of the shares proposed to be sold by HJL and the Stockholder (and any other Bioheart stockholders having applicable tag-a-long rights) in a Covered Transaction, in which case the number of Tag-Along Shares to be sold by the Stockholder shall be proportionately reduced.
Section 2.6 Drag-Along Right of HJL
Section 2.6.1 Exercise. If HJL, by himself or together with any one or more of his Affiliates and/or family members or trusts for the benefit of him and/or his family (HJL and such other sellers are referred to below as the HJL Sellers) propose to make a bona fide sale of shares constituting an aggregate of one-third (33 and 1/3 percent) or more of the Companys outstanding shares of Common Stock to any proposed transferee not Affiliated with any of the HJL Sellers with respect to which a favorable opinion of a third party investment bank or valuation firm has been obtained by Bioheart with respect to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the proposed transaction to the stockholders of Bioheart other than the HJL Sellers (the Other Stockholders, including the Stockholder party hereto), then HJL shall have the right (a Drag-Along Right), exercisable upon not less than 30 days prior written notice to the Stockholder (Drag Notice), to require the Stockholder to sell, and the Stockholder shall thereupon be required to sell, to the proposed transferee a number of shares (the Drag-Along Shares) of Common Stock held by the Stockholder equal to the product of (1) the quotient of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by the HJL Sellers divided by (B) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then owned by the HJL Sellers times (2) the number of shares of Common Stock then owned by the Stockholder, on the same terms and conditions and at the same price per share (the Drag-Along Price) applicable to the HJL Sellers.
Section 2.6.2 Sale Agreement. If the Stockholder is required to sell shares of Common Stock under this Section 2.6 (a Drag-Along Seller), the Stockholder agrees to cooperate in consummating such a sale, including, without limitation, by becoming a party to the sales agreement and all other appropriate related agreements, delivering at the consummation of such sale, stock certificates and other instruments for such shares of Common Stock duly endorsed for transfer, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and voting or consenting in favor of such transaction (to the extent a vote or consent is required) and taking any other necessary or appropriate action in furtherance thereof, including the execution and delivery of any other appropriate agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents (including documents for the sale or termination of Options if required). In connection with such sale, the Stockholder may be required to make representations and indemnities to the buyer solely and in customary form with respect to the Stockholder and the Stockholders ownership of, and his authority and rights to sell, his Drag-Along Shares and shall have no obligation with respect to any transaction expenses of or on behalf of the HJL Sellers.
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