Exhibit 10.4
FORM OF CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of [●], 2024 (this
“Agreement”), is entered into by and between Kintara Therapeutics, a Nevada corporation corporation (“Parent”), Mountain Share Transfer, LLC, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”) and Robert Hoffman, solely in his capacity as the initial representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the Holders (the “Representative”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Parent, Kayak Mergeco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and TuHURA Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 2, 2024 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, Parent has agreed to provide to the Holders (as defined herein) contingent value rights (the “CVRs” and, each individually, a “CVR”) as hereinafter described; and
WHEREAS, the Holders desire that the Representative (as defined herein) act as their agent for the purposes of accomplishing the intent and implementing the provisions of this Agreement and facilitating the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and performing the other services described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the consummation of the transactions referred to above, Parent, Rights Agent, and Representative agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the following meanings:
“Acting Holders” means, at the time of determination, Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding CVRs as set forth in the CVR Register.
“Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“CVR Payment” means the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to 53,897,125 shares of Parent Common Stock.
“CVR Payment Amount” means, with respect to the CVR Payment and each Holder, a number of shares of Parent Common Stock, rounded down, equal to the product of (i) the CVR Payment times (ii) the quotient of the total number of CVRs held by such Holder as reflected on the CVR Register divided by the total number of CVRs as reflected on the CVR Register. For the avoidance of doubt, no CVR Payment Amount shall be made with respect to any CVRs not provided to holders as a result of withholding tax imposed upon the provision of the CVRs, and the CVR Payment Amounts that would otherwise have been associated with such CVRs shall be retained by Parent.
“CVR Period” means the period beginning immediately following the Effective Time and ending on December 31, 2025.
“CVR Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b). “Delaware Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(b).
“Entity” means any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise, association, organization or entity.
“Governmental Body” means any federal, state, local or foreign government or subdivision thereof or any other governmental, administrative, judicial, arbitral, legislative, executive, regulatory or self-regulatory authority, instrumentality, agency, commission or body.
“Holder” means, at the relevant time, a Person in whose name CVRs are registered in the CVR Register.
“Milestone” means, (1) the enrollment of a minimum of ten cutaneous metastic breast cancer patients in a study to determine whether a dose of REM-001 lower than 1.2 mg/kg elicits a treatment effect similar to that seen in prior studies of REM-001 at the 1.2 mg/kg dose and (2) the completion of eight weeks of follow-up for such patients, in each case, during the CVR Period.
“Milestone Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
“Milestone Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of Parent, in his or her capacity as such an officer, and delivered to the Rights Agent and Representative.
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“Parent Common Stock” means shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Parent.
“Permitted Transfer” means: a Transfer of CVRs (a) upon death of a Holder by will or intestacy; (b) pursuant to a court order; (c) by operation of law (including by consolidation or merger) or without consideration in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other Person; or (d) in the case of CVRs held in book-entry or other similar nominee form, from a nominee to a beneficial owner and, if applicable, through an intermediary, in each case as permitted by the Depository Trust Company.
“Person” means any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.
“Review Request Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).
“Rights Agent” means the Rights Agent named in the first paragraph of this Agreement, until a successor Rights Agent will have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Rights Agent” will mean such successor Rights Agent.
“Tax” shall mean any tax (including any income tax, franchise tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, estimated tax, unemployment tax, national health insurance tax, excise tax, premium, alternative or minimum tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax, business tax, withholding tax or payroll tax), levy, assessment, tariff, impost, imposition, duty (including any customs duty) or other tax or charge of any kind whatsoever, including any charge or amount (including any fine, penalty, interest or other additions thereto) related thereto, imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority of any Governmental Body, including as a result of being or having been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, controlled, fiscal, combined, unitary or aggregate group or being a transferee of or successor to any Person or as a result of any express obligation to assume such Taxes or to indemnify any other Person.
“Transfer” means any transfer, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, assignment or other disposition (whether by sale, merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, dividend, distribution or otherwise), the offer to make such a transfer or other disposition, and each contract, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, to effect any of the foregoing.
Section 1.2 Rules of Construction. Except as otherwise explicitly specified to the contrary, (a) references to a Section means a Section of this Agreement unless another agreement is specified, (b) the word “including” (in its various forms) means “including without limitation”, (c) references to a particular statute or regulation include all rules and regulations thereunder and any successor statute, rules or regulation, in each case as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, (d) words in the singular or plural form include the plural and singular form, respectively, (e) references to a particular Person include such Person’s successors and assigns to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement and (f) all references to dollars or “$” refer to United States dollars.
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ARTICLE II CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS
Section 2.1 CVRs.
Section 2.2 Nontransferable. The CVRs may not be sold, assigned, Transferred, pledged, encumbered or in any other manner transferred or disposed of, in whole or in part, other than through a Permitted Transfer. Any attempted Transfer, pledge, encumbrance or disposition of CVRs, in whole or in part, in violation of this Section 2.2 shall be void ab initio and of no effect.
Section 2.3 No Certificate; Registration; Registration of Transfer; Change of Address.
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Section 2.4 Payment Procedures; Notices.
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Section 2.5 No Voting, Dividends or Interest; No Equity or Ownership Interest in Parent.
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Section 2.6 Ability to Abandon CVR. A Holder may at any time, at such Holder’s option, abandon all of such Holder’s remaining rights in a CVR by transferring such CVR to Parent or a Person nominated in writing by Parent (with written notice thereof from Parent to the Rights Agent) without consideration therefor, and such rights will be cancelled, with the Rights Agent being promptly notified in writing by Parent of such Transfer and cancellation. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or any of its Affiliates from offering to acquire or acquiring any CVRs for consideration from the Holders, in private transactions or otherwise, in its sole discretion. Any CVRs acquired by Parent or any of its Affiliates shall be automatically deemed extinguished and no longer outstanding for purposes of this Agreement.
Section 2.7 No Obligations of Parent. (A) Parent and its Affiliates shall have the power and right to control all aspects of their businesses and operations (and all of their assets and products), and subject to its compliance with the terms of this Agreement, Parent and its Affiliates may exercise or refrain from exercising such power and right as it may deem appropriate and in the best overall interests of Parent and its Affiliates and its and their stockholders, rather than the interest of the Holders, (B) subject to Section 4.2, none of Parent or any of its Affiliates shall have any obligation to own, operate, use, sell, transfer, convey, license, develop, commercialize or otherwise exploit in any particular manner any of their business or operations (or any of their assets or products) or to negotiate or enter into any agreement, including in order to obtain, maximize or expedite the completion of any Milestone, and (C) none of Parent or any of its Affiliates (or any directors, officer, employee, or other representative of the foregoing) owes any fiduciary duty or similar duty to any Holder in respect of the CVRs.
ARTICLE III THE RIGHTS AGENT
Section 3.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The Rights Agent will not have any
liability for any actions taken or not taken in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent such liability arises as a result of the willful or intentional misconduct, bad faith, intentional breach, gross negligence or fraud of the Rights Agent or any of its Affiliates or its or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, or other representatives. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event will the Rights Agent be liable for special, punitive,
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indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damages of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, lost profits), even if the Rights Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damages and regardless of the form of action.
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Rights Agent. Parent hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as rights agent for Parent in accordance with the express terms and conditions hereof and the Rights Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Agreement against the Rights Agent. In addition:
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Section 3.3 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
Section 3.4 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor Rights Agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.3(b) hereunder will execute, acknowledge and deliver to Parent and to the predecessor Rights Agent an instrument accepting such appointment and a counterpart of this Agreement, and thereupon such successor Rights Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, will become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Rights Agent. On request of Parent or the successor Rights Agent, the predecessor Rights Agent will execute and deliver an instrument transferring to the successor Rights Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the predecessor Rights Agent, but such predecessor Rights Agent shall not be required to make any additional expenditure or assume any additional liability in connection with the foregoing, unless, if requested by Rights Agent, it has been furnished with assurances of repayment or indemnity satisfactory to it.
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
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Section 4.1 List of Holders. Parent will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Rights
Agent (with a copy to the Representative) in such form as Parent receives from Parent’s transfer agent (or other agent performing similar services for Parent), the names and addresses of the Holders within twenty (20) Business Days of the Effective Time.
Section 4.2 Efforts to Achieve Milestones. Parent shall, and shall cause its controlled Affiliates to, use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve the Milestone; provided, however, there is no guarantee that Parent will achieve the Milestone; provided, further, that for purposes hereof, commercially reasonable efforts shall not require Parent to expend monetary resources in excess of $700,000 after taking into account the amount Parent reasonably believes to be eligible for and will be reimbursed (or already reimbursed) under the Parent’s National Institute of Health grants under Federal Award Number 1R44CA281615-01 and Grant Number 1R41HL151235-01. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither Parent nor any of its controlled Affiliates shall act in bad faith for purposes of avoiding achievement of the Milestone or the payment of any CVR Payment.
Section 4.3 Prohibited Actions. Prior to the occurrence of the Milestone, Parent shall not (i) grant any lien, security interest, pledge or similar interest in any portion of the CVR Payment and (ii) shall not permit its Affiliates to, grant, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any portion of the CVR Payment (including any option to obtain rights) to any third party.
ARTICLE V
AMENDMENTS
Section 5.1 Amendments without Consent of Holders.
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Section 5.2 Amendments with Consent of Holders.
or
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of Holders from whom consent is required or to provide that certain provisions of this Agreement cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding CVR affected thereby.
Section 5.3 Execution of Amendments. In executing any amendment permitted by this Article V, the Rights Agent will be entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying upon, an opinion of counsel selected by Parent stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Rights Agent may, but is not obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects the Rights Agent’s own rights, privileges, covenants or duties under this Agreement or otherwise, including any amendments pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(viii).
Section 5.4 Effect of Amendments. Upon the execution of any amendment under this Article V, this Agreement will be modified in accordance therewith, such amendment will form a part of this Agreement for all purposes and every Holder will be bound thereby.
ARTICLE VI
OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 6.1 Notices to Rights Agent and Parent. Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (a) on the date of delivery, if delivered in person, by FedEx or other internationally recognized overnight courier service or, by email (upon confirmation of receipt) prior to 5:00 p.m. in the time zone of the receiving party or on the next Business Day, if delivered after 5:00 p.m. in the time zone of the receiving party or (b) two (2) Business Days after being sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), as follows:
If to the Rights Agent, to it at:
Mountain Share Transfer, LLC
2030 Powers Ferry Road SE
Suite # 212
Atlanta, GA. 30339
Attention: Erik Nelson, President
Email: service@mountainsharetransfer.com
If to Parent, to it at:
Kintara Therapeutics, Inc.
9920 Pacific Heights Blvd, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92121
Attention: [●]
Email: [●]
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with a copy to:
Foley & Lardner LLP
100 North Tampa Street
Suite 2700
Tampa, FL 33602-5810
Attention: Curt P. Creely, Esq.
Garrett F. Bishop, Esq.
Email: ccreely@foley.com
gbishop@foley.com
If to Representative, to it at:
Robert Hoffman
[●]
Attention: [●]
Email: [●]
The Rights Agent or Parent may specify a different address or facsimile number by giving notice in accordance with this Section 6.1.
Section 6.2 Notice to Holders. Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders, such notice will be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the Holder’s address as it appears in the CVR Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder will affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.
Section 6.3 Parent Successors and Assigns. Parent may assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to (a) in its sole discretion and without the consent of any other party, (i) any controlled Affiliate of Parent, but only for so long as it remains a controlled Affiliate of Parent, (ii) to any purchaser or licensee of substantial rights to the Product or (b) with the prior written consent of the Acting Holders, any other Person (any permitted assignee under clause (a) or (b), an “Assignee”), in each case provided that the Assignee agrees to assume and be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement. Any Assignee may thereafter assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder in the same manner as Parent pursuant to the prior sentence. In connection with any assignment to an Assignee described in clause (a) above in this Section 6.3, Parent (and such other assignor, if applicable) shall agree to remain liable for the performance by each Assignee (and such other assignor, if applicable) of all obligations of Parent hereunder (provided that no assignor shall be obligated with respect to any amendment to the obligations hereunder effected following such assignee’s assignment). This Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Parent’s successors and each Assignee. Each of Parent’s successors and Assignees shall expressly assume by an instrument supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Rights Agent and Representative, the due and punctual payment of the CVRs and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and
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obligations of this Agreement to be performed or observed by Parent. Unless a successor assignee meets the requirements set forth in Section 3.3(b) and, as of the date of such assignment, is an Affiliate of the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may not assign this Agreement without Parent’s written consent. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement or any such rights in violation of this Section 6.3 shall be void and of no effect.
Section 6.4 Benefits of Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, will give to any Person (other than the Rights Agent and its successors and assigns, the Representative and its successors and assigns, Parent, Parent’s successors and Assignees, the Holders and the Holders’ successors and assigns pursuant to a Permitted Transfer) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the foregoing. The rights of Holders and their successors and assigns pursuant to Permitted Transfers are limited to those expressly provided in this Agreement and the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Holder or Holder’s successor or assign pursuant to a Permitted Transfer may agree to renounce, in whole or in part, its rights under this Agreement by written notice to the Rights Agent and Parent, which notice, if given, shall be irrevocable.
Section 6.6 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
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(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 6.6(C).
Section 6.7 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree shall remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable. The parties further agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable provision.
Section 6.8 Counterparts and Signature. This Agreement may be signed manually or by facsimile or other electronic transmission by the parties (including in .pdf, .tiff, .jpg or similar format), in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication).
Section 6.9 Termination. This Agreement will automatically terminate and of no force or effect, the parties hereto will have no liability hereunder (including the monies due and owing by Parent to Rights Agent) and no payments will be required to be made, upon the earliest to occur of (a) the expiration of the CVR Period, (b) the mailing by the Rights Agent to the address of each Holder as reflected in the CVR Register the full amount of all potential CVR Payment Amounts required to be paid under the terms of this Agreement or (c) the delivery of a written notice of termination duly executed by Parent and the Acting Holders.
Section 6.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the fee schedule referred to in Section 3.2(g)) and the Merger Agreement contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto with reference to the transactions and matters contemplated hereby and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between the parties hereto.
Section 6.11 Legal Holiday. In the event that a Milestone Payment Date shall not be a Business Day, then, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any payment required to be made in respect of the CVRs on such date need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Milestone Payment Date.
Section 6.12 Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunctions of any utilities, communications, or computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war or civil unrest.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
KINTARA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:_____________________
Name:
Title:
MOUNTAIN SHARE TRANSFER, LLC
By:_____________________
Name: Erik Nelson
Title: President
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Robert Hoffman
[Signature Page to Contingent Value Rights Agreement]