0001193125-15-184289.txt : 20150513 0001193125-15-184289.hdr.sgml : 20150513 20150512180252 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-184289 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150513 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150512 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HTG MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS, INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001169987 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826] IRS NUMBER: 860912294 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-88837 FILM NUMBER: 15855785 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3430 E. GLOBAL LOOP CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85706 BUSINESS PHONE: 877-289-2615 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3430 E. GLOBAL LOOP CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85706 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HTG MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110523 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HIGH THROUGHPUT GENOMICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020326 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Novo A/S CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001388325 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: G7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19 CITY: HELLERUP STATE: G7 ZIP: 2900 BUSINESS PHONE: 45 8824 8824 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19 CITY: HELLERUP STATE: G7 ZIP: 2900 SC 13D 1 d923712dsc13d.htm SC 13D SC 13D

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.     )*

 

 

HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

40434H 10 4

(CUSIP Number)

 

Bjarne Graven Larsen

Novo A/S

Tuborg Havnevej 19

Hellerup, Denmark DK-2900

+45 3527 6592

Copy to:

B. Shayne Kennedy, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Telephone: (714) 540-1235

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

May 11, 2015

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this statement because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box.  ¨

 

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


CUSIP No.: 40434H 10 4

 

  1. 

Name of Reporting Person:

 

Novo A/S

  2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of Group (See Instructions):

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.

SEC Use Only:

 

  4.

Source of Funds:

 

WC

  5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e):

 

¨

  6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

 

Denmark

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned By

Each

Reporting

Person

With:

 

  7. 

Sole Voting Power:

 

1,280,185

  8.

Shared Voting Power:

 

0

  9.

Sole Dispositive Power:

 

1,280,185

10.

Shared Dispositive Power:

 

0

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

 

1,280,185

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:

 

¨

13.

Percent of Class Represented By Amount In Row (11):

 

19.0% (1)

14.

Type of Reporting Person:

 

CO

 

(1) Based upon 6,735,965 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s prospectus (Form 424B4) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2015.

 

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Item 1. Security and Issuer

This Schedule 13D relates to the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The Issuer’s principal executive office is located at 3430 E. Global Loop, Tucson, Arizona 85706.

 

Item 2. Identity and Background

 

  (a) The name of the reporting person is Novo A/S, a Danish limited liability company that is wholly owned by Novo Nordisk Fonden (the “Foundation”), a Danish commercial foundation. Novo A/S is the holding company in the group of Novo companies (currently comprised of Novo Nordisk A/S, Novozymes A/S and NNIT A/S) and is responsible for managing the Foundation’s assets, including its financial assets. Based on the governance structure of Novo A/S and the Foundation, the Foundation is not deemed to have any beneficial ownership of the securities of the Issuer held by Novo A/S.

 

     The name of each director and executive officer of both Novo A/S and the Foundation is set forth on Schedule I to this Schedule 13D.

 

  (b) The business address of both Novo A/S and the Foundation is Tuborg Havnevej 19, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark.

 

     The residence or business address of each director and executive officer of both Novo A/S and the Foundation is set forth on Schedule I to this Schedule 13D.

 

  (c) Novo A/S, a holding company that is responsible for managing the Foundation’s assets, provides seed and venture capital to development stage companies and invests in well-established companies within the life science and biotechnology sector.

 

     The Foundation is a Danish self-governing and profit-making foundation, whose objectives are to provide a stable basis for commercial and research activities undertaken by the group of Novo companies and to support scientific, humanitarian and social purposes through grants.

 

  (d) Within the last five years, neither Novo A/S, the Foundation, nor any person named in Schedule I has been convicted in any criminal proceedings.

 

  (e) Within the last five years, neither Novo A/S, the Foundation, nor any person named in Schedule I was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Prior to the Issuer’s initial public offering (the “IPO”), the Reporting Person held the following securities of the Issuer:

 

  (i) 50,251,254 shares of Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) acquired at a purchase price of $0.2189 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $11.0 million in a private placement. Upon the IPO closing, the Series D Preferred Stock automatically converted on a one-for-one basis for no additional consideration into 598,415 shares of Common Stock which included shares issued as payment for accrued dividends on the Series D Preferred Stock, as adjusted for the 1-for-107.39 reverse split (the “Stock Split”) of the Issuer’s Common Stock effected on April 27, 2015.

 

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  (ii) 15,227,653 shares of Series E Preferred Stock (the “Series E Preferred Stock” and, collectively, with the Series D Preferred Stock, the “Preferred Stock”) acquired at a purchase price of $0.2189 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $3,333,333 million in a private placement. Upon the IPO closing, the Series E Preferred Stock automatically converted on a one-for-one basis for no additional consideration into 156,123 shares of Common Stock which included shares issued as payment for accrued dividends on the Series E Preferred Stock, as adjusted for the Stock Split.

 

  (iii) Warrants (the “Warrants”) for the right to purchase Series E Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $0.2189 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $697,015 (the “Principal Warrant Coverage Amount”). Upon the IPO closing, the Warrants automatically converted into 49,786 shares of Common Stock (the Principal Warrant Coverage Amount divided by $14.00 (the “IPO Per Share Price”).

 

  (iv) Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $1,535,440. Upon the IPO closing, the principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes (the “Note Conversion Amount”) automatically converted into 110,755 shares of Common Stock (the Note Conversion Amount divided by the IPO Per Share Price).

The purchase price of the Preferred Stock, Warrants and Notes were paid by Novo A/S from its working capital.

On May 11, 2015, the closing date of the IPO:

 

  (i) the Reporting Person held an aggregate of 915,079 shares of Common Stock after conversion of the Preferred Stock, Warrants and Notes (the “Converted Shares”); and

 

  (ii) the Reporting Person purchased 365,106 additional shares of Common Stock from the underwriters (the “IPO Shares”) at the IPO Per Share Price pursuant to the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement among the Issuer and the several underwriters for the offering (the “Underwriters”) which, with the Converted Shares, resulted in a total of 1,280,185 shares of Common Stock held by Novo A/S. The purchase price of the IPO Shares was paid by Novo A/S from its working capital.

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

The acquisitions of Issuer securities made by Novo A/S, as described in this Schedule 13D, were for investment purposes. Novo A/S intends to review its investments in the Issuer on a continuing basis and any actions Novo A/S might undertake will be dependent upon its review of numerous factors, including, but not limited to: an ongoing evaluation of the Issuer’s business, financial condition, operations and prospects; price levels of the Issuer’s securities; general market, industry and economic conditions; the relative attractiveness of alternative business and investment opportunities; and other future developments. Novo A/S may, at any time and from time to time, acquire additional securities of the Issuer, or retain or sell all or a portion of the securities of the Issuer then held, in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Other than as described herein, Novo A/S currently does not have any plans or proposals that relate to, or would result in, any of the matters listed in Items 4(a)–(j) of Schedule 13D, although, depending on the factors discussed herein, Novo A/S may change its purpose or formulate different plans or proposals with respect thereto at any time.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

(a) Novo A/S beneficially owns 1,280,185 shares (the “Novo Shares”) of Common Stock representing approximately 19.0% of the Issuer’s outstanding Common Stock, upon 6,735,965 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s prospectus (Form 424B4) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2015.

 

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(b) Novo A/S is a Danish limited liability company wholly owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Novo A/S, through its Board of Directors (the “Novo Board”), has the sole power to vote and dispose of the Novo Shares. The Novo Board, currently comprised of Sten Scheibye, Goran Ando, Jeppe Christiansen, Steen Riisgaard and Per Wold-Olsen, may exercise voting and dispositive control over the Novo Shares only with the support of a majority of the Novo Board. As such, no individual member of the Novo Board is deemed to hold any beneficial ownership or reportable pecuniary interest in the Novo Shares. Peter T. Bisgaard, a member of the board of directors of the Issuer, is employed as a Senior Partner of Novo Ventures (US) Inc., a company that provides consultancy services to Novo A/S. Mr. Bisgaard is not deemed a beneficial owner of, and does not have a reportable pecuniary interest in, the Novo Shares. Except as described in this Schedule 13D, neither the Foundation nor any person listed on Schedule I has the power to direct the vote as to, or the disposition of the Novo Shares.

(c) Except as set forth in Item 3 of this Schedule 13D, Novo A/S has not effected any transactions in the Issuer’s Common Stock within the past 60 days and neither the Foundation nor any person listed on Schedule I has effected any transactions in the Issuer’s Common Stock within the past 60 days.

(d) Novo A/S does not know of any other person having the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the Issuer’s Common Stock held in the name of the Novo A/S and reported herein.

(e) Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement

The Issuer, Novo A/S and certain other holders of the Issuer’s securities are party to that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of December 22, 2014 to become effective upon the closing of the IPO (the “Investors’ Rights Agreement”). The Investors’ Rights Agreement grants to Novo A/S and the other holders party thereto certain rights that include demand registration rights, piggyback registration rights and Form S-3 registration rights as more fully described in such agreement.

Lock-Up Agreement

In connection with the Issuer’s initial public offering, Novo A/S entered into a letter agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) with the Issuer and the Underwriters, pursuant to which Novo A/S agreed that, during the “Lock-Up Period” as defined below and subject to certain limited exceptions specified in the Lock-Up Agreement, Novo A/S will not (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock; (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock; or (3) publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition of shares of Common Stock. In addition, Novo A/S has agreed in the Lock-Up Agreement that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of the Issuer’s capital stock. The “Lock-Up Period” is defined in the Lock-Up Agreement as the period ending 180 days after the date of the final prospectus used to sell Common Stock in the Issuer’s initial public offering. The Lock-Up Agreement automatically terminates and shall be of no further force or effect following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.

The descriptions contained in this Statement on Schedule 13D of the Investors’ Rights Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreement are summaries only and are qualified in their entireties by the actual terms of each such agreement, which are incorporated herein by this reference. See Item 7 “Material to be Filed as Exhibits.”

Except for the Investors’ Rights Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreement, neither Novo A/S, the Foundation, nor any person named in Schedule I has entered into any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships with respect to securities of the Issuer.

 

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Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

Exhibit A – Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 of Form S-1 Registration Statement of the Issuer filed April 28, 2015 (File No. 333-20313)).

Exhibit B – Form of Lock-Up Agreement.

 

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: May 12, 2015

Novo A/S

 

/s/ Bjarne Graven Larsen

By: Bjarne Graven Larsen

Its: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Schedule 13D


Schedule I

Information regarding each director and executive officer of both Novo A/S and the Novo Nordisk Foundation is set forth below.

 

Novo A/S

Name, Title

  

Address

  

Principal Occupation

  

Citizenship

Sten Scheibye

Chairman of the Board

  

Rungsted Strandvej 197C

2960 Rungsted Kyst, Denmark

   Professional Board Director    Denmark

Göran Ando

Director

  

Essex Woodlands

Berkeley Square House

Berkeley Square

London, W1J 6BD

United Kingdom

  

Self-employed

Professional Board Director

   Sweden

Jeppe Christiansen

Director

  

Kollemose 37

2830 Virum

Denmark

  

Chief Executive Officer

Fondsmaeglerselskabet

Maj Invest A/S

   Denmark

Steen Riisgaard

Director

  

Hestetangsvej 155

3520 Farum

Denmark

   Professional Board Director    Denmark

Per Wold-Olsen

Director

  

T7B22 Favray Court

Tigne Point

TP01

Malta

   Professional Board Director    Norway

Eivind Drachmann Kolding

Chief Executive Officer

  

Skovvangen 18

2920 Charlottenlund

Denmark

  

Chief Executive Officer

Novo A/S

   Denmark

Bjarne Graven Larsen

Chief Financial Officer

  

Tuborg Havnevej 19

2900 Hellerup

Denmark

  

Chief Financial Officer

Novo A/S

   Denmark

Søren Carlsen

Managing Partner – Ventures, Seeds

  

Grondalsvænge 3b

3460 Birkerød

Denmark

   Managing Partner - Ventures, Seeds Novo A/S    Denmark

Novo Nordisk Foundation

Name, Title

  

Address

  

Principal Occupation

  

Citizenship

Sten Scheibye

Chairman of the Board

  

Rungsted Strandvej 197C

2960 Rungsted Kyst

Denmark

   Professional Board Director    Denmark

Bo Ahrén

Professor

  

Merkuriusgatan 11

S-224 57 Lund

Sweden

  

Professor of Medicine, Lund University

Lund, Sweden

   Sweden

Karsten Dybvad

Chief Executive Officer

  

Carl Baggers Alle 15

2920 Charlottenlund

Denmark

  

Director General and Chief Executive Officer

DI (Confederation of Danish Industry)

   Denmark


Novo Nordisk Foundation

Name, Title

  

Address

  

Principal Occupation

  

Citizenship

Lars Fugger

Director

  

Staunton Road 72

OX3 7TP

Great Britain

  

Professor, John Radcliffe Hospital

University of Oxford, Oxford, Great Britain

   Denmark

Anne Marie Kverneland

Director

  

Nybrovej 216

2800 Kgs. Lyngby

Denmark

  

Laboratory Technician

Novo Nordisk A/S

   Denmark

Lars Bo Køppler

Director

  

Anemonevej 7

3550 Slangerup

Denmark

  

Technician

Novozymes A/S

   Denmark

Karen Lauberg Lauritsen

Director

  

Furesø Parkvej 53

2830 Virum

Denmark

  

IT Architecture Specialist

Novo Nordisk A/S

   Denmark

Marianne Philip

Director

  

Tranegårdsvej 5

2900 Hellerup

Denmark

   Attorney    Denmark

Steen Riisgaard

Vice Chairman of the Board

  

Hestetangsvej 155

3520 Farum

Denmark

   Professional Board Director    Denmark

Birgitte Nauntofte

Chief Executive Officer

  

Engbakkevej 24

2920 Charlottenlund

Denmark

  

Chief Executive Officer

Novo Nordisk Foundation

   Denmark
EX-99.B 2 d923712dex99b.htm EX-B EX-B

Exhibit B

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

[Date]

Leerink Partners LLC

as Representative of the several Underwriters

c/o Leerink Partners LLC

299 Park Avenue, 21st floor

New York, NY 10176

 

  Re: Proposed Public Offering by HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.

Ladies and Gentleman:

The undersigned, a stockholder, officer and/or director of HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Leerink Partners LLC (“Leerink”) proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder, an officer and/or a director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”) that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 180 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Leerink, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-Up Securities, or file or cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed Securities the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering.


If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (1) Leerink, on behalf of the Underwriters, agrees that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of the Common Stock, Leerink, on behalf of the Underwriters, will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (2) the Company will agree in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by Leerink on behalf of the Underwriters hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (i) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (ii) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this letter to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.

In the event that any of the Company’s securities are released from the lock-up restrictions set forth in a lock-up agreement for the Public Offering entered into with Leerink, on behalf of the Underwriters, Leerink shall immediately and fully release the same percentage of shares of the Company’s securities held by the undersigned from any remaining lock-up restrictions concurrently therewith; provided, however, that (a) Leerink will not be obligated to release the undersigned from such lock-up (i) unless and until Leerink has first released more than three percent (3%) of the Company’s total outstanding shares from such lock-up (calculated as of immediately following the closing of the Public Offering) except for releases in an underwritten public offering covered by the following subclause (ii), or (ii) if, with respect to any lock-up release effected in order to permit a person otherwise subject to lock-up restrictions set forth in a lock-up agreement for the Public Offering to participate in an underwritten public offering, the undersigned has been given the opportunity to participate in such underwritten public offering on a pro rata basis and the undersigned declined to so participate, and (b) in the event that any percentage of such shares released from the lock-up restrictions are subject to any restrictions, the same restrictions shall be applicable to the release of the same percentage of the Company’s securities held by the undersigned. In the event that the undersigned is released from any of its obligations under this letter or, by virtue of this letter, becomes entitled to offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock (or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock) prior to the date that is 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, Leerink shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to notify the undersigned within three (3) business days; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not give rise to any claim or liability against Leerink or the Underwriters.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Leerink, provided, in each case, that (1) Leerink receives a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) such transfers are not required to be reported with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period or a filing on Form 13F or Schedule 13G required under the Exchange Act):


  (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts;

 

  (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin);

 

  (iii) as a distribution or other transfer by a partnership to its partners or former partners or by a limited liability company to its members or retired members or by a corporation to its stockholders or former stockholders or to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such corporation;

 

  (iv) to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned;

 

  (v) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or in connection with a divorce settlement;

 

  (vi) by will or intestate succession upon the death of the undersigned; or

 

  (vii) to the Company in satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation

Furthermore, no provision in this letter shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit (1) the transfer of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities to the Company in connection with the termination of the undersigned’s services to the Company, provided that no filing by any party under the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period), (2) the exercise or exchange by the undersigned of any option or warrant to acquire any shares of Common Stock or options to purchase shares of Common Stock, in each case for cash, or on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement; provided, however, that the underlying shares of Common Stock shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter and that any filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act made in connection with such exercise r exchange shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that (a) the filing relates to the circumstances described in this clause (2), (b) no shares were sold by the reporting person and (c) any shares received upon exercise of such options or warrants are subject to a lock-up agreement with the Underwriters of the Public Offering, (3) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Company’s securities involving a change of control of the Company; provided, however, that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, such securities held by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter, (4) the conversion of the outstanding preferred stock of the Company into shares of Common Stock, provided that any such shares received upon such conversion shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter, or (5) the exercise of any right with respect to, or the taking of any other action in preparation for, a registration by the Company of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, provided that no transfer of the undersigned’s Common Stock registered pursuant to the exercise of such rights under this item shall occur, and no registration statement shall be filed, during the Lock-Up Period.


Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing herein shall prevent the undersigned from establishing a 10b5-1 trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“10b5-1 trading plan”) or from amending an existing 10b5-1 trading plan so long as there are no sales of Lock-Up Securities under such plans during the Lock-Up Period; and provided that, the establishment of a 10b5-1 trading plan or the amendment of a 10b5-1 trading plan shall only be permitted if (i) the establishment or amendment of such plan is not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding the establishment or amendment of such plan.

Furthermore and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned may sell shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased by the undersigned in the Public Offering or acquired by the undersigned on the open market following the date of the Underwriting Agreement if and only if (i) such sales are not required during the Lock-Up Period to be reported in any press release or public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise (other than a filing on Form 13F or Schedule 13G required under the Exchange Act) and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any press release, public filing or report regarding such sales during the Lock-Up Period.

With respect to the Public Offering only, the undersigned hereby waives, on behalf of itself and all holders of registration rights pursuant to the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement with the Company dated February 4, 2014 (as may be amended from time to time), any registration rights relating to registration under the Securities Act of any shares of capital stock of the Company owned either of record or beneficially by the undersigned, including any rights to receive notice of the Public Offering or the registration of the Common Stock to be sold in the Public Offering. The undersigned acknowledge and agrees that the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of the waiver in this paragraph.

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions. This lock-up agreement shall automatically terminate, and the undersigned shall be released from the undersigned’s obligations hereunder, upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (i) prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company advises Leerink in writing that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (ii) the Company files an application to withdraw the registration statement related to the Public Offering, (iii) the Underwriting Agreement is executed but is terminated prior to the closing of the Public Offering (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination), or (iv) March 31, 2015, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by such date.

The obligations set forth herein shall only become effective once all officers and directors of the Company, and all holders of five percent (5%) or more of the Company’s outstanding capital stock (on an as converted Common Stock basis) enter into a similar agreement.

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