to Merger Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

 

Exhibit F

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Merger Agreement

 

FORM OF
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of [●], 2018 by and among Bison Capital Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, which will be known after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (as defined below) as “Xynomic Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.” (including any successor entity thereto, “Parent”), and the undersigned (“Holder”). Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, on [●], 2018, Parent entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among (i) Parent, (ii) Xynomic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (iii) Bison Capital Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and (iv) Yinglin ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, solely in his capacity as the Stockholders Representative of the Company, pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”), and as a result of which, among other matters, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”), will be cancelled and exchanged for Merger Consideration Shares, subject to the withholding of the Escrow Shares and Earnout Parent Share Consideration being deposited in the Escrow Account in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, and each outstanding Company option will be assumed by Parent and automatically converted into an option exercisable into Parent Ordinary Shares (as equitably adjusted), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Closing, Holder is a holder of shares of capital stock of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and in view of the valuable consideration to be received by Holder thereunder, including the rights under the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement by and among Parent, Sponsor and the Investors listed on Exhibit A thereto, that is to be entered into on or about the date hereof in connection with the Merger Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement”), Parent and Holder desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Merger Consideration Shares and Escrow Shares received by Holder in the Merger (all such securities, together with any securities paid as dividends or distributions with respect to such securities or into which such securities are exchanged or converted, the “Restricted Securities”), Holder has agreed to certain limitations on disposition of the Restricted Securities as set forth herein.

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Lock-Up Provisions.

 

(a) Holder hereby agrees not to, during the period commencing from the Closing and, with respect to the Restricted Securities, ending on the date that is nine (9) months after the Closing Date (the “Lock-Up Period”):

 

(i)

lend, offer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, donate, assign, 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 Restricted Securities;

 

(ii)

enter into any swap, short sale, hedge or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Restricted Securities;

 

(iii)

publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, whether any such transaction described in clauses (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Restricted Securities or other securities, in cash or otherwise (any of the foregoing described in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii), a “Prohibited Transfer”); or

 

(iv)

make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Parent Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Parent Ordinary Shares.

 

The restrictions and obligations contemplated by this Agreement shall not apply to:

 

(b) transfers of the Holder’s Restricted Securities (other than Escrow Shares and any shares of Earnout Parent Share Consideration until such Escrow Shares and such shares of Earnout Parent Share Consideration are disbursed to Holder from the Escrow Account in accordance with the Merger Agreement and the Escrow Agreement):

 

(i)

if the undersigned is a natural person, (A) to any person related to the undersigned by blood or adoption who is an immediate family member of the undersigned, or by marriage or domestic partnership (a “Family Member”), or to a trust formed for the benefit of the undersigned or any of the undersigned’s Family Members, (B) to the undersigned’s estate, following the death of the undersigned, by will, intestacy or other operation of law, (C) as a bona fide gift to a charitable organization, (D) by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement or (E) to any partnership, corporation or limited liability company which is controlled by the undersigned and/or by any such Family Member(s);

 

 

(ii)

if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the undersigned, including investment funds or other entities under common control or management with the undersigned, (B) as a distribution or dividend to equity holders (including, without limitation, general or limited partners and members) of the undersigned (including upon the liquidation and dissolution of the undersigned pursuant to a plan of liquidation approved by the undersigned’s equity holders) or (C) as a bona fide gift to a charitable organization; or

 

(iii)

if the undersigned is a trust, to any grantors or beneficiaries of the trust;

 

provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to this clause (b), such transfer is not for value and each donee, heir, beneficiary or other transferee or distributee shall sign and deliver to Parent a lock-up agreement in the form of this Agreement with respect to the shares of Parent Ordinary Shares or such other securities that have been so transferred or distributed;

 

(c) the exercise of an option (including a net or cashless exercise of an option) to purchase shares of Parent Ordinary Shares, and any related transfer of shares of Parent Ordinary Shares to Parent for the purpose of paying the exercise price of such options or for paying taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of such options (or the disposition to Parent of any shares of restricted stock granted pursuant to the terms of any employee benefit plan or restricted stock purchase agreement); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the underlying shares of Parent Ordinary Shares shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement; or

 

(d) transfers by the undersigned of shares of Parent Ordinary Shares purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Closing Date;

 

and provided, further, that, with respect to each of (a) and (b), no filing by any party (including any donor, donee, transferor, transferee, distributor or distributee) under the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or disposition during the Lock-Up Period (other than (i) any exit filings or public announcements that may be required under applicable federal and state securities laws or (ii) in respect of a required filing under the Exchange Act in connection with the exercise of an option to purchase Parent Ordinary Shares following such individual’s termination of employment with Parent that would otherwise expire during the Lock-Up Period, provided that reasonable notice shall be provided to Parent prior to any such filing).

 

 

2. If any Prohibited Transfer is made or attempted contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such purported Prohibited Transfer shall be null and void ab initio, and Parent shall refuse to recognize any such purported transferee of the Restricted Securities as one of its equity holders for any purpose. In order to enforce this Section 2, Parent may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Restricted Securities of Holder (and permitted transferees and assigns thereof) until the end of the Lock-Up Period.

 

3. During the Lock-Up Period (and with respect to any Escrow Shares, if longer, during the period when such Escrow Shares are held in the Escrow Account), each certificate evidencing any Restricted Securities shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other applicable legends:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF [●], 2018, BY AND AMONG THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES (“PARENT”) AND PARENT’S STOCKHOLDER NAMED THEREIN, AS AMENDED. A COPY OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY PARENT TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”

 

4. For the avoidance of any doubt, Holder shall retain all of its rights as a stockholder of Parent during the Lock-Up Period, including the right to vote any Restricted Securities.

 

5. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Closing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be of no force or effect until and unless the Closing occurs pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

 

(b) Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement and all obligations of Holder are personal to Holder and may not be transferred or delegated by Holder at any time. The Parent may freely assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any successor entity (whether by merger, consolidation, equity sale, asset sale or otherwise) without obtaining the consent or approval of Holder.

 

(c) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its conflict of law provisions. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located in New York County, New York (or in any court in which appeal from such courts may be taken) in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the matters contemplated herein, agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of New York for such Persons and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they might otherwise have to such jurisdiction, venue and such process.

 

 

(d) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6(d).

 

(e) Interpretation. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (ii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (iii) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import in this Agreement shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or other subdivision of this Agreement; and (iv) the term “or” means “and/or”. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(f) Notices. Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement shall be completed in accordance with Section 6.2 of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(g) Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Parent and Holder. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.

 

(h) Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

 

(i) Specific Performance. Holder acknowledges that its obligations under this Agreement are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by Holder, money damages may be inadequate and Parent may have not adequate remedy at law, and agrees that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by Holder in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, Parent shall be entitled to seek an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement by Holder and to seek to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the requirement to post any bond or other security or to prove that money damages would be inadequate, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties under the Merger Agreement or any Transaction Document, including the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit any of the rights or remedies of Parent or any of the obligations of Holder under any other agreement between Holder and Parent or any certificate or instrument executed by Holder in favor of Parent, and nothing in any other agreement, certificate or instrument shall limit any of the rights or remedies of Parent or any of the obligations of Holder under this Agreement.

 

(k) Further Assurances. From time to time, at another party’s request and without further consideration (but at the requesting party’s reasonable cost and expense), each party shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(l) Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature or by email in portable document format in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	PARENT:
	BISON CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

HOLDER:

 

[Name of the Holder]

 

By:
Name:
Title:

 

[Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement]