UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549 

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the Month of October 2024

 

Commission File Number: 001-39374 

 

 

Inventiva S.A. 

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

 

50 rue de Dijon 

21121 Daix France 

+33 3 80 44 75 00

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

x Form 20-F ¨ Form 40-F

 

 

 

 

 

Entry into Subscription Agreements and CTTQ Amendment

 

On October 11, 2024, Inventiva S.A. (the “Company”) entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the “T1 Subscription Agreement”) with certain investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors ordinary shares of the Company, nominal value €0.01 per share (“ordinary shares”), or in lieu thereof, pre-funded warrants to purchase ordinary shares (the “pre-funded warrants”) as part of a multi-tranche private placement (the “Transaction”). The Transaction consists of the following:

 

·The issuance of an aggregate of 34,600,507 ordinary shares (the “T1 Shares”) and 35,399,481 pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 35,399,481 ordinary shares (the “T1 BSAs” and together with the T1 Shares, the “T1 Securities”) for aggregate gross proceeds of €94.1 million, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The subscription price for the T1 Shares is €1.35 per share (the “T1 Share Subscription Price”), and the subscription price of each T1 BSA is €1.34 per share (the “T1 BSA Subscription Price”), representing the T1 Subscription Price less the nominal value per ordinary share of €0.01.

 

·The issuance of an aggregate of 7,872,064 ordinary shares (the “T1bis Shares”) and 8,053,847 pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,053,847 ordinary shares (the “T1bis BSAs” and together with the T1bis Shares, the “T1bis Securities”) for aggregate gross proceeds of €21.4 million, subject to satisfaction of applicable conditions precedent, including the approval of the shareholders at a general meeting of the shareholders to be held no later than December 16, 2024 (the “General Meeting”). The subscription price for the T1bis Shares and T1bis BSAs will be equal to the T1 Share Subscription Price and T1 BSA Subscription Price, respectively.

 

·The issuance of a number of ordinary shares (or, in lieu of ordinary shares, pre-funded warrants) (the “T2 Shares”) to be determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), to which warrants to purchase ordinary shares are attached (the “T3 BSAs” and together with the T2 Shares, the “ABSAs”), for aggregate gross proceeds of €116 million, subject to satisfaction of applicable conditions precedent, including the approval of the shareholders at the General Meeting. Pursuant to the T1 Subscription Agreement, upon the satisfaction of applicable conditions precedent, each Investor will be obligated to purchase a number of ABSAs pro rata to the number of T1 Securities purchased by the investor pursuant to a second subscription agreement, the form of which is attached an annex to the T1 Subscription Agreement (collectively, the “T2 Subscription Agreement” and together with the T1 Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”). The subscription price of the ABSAs will be equal to the lower of (i) the T1 Subscription Price or (ii) the volume-weighted average of the price of the ordinary shares on Euronext Paris during the five trading sessions preceding pricing of the ABSAs. The T3 BSAs will have an exercise price of €1.50 per ordinary share and will only become exercisable upon the occurrence of a specified triggering event (or the waiver thereof), for maximum proceeds upon exercise of €116 million (assuming all T3 BSAs are exercised).

 

The Subscription Agreements contain representations and warranties and agreements of the Company and the Investors. The Company expects to issue the T1 Securities on October 17, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

 

Aggregate gross proceeds from the issuance of the T1 Securities will be €94.1 million (or net proceeds of €86.6 million). The Company intends to use the proceeds from the issuance of the T1 Securities, together with available cash, as follows: approximately 85% for the clinical program evaluating lanifibranor for the treatment of MASH (“NATiV3”) and, in the event of positive NATiV3 results, for the submission of a new drug application, and the remainder, approximately 15%, for general corporate purposes. Subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent, aggregate proceeds from the remaining tranches of the Transaction are expected to be (i) €21.4 million from the issuance of the T1bis Securities; (ii) €116 million from the issuance of the ABSAs ; and (iii) €116 million from the issuance of the ordinary shares underlying the T3 BSAs upon the exercise of the T3 BSAs, assuming all T3 BSAs are exercised. Subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent, the Company plans to use the proceeds from the issuance of the T1bis Securities and ABSAs to fund the continuation of the NATiV3 trial, as well as to initiate a Phase 3 trial in compensated cirrhosis, until the announcement of NATiV3 topline results scheduled for the second half of 2026. Subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent and exercise of all T3 BSAs, the Company plans to use the proceeds from the issuance of ordinary shares underlying the T3 BSAs to fund the Company’s pre-commercialization activities, including applications for regulatory approval for lanifibranor, if necessary. However, the conditions precedents for the issuance of the T1bis Securities and ABSAs, as applicable, may not be met, the triggering event for exercisability of the T3 BSAs may not occur, and/or the Investors may opt not to exercise any or all of the T3 BSAs, in which case the gross proceeds received by the Company from the Transaction will be lower than expected.

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the T1 Subscription Agreement and subject to shareholder approval at the General Meeting, the Company has appointed Mark Pruzanski, M.D. and Srinivas Akkaraju, M.D., Ph.D., as members of the Board. Subject to his appointment as a member of the Board, the Board has also appointed Dr. Pruzanski as Chairman of the Board. The Company has further agreed to nominate up to four additional persons for approval as members of the Board at the General Meeting or at a later general meeting of shareholders, upon the proposal of certain of the Investors. Such additional members of the Board would replace existing members of the Board (other than Frédéric Cren, Dr. Pruzanski and Dr. Akkaraju).

 

Concurrent with the execution of the T1 Subscription Agreement, the Company also entered into an amendment (the “CTTQ Amendment”) to its exclusive license and collaboration agreement (as so amended, the “CTTQ License Agreement”) with Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group, Co., LTD (“CTTQ”). Pursuant to the CTTQ Amendment, in the event the Company, prior to December 31, 2024, receives commitments from investors to subscribe for equity in the Company, in one or two tranches, of a total amount of at least €180 million (an “Equity Raise”), CTTQ has agreed to pay the Company up to $30 million upon the achievement of certain fundraising and clinical milestones, including (i) $10 million upon completion of the first tranche of the Equity Raise of $90 million, (ii) $10 million upon completion of the second tranche of the Equity Raise of $90 million and (iii) $10 million upon the publication by the Company of positive topline data announcing that any key primary endpoint or key secondary endpoint of the Phase 3 global trial, with any dosage regimen tested in the trial, has been met. Under the terms of the CTTQ Amendment, the total amount of milestone payments payable under the CTTQ License Agreement remains unchanged, while the percentage of royalties that the Company is eligible to receive based on incremental annual net sales of licensed product has been reduced to the low single digits.

 

The T1 Securities, T1bis Securities, ABSAs and the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants and T3 BSAs have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and are offered pursuant to the exemption from registration provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Subscription Agreements, the terms and conditions of the securities to be issued thereunder and the CTTQ Amendment are qualified in their entirety by reference to the form of T1 Subscription Agreement, the form of T2 Subscription Agreement and the CTTQ Amendment, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 to this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

On October 14, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the Transaction. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Form 6-K are forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, the timing and completion of the Transaction; the anticipated proceeds from the Transaction and the Company’s expected use of such proceeds; the satisfaction, in part or full of the conditions precedent to the issuance of the T1bis Securities and the ABSAs; the occurrence of the triggering event for the exercise of the T3 BSAs; the exercise of the Investors of the ordinary shares underlying the pre-funded warrants or T3 BSAs in full or in part; the Company’s expectations regarding its collaboration agreement with CTTQ, including the achievement of specified milestones thereunder; and the Company’s expectations with respect to its clinical trials, including NATiV3. Certain of these statements, forecasts and estimates can be recognized by the use of words such as, without limitation, “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “seeks”, “estimates”, “may”, “will”, “would”, “could”, “might”, “should”, and “continue” and similar expressions. Such statements are not historical facts but rather are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management’s beliefs. These statements reflect such views and assumptions prevailing as of the date of the statements and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause future results, performance or future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Actual events are difficult to predict and may depend upon factors that are beyond the Company’s control. There can be no guarantees with respect to pipeline product candidates that the clinical trial results will be available on their anticipated timeline, that future clinical trials will be initiated as anticipated, that product candidates will receive the necessary regulatory approvals, or that any of the anticipated milestones by the Company or its partners will be reached on their expected timeline, or at all. Actual results may turn out to be materially different from the anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements, forecasts and estimates, due to a number of factors, including that the Company cannot provide assurance on the impacts of the previously-announced Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction (SUSAR) on enrollment or the ultimate impact on the results or timing of the NATiV3 trial or regulatory matters with respect thereto, that the Company is a clinical-stage company with no approved products and no historical product revenues, the Company has incurred significant losses since inception, the Company has a limited operating history and has never generated any revenue from product sales, the Company requires additional capital to finance its operations, in the absence of which, the Company may be required to significantly curtail, delay or discontinue one or more of its research or development programs or be unable to expand its operations or otherwise capitalize on its business opportunities and may be unable to continue as a going concern, the Company’s ability to obtain financing and to enter into potential transactions, the Company’s future success is dependent on the successful clinical development, regulatory approval and subsequent commercialization of current and any future product candidates, preclinical studies or earlier clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results and the results of the Company’s clinical trials may not support the Company’s product candidate claims, the Company’s expectations with respect to its clinical trials may prove to be wrong and regulatory authorities may require holds and/or amendments to the Company’s clinical trials, the Company’s expectations with respect to the clinical development plan for lanifibranor for the treatment of MASH/NASH may not be realized and may not support the approval of a New Drug Application, the Company may encounter substantial delays beyond its expectations in its clinical trials or the Company may fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy to the satisfaction of applicable regulatory authorities, the ability of the Company to recruit and retain patients in clinical studies, enrollment and retention of patients in clinical trials is an expensive and time-consuming process and could be made more difficult or rendered impossible by multiple factors outside the Company’s control, the Company’s product candidates may cause adverse drug reactions or have other properties that could delay or prevent their regulatory approval, or limit their commercial potential, the Company faces substantial competition and the Company’s business, and preclinical studies and clinical development programs and timelines, its financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected by geopolitical events, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, related sanctions and related impacts and potential impacts on the initiation, enrollment and completion of the Company’s clinical trials on anticipated timelines and the state of war between Israel and Hamas and the related risk of a larger conflict, health epidemics, and macroeconomic conditions, including global inflation, rising interest rates, uncertain financial markets and disruptions in banking systems. Given these risks and uncertainties, no representations are made as to the accuracy or fairness of such forward-looking statements, forecasts and estimates. Furthermore, forward-looking statements, forecasts and estimates only speak as of the date of this report on Form 6-K. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements.

 

Please refer to the Universal Registration Document for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers on April 3, 2024, and the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2024 for other risks and uncertainties affecting the Company, including those described from time to time under the caption “Risk Factors”. Other risks and uncertainties of which the Company is not currently aware may also affect its forward-looking statements and may cause actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from those anticipated.

 

All information in this report on Form 6-K is as of the date of the report. Except as required by law, the Company has no intention and is under no obligation to update or review the forward-looking statements referred to above. Consequently, the Company accepts no liability for any consequences arising from the use of any of the above statements.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Form of T1 Subscription Agreement
99.2   Form of T2 Subscription Agreement (attached as Annex II to the T1 Subscription Agreement)
99.3*   Amendment No. 4 to the Exclusive License and Collaboration Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2024
99.4   Press Release, dated October 14, 2024

 

 

* Certain confidential portions (indicated by brackets and asterisks) have been omitted from this exhibit.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Inventiva S.A.
     
Date: October 15, 2024 By: /s/ Frédéric Cren
    Name Frédéric Cren
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Subscription Agreement for T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]

 

INVENTIVA S.A.

50, rue de Dijon

21121 Daix

France

 

Inventiva S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of the French Republic, with a share capital of €524,771.88, consisting of 52,477,188 ordinary shares of €0.01 nominal value each (the “Ordinary Shares” and each, an “Ordinary Share”), and registered with the Commerce and Companies Registry of Dijon under the number 537 530 255 (the “Company”), is contemplating a transaction (the “Transaction”) that consists of:

 

(i)the issuance of 34,600,507 new Ordinary Shares (each, a “T1 Share” and collectively, the “T1 Shares”) and 35,399,481 pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 35,399,481 Ordinary Shares (each a “T1 Pre-Funded Warrant” and collectively, the “T1 Pre-Funded Warrants”[, whose terms and conditions are attached as Annex I-B]), for a subscription price of €1.35 per T1 Share (the “T1 Subscription Price”) and of €1.34 (i.e., T1 Subscription Price less the nominal value of an Ordinary Share) per Pre-Funded Warrant (the “T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Price”), for an aggregate amount of €94,145,988.99, subject to the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement,

 

(ii)the issuance of 7,872,064 new Ordinary Shares (each, a “T1 bis Share” and collectively, the “T1 bis Shares”) and 8,053,847 pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 8,053,847 Ordinary Shares (each a “T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrant” and collectively, the “T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants”, and together with the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Pre-Funded Warrants”, whose terms and conditions shall be substantially similar to the terms and conditions of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants), for a subscription price per T1 bis Share equal to the T1 Subscription Price and a subscription price per T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrant equal to the T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Price, for an aggregate amount of €21,419,441.38, subject to the approval of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) and the Company’s shareholders meeting on the T1 bis Resolutions (as defined in Annex [I][I-A]) to be convened as soon as possible after the Closing Date (as defined below) and to take place no later than December 16, 2024 (the “General Meeting”), such that the aggregate of (w) the T1 Subscription Price times the number of T1 Shares issued, (x) the T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Price times the number of T1 Pre-Funded Warrants issued, (y) the T1 bis Subscription Price times the number of T1 bis Shares issued and (z) the T1 bis Pre-Funded Subscription Price times the number of T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants, amounts to €115,565,430.37, and

 

(iii)the issuance of units (the “ABSAs” and, if applicable, “PFW-BSAs”) in an aggregate amount of €116,000,000 if the conditions provided in Annex II are met (certain of these conditions, the “Tranche 2 Event”).

 

Each ABSA (or PFW-BSA) will consist of (i) a number of new Ordinary Shares (or a number of pre-funded warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares, if applicable) (each, a “T2 Share”) to be determined by the Board of Directors, and (attached thereto) (ii) a number of warrants (to purchase a number of new Ordinary Shares of the Company) equal to the number of T2 Shares and pre-funded warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares, which may be exercised at an exercise price of €1.5 (which corresponds to the volume-weighted average price of the five trading sessions preceding the pricing of the T1 Shares) (each, a “T3 Warrant”), for a maximum aggregate subscription price of €116,000,000, if the conditions provided in Annex II are met (certain of these conditions, the “Tranche 3 Event”).

 

The terms and conditions of the ABSAs and the PFW-BSAs are provided in the subscription agreement for the ABSAs and the PFW-BSAs in the form as attached as Annex II hereto.

 

 

 

 

Such issuance of ABSAs (and PFW-BSAs) is also subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and the Company’s General Meeting on the Resolutions.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement only relates to the subscription of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]. The Subscriber (as defined below) shall enter into a subscription agreement which terms will be substantially similar to this Subscription Agreement for the subscription of T1 bis Shares [and the T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants] as more detailed in article 3 below. The Subscriber shall also enter into a subscription agreement for the subscription of ABSAs (and, the PFW-BSAs) in the form as attached as Annex II hereto, as specified in article 5 below and subject to the conditions herein or therein.

 

The undersigned, [·] (the “Subscriber”) hereby confirms its agreement with the Company as follows:

 

1.This Subscription Agreement (including the annexes attached hereto, the “Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth below between the Company and the Subscriber.

 

2.Pursuant to the 25th resolution adopted by the combined general meeting of shareholders on June 20, 2024 and the decisions adopted by the Board of Directors dated October 11, 2024, the Company has decided to issue, without shareholders’ preferential subscription rights, to certain categories of investors only, the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants (the Ordinary Shares issued upon the exercise of T1 Pre-Funded Warrants are referred to collectively as the “T1 Warrant Shares”). The issuance of the T1 Shares will result in an immediate capital increase of €46,710,684.45 (divided into a nominal amount of €346,005.07 and a total issuance premium of €46,364,679.38) and the issuance of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants will result in a gross proceeds of €47,435,304.54, to be subscribed for by the Subscriber and the Other Subscribers (as defined in the Terms and Conditions for Subscription of T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, attached hereto as Annex [I] [I-A]). The T1 Subscription Price corresponds to a 10% discount to the volume-weighted average price over the five trading sessions preceding the pricing of the T1 Shares (i.e., 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, October 2024). The T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Price equals the T1 Subscription Price less the par value of an Ordinary Share (i.e., €0.01).

 

3.Subject to the approval of the T1 bis Resolutions (as defined in Annex [I] [I-A]) by the Company’s shareholders and the decision of the Board of Directors:

 

(A)the Company agrees to issue the T1 bis Shares and T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants (the Ordinary Shares issued upon the exercise of T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants are referred to collectively as the “T1 bis Warrant Shares”, and together with the T1 Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”), at the date set by the decision of the Board of Directors which shall be as soon as practicably possible after the General Meeting (the “T1 bis Closing Date”), in an aggregate amount of €21,419,441.38, at a price per T1 bis Share equal to the T1 Subscription Price and at a price per T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants equal to the T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Price; and

 

(B)the Subscriber agrees to subscribe for a number of T1 bis [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] pro rated to its share of the aggregate of the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants at the T1 bis Closing Date.

 

Subject to the above, the Subscriber agrees to enter into a subscription agreement for the T1 bis [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] in a form substantially similar to this Subscription Agreement to be agreed in good faith by the Company and the Subscribers, no later than three Business Days prior to the T1 bis Closing Date; provided that (i) such subscription agreement will relate to the T1 bis Shares and the T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants only, (ii) the French listing prospectus will be included as a condition precedent only to the extent required under applicable laws, (iii) the Company’s and the Subscriber’s obligation to issue and subscribe for, the T1 bis Shares and the T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants will be subject to the following condition precedent: no statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the subscription or issue of the T1 bis Shares or the T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants and (iv) for the sake of clarity, the conditions precedent provided to the benefit of the Subscriber in the terms and conditions of the subscription agreement regarding the T1 bis Shares and the T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants will include the condition provided in Section 3.2(b)(i) (absence of material adverse change) of the Terms and Conditions of the Subscription Agreement except that such absence will be assessed during the period of time from the date hereof to the T1 bis Closing Date (and not only from the date of execution of such subscription agreement to the T1 bis Closing Date).

 

 

 

 

4.The Subscriber agrees that the Subscriber will vote in favor of the T1 bis Resolutions (as defined in Annex [I] [I-A]) (except in favor of the resolution relating to the T1 bis Shares or the T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants to be issued to itself).

 

5.Subject to (i) the approval of the Resolutions (as defined in Annex [I] [I-A]) by the Company’s shareholders and the decision of the Board of Directors, (ii) the occurrence of the Tranche 2 Event, and (iii) the satisfaction of the other conditions precedent as provided for in the subscription agreement for the ABSAs or, if applicable, the PFW-BSAs, in the form attached as Annex II hereto (which, for the avoidance of doubt, forms an integral part of this Agreement):

 

(A)the Company agrees to issue the ABSAs and, if applicable, the PFW-BSAs, at the date set by the decision of the Board of Directors which shall be during the period starting from (and excluding) March 31, 2025 and ending on May 31, 2025, provided that the Company shall send a prior notice of 15 Business Days (as defined in 3.1 of Annex [I] [I-A]) to the Subscriber and the Other Subscribers (the “Second Closing Date”), in an aggregate amount of €116,000,000 at a price equal to the lower of (x) the T1 Subscription Price and (ii) the volume weighted average share price on Euronext Paris over the last five trading sessions preceding the pricing of the ABSA and, if applicable, the PFW-BSAs; and

 

(B)the Subscriber agrees to subscribe for a number of ABSAs or, if applicable, the PFW-BSAs, pro rated to its share of the aggregate of the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants at the Second Closing Date.

 

Subject to the above, the Subscriber agrees to enter into the subscription agreement for the ABSAs or, if applicable, the PFW-BSAs, in the form attached as Annex II hereto no later than three Business Days prior to the Second Closing Date.

 

6.The Subscriber agrees that the Subscriber will vote in favor of the Resolutions (as defined in Annex [I] [I-A]) (except in favor of the resolution relating to the ABSAs and, if applicable, the PFW-BSAs, to be issued to itself).

 

7.The T1 Shares, the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities.”

 

8.The Company and the Subscriber agree that the Subscriber will subscribe for a number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] as set forth below from the Company and, in turn, the Company, promptly upon receipt of the aggregate amount set forth above, will issue such T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] to the Subscriber. The T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] shall be subscribed for pursuant to, and the manner of settlement shall be as set forth in, the Terms and Conditions for Subscription of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] attached hereto as Annex [I] [I-A] and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.

 

 

 

 

9.The Company and the Subscriber agree that the Subscriber will subscribe, and the Company will issue to the Subscriber, the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] as follows:

 

Number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] (please hand-write the following below: “good for commitment to subscribe for ([·]) ([·]) T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants].”)1:

   
   

T1 [Pre-Funded] Subscription Price per T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] (including premium): €1.34

 

Aggregate Subscription Price (including premium) to be paid by the Subscriber (the “Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price”): €[·]

 

The Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price will be paid in euros to the Company’s account opened in the books of Société Générale Securities Services (copied below) as set forth in Section 3.2 of Annex [I] [I-A].

 

[*]

 

Annexes and Exhibits:

 

-Annex [I] [I-A]: Terms and conditions for the subscription of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants

 

-[Annex I-B: Terms and conditions of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants]

 

-Annex II: Form of subscription agreement of the ABSAs and if applicable, PFW-BSAs

 

 

1            French law requirement: The Investor shall include a handwritten note after signature block “valuable for number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] subscribed in letters) (number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] subscribed in numbers) T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants).”

 

 

 

 

We acknowledge that we received a copy of this Agreement, including the Annexes and Exhibits hereto.

 

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between us by signing in the space provided below for that purpose.

 

Dated as of: ____________

 

   
Subscriber  
   
By:  
Title:  

 

Please insert the following in case of execution of the Agreement by a management company on behalf of investment funds

 

Name(s) of the investment funds represented by the Subscriber and number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] subscribed by each of them:

 

[·] for [·] T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]

 

[SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE]

 

 

 

 

Agreed and Accepted  
   
____________________, 2024:  
     
INVENTIVA S.A.  
     
     
By:                                             
Name: Frédéric Cren  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

ANNEX [I] [I-A]

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION OF T1 [SHARES] [PRE-FUNDED WARRANTS]

 

1.Authorization and Issue of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]

 

Subject to these terms and conditions (the Terms and Conditions”), the Company has duly authorized the issuance of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants].

 

2.Agreement to Issue and Subscribe for the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]

 

2.1At the Closing Date (defined below), the Company will issue to the Subscriber, and the Subscriber will subscribe, upon the Terms and Conditions set forth herein and in consideration for the payment of the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price therefor set forth in the Agreement, the number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] set forth in the Agreement to which these Terms and Conditions for Subscription of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] are attached as Annex [I] [I-A].

 

2.2The Company will enter into this same form of Subscription Agreement with other investors (the “Other Subscribers”) in connection with (and will complete) the issuance of T1 Shares (or T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, as applicable) to such Other Subscribers on the terms set forth herein. The Subscriber and the Other Subscribers are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Subscribers” and this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements executed by the Other Subscribers are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Agreements”.

 

2.3The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company intends to pay J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Guggenheim Securities, LLC and LifeSci Capital LLC (the “Placement Agents”) certain placement fees in respect of the sale of T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants to the Subscribers. The Company has entered into an Engagement Letter with the Placement Agents that contains certain customary representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company for the benefit of the Placement Agents alone.

 

3.Closing and Transfer of the T1 Shares and Funds

 

3.1Closing

 

The time and date of closing shall be no later than 6:00pm (CEST), on the date that is three (3) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, or such later date as agreed by the Company and the Subscriber (the “Closing Date”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Business Day” shall mean a weekday on which banks are open for general banking business in the United States and France.

 

 

 

 

The Company has designated Société Générale Securities Services as “banque centralisatrice” (the “Centralizing Bank”) to receive the subscriptions and payment of the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price and the T1 Subscription Price for the T1 Shares and the T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Price for the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants being subscribed by the Other Subscribers in accordance with Section 3.3 below.

 

3.2Conditions to Closing

 

(a)Conditions to the Company’s Obligations

 

At the Closing Date, the Company’s obligation to issue the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] to the Subscriber will be subject to (i) the receipt by the Centralizing Bank of the documentation necessary for the "know your customer" process, if necessary, (ii) the receipt, in a dedicated account opened at the Centralizing Bank, the details of which are set forth in the signature page of this Agreement, of the aggregate amount equal to the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price, and of the T1 Subscription Price for the T1 Shares and the T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Exercise for the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants from the Other Subscribers in an aggregate amount equal to €94,145,988.99 and (iii) the representations and warranties of the Subscriber contained in Section 6.1 being true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.

 

(b)Conditions to the Subscriber’s Obligations

 

At the Closing Date, the Subscriber’s obligation to subscribe for the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] will be subject to (i) no material adverse change (defined as any event, violation, or circumstance, individually or in the aggregate, that had or could reasonably have a material adverse effect on any steps of the clinical development of lanifibranor, or the manufacture of the new drug for its commercial launch, or with respect to the Company’ ability to successfully achieve the NATiV3 trial or to obtain from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the required authorizations) between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, (ii) the receipt of a certified copy of the decisions of the Board of Directors dated October 11, 2024 authorizing the issuance of the T1 Shares and the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants and the entry into this Agreement between the Company and the Subscriber, (iii) the approval by the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) (the “AMF”) of the French Listing Prospectus (as such term is defined below) prior to the Closing Date, (iv) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 5 below as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and (v) the fulfillment of the undertakings of the Company to be fulfilled on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

These conditions are to the benefit of the Subscribers which may decide to waive one or more of them (or in the case of condition (i) above, confirm, based on a certificate provided by the Company, that no material adverse change has occurred) with the consent of the Subscribers representing 60% of the aggregate of all T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants to be subscribed (the “Waiver”). The Waiver shall be notified by such Subscribers to the Company at the latest one Business Day prior to the Closing Date. Upon receipt, the Company shall notify all Subscribers of the Waiver in accordance with Section 8.

 

In the event that the Company has not received an aggregate amount equal to €94,145,988.99 at the Closing Date, representing (i) the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price and (ii) the T1 Subscription Price for the T1 Shares and the T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Exercise Price for the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, from the Other Subscribers, the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price shall be returned to the Subscriber within four (4) Business Days following the Closing Date and the Subscriber will have the right to terminate the Agreement, unless otherwise agreed by the Subscribers representing 60% of the aggregate of all T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants to be subscribed (excluding the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants for which the T1 Subscription Price or T1 Pre-Funded Subscription Price has not been received in accordance with this paragraph) (the “Majority Decision”). The Majority Decision shall be notified by such Subscribers to the Company at the latest on the Closing Date. Upon receipt, the Company shall notify all Subscribers of the Majority Decision in accordance with Section 8.

 

 

 

 

3.3Delivery of Funds

 

No later than 11:00 pm (CEST) two (2) Business Days before the Closing Date, the Subscriber shall wire transfer the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price to the account opened in the books of the Centralizing Bank and shall notify (email being sufficient) the Company and the Centralizing Bank of the account from which the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price will be wired to the account of the Centralizing Bank.

 

The account of the Company to which the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price shall be wired is set forth in the signature page of this Agreement. By executing this Agreement, the Subscriber irrevocably instructs the Centralizing Bank to accept delivery of, the subscription monies from its settlement account to the bank account opened at the Centralizing Bank in its book in the name of the Company upon notice from the Company to the Centralizing Bank, with a copy to the Subscriber, that (i) the conditions to the closing of the transaction have been satisfied or waived and (ii) that the entire aggregate subscription price for all the Other Subscribers have been received by the Centralizing Bank.

 

On the Closing Date, the Company shall register, or cause to be registered by the Centralizing Bank, under the name of the Subscriber on pure registered form (au nominatif pur) the number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] subscribed by the Subscriber. The Centralizing Bank will deliver the subscription monies to the Company.

 

3.4Delivery of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]

 

On the Closing Date, subject to confirmation of the receipt of the aggregate subscription amounts for the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, as applicable, and the issuance of the depositary certificate (certificat du dépositaire) required by Article L. 225-146 of the French Commercial Code by the Centralizing Bank with respect to the T1 Shares, and simultaneously therewith, all of the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants will be created and registered.

 

At the latest one (1) Business Day after the Closing Date, a notice confirming the registration of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants in the book of the Company held by Société Générale Securities Services shall be delivered to the Subscriber.

 

4.French Listing Prospectus

 

The Company, for the purpose of listing the T1 Shares and the T1 Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants on the regulated market of Euronext Paris (“Euronext”), has prepared and filed with the AMF, in accordance with French legal and regulatory requirements, including the general regulations and instructions of the AMF, a French-language listing prospectus consisting of (a) the universal registration document (Document d'Enregistrement Universel) filed with the AMF under number D.24-0227 on April 3, 2024, without prior authorization of the AMF (the “Universal Registration Document”), as amended by the amendment to the Universal Registration document to be filed with the AMF on October 14, 2024, (the “Amendment”), (b) a securities note (Note d’Opération) (the “Note d’Opération”) and (c) a summary of such listing prospectus (included in the Note d’Opération), including the documents incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the “French Listing Prospectus”), which is expected to receive the approval by the AMF on October 14, 2024 (and the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain such approval no later than on such date). As of the Closing Date, all references to the “Universal Registration Document” shall be deemed to include the Amendment and the French Listing Prospectus, as approved by the AMF. T1 bis Shares, T2 Shares and T3 Warrants Shares will be subject to another prospectus subject to the approval of the AMF at the time of the T1 bis and ABSAs offerings, as applicable, to the extent required.

 

 

 

 

The Company shall provide to the Subscriber a copy of the notice issued by Euronext relating to the listing of the T1 Shares and T1 bis Warrant Shares on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris upon receipt of such notice.

 

5.Representations, Warranties and Undertakings of the Company

 

5.1The Company represents and warrants to the Subscriber, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(a)Organization and Standing. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of France and has all requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its businesses in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification (except in respect to such conduct of business that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect) as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted and as described in the Universal Registration Document, the annual report on the Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2024 (the “Form 20-F” and together with the Universal Registration Document, the “Annual Report”) and any press releases issued by the Company since the publication of the Annual Report, (the “Press Releases” and, together with the Annual Report, the “Company Public Information”).

 

In this Agreement, "Material Adverse Effect" means any event, violation, or circumstance, individually or in the aggregate that had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s equity, business, assets, operations, properties, liabilities or conditions (financial or otherwise), individually or in the aggregate, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, or on the Company’s ability to consummate the Transaction.

 

(b)Corporate Power, Authorization. The issuance of the T1 Shares, the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrant Shares has been duly authorized by the Company’s shareholders pursuant to the 25th resolution passed at the Combined General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company held on June 20, 2024 and by the Board of Directors on October 11, 2024. Where relevant, the entry into the Agreement has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors on October 11, 2024 pursuant to Article L. 225-38 of the French commercial code. The Company has the legal capacity and power to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

 

 

 

(c)No Insolvency Proceedings. The Company and its Affiliate are not (i) insolvent (en état de cessation des paiements), (ii) subject to a resolution which has been passed or meeting convened for its winding-up (dissolution) (iii) subject to any mandat ad hoc or any safeguard (sauvegarde), (including accelerated safeguard (sauvegarde accélérée) bankruptcy, liquidation or equivalent proceedings under any applicable insolvency law, and no filing has been made for the opening of any such proceeding in relation to the Company; and no action, proceedings or other step or action have been taken in relation to any of the above or suspension or stoppage of payments of the Company or any of its Affiliates or a general moratorium of any of their indebtedness with its creditors.

 

No liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, provisional administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer, mandataire ad hoc, in respect of the Company, any of its Affiliates or any of its or their assets has been appointed.

 

In this Agreement, "Affiliate" means, with respect to the Company, any other person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with such person, in each case from time to time. Control shall be construed by reference to the definition set out in Article L. 233-1 of the French Commercial Code. As of the date hereof, the sole Affiliate of the Company is Inventiva Inc., whose registered office is at 10-34 44th Drive, Long Island City, New York, United States of America 11101.

 

(d)Compliance with Laws. The Company and its Affiliate are in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws to which it is subject and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties.

 

(e)Capitalization. The share capital of the Company as at the date hereof is €524,771.88, consisting of 52,477,188 Ordinary Shares. The Ordinary Shares (including the T1 Shares) do, and at the Closing Date will, conform to the description of Ordinary Shares contained in the Annual Report. The issuance of the T1 Shares and the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants and the T1 Warrant Shares is not or upon issuance will not be, subject to any pre-emptive, preferential subscription right, priority rights (délai de priorité) or similar rights that have not been validly excluded or waived and, no person has any other right of first refusal, pre-emptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f)No Conflicts and No Default. The execution and performance of the Agreement by the Company do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s articles of incorporation (statuts), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or entitle third parties to terminate, amend, accelerate or cancel (with or without notice, lapse of time or both), any material agreement, credit facility, material debt or other material instrument to which the Company or any of its Affiliate is a party or any of their assets is subject or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or any of its Affiliate or of its or their assets is subject, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Subscriber herein.

 

(g)Private Placement. Neither the Company nor its Affiliate, nor any person or entity acting on its or their behalf, has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under any circumstances that would require registration of the T1 [Pre-Funded Warrants or T1 Warrant Shares] [Shares] under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act”). Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Subscriber contained in Section 6.1 hereof, the T1 [Pre-Funded Warrants and T1 Warrant Shares] [Shares] are being offered in reliance on an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

(h)Issuance and Delivery of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]. Upon payment of the aggregate subscription amounts by all Subscribers for the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants in the manner contemplated by this Agreement [and upon issuance of the Depositary Certificate (certificat du dépositaire) for the T1 Shares], the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] will be duly and validly issued and fully paid. There are no restrictions on transfers of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] under the laws of France or the articles of incorporation (statuts) of the Company.

 

(i)Issuance and Delivery of the Warrant Shares. Upon payment of the aggregate subscription amounts by the relevant Subscribers for the Warrant Shares in the manner contemplated by this Agreement (less the Pre-Funded Exercise Price already paid), the Warrant Shares will be duly and validly issued and fully paid. As of the Closing Date, there are no restrictions on transfers of the Warrant Shares under the laws of France (except as may be provided in Section 6.2(a)) or the articles of incorporation (statuts) of the Company. This representation is only made to the benefit of a Subscriber who has subscribed to Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

(j)Consents. Excluding (i) any filing required to be made under applicable law or regulation by the Company with Euronext or the AMF in France, which has been made or shall have been made prior to the Closing Date, and (ii) any applicable filings pursuant to applicable United States state securities laws, which have been made or will be made in a timely manner, and assuming the accuracy of the representations made by the Subscriber in Section 6.1 of this Agreement, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing on the part of the Company or any of its Affiliates is required in connection with the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(k)Anti-bribery.

 

(i)Neither the Company nor its Affiliate and, to the Company's knowledge, any of their respective directors or officers nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective employees or agents has, in the performance of his or her duties on behalf of the Company, (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws of the European Union, United Kingdom or France. The Company and its Affiliate have conducted their businesses on behalf of the Company in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained, and will continue to maintain, policies reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

 

 

 

 

(ii)The Company or its Affiliate and, to the knowledge of the Company, their respective directors or officers, employees and agents have not obtained or induced directly or indirectly through any person and will not attempt to so obtain or induce the procurement of this Agreement or any contract, consent, approval, right, interest, privilege or other obligation or benefit related to this Agreement or a favourable relationship with the Subscriber through any corrupt or illegal business practice including have not given or agreed to give and shall not give or agree to give to any person, either directly or indirectly, any fee, compensation, monetary benefit or any other benefit, bribe or kickback, with the object of obtaining or inducing the procurement of this Agreement or any contract, right, interest, privilege or other obligation or benefit related to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the representation shall not apply to any payments that are legitimate in the normal course of business between each party hereto pursuant to this Agreement or with third parties for the purposes of the implementation of the transaction (such as fees for the settlement agent or professional advisers of the Company) and items, including refreshments, of an inconsequential or immaterial cost or value.

 

(l)Sanctions. Neither the Company nor its Affiliate, nor, to the Company's knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees (i) has been or is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) or by any governmental agency of any other applicable jurisdiction (including the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or the member state thereof and the United Kingdom (together with the OFAC the “Sanction Authority”)), (ii) has violated or is violating any applicable sanctions administered by a Sanction Authority or has been subject to any claim, proceeding, formal notice or investigation with respect to sanctions administered by a Sanction Authority; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the transaction, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, which is currently subject to any sanctions administered by OFAC or a Sanction Authority.

 

(m)Acknowledgment regarding Subscriber’s Purchase of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Subscriber is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Subscriber is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity with respect to the Company) or any Other Subscriber with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by the Subscriber or any of its respective representatives or agents to the Company in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Subscriber’s purchase of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants]. The Company further represents to the Subscriber that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(n)Employees. Other than the information disclosed in the Company Public Information or pursuant to a written employment agreement in force as of the date hereof or as required by applicable laws or collective bargaining agreements, none of the employees, officers or managers, regardless of their status, of the Company or its Affiliates benefit from any other severance, separation or termination pay, retention bonus, golden parachute or any similar-type benefit or payment.

 

 

 

 

(o)Market Abuse. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, in relation to the issuance of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] contemplated hereby, done any act or engaged in any course of conduct in breach of applicable regulations on market abuse including Regulation (EU) n°596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 16, 2014 on market abuse (as amended, the “Market Abuse Regulation”), including (i) insider trading, and (ii) has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] or any security of the Company whether to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] or any security of the Company or otherwise. The Company has not made available to the Subscriber information regarding the Company that could be qualified as inside information within the meaning of Market Abuse Regulation which has not been cleansed prior to the date hereof or which the Company will make or has made public in connection with, or upon the disclosure of, the issuance of T1 Shares and the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, in accordance with applicable law.

 

(p)Other Subscription Agreements. The Subscription Agreements of the Other Subscribers for the subscription of the T1 Shares or T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, as applicable, do not include terms or conditions that are more advantageous than the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Company shall not enter into any side letter or otherwise agree (orally or in writing) to modify or waive any of the terms and provisions of such Subscription Agreement with any Other Subscriber without the prior written consent of the Subscriber.

 

5.2The Company undertakes the following:

 

(a)Listing Obligation. The Company shall take all necessary action to cause the T1 [Warrant] Shares to be listed on the Euronext Paris Exchange [upon exercise of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants] and will cause the T1 [Warrant] Shares to be approved for admission to trading and listed on the regulated market of Euronext on or about the Closing Date and the T1 Warrant Shares upon exercise of the T1 Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

(b)Interim Covenants. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Company and its Affiliate shall conduct its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

(c)T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] Issuance. The Company shall take all action necessary to cause the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] to be issued to the Subscriber on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(d)US Tax Matters.

 

(i)PFIC. The Company will (a) promptly notify the Subscriber (and in no event later than 30 Business Days following the end of each calendar year) whether the Company has determined that it or any of its subsidiaries was a PFIC (as each such term is defined above) for such calendar year and (b) provide the Subscriber with sufficient information, on a timely basis, to determine whether the Company is a PFIC and allow its investors to make and maintain a Qualified Electing Fund election under Section 1295 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended with respect to the Company in the event the Company for any year in which the Company is treated as a PFIC.

 

(ii)Corporate Status. The Company will not take any action inconsistent with the treatment of the Company as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will not elect to be treated as an entity other than a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

 

 

(e)Use of Proceeds. The Company undertakes to use the proceeds from the subscription of the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants to continue the development of lanifibranor in NASH/MASH and commercial launch, as disclosed in the press release relating to the issuance of the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants and in the French Listing Prospectus and shall not use these proceeds for early repayment of the Company’s financial debt prior to its stated maturity and for the redemption of any Securities other than in order to implement the Company’s liquidity agreement with Kepler Cheuvreux.

 

5.3The Company shall be responsible for the payment of its own fees and expenses, including any required legal and financial announcements by the Company, the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s legal counsel and any other advisors and of the Placement Agents and all regulatory and administrative expenses, including any expenses for the listing and admission to trading of the T1 Shares and the T1 Warrant Shares and any fees payable to Euroclear France.

 

5.4The Company acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement otherwise requiring the Subscriber to provide any information or documents to the Company or any third party, the Subscriber shall be entitled to withhold, edit, redact and/or otherwise limit disclosure of any such information or documents on the grounds of national security and/or financial or economic sensitivity and the Subscriber shall have no liability whatsoever and shall be free and harmless from any claims whatsoever for exercising its rights pursuant to this clause.

 

5.5For the avoidance of doubt, the Subscriber is solely liable for its obligations set forth in or arising under this Agreement, and no direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of Subscriber shall have any liability in respect of this Agreement.

 

5.6The Company undertakes to convene the General Meeting as soon as possible after the Closing Date and use its best effort to ensure that it takes place no later than December 16, 2024, subject to the notification of the Subscriber in accordance with Section 6.2(f) below.

 

5.7Given the new phase of development of the Company following the issuance of the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants, the Company undertakes to submit to the General Meeting the appointment of Mark Pruzanski and Srinivas Akkaraju as members of the Board of Directors. The Company further undertakes to submit to the General Meeting or at a later general meeting of shareholders, up to four additional new members of the Board of Directors, in order to replace existing members of the Board of Directors (other than Frédéric Cren, Mark Pruzanski and Srinivas Akkaraju), one of which upon proposal of BVF, and three of which upon proposal of each of the three largest Subscribers (based on the number of T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants in the T1 Shares and T1 Pre-Funded Warrants offering). The Board of Directors has, on October 11, 2024, irrevocably decided, on the pending condition of the appointment of Mark Pruzanski as director of the Company by the General Meeting, to dissociate the functions of président du conseil d’administration (chairman of the board) and directeur général (CEO), Frédéric Cren being currently président directeur général of the Company, and to appoint Mark Pruzanski as président du conseil d’administration and Frédéric Cren as directeur général, as of the date of the next board meeting held after the General Meeting.

 

5.8The Company undertakes that the Subscriber, to assess whether the Tranche 2 Event is satisfied or not, will have access (subject to the execution of a confidentiality letter if the information delivered to the Subscriber is not public at the time of access, which, if required by applicable law, will be cleansed by the Company), no later than twelve (12) Business Days prior to the Second Closing Date, to (i) NATiV3 dropout rates as of the date of the randomization of the last patient in the main cohort of NATiV3 and (ii) the recommendations of the last available Data and Safety Monitoring Board of NATiV3 to be dated no earlier than February 2025.

 

 

 

 

6.Representations and Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber

 

6.1The Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a)Organization. The Subscriber is duly organized and is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or other organization.

 

(b)Power; Authorization. The execution and performance by the Subscriber of the Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate bodies, or, if the Subscriber is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable bodies, on the part of the Subscriber. As such (i) the Subscriber has all requisite corporate or other power and capacity and has taken all requisite corporate or other action to execute and deliver this Agreement, to subscribe the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants], to pay the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price, and to carry out and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement; and (ii) this Agreement has been duly executed by the Subscriber, and when delivered by the Subscriber in accordance with terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Subscriber, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(c)Information. The Subscriber has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of the T1 Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants and the ABSAs and if applicable, the PFW-BSAs with the Company’s management. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 5.1 of this Agreement or the right of the Subscribers to rely thereon.

 

(d)Investment Intent. The Subscriber is acquiring its entire beneficial ownership interest in the Securities for its own account for investment purposes only, and not with a view to any distribution, in whole or in part, in any manner that would violate the securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Subscriber understands that its acquisition or subscription of the Securities has not and will not be registered under the securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction, and that the Securities may not be resold or transferred in the United States or otherwise except in compliance with applicable law and the restrictions set forth herein. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Subscriber has not entered into any agreement, undertaking, arrangement, obligation or commitment providing for the disposition of the Securities. The Subscriber represents that it has not been organized, reorganized or recapitalized specifically for the purpose of investing in the Securities.

 

(e)No Insolvency Proceedings. To the knowledge of the Subscriber, no bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceedings of general application affecting creditors’ rights have been proposed, commenced or threatened against the Subscriber, and no judgment has been made or is pending declaring the Subscriber insolvent.

 

(f)No Violation. Neither the execution of this Agreement by the Subscriber nor the subscription of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] by the Subscriber violates or will violate (i) any provision of the articles of association (or equivalent constituent documents) of the Subscriber, (ii) any material applicable law or material regulation binding upon the Subscriber or its assets, (iii) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Subscriber or any of its assets, (iv) the rules of any stock exchange as they apply to the Subscriber (but excluding the rules of any stock exchange as they apply to the Company only), and (v), any other material agreements to which the Subscriber is a party, in each case, with respect to clauses (i) – (v) of this Section 6.1(f), except to the extent that such violation would not reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the Subscriber’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

(g)Category of Subscriber. The Subscriber is (i) a legal person (including a company) trust or investment fund, or any other investment vehicle, in any form, established under French or foreign law, which regularly invest in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological or medical technology sectors; and/or (ii) a company, institution or entity, in any form, French or foreign, exercising a significant part of its activities in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic or chemical sectors or researching in such sectors; provided that, if the Subscriber is acting on behalf of investment funds or other legal entities managed or advised by it, such representation shall also apply to such funds or legal entities and the Subscriber shall further ensure compliance thereof by each such funds or entities in connection with the initial distribution of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Subscriber is a “qualified investor” within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (UE) 2017/1129, as amended. The Subscriber is subscribing for the number of T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] set forth hereto in the ordinary course of its business for investment only and with no present intention of distributing any of such T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] or any arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants].

 

(h)Restricted Securities. The Subscriber understands that the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Subscriber’s representations as expressed herein. The Subscriber understands that, in addition to the restrictions applicable to the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] under this Agreement, the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Subscriber must hold the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] indefinitely unless they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available. The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to register or qualify the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] for resale. The Subscriber further acknowledges that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants], and on requirements relating to the Company which are outside of the Subscriber’s control, and which the Company is under no obligation and may not be able to satisfy. The Subscriber understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants].

 

(i)Accredited Investor, Institutional Account and Sophisticated Institutional Investor. The Subscriber is (a) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, (b) an Institutional Account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c) and (c) a sophisticated institutional investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, including its participation in the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements. The Subscriber has determined based on its own independent review and such professional advice as it has deemed appropriate that its purchase of the Securities and participation in the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements (i) are fully consistent with such Subscriber’s financial needs, objectives and condition, (ii) comply and are fully consistent with all investment policies, guidelines and other restrictions applicable to such Subscriber, (iii) have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action on its part, (iv) do not and will not violate or constitute a default under such Subscriber’s charter, by-laws or other constituent document or under any law, rule, regulation, agreement or other obligation by which such Subscriber is bound and (v) are a fit, proper and suitable investment for such Subscriber, notwithstanding the substantial risks inherent in investing in or holding the Securities. The Subscriber is able to bear the substantial risks associated with its purchase of the Securities, including but not limited to, the loss of its entire investment herein.

 

 

 

 

(j)No General Solicitation. The Subscriber is not purchasing or subscribing for the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to such Subscriber’s knowledge, any other general solicitation or general advertisement (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act). The purchase or subscription of the Securities by the Subscriber has not been solicited by or through anyone other than the Company or, on the Company’s behalf, the Placement Agents.

 

(k)Residence. If the Subscriber is an individual, then the Subscriber resides in the state identified in the address of the Subscriber set forth in Section 8(b); if the Subscriber is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, then the office or offices of the Subscriber in which its principal place of business is conducted is identified in the address or addresses of the Subscriber set forth in Section 8(b).

 

(l)Exculpation among Subscribers. The Subscriber acknowledges that it is not relying on any other individual or entity (including any Other Subscriber), other than the Company and its officers and directors, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company.

 

(m)Placement Agents. The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and agrees for the express benefit of each Placement Agent that (a) each Placement Agent is acting solely as a placement agent for the Company in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements and is not acting as an underwriter or in any other capacity and is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary for such Subscriber, the Company or any other person or entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, (b) no Placement Agent, its affiliates or representatives shall be liable for any improper payment made in accordance with the information provided by the Company, (c) no Placement Agent has made or will make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character and has not provided any advice or recommendation in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, (d) no Placement Agent will have any responsibility with respect to any information, certificates or documentation delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, including (i) any representations, warranties or agreements made by any person or entity under or in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, or any of the documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, or the execution, legality, validity or enforceability (with respect to any person) thereof, (ii) the business, affairs, financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of, or any other matter concerning the Company or the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, or (iii) any valuation, offering or marketing materials, or any omissions from such materials, and (e) no Placement Agent, its affiliates or representatives will have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by such Subscriber, the Company or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to such Subscriber, or to any person claiming through it, in respect of the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements or for anything otherwise in connection with the issuance of the Securities. Each party hereto agrees for the express benefit of each Placement Agent that each Placement Agent, its affiliates and representatives shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in acting upon, any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter or any other document delivered to each Placement Agent or any Subscriber by or on behalf of the Company.

 

 

 

 

6.2The Subscriber undertakes that:

 

(a)It will comply with any notification requirements to the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) with respect to the subscription of the [T1] [Warrant] Shares (notably disclosure of threshold crossing and intent), which may be required to be made under any applicable law and the Company’s by-laws as well as any requirement in relation with foreign direct investment in France pursuant to the French Monetary and Financial Code and the French Decree (Décret) no. 2020-892 of July 22, 2020 as lastly amended by the French Decree (Décret) no. 2023-1293 of December 28, 2023 and ministry order (arrêté) of December 28, 2023, as amended from time to time and implementing regulation.

 

(b)It will sign and execute such documents and take such actions as are necessary for the consummation of the subscription of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] to the Subscriber hereunder; provided, that nothing herein shall require the Subscriber to sign, execute and deliver any document or take any action that, in the good faith determination of the Subscriber, could reasonably be expected to result in (i) harm or prejudice to the Subscriber, (ii) the disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information of the Subscriber or (iii) the breach of any applicable law, regulation or judicial, administrative or regulatory process.

 

(c)It will vote in favor of the resolutions at the General Meeting approving the issuance of the T1 bis Shares and the T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants to certain identified investors and delegating to the Board of Directors the power to implement it (except for the resolution related to Subscriber’s own investment) (the “T1 bis Resolutions”).

 

(d)It will vote in favor of the resolutions at the General Meeting (and, if required to complete the relevant appointments, with respect to (ii), at the Company’s next annual shareholders meeting) approving (i) the issuance of the T2 Shares and the T3 Warrants and if applicable, the PFW-BSAs to certain identified investors and delegating to the Board of Directors the power to implement it (except for the resolution related to Subscriber’s own investment), (ii) the appointment of new members to the Board of Directors as referred to in Section 5.7 above to replace existing directors, including two directors, Mark Pruzanski and Srinivas Akkaraju, and (iii) subject to being in agreement therewith, the directors’ compensation for financial years 2024 and 2025 (the “Resolutions”). It will vote in favor of the resolutions at a Company’s general meeting to be convened to approve the entry into the same form of Subscription Agreement with any Other Subscriber that would be qualified as a regulated agreement (convention réglementée) pursuant to article L. 225-38 of the French commercial code.

 

(e)It will register its T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants and if exercised, T1 Warrants Shares] in pure registered form (au nominatif pur) until the earlier of (x) the issue date of the T2 Shares and if applicable, PFW-BSAs or (y) May 20, 2025. Thereafter, the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants and if exercised, the T1 Warrant Shares] shall be held at the option of the holder either in (i) registered form (au nominatif) (including in administered registered form (nominatif administré)) or (ii) in bearer form (au porteur).

 

(f)It will notify the Company of the name of the entity which will subscribe to the ABSA no later than 10 days before the General Meeting is called (which will be no later than November 15, 2024), provided such entity shall be the Subscriber or a Subscriber’s affiliate (an “Authorized Affiliate”), any Other Subscriber (a “Transferee Subscriber”) or, subject to the agreement of the Company, in its sole discretion, any third party, provided that such Authorized Affiliate, Transferee Subscriber or third party takes the same commitments as the Subscriber in relation to the ABSAs and if applicable, PFW-BSAs but without any requirement for the relevant Subscriber to transfer concurrently its T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants or, if exercised, its T1 Warrant Shares].

 

 

 

 

(g)It will not transfer the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants and if exercised, the T1 Warrant Shares] until the earlier of (i) the issue date of the T2 Shares or (ii) May 20, 2025 except to an Authorized Affiliate, a Transferee Subscriber or subject to the agreement of the Company, in its sole discretion, to any third party, provided that such Authorized Affiliate, Transferee Subscriber or third party takes the same commitments as the Subscriber, provided for in this Section 6.2 (other than its paragraph (g)) in relation to the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants and if exercised, the T1 Warrant Shares].

 

7.Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements

 

Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Subscriber herein will survive the execution of this Agreement, the transfer to the Subscriber of the T1 [Shares] [Pre-Funded Warrants] being subscribed and the payment therefor.

 

8.Notices

 

All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted hereby shall be in writing, will be sent by email, or mailed, and will be deemed given if delivered by email, upon electronic confirmation of receipt and addressed to the relevant recipient in the manner provided below, and shall be deemed to have been duly and sufficiently given only if (a) delivered either personally by hand, or by an international courier service, and, in each case, (b) confirmed by email to the relevant recipient. Notices shall be deemed effective if given on a Business Day, in the manners prescribed in the immediately preceding sentence, by 13:30 (CEST) in the place of receipt or on the following Business Day if completed after 13:30 (CEST).

 

All notices will be delivered as addressed as follows:

 

(a)if to the Company, to:

 

Inventiva S.A.

50, rue de Dijon

21121 Daix

France

Attention : Frédéric Cren

Phone :

Email :

 

(b)if to the Subscriber, to:

 

[·]

 

9.Changes and No Waiver

 

This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by written agreement signed by the Company and the Subscriber, and if any modification or amendment to the provisions listed in Section 12 disproportionately and adversely impacts a Placement Agent, the written consent of such disproportionately impacted Placement Agent shall be required.

 

 

 

 

10.Severability

 

In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

11.[Costs and expenses

 

11.1Legal and financial advisors’ reasonable and duly documented costs, fees and expenses pertaining to [·] for which invoices and receipts are furnished to the Subscriber, in relation to the negotiation, subscription and implementation of the T1 Shares, the T1bis Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and, if exercised the Warrant Shares, or the ABSA and if applicable, the PFW-BSAs shall be paid by the Company up to an amount of €200,000, regardless of whether the closing occurs (except due to a failure by the Subscriber to fund the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price of the Agreement or a failure to satisfy the relevant conditions to closing as provided in Section 3.2(a)). This provision will survive the execution of this Agreement, the transfer to the Subscriber of the T1 Shares, the T1 bis Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and, if exercised the Warrant Shares, or the ABSA or if applicable, the PFW-BSAs.]

 

12.No Third-Party Beneficiaries

 

This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person; provided, however, that each of the Placement Agents will be entitled to rely, as an express third-party beneficiary, on the representations and warranties of the Company and the Subscriber set forth in Section 5.1 and Section 6.1 hereof and Sections 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13 hereof.

 

13.Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of France. Any dispute or suit relating to the interpretation, validity and performance of this Agreement, or arising out of or as a consequence hereof, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tribunal de commerce of Paris.

 

14.Waiver of Conflicts

 

Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Cooley LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, has in the past performed and may continue to perform legal services for the Subscriber and/or Other Subscribers in matters unrelated to the transactions described in this Agreement. Accordingly, each party to this Agreement hereby (a) acknowledges that they have had an opportunity to ask for information relevant to this disclosure; and (b) gives its informed consent to Cooley LLP’s representation of the Subscriber and/or Other Subscribers in such unrelated matters and to Cooley LLP’s representation of the Company in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

 

 

[Annex I-B

 

Terms and Conditions of the Pre-Funded Warrants]

 

 

 

 

 

TheSE terms and conditions of the PRE-FUNDED Warrants do not constitute a certificate representing the PRE-FUNDED warrants.

  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PRE-FUNDED WARRANTS

 

Inventiva S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of France and registered with the Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Dijon under number 537 530 255, with a registered capital of Euros 524,771.88 and having its registered office at 50, rue de Dijon, 21121 Daix, France (the “Company”), hereby issues by decisions of the Board of Directors acting pursuant to the power delegated to it by the Company’s shareholders at the general meeting held on June 20, 2024, in its 25th resolution, to the Investors named in the minutes of the decision of the Board of Directors deciding on October 11, 2024 the terms of the EUR 94,145,988.99 million offering of ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants and in accordance with the terms thereof, on the Issue Date, an aggregate of 35,399,481 bons de souscription d’actions (the “Warrants”) to subscribe an aggregate of 35,399,481 Shares (the “Warrant Shares”) at the Exercise Price (as defined herein) per Warrant Share, on the terms and conditions herein (the “Terms and Conditions” or the “Conditions”). The Warrants shall not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange or trading market. The Warrants shall be admitted to the operations of Euroclear France SA. Each one (1) Warrant is exercisable for one (1) ordinary share of the Company (action ordinaire) (each, a “Share”) (the “Exercise Ratio”) for a price per share equal to the Exercise Price (as defined herein).

 

1.Interpretation

 

For the purposes of these Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the meaning set out opposite them:

 

Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, in each case from time to time, as such terms are used in and construed under the Article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code;
Aggregate Exercise Price has the meaning given in Condition 2(c);
Attribution Parties means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issue Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Shares would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act; or, with respect to the French FDI Regime, as defined therein. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined in Condition 2(f));

 

 

 

 

Business Day a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, U.S. federal holiday or a weekday on which banks are open for general banking business in the United States and France;
Commission means the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission;
Company has the meaning given in the introduction;
Euroclear France has the meaning given in Condition 6;
Euronext means the regulated market of Euronext in Paris;
Exchange Act the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time;
Exercise Date means, in relation to any exercise of these Warrants, the date on which the Aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrants is received by the Registrar, together with a copy of a duly completed Exercise Notice in accordance with Conditions 2(c) and 2(d);
Exercise Notice has the meaning given in Condition 2(c);
Exercise Period has the meaning given in Condition 2(a);
Exercise Price has the meaning given in Condition 2(b);
Exercise Ratio has the meaning given in the introduction;
Exercised Shares has the meaning given in Appendix A;  
Exercised Shares Delivery Date has the meaning given in Condition 2(e);
Expiration Date means ten years following the Issue Date;
French Commercial Code means the French Code de Commerce;
French FDI Regime means Article L. 151-3 and seq., R. 151-3 and seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code and Decree no. 2020-892 of July 22, 2020, as amended by Decree no. 2022-1622 of December 23, 2022 and Decree no. 2023-1293 of December 28, 2023, as amended from time to time;
French Monetary and Financial Code means the French Code monétaire et financier;
Group  
  means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder;
Holder means any holder of Warrant(s) from time to time;
Investor the investor(s) purchasing Warrants;
Issue Date means the date of issue of these Warrants, being on or about October 17, 2024;

 

 

 

 

Lock-up Provisions the lock-up and transfer restrictions provided for in Sections 6.2(f) and 6.2(g) of the Subscription Agreement or in any other similar agreement between the Company and any Permitted Transferor;
Permitted Transferor any transferor of Warrants pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 6.2(f) and 6.2(g) of the Subscription Agreement;
Person(s) an individual or a corporation, a general or limited partnership, a trust, an incorporated or unincorporated association, a joint venture, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, a joint stock company, a government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or any other entity of any kind;
Registrar the registrar of the Warrant Shares and the registrar of the Warrants on behalf of the Company from time to time as specified in writing by the Company to the Holders of the Warrants pursuant to Condition 12 and, as of the Issue Date, currently Société Générale Securities Services;
Securities Act the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
Shares the ordinary shares of nominal value of 0.01 Euro each in the share capital of the Company;
Subscription Agreements means the subscription agreements pursuant to which the Warrants are issued by the Company and purchased by the Holders;
Terms and Conditions has the meaning given in the introduction;
Trading Market means Euronext or any stock exchange on which the Shares (and, as applicable, any of the Securities referred to in Condition 5) are admitted to trading;
“Transaction” has the meaning given in Condition 5;
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the following:  the daily volume weighted average price of the Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a trading day from 9:00 a.m. (Paris time) to 5.30 p.m. (Paris time));
Warrant Shares has the meaning given in the introduction; and
Warrants has the meaning given in the introduction.

 

Condition headings are included for the convenience of the parties only and do not affect the interpretation of the Warrants.

 

2.Exercise

 

(a)Exercise Period

 

Subject to the conditions and limitations specifically provided herein, the Warrants may be exercised by their Holder, in whole or in part, in or more instances, for cash, at any time and from time to time on any Business Day during the period commencing on or after the opening of business on the Issue Date and ending at 5.00 p.m., Paris time on the Expiration Date (as may be extended pursuant to Condition ‎8, the “Exercise Period”), and any Warrant which has not been exercised by that time shall become null and void and the rights of the Holder to exercise such Warrant shall lapse.

 

 

 

 

(b)Exercise Price

 

The aggregate price of the Warrants, except for a nominal exercise price of 0.01 Euro per Warrant Share, was pre-funded to the Company on or prior to the Issue Date and, consequently, no additional consideration (other than the Exercise Price) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to any Person to effect any exercise of the Warrants. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-paid aggregate exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever. The remaining unpaid exercise price per Warrant Share shall be 0.01 Euro (the "Exercise Price"), subject to any adjustment to the Exercise Ratio as provided in Condition 5 (or, as the case may be, Condition 9).

 

(c)Terms of exercise

 

In order to exercise the Warrants, the Holder shall (i) send to the Registrar, by facsimile transmission (at [●]) or by their secured platform SecureHub, at any time prior to 5.00 p.m., Paris time, on any Business Day during the Exercise Period, a notice, with a copy to the Company, to the attention of Frederic Cren ([●]) and Jean Volatier ([●]), in the form of the exercise notice (bulletin de souscription) set forth in Appendix A (each an “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise the Warrants, which Exercise Notice shall specify the number of Warrants to be exercised and the number of Warrant Shares to be subscribed for, and (ii) within two (2) Business Days of the sending of the Exercise Notice, make payment to the Registrar for the account of the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Exercised Shares in respect of which the Warrants are being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Euros as set forth in Condition 2(e) below. For the avoidance of doubt the Holder may exercise all or parts of its Warrants in one or several times within the Exercise Period, it being specified that each Warrant shall be exercised only once. No ink-original Exercise Notice shall be required, nor shall any type of guarantee or notarization of any Exercise Notice be required. The Aggregate Exercise Price shall be received no later than two (2) Business Days of the sending of the Exercise Notice.

 

(d)Confirmation of Exercise

 

Upon receipt by the Registrar of an Exercise Notice and the corresponding Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Condition 2(c), the Registrar shall as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m. Paris time, on the second Business Day immediately following the Exercise Date, send, facsimile transmission or by email, with a copy to the Company, a confirmation of receipt of such Aggregate Exercise Price and Exercise Notice in the form of the notice at Appendix B to the Holder.

 

(e)Issue of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise

 

In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by the Warrants in accordance with Condition 2(c), the Company shall allot and issue to the Holder the Warrant Shares to which the Holder thereby becomes entitled on or with effect from the Exercise Date. In such event the Company shall cause the Registrar to, on or before the third Business Day (the “Exercised Shares Delivery Date”) following the Exercise Date, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled to and as notified in the Exercise Notice (i) to the Holder’s securities account opened in the name of the Holder with the Registrar, or (ii) to the Holder’s securities account opened in the name of the Holder with any other financial intermediary and indicated in the Exercise Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Exercise Notice delivered on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) two Business Days prior to the Issue Date, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Issue Date and the Issue Date shall be the Exercised Shares Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that, if applicable, payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price is received by such Exercised Shares Delivery Date.

 

The Company’s obligation to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants shall not be subject to (i) any set-off or defense or (ii) any claims relating to the ownership of the Warrants against any holder of Warrants however arising.

 

 

 

 

(f)Holder’s Exercise Limitations  

 

The Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrants, pursuant to Condition 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Exercise Notice, the Holder (together with its Attribution Parties), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of Shares held by the Holder and its Attribution Parties plus the number of Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Warrants beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein that are beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Attribution Parties.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Condition 2(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or, with respect to the French FDI Regime, in accordance therewith, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act or the French FDI Regime and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.   To the extent that the limitation contained in this Condition 2(f) applies, the determination of whether the Warrants are exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Attribution Parties) and of which portion of the Warrants is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of an Exercise Notice shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether the Warrants are exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Attribution Parties) and of which portion of the Warrants is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrants that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.   In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined by the Holder in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrants that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  For purposes of this Condition 2(f), in determining the number of outstanding Shares the Holder may acquire upon exercise of the Warrants without exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Shares as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, Interim Report on Form 6-K or other public filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company setting forth the number of Shares outstanding.  Upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days confirm in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of Shares then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Warrants, by the Holder or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Shares was reported.  The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.  The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Condition 2(f), provided that (a) to the extent required by the French FDI Regime, in the cases of Beneficial Ownership Limitation increased above 9.99% of the voting rights of the Company (the “Crossing Event”), the Holder has obtained from the French Ministry of Economy through an authorization request or prior notification, in accordance with the French FDI Regime, either (i) a written response from the French Ministry of Economy confirming that the exercise of the Warrants and, therefore, the acquisition of Warrant Shares that would cause the Crossing Event is not subject to the prior authorization procedure or (ii) the authorization (express or tacit) to proceed with the Crossing Event and (b) the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 19.99% of the number of Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Shares upon exercise of the Warrants held by the Holder and the provisions of this Condition 2(f) shall continue to apply (provided that, with respect to the French FDI Regime, the applicable percentage will be 24.99% of the voting rights of the Company).  Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the sixty first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time as from the date of announcement of any cash tender offer, exchange offer or any combination thereof (including any offre publique d’achat, offre publique d’échange, offre alternative, offre mixte) regarding the Company or in case of a reduction of capital non motivated by losses, any Holder may increase, waive or amend the Beneficial Ownership Limitation effective two (2) Business Days upon written notice to the Company. Any decrease in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until two (2) Business Days after such notice is delivered to the Company.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Condition 2(f) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of the Warrants.

 

 

 

 

3.Warrant Shares

 

(a)Form of Warrant Shares

 

Upon issuance by the Registrar (which will be the Exercise Date), the Warrant Shares will be held in registered form (au nominatif) until the end of the period provided in the Lock-up Provisions. Thereafter, the Warrant Shares will be, at the option of the Holder, (i) held in registered form (au nominatif) (including administered registered form (nominatif administré)) in the securities account opened in the name of the Holder in the books of the Registrar (and, if held in administered registered form, of the Holder’s financial intermediary), or (ii) in bearer form (au porteur), in the securities account opened in the name of the Holder in the books of the Holder’s financial intermediary.

 

(b)Dividend Due Date and Rights Attached to the Warrant Shares

 

Upon issue, Warrant Shares allotted pursuant to an Exercise Notice will grant the same rights, including, as from their date of issuance, the right to any dividend or any other distribution decided or to be paid, as are granted to holders of the Shares, and will be entirely assimilated to the Shares.

 

Warrant Shares shall be subject to all the Company’s by-laws’ provisions and to the decisions of the shareholders’ meetings.

 

Application will be made by the Registrar on behalf of the Company for the Warrant Shares to be admitted to trading on Euronext, on the same quotation line as the Shares, as from the Exercise Date.

 

(c)Transfer of Warrant Shares

 

Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and without prejudice to the Lock-up Provisions, the Warrant Shares will, upon issuance, be freely negotiable and transferable as from the date of their entry in a securities account. Any transfer not complying with the Lock-up Provisions shall be deemed null and void, and the Company or the Registrar shall not be bound to recognize such transfer and shall forthwith inform the Holder.

 

In accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 211-15 and L. 211-17 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, Shares are transferred from account to account and transfer of ownership of the Warrant Shares will result from the moment they are registered in the name of the transferee or by book entry, as applicable.

 

Application will be made for all the Warrant Shares to be admitted to Euroclear France.

 

4.Fractional Interests

 

No fractional Shares shall be issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant.

 

Any adjustment will be made so that it equalizes, up to the next 1/100th of a Share, the value of Warrant Shares that would have been obtained if Warrants had been exercised immediately before the implementation of one of the Transactions mentioned in Condition 5 and the value of the Warrant Shares that would have been obtained in the event of exercising the Warrants immediately after the implementation of that Transaction.

 

 

 

 

In case of adjustments made in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 9 mentioned in Condition 5 (or, as the case may be, Condition 9), the new Exercise Ratio will be determined with two decimals rounded to the next 1/100th (0.005 rounded up to the next 1/100th, i.e. 0.01). Possible subsequent adjustments will be effected based on the preceding Exercise Ratio as so calculated and rounded. The Warrant Shares, however, may only be delivered in a whole number of Shares.

 

If the number of Warrant Shares thus calculated is not a whole number, the Holder may request delivery of either:

 

(a)the next lower number of Warrant Shares; in which case the Holder will receive from the Company a cash payment equal to the product of the remaining fractional share multiplied by the value of a Share, equal to the last price quoted on Euronext Paris on the last trading day preceding the Exercise Date;

 

(b)the next greater number of Warrant Shares, provided that in such case the Holder pays to the Company, together with the Aggregate Exercise Price, an amount equal to the value of the additional fraction of a Share thus delivered, calculated on the basis set out in the preceding paragraph.

 

If the Holder does not state a choice, it will receive a number of Shares rounded down to the nearest whole number, and the remainder in cash as described above.

 

5.Adjustments of Exercise Ratio and Exercise Price

 

Warrants issued by the Company are securities giving access to the share capital of the Company within the meaning of Article L. 228-91 et seq. of the French Commercial Code.

 

The Exercise Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares will be subject to adjustment from time to time according to mandatory legal requirements imposed by the French Commercial Code and in particular by Articles L. 228-98 to L. 228-101 (with the exception of the provisions of Articles L. 228-99 1°) and L. 228-99 2°)) and Articles R. 228-90 to R. 228-92 of this Code.

 

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 228-92 of the French Commercial Code, if the Company decides to issue new Shares or securities giving access to the capital with preferential subscription rights to its shareholders, to distribute reserves (in cash or in kind) and share premiums or to change the allocation of its profits by creating preferred Shares, or to otherwise carry out any of the Transactions listed below, it will inform (as long as the current regulation so requires) the Holders via an announcement in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires and pursuant to Condition 12.

 

If the Company is absorbed by a company or merges or consolidates with (fusions) one or several other companies to participate in the incorporation of a new entity, or proceed with a split (scission), the Holders shall exercise their rights in the entity(ies) that is/are the beneficiary(ies) of the contributions in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-101 of the French Commercial Code.

 

 

 

 

So long as any Warrants are outstanding and upon contemplation of the following transactions (each, a “Transaction”):

 

-financial transactions (issuance of Shares or any other securities of any nature) with listed preferential subscription rights or by free allocation of listed subscription warrants;

 

-free allocation of Shares to shareholders, regrouping or splitting Shares;

 

-incorporation of reserves, profits or premiums into equity, by increasing the nominal value of the Shares;

 

-distribution of reserves and of any Share premium, in cash or in kind;

 

-free allocation, to the shareholders of the Company of any securities of the Company (except Shares);

 

-merger by acquisition (fusion par absorption), merger (fusion par création d’une nouvelle société), spin-off, or division (scission) of the Company;

 

-buyback of its own Shares at a price higher than the Trading Market price;

 

-amortization of the share capital; and

 

-change in the allocation of profits and/or creation of preferred Shares;

 

which the Company can effect from the Issue Date, and for which the date on which the holding of Shares is established in order to determine the shareholders benefitting from a Transaction, is before the Exercise Date, the maintenance of the rights of the Holders will be ensured by proceeding to an adjustment of the Exercise Ratio in accordance with the conditions below.

 

1.(a) For financial transactions (issuance of Shares or any other securities of any nature) with listed preferential right to subscription, the new Exercise Ratio will equal the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction at issue and the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share after detachment of the preferential subscription right

 

+Value of the preferential subscription right

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Value of a Share after detachment of the preferential subscription right

 

To calculate this ratio, the value of a Share after detachment of the preferential subscription right and the value of the preferential subscription right are equal to the average of the opening prices listed on the Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. during all trading days included in the subscription period during which the Shares and the subscriptions rights are simultaneously listed.

 

(b)For financial transactions carried out through the free allocation of listed subscription warrants to shareholders with a correlative ability to sell the securities resulting from subscription warrants not exercised by their holders during the period of subscription which has opened to them, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share after detachment of the subscription warrant

 

+Value of the subscription warrant

______________________________________________

 

Value of a Share after detachment of the subscription warrant

 

 

 

 

-the value of a Share after detachment of the subscription warrant will be equal to the VWAP of (i) the prices of the Company's Shares listed on the Trading Market during all trading days included in the subscription period, and, if there is a rump placement, (ii) either (a) the sale price of the Shares sold in the rump placement, or (b) the VWAP of the Shares on the Trading Market on the day the sale price for the securities sold in the rump placement is fixed, if such securities are not fungible with the Shares;

 

-the value of the subscription warrant will be equal to the VWAP of (i) the prices of the subscription warrants listed on the Trading Market on each trading day included in the subscription period, and (ii) the implicit value of the subscription warrants, being equal to either (a) the difference, if positive, adjusted by the warrant exercise ratio, between the sale price of the securities sold in the rump placement and the subscription price of the securities upon the exercise of the subscription warrants, or (b) if such difference as aforesaid is not positive, zero (0).

 

2.In case of a free allocation of Shares to shareholders, and also in case of regrouping or splitting of Shares, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Number of Shares forming the share capital after the Transaction

________________________________________

 

Number of Shares forming the share capital before the Transaction

 

3.In case of a capital increase by incorporation of reserves, profits or premiums carried out by increasing the nominal value of the Shares, the nominal value of the Warrant Shares the Holders could obtain by exercising their Warrants will be increased in due proportion.

 

4.In case of a distribution of reserves and of any share premiums, either in cash or in kind (securities in portfolio...), the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share before distribution

_________________________________________________________________

 

Value of a Share before distribution

 

- Amount per Share of the distribution or value of securities or assets distributed per Share.

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the value of a Share before the distribution will be equal to the VWAP of the prices of the Shares listed on the Trading Market during the last three trading days preceding the day the Shares are listed ex-distribution;

 

-if distribution is made in kind:

 

oin case of delivery of securities already listed on a Trading Market, the value of the securities will be determined as above,

 

 

 

 

oin case of delivery of securities not yet listed on a Trading Market, the value of securities remitted will be equal, if they should be listed on a Trading Market during the ten trading day period starting from the date on which the Shares are listed ex-distribution, to the VWAP of the Shares listed on such trading Market during the three first trading days included in this period during which the said securities are listed, and

 

oin all other cases (securities delivered not listed on a Trading Market or listed during less than three trading days within the ten trading day period mentioned above or distribution of assets), the value of the securities or the assets delivered per Share shall be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

5.In case of a free allocation to shareholders of securities, other than Shares and subject to paragraph 1 (b) above, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to:

 

(a)if the rights to the free allocation of securities were listed on the Trading Market, the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Share price ex-right to free allocation + value of the right to free allocation

__________________________________________________________

 

Share price ex-right to free allocation

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the value of the Share price ex-right of free allocation will be equal to the VWAP of the Shares listed on the Trading Market of the Share ex-right of free allocation during the first ten trading days starting on the date on which the Shares are listed ex-right of free allocation;

 

-the value of the right to free allocation will be determined as in the above paragraph.

 

If the right to free allocation is not listed during each of the ten trading days, its value will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

(b)if the right to free allocation of securities were not listed on the Trading Market, the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Share price ex-right to free allocation

 

+ Value of that/those security(ies) allocated per Share

___________________________________

 

Share price ex-right to free allocation

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the Share price ex-right to allocation will be determined as in paragraph a) above.

 

 

 

 

-if these securities are listed or can be listed on the Trading Market within ten trading days starting from the day Shares are listed ex-distribution, the value of the securities allocated by Share will be equal to the VWAP of these securities listed on said market during the three first trading days included in this period during which said securities are listed. If the allocated securities are not listed during each of these three market trading days, the value of these securities will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

6.In case of an absorption of the Company by another company (fusion par absorption) or a merger with one or more companies resulting in the incorporation of a new company (fusion par création d’une nouvelle société), a spin-off or division (scission) of the Company, the exercise of the Warrants will allow allocation of shares of the absorbing company or the new company(ies) or the company(ies) resulting from any division or spin-off.

 

The new Exercise Ratio will be determined by multiplying the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the contemplated Transaction by the exchange ratio of the Shares against the shares of the absorbing company or the new company(ies) or the company(ies) resulting from any division or spin-off. These companies will be fully subrogated to the Company’s rights and obligations towards the Holders.

 

7.In case of a buyback of the Company of its own Shares (except for buyback made pursuant to Article L. 22-10-62 of the French Commercial Code) at a price higher than the stock exchange price, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the buyback and the following ratio:

 

Share price x (1-Pc%)

________________________________

 

Share price – Pc% x Buyback price

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-Share price means the VWAP of the Shares listed on the Trading Market during the three last trading days preceding the buyback (or the ability of buyback):

 

-Pc% means the percentage of total share capital repurchased; and

 

-Buyback price means the effective buyback price.

 

8.In case of amortization of the share capital of the Company, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio on the date before the start of the contemplated Transaction and of the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share before amortization

_____________________________________________________________

 

Value of a Share before amortization - amount of the amortization per Share

 

For the calculation of the ratio, the Share value before amortization will be equal to the VWAP of the Shares listed on the Trading Market during the three last trading days preceding the trading day the Shares are listed ex- amortization.

 

 

 

 

9.(a) In case of a change in the allocation of profits and/or creation of new preferred shares resulting in such modification by the Company, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio before the start of the contemplated Transaction and the following ratio:

 

Share price before modification

___________________________________________________________

 

Share price before modification - reduction per Share of the right to profits.

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the Share price before modification means the volume-weighted average of the prices of the Company’s Shares listed on the Trading Market during the last three trading days preceding the date of modification;

 

-the reduction by Share on the right to profits will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company and will be submitted to the approval of the Holders’ General Meeting (as defined in Condition 7).

 

If however these preferred Shares are issued with shareholders’ preferential subscription rights or by free distribution of Warrants to subscribe to such preferred shares, the new Exercise Ratio will be adjusted in accordance to paragraphs 1 or 5 above.

 

(b)in case of creation of preferred shares without a modification in the distribution of profits, the adjustment of the Exercise Ratio that would be necessary will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

If the Company were to carry out Transactions where an adjustment had not been completed under paragraphs 1 to 9 above, and a later law or regulations require an adjustment, the Company shall undertake such adjustment in accordance with the law or regulations then applicable and the market practice observed in France.

 

In the event of an adjustment, the new exercise conditions will be brought to the prompt attention of the Holders pursuant to Condition 12 within three Business Days of the effectiveness of the adjustment.

 

The Company’s Board of Directors will report the calculation and results of any adjustment in the annual report following such adjustment.

 

6.Form, Title and Transfer of Warrants

 

The Warrants will be issued in dematerialised form (dématérialisé) and held in pure registered form (au nominatif pur) until the end of the period provided in the Lock-up Provisions. Thereafter, the Warrant will be, at the option of the Holder, (i) held in registered form (au nominatif) (including administered registered form (nominatif administré)) in the securities account opened in the name of the Holder in the books of the Registrar (and, if held in administered registered form, of the Holder’s financial intermediary), or (ii) in bearer form (au porteur).

 

Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the Lock-up Provisions, the Warrants are freely negotiable.

 

 

 

 

Warrants shall not be listed on Euronext or on any other stock exchange.

 

Title to the Warrants held by the Holders will be established and evidenced in accordance with Articles L.211-3 and R.211-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code by book-entries (inscription en compte). No physical document of title (including certificats représentatifs pursuant to Article R.211-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code) will be issued in respect of the Warrants.

 

The Warrants will, upon issue, be inscribed in the books of Euroclear France SA (“Euroclear France”), which shall credit the accounts of the intermediary institution entitled to hold, directly or indirectly, accounts on behalf of its customers with Euroclear France, and includes the depositary bank for Clearstream Banking, S.A. and Euroclear Bank SA/NV. In accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 211-15 and L. 211-17 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, title to the Warrants shall be evidenced by entries in the books of such intermediary institutions, and transfer of the Warrants may only be effected through registration of the transfer in their books.

 

7.Representation of Holders

 

The Holders will be grouped automatically in a collective group with legal personality (the “Masse”) to defend their common interests.

 

The Masse will be governed by the provisions of the French Commercial Code (with the exception of the provisions of Article L.228-48 thereof), subject to the following provisions:

 

The Masse will be a separate legal entity by virtue of Article L.228-103 of the French Commercial Code, acting in part through a representative (the “Representative”) elected by the Holders' General Meeting (as defined hereafter) and in part through a holders’ general meeting (the “Holders’ General Meeting”). In accordance with Articles L. 228-47 and L.228-51 of the French Commercial Code, the Holders’ General Meeting shall be represented by a representative of the Masse. The representative will be appointed by the Holders’ General Meeting.

 

The Masse alone, to the exclusion of all individual Holders, shall exercise the common rights, actions and benefits which now or in the future may accrue with respect to the Warrants. The Holders’ General Meeting shall be called upon to authorize any changes to the Terms and Conditions and to approve any decision that has an impact on the conditions for subscription of the Warrant Shares determined within the scope of these Terms and Conditions, for the avoidance of doubt, decisions should be approved by the Holders’ General Meeting at the majority provided for in Article L. 228-65 of the French Commercial Code (i.e., two-thirds majority of the votes cast at such meeting).

 

In accordance with Articles L. 228-59 and R. 228-67 of the French Commercial Code, notice of date, hour, place and agenda of any Holders' General Meeting will be given by way of a press release published by the Company which will also be posted on its website (https://inventivapharma.com) not less than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of such general meeting on first notice, and five (5) calendar days on second notice.

 

Each Holder has the right to participate in a Holders' General Meeting in person, by proxy, by correspondence and, in accordance with Article L. 228-61 of the French Commercial Code by any other means of telecommunication allowing the identification of participating Holders.

 

Decisions of the Holders' General Meetings once approved will be published by way of a press release posted by the Company on its website (https://inventivapharma.com).

 

 

 

 

8.Suspension of the ability to exercise the Warrants

 

In case of a capital increase, absorption, merger, spin-off or issue of new Shares or securities giving access to the share capital, or any other financial transaction involving a preferential subscription right or reserving a priority subscription period for the benefit of the Company's shareholders, the Company will be entitled to suspend the exercise of the Warrants for a period that may not exceed three months or any other period set by the applicable regulations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the case of a suspension under this Condition 8, the Exercise Period shall be automatically extended for the same duration as the period of suspension. The Company's decision to suspend the ability to exercise the Warrants will be published (to the extent that such publication is required under French law or any other form of communication compliant with applicable regulations) in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires. This notice will be published at least seven (7) calendar days (so long as required by French law) before the suspension becomes effective and will indicate the dates on which the suspension exercise of the Warrants will begin and end. This information will also be the object of a notice published by the Company and posted online on its website (https://inventivapharma.com) pursuant to Condition 12 and a notice published by Euronext Paris.

 

9.Modification of the rules for profit distribution, capital amortization, modification of the legal form or corporate purpose of the Company

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 228-98 of the French Commercial Code and to the extent not already covered by the provisions of Condition 5:

 

(i)the Company may modify its form or corporate purpose without the approval of the Holders’ General Meeting;

 

(ii)the Company may, without requesting the approval of the Holders’ General Meeting, amortize its share capital, modify the allocation of its profits or issue preferred shares, as long as there are outstanding/unexercised Warrants, provided that it has taken the necessary measures to preserve the rights of the Holders (see Condition 5 above);

 

(iii)in case of a reduction in the Company's share capital motivated by losses and carried out by reducing the nominal amount or the number of shares making up the share capital, the rights of the Holders will be reduced accordingly, as if they had exercised the Warrants before the date on which the capital reduction became effective. In case of a reduction in the Company's share capital by reducing the number of shares, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio in force before the reduction in the number of shares and the ratio of the number of shares outstanding to the number of shares and the following ratio:

 

Number of Shares forming the share capital after the transaction

___________________________________________________________

 

Number of Shares forming the share capital before the transaction

 

10.New issues and assimilation

 

The Company may not, unless it requires the consent of the Holders’ General Meeting, issue other warrants similar (assimilable) to the Warrants. To the extent that these similar (assimilable) warrants and the Warrants will confer identical rights in all respects and that the terms and conditions of these warrants are identical to those of the Warrants, the Holders and the holders of these warrants will be regrouped in a single mass for the defense of their common interests. For the sake of clarity, the Company may issue the pre-funded warrants contemplated in the subscription agreements with respect to the issue of T1 bis Pre-Funded Warrants (as defined in the Subscription Agreement) and the pre-funded warrants contemplated in the subscription agreements with respect to the issue of the PFW-BSAs (as defined in the Subscription Agreement).

 

 

 

 

11.Absence of restriction on the free negotiability of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise

 

Nothing in the Company’s by-laws’ provisions restricts the free negotiability of the Warrants and the Shares comprising the Company's share capital.

 

12.Notices

 

Notices to Holders will be given by means of a notice posted on the Company’s website (www.inventiva.com).

 

13.Taxes

 

The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer and other similar taxes which may be payable under French laws with respect to the issue and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

14.Successor and Assigns

 

These Terms and Conditions shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Holders and their assigns, and shall be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by consolidation, merger or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The Company may not assign the Warrants or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Holder.

 

15.Third Party Rights

 

These Warrants confer no right on any person other than the Holder thereof to enforce any of these Terms and Conditions or any other term of these Warrants.

 

16.Governing Law

 

These Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted, governed by and construed in accordance with the law of France.

 

Any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the Warrants or the transactions contemplated by these Terms and Conditions will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Paris commercial court (Tribunal de commerce de Paris), and, to the extent permitted by law, the Company and the Holders irrevocably waive any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

 

 

 

Appendix A

 

Form of Exercise Notice

 

To: [Registrar]

 

Attention: [●]

 

Copy to: Company

 

Attention: Frederic Cren ([●]) / Jean Volatier ([●])

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

Reference is made to the Warrants (ISIN code: FR001400TFF7), issued on October 17, 2024, by Inventiva S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of France and registered with the Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Dijon under number 537 530 255, with a registered capital of Euros [[_]] and having its registered office at 50, rue de Dijon, 21121 Daix, France (the “Company”).

 

The undersigned, [●], residing [●], having a full knowledge of the Company’s by-laws and the terms of and conditions of the Warrants, benefitting from the cancellation of the preferential subscription right, and, in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the Warrants, it being understood and agreed that one Warrant is exercisable for [one]1 Share, the undersigned hereby elects to exercise [LETTERS] ([NUMBERS]) Warrants out of the ___________________ Warrants held by the undersigned.

 

[In addition, pursuant to Condition 4, the undersigned elects to receive2:

 

(a)the next lower number of Warrant Shares to which the exercise of the number of Warrants indicated above gives right; in which case the undersigned will receive from the Company a cash payment equal to the product of the remaining fractional share multiplied by the value of a Share, equal to the last price quoted on Euronext Paris3 on the last trading day preceding the Exercise Date, such amount to be paid by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Euros to on the following account number [●]4;

 

(b)the next greater number of Warrant Shares to which the exercise of the number of Warrants indicated above gives right, and the undersigned pays to the Company, together with the Aggregate Exercise Price, an amount equal to the value of the additional fraction of a share thus delivered, calculated on the basis set out in (a) and equal to €[●]5.]

 

 

1       This corresponds to the Exercise Ratio on the issue date – to be modified if the Exercise Ratio is adjusted pursuant to Condition 5 (or, as the case may be, Condition 9).

2       Please modify according to your choice. Pursuant to Condition 4, If no choice is made, you will receive a number of Shares rounded down to the nearest whole number, and the remainder in cash as described in (a).

3       To be modified as the case may be.

4       To be filled-in by the undersigned.

5       The calculation of such amount made by the Holder shall not be binding on the Company and the Registrar, and the Company or the Registrar will be entitled to disregard the choice of the Holder to apply this paragraph (b), and therefore apply paragraph (a) if either of them disagree with this calculation, in which case they will refund the Holder of the amount in question.

 

 

 

 

As a result of the above, the undersigned:

 

-hereby subscribes to [LETTERS] ([NUMBERS]) Warrant Shares (the “Exercised Shares”),

 

-pays in whole and immediately an Aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in Condition 2(b)) amounting to €[LETTERS] (€[NUMBERS])[, plus an amount of €[LETTERS] (€[NUMBERS]) as per paragraph b) above, amounting to a total of €[LETTERS] (€[=NUMBERS])] by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Euros to on the account number [__●__] open in the name of the Company at Registrar, bank code [__●__], guichet code [__●__], RIB key [__●__], Swift [__●__], IBAN [__●__] of the corresponding amount.

 

Pursuant to Condition 2(e), on the Exercised Shares Delivery Date, the Exercised Shares will be credited6:

 

(i)to the undersigned’s securities account opened in the name of the undersigned with the Registrar,

 

(ii)to the following undersigned’s securities account [__●__]7,

 

(iii)in the name of the Holder, to The Bank of New York Mellon (or any successor thereto) as the depositary for the Company’s American Depositary Shares.

 

Subscription Date:    

 

Name:    
   

By: 8
   
Name:                                                
   
Title:    
   
Dated:    

 

 

6      Please modify according to your choice.

7      Please insert the exact details of the account and of the counterparty

8      Please insert the following handwritten note above the signature ”Valid for the subscription of [=] ([=]) Exercised Shares”.

 

 

 

 

Appendix B

 

Form of acknowledgement by the Registrar

 

To: [Holder]

 

Attention: [●]

 

Copy to: Company

 

Attention: Frederic Cren ([●]) / Jean Volatier ([●])

 

The Registrar hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice attached hereto.

 

Date:    
   
By:    
   
Name:    
   
Title:    

 

 

 

 

Annex II

 

Form of Subscription Agreement for ABSAs and if applicable, PFW-BSAs

 

 

 

 

Form of Subscription Agreement for [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

INVENTIVA S.A.

50, rue de Dijon

21121 Daix

France

 

The undersigned, [·] [acting in the name and on behalf of the investment funds it represents or advises listed hereafter] (the “Subscriber”) hereby confirms its agreement with you as follows:

 

1.This Subscription Agreement (including the annexes attached hereto, the “Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth below between Inventiva S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of the French Republic, with a share capital of €[·], consisting of [·] ordinary shares of €0.01 nominal value each (the “Ordinary Shares” and each, an “Ordinary Share”), and registered with the Commerce and Companies Registry of Dijon under the number 537 530 255 (the “Company”), and the Subscriber.

 

2.Pursuant to the [·]th resolution adopted by the Combined General Meeting of Shareholders on [·], 202[·] and the decisions adopted by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) dated [·], 202[·], the Company has decided to issue, without shareholders’ preferential subscription rights, to certain identified investors, [·] shares with warrants attached (the “ABSAs”) [and [·] pre-funded warrants to purchase up to [·] shares with warrants attached (the “PFW-BSAs”)].

 

Each ABSA consists of (i) [·] Ordinary Share[s] (each, a “New Share” and collectively, the “New Shares”)] to which are attached (ii) [·] warrant to purchase [·] Ordinary Share[s] (to be issued), with a maturity of [·] months and at an exercise price of €[·] per new Ordinary Share, including an issuance premium of €[·] (each, a “Warrant”), for a subscription price of €[·] per ABSA (the “Subscription Price”).

 

[Each PFW-BSA consists of (i) [·] pre-funded warrant[s] (each a “Pre-Funded Warrant” and collectively, the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to which are attached (ii) [·] Warrant, for a subscription price of €[·] per PFW-BSA (the “Pre-Funded Subscription Price”).]

 

The Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants are referred to, collectively, as the “Warrant Shares”.

 

The terms and conditions of the Warrants (the “Terms and Conditions of the Warrants”) are attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

The terms and conditions of the Pre-Funded Warrants (the “Terms and Conditions of the Pre-Funded Warrants”) are substantially similar to the ones issued on October [15], 2024 by the Company save for the issuance date, the maturity date and the lockup and transfer restrictions, and with any other amendments as agreed in good faith by the Company and the Subscribers.

 

The issuance of the New Shares will result in an immediate capital increase of €[·] (divided into a nominal amount of €[·] and a total issuance premium of €[·]) [and the issuance of the PFW-BSAs will result in gross proceeds of €[·], to be subscribed for by the Subscriber and the Other Subscribers (as defined in the Terms and Conditions for Subscription of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs], attached hereto as Annex I-A). [The Company shall receive an aggregate amount equal to €[116,000,000] representing (i) the Subscription Price for the ABSA and (ii) the Pre-Funded Subscription Price for the Pre-Funded Warrants, from the Subscribers.]

 

 

 

 

3.The New Shares, [the Pre-Funded Warrants, the new Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants (collectively, the “PFW Shares”)], the Warrants, and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities.”

 

4.The Company and the Subscriber agree that the Subscriber will subscribe for a number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] set forth below from the Company and, in turn, the Company, promptly upon receipt of the aggregate amount set forth above, will issue such [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] to the Subscriber. The [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] shall be subscribed for pursuant to, and the manner of settlement shall be as set forth in, the Terms and Conditions for Subscription of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] attached hereto as Annex I-A and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. [It is specified that this Agreement comprises [(i) the Terms and Conditions for Subscription of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] attached hereto as Annex I-A] and (ii) the Terms and Conditions of the Warrants attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

5.The Company and the Subscriber agree that the Subscriber will subscribe, and the Company will issue to the Subscriber, the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] as follows:

 

Number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] (please hand-write the following below: “good for commitment to subscribe for [(insert number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] subscribed in letters) (insert number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] subscribed in numbers)] [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs].”)2:

   
   

Subscription Price per ABSA [/ Pre-Funded Subscription Price per PFW-BSAs] (including premium): €_______________________

 

Aggregate Subscription Price (including premium) to be paid by the Subscriber (the “Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price”): €__________________________________________________________________________

 

 

2            French law requirement: The Investor shall include a handwritten note after signature block “valuable for [number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] subscribed in letters] (number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] subscribed in numbers) [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs].”

 

 

 

 

The Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price will be paid in euros to the Company’s account opened in the books of Société Générale Securities Services (copied below) as set forth in Section 3.2 of Annex I-A.

 

[·]

 

 

 

 

We acknowledge that we received a copy of this Agreement, including the Annexes and Exhibits hereto.

 

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between us by signing in the space provided below for that purpose.

 

Dated as of: _______________, 202[·]

 

   
SUBSCRIBER  

 

 

By:    
Print Name:    
Title:    
Address:    
   
   

 

[Please insert the following in case of execution of the Agreement by a management company on behalf of investment funds

 

Name(s) of the investment funds represented by the Subscriber and number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] subscribed by each of them:

 

________________________________ for _________________________________ [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

________________________________ for _________________________________ [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

________________________________ for _________________________________ [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

________________________________ for _________________________________ [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]]

 

Annexes and Exhibits:

 

-Annex I-A: Terms and conditions for the subscription of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

oExhibit A Terms and Conditions of the Warrants

 

oExhibit B Form of Notice

 

[SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE]

 

 

 

 

Agreed and Accepted  
   
____________________, 202[·]:  
   
INVENTIVA S.A.  
     
By:                                    
Name: Frédéric Cren  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

 

 

ANNEX I-A

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION OF [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

1.Authorization and Issue of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

Subject to these terms and conditions (the Terms and Conditions”), the Company has duly authorized the issuance of [(i)] [·] ABSAs, each consisting of [·] New Share and [·] Warrant attached [and (ii) [·] PFW-BSAs each consisting of [·] Pre-Funded Warrant and [·] Warrant attached] ([together,] the “Transaction”).

 

[Subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Pre-Funded Warrants, each Pre-Funded Warrant shall entitle the Subscriber to subscribe for [·] new Ordinary Share of the Company.]

 

Subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Warrants, each Warrant shall entitle the Subscriber to subscribe for [·] new Ordinary Share of the Company.

 

2.Agreement to Issue and Subscribe for the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

2.1At the Closing Date (defined below), the Company will issue, subject to the conditions referred to in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.3 below, to the Subscriber, and the Subscriber will subscribe, subject to the conditions referred to in Sections 3.2(b) and 3.3 below, in consideration for the payment of the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price therefor set forth in the Agreement, the number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] set forth in the Agreement to which the Terms and Conditions for Subscription of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] are attached as Annex I-A.

 

2.2The Company will enter into this same form of Subscription Agreement with other investors (the “Other Subscribers”) in connection with the Transaction and will complete the issuance of ABSAs [and PFW-BSAs] to such Other Subscribers on the terms set forth herein. The Subscriber and the Other Subscribers are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Subscribers” and this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements executed by the Other Subscribers are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Agreements”.

 

The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company intends to pay J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Guggenheim Securities, LLC and LifeSci Capital LLC (the “Placement Agents”) certain placement fees in respect of the sale of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] to the Subscribers. The Company has entered into an Engagement Letter with the Placement Agents that contains certain customary representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company for the benefit of the Placement Agents alone.

 

3.Closing and Transfer of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] and Funds

 

3.1Closing

 

The time and date of closing shall be no later than [2:00pm] (CEST), on the date that is three (3) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, or such later date as agreed by the Company and the Subscriber (the “Closing Date”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Business Day” shall mean a weekday on which banks are open for general banking business in the [United States and France].

 

The Company has designated Société Générale Securities Services as “banque centralisatrice” (the “Centralizing Bank”) to receive the subscriptions and payment of the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price and the Subscription Price for the ABSAs [and PFW-BSAs] being subscribed by the Other Subscribers in accordance with Section 3.3below.

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

(a)Conditions to the Company’s Obligations

 

At the Closing Date, the Company’s obligation to issue the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] to the Subscriber will be subject to: (i) the receipt by the Company of the relevant statement of account (attestation d’inscription en compte) relating to the [shares]/[pre-funded warrants] issued by the Company on [·] and [·], 2024 [(the “T1 Shares” and the “T1 bis Shares”, respectively))]/[(the “T1 PFW” and the “T1 bis PW”, respectively)] either (x) owned by the Subscriber or (y) owned by an authorized transferee as detailed in the subscription agreements related to such [T1 Shares]/[T1 PFW] and [T1 bis Shares]/[T1 bis PFW] (the “T1 / T1 PFW Subscription Agreement” and the “T1 bis / T1 bis PFW Subscription Agreement”) dated no more than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (ii) the receipt by the Centralizing Bank of the documentation necessary for the “know you customer” process, if necessary, (iii) the receipt in a dedicated augmentation de capital bank account opened at the Centralizing Bank, the details of which are set forth in the signature page of this Agreement of the aggregate amount equal to the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price and of the Subscription Price for the ABSAs [and the Pre-Funded Subscription Price for the PFW-BSAs] being subscribed for by the Other Subscribers in an aggregate amount equal to €[116,000,000] and (iv) the representations and warranties of the Subscriber contained in Section 6.1 being true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.

 

In the event of a failure to subscribe the ABSAs [or PFW-BSAs, as applicable] by any Subscriber, the Company undertakes to offer to the other Subscribers the right to subscribe to a number of additional ABSAs [or PFW-BSAs, as applicable], not subscribed by the defaulting Subscriber as determined by such other Subscribers, in their sole discretion, which will be allocated pro rata the number of T1 Shares, T1 bis Shares [or T1 PFW and T1 bis PFW] subscribed by each Subscriber in the T1 Shares [and T1 PFW] and T1 bis Shares [T1 bis PFW] offerings willing to subscribe to such additional ABSAs [or PFW-BSAs, as applicable]. In that case, the Closing Date may be postponed by seven (7) Business Day in order to organize the additional subscription of the Other Subscribers.

 

(b)Conditions to the Subscriber’s Obligations

 

At the Closing Date, the Subscriber’s obligation to subscribe for the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] will be subject to (i) the receipt of a certified copy of (x) the minutes of the general meeting of shareholders held on [·] of the resolutions approving the issuance of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] and the resolutions relating to the Company’s governance (referred to in Section [5.7] of the subscription agreement for tranche 1) and (y) the decisions of the Board of Directors dated [·] authorizing the issuance of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] and the entry into this Agreement between the Company and the Subscriber, (ii) the approval by the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) (the “AMF”) of the French Listing Prospectus (as such term is defined below) prior to the Closing Date, (iii) no clinical hold having been recommended by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (the “DSMB”) of NATiV3, (iv) the randomization of the last patient in the main cohort of NATiV3 having taken place on or before April 30, 2025, (v) at the time of completion of enrollment in NATiV3, the study discontinuation rate prior to week 72 was less than 30% (conditions [(iii)] to [(v)], the “Tranche 2 Event”), (vi) no material adverse change [(defined as any event, violation, or circumstance, individually or in the aggregate, that had or could reasonably have a material adverse effect on any steps of the clinical development of lanifibranor, or the manufacture of the new drug for its commercial launch, or with respect to the Company’s ability to successfully achieve the NATiV3 trial or to obtain from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the required authorizations)] having occurred between date of the T1 / T1 PFW Subscription Agreement and the date of this Agreement and between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, (vii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 5.1 below as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be accurate as of such specified date) and (viii) the fulfillment of the undertakings of the Company to be fulfilled on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

 

 

 

These conditions are to the benefit of the Subscribers which may decide to waive one or more of them (or in the case of condition (vi) above, confirm, based on a certificate provided by the Company, that no material adverse change has occurred) with the consent of the Subscribers representing [60]% of the aggregate of all ABSA [and PFW-BSAs] to be subscribed (the “Waiver”), assessed based on the then outstanding obligation of each Subscriber regarding the subscription of ABSAs [and PFW-BSAs]. The Waiver shall be notified by such Subscribers to the Company at the latest one Business Day prior to the Closing Date. Upon receipt, the Company shall notify all Subscribers of the Waiver in accordance with Section 8.

 

In the event that the Company has not received an aggregate amount equal to €[116,000,000] at the Closing Date, representing (i) the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price and (ii) the Subscription Price for the ABSAs [and (iii) the Pre-Funded Subscription Price for the PFW-BSAs], being subscribed for by the Other Subscribers, the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price shall be returned to the Subscriber within four (4) Business Days following the Closing Date and the Subscriber will have the right to terminate the Agreement, unless otherwise agreed by the Subscribers representing [60]% of the aggregate of all ABSAs [and PFW-BSAs] to be subscribed (excluding the ABSAs [and PFW-BSAs] for which the Subscription Price [or Pre-Funded Subscription Price] has not been received in accordance with this paragraph) (the “Majority Decision”). The Majority Decision shall be notified by such Subscribers to the Company at the latest on the Closing Date. Upon receipt, the Company shall notify all Subscribers of the Majority Decision in accordance with Section 8.

 

3.3Conditions to either Party’s performance

 

The Company’s and the Subscriber’s obligation to issue and subscribe for, the ABSAs [and the PFW-BSAs] will also be subject to the following condition precedent: no statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the subscription or issue of the ABSAs, [the PFW-BSAs] or the Warrant Shares.

 

3.4Delivery of Funds

 

No later than [11:00pm] (CEST) on the Closing Date, the Subscriber shall wire transfer the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price to the account opened in the books of the Centralizing Bank [and shall notify (email being sufficient) the Company and the Centralizing Bank of (i) the account from which the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price will be wired to the account of the Centralizing Bank and (ii) the account or accounts to be credited with the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] being subscribed by them, including providing Euroclear instructions as appropriate. Such notification shall be effected using the Form of Notice set forth in Exhibit B hereto or any other means.

 

The account of the Company to which the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price for each of the ABSA [and for each of the PFW-BSA] shall be wired is set forth in the signature page of this Agreement. By executing this Agreement, the Subscriber irrevocably instructs the Centralizing Bank to accept delivery of, the subscription monies from its settlement account to the augmentation de capital bank account opened at the Centralizing Bank in its books in the name of the Company upon notice from the Company to the Centralizing Bank, with a copy to the Subscriber, that (i) the conditions to the closing of the Transaction have been satisfied or waived and (ii) the entire aggregate subscription price for all the Other Subscribers have been received by the Centralizing Bank.

 

 

 

 

3.5Delivery of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]

 

On the Closing Date, subject to and upon receipt of the aggregate subscription amounts for the ABSAs [and PFW-BSAs] from each Subscriber and the receipt by the Company of the depositary certificate (certificat du dépositaire des fonds) in accordance with Article L. 225-146 of the French Commercial Code from the Centralizing Bank confirming receipt of payment of the aggregate amount of the subscription monies for the New Shares subscribed by such Subscribers, the ABSAs [and the PFW-BSAs] will be created and delivered to the account specified by each Subscriber pursuant to the Form of Notice set forth in Exhibit B hereto or pursuant to any other means through, with respect to the New Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants, Euroclear France and for the Warrants by way of registration in the books of the Company held by the Centralizing Bank, as provided in the following paragraph.

 

On the Closing Date, the Company shall register, or cause to be registered by the Centralizing Bank, under the name of the Subscriber in pure registered form (au nominatif pur) the number of Warrants subscribed by the Subscriber. At least one (1) Business Day after the Closing Date, a notice confirming the registration of the Warrants in the books of the Company held by the Centralizing Bank shall be delivered to the Subscriber.

 

[On the Closing Date, the Company shall register, or cause to be registered by the Centralizing Bank, under the name of the Subscriber on registered form (au nominatif) (including administered registered form (nominatif administré)) in the securities account opened in the name of the Subscriber in the books of the Centralizing Bank (and, if held in administered registered form, of the Subscriber’s financial intermediary), or (ii) in bearer form (au porteur), the number of PFW-BSAs subscribed by the Subscriber. At least one (1) Business Day after the Closing Date, a notice confirming the registration of the PFW-BSAs in the books of the Company held by the Centralizing Bank shall be delivered to the Subscriber if he elects to have its PFW-BSAs in pure registered form.]

 

4.[French Listing Prospectus

 

The Company, for the purpose of listing the New Shares [(including the PFW Shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants)] and the Warrant Shares on the regulated market of Euronext Paris (“Euronext”), has prepared and filed with the AMF, in accordance with French legal and regulatory requirements, including the general regulations and instructions of the AMF, a French-language listing prospectus consisting of (a) the universal registration document (Document d'Enregistrement Universel) filed with the AMF under number [D.24-0227 on April 3, 2024], without prior authorization of the AMF (the “Universal Registration Document”), as amended by the amendment to the Universal Registration document filed with the AMF on [·], (the “First Amendment”) and by the amendment to the Universal Registration document [to be filed with the AMF on [·]], (the “Second Amendment”), (b) a securities note (Note d’Opération) (the “Note d’Opération”) and (c) a summary of such listing prospectus (included in the Note d’Opération), including the documents incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the “French Listing Prospectus”), which is expected to receive the approval by the AMF on [·] (and the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain such approval no later than on such date). As of the Closing Date, all references to the “Universal Registration Document” shall be deemed to include the First Amendment, the Second Amendment and the French Listing Prospectus, as approved by the AMF.]

 

The Company shall provide to the Subscriber a copy of the notice issued by Euronext relating to the listing of the New Shares, the Warrant Shares [and the PFW Shares] on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris upon receipt of such notice.

 

 

 

 

5.Representations, Warranties and Undertakings of the Company

 

5.1The Company represents and warrants to the Subscriber, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(a)Organization and Standing. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of France and has all requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its businesses in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification (except in respect to such conduct of business that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect) as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted and as described in the Universal Registration Document, the annual report on the Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on [·] (the “Form 20-F” and together with the Universal Registration Document, the “Annual Report”) and any press releases issued by the Company since the publication of the Annual Report, (the “Press Releases” and, together with the Annual Report, the “Company Public Information”).

 

In this Agreement, "Material Adverse Effect" means any event, violation, or circumstance, individually or in the aggregate that had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s equity, business, assets, operations, properties, liabilities or conditions (financial or otherwise), individually or in the aggregate, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, or on the Company’s ability to consummate the Transaction.

 

(b)Corporate Power, Authorization. The issuance of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] (and, for the sake of clarity, [the Pre-Funded Warrants,] the Warrants, the Warrant Shares [and the PFW Shares]) has been duly authorized by the Company’s shareholders pursuant to the [·] resolution passed at the Combined General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company held on [·] and by the Board of Directors on [·]. Where relevant, the entry into of the Agreement have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors on September [·], 2024 pursuant to article L. 225-38 of the French commercial code. The Company has the legal capacity and power to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

(c)No Insolvency Proceedings. The Company and its Affiliate are not (i) insolvent (en état de cessation des paiements), (ii) subject to a resolution which has been passed or meeting convened for its winding-up (dissolution) (iii) subject to any mandat ad hoc or any safeguard (sauvegarde), (including accelerated safeguard (sauvegarde accélérée) bankruptcy, liquidation or equivalent proceedings under any applicable insolvency law, and no filing has been made for the opening of any such proceeding in relation to the Company; and no action, proceedings or other step or action have been taken in relation to any of the above or suspension or stoppage of payments of the Company or any of its Affiliates or a general moratorium of any of their indebtedness with its creditors.

 

No liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, provisional administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer, mandataire ad hoc, in respect of the Company, any of its Affiliates or any of its or their assets has been appointed.

 

In this Agreement, "Affiliate" means, with respect to the Company, any other person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with such person, in each case from time to time. Control shall be construed by reference to the definition set out in Article L. 233-1 of the French Commercial Code. As of the date hereof, the sole Affiliate of the Company is Inventiva Inc., whose registered office is at 10-34 44th Drive, Long Island City, New York, United States of America 11101.

 

 

 

 

(d)Compliance with Laws. The Company and its Affiliate are in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws to which it is subject and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties.

 

(e)Capitalization. The share capital of the Company as at the date hereof is €[·], consisting of [·] Ordinary Shares. The Ordinary Shares (including the New Shares) do, and at the Closing Date will, conform to the description of Ordinary Shares contained in the Annual Report. At the Closing Date, the issuance of the New Shares [and the Pre-Funded Warrants], the PFW Shares and the Warrant Shares, is not subject to any pre-emptive, preferential subscription right, priority rights (délai de priorité) or similar rights that have not been validly excluded or waived and, no person has any other right of first refusal, pre-emptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the Transaction.

 

(f)No Conflicts and No Default. The execution and performance of the Agreement by the Company do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s articles of incorporation (statuts), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or entitle third parties to terminate, amend, accelerate or cancel (with or without notice, lapse of time or both), any material agreement, credit facility, material debt or other material instrument to which the Company or any of its Affiliate is a party or any of their assets is subject or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or any of its Affiliate or of its or their assets is subject, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Subscriber herein.

 

(g)Private Placement. Neither the Company nor its Affiliate, nor any person or entity acting on its or their behalf, has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under any circumstances that would require registration of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] (or the New Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants, the PFW Shares or the Warrant Shares) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act”). Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Subscriber contained in Section 6.1 hereof, the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] (and more generally the Securities) are being offered in reliance on an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

(h)Issuance and Delivery of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]. Upon payment of the aggregate subscription amounts for the ABSAs [and PFW-BSAs] by all Subscribers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) upon issuance of the Depositary Certificate (certificat du dépositaire) for the ABSAs, the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] will be duly and validly issued and fully paid. There are no restrictions on transfers of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] (and more generally of the Securities) under the laws of France or the articles of incorporation (statuts) of the Company.

 

(i)Issuance and Delivery of the PFW Shares and the Warrant Shares. Upon payment of the aggregate subscription amounts by the relevant Subscribers for the Warrant Shares and the PFW Shares in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Warrant Shares and the PFW Shares, as applicable will be duly and validly issued and fully paid. At the Closing Date, there are no restrictions on transfers of the Warrant Shares and the PFW Shares under the laws of France (except as may be provided in Section 6.2(a)) or the articles of incorporation (statuts) of the Company. This representation when made with respect to the PFW Shares is only made to the benefit of a Subscriber who has subscribed PFW.

 

 

 

 

(j)Consents. Excluding (i) any filing required to be made under applicable law or regulation by the Company with Euronext or the AMF in France, which has been made or shall have been made prior to the Closing Date, and (ii) any applicable filings pursuant to applicable United States state securities laws, which have been made or will be made in a timely manner, and assuming the accuracy of the representations made by the Subscriber in Section 6.1 of this Agreement, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing on the part of the Company or any of its Affiliates is required in connection with the consummation of the Transaction.

 

(k)Anti-bribery.

 

(iii)Neither the Company nor its Affiliate and, to the Company's knowledge, any of their respective directors or officers nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective employees or agents has, in the performance of his or her duties on behalf of the Company, (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws of the European Union, United Kingdom or France. The Company and its Affiliate have conducted their businesses on behalf of the Company in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained, and will continue to maintain, policies reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

 

(iv)The Company or its Affiliate and, to the knowledge of the Company, their respective directors or officers, employees and agents have not obtained or induced directly or indirectly through any person and will not attempt to so obtain or induce the procurement of this Agreement or any contract, consent, approval, right, interest, privilege or other obligation or benefit related to this Agreement or a favourable relationship with the Subscriber through any corrupt or illegal business practice including have not given or agreed to give and shall not give or agree to give to any person, either directly or indirectly, any fee, compensation, monetary benefit or any other benefit, bribe or kickback, with the object of obtaining or inducing the procurement of this Agreement or any contract, right, interest, privilege or other obligation or benefit related to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the representation shall not apply to any payments that are legitimate in the normal course of business between each party hereto pursuant to this Agreement or with third parties for the purposes of the implementation of the Transaction (such as fees for the settlement agent or professional advisers of the Company) and items, including refreshments, of an inconsequential or immaterial cost or value.

 

(l)Sanctions. Neither the Company nor its Affiliate, nor, to the Company's knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees (i) has been or is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) or by any governmental agency of any other applicable jurisdiction (including the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or the member state thereof and the United Kingdom (together with the OFAC the “Sanction Authority”)), (ii) has violated or is violating any applicable sanctions administered by a Sanction Authority or has been subject to any claim, proceeding, formal notice or investigation with respect to sanctions administered by a Sanction Authority; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Transaction, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, which is currently subject to any sanctions administered by OFAC or a Sanction Authority.

 

 

 

 

(m)Acknowledgment regarding Subscriber’s Purchase of [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Subscriber is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Subscriber is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity with respect to the Company) or any Other Subscriber with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by the Subscriber or any of its respective representatives or agents to the Company in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Subscriber’s purchase of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs]. The Company further represents to the Subscriber that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(n)Employees. Other than the information disclosed in the Company Public Information or pursuant to a written employment agreement in force as of the date hereof or as required by applicable laws or collective bargaining agreements, none of the employees, officers or managers, regardless of their status, of the Company or its Affiliates benefit from any other severance, separation or termination pay, retention bonus, golden parachute or any similar-type benefit or payment.

 

(o)Market Abuse. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, in relation to the Transaction, done any act or engaged in any course of conduct in breach of applicable regulations on market abuse including Regulation (EU) n°596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 16, 2014 on market abuse (as amended, the “Market Abuse Regulation”), including (i) insider trading, and (ii) has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] or any security of the Company, including the Securities, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] or any security, including the Securities, of the Company or otherwise. The Company has not made available to the Subscriber information regarding the Company that could be qualified as inside information within the meaning of Market Abuse Regulation which has not been cleansed prior to the date hereof which the Company will make or has made public in connection with, or upon the disclosure of, the issuance of ABSAs and the PFW-BSAs, in accordance with applicable law.

 

(p)Other Subscription Agreements. The Subscription Agreements of the Other Subscribers for the subscription of the ABSAs [or PFW-BSAs, as applicable,] do not include terms or conditions that are more advantageous than the terms and conditions of this Agreement [other than provisions relating to the specific regulations or status applicable to such Other Subscriber]. The Company shall not enter into any side letter or otherwise agree (orally or in writing) to modify or waive any of the terms and provisions of such Subscription Agreement with any Other Subscriber without the prior written consent of the Subscriber.

 

5.2The Company undertakes the following:

 

(a)Listing Obligation. The Company shall take all necessary action to cause the [New Shares]/[the PFW Shares] and, upon the exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares to be listed on the Euronext and will cause the [New Shares]/[the PFW Shares] and the Warrant Shares to be approved for admission to trading and listed on the regulated market of Euronext [on or about the Closing Date for the New Shares]/[at the time of the issuance of the PFW Shares] and at the time of the issuance of the Warrant Shares [in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Warrants for the Warrant Shares]. [The PFW-BSAs are not listed on Euronext or on any other stock exchange nor admitted to clearing.]

 

 

 

 

(b)Interim Covenants. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Company and its Affiliate shall conduct its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

(c)[ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] Issuance. The Company shall take all action necessary to cause the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] and the Warrants to be issued to the Subscriber on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(d)US Tax Matters.

 

(i)PFIC. The Company will (a) promptly notify the Subscriber (and in no event later than 30 Business Days following the end of each calendar year) whether the Company has determined that it or any of its subsidiaries was a PFIC (as each such term is defined above) for such calendar year and (b) provide the Subscriber with sufficient information, on a timely basis, to determine whether the Company is a PFIC and allow its investors to make and maintain a Qualified Electing Fund election under Section 1295 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended with respect to the Company in the event the Company for any year in which the Company is treated as a PFIC.

 

(ii)Corporate Status. The Company will not take any action inconsistent with the treatment of the Company as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will not elect to be treated as an entity other than a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(e)Use of Proceeds. The Company undertakes to use the proceeds from the subscription of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] and exercise of the Warrants to continue the development of lanifibranor in NASH/MASH and commercial launch, as disclosed in the press release relating to the issuance of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] and the Warrants [and in the French Listing Prospectus]and shall not use these proceeds for early repayment of the Company’s financial debt prior to its stated maturity and for the redemption of any Securities other than part of the Company’s liquidity agreement with Kepler Cheuvreux.

 

5.3The Company shall be responsible for the payment of its own fees and expenses, including any required legal and financial announcements by the Company, the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s legal counsel and any other advisors and of the Placement Agents and all regulatory and administrative expenses, including any expenses for the listing and admission to trading of the New Shares, the Warrant Shares [and the PFW-Shares] and any fees payable to Euroclear France.

 

5.4The Company acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement otherwise requiring the Subscriber to provide any information or documents to the Company or any third party, the Subscriber shall be entitled to withhold, edit, redact and/or otherwise limit disclosure of any such information or documents on the grounds of national security and/or financial or economic sensitivity and the Subscriber shall have no liability whatsoever and shall be free and harmless from any claims whatsoever for exercising its rights pursuant to this clause.

 

5.5For the avoidance of doubt, the Subscriber is solely liable for its obligations set forth in or arising under this Agreement, and no direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of Subscriber shall have any liability in respect of this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

6.Representations and Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber

 

6.1The Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a)Organization. The Subscriber is duly organized and is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or other organization.

 

(b)Power; Authorization. The execution and performance by the Subscriber of the Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate bodies, or, if the Subscriber is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable bodies, on the part of the Subscriber. As such (i) the Subscriber has all requisite corporate or other power and capacity and has taken all requisite corporate or other action to execute and deliver this Agreement, to subscribe the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] to pay the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price, and to carry out and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement; and (ii) this Agreement has been duly executed by the Subscriber, and when delivered by the Subscriber in accordance with terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Subscriber, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(c)Investment Intent. The Subscriber is acquiring its entire beneficial ownership interest in the Securities for its own account for investment purposes only, and not with a view to any distribution, in whole or in part, in any manner that would violate the securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Subscriber understands that its acquisition of the Securities has not and will not be registered under the securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction, and that the Securities may not be resold or transferred in the United States or otherwise except in compliance with applicable law and the restrictions set forth herein. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Subscriber has not entered into any agreement, undertaking, arrangement, obligation or commitment providing for the disposition of the Securities. The Subscriber represents that it has not been organized, reorganized or recapitalized specifically for the purpose of investing in the Securities.

 

(d)No Insolvency Proceedings. To the knowledge of the Subscriber, no bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceedings of general application affecting creditors’ rights have been proposed, commenced or threatened against the Subscriber, and no judgment has been made or is pending declaring the Subscriber insolvent.

 

(e)No Violation. Neither the execution of this Agreement by the Subscriber nor the subscription of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] by the Subscriber violates or will violate (i) any provision of the articles of association (or equivalent constituent documents) of the Subscriber, (ii) any material applicable law or material regulation binding upon the Subscriber or its assets, (iii) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Subscriber or any of its assets, (iv) the rules of any stock exchange as they apply to the Subscriber, and (v), any other material agreements to which the Subscriber is a party, in each case, with respect to clauses (i) – (v) of this Section 6.1(e), except to the extent that such violation would not reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the Subscriber’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(f)Category of Subscriber. The Subscriber is a “qualified investor” within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (UE) 2017/1129, as amended. The Subscriber is subscribing for the number of [ABSAs]/[PFW-ABSAs] set forth hereto in the ordinary course of its business for investment only and with no present intention of distributing any of such [ABSAs]/[PFW-ABSAs] or any arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such [ABSAs]/[PFW-ABSAs].

 

 

 

 

(g)Restricted Securities. The Subscriber understands that the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Subscriber’s representations as expressed herein. The Subscriber understands that, in addition to the restrictions applicable to the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] under this Agreement, the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Subscriber must hold the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] indefinitely unless they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available. The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to register or qualify the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] or the Warrant Shares for resale. The Subscriber further acknowledges that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] and the Warrant Shares, and on requirements relating to the Company which are outside of the Subscriber’s control, and which the Company is under no obligation and may not be able to satisfy. The Subscriber understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs].

 

(h)Accredited Investor, Institutional Account and Sophisticated Institutional Investor. The Subscriber is (a) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, (b) an Institutional Account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c) and (c) a sophisticated institutional investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, including its participation in the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements. The Subscriber has determined based on its own independent review and such professional advice as it has deemed appropriate that its purchase of the Securities and participation in the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements (i) are fully consistent with such Subscriber’s financial needs, objectives and condition, (ii) comply and are fully consistent with all investment policies, guidelines and other restrictions applicable to such Subscriber, (iii) have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action on its part, (iv) do not and will not violate or constitute a default under such Subscriber’s charter, by-laws or other constituent document or under any law, rule, regulation, agreement or other obligation by which such Subscriber is bound and (v) are a fit, proper and suitable investment for such Subscriber, notwithstanding the substantial risks inherent in investing in or holding the Securities. The Subscriber is able to bear the substantial risks associated with its purchase of the Securities, including but not limited to, the loss of its entire investment herein.

 

(i)No General Solicitation. The Subscriber is not purchasing or subscribing for the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to such Subscriber’s knowledge, any other general solicitation or general advertisement (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act). The purchase or subscription of the Securities by the Subscriber has not been solicited by or through anyone other than the Company or, on the Company’s behalf, the Placement Agents.

 

(j)Residence. If the Subscriber is an individual, then the Subscriber resides in the state identified in the address of the Subscriber set forth in Section 8; if the Subscriber is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, then the office or offices of the Subscriber in which its principal place of business is conducted is identified in the address or addresses of the Subscriber set forth in Section 8.

 

 

 

 

(k)Information. The Subscriber has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of the T1 Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants and the ABSAs with the Company’s management as of the date of the tranche 1 offering. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 5.1 of this Agreement or the right of the Subscribers to rely thereon.

 

(l)Exculpation among Subscribers. The Subscriber acknowledges that it is not relying on any other individual or entity (including any Other Subscriber), other than the Company and its officers and directors, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company.

 

(m)Placement Agents. The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and agrees for the express benefit of each Placement Agent that (a) each Placement Agent is acting solely as a placement agent for the Company in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements and is not acting as an underwriter or in any other capacity and is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary for such Subscriber, the Company or any other person or entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, (b) no Placement Agent, its affiliates or representatives shall be liable for any improper payment made in accordance with the information provided by the Company, (c) no Placement Agent has made or will make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character and has not provided any advice or recommendation in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, (d) no Placement Agent will have any responsibility with respect to any information, certificates or documentation delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, including (i) any representations, warranties or agreements made by any person or entity under or in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, or any of the documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, or the execution, legality, validity or enforceability (with respect to any person) thereof, (ii) the business, affairs, financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of, or any other matter concerning the Company or the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements, or (iii) any valuation, offering or marketing materials, or any omissions from such materials, and (e) no Placement Agent, its affiliates or representatives will have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by such Subscriber, the Company or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to such Subscriber, or to any person claiming through it, in respect of the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements or for anything otherwise in connection with the issuance of the Securities. Each party hereto agrees for the express benefit of each Placement Agent that each Placement Agent, its affiliates and representatives shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in acting upon, any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter or any other document delivered to each Placement Agent or any Subscriber by or on behalf of the Company.

 

6.2The Subscriber undertakes that:

 

(a)It will comply with any notification requirements to the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) with respect to the subscription of the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] and the Warrants (notably disclosure of threshold crossing and intent), which may be required to be made under any applicable law and the Company’s by-laws as well as any requirement in relation with foreign direct investment in France pursuant to the French Monetary and Financial Code and the French Decree (Décret) no. 2020-892 of July 22, 2020 as lastly amended by the French Decree (Décret) no. 2023-1293 of December 28, 2023 and ministry order (arrêté) of December 28, 2023, as amended from time to time and implementing regulation.

 

 

 

 

(b)It will sign and execute such documents and take such actions as are necessary for the consummation of the subscription of the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants], the ABSAs and the PFW-BSAs to the Subscriber hereunder.

 

(c)It will vote in favor of the resolutions at a Company’s general meeting to be convened to approve the entry into the same form of Subscription Agreement with any Other Subscriber that would be qualified as a regulated agreement (convention réglementée) pursuant to article L. 225-38 of the French commercial code.

 

(d)It will register the number of Warrants subscribed by it under its name in pure registered form (au nominatif pur).

 

6.3Any selling Subscriber and any transferee thereof shall provide written notice to the Company (i) specifying the postal and email addresses of the new holder of [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] and/or Warrants, (ii) confirming that such new holder is (A) a Qualified Investor within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (UE) 2017/1129, as amended, and (B)(1) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act or (2) a Qualified Institutional Buyer, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

7.Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements

 

Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Subscriber herein will survive the execution of this Agreement, the transfer to the Subscriber of the [ABSAs]/[PFW-BSAs] being subscribed and the payment therefor.

 

8.Notices

 

All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted hereby shall be in writing, will be sent by email, or mailed, and will be deemed given if delivered by email, upon electronic confirmation of receipt and addressed to the relevant recipient in the manner provided below, and shall be deemed to have been duly and sufficiently given only if (a) delivered either personally by hand, or by an international courier service, and, in each case, (b) confirmed by email to the relevant recipient. Notices shall be deemed effective if given on a Business Day, in the manners prescribed in the immediately preceding sentence, by 13:30 (CEST) in the place of receipt or on the following Business Day if completed after 13:30 (CEST).

 

All notices will be delivered as addressed as follows:

 

(a)if to the Company, to:

 

Inventiva S.A.

50, rue de Dijon

21121 Daix

France

Attention : Frédéric Cren

Phone :

Email :

 

(b)if to the Subscriber, to:

 

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9.Changes and No Waiver

 

This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by written agreement signed by the Company and the Subscriber, and if any modification or amendment to the provisions listed in Section 12 disproportionately and adversely impacts a Placement Agent, the written consent of such disproportionately impacted Placement Agent shall be required.

 

10.Severability

 

In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

11.[Costs and expenses

 

Legal and financial advisors’ reasonable and duly documented costs, fees and expenses pertaining to [·] for which invoices and receipts are furnished to the Subscriber, in relation to the negotiation, subscription and implementation of the ABSAs [and the PFW-BSAs] shall be paid by the Company up to an amount of €200,000 (in aggregate with the amount paid by the Company pursuant to the tranche 1 and tranche 1 bis offerings), regardless of whether the closing occurs (except due to a failure by the Subscriber to fund the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price of the Agreement or a failure to satisfy the relevant conditions to closing as provided in Section 3.2(a)). This provision will survive the execution of this Agreement, the transfer to the Subscriber of the ABSA [or the PFW-BSAs] (and the underlying Securities).]

 

12.No Third-Party Beneficiaries

 

This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person; provided, however, that each of the Placement Agents will be entitled to rely, as an express third-party beneficiary, on the representations and warranties of the Company and the Subscriber set forth in Section 5.1 and Section 6.1 hereof and Sections 7, 9, 10 and 12 hereof.

 

13.Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of France. Any dispute or suit relating to the interpretation, validity and performance of this Agreement, or arising out of or as a consequence hereof, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tribunal de commerce of Paris.

 

14.Waiver of Conflicts

 

Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Cooley LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, has in the past performed and may continue to perform legal services for the Subscriber and/or Other Subscribers in matters unrelated to the transactions described in this Agreement. Accordingly, each party to this Agreement hereby (a) acknowledges that they have had an opportunity to ask for information relevant to this disclosure; and (b) gives its informed consent to Cooley LLP’s representation of the Subscriber and/or Other Subscribers in such unrelated matters and to Cooley LLP’s representation of the Company in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Terms and Conditions of the Warrants
Exhibit B Form of Notice

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Terms and Conditions of the Warrants

 

[See attached]

 

 

 

 

 

TheSE terms and conditions of the Warrants do not constitute a certificate representing the warrants.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE WARRANTS TRANCHE 3

 

Inventiva, a société anonyme organized under the laws of France and registered with the Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Dijon under number 537 530 255, with a registered capital of €[·] and having its registered office at 50, rue de Dijon, 21121 Daix, France (the “Company”), hereby issues on the Issue Date by decisions of the Board of Directors and of the Chief Executive Officer acting pursuant to the power delegated to it by the Company’s shareholders at the general meeting held on [·], in its [·] to [·] resolutions (the “Resolutions”), to the investors named in the Resolutions an aggregate of [·] units (the “ABSAs”), each consisting of (i) one ordinary share of the Company, nominal value €0.01 per share (or one pre-funded warrant, as applicable) (each, a “New Share”), (ii) one warrant with a maturity of [July 30, 2027] to purchase a number of ordinary shares as determined pursuant to the Exercise Ratio, nominal value €0.01 per share (each, a “Warrant Share”), at a subscription price of €[·] per ordinary share, including an issuance premium of €[·] (each, a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants”). The Warrants are issued on the terms and conditions herein (the “Terms and Conditions” or the “Conditions”). The Warrants shall neither be admitted to trading on any stock exchange or trading market nor admitted to the operations of Euroclear France SA. Each Warrant is exercisable for [·] [1]Warrant Share (the “Exercise Ratio”) for a price per share equal to the Exercise Price (as defined herein).

 

1.Interpretation

 

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the meaning set out opposite them:

 

Aggregate Exercise Price has the meaning given in Condition 2(d);
Business Day means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, U.S. federal holiday or a weekday on which banks are open for general banking business in the United States and France;
Closing Date means [·]
Company has the meaning given in the introduction;
Euronext means the regulated market of Euronext in Paris;
Exercise Date means, in relation to any exercise of the Warrants, the date on which the Aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrants is received by the Registrar, together with a copy of a duly completed Exercise Notice in accordance with Conditions 2(d) and 2(e);
Exercise Notice has the meaning given in Condition 2(d);
Exercise Period has the meaning given in Condition 2(a);
Exercise Price has the meaning given in Condition 2(c);

 

 

1        The Exercise Ratio shall be calculated at the time of issuance of the ABSA and shall be equal to P1/ P2, where P1 is the issue price of the Tranche 2 ABSA , P2 is the Reference Price, rounded down to the next 1/100 with two decimals and the Reference Price is EUR [•]

 

 

 

 

Exercise Ratio has the meaning given in the introduction;
Exercised Shares has the meaning given in Appendix A;
Exercised Shares Delivery Date has the meaning given in Condition 2(f);
French Commercial Code means the French Code de Commerce;
French Monetary and Financial Code means the French Code monétaire et financier;
Holder means any holder of Warrant(s) from time to time;
“Key Primary Endpoint” means, in the context of NATiV3, the assessment of the effect of lanifibranor compared to placebo on NASH resolution and improvement of fibrosis' assessed by liver histology;
Key Secondary Endpoint

means in the context of NATiV3:

-    the assessment of the effect of lanifibranor compared to placebo on NASH resolution and no worsening of fibrosis; and

-    the assessment of the effect of lanifibranor compared to placebo on improvement of fibrosis with no worsening of NASH;

Maturity Date [July 30, 2027] or if such date is not a Business Day, the following Business Day;
NATiV3 means the Phase III clinical trial evaluating lanifibranor for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis;
Person(s) means an individual or a corporation, a general or limited partnership, a trust, an incorporated or unincorporated association, a joint venture, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, a joint stock company, a government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or any other entity of any kind;
   
Registrar means the registrar of the Warrant Shares and the registrar of the Warrants on behalf of the Company from time to time as specified in writing by the Company to the Holders of the Warrants pursuant to Condition 12 which, as of the Issue Date, is Société Générale Securities Services;
Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
Shares means the ordinary shares, nominal value €0.01 per share, of the Company;
Subscription Agreements means the subscription agreements pursuant to which the ABSAs are issued by the Company and purchased by the Holders;
T1 Issue Date means the date of issue of T1 Shares, being on [·], 2024;

 

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T1 Shares means the Company’s Shares issued on [·], 2024 as part of the Company’s reserved offering;
Terms and Conditions has the meaning given in the introduction;
Trading Market means Euronext or any stock exchange on which the Shares (and, as applicable, any of the Securities referred to in Condition 5) are admitted to trading;
Tranche 3 Event means the release by the Company of topline data announcing that any Key Primary Endpoint or Key Secondary Endpoint, with any dosage regimen tested in the trial, have been met no later than June 15, 2027;
Transaction has the meaning given in Condition 5;
Transformative Event means any of the following (i) a transaction by which a person, alone or in concert, acquires (by any means and in or more transactions) controls the Company (control having the meaning provided in article L. 233-3 of the French commercial code), (ii) the public announcement or the filing with a competent market authority of a public offer to purchase or exchange (offre publique d’achat, offre publique d’échange, offre alternative, offre mixte) all of the securities of the Company, (iii) the Company becomes party to a merger where the holdings of shareholders of the Company are diluted by 30% or more, (iv) the Company transfers material rights or assets relating to Lanifibranor to a third party or to an entity in which the Company holds less than 51% of the capital or voting rights or (v) the Company becomes party to a joint venture or other agreement relating to Lanifibranor, which joint-venture or agreement has or may reasonably be expected to have a significant effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or prospects;
VWAP means, for any date, the price determined by the following: the daily volume weighted average price of the Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a trading day from 9:00 a.m. (Paris time) to 5.30 p.m. (Paris time));
Warrant Shares has the meaning given in the introduction; and
Warrants

has the meaning given in the introduction.


 

Condition headings are included for the convenience of the parties only and do not affect the interpretation of the Warrants.

 

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2.Exercise

 

(a)Exercise Period

 

Subject to the conditions and limitations specifically provided herein, each Holder may exercise the Warrants owned by it, in whole or in part, in or more instances, for cash:

 

-during the period starting from (and including) the date of occurrence of the Tranche 3 Event and ending on the earlier of (x) the 45th calendar day following the date of occurrence of the Tranche 3 Event and (y) the third Business Day (included) prior to the Maturity Date; and

 

-if the condition precedent provided in Condition ‎2‎(b)(i) below is waived in accordance with this Condition, during the period starting from (and including) the date on which such waiver is granted and ending on the third Business Day (included) prior to the Maturity Date

 

(as may be extended pursuant to Condition ‎8, the “Exercise Period”).

 

Any Warrant that has not been exercised in accordance with these Terms and Conditions shall become null and void on the third Business Day following the expiry of the Exercise Period and at such time the rights of the Holder to exercise such Warrant shall lapse.

 

The Company will notify, without delay, the Holders of the occurrence of the Tranche 3 Event or of a Transformative Event and of the beginning of the Exercise Period pursuant to Condition 12.

 

(b)Conditions for exercise

 

The exercise of the Warrants by each Holder is subject to (i) the occurrence of the Tranche 3 Event, (ii) all the New Shares to be subscribed by the relevant Holder in accordance with the Subscription Agreement having been duly subscribed by such Holder (or any transferee thereof in accordance with the Subscription Agreement) on the Closing Date and (iii) the execution by the Holder of such documents referred to in Condition ‎2‎(d) and payment of the Exercise Price.

 

The condition precedent provided in (i) above may be waived upon a decision of Holders representing 60% of the aggregate of all Warrants in case of occurrence of a Transformative Event which occurs prior to the Maturity Date (regardless of whether the Tranche 3 Event has occurred). For the sake of clarity, in case of such waiver, the Warrants may be exercised even before the Tranche 3 Event.

 

(c)Exercise Price

 

Subject to any adjustment to the Exercise Ratio as provided in Condition 5 (or, as the case may be, Condition 9), each [one (1)] Warrant is exercisable for a number of Warrant Shares as determined pursuant to the Exercise Ratio, at a price equal to, in respect of each Warrant Share, €[·], which is equal to the VWAP over the last five trading sessions preceding the T1 Issue Date (the “Exercise Price”).

 

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(d)Terms of exercise

 

In order to exercise the Warrants, the Holder shall (i) send to the Registrar, by facsimile transmission (at [·]) or by their secured platform SecureHub, at any time prior to 5.00 p.m., Paris time, on any Business Day during the Exercise Period, a notice, with a copy to the Company, to the attention of Frederic Cren ([·]) and Jean Volatier ([·]), in the form of the exercise notice (bulletin de souscription) set forth in Appendix A (each an “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise the Warrants, which Exercise Notice shall specify the number of Warrants to be exercised and the number of Warrant Shares to be subscribed for, and (ii) within two (2) Business Days of the sending of the Exercise Notice, make payment to the Registrar for the account of the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Exercised Shares in respect of which the Warrants are being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds in euros as set forth in Condition 2(f) below. For the avoidance of doubt the Holder may exercise all or parts of its Warrants in one or several times within the Exercise Period, it being specified that each Warrant shall be exercised only once. No ink-original Exercise Notice shall be required, nor shall or any type of guarantee or notarization of any Exercise Notice be required. The Aggregate Exercise Price shall be received no later than two (2) Business Days of the sending of the Exercise Notice.

 

(e)Confirmation of Exercise

 

Upon receipt by the Registrar of an Exercise Notice and the corresponding Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Condition 2(d), the Registrar shall, as soon as practicable but in no event later than 5:00 p.m. Paris time, on the second Business Day immediately following the Exercise Date, send by facsimile transmission or by email, with a copy to the Company, a confirmation of receipt of such Aggregate Exercise Price and Exercise Notice in the form of the notice at Appendix B to the Holder.

 

(f)Issue of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise

 

In the event of the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with Condition 2(d), the Company shall allot and issue to the Holder the Warrant Shares to which the Holder thereby becomes entitled on or with effect from the Exercise Date. In such event the Company shall cause the Registrar to, on or before the third Business Day (the “Exercised Shares Delivery Date”) following the Exercise Date, credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled to and as stated in the Exercise Notice (i) to the Holder’s securities account opened in the name of the Holder with the Registrar, or (ii) to the Holder’s securities account opened in the name of the Holder with any other financial intermediary and indicated in the Exercise Notice.

 

The Company’s obligation to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants shall not be subject to (i) any set-off or defense or (ii) any claims relating to the ownership of the Warrants against any holder of Warrants however arising.

 

3.Warrant Shares

 

(a)Form of Warrant Shares

 

At the option of the Holder, the Warrant Shares will be delivered (i) in registered form (au nominatif) (including administered registered form (nominatif administré)) in the securities account opened in the name of the Holder in the books of the Registrar (and, if held in administered registered form, of the Holder’s financial intermediary), or (ii) in bearer form (au porteur), in the securities account opened in the name of the Holder in the books of the Holder’s financial intermediary.

 

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(b)Dividend Due Date and Rights Attached to the Warrant Shares

 

Upon issuance (which will be the Exercise Date), Warrant Shares will grant the same rights, including, as from their date of issuance, the right to any dividend or any other distribution decided or to be paid, as are granted to holders of the Shares, and will be entirely assimilated to the Shares.

 

Warrant Shares shall be subject to all the Company’s by-laws’ provisions and to the decisions of the shareholders’ meetings.

 

The Registrar will submit an application on behalf of the Company for the Warrant Shares to be admitted to trading on Euronext, on the same quotation line as the Shares, as from the Exercise Date. The issuance of the Warrants, the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants and the resale of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares by the Holders have not and will not be registered under the Securities Act.

 

(c)Transfer of Warrant Shares

 

Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, Warrant Shares will, upon issuance, be freely negotiable and transferable as of the date of their entry in a securities account.

 

In accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 211-15 and L. 211-17 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, Shares are transferred from account to account and transfer of ownership of the Warrant Shares will result from the moment they are registered in the name of the transferee or by book entry, as applicable.

 

Application will be made for all the Warrant Shares to be admitted to Euroclear France SA.

 

4.Fractional Interests

 

No fractional Shares shall be issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant.

 

Any adjustment will be made so that it equalizes, up to the next 1/100th of a Share, the value of Warrant Shares that would have been obtained if Warrants had been exercised immediately before the implementation of one of the Transactions mentioned in Condition 5 and the value of the Warrant Shares that would have been obtained in the event of exercising the Warrants immediately after the implementation of that Transaction.

 

In case of adjustments made in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 9 mentioned in Condition 5 (or, as the case may be, Condition 9), the new Exercise Ratio will be determined with two decimals rounded to the next 1/100th (0.005 rounded up to the next 1/100th, i.e. 0.01). Possible subsequent adjustments will be effected based on the preceding Exercise Ratio as so calculated and rounded. The Warrant Shares, however, may only be delivered in a whole number of Shares.

 

If the number of Warrant Shares resulting from the Exercise Ratio, be the initial Exercise Ratio or the Exercise Ratio thus calculated in case of adjustment, is not a whole number, the Holder may request delivery of either:

 

(a)the next lower number of Warrant Shares; in which case the Holder will receive from the Company a cash payment equal to the product of the remaining fractional share multiplied by the value of a Share, equal to the last price quoted on Euronext Paris on the last trading day preceding the Exercise Date;

 

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(b)the next greater number of Warrant Shares, provided that in such case the Holder pays to the Company, together with the Aggregate Exercise Price, an amount equal to the value of the additional fraction of a Share thus delivered, calculated on the basis set out in the preceding paragraph.

 

If the Holder does not state a choice, it will receive a number of Shares rounded down to the nearest whole number, and the remainder in cash as described above.

 

The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this Condition, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

5.Adjustments of Exercise Ratio and Exercise Price

 

Warrants issued by the Company are securities giving access to the share capital of the Company within the meaning of Article L. 228-91 et seq. of the French Commercial Code.

 

The Exercise Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares will be subject to adjustment from time to time according to mandatory legal requirements imposed by the French Commercial Code and in particular by Articles L. 228-98 to L. 228-101 (with the exception of the provisions of Articles L. 228-99 1°) and L. 228-99 2°)) and Articles R. 228-90 to R. 228-92 of this Code.

 

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 228-92 of the French Commercial Code, if the Company decides to issue new Shares or securities giving access to the capital with preferential subscription rights to its shareholders, to distribute reserves (in cash or in kind) and share premiums or to change the allocation of its profits by creating preferred Shares, or to otherwise carry out any of the Transactions listed below, it will inform (as long as the current regulation so requires) the Holders via an announcement in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires and pursuant to Condition 12.

 

If the Company is absorbed by a company or merges or consolidates with (fusions) one or several other companies to participate in the incorporation of a new entity, or proceed with a split (scission), the Holders shall exercise their rights in the entity(ies) that is/are the beneficiary(ies) of the contributions in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-101 of the French Commercial Code.

 

So long as any Warrants are outstanding and upon contemplation of the following transactions (each, a “Transaction”):

 

-financial transactions (issuance of Shares or any other securities of any nature) with listed preferential subscription rights or by free allocation of listed subscription warrants;

 

-free allocation of Shares to shareholders, regrouping or splitting Shares;

 

-incorporation of reserves, profits or premiums into equity, by increasing the nominal value of the Shares;

 

-distribution of reserves and of any Share premium, in cash or in kind;

 

-free allocation, to the shareholders of the Company of any securities of the Company (except Shares);

 

-merger by acquisition (fusion par absorption), merger (fusion par création d’une nouvelle société), spin-off, or division (scission) of the Company;

 

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-buyback of its own Shares at a price higher than the stock market price;

 

-amortization of the share capital; and

 

-change in the allocation of profits and/or creation of preferred Shares;

 

which the Company can effect from the Issue Date, and for which the date on which the holding of Shares is established in order to determine the shareholders benefitting from a Transaction, is before the Exercise Date, the maintenance of the rights of the Holders will be ensured by proceeding to an adjustment of the Exercise Ratio in accordance with the conditions below.

 

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(a)For financial transactions (issuance of Shares or any other securities of any nature) with listed preferential right to subscription, the new Exercise Ratio will equal the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction at issue and the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share after detachment of the preferential subscription right

 

+Value of the preferential subscription right 

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Value of a Share after detachment of the preferential subscription right

 

To calculate this ratio, the value of a Share after detachment of the preferential subscription right and the value of the preferential subscription right are equal to the average of the opening prices listed on the Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. during all trading days included in the subscription period during which the Shares and the subscriptions rights are simultaneously listed.

 

(b)For financial transactions carried out through the free allocation of listed subscription warrants to shareholders with a correlative ability to sell the securities resulting from subscription warrants not exercised by their holders during the period of subscription which has opened to them, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share after detachment of the subscription warrant

 

+Value of the subscription warrant 

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Value of a Share after detachment of the subscription warrant

 

-the value of a Share after detachment of the subscription warrant will be equal to the VWAP of (i) the prices of the Company's Shares listed on the Trading Market during all trading days included in the subscription period, and, if there is a rump placement, (ii) either (a) the sale price of the Shares sold in the rump placement, or (b) the VWAP of the Shares on the Trading Market on the day the sale price for the securities sold in the rump placement is fixed, if such securities are not fungible with the Shares;

 

-the value of the subscription warrant will be equal to the VWAP of (i) the prices of the subscription warrants listed on the Trading Market on each trading day included in the subscription period, and (ii) the implicit value of the subscription warrants, being equal to either (a) the difference, if positive, adjusted by the warrant exercise ratio, between the sale price of the securities sold in the rump placement and the subscription price of the securities upon the exercise of the subscription warrants, or (b) if such difference as aforesaid is not positive, zero (0).

 

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2.In case of a free allocation of Shares to shareholders, and also in case of regrouping or splitting of Shares, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Number of Shares forming the share capital after the Transaction 

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Number of Shares forming the share capital before the Transaction

 

3.In case of a capital increase by incorporation of reserves, profits or premiums carried out by increasing the nominal value of the Shares, the nominal value of the Warrant Shares the Holders could obtain by exercising their Warrants will be increased in due proportion.

 

4.In case of a distribution of reserves and of any share premiums, either in cash or in kind (securities in portfolio...), the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share before distribution 

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Value of a Share before distribution

 

- Amount per Share of the distribution or value of securities or assets distributed per Share.

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the value of a Share before the distribution will be equal to the VWAP of the prices of the Shares listed on the Trading Market during the last three trading days preceding the day the Shares are listed ex-distribution;

 

-if distribution is made in kind:

 

oin case of delivery of securities already listed on a Trading Market, the value of the securities will be determined as above,

 

oin case of delivery of securities not yet listed on a Trading Market, the value of securities remitted will be equal, if they should be listed on a Trading Market during the ten trading day period starting from the date on which the Shares are listed ex-distribution, to the VWAP of the Shares listed on such trading Market during the three first trading days included in this period during which the said securities are listed, and

 

oin all other cases (securities delivered not listed on a Trading Market or listed during less than three trading days within the ten trading day period mentioned above or distribution of assets), the value of the securities or the assets delivered per Share shall be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

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5.In case of a free allocation to shareholders of securities, other than Shares and subject to paragraph 1 (b)above, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to:

 

(a)if the rights to the free allocation of securities were listed on the Trading Market, the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Share price ex-right to free allocation + value of the right to free allocation 

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Share price ex-right to free allocation

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the value of the Share price ex-right of free allocation will be equal to the VWAP of the Shares listed on the Trading Market of the Share ex-right of free allocation during the first ten trading days starting on the date on which the Shares are listed ex-right of free allocation;

 

-the value of the right to free allocation will be determined as in the above paragraph.

 

If the right to free allocation is not listed during each of the ten trading days, its value will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

(b)if the right to free allocation of securities were not listed on the Trading Market, the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the Transaction contemplated and of the following ratio:

 

Share price ex-right to free allocation

 

+ Value of that/those security(ies) allocated per Share 

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Share price ex-right to free allocation

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the Share price ex-right to allocation will be determined as in paragraph (a)above.

 

-if these securities are listed or can be listed on the Trading Market within ten trading days starting from the day Shares are listed ex-distribution, the value of the securities allocated by Share will be equal to the VWAP of these securities listed on said market during the three first trading days included in this period during which said securities are listed. If the allocated securities are not listed during each of these three market trading days, the value of these securities will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

6.In case of an absorption of the Company by another company (fusion par absorption) or a merger with one or more companies resulting in the incorporation of a new company (fusion par création d’une nouvelle société), a spin-off or division (scission) of the Company, the exercise of the Warrants will allow allocation of shares of the absorbing company or the new company(ies) or the company(ies) resulting from any division or spin-off.

 

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The new Exercise Ratio will be determined by multiplying the Exercise Ratio applicable before the start of the contemplated Transaction by the exchange ratio of the Shares against the shares of the absorbing company or the new company(ies) or the company(ies) resulting from any division or spin-off. These companies will be fully subrogated to the Company’s rights and obligations towards the Holders.

 

7.In case of a buyback of the Company of its own Shares (except for buyback made pursuant to Article L. 22-10-62 of the French Commercial Code) at a price higher than the stock exchange price, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio applicable before the buyback and the following ratio:

 

Share price x (1-Pc%) 

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Share price – Pc% x Buyback price

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-Share price means the VWAP of the Shares listed on the Trading Market during the three last trading days preceding the buyback (or the ability of buyback):

 

-Pc% means the percentage of total share capital repurchased; and

 

-Buyback price means the effective buyback price.

 

8.In case of amortization of the share capital of the Company, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio on the date before the start of the contemplated Transaction and of the following ratio:

 

Value of a Share before amortization 

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Value of a Share before amortization - amount of the amortization per Share

 

For the calculation of the ratio, the Share value before amortization will be equal to the VWAP of the Shares listed on the Trading Market during the three last trading days preceding the trading day the Shares are listed ex- amortization.

 

9.(a) In case of a change in the allocation of profits and/or creation of new preferred shares resulting in such modification by the Company, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio before the start of the contemplated Transaction and the following ratio:

 

Share price before modification 

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Share price before modification - reduction per Share of the right to profits.

 

For the calculation of this ratio:

 

-the Share price before modification means the volume-weighted average of the prices of the Company’s Shares listed on the Trading Market during the last three trading days preceding the date of modification;

 

-the reduction by Share on the right to profits will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company and will be submitted to the approval of the Holders’ General Meeting (as defined in Condition 7).

 

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If however these preferred Shares are issued with shareholders’ preferential subscription rights or by free distribution of Warrants to subscribe to such preferred shares, the new Exercise Ratio will be adjusted in accordance to paragraphs 1or 5 above.

 

(b)in case of creation of preferred shares without a modification in the distribution of profits, the adjustment of the Exercise Ratio that would be necessary will be determined by an independent expert of international reputation appointed by the Company.

 

If the Company were to carry out Transactions where an adjustment had not been completed under paragraphs 1 to 9 above, and a later law or regulations require an adjustment, the Company shall undertake such adjustment in accordance with the law or regulations then applicable and the market practice observed in France.

 

In the event of an adjustment, the new exercise conditions will be brought to the prompt attention of the Holders pursuant to Condition 12 within three Business Days of the effectiveness of the adjustment.

 

The Company’s Board of Directors will report the calculation and results of any adjustment in the annual report following such adjustment.

 

6.Form, Title and Transfer of Warrants

 

The Warrants will be issued in dematerialised form (dématérialisé) and held in pure registered form (au nominatif pur) in the securities account opened in the name of the Holder in the books of the Registrar.

 

Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, the Warrants are freely negotiable and will be detachable upon issuance.

 

Transfers of the Warrants are subject to any applicable securities laws.

 

The Warrants shall not be listed on Euronext or on any other stock exchange nor admitted to clearing. The issuance of the Warrants, the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants and the resale of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares by the Holders have not and will not be registered under the Securities Act.

 

Title to the Warrants held by the Holders will be established and evidenced in accordance with Articles L.211-3 and R.211-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code by book-entries (inscription en compte). No physical document of title (including certificats représentatifs pursuant to Article R.211-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code) will be issued in respect of the Warrants.

 

In accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 211-15 and L. 211-17 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, title to the Warrants shall be evidenced by entries in the books of the Registrar, and transfer of the Warrants may only be effected through registration of the transfer in the Registrar’s books.

 

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7.Representation of Holders

 

The Holders will be grouped automatically in a collective group with legal personality (the “Masse”) to defend their common interests.

 

The Masse will be governed by the provisions of the French Commercial Code (with the exception of the provisions of Article L.228-48 thereof), subject to the following provisions:

 

The Masse will be a separate legal entity by virtue of Article L.228-103 of the French Commercial Code, acting in part through a representative (the “Representative”) elected by the Holders' General Meeting (as defined hereafter) and in part through a holders’ general meeting (the “Holders’ General Meeting”). In accordance with Articles L. 228-47 and L.228-51 of the French Commercial Code, the Holders’ General Meeting shall be represented by a representative of the Masse. The representative shall be: [·].

 

The Masse alone, to the exclusion of all individual Holders, shall exercise the common rights, actions and benefits which now or in the future may accrue with respect to the Warrants. The Holders’ General Meeting shall be called upon to authorize any changes to the Terms and Conditions and to approve any decision that has an impact on the conditions for subscription of the Warrant Shares determined within the scope of these Terms and Conditions, for the avoidance of doubt, decisions should be approved by the Holders’ General Meeting at the majority provided for in Article L. 228-65 of the French Commercial Code (i.e., two-thirds majority of the votes cast at such meeting). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders can decide to waive a condition precedent provided in Condition 2(b)(i) upon a decision of Holders representing 60% of the aggregate of all Warrants, as detailed in such Condition 2(b)(i).

 

In accordance with Articles L. 228-59 and R. 228-67 of the French Commercial Code, notice of date, hour, place and agenda of any Holders' General Meeting will be given by way of a press release published by the Company which will also be posted on its website (https://inventivapharma.com) not less than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of such general meeting on first notice, and five (5) calendar days on second notice.

 

Each Holder has the right to participate in a Holders' General Meeting in person, by proxy, by correspondence and, in accordance with Article L. 228-61 of the French Commercial Code by any other means of telecommunication allowing the identification of participating Holders.

 

Decisions of the Holders' General Meetings once approved will be published by way of a press release posted by the Company on its website (https://inventivapharma.com).

 

8.Suspension of the ability to exercise the Warrants

 

In case of a capital increase, absorption, merger, spin-off or issue of new Shares or securities giving access to the share capital, or any other financial transaction involving a preferential subscription right or reserving a priority subscription period for the benefit of the Company's shareholders, the Company will be entitled to suspend the exercise of the Warrants for a period that may not exceed three months or any other period set by the applicable regulations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the case of a suspension under this Condition 8, the Exercise Period shall be automatically extended for the same duration as the period of suspension. The Company's decision to suspend the ability to exercise the Warrants will be published (to the extent that such publication is required under French law or any other form of communication compliant with applicable regulations) in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires. This notice will be published at least seven (7) calendar days (so long as required by French law) before the suspension becomes effective and will indicate the dates on which the suspension exercise of the Warrants will begin and end. This information will also be the object of a notice published by the Company and put online on its website (https://inventivapharma.com) pursuant to Condition 12 and a notice published by Euronext Paris.

 

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9.Modification of the rules for profit distribution, capital amortization, modification of the legal form or corporate purpose of the Company

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 228-98 of the French Commercial Code and to the extent not already covered by the provisions of Condition 5:

 

(i)the Company may modify its form or corporate purpose without the approval of the Holders’ General Meeting;

 

(ii)the Company may, without requesting the approval of the Holders’ General Meeting, amortize its share capital, modify the allocation of its profits or issue preferred shares, as long as there are outstanding/unexercised Warrants, provided that it has taken the necessary measures to preserve the rights of the Holders (see Condition 5 above);

 

(iii)in case of a reduction in the Company's share capital motivated by losses and carried out by reducing the nominal amount or the number of shares making up the share capital, the rights of the Holders will be reduced accordingly, as if they had exercised the Warrants before the date on which the capital reduction became effective. In case of a reduction in the Company's share capital by reducing the number of shares, the new Exercise Ratio will be equal to the product of the Exercise Ratio in force before the reduction in the number of shares and the ratio of the number of shares outstanding to the number of shares and the following ratio:

 

Number of Shares forming the share capital after the transaction 

___________________________________________________________

 

Number of Shares forming the share capital before the transaction

 

10.New issues and assimilation

 

The Company may not, unless it requires the consent of the Holders’ General Meeting, issue other warrants fungible with (assimilable) the Warrants. [To the extent that these similar (assimilable) warrants and the Warrants will confer identical rights in all respects and that the terms and conditions of these warrants are identical to those of the Warrants, the Holders and the holders of these warrants will be regrouped in a single mass for the defense of their common interests.]

 

11.Absence of restriction on the free negotiability of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise

 

Nothing in the Company’s by-laws’ provisions restricts the free negotiability of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

12.Notices

 

Any notice to the Holders shall be deemed to be duly given if it has been made available to the Holders on the website of the Company (https://inventivapharma.com).

 

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13.Taxes

 

The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer and other similar taxes which may be payable under French laws with respect to the issue and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

14.Successor and Assigns

 

These Terms and Conditions shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Holders and their assigns, and shall be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by consolidation, merger or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The Company may not assign the Warrants or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Holder.

 

15.Third Party Rights

 

These Warrants confer no right on any person other than the Holder thereof to enforce any of these Terms and Conditions or any other term of these Warrants.

 

16.Governing Law

 

These Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted, governed by and construed in accordance with the law of France.

 

Any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the Warrants or the transactions contemplated by these Terms and Conditions will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Paris commercial court (Tribunal de commerce de Paris), and, to the extent permitted by law, the Company and the Holders irrevocably waive any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

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Appendix A

 

Form of Exercise Notice

 

To: [Registrar]

 

Attention: [●]

 

Copy to: Company

 

Attention: Frederic Cren ([·]) / Jean Volatier ([·])

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

Reference is made to the Warrants, issued on [_], 20[·], by Inventiva, a société anonyme organized under the laws of France and registered with the Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Dijon under number 537 530 255 having its registered office at 50, rue de Dijon, 21121 Daix, France (the “Company”).

 

Unless otherwise expressly defined herein, the terms in this Exercise Notice shall have the meaning set forth in the Terms and Conditions of the Warrants.

 

The undersigned, [●], residing [●], having a full knowledge of the Company’s by-laws and the terms of and conditions of the Warrants, benefitting from the cancellation of the preferential subscription right, and, in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the Warrants, it being understood and agreed that one Warrant is exercisable for [·]2 Share, hereby elects to exercise [LETTERS] ([NUMBERS]) Warrants held by the undersigned and that the Warrant Shares will be issued on the Exercise Date.

 

[In addition, pursuant to Condition 4, the undersigned elects to receive3:

 

(a)the next lower number of Warrant Shares to which the exercise of the number of Warrants indicated above gives right; in which case the undersigned will receive from the Company a cash payment equal to the product of the remaining fractional share multiplied by the value of a Share, equal to the last price quoted on Euronext Paris4 on the last trading day preceding the Exercise Date, such amount to be paid by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in euros to on the following account number [●]5;

 

(b)the next greater number of Warrant Shares to which the exercise of the number of Warrants indicated above gives right, and the undersigned pays to the Company, together with the Aggregate Exercise Price, an amount equal to the value of the additional fraction of a share thus delivered, calculated on the basis set out in (a) and equal to €[●]6.]

 

 

2       This corresponds to the Exercise Ratio on the issue date – to be modified if the Exercise Ratio is adjusted pursuant to Condition 5(or, as the case may be, Condition 9).

3       Please modify according to your choice. Pursuant to Condition 4, If no choice is made, you will receive a number of Shares rounded down to the nearest whole number, and the remainder in cash as described in (a).

4       To be modified as the case may be.

5       To be filled-in by the undersigned.

6       The calculation of such amount made by the Holder shall not be binding on the Company and the Registrar, and the Company or the Registrar will be entitled to disregard the choice of the Holder to apply this paragraph (b), and therefore apply paragraph (a) if either of them disagree with this calculation, in which case they will refund the Holder of the amount in question.

 

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As a result of the above, the undersigned:

 

-hereby subscribes to [LETTERS] ([NUMBERS]) Warrant Shares (the “Exercised Shares”),

 

-pays in whole and immediately an Aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in Condition 2(b)) amounting to €[LETTERS] (€[NUMBERS])[, plus an amount of €[LETTERS] (€[NUMBERS]) as per paragraph b) above, amounting to a total of €[LETTERS] (€[=NUMBERS])] by wire transfer of immediately available funds in euros to on the account number [__●__] open in the name of the Company at Registrar, bank code [__●__], guichet code [__●__], RIB key [__●__], Swift [__●__], IBAN [__●__] of the corresponding amount.

 

Pursuant to Condition 2(f), on the Exercised Shares Delivery Date, the Exercised Shares will be credited7 to the undersigned’s securities account opened in the name of the undersigned with the Registrar,

 

Subscription Date:    

 

Name:    
   

By: 8
   
Name:                                                
   
Title:    
   
Dated:    

 

 

7       Please modify according to your choice.

8       Please insert the following handwritten note above the signature ”Valid for the subscription of [=] ([=]) Exercised Shares”.

 

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Appendix B

 

Form of acknowledgement by the Registrar

 

To: [Holder]

 

Attention: [●]

 

Copy to: Company

 

Attention: Frederic Cren ([·]) / Jean Volatier ([·])

 

The Registrar hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice attached hereto.

 

Date:    
   
By:    
   
Name:    
   
Title:    

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Notice

 

Bank account from which the Subscriber Aggregated Subscription Price will be wired:

 

[·]

 

Securities account to which the [New Shares]/[Pre-Funded Warrants] will be transferred:

 

[·]

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS EXHIBIT (INDICATED BY [***]) HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT INVENTIVA S.A. TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.

 

AMENDMENT No 4

 

TO THE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

 

This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENT (this “Amendment #4”) is entered into as of October 11th, 2024 (the “Amendment #4 Effective Date”) by and between:

 

INVENTIVA S.A., a company incorporated under the laws of France, having its principal place of business at 50, rue de Dijon à Daix (21121), France (“Inventiva”); and

 

CHIA TAI TIANQING PHARMACEUTICAL  (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the people’s Republic of China, having its registered office located at 406-942, No. 1 Yichuang Street, Huangpu District, Guangzhou (Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City), GuangDong Province, Mainland China (“CTTQ GZ”).

 

Each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”.

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS, Inventiva and Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group, Co., Ltd., entered into an exclusive license and collaboration agreement on September 21, 2022 (the “License Agreement”) in connection with the granting of an exclusive license under the Inventiva Technology to Develop, import, export (within the Licensee Territory), use, Manufacture, offer for sale, promote, market, distribute, sell and otherwise Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Licensee Territory (each as defined in the License Agreement), subject to the terms and conditions of the License Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, in accordance to Section 16.6 of the License Agreement, effective on July 7th, 2023, Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group, Co., Ltd. assigned the License Agreement to CTQ GZ.

 

WHEREAS, in accordance to Section 16.2 of the License Agreement, effective on December 20, 2023, the Parties amended Section 3.2 of the License Agreement (the “Amendment #2”).

 

WHEREAS, in accordance to Section 16.2 of the License Agreement, effective on March 11, 2024, the Parties amended Section 3.2 of the License Agreement (the “Amendment #3”).

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to further amend and detail certain provisions of the License Agreement, in particular Sections 8.2, Section 8.4 and section 3.2 (a) in this Amendment #4 in accordance with Section 16.2 of the License Agreement.

 

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WHEREAS, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency or which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.Definitions

 

The Parties agree to add the following definitions to Article 1 of the License Agreement:

 

“Positive Topline Data” shall mean the release by Inventiva of topline data announcing that any key primary endpoint or key secondary endpoint of the Phase III Global Trial, with any dosage regimen tested in the trial, have been met and that would support an NDA approval by the U.S. FDA. Key primary endpoint and key secondary endpoint are those defined in the Phase III Global Trial’s Protocol.

 

“Successful 1st Tranche Fund Raise” shall mean a fund raise in which, prior to December 31st, 2024, Inventiva has received commitments from investors to subscribe to Inventiva’s equity increase(s), in one or two tranches, of a total amount of at least ninety million euros (90.000.000 €).

 

“Successful 2nd Tranche Fund Raise shall mean a fund raise in which, prior to May 31st, 2025, Inventiva has received commitments from investors to subscribe to Inventiva’s equity increase(s), in the 2nd tranche, of a total amount of at least ninety million euros (90.000.000 €).

 

2.Amendment to the License Agreement’s Sections 8.2 ; 8.4 and 3.2.

 

The Parties agree that, if Inventiva manages to complete a Successful 1st Tranche Fund Raise, the License Agreement’s shall be amended as follows:

 

2.1.License Agreement’s section 8.2. shall be amended as follows: CTTQ GZ shall not pay the following [***] Milestone Payments:

 

Licensed Product Milestone Event Milestone Payment
[***] [***]
[***] [***]

 

2.2.From the License Agreement’s Amendment #4’s Effective Date, the License Agreement’s Section 8.4. shall be completely changed and that the sole stipulation of License Agreement’s Section 8.4. shall be the following one:

 

“Licensee shall pay royalties to Inventiva on annual Net Sales of each Licensed Product in each Calendar Semi-Annual Period at a [***] percent ([***]%) royalty rate.

 

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2.3.From the License Agreement’s Amendment #4’s Effective Date, the License Agreement’s Section 3.2 (a) (as amended by Amendment #2 and Amendment #3) shall be amended by adding the following stipulation to the existing stipulations:

 

“[…]

 

5. [***]

 

3.CTTQ GZ support to Inventiva

 

The Parties agree that if Inventiva manages to complete a Successful 1st Tranche Fund Raise and in consideration to the amendment of the License Agreement as stipulated in the License Agreement’s Amendment #4’s Section 2, CTTQ GZ shall pay to Inventiva:

 

·Ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000), by wire transfer, not later than thirty (30) Business Days upon the date at which Inventiva sent by email to CTTQ GZ the invoice of payment of ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000). At the earliest, Inventiva shall send this invoice on the day of completion of the Successful 1st Tranche Fund Raise (the relevant date being the date of Inventiva’s submission of a Form 6-K to the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission for disclosing the completion of the Successful 1st Tranche Fund Raise. For convenience, the Parties agree to name this first ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000) as “Payment-10-1” ;

 

and

 

·Ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000), by wire transfer, not later than thirty (30) Business Days upon the date at which Inventiva sent by email to CTTQ GZ the invoice of payment of ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000). At the earliest, Inventiva shall send this invoice on the day of completion of the Successful 2nd Tranche Fund Raise (the relevant date being the date of Inventiva’s submission of a Form 6-K to the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission for disclosing the completion of the Successful 2nd Tranche Fund Raise. For convenience, the Parties agree to name this second ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000) as “Payment-10-2”;

 

and

 

·Ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000), by wire transfer, not later than thirty (30) Business Days upon the date at which Inventiva sent by email to CTTQ GZ the invoice of payment of ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000). At the earliest, Inventiva shall send this invoice on the day of publication of the Positive Topline Data. . For convenience, the Parties agree to name this third ten million of United States of America’s dollars (USD10,000,000) as “Payment-10-3”.

 

4.Effectiveness

 

This Amendment #4 shall become effective upon this Amendment #4 Effective Date.

 

The Parties agree and acknowledge that save to the extent the same has been amended by this Amendment #4, the other terms and conditions in the License Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

 

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5.Governing Law

 

This Amendment #4 and any disputes, claims or actions related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [***], without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof.

 

6.Counterparts

 

This Amendment #4 shall not be executed in counterparts. This Amendment #4 may be executed through DocuSign electronic signature.

 

In Witness Whereof, the Parties hereto have duly executed Amendment #4 as of the Amendment #4 Effective Date.

 

Inventiva S.A.   Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Guangzhou Co., Ltd.
     
By: /s/ Frédéric Cren   By: /s/ Philip Duong
Name: Frédéric Cren   Name: Philip Duong
Title: Président-Directeur Général   Title: Director

 

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Exhibit 99.4

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

Inventiva announces financing of up to €348 million to advance the NATiV3 Phase 3 MASH study

 

Inventiva secures €94.1 million of a multi-tranche equity financing of up to €348 million, subject to satisfaction of specified conditions, from both new and existing investors, and up to $30 million in milestone payments relating to equity financing pursuant to amendment to license and collaboration agreement with CTTQ.

 

Proceeds from financing to be primarily used to advance Inventiva’s Phase 3, NATiV3 clinical trial evaluating lanifibranor in patients with MASH.

 

More than 1,100 patients randomized in the NATiV3 study evaluating lanifibranor for the treatment of noncirrhotic MASH, with completion of enrollment projected in 1H 2025.

 

Appointment to the Board of Directors of Mark Pruzanski, MD, as Chairman and Srinivas Akkaraju, MD, PhD, as director, subject to the next General Meeting of Shareholders’ approval.

 

 

 

Daix (France), Long Island City (New York, United States), October 14, 2024 – Inventiva (Euronext Paris and Nasdaq: IVA) (“Inventiva” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral small molecule therapies for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (“MASH”) and other diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced financing of immediately €94.1 million and up to €348 million (the “Transaction”), subject to satisfaction of specified conditions, to fund the completion of the Phase 3 NATiV3 MASH trial and preparation for the potential filing for marketing approval and commercialization of lanifibranor.

 

The Transaction was led by New Enterprise Associates, BVF Partners LP and Samsara BioCapital, with the participation of additional existing and new investors including Andera Partners, Deep Track Capital, Eventide Asset Management, Great Point Partners, LLC, Invus, Perceptive Advisors, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and Sofinnova Crossover I SLP.

 

Pursuant to the Transaction and subject to shareholder approval at the next general meeting to be convened by December 16, 2024, the Company appointed Mark Pruzanski, MD, as Company Chairman, and Srinivas Akkaraju, MD, PhD, as a director. Up to four additional directors are to be named by each of the other four largest investors, of whom at least two will qualify as independent and would replace existing directors (excluding Frederic Cren, Mark Pruzanski and Srini Akkaraju).

 

Dr. Mark Pruzanski said: I have long believed in the therapeutic potential of lanifibranor in MASH and am honored at the prospect of joining Inventiva as Chairman. Based on the previously published Phase 2b NATIVE study results, lanifibranor has a profile that positions it as a possible ‘best in category’ oral drug: its insulin sensitizing and direct antifibrotic benefits make it an ideal therapy for the large population of Type 2 diabetic patients with advanced fibrosis due to MASH who are at the greatest risk of progressing to liver failure. With the support of the equivalent

 

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PRESS RELEASE

 

of up to $410 million in funding announced today, I look forward to working with Frederic and the rest of the Board to help transition the Company to maximize its ability to deliver on lanifibranor’s promise.”

 

J.P. Morgan, TD Cowen, Guggenheim Securities, and LifeSci Capital are acting as placement agents for the financing, and Namsen Capital is acting as Equity Capital Markets Advisor.

 

Frederic Cren, Chief Executive Officer of Inventiva, stated:  "I am very pleased to announce this important financing at a critical juncture for the Company. This reflects the confidence of the participating investors and our partner CTTQ in the value of lanifibranor as a breakthrough therapy for patients suffering from MASH. The total proceeds from the financing will support the MASH program and subsequent filing for marketing approval, along with preparations for the potential commercialization of lanifibranor. I would also like to highlight the benefit Mark’s deep expertise in the MASH field brings and look forward to working with him to ensure the best chance of getting lanifibranor to patients.

 

Dr. Nezam (“Nid”) Afdhal, Chief of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, said: “Investigators and clinicians remain excited about the prospect of lanifibranor in MASH due to its effect on improving both fibrosis and resolution of MASH. PPAR agonism with lanifibranor has also been demonstrated to improve the metabolic profile and cardiovascular risk factors in our patients with MASH. This dual benefit has the potential to identify lanifibranor as an optimal choice for patients with MASH, significant fibrosis, and diabetes.” 

 

 

About the Transaction

 

The Transaction consists of:

 

(i) the issuance , through a capital increase without preferential subscription rights reserved to a specific category of beneficiaries (“à catégorie de personnes”), of an aggregate of €94.1 million through the issuance of 34,600,507 new ordinary shares of the Company, par value €0.01 per share (the “T1 New Shares”) at a price of €1.35 per T1 New Share, and 35,399,481 prefunded warrants to purchase ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of €0.01 per new ordinary share, each giving the right, in the event of exercise, to one new ordinary share (the “T1 BSAs”), subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions;

 

(ii) the issuance, in a second phase, subject to the satisfaction of the T1bis Conditions Precedent (as defined below), through a new capital increase without preferential subscription rights reserved to certain identified investors (“à personne dénommée”) in accordance with article L. 225-138 of the French Commercial Code, of new ordinary shares, par value €0.01 per share or of prefunded warrants to purchase ordinary shares of the Company at an exercise price of €0.01 per new ordinary share, each giving the right, in the event of exercise, to one new ordinary share (the “T1bis New Shares”), for a total gross amount of €21.4 million;

 

(iii) the issuance, in a third phase, through a new capital increase without preferential subscription rights reserved to certain identified investors (“à personne dénommée”), subject to the T2 Conditions Precedent (as this term is defined below), of ordinary shares (or, in lieu of ordinary shares at the request of each investor, pre-funded warrants) to which share warrants are attached (the “ABSAs”) for a total amount of €116 million . Each ABSA will consist of a number of new ordinary shares with a par value of €0.01 (or prefunded warrants) to be determined by the Company's Board of Directors (the “T2 New Shares”) to which will be attached a number of warrants exercisable at an exercise price of €1.50 (the “T3 BSAs”), subject to the occurrence of the T3 Triggering Event (as defined below), allowing for the subscription of a maximum aggregate amount of €116 million of new ordinary shares.

 

Settlement of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs is expected to take place on October 17, 2024 (the “Settlement Date”), subject to satisfaction of the customary closing conditions.

 

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PRESS RELEASE

 

Pursuant to the Amendment entered into with Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical (Guangzhou) CO., LTD. (“CTTQ”) concurrent with the Transaction, if the Company receives commitments from investors to subscribe to an equity raise, in two or three tranches, prior to December 31, 2024, for an aggregate amount of at least €180 million (the “Equity Raise”), CTTQ shall pay to the Company (i) $10 million within 30 days of settlement-delivery of the T1 New Shares and T1 BSAs in the event of the issuance of the first tranche of the Equity Raise to be paid by CTTQ, (ii) $10 million upon the completion of the second tranche of the Equity Raise and (iii) $10 million upon the publication by the Company of positive topline data announcing that any key primary endpoint or key secondary endpoint of the Phase 3 global trial, with any dosage regimen tested in the trial, have been met. Under the terms of the Amendment, the total amount of milestone payments remains unchanged, while the royalties that Inventiva is eligible to receive have been reduced to the low single digits.

 

Reasons for the issuance and use of the proceeds of the Transaction

 

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the issuance of the T1 New Shares and T1 BSAs of €94.1 million gross, or €86.6 million net, together with available cash, as follows: approximately 85% for the clinical program evaluating lanifibranor for the treatment of MASH (“NATiV3”) and, in the event of positive NATiV3 results, for the submission of a new drug application, and the remainder, approximately 15%, for general corporate purposes. The Company has undertaken not to use these proceeds for the early redemption of its financial debt prior to its scheduled maturity or for the repurchase of securities issued as part of the Transaction, subject to the implementation of its liquidity contract with Kepler Cheuvreux.

 

The Company intends to use the aggregate proceeds from the issuance of the T1 New Shares and of the T1 BSAs (for a gross amount of €94.1 million and a net amount of €86.6 million), from the issuance of the T1bis New Shares (for a gross amount of €21.4 million), if this tranche is issued subject to the satisfaction of the T1bis Condition Precedent, and from the issuance of T2 New Shares (for a gross amount of €116 million) if this tranche is issued subject to the satisfaction of the T2 Conditions Precedent, i.e., a maximum gross amount of up to €232 million if these two tranches are issued, to fund the continuation of the Company’s NATiV3 Phase 3 trial as well as to initiate the compensated cirrhosis study, until the announcement of NATiV3 topline results scheduled for the second-half of 2026. Subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent and assuming the exercise of all T3 BSAs, the Company intends to use the gross proceeds of €116 million from the exercise of the T3 BSAs to fund the Company’s pre-commercialization activities, including applications for regulatory approval for lanifibranor, if necessary.

 

Working capital statement

 

As of the date of this press release, the Company believes that prior to the Transaction, its net working capital is not sufficient to meet its obligations over the next 12 months. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of €10.1 million, compared with cash and cash equivalents of €26.9 million and €9.0 million of long-term deposit1 at December 31, 2023.

 

In July 2024, Inventiva issued royalty certificates for an amount of approximately €20.1 million (the “2024 Royalty Certificates”). Taking into account its current cost structure and expected expenses, and taking into account the proceeds from the issuance of the 2024 Royalty Certificates and the short-term cash preservation measures put in place by the Company, but excluding any proceeds from the Transaction, the Company estimates that its cash, cash equivalents and deposits would enable it to finance its operations until mid-October 2024. Prior to the Transaction, the Company is therefore unable to meet its current obligations over the next 12 months.

 

To cover its obligations until the beginning of October 2025, based on its current business plan, the Company estimates that its additional cash requirements will amount to between €130 million and €135 million.

 

 

 

1 The long-term deposit had a two year-term, were accessible prior to the expiration of the term with a notice period of 31 days and were considered as liquid by the Company

 

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The Company also estimates that, prior to the Transaction, it would need approximately €250 million to finance its activities until the topline results from its NATiV3 trial, targeted for the second half of 2026. This estimate includes the estimated €130 to €135 million needed to finance the Company's activities over the next 12 months mentioned above.

 

Following the issuance of the T1 New Shares and of the T1 BSAs (and excluding the issuance of the T1bis New Shares, the ABSAs and the exercise of the T3 BSAs) for gross proceeds of €94.1 million, or estimated net proceeds of €86.6 million, the Company will not have sufficient net working capital to meet its current obligations over the next 12 months, and will see its financial visibility extended, taking into account the €8.6 million ($10 million) net payment to be made by CTTQ within 30 days of the settlement and delivery of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, to the end of the second quarter of 2025. The Company estimates that, following the issuance of the T1 New Shares and of the T1 BSAs and taking into account the payment to be made by CTTQ within 30 days of the settlement and delivery of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, but excluding the issuance of the ABSAs and the exercise of the T3 BSAs, its additional cash requirements in order to meet its current obligations over the next 12 months will amount to €40 million.

 

If the T1bis Shares (representing a gross amount of €21.4 million) and the ABSAs (representing a gross amount of €116 million) are issued, subject to T1bis Conditions Precedent and T2 Conditions Precedent, as applicable, the Company could extend its financial visibility beyond 12 months.

 

To the extent the T1bis Conditions Precedent and/or the T2 Conditions Precedent are not satisfied and/or the T3 Triggering Event does not occur and therefore the T1bis Shares and the ABSAs are not issued and the Company does not receive any of the contemplated gross proceeds from the issuance of the T1bis Shares or ABSAs or exercise of the T3 BSAs, the Company will need to raise additional funds to support is business and its research and development programs as currently contemplated through:

-other potential public offerings or private placements of equity or debt instruments; or
-potential strategic options such as business development partnerships and/or licensing agreements.

 

Main characteristics of the Transaction

 

The Company's Board of Directors, by virtue of the powers granted to it by the 25th resolution of the shareholders' general meeting of June 20, 2024 (capital increase without preferential subscription rights in favor of specific categories of beneficiaries2) and in accordance with Articles L. 225-138 et seq. of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) has decided on October 11, 2024 to proceed with the issuance of T1 New Shares and of T1 BSAs and has determined the final number of T1 New Shares and of the T1 BSAs and their subscription price and exercise price.

 

Conditions precedent to the issuance and subscription of the T1bis New Shares

 

The issuance by the Company of the T1bis New Shares is subject to the approval by the shareholders' meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024 of the resolutions and decisions of the Board of Directors allowing the issuance of such T1bis New Shares and that no material adverse change (defined as any event, breach or circumstance, individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the clinical development stages of lanifibranor, or on the manufacture of the new drug in preparation for commercial launch, or with respect to the company's ability to successfully complete the NATiV3 trial and obtain the necessary Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals (a “Material Adverse Change”))

 

 

2 The specific categories of persons defined by the 6th resolution of the general meeting held on June 20, 2024 include: (i) natural or legal persons (including companies) trusts or investment funds, or other investment vehicles, in any form, established under French or foreign law, which regularly invest in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological or medical technology sectors; and/or (ii) companies, institutions or entities, in any form, French or foreign, exercising a significant part of its activities in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic or chemical sectors, or medical devices and/or technologies, or researching in such sectors; and/or (iii) French or foreign investment services companies, or any foreign establishment having an equivalent status, able to guarantee the completion of an issuance intended to be placed with the persons referred to in (i) and/or (ii) above, and, in this context, to subscribe to the securities that are being issued.

 

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between the issuance of the T1 New Shares and T1 BSA and the settlement and delivery of the T1bis New Shares (together, the “T1bis Conditions Precedent”). The adoption of the necessary resolutions by the shareholders at the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024 will be the subject of a press release, in line with the Company’s information obligations. The issuance of the T1bis New Shares will also be the subject of a press release on the day of the meeting of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer acting by delegation of the Board of Directors of the Company deciding on this issuance.

 

Conditions precedent to the issuance and subscription of the ABSAs

 

The issuance by the Company of the ABSAs and their subscription by each investor is subject to the following conditions : (i) no Material Adverse Change between issuance of T1bis New Shares and the settlement and delivery of the ABSAs, (ii) the DMC, an independent group of experts responsible for monitoring the safety of patients enrolled in the NATiV3 study, which is usually set up for certain clinical trials, does not recommend suspending the NATiV3 study, (iii) the last patient in the NATiV3 main cohort has been randomized (the latter should happen no later than April 30, 2025), (iv) the study drop-out rate before week 72 is less than 30% (the “T2 Triggering Event”), (v) the subscription and payment by investors of all the T2 New Shares upon settlement-delivery of the T2 New Shares, (vi) the approval by the shareholders at the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024 of the resolutions and decisions of the Board of Directors allowing the issuance of the T2 New Shares and the attached T3 BSAs (and allowing the implementation of the new governance of the Company if it has not already been implemented by that date) and (vii) the customary settlement-delivery conditions (conditions (i) to (vii) collectively, the “T2 Conditions Precedent”). Conditions (i) through (iv) may be waived with the consent of investors representing 60% of the aggregate of all ABSAs to be subscribed. The issuance of the ABSAs will be the subject of a press release on the day of the meeting of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer acting by delegation of the Board of Directors of the Company noting the completion of the T2 Triggering Event and deciding on this issue.

 

Conditions precedent to the exercise of the T3 BSAs:

 

Subject to satisfaction of the T2 Conditions Precedent and the issuance of the ABSAs, the exercise of the T3 BSAs is further subject to the release by the Company of topline data announcing that any key primary endpoint or key secondary endpoint of NATiV3 (resolution of NASH without worsening fibrosis and improvement of liver fibrosis without worsening NASH), with any dosage regimen tested in the trial, have been met no later than June 15, 2027 (the “T3 Triggering Event”). The exercise of the T3 BSAs must take place no later than July 30, 2027 (the “T3 BSA Maturity Date”).

 

Upon the occurrence of a Transforming Event (as defined below), satisfaction of the T3 Triggering Event as a condition to exercise may be waived with the prior consent of the holders representing 60% of all the T3 BSAs. A Transforming Event shall occur upon any of the following cases: (i) a person, alone or in concert, acquires control of the Company (control having the meaning set out in Article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code) 233-3 of the French Commercial Code), (ii) the announcement or the filing of a takeover bid, public exchange offer, alternative offer or mixed offer, (iii) a merger in which the where the holdings of shareholders of the Company are diluted by 30% or more, or (iv) the transfer of significant rights in lanifibranor to an entity in which the Company holds less than 51% of the capital or voting rights, or (v) an agreement relating to lanifibranor having or that may reasonably have a significant effect on the Company's business, financial position or prospects (a “Transforming Event”). The exercise of the T3 BSAs will be the subject of a press release on the day of the meeting of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer acting by delegation of the Board of Directors of the Company recording the occurrence of the T3 Triggering Event or the waiver by investors of this condition.

 

ABSAs subscription period:

 

Subject to approval of the necessary resolutions by the shareholders at the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024, the ABSAs will be issued and subscribed subject to a decision by the Company's Board of Directors, which must be taken within a period between March 31, 2025 (excluded) and May 31, 2025, with at least fifteen business days' prior notice.

 

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Exercise period of the T3 BSAs:

 

Each investor will be able to exercise the T3 BSAs owned by it, in whole or in part, for cash, at the earliest between (x) the 45th calendar day following the occurrence of the T3 Triggering Event and (y) the third business day (inclusive) preceding the T3 BSAs Maturity Date in the event of the occurrence of the T3 Triggering Event (the “T3 BSA Exercise Period”) and, if the occurrence of the T3 Triggering Event is waived as described above, during the period starting from (inclusive) the date on which such waiver is granted and ending on the third Business Day (inclusive) prior to the T3 BSA Maturity Date.

 

If the T3 Triggering Event is not fulfilled or does not occur within the defined time period, the T3 BSAs will automatically lapse on the third business day following the T3 BSA Exercise Period.

 

Subscription price of the T1 New Shares, the T1 BSAs, the ABSAs and exercise price of the T3 BSAs:

 

On October 11, 2024, the Board of Directors set the subscription price of the T1 New Shares at €1.35 (the “T1 Subscription Price”) (€0,01 nominal value and €1.34 premium).

 

Given the specific characteristics of T1 BSAs, the subscription price of each T1 BSAs is equal to €1.34 and corresponds to the T1 Subscription Price (i.e. €1.35) reduced by the nominal value of an ordinary share (€0.01).

 

In accordance with the price limits set forth in the 25th resolution of the general meeting held on June 20, 2024, the T1 Subscription Price (i.e. €1.35) represents a discount of 10% to €1.5048, which is the volume weighted average price of the Company's shares on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris during the last 5 trading sessions preceding pricing of the T1 New Shares (the “Reference Price”).

 

Subject to satisfaction of the T1bis Conditions Precedent, the subscription price of the T1bis New Shares will be equal to the T1 Subscription Price (i.e. €1.35).

 

Subject to satisfaction of the T2 Conditions Precedent, the subscription price of the ABSAs will correspond to the lower of (i) the T1 Subscription Price (i.e. €1.35) and (ii) the volume-weighted average of the Company's share price on the regulated market of Euronext Paris during the 5 trading sessions preceding pricing of the ABSAs (it being specified that no discount will be applied to this average).

 

Subject to the completion of T3 Triggering Event or the Transforming Event, the T3 BSA Exercise Price corresponds to the Reference Price (it being specified that no discount will be applied to this average), i.e. €1.50 (the “T3 BSA Exercise Price").

 

Allocation of the Transaction and undertakings of the Company:

 

The number of T1bis New Shares, T2 New Shares and T3 BSAs will be subscribed by each investor pro rata to the number of T1 New Shares and T1 BSAs subscribed for by this investor. In the event of failure by an investor to subscribe for the ABSAs, the Company undertakes to offer the other investors the right to subscribe for a number of additional ABSAs not subscribed for by the defaulting investor, which will be allocated pro rata to the number of T1 New Shares subscribed and of T1 BSAs subscribed for by each investor and wishing to subscribe for these ABSAs.

 

Governance Rights:

 

As part of the Transaction, the Company has undertaken, subject to settlement of the T1 New Shares and T1 BSAs to propose the appointment of Mark Pruzanski and Srinivas Akkaraju as members of the Board of Directors at the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024.

 

In addition, up to four additional directors may be appointed or co-opted to replace existing directors (other than Frédéric Cren, Mark Pruzanski and Srinivas Akkaraju), it being specified that one director will be appointed or co-opted on the proposal of BVF Partners LP (“BVF”) and three directors upon proposal by each of the three largest investors in the Transaction, subject to settlement-delivery of the T1 New Shares and T1 BSAs and shareholder

 

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approval of the resolutions relating to the issuance of the ABSAs by the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024.

 

The Board of Directors has, on October 11, 2024, irrevocably decided, on the pending condition of the appointment of Mark Pruzanski as director of the Company by the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024, to dissociate the functions of président du conseil d’administration (chairman of the board) and directeur général (CEO), Frédéric Cren being currently président directeur général of the Company, and to appoint Mark Pruzanski as président du conseil d’administration and Frédéric Cren as directeur général, as of the date of the next board meeting held after such general meeting.

 

Form of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs:

 

The T1 New Shares shall be registered in pure registered form (au nominatif pur) under French law until the earlier of (x) the date of settlement-delivery of T2 New Shares or (y) May 20, 2025. Thereafter, the T1 New Shares will be held at the option of the holder either in registered form (au nominatif) or in bearer form (au porteur).

 

The T1 BSAs will be securities giving access to the capital within the meaning of Article L. 228-91 of the French Commercial Code. They will be issued in dematerialized form and held in pure registered form (au nominatif pur) until the expiration of the lock-up (described below) in the securities account opened in the name of the investor in the books of the Company's account keeper. No physical document evidencing ownership of the T1 BSAs will be issued. The T1 BSAs will not be listed but will be admitted to Euroclear.

 

The shares issued upon the exercise of T1 BSAs (the “T1 Warrant Shares”) will be held in pure registered form (au nominatif pur) until expiration of the lock-up and thereafter at the option of the holder, in registered form (au nominatif) or in bearer form (au porteur).

 

As soon as they are issued, the T1 New Shares, the T2 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares and the shares issued upon the exercise of T3 BSAs (the “T3 Warrant Shares”), if any, will be automatically assimilated to the Company's ordinary shares and will be admitted to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris under ISIN number FR0013233012.

 

Form of the T1bis New Shares, the T2 New Shares and the T3 BSAs:

 

The T1bis New Shares will be registered under the same conditions as the T1 New Shares.

 

The T2 New Shares will be held, from their issuance and at the holder's option, in registered form (au nominatif) or in bearer form (au porteur) and will be freely transferable.

 

The T3 BSAs will be securities giving access to the share capital within the meaning of article L. 228-91 of the French Commercial Code. They will be issued in dematerialized form and held in registered form (au nominatif) in a securities account opened in the name of the investor in the books of the Company's account keeper. No physical document evidencing ownership of the T3 BSAs will be issued. The T3 BSAs will not be listed or admitted to Euroclear.

 

The shares issued upon exercise of the T3 BSAs (the “T3 Warrant Shares”) will be held, upon issuance and at the option of the holder, in registered form (au nominatif) or in bearer form (au porteur).

 

Adjustment of exercise ratio and the T3 BSA Exercise Price:

 

The T3 BSA Exercise Price and/or the number of T3 Warrant Shares will be subject to adjustment from time to time according to mandatory legal requirements imposed by the French Commercial Code and French market standards.

 

In case of a capital increase, absorption, merger, spin-off or issuance of new shares or securities giving access to the share capital, or any other financial transaction involving a preferential subscription right or reserving a priority subscription period for the benefit of the Company's shareholders, the Company will be entitled to

 

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suspend the exercise of the T3 BSAs for a period that may not exceed three months or any other period set by the applicable regulations.

 

Lock-up on T1 New Shares, on T1 BSAs and on T1bis New Shares:

 

Investors participating in the Transaction have agreed to a lock-up on the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs and the T1 Warrant Shares until the earlier of (x) the issuance date of the ABSAs or (y) May 20, 2025, subject to certain exceptions (including transfers to an affiliate to the investor, to another investor, or, subject to the agreement of the Company in its sole discretion, to any third party who makes the same lock-up commitment on the T1 New Shares and on the T1 BSAs and T1 Warrant Shares).

 

The T1bis New Shares will be held by investors under the same conditions as the T1 New Shares in the event of their issuance.

 

Voting undertakings:

 

The investors have undertaken to subscribe for the T1bis New Shares and the ABSAs and to vote in favor of the resolutions of the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024 relating to the issuance of the T1bis New Shares and the ABSAs (with the exception of the resolution relating to this investor's own investment) and relating to changes in the governance of the Company.

 

Mr. Frédéric Cren and Mr. Pierre Broqua have undertaken to vote in favor of the resolutions of the general meeting to be held no later than December 16, 2024.

 

Representation of T1 BSAs and T3 BSAs holders:

 

The T1 BSAs holders and the T3 BSAs holders will each be grouped automatically for the defense of their common interests in a masse. The masses will act, in part, through a representative and, in part, through collective decisions of the relevant holders.

 

Transaction participants:

 

BVF, which holds approximately 16.4% of the share capital and approximately 13.1% of the voting rights of the Company as of the date hereof and not taking into account the Transaction, subscribed to 8,231,034 T1 BSAs for an amount of approximately €11 million. Assuming the issuance of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, BVF will hold approximately 9.8% of the share capital of the Company, on a non-diluted basis immediately following the closing of the first tranche of the Transaction.

 

New Enterprise Associates (“NEA”), which holds approximately 10.7% of the share capital and approximately 8.5% of the voting rights of the Company as of the date hereof and not taking into account the Transaction, subscribed to 2,262,931 T1 New Shares for an amount of approximately €3 million and to 12,823,276 T1 BSAs for an amount of approximately €17 million. Assuming the issuance of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, NEA will hold approximately 9.0% of the share capital of the Company, on a non-diluted basis immediately following the closing of the first tranche of the Transaction.

 

Sofinnova Crossover I SLP (“Sofinnova”), which holds approximately 9.7% of the share capital and approximately 9.4% of the voting rights of the Company as of the date hereof and not taking into account the Transaction, subscribed to 1,369,827 Tranche 1 New Shares for an amount of approximately €1.8 million. Assuming the issuance of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, Sofinnova will hold approximately 7.4% of the share capital of the Company, on a non-diluted basis immediately following the closing of the first tranche of the Transaction.

 

Yiheng Capital Management, L.P., (“Yiheng”), which holds approximately 7.4% of the share capital and approximately 5.9% of the voting rights of the Company as of the date hereof and not taking into account the Transaction, subscribed to 1,629,310 T1 New Shares for an amount of approximately €2.2 million. Assuming the issuance of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, Yiheng will hold approximately 6.3% of the share capital of the Company, on a non-diluted basis immediately following the closing of the first tranche of the Transaction.

 

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Invus Public Equities, (“Invus”), subscribed to 6,034,482 T1 New Shares for an amount of approximately €8.1 million. Assuming the issuance of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, Invus will hold approximately 8.7% of the share capital of the Company, on a non-diluted basis immediately following the closing of the first tranche of the Transaction.

 

Andera Partners, (“Andera”), subscribed to 5,008,620 T1 New Shares for an amount of approximately €6.7 million. Assuming the issuance of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, Andera will hold approximately 5.8% of the share capital of the Company, on a non-diluted basis immediately following the closing of the first tranche of the Transaction.

 

Perceptive Advisors, (“Perceptive”), subscribed to 4,525,862 T1 New Shares for an amount of approximately €6.1 million and 1,508,620 T1 BSAs for €2.0 million. Assuming the issuance of the T1 New Shares and the T1 BSAs, Perceptive will hold approximately 5.2% of the share capital of the Company, on a non-diluted basis immediately following the closing of the first tranche of the Transaction.

 

Impact of the Transaction on the share capital

 

Following the Settlement Date, the Company’s share capital will be €870,776.95 million divided into 87,077,695 shares.

 

For illustration purposes, the impact of the issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise), the T1bis New Shares, the T2 New Shares and the T3 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise) on the ownership of a shareholder holding 1% of the Company’s share capital prior to the Transaction and not subscribing to it, is as follows (calculation made on the basis of the Company's share capital as of September 30, 2024):

 

  Percentage of capital
Non-diluted basis Diluted basis(1)
Before issuance of the T1 New Shares 1% 0.87%
After issuance of the T1 New Shares and T1 BSA 0.60% 0.45%
After issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares and the T1bis New Shares 0.55% 0.41%
After issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares, the T1bis New Shares and the T2 New Shares* 0.29% 0.26%
After issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares, the T1bis New Shares, the T2 New Shares*, and the T3 Warrant Shares 0.20% 0.19%

 

(1) Calculations are based on the assumption that all share subscription warrants (BSA) and warrants for the subscription of business creators’ shares (BSPCE) will be exercised and that all allocated free shares (actions gratuites) will vest.

 

*Calculations are based on the assumptions that (i) all the conditions for the issue of the New T1bis Shares and New T2 Shares have been met, (ii) the T2 New Shares will only be issued in ordinary shares and (iii) the subscription price of the ABSAs is equivalent to the Subscription Price of the New T1 Shares (i.e. a number of 85,925,919 New T2 Shares).

 

Impact of the Transaction on shareholders' equity

 

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For illustration purposes, the impact of the issuance of the of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise), the T2 New Shares and the T3 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise) on the Company's equity per share (calculation made on the basis of the Company's equity at June 30, 2024) is as follows:

 

  Equity per share in euros
Non-diluted basis Diluted basis(1)
Before issuance of the T1 New Shares -€1.88 -€1.04
After issuance of the T1 New Shares and T1 BSA -€0.14 €0.18
After issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares and the T1bis New Shares €0.10 €0.30
After issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares, the T1bis New Shares and the T2 New Shares* €0.54 €0.56
After issuance of the T1 New Shares, all the T1 Warrant Shares, the T1bis New Shares, the T2 New Shares*, and the T3 Warrant Shares €0.83 €0.80

 

(1) Calculations are based on the assumption that all share subscription warrants (BSA) and warrants for the subscription of business creators' shares (BSPCE) will be exercised and that all allocated free shares (actions gratuites) will vest.

 

*Calculations are based on the assumptions that (i) all the conditions for the issue of the New T1bis Shares and New T2 Shares have been met, (ii) the T2 New Shares will only be issued in ordinary shares and (iii) the subscription price of the ABSAs is equivalent to the Subscription Price of the New T1 Shares (i.e. a number of 85,925,919 New T2 Shares).

 

Evolution of the shareholding structure in connection with the Transaction

 

The shareholding structure of the Company prior to the Transaction is set forth below:

 

  Shareholding prior to the Transaction
  On a non-diluted basis
Shareholders Number of Shares % of share capital Number of voting
rights
% of
voting
rights
Frédéric Cren 5,612,224 10.8% 11,224,448 17.2%
Pierre Broqua 3,882,500 7.4% 7,765,000 11.9%
Sous-total – Concert 9,494,724 18.2% 18,989,448 29.1%
BVF Partners L.P. 8,545,499 16.4% 8,545,499 13.1%
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) 5,572,953 10.7% 5,572,953 8.5%
Sofinnova 5,070,266 9.7% 6,110,827 9.4%
Qatar Holding LLC 5,157,233 9.9% 5,157,233 7.9%
Yiheng 3,845,676 7.4% 3,845,676 5.9%
ISLS Consulting 111,000 0.2% 222,000 0.3%
David Nikodem - - - -
M. J GOLDBERG - - - -
Directors (non-executifs) 10,000 0.02% 10,000 0.02%
Employees 1,338,127 2.6% 2,282,563 3.5%
Treasury shares 106,115 0.2% - -
Free float 13,225,595 24.7% 14,602,674 22.2%
Total 52,477,188 100.0% 65,338,873 100.0%

 

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The issuance of T1 New Shares and the T1 BSA will have the following impact on the allocation of the share capital and the voting rights of the Company:

 

  Shareholder following the issuance of T1 New Shares and the T1 BSA
  On a non-diluted basis
Shareholders Number of Shares % of share capital Number of voting
rights
% of voting
rights
Frédéric Cren 5,612,224 6.4% 11,224,448 11.2%
Pierre Broqua 3,882,500 4.5% 7,765,000 7.8%
Sous-total – Concert 9,494,724 10.9% 18,989,448 19.0%
BVF Partners L.P. 8,545,499 9.8% 8,545,499 8.6%
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) 7,835,884 9.0% 7,835,884 7.8%
Sofinnova 6,440,093 7.4% 7,480,654 7.5%
Qatar Holding LLC 5,157,233 5.9% 5,157,233 5.2%
Yiheng 5,474,986 6.3% 5,474,986 5.5%
Perceptive 4,525,862 5.2% 4,525,862 4.5%
Andera Partners 5,008,620 5.8% 5,008,620 5.0%
Invus 7,606,810 8.7% 7,606,810 7.6%
ISLS Consulting 111,000 0.1% 222,000 0.2%
David Nikodem - - - -
M. J GOLDBERG - - - -
Directors (non-executifs) 10,000 0.0% 10,000 0.0%
Employees 1,338,127 1.5% 2,282,563 2.3%
Treasury shares 106,115 0.1% - -
Free floats 25,422,742 29.2% 26,799,821 26.8%
Total 87,077,695 100.0% 99,939,380 100.0%

 

The issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise) and the T1bis New Shares will have the following impact on the Company's share capital and voting rights:

 

 

Shareholding following the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares and

the T1bis New Shares

  On a non-diluted basis
Shareholders Number of Shares % of share capital Number of voting
rights
% of voting
rights
Frédéric Cren 5,612,224 5.9% 11,224,448 10.4%
Pierre Broqua 3,882,500 4.1% 7,765,000 7.2%
Sous-total – Concert 9,494,724 10.0% 18,989,448 17.6%
BVF Partners L.P. 8,545,499 9.0% 8,545,499 7.9%
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) 8,350,730 8.8% 8,350,730 7.7%
Sofinnova 6,751,746 7.1% 7,792,307 7.2%
Qatar Holding LLC 5,157,233 5.4% 5,157,233 4.8%
Yiheng 5,845,675 6.2% 5,845,675 5.4%
Perceptive 5,555,555 5.9% 5,555,555 5.2%
Andera Partners 6,148,147 6.5% 6,148,147 5.7%
Invus 8,979,734 9.5% 8,979,734 8.3%
ISLS Consulting 111,000 0.1% 222,000 0.2%
David Nikodem - 0.0% - 0.0%
M. J GOLDBERG - 0.0% - 0.0%
Directors (non-executifs) 10,000 0.0% 10,000 0.0%
Employees 1,338,127 1.4% 2,282,563 2.1%
Treasury shares 106,115 0.1% 0 0.0%

 

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Free float 28,555,474 30.1% 29,932,553 27.8%
Total 94,949,759 100.0% 107,811,444 100.0%

 

The issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise), the T1bis New Shares and the T2 New Shares will have the following impact on the Company's share capital and voting rights:

 

 

Shareholding following the issuance of the T1 New Shares, all the T1

Warrant Shares and the T2 New Shares*.

  On a non-diluted basis
Shareholders Number of Shares % of share capital Number of voting
rights
% of voting
rights
Frédéric Cren 5,612,224 3.1% 11,224,448 5.8%
Pierre Broqua 3,882,500 2.1% 7,765,000 4.0%
Sous-total – Concert 9,494,724 5.2% 18,989,448 9.8%
BVF Partners L.P. 18,649,202 10.3% 18,649,202 9.6%
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) 26,869,248 14.9% 26,869,248 13.9%
Sofinnova 8,433,227 4.7% 9,473,788 4.9%
Qatar Holding LLC 5,157,233 2.9% 5,157,233 2.7%
Yiheng 7,845,675 4.3% 7,845,675 4.0%
Perceptive 12,962,962 7.2% 12,962,962 6.7%
Andera Partners 12,296,295 6.8% 12,296,295 6.3%
Invus 16,387,141 9.1% 16,387,141 8.5%
ISLS Consulting 111,000 0.1% 222,000 0.1%
David Nikodem - - - -
M. J GOLDBERG - - - -
Directors (non-executifs) 10,000 0.0% 10,000 0.0%
Employees 1,338,127 0.7% 2,282,563 1.2%
Treasury shares 106,115 0.1% - -
Free float 61,214,729 33.8% 62,591,808 32.3%
Total 180,875,678 100.0% 193,737,363 100.0%

 

*Calculations are based on the assumptions that (i) all the conditions for the issue of the New T1bis Shares and New T2 Shares have been met, (ii) the T2 New Shares will only be issued in ordinary shares and (iii) the subscription price of the ABSAs is equivalent to the Subscription Price of the New T1 Shares (i.e. a number of 85,925,919 New T2 Shares).

 

The issuance of the T1 New Shares, the T1 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise), the T1bis New Shares, the T2 New Shares and of the T3 Warrant Shares (assuming full exercise) will have the following impact on the Company's share capital and voting rights:

 

 

Shareholding following the issuance of the T1 New Shares, all the T1

Warrant Shares, the T2 New Shares* and of the T3 Warrant Shares

  On a non-diluted basis
Shareholders Number of Shares % of share capital Number of voting
rights
% of voting
rights
Frédéric Cren 5,612,224 2.2% 11,224,448 4.1%
Pierre Broqua 3,882,500 1.5% 7,765,000 2.9%
Sous-total – Concert 9,494,724 3.7% 18,989,448 7.0%
BVF Partners L.P. 27,713,529 10.7% 27,713,529 10.2%
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) 43,482,751 16.9% 43,482,751 16.1%
Sofinnova 9,941,733 3.9% 10,982,294 4.1%
Qatar Holding LLC 5,157,233 2.0% 5,157,233 1.9%

 

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Yiheng 9,639,933 3.7% 9,639,933 3.6%
Perceptive 19,608,363 7.6% 19,608,363 7.2%
Andera Partners 17,811,978 6.9% 17,811,978 6.6%
Invus 23,032,542 8.9% 23,032,542 8.5%
ISLS Consulting 111,000 0.0% 222,000 0.1%
David Nikodem - - - -
M. J GOLDBERG - - - -
Directors (non-executifs) 10,000 0.0% 10,000 0.0%
Employees 1,338,127 0.5% 2,282,563 0.8%
Treasury shares 106,115 0.0% - -
Free float 90,514,301 35.1% 91,891,380 33.9%
Total 257,962,329 100.0% 270,824,014 100.0%

 

*Calculations are based on the assumptions that (i) all the conditions for the issue of the New T1bis Shares and New T2 Shares have been met, (ii) the T2 New Shares will only be issued in ordinary shares and (iii) the subscription price of the ABSAs is equivalent to the Subscription Price of the New T1 Shares (i.e. a number of 85,925,919 New T2 Shares).

 

Documentation

 

Application will be made to list the T1 New Shares and a maximum number of shares issued upon exercise of T1 BSAs on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris pursuant to a listing prospectus subject to an approval from the French Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF“) and comprising the 2023 Universal Registration Document (Document d’enregistrement universel) filed with the AMF on April 3, 2024 under number D.24-0227, which incorporates the 2023 annual financial report (rapport financier annuel), as completed by an amendment to such universal registration document which incorporates the 2024 half year report (rapport financier semestriel), which will be filed with the AMF today as well as a Securities Note (Note d’opération), including a summary of the prospectus will be submitted to the approval by the AMF and will be published on the AMF’s website at www.amf-france.org. As from such filings with the AMF, copies of the 2023 Universal Registration Document, as amended and of the listing prospectus, will be available free of charge at the Company’s head office located at 50 rue de Dijon, 21121 Daix, France, on the Company’s website (www.inventivapharma.com) and on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org).

 

This hyperlink is included pursuant to the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14, 2017 (the "Prospectus Regulation") for the convenience of investors and the contents of this website is not incorporated by reference into this press release.

 

 

About Inventiva

 

Inventiva is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the research and development of oral small molecule therapies for the treatment of patients with MASH and other diseases with significant unmet medical need. The Company benefits from a strong expertise and experience in the field of compounds targeting nuclear receptors, transcription factors and epigenetic modulation. Inventiva is currently advancing one clinical candidate, has a pipeline of two preclinical programs and continues to explore other development opportunities to add to its pipeline.

 

Inventiva’s lead product candidate, lanifibranor, is currently in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial, NATiV3, for the treatment of adult patients with MASH, a common and progressive chronic liver disease.

 

Inventiva’s pipeline also includes odiparcil, a drug candidate for the treatment of adult MPS VI patients. As part of Inventiva’s decision to focus clinical efforts on the development of lanifibranor, it suspended its clinical efforts

 

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relating to odiparcil and is reviewing available options with respect to its potential further development. Inventiva is also in the process of selecting a candidate for its Hippo signaling pathway program.

 

The Company has a scientific team of approximately 90 people with deep expertise in the fields of biology, medicinal and computational chemistry, pharmacokinetics and pharmacology, and clinical development. It owns an extensive library of approximately 240,000 pharmacologically relevant molecules, approximately 60% of which are proprietary, as well as a wholly-owned research and development facility.

 

Inventiva is a public company listed on compartment B of the regulated market of Euronext Paris (ticker: IVA, ISIN: FR0013233012) and on the Nasdaq Global Market in the United States (ticker: IVA).

www.inventivapharma.com

 

 

Contacts

 

Inventiva

Pascaline Clerc

EVP of Global External Affairs

media@inventivapharma.com

+1 202 499 8937

Brunswick Group

Tristan Roquet Montegon /

Aude Lepreux /

Julia Cailleteau

Media relations

inventiva@brunswickgroup.com

+33 1 53 96 83 83

Westwicke, an ICR Company

Patricia L. Bank

Investor relations

patti.bank@westwicke.com

+1 415 513-1284

 

 

Important Notice

 

This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, forecasts and estimates with respect to Inventiva’s cash resources, the anticipated proceeds from the Transaction and Inventiva’s expected use of such proceeds, completion and timing of the Transaction, the satisfaction in part or full of the T1bis Conditions Precedent or T2 Conditions Precedent, the occurrence of the T3 Triggering Event, and the exercise by the investors of the warrants and pre-funded warrants to be issued in connection with the Transaction, Inventiva’s expectations regarding its collaboration agreement with CTTQ, including the achievement of specified milestones thereunder, Inventiva’s expectations with respect to ownership in its share capital by certain investors, Inventiva’s cash position following the Transaction, forecasts and estimates with respect to Inventiva’s pre-clinical programs and clinical trials, including design, duration, timing, recruitment costs, screening and enrollment for those trials, including the ongoing NATiV3 Phase 3 clinical trial of lanifibranor in MASH and its planned Phase 3 trial in patients with MASH and compensated cirrhosis,, and the results and timing thereof and regulatory matters with respect thereto, clinical trial data releases and publications, the information, insights and impacts that may be gathered from clinical trials, potential regulatory submissions, approvals and commercialization, Inventiva’s pipeline and preclinical and clinical development plans, and future activities, expectations, plans, growth and prospects of Inventiva. Certain of these statements, forecasts and estimates can be recognized by the use of words such as, without limitation, “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “seeks”, “estimates”, “may”, “will”, “would”, “could”, “might”, “should”, “designed”, “hopefully”, “target”, “potential”, “opportunity”, “possible”, “aim”, and “continue” and similar expressions. Such statements are not historical facts but rather are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs. These statements reflect such views and assumptions prevailing as of the date of the statements and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause future results, performance, or future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Actual events are difficult to predict and may depend upon factors that are beyond Inventiva's control. There can be no guarantees with respect to pipeline product candidates that the clinical trial results will be available on their anticipated timeline, that future clinical trials will be initiated as anticipated, that product candidates will receive

 

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the necessary regulatory approvals, or that any of the anticipated milestones by Inventiva or its partners will be reached on their expected timeline, or at all. Future results may turn out to be materially different from the anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements, forecasts and estimates due to a number of factors, including that Inventiva cannot provide assurance on the impacts of the SUSAR on enrollment or the ultimate impact on the results or timing of the NATiV3 trial or regulatory matters with respect thereto, that Inventiva is a clinical-stage company with no approved products and no historical product revenues, Inventiva has incurred significant losses since inception, Inventiva has a limited operating history and has never generated any revenue from product sales, Inventiva will require additional capital to finance its operations, in the absence of which, Inventiva may be required to significantly curtail, delay or discontinue one or more of its research or development programs or be unable to expand its operations or otherwise capitalize on its business opportunities and may be unable to continue as a going concern, Inventiva’s ability to obtain financing, to enter into potential transactions and satisfy in part or full of the T1bis Conditions Precedent or T2 Conditions Precedent and whether and when the Warrants are exercised and by which holders, Inventiva's future success is dependent on the successful clinical development, regulatory approval and subsequent commercialization of current and any future product candidates, preclinical studies or earlier clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results and the results of Inventiva's and its partners’ clinical trials may not support Inventiva's and its partners’ product candidate claims, Inventiva's expectations with respect to its clinical trials may prove to be wrong and regulatory authorities may require holds and/or amendments to Inventiva’s clinical trials, Inventiva’s expectations with respect to the clinical development plan for lanifibranor for the treatment of MASH may not be realized and may not support the approval of a New Drug Application, Inventiva and its partners may encounter substantial delays beyond expectations in their clinical trials or fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy to the satisfaction of applicable regulatory authorities, the ability of Inventiva and its partners to recruit and retain patients in clinical studies, enrollment and retention of patients in clinical trials is an expensive and time-consuming process and could be made more difficult or rendered impossible by multiple factors outside Inventiva's and its partners’ control, Inventiva's product candidates may cause adverse drug reactions or have other properties that could delay or prevent their regulatory approval, or limit their commercial potential, Inventiva faces substantial competition and Inventiva’s and its partners' business, and preclinical studies and clinical development programs and timelines, its financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected by geopolitical events, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and related sanctions, impacts and potential impacts on the initiation, enrollment and completion of Inventiva’s and its partners’ clinical trials on anticipated timelines and the state of war between Israel and Hamas and the related risk of a larger conflict, health epidemics, and macroeconomic conditions, including global inflation, rising interest rates, uncertain financial markets and disruptions in banking systems. Given these risks and uncertainties, no representations are made as to the accuracy or fairness of such forward-looking statements, forecasts, and estimates. Furthermore, forward-looking statements, forecasts and estimates only speak as of the date of this press release. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements.

 

Please refer to the Universal Registration Document for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers on April 3, 2024 and the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 3, 2024 for other risks and uncertainties affecting Inventiva, including those described under the caption “Risk Factors”, and in future filings with the SEC. Other risks and uncertainties of which Inventiva is not currently aware may also affect its forward-looking statements and may cause actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from those anticipated. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release. Except as required by law, Inventiva has no intention and is under no obligation to update or review the forward-looking statements referred to above. Consequently, Inventiva accepts no liability for any consequences arising from the use of any of the above statements.

 

 

Disclaimers

 

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This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction.

 

The distribution of this document may, in certain jurisdictions, be restricted by local legislations. Persons into whose possession this document comes are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such potential local restrictions.

 

France

 

The T1 New Shares, T1 BSA, T1bis New Shares and ABSA (the “Securities”) have not been and will not be offered or sold to the public in France (except for public offerings defined in Article L.411-2 1° of the French Monetary and Financial Code).

 

The Securities may only be offered or sold in France pursuant to Article L. 411-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code to “qualified investors” (as such term is defined in Article 2(e) of Prospectus Regulation) acting for their own account, and in accordance with Articles L. 411-1, L. 411-2 and D. 411-2 to D.411-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.

 

This announcement is not an advertisement and not a prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation.

 

European Economic Area

 

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area (each, a ‘‘Member State’’) no offer to the public of Securities may be made in that Member State other than:

 

-to any legal entity which is a ‘‘qualified investor’’ as defined in the Prospectus Regulation;
-to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives of the Placement Agents for any such offer; or
-in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation, provided that no such offer of Securities shall require us or any Placement Agent to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation and each person who initially acquires any shares or to whom any offer is made will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed to and with each of the Placement Agents and the Company that it is a ‘‘qualified investor’’ as defined in the Prospectus Regulation.

 

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an ‘‘offer to the public’’ in relation to any Securities in any Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase any ordinary shares.

 

United Kingdom

 

This document is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that (i) are “investment professionals” falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.”) of the Order, or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Article 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issuance or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). This document is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons.

 

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United States of America

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in the United States of America, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

 

None of the securities to be issued in connection with the Transaction have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

 

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