PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC. COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (“SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW).
COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT
| Original Issue Date: January 7, 2016 |
This Common Stock Warrant Agreement (“Warrant Agreement”) certifies that, for value received, Berkshire Capital Management Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its assigns (“Holder”) is entitled to purchase from PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Company”), up to a total of 8,500,000 shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (each, a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants,” and each such share of Common Stock, a “Warrant Security” and all such shares of Common Stock, the “Warrant Securities”), at any time and from time to time through and including January 7, 2021 (“Expiration Date”), all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below:
1. Definitions. As used in this Warrant Agreement, the following terms shall have the definitions set forth in this Section 1. Other capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated January 7, 2016, between the Company and the Holder.
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.
“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a federal legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the State of Maryland are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified or for which it may be exchanged as a class.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exercise Price” means $0.12 in United States Dollars, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 9 of this Warrant Agreement.
“Fundamental Transaction” means any of the following: (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person as a result of which transaction, the stockholders of the Company as of a time immediately prior to such transaction no longer hold at least 50% of the voting securities of the surviving entity; (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person), as defined under the federal securities laws, is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property; or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property.
“New York Courts” means the state and federal courts sitting in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
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“Original Issue Date” means the Original Issue Date first set forth on the first page of this Warrant Agreement.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded or quoted on a Trading Market; provided, that if the Common Stock is not traded or quoted on a Trading Market, then “Trading Day” shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, the OTC Bulletin Board or any market owned or operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
2. Registration of Warrants. The Company shall register these Warrants upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (“Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of these Warrants as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
3. Registration of Transfers. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Warrant Agreement, the Company shall register the transfer of any portion of these Warrants in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of these Warrants, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified in this Warrant Agreement. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new certificate representing the right to purchase Warrant Securities in substantially the form of this Warrant Agreement (a “New Warrant Certificate”), evidencing the portion of these Warrants so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant Certificate evidencing the remaining portion of these Warrants not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant Certificate by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
4. Exercise and Duration of Warrants. These Warrants shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time through and including the Expiration Date. At 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the Expiration Date, the portion of these Warrants not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.
5. Delivery of Warrant Securities. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice (in the form attached hereto) to the Company (with the attached Warrant Exercise Log) at its address for notice set forth herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price in accordance with Section 10, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than five Trading Days after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue and deliver to the Holder, a certificate for the Warrant Securities issuable upon such exercise. A “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to the Company: (i) the Exercise Notice (with the Warrant Exercise Log attached to it), appropriately completed and duly signed; and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Securities so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of Warrant Securities upon exercise of any Warrants shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Securities or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring these Warrants or receiving Warrant Securities upon exercise hereof.
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7. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant Agreement is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant Agreement, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which shall not include a surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe. If a New Warrant Certificate is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant Agreement, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant Agreement to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Warrant.
8. Warrant Securities. The Company covenants that all Warrant Securities issuable pursuant to this Warrant shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to the preemptive rights of any other holder of common stock.
(a) Reservation of Securities. Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized common stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of the Warrant Shares, such number of shares of its common stock as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof.
9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.
(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while these Warrants are outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock; (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares; or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(b) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while these Warrants are outstanding there is a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of these Warrants, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Securities then issuable upon exercise in full of these Warrants (“Alternate Consideration”). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
(c) Adjustments for Other Distributions. In the event the Company shall declare a distribution on the outstanding Common Stock that is payable in securities of other Persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Company or other Persons, assets (excluding cash dividends or distributions to the holders of Common Stock paid out of current or retained earnings and declared by the Company’s Board of Directors) or options or rights, then, in each such case for the purpose of this Section 9(c), upon exercise of any Warrants, the Holder shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though the Holder was the actual record holder of the number of shares of Common Stock which might have been purchased upon exercise of any Warrants immediately prior to the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock of the Company entitled to receive such distribution (or the date of such distribution if no record date is fixed).
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(d) Number of Warrant Securities. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 9, the number of Warrant Securities that may be purchased upon exercise of these Warrants shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Securities shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(f) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant Agreement and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Securities or other securities issuable upon exercise of these Warrants (as applicable). Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.
10. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price in one of the following manners:
(a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver immediately available funds; or
(b) Cashless Exercise. The Holder may notify the Company in an Exercise Notice of its election to utilize cashless exercise, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Securities determined as follows:
X = Y(A-B)/A
where:
X = the number of Warrant Securities to be issued to the Holder.
Y = the number of Warrant Securities with respect to which these Warrants are being exercised (inclusive of the Warrant Securities surrendered to the Company in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price).
A = the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
B = the Exercise Price.
The term “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market operates on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link by OTC Markets Group Inc.. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Registered Holder. If the Company and the Registered Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 14(b) hereof. All such determinations are to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Securities issued in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Securities shall be deemed to have commenced, on the Original Issue Date appearing on page one.
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11. Limitations on Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of Warrant Securities that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of these Warrants (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 9.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant Agreement: (i) no term of this Section 11 may be waived by any party, nor may any term of this Section 11 be amended such that the threshold percentage of ownership as set forth above would be directly or indirectly increased; (ii) this restriction runs with these Warrants and may not be modified or waived by any subsequent Holder hereof; and (iii) any attempted waiver, modification or amendment of this Section 11 will be void ab initio.
12. No Fractional Shares. No fractional Warrant Securities will be issued in connection with any exercise of these Warrants. In lieu of any fractional shares, which would otherwise be issuable, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the closing price of one share of Common Stock as reported by the applicable Trading Market on the date of exercise.
13. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section 13 prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on a Trading Day; (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section 13 on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc., 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Executive Officer (or such other address as the Company shall indicate in writing in accordance with this Section 13), or via facsimile to (000) 000-0000, or (ii) if to the Holder, to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company in accordance with this Section 13.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Warrant Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under these Warrants. This Warrant Agreement may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and assigns. The foregoing sentence shall be subject to the restrictions on waivers and amendments set forth in Section 11 of this Warrant Agreement.
(b) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement, performance and interpretation of this Warrant Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York). Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of this Warrant Agreement and the transactions herein contemplated (“Proceedings”) (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant Agreement, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
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(c) The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Warrant Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of this Warrant Agreement or the Warrants or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Warrant Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Warrant Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
(d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. Whenever the context requires, words used in the singular shall be construed to mean or include the plural and vice versa, and pronouns of any gender shall be deemed to include and designate the masculine, feminine or neuter gender.
(e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant Agreement.
(f) Prior to exercise of a Warrant, the Holder hereof shall not, by reason of being a Holder, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder with respect to the Warrant Securities.
(g) Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant Agreement.
[Signature page follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
| PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
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EXERCISE NOTICE
WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 7, 2016
The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to purchase Warrant Securities pursuant to the above referenced Warrant Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
| (1) | The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase Warrant Securities pursuant to the Warrant Agreement. |
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(PLEASE CHECK ONE METHOD OF PAYMENT) ¨ The Holder shall pay the sum of $___ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement; or ¨ The Holder shall exercise one or more Warrants through a cashless exercise in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. |
| (3) | Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the holder Warrant Securities in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. |
| (4) | Please issue said Warrant Securities in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified here: ______________________________________. |
| (5) | By its delivery of this Exercise Notice, the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby the Holder will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock (determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) permitted to be owned under Section 11 of this Warrant to which this notice relates. |
| Dated: __________________________ | Name of Holder: | |
| (Print) | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Date: | ||
| (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant.) |
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WARRANT EXERCISE LOG
| Date | Number of Warrant Securities Available to be Exercised |
Number of Warrant Securities Exercised |
Number of Warrant Securities Remaining to be Exercised | |||
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WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 7, 2016
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing warrant or warrants,
execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] Warrants and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________ whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Date: ______________, _______
Holder’s Signature: _____________________________
Holder’s Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
Signature Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant Agreement, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the Warrant Agreement.
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