SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”) is made as of the ___ day of May 2010, by and between Vyteris,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and the investors listed on the
Schedule of Investors attached hereto (each an “Investor” and collectively, the
“Investors”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to
the Investors, and the Investors desire to purchase from the Company, (a) 6%
convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to
$1,300,000 (the “Note”), in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, and
(b) a warrant (the “Warrant”), in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, to
purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.015 par value per
share (the “Common Stock”) equal to one half of the principal amount of the
Notes divided by the exercise price of $0.25 per share, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties do hereby agree as follows:
1.
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Purchase and Sale of
Note and Warrant.
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1.1 Issuance and Sale of Note
and Warrant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Investors severally and not jointly agree to purchase at the
Closing (as hereafter defined), and the Company agrees to issue and sell to the
Investors at the Closing, the amount of Notes and the Warrants set forth
opposite each Investor’s name on the Signature Page hereto, for an aggregate
purchase price of up to One Million Three Hundred Thousand ($1,300,000) Dollars
(the “Purchase Price”).
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1.2
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Closing.
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(a) The
purchase and sale of the Note and the Warrant (the “Closing”) shall take place
at the offices of the Company, 00-00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxx 00000 at 10:00 a.m., on May __, 2010, or at such other
time and place as the Company and the Investors mutually agree upon orally or in
writing.
(b) At
the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Investors, the Note and the
Warrant, against payment of the Purchase Price by wire transfer to the
Company.
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to the Investors, except as set forth on a Schedule of Exceptions to
Representations and Warranties attached hereto as Exhibit C (the
“Schedule of Exceptions”), the following:
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2.1 Subsidiaries. The
Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest
in any other corporation, association, or other business entity except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports (as hereinafter defined) (each, a “Subsidiary” and
collectively, the “Subsidiaries”). Unless the context requires
otherwise, all references herein to the “Company” shall refer to the Company and
its Subsidiaries. The Company is not a party to any joint venture, partnership,
or similar arrangement.
2.2 Organization, Good Standing,
and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Nevada, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its
business as now conducted. The Subsidiaries are duly organized in
their respective jurisdictions of organization, validly existing and in good
standing in such respective jurisdictions and each has the power and authority
to carry on its respective business as now conducted. The Company and the
Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business and are in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the failure so to qualify would have a Material
Adverse Effect (as hereafter defined) on the Company’s business or
properties.
2.3 Capitalization and Voting
Rights. The number of authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company is described in the SEC Reports (as defined in
Section 2.10 below). Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, no
securities of the Company or any Subsidiary are entitled to preemptive or
similar rights, nor is any holder of securities of the Company or any Subsidiary
entitled to preemptive or similar rights arising out of any agreement or
understanding with the Company or any Subsidiary by virtue of any of the
Transaction Documents (defined hereinafter). Except as disclosed in
the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities, except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, or
rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person
(as defined below) any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of
Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of
Common Stock.
2.4 Authorization. All
corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors, and
shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, and delivery of this
Agreement, the Note and the Warrant (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”),
the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder and
the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance), and delivery of the
Note and the Warrant being sold hereunder, the equity securities issuable upon
conversion of the Note and the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant (collectively, the “Securities”), has been taken or will be taken prior
to the Closing, and the Transaction Documents constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by
laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or
other equitable remedies, and (iii) to the extent the indemnification
provisions contained in the Transaction Documents may be limited by applicable
federal or state laws.
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2.5 Valid Issuance of Note,
Warrant and Common Stock.
(a) The
Note and the Warrant are being purchased by the Investors hereunder, when
issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof for the
consideration provided for herein, will be duly and validly issued, and, based
in part upon the representations of the Investors in this Agreement, will be
issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities
laws. The equity securities issuable upon conversion of the Note and
upon exercise of the Warrant have been duly and validly reserved for issuance
and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Warrant (and
upon payment of the exercise price as required by the Warrant), respectively,
shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and issued in
compliance with all applicable securities laws, as presently in effect, of the
United States and each of the states whose securities laws govern the issuance
of the Note and the Warrant hereunder.
(b) All
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company are duly and validly
authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and were issued in
compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
2.6 Filings, Consents and
Approvals. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required
to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local
or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents,
other than (i) a proper Form D in accordance with Regulation D promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and applicable Blue Sky
filings and (ii) in all other cases where the failure to obtain such consent,
waiver, authorization or order, or to give such notice or make such filing or
registration could not have or result in, individually or in the aggregate, a
material adverse effect on the results or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).
2.7 Litigation. There
is no action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, currently threatened against the Company which
questions the validity of the Transaction Documents, or the right of the Company
to enter into any of them, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, or which might result, either individually or in the aggregate, in
any material adverse changes in the assets, condition, affairs, or prospects of
the Company, financially or otherwise, or any change in the current equity
ownership of the Company, nor is the Company aware that there is any basis for
the foregoing. The foregoing includes, without limitation, actions,
pending or threatened (or any basis therefor known to the Company), involving
the prior employment of any of the Company’s employees, their use in connection
with the Company’s business of any information or techniques allegedly
proprietary to any of their former employers, or their obligations under any
agreements with prior employers. The Company is not a party or
subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment, or decree of
any court or government agency or instrumentality.
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2.8 Compliance with Other
Instruments. The Company is not in violation or default of any
provisions of its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or,
to its knowledge, of any instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree, mortgage,
indenture, lease, license or contract to which it is a party or by which it is
bound or, to its knowledge, of any provision of federal, state, or local
statute, rule, or regulation applicable to the Company, except as would not
reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will not
result in any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute, with or
without the passage of time and giving of notice, either a default under any
such provision, instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree or contract, or an
event which results in the creation of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any
assets of the Company or the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture, or
nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization, or approval
applicable to the Company, its business or operations, or any of its assets or
properties, except as would not reasonably be expected, singly or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.9 Compliance with
Laws. The conduct of business by the Company and each
Subsidiary as presently and proposed to be conducted is not subject to
continuing oversight, supervision, regulation or examination by any governmental
official or body of the United States or any other jurisdiction wherein the
Company or any Subsidiary conducts or proposes to conduct such business, except
such regulation as is applicable to commercial enterprises
generally. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
received any notice of any violation of or noncompliance with, any federal,
state, local or foreign laws, ordinances, regulations and orders (including,
without limitation, those relating to environmental protection, occupational
safety and health, federal securities laws, equal employment opportunity,
consumer protection, credit reporting, "truth-in-lending", and warranties and
trade practices) applicable to its business or to the business of any
Subsidiary, the violation of, or noncompliance with, which would have a
materially adverse effect on either the Company's business or operations, or
that of any Subsidiary, and the Company knows of no facts or set of
circumstances which would give rise to such a notice.
2.10 SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. The Company has filed all reports required to be
filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (the foregoing
materials being collectively referred to herein as the "SEC Reports" and,
together with the Schedule of Exceptions to this Agreement the "Disclosure
Materials") on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All
material agreements to which the Company is a party or to which the property or
assets of the Company are subject have been filed as exhibits to the SEC Reports
to the extent required. The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof
and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end
audit adjustments.
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3. Representations and
Warranties of the Investors. Each of the Investors, severally
and not jointly, hereby represent and warrant that:
3.1 Authorization. The
Transaction Documents constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Investor enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (i) as limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws
of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
(ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.
3.2 Purchase Entirely for Own
Account. The Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by the
Investor and the equity securities issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the
“Securities”) will be acquired for investment for the Investor’s own account and
not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part
thereof. The Investor represents that it has full power and authority
to enter into this Agreement.
3.3 Disclosure of
Information. The Investor acknowledges that it has received
all the information that it has requested relating to the Company and the
purchase of the Note and the Warrant. The Investor further represents
that it has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the
Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Note and the
Warrant. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the
representations and warranties of the Company in Section 2 of this
Agreement or the right of the Investor to rely thereon.
3.4 Accredited
Investor. The Investor is an “accredited investor” within the
meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”), as presently in effect.
3.5 Restricted
Securities. Investor understands that the Note and the Warrant
(and the equity securities issuable upon conversion of the Note and Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) that it is purchasing is characterized as
“restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as it is
being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public
offering, and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities
may be resold without registration under the Act, only in certain limited
circumstances. In this connection, the Investor represents that it is
familiar with SEC Rule 144, as presently in effect, and understands the
resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Act.
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3.6 High Risk and Speculative
Investment. Investor recognizes that the purchase of
the Notes involves a high degree of risk including, but not limited to, the
following: (a) the Company requires funds in addition to the proceeds of the
Offering; (b) an investment in the Company is highly speculative, and only
investors who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider
investing in the Company and the Notes; (c) the Subscriber may not be able to
liquidate its investment; (d) transferability of the Notes and the Warrants is
extremely limited; (e) in the event of a disposition, the Investor could sustain
the loss of its entire investment; (f) the Company has not paid any dividends
since its inception and does not anticipate paying any dividends; (g) the
Company may issue additional securities in the future which have rights and
preferences that are senior to those of the Notes, Warrants and the Common
Stock; and (h) that the Common Stock may not successfully become actively
traded.
3.7 Use of
Proceeds. Investor acknowledges and understands that the
proceeds from the sale of the Notes may be used by the Company to settle amounts
owed to a Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc., a former drug development partner of the
Company and for general working capital purposes.
3.8 Legends. It
is understood that the certificates evidencing the Notes and the Warrants (and
the equity securities issuable upon conversion and exercise thereof,
respectively) may bear one or all of the following legends:
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“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND ARE SUBJECT TO
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AS SET FORTH IN THIS
CERTIFICATE. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PROPOSED
SALE, TRANSFER, OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTUATED WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE ACT.”
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4. Conditions of the Investors’
Obligations at Closing. The obligations of the Investors under
subsection 1.1(a) of this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment on or
before the Closing of each of the following conditions:
4.1 Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 2 hereof shall be true on and as of the Closing with
the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on
and as of the date of such Closing.
4.2 Performance. The
Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations, and
conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or
complied with by it on or before the Closing.
4.3 Proceedings and
Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection
with the transactions contemplated at the Closing and all documents incident
thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Investors
and counsel to the Investors, and they shall have received all such counterpart
original and certified or other copies of such documents as they may reasonably
request.
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4.4
Delivery of Note and
Warrant. The Company shall have delivered the Note and the
Warrant to the Investors, as specified in Section 1.
5. Conditions of the Company’s
Obligations at Closing. The obligations of the Company to the
Investors under this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment on or before any
Closing of each of the following conditions by the Investors:
5.1 Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Investors contained in Section 3 shall be true on and as of such Closing with
the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on
and as of such Closing.
5.2 Payment of Purchase
Price. The Investors shall have delivered the purchase price
specified in Section 1.2.
6.
Indemnification. The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Investors and any of
Investors’ general partners, employees, officers, directors, members, agents and
other representatives (collectively, the “Indemnitees”), against any
investigations, proceedings, claims or actions and for any expenses, damages,
liabilities or losses (joint or several) arising out of such investigations,
proceedings, claims or actions, to which the Indemnitees may become subject,
whether under the act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or any rules or
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any state law or regulation, or common
law, arising out of, related to or in any way attributable to the Indemnitee’s
investment in the Company, including, but not limited to, investigations,
proceedings, claims or actions and any expenses, losses, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) that arise out of or are based upon any breach
of any representation, warranty, agreement, obligation or covenant of the
Company contained herein. The Company also agrees to reimburse the
Indemnitees for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating or defending any such investigations, proceedings, claims or
actions, as such expenses or other costs are incurred.
7. Miscellaneous.
7.1 Survival of
Warranties. All of the representations and warranties made
herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement for a period
of one year. The Investors are entitled to rely, and the parties
hereby acknowledge that the Investors have so relied, upon the truth, accuracy
and completeness of each of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein, irrespective of any independent investigation made by
Investors. The Company is entitled to rely, and the parties hereby
acknowledge that the Company has so relied, upon the truth, accuracy and
completeness of each of the representations and warranties of the Investors
contained herein, irrespective of any independent investigation made by the
Company.
7.2 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement is personal to each of the parties and
may not be assigned without the written consent of the other parties; provided, however, that any of
the Investor shall be permitted to assign its rights under this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements to any affiliate of such Investor.
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7.3 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under
the laws of the State of New York as applied to agreements among New York
residents entered into and to be performed entirely within New
York. The parties hereto (1) agree that any legal suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted
exclusively in New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (2) waives
any objection which the Company may have now or hereafter to the venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding, and (3) irrevocably consents to the
jurisdiction of the New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, and the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any such
suit, action or proceeding. The Company further agrees to accept and
acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit,
action or proceeding in the New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, or
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and
agrees that service of process upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the
Company's address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process
upon the Company, in any such suit, action or proceeding. THE PARTIES
HERETO AGREE TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT OR
AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
7.4 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the
other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing
the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
7.5 Titles and
Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are
used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or
interpreting this Agreement.
7.6 Notices. Unless
otherwise provided, any notice, authorization, request or demand required or
permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall
be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified
or three (3) days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or two days after it is sent by
an overnight delivery service, or when sent by facsimile with machine
confirmation of delivery addressed as follows:
If to the Investors to:
The addresses sent forth on the
signature pages attached.
If to
Company, to:
00-00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Chief Financial Officer
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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With a copy to:
Law
Offices of Jolie Xxxx, Esq.
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Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Jolie
Xxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Any party
may change its address for such communications by giving notice thereof to the
other parties in conformity with this Section.
7.7 Finder’s
Fee. Each of the parties hereto represent that it neither is
nor will it be obligated for any finders’ or brokers’ fee or commission in
connection with this transaction; provided, however, that the Company is
required to pay compensation to one or more finders of up to 10% cash
commission, 3% expense allowance and 20% warrant coverage.
7.8 Transaction Expenses;
Enforcement of Transaction Documents. The Company and each
Investor shall pay their respective costs and expenses incurred with respect to
the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to
enforce or interpret the terms of the Transaction Documents, the prevailing
party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and necessary
disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be
entitled.
7.9 Amendments and
Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the
observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the
written consent of the Company and the Investors. Any amendment or
waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each
holder of any securities purchased under this Agreement at the time outstanding
(including securities into which such securities are convertible), each future
holder of all such securities, and the Company.
7.10 Severability. If
one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under
applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the
balance of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so
excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
7.11 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein
constitute the entire agreement among the parties and no party shall be liable
or bound to any other party in any manner by any warranties, representations, or
covenants except as specifically set forth herein or therein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
Company:
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FINANCING
SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
By execution and delivery of this
signature page, you are agreeing to become an Investor, as defined in that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among
Vyteris, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and the Investors (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement), dated as of May __, 2010, and acknowledges
having read the representations in the Purchase Agreement section entitled
“Representations and Warranties of the Investors,” and hereby represents that
the statements contained therein are complete and accurate with respect to the
undersigned as an Investor.
INVESTOR:
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FINANCING
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SCHEDULE
OF INVESTORS
[TO BE
COMPLETED BY COMPANY AT CLOSING]
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
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NOTE
[ATTACHED
SEPARATELY]
EXHIBIT
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WARRANT
[ATTACHED
SEPARATELY]
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SCHEDULE
OF EXCEPTIONS
None
EXHIBIT
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FORM
OF
6%
SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
THIS
PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE SECURITIES OBTAINABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (“THE ACT”), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM OR
IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 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.
6%
SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
No.
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$ _____________
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FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, Vyteris, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
hereby unconditionally promises to pay ____________________ (the “Holder”), on
the Maturity Date (as defined in Section 1 hereof) to
the order of the Holder, in lawful money of the United States of America and in
immediately available funds, the principal amount of _____________________
($________) Dollars (the “Principal Amount”). Simple interest shall
accrue and be payable under this Note at the Maturity Date or upon conversion at
the rate of 6% per annum (“Interest”).
This Note
shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and permitted assigns and
shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and
assigns. The Company may not assign or delegate any of its duties or
obligations under this Note without the written consent of the
Holder.
This Note
is one of a series of 6% subordinated convertible promissory notes of like tenor
and ranking made by the Company in favor of certain investors and issued, from
time to time (collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and certain investors, including
the Holder, of even date herewith (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”). Each of the Notes shall rank equally without preference
or priority of any kind over one another, and all payments on account of
principal and interest with respect to any of the Notes shall be applied ratably
and proportionately on the outstanding Notes on the basis of the principal
amount of the outstanding indebtedness represented thereby.
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1. Maturity. Unless
otherwise converted into Equity Securities of the Company in accordance with the
Section 5
hereof, this Note shall mature on September 30, 2010, unless such date shall be
otherwise extended in writing by the Holder (such date, the “Maturity
Date”). On the Maturity Date, unless, and to the extent, converted
into Equity Securities in accordance with the provisions hereof, any and all
outstanding principal and Interest due and owing under the Note shall be
immediately paid by the Company.
2. Intentionally
Omitted.
3. Affirmative
Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees that, while any
amounts under this Note are outstanding, it shall:
(a) Do
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, including, without limitation, all licenses or similar qualifications
required by it to engage in its business in all jurisdictions in which it is at
the time so engaged; and continue to engage in business of the same general type
as conducted as of the date hereof; and continue to conduct its business
substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder;
(b) Pay
and discharge promptly when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its
property before the same shall become delinquent or in default, which, if
unpaid, might reasonably be expected to give rise to liens or charges upon such
properties or any part thereof, unless, in each case, the validity or amount
thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the
Company has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with
GAAP;
(c) Comply
in all material respects with all federal, state and local laws and regulations,
orders, judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules, regulations, permits, licenses,
authorizations and requirements applicable to it (collectively, “Requirements”)
of all governmental bodies, departments, commissions, boards, companies or
associations insuring the premises, courts, authorities, officials or officers
which are applicable to the Company or any of its properties, except where the
failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in
this Section
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(d) Keep
proper records and books of account with respect to its business activities, in
which proper entries, reflecting all of their financial transactions, are made
in accordance with GAAP;
(e) Keep
all of its properties adequately insured at all times with responsible insurance
carriers against loss or damage by fire and other hazards, and maintain adequate
insurance at all times with responsible insurance carriers against liability on
account of damage or injury to persons and property; and
(f) Reserve
and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common
Stock (as defined below) solely for the purpose of issuance
upon conversion of this Note as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or
any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder, such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 6
hereof) upon the conversion of the aggregate principal amount of this Note.
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For purposes hereof, “Material Adverse
Effect” shall an event, matter, condition or circumstance which has or would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations, economic performance, assets, financial condition, material
agreements or results of operations of the Company and its wholly owned
subsidiary, Vyteris, Inc., a Delaware corporation, considered as a
whole.
4. Negative
Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees that while any
amount of this Note is outstanding it will not directly or
indirectly:
(a) Declare
or pay, directly and indirectly, any dividends or make any distributions,
whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to
(whether by reduction of capital or otherwise) any shares of its capital stock
(including without limitation any preferred stock) or directly or indirectly
redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of any class
of its capital stock or any option, warrant or other right to purchase or
acquire any such shares (in each case other than repurchases from terminated
employees of the Company) or set aside any amount for any such purpose;
or
(b) Sell,
transfer, discount or otherwise dispose of any claim or debt owing to it,
including, without limitation, any notes, accounts receivable or other rights to
receive payment, except for reasonable consideration and in the ordinary course
of business.
5. Conversion.
(a) Conversion Price and
Optional Conversion. The Holder shall have the right, at its
option, to convert all or a portion of the Principal Amount of this Note,
together accrued but unpaid interest, into equity securities of the Company
(collectively, the “Equity
Securities”) issued in a subsequent equity securities financing of the
Company (such financing the “Next
Equity Financing”). The number of Equity Securities to be
issued upon such conversion shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
(i) the principal amount of this Note being converted plus, accrued but unpaid
interest by (ii) the price per share (or unit) at which the Equity Security is
sold in the Next Equity Financing (hereinafter referred to as the “Conversion
Price”) Any fraction of an Equity Security resulting from this
calculation shall be rounded upward to the next whole share. The
Equity Securities issued to Holder shall have rights, preferences, privileges
and restrictions (including, without limitation, registration rights, preemptive
rights and any other contractual rights) identical to those granted to or
received by the other investors in the Next Equity Financing. The
Company covenants to cause such securities, when issued pursuant to this Section
5(a), to be fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all taxes, liens and
charges with respect to the issuance thereof, other than any taxes, liens or
charges not caused by the Company. In the event that the Principal
Amount of this Note and accrued interest exceeds the amount being converted, the
Company shall, upon such conversion execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note
for the Principal Amount and accrued interest of this Note surrendered which is
not being converted.
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(b) Mechanics and Effect of
Conversion. To exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder
shall surrender this Note, together with a written conversion notice, (a “Written
Election to Convert”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to the
Company at its principal office within 10 business days of its receipt of notice
by the Company with respect to either the proposed consummation or the actual
consummation of the Next Equity Financing. This Note or portion
thereof shall be deemed to have been converted upon the closing of the Next
Equity Financing that follows the Company’s receipt of the Written Election to
Convert, and the Holder, or the nominee or nominees of such Holder, shall be
treated for all purposes as the record holder of the Equity Securities
deliverable upon such conversion as of the close of business on such
date. At its expense, the Company will, within 15 days thereafter,
issue and deliver to such Holder, at such principal office, a certificate or
certificates for the number of Equity Securities to which such Holder is
entitled upon such conversion, together with any other securities and property
to which the Holder is entitled upon such conversion under the terms of this
Note. Upon conversion of this Note, the Company will be forever
released from all of its obligations and liabilities under this Note with regard
to that portion of the Principal Amount and accrued interest being converted
including without limitation the obligation to pay such portion of the Principal
Amount and accrued interest. In the event this Note is surrendered to
the Company together with a Written Election to Convert and the Next Equity
Financing is not consummated within 30 calendar days following the Company’s
receipt of such materials, the Company shall promptly return the original Note,
together with the Written Election to Convert, to the Holder.
6. Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and
Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (A)
pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on
shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities
payable in shares of Common Stock, (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse
stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (D) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of
capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Conversion Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before
such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the number of shares issuable
upon conversion of this Note shall be proportionately adjusted. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 6(a) shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.
(b) Mergers, Consolidations,
Etc. In the event of any consolidation or merger of Company with or into
another corporation or the conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets
of Company to another corporation or entity, this Note shall thereafter be
convertible into the number of shares of capital stock or other securities or
property to which a holder of the number of Common Stock deliverable upon
conversion hereof would have been entitled upon such consolidation, merger or
conveyance; and, in any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the
application of the provisions herein set forth with respect to the rights and
interest of Holder thereafter, to the end that the provisions set forth herein
(including provisions with respect to adjustments in the Conversion Price) shall
thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be practicable, in relation to any
shares of stock or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion
hereof.
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7. Events of
Default. The entire unpaid Principal Amount under this Note
shall upon written notice to the Company, forthwith become and be due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all
of which are hereby expressly waived, if any one or more of the following events
(herein called “Events of Default”) shall have occurred (for any reason
whatsoever and whether such happening shall be voluntary or involuntary or come
about or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to or in compliance with
any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body) and be continuing at the time of such
notice, that is to say:
(a) the
Company shall default in the performance of, or violate any of the covenants and
agreements contained in this Note, including without limitation, the failure to
pay amounts due under this Note on its Maturity Date, or any of the other Notes
on their Maturity Date;
(b) there
shall be a dissolution, termination of existence, suspension or discontinuance
of the Company’s business for a continuous period of 20 days or it ceases to
operate as going concern;
(c) if
the Company shall:
(i) admit
in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due;
(ii) file
a petition in bankruptcy or a petition to take advantage of any insolvency
act;
(iii) convey
any material portion of the assets of the Company to a trustee, mortgage or
liquidating agent or make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors;
(iv) consent
to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or similar official, for
the Company or any material portion of the property or assets of the Company;
or
(v) on
a petition in bankruptcy filed against it, be adjudicated a bankrupt;
or
(vi) file
a petition or answer seeking reorganization or arrangement under the federal
bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute of the United States of
America or any State, district or territory thereof;
(d) if
a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter an order, judgment, or decree
appointing, without the consent of the Company, a receiver of the whole or any
substantial part of the Company’s assets, and such order, judgment or decree
shall not be vacated or set aside or stayed within 60 days from the date of
entry thereof;
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(e) if,
under the provisions of any other law for the relief or aid of debtors, any
court of competent jurisdiction shall assume custody or control of the whole or
any substantial part of the Company’s assets and such custody or control shall
not be terminated or stayed within 60 days from the date of assumption of such
custody or control; or
(f) the
Company shall default in any of its obligations under any other promissory note,
indenture or any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture
agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be
issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for
borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement
of the Company in an amount exceeding $100,000, whether such indebtedness now
exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such
indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise become due and payable.
8. Guarantor. Vyteris,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), hereby
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder the prompt,
complete and full performance, when due, and no matter how the same shall become
due, of all obligations and undertakings of the Company to Holder under, by
reason of, or pursuant to this Note (the “Obligations”), including any
amendments, extensions, renewals and increases hereof or hereto, and all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Holder incurred in the
enforcement or collection of the foregoing, including reasonable attorneys' fees
and disbursements, court costs, collection agency costs, and other ordinary out
of pocket expenses incurred in enforcing Holder’s rights hereunder or
thereunder. If the Company fails for any reason whatsoever punctually
to perform the Obligations, the Guarantor shall cause each and every such
Obligation to be satisfied and performed as if the Guarantor instead of the
Company were the primary obligor of the Company’s obligations under this
Note. Guarantor hereby agrees that his obligations under this
Guarantee shall be unconditional and irrevocable and that Guarantor shall be
fully liable in respect of the Obligations and whether or not any action has
been taken to enforce the same or any judgment obtained against the Company,
whether or not any time or indulgence has been granted to the Company by or on
behalf of the Holder. The Guarantor represents and warrants to Holder
that this guarantee is a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor and is
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
9. Remedies. In
case any one or more of the Events of Default specified in Section 7 hereof
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder may proceed to protect and
enforce the Holder’s rights either by suit in equity and/or by action at law,
whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in
this Note or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Note, or the
Holder may proceed to enforce the payment of all sums due upon this Note or to
enforce any other legal or equitable right of the Holder.
10. Amendments and
Waivers. The terms of this Note may be amended and the
observance of any term of this Note may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with the Holder’s
consent.
11.
Notices. (i) Any
notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered
to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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(ii) Any
party may give any notice, request, consent or other communication under this
Note using any other means (including personal delivery, messenger service,
telecopy, first class mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request,
consent or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless
and until it is actually received by the party for whom it is
intended. Any party may change the address to which notices,
requests, consents or other communications hereunder are to be delivered by
giving the other parties notice in the manner set forth in this Section
11.
12. Severability. The
unenforceability or invalidity of any provision or provisions of this Note as to
any persons or circumstances shall not render that provision or those provisions
unenforceable or invalid as to any other provisions or circumstances, and all
provisions hereof, in all other respects, shall remain valid and
enforceable.
13. Governing
Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed under the
laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed
entirely within such jurisdiction.
14. Waivers. The
nonexercise by either party of any of its rights hereunder in any particular
instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent
instance.
[Signature
Page Follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Guarantor have caused its duly authorized
officers to execute this Note as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
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VYTERIS, INC., a Nevada
corporation
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By:
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Name:
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Title
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GUARANTOR:
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VYTERIS, INC., a
Delaware corporation
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By:
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EXHIBIT
A
WRITTEN
ELECTION TO CONVERT
______________________,
the registered holder of this 6% Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note,
issued May ___, 20109, hereby gives notice of the conversion of $___________ of
Principal Amount, together with accrued interest into Equities Securities of
Vyteris, Inc. identical to those issued in the Next Equity Financing
at the applicable Conversion Price.
Signature
of Holder:
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(must
be in exact name as listed on the first page of this
Note)
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM OF
WARRANT
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE 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 (THE “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.
FORM
OF
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No.
VYT-
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Dated:
___________
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VYTERIS,
INC.
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT (the “Warrant”)
certifies that, for value received, [_____________] (the “Holder”),
is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the
“Initial
Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the fifth
(5th) year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination
Date”), to subscribe for and purchase from Vyteris, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”),
up to [________]1
shares (the “Warrant
Shares”) of Common Stock, par value $0.015 per share, of the Company (the
“Common
Stock”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section
2(b).
1. Definitions. Capitalized
terms are used as defined herein.
2. Exercise.
(a) Exercise of
Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the
Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the
Company of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed
hereto (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by
notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of such Holder
appearing on the books of the Company); provided, however, within
five (5) trading days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the
Company, the Holder shall have surrendered this Warrant to the Company and the
Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price
of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or check drawn on a United
States bank.
1 200,000
shares for each $100,000 invested.
(b) Exercise
Price. The exercise price of the Common Stock under this
Warrant shall be $0.25 per share, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise
Price”).
(c) Cashless
Exercise. This Warrant may also be exercised at any time or
times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination
Date by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to
receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A)
=
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the
VWAP (as defined below) on the trading day immediately preceding the date
of such election;
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(B)
=
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the
Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted;
and
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(X)
=
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the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means of a cash exercise
rather than a cashless
exercise.
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“Trading
Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE AMEX,
the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital
Market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question.
“VWAP”
means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading
Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such
date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common
Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on
a trading day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time);
(b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading
Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock
is not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the
Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by the Pink
Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so
reported; or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the
Company.
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(d) Mechanics of
Exercise.
(i) Authorization of Warrant
Shares. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which
may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant,
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges imposed by the Company in respect of the issue
thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously
with such issue).
(ii) Delivery of Certificates
Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder
shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Holder by
crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust
Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”)
system if the Company is a participant in such system, and otherwise by physical
delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within
three (3) trading days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of
Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price as set forth above (“Warrant Share
Delivery Date”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised on the date the Exercise Price and completed Notice of Exercise are
received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have
been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein
shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all
purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the
Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder,
if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi)
prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid.
(iii) Delivery of New Warrants
Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in
part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant
evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares
called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be
identical with this Warrant.
(iv) Buy-In
Rights. In addition to any other rights available to a Holder,
if the Company fails to deliver to the Holder a certificate representing Warrant
Shares by the fifth trading day after the date on which delivery of such
certificate is required by this Warrant, and if after such fifth trading day the
Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common
Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares
that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company
shall, within ten trading days after the Holder’s request, honor its obligation
to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common
Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of
the amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased over the
product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing
Price on the date of the event giving rise to the Company’s obligation to
deliver such certificate.
(v) No Fractional Shares or
Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional
shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any
fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon
such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final
fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise
Price.
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(vi) Charges, Taxes and
Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be
made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other
incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be
issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by
the Holder; provided,
however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be
issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when
surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached
hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition
thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax
incidental thereto.
(vii) Closing of
Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or
records prior to the Termination Date in any manner which prevents the timely
exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
3. Certain
Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and
Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding:
(A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on
shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities
payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not
include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to this
Warrant), (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number
of shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of
the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the number of shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.
(b) Additional Issuances of
Equity Securities. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, shall issue or sell any Equity Securities (as defined
below) at an effective price per share less than the then effective Exercise
Price (such lower price, the “Base Share
Price” and such issuances collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”), as adjusted hereunder (if the holder of the Equity Securities
so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments,
reset provisions, conversion, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices
or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which is issued in
connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at
an effective price per share which is less than the Exercise Price, such
issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price on
such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then, the Exercise Price shall be reduced
and only reduced to equal the Base Share Price. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no adjustments shall be made, paid or issued under this Section 3(b) in
respect of Exempt Issuances (as defined below). The Company shall
notify the Holder in writing as promptly as reasonably possible following the
issuance of any Equity Securities subject to this section, indicating therein
the applicable issuance price, or of applicable reset price, exchange price,
conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice the “Dilutive Issuance
Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the
Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b), upon
the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance while this Warrant is outstanding, after
the date of such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled to the Base Share
Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price
in the Notice of Exercise.
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For purposes of this Section 3(b), the
following definitions shall apply:
“Common Stock
Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or its subsidiaries
which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options,
warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“Equity
Securities” means (i) Common Stock and (ii) Common Stock
Equivalents.
“Exempt
Issuance” means (i) any Equity Securities issued or issuable pursuant to
options, warrants or other rights issued or issuable to employees, officers or
directors of, or consultants or advisors to the Company or any subsidiary,
pursuant to equity incentive plans or other employee benefit arrangements; (ii)
any Equity Securities issued or issuable pursuant to any rights or agreements,
options, warrants or convertible securities outstanding as of the Closing Date;
(iii) any Equity Securities issued or issuable for consideration other than cash
pursuant to a merger, consolidation, strategic alliance, acquisition or similar
business combination; (iv) any Equity Securities issued or issuable in
connection with any stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization by the
Company; (v) any Equity Securities issued or issuable pursuant to any equipment
loan or leasing arrangement, real property leasing arrangement, or debt
financing from a bank or similar financial or lending institution; and (vi) any
Equity Securities issued or issuable to the Placement Agent or its
affiliates. For clarification purposes, warrants that are issued at a
Base Share Price pursuant to the Memorandum at closings subsequent to the
issuance of this Warrant shall not be deemed to be
an Exempt Issuance hereunder.
(d)
Warrant
Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the
Exercise Price pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, the number of Warrant
Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or
decreased proportionately, as applicable, so that after such adjustment the
aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased, as
applicable, number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
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(e) Fundamental
Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (A) the
Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another
Person (other than a transaction effected solely to change the domicile of the
Company), (B) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its
assets in one or a series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant
to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their
shares for other securities, cash or property, (D) consummate a stock purchase
agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a
reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with
another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock
held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or
affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase
agreement or other business combination) or (E) the Company effects any
reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant
to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other
securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the
Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have
been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such
Fundamental Transaction upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of shares of
Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it
is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate
Consideration”) receivable upon or as a result of such Fundamental
Transaction by a Holder, of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event. 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. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to
the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing
provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental
Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant consistent with the
foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to exercise such warrant
into 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 Section 3(e) and
insuring that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly
adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
(f)
Calculations. All
calculations under this Section 3 shall be
made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
For purposes of this Section 3, the number
of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date
shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
(g) Voluntary Adjustment By
Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant
reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time
deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.
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(h) Notice to
Holders.
(i) Adjustment to Exercise
Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to this Section 3, the
Company shall promptly as reasonably possible mail to each Holder a notice
setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment. If the
Company issues a variable rate security, the Company shall be deemed to have
issued Equity Securities at the lowest possible conversion or exercise price at
which such securities may be converted or exercised in the case of a Variable
Rate Transaction (as defined in the following sentence). The term
“Variable
Rate Transaction” shall mean a transaction in which the Company issues or
sells (i) any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable
or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common
Stock either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that
is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the
shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or
equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is
subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such
debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events
directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for
the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited
to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a
future determined price.
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by
Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special
nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the
Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights
or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any
class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company
shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock,
any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any
compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the
Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder
at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company,
at least five (5) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or
warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions,
redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which
such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange
is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is
expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange; provided,
that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the
mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required
to be specified in such notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise
this Warrant during the 5-day period commencing on the date of such notice to
the effective date of the event triggering such notice.
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4.
Transfer of
Warrant.
(a) Transferability. Subject
to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth
in Sections
5(a) and 4(d) hereof and to
the provisions of the Subscription Agreement, this Warrant and all rights
hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant
at the principal office of the Company, together with a written assignment of
this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the
Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes
payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if
required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or
denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the
assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned,
and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly
assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares
without having a new Warrant issued.
(b) New Warrants. This
Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof
at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance
with Section
4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in
exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance
with such notice.
(c) Warrant Register. The
Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “Warrant
Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to
time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this
Warrant 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.
(d) Transfer
Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with
any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be
registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the
Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the
Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company
a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and
scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the
effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities
Act”) and under applicable state securities
or blue sky laws, (ii) that the holder or transferee execute and deliver to the
Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and
(iii) that the transferee be an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7),
or (a)(8) promulgated under the Securities Act or a qualified institutional
buyer as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
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5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Title to
Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and subject to
compliance with applicable laws and Section 4 of this
Warrant, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in
part, at the office or agency of the Company by the Holder in person or by duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment
Form annexed hereto properly endorsed. The transferee shall sign an
investment letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company.
(b) No Rights as Shareholder
Until Exercise. Except as may be specifically set forth
herein, this Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other
rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise
hereof. Upon the surrender of this Warrant and the payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price (or by means of a cashless exercise), the Warrant
Shares so purchased shall be and be deemed to be issued to such Holder as the
record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the later of the date
of such surrender or payment.
(c) Loss, Theft, Destruction or
Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to
the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall
not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of
such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
(d) Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a
Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right
may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday.
(e) Authorized
Shares. The Company covenants that during the period the
Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this
Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this
Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the
duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary
certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights
under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action
as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided
herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any
requirements of the Trading Market or OTC Bulletin Board upon which the Common
Stock may be listed/traded.
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Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not
by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of
incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all
such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the
amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in
par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents
from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary
to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this
Warrant.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant
Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the
Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents
thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having
jurisdiction thereof.
(f) Jurisdiction. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Subscription Agreement.
(g) Restrictions. The
Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this
Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state
and federal securities laws.
(h) Nonwaiver. No
course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the
part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice
Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights
hereunder terminate on the Termination Date.
(i) Notices. Any
notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered
to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Subscription Agreement.
(j) Limitation of
Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any
affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant or purchase Warrant
Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall
give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock
or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the
Company or by creditors of the Company.
(k) Successors and
Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant
and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and
permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are
intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant
and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder of Warrant
Shares.
(l) Amendment. This
Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
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(m) Severability. Wherever
possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Warrant 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.
(n) Headings. The
headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first set forth
above.
VYTERIS,
INC.
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By:
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Print Name:
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Title:
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NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
TO: VYTERIS,
INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and
tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all
applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment
shall take the form of (check applicable box):
o in lawful money of the
United States; or
o the cancellation of
such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula
set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the
maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise
procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name
of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
(4) Accredited
Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name of
Investing Entity:
____________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Investing Entity:
______________________________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
________________________________________________________________________
Title of
Authorized Signatory:
_________________________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To
assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form
and supply required information.
Do not
use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby
assigned to
_______________________________________________
whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Dated: ______________,
_______
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, 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 foregoing Warrant.