Exhibit 4.12
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT,
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER OR THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT.
Number of Shares of Common Stock: 112,500
Warrant No.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To Purchase Common Stock of
Univec, Inc.
The original Common Stock Purchase Warrant No. 1 issued by
Univec, Inc. to The Shaar Fund Ltd. on July 27, 1998 is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as follows:
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT The Shaar Fund Ltd., or registered
assigns, is entitled, at any time from the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined)
to the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined), to purchase from Univec, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 112,500 shares of Common Stock (as
hereinafter defined and subject to adjustment as provided herein), in whole or
in part, including fractional parts, at a purchase price equal to $1.92 per
share, all on the terms and conditions and pursuant to the provisions
hereinafter set forth.
1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Common Stock Purchase Warrant (this
"Warrant"), the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
"Additional Shares of Common Stock" shall mean all shares of
Common Stock issued by the Company after the Closing Date, other than Warrant
Stock.
"Book Value" shall mean, in respect of any share of Common
Stock on any date herein specified, the consolidated book value of the Company
as of the last day of any month immediately preceding such date, divided by the
number of Fully Diluted Outstanding shares of Common Stock as determined in
accordance with GAAP (assuming the payment of the exercise prices for such
shares) by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx & Company, LLP or any other firm of independent
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certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the
Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or
Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the
State of New York.
"Closing Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Securities Purchase Agreement.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission
or any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act and other
federal securities laws.
"Common Stock" shall mean (except where the context otherwise
indicates) the Common Stock, par value $.001, of the Company as constituted on
the Closing Date, and any capital stock into which such Common Stock may
thereafter be changed, and shall also include (i) capital stock of the Company
of any other class (regardless of how denominated) issued to the holders of
shares of Common Stock upon any reclassification thereof which is also not
preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption and (ii) shares of common stock of any
successor or acquiring corporation received by or distributed to the holders of
Common Stock of the Company in the circumstances contemplated by Section 4.4.
"Convertible Securities" shall mean evidences of indebtedness,
shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable,
with or without payment of additional consideration in cash or property, for
shares of Common Stock, either immediately or upon the occurrence of a specified
date or a specified event.
"Current Warrant Price" shall mean, in respect of a share of
Common Stock at any date herein specified, the price at which a share of Common
Stock may be purchased pursuant to this Warrant on such date.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"Exercise Period" shall mean the period during which this
Warrant is exercisable pursuant to Section 2.1.
"Expiration Date" shall mean February 8, 2002.
"Fully Diluted Outstanding" shall mean, when used with
reference to Common Stock, at any date as of which the number of shares thereof
is to be determined, all shares of Common Stock Outstanding at such date and all
shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of this Warrant, outstanding on such
date, and other options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into,
shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date which would be deemed out
standing in accordance with GAAP for purposes of determining book value or net
income per share.
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"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States of America as from time to time in effect.
"Holder" shall mean the Person in whose name the Warrant or
Warrant Stock set forth herein is registered on the books of the Company
maintained for such purpose.
"Other Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.4.
"Outstanding" shall mean, when used with reference to Common
Stock, at any date as of which the number of shares thereof is to be determined,
all issued shares of Common Stock, except shares then owned or held by or for
the account of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, and shall include all
shares issuable in respect of outstanding scrip or any certificates representing
fractional interests in shares of Common Stock.
"Person" shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, association,
corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or government
(whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including,
without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department
thereof).
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the Registration
Rights Agreement dated a date even herewith by and between the Company and The
Shaar Fund Ltd., as it may be amended from time to time.
"Restricted Common Stock" shall mean shares of Common Stock
which are, or which upon their issuance on the exercise of this Warrant would
be, evidenced by a certificate bearing the restrictive legend set forth in
Section 9.1(a).
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Securities Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of a date even herewith by and between the Company
and The Shaar Fund, Ltd. as it may be amended from time to time.
"Transfer" shall mean any disposition of any Warrant or
Warrant Stock or of any interest in either thereof, which would constitute a
sale thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.
"Transfer Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.2.
"Warrants" shall mean this Warrant and all warrants issued
upon transfer, division or combination of, or in substitution for, any thereof.
All Warrants shall at all times be identical as to terms and conditions and
date, except as to the number of shares of Common Stock for which they may be
exercised.
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"Warrant Price" shall mean an amount equal to (i) the number
of shares of Common Stock being purchased upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant
to Section 2.1, multiplied by (ii) the Current Warrant Price as of the date of
such exercise.
"Warrant Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock
purchased by the holders of the Warrants upon the exercise thereof.
2. EXERCISE OF WARRANT
2.1 Manner of Exercise. From and after the Closing Date and until 5:00
P.M., New York time, on the Expiration Date, Holder may exercise this Warrant,
on any Business Day, for all or any part of the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable hereunder.
In order to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, Holder
shall deliver to the Company at its principal office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at the office or agency designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 12, (i) a written notice of Holder's election to
exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of shares of Common
Stock to be purchased, (ii) payment of the Warrant Price in cash or by wire
transfer or cashier's check drawn on a United States bank and (iii) this
Warrant. Such notice shall be substantially in the form of the subscription form
appearing at the end of this Warrant as Exhibit A, duly executed by Holder or
its agent or attorney. Upon receipt of the items referred to in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, and in any
event within five (5) Business Days thereafter, execute or cause to be executed
and deliver or cause to be delivered to Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the aggregate number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such exercise, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as
hereinafter provided. The stock certificate or certificates so delivered shall
be, to the extent possible, in such denomination or denominations as Holder
shall request in the notice and shall be registered in the name of Holder or,
subject to Section 9, such other name as shall be designated in the notice. This
Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or
certificates 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 notice, together with
the cash or check or checks and this Warrant, is received by the Company as
described above and all taxes required to be paid by Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 2.2 prior to the issuance of such shares have been paid. if this Warrant
shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of
the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Stock, deliver to Holder a
new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased shares
of Common Stock called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other
respects be identical with this Warrant, or, at the request of Holder,
appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and the same returned to
Holder. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall
not be required to register shares in the name of any Person who acquired this
Warrant (or part hereof) or any Warrant Stock otherwise than in accordance with
this Warrant.
2.2 Payment of Taxes and Charges. All shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof shall be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, freely tradeable and without any
preemptive rights. The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with, and
all taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed with
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respect to, the issue or delivery thereof, unless such tax or charge is imposed
by law upon Holder, in which case such taxes or charges shall be paid by Holder.
The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other charge
imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of any certificate
for shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in any name
other than that of Holder, and in such case the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver any stock certificate until such tax or other charge has been
paid or it has been established to the satisfaction of the Company that no such
tax or other charge is due.
2.3 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon exercise of any 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 the same fraction of the Current Warrant Price
per share of Common Stock as of the Closing Date.
2.4 Continued Validity. A holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part (other than a holder who
acquires such shares after the same have been publicly sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act or sold pursuant to Rule 144
thereunder), shall continue to be entitled with respect to such shares to all
rights to which it would have been entitled as Holder under Sections 9, 10 and
14 of this Warrant. The Company will, at the time of exercise of this Warrant,
in whole or in part, upon the request of Holder, acknowledge in writing, in form
reasonably satisfactory to Holder, its continuing obligation to afford Holder
all such rights; provided, however, that if Holder shall fail to make any such
request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company
to afford to Holder all such rights.
3. TRANSFER, DIVISION AND COMBINATION
3.1 Transfer. Subject to compliance with Section 9, transfer of this
Warrant and all rights hereunder, in whole or in part, shall be registered on
the books of the Company to be maintained for such purpose, upon surrender of
this Warrant at the principal office of the Company referred to in Section 2.1
or the office or agency designated by the Company pursuant to Section 12,
together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto duly executed by 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, subject
to Section 9, execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the
assignee or assignees and in the denomination 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 in compliance with Section 9, may be exercised by
a new Holder for the purchase of shares of Common Stock without having a new
warrant issued.
3.2 Division and Combination. Subject to Section 9, this Warrant may be
divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the
aforesaid office or agency of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section
3.1 and with Section 9, as to any transfer which may be involved in such
division or
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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.
3.3 Expenses. The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own
expense (other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under this
Section 3.
3.4 Maintenance of Books. The Company agrees to maintain, at its
aforesaid office or agency, books for the registration and the registration of
transfer of the Warrants.
4. ADJUSTMENTS
The number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable, or the price at which such shares may be purchased upon exercise of
this Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in
this Section 4. The Company shall give Holder notice of any event described
below which requires an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 at the time of
such event.
4.1 Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations. If at any time the
Company shall:
(a) take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the
purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend payable in, or other
distribution of, Additional Shares of Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares of Common Stock, or
(c) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock,
then (i) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted
to equal the number of shares of Common Stock which a record holder of the same
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to the occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to
receive after the happening of such event, and (ii) the Current Warrant Price
shall be adjusted to equal (A) the Current Warrant Price multiplied by the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to the adjustment divided by (B) the number of shares for
which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such adjustment.
4.2 Certain Other Distributions. If at any time the Company shall take
a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to
receive any dividend or other distribution of:
(a) cash,
(b) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or
any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than
cash, Convertible Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock), or
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(c) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any
evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or any other
securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than cash,
Convertible Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock),
then Holder shall be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution as if
Holder had exercised the Warrant. A reclassification of the Common Stock (other
than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par
value to par value) into shares of Common Stock and shares of any other class of
stock shall be deemed a distribution by the Company to the holders of its Common
Stock of such shares of such other class of stock within the meaning of this
Section 4.2 and, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into
a larger or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as a part of such
reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or combination, as
the case may be, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock within the meaning of
Section 4.1.
4.3 Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments under this Section. The
following provisions shall be applicable to the making of adjustments of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and the
Current Warrant Price provided for in this Section 4:
(a) When Adjustments to Be Made. The adjustments required by this
Section 4 shall be made whenever and as often as any specified event
requiring an adjustment shall occur. For the purpose of any adjustment,
any specified event shall be deemed to have occurred at the close of
business on the date of its occurrence.
(b) Fractional Interests. In computing adjustments under this
Section 4, fractional interests in Common Stock shall be taken into
account to the nearest 1/10th of a share.
(c) When Adjustment Not Required. If the Company shall take a
record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling
them to receive a dividend or distribution or subscription or purchase
rights and shall, thereafter and before the distribution to
stockholders thereof, legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such
dividend, distribution, subscription or purchase rights, then
thereafter no adjustment shall be required by reason of the taking of
such record and any such adjustment previously made in respect thereof
shall be rescinded and annulled.
(d) Challenge to Good Faith Determination. Whenever the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be required to make a determination in
good faith of the fair value of any item under this Section 4, such
determination may be challenged in good faith by the Holder, and any
dispute shall be resolved by an investment banking firm of recognized
national standing selected by the Company and acceptable to the Holder.
4.4 Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or
Disposition of Assets. In case the Company shall reorganize its capital,
reclassify its capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another
corporation (where the Company is not the surviving corporation or where there
is a change in or distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company),
or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property,
assets or business to another corporation
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and, pursuant to the terms of such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation or disposition of assets, shares of common stock of the successor
or acquiring corporation, or any cash, shares of stock or other securities or
property of any nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights) in addition to or in lieu of common stock of the successor or
acquiring corporation ("Other Property"), are to be received by or distributed
to the holders of Common Stock of the Company, then Holder shall have the right
thereafter to receive, upon exercise of the 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 Other Property receivable upon or as a result
of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition
of assets by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event. In case of any such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of
assets, the successor or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall
expressly assume the due and punctual observance and performance of each and
every covenant and condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the
Company and all the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such
modifications as may be deemed appropriate (as determined by resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares
of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4. For
purposes of this Section 4.4, "common stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation" shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not
preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such
corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any
evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are
convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon
the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any
warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The
foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive
reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of
assets.
4.5 Other Action Affecting Common Stock. In case at any time or from
time to time the Company shall take any action in respect of its Common Stock,
other than any action described in this Section 4, which would have a materially
adverse effect upon the rights of the Holder, the number of shares of Common
Stock and/or the purchase price thereof shall be adjusted in such manner as may
be equitable in the circumstances, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
4.6 Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Company agrees not to enter into any transaction which, by reason
of any adjustment hereunder, would cause the Current Warrant Price to be less
than the par value per share of Common Stock.
5. NOTICES TO HOLDER
5.1 Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the number of shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable, or whenever the price at which a
share of such Common Stock may be purchased upon exercise of the Warrants, shall
be adjusted pursuant to Section 4, the Company shall forthwith prepare a
certificate to be executed by the chief financial officer of the Company setting
forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment and the method
by which such adjustment was calculated (including a description of the basis on
which the Board of Directors of
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the Company determined the fair value of any evidences of indebtedness, shares
of stock, other securities or property or warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights referred to in Section 4.2), specifying the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and (if such adjustment was
made pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.5) describing the number and kind of any other
shares of stock or Other Property for which this warrant is exercisable, and any
change in the purchase price or prices thereof, after giving effect to such
adjustment or change. The Company shall promptly cause a signed copy of such
certificate to be delivered to the Holder in accordance with Section 14.2. The
Company shall keep at its office or agency designated pursuant to Section 12
copies of all such certificates and cause the same to be available for
inspection at said office during normal business hours by the Holder or any
prospective purchaser of a Warrant designated by the Holder.
5.2 Notice of Corporate Action. If at any time
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common
Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other
distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any evidences
of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other
securities or property, or to receive any other right, or
(b) there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, any
reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the
Company or any consolidation or merger of the Company with, or any
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all the
property, assets or business of the Company to, another corporation, or
(c) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company;
then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give to Holder (i) at
least 30 days' prior written notice of the date on which a record date shall be
selected for such dividend, distribution or right or for determining rights to
vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up, and (ii) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up, at least 30 days' prior written notice of the date when the same shall take
place. Such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause also shall specify
(i) the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or right, the date on which the holders of Common Stock
shall be entitled to any such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount
and character thereof, and (ii) the date on which any such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place and the time, if any
such time is to be fixed, as of which the holders of Common Stock shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up. Each such written notice shall be sufficiently given if addressed to Holder
at the last address of Holder appearing on the books of the Company and
delivered in accordance with Section 14.2.
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6. NO IMPAIRMENT
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
against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company will (a) not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant 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 shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of this warrant, and (c) use its best 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.
Upon the request of Holder, the Company will at any time during the
period this Warrant is outstanding acknowledge in writing, in form satisfactory
to Holder, the continuing validity of this Warrant and the obligations of the
Company hereunder.
7. RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF COMMON STOCK
From and after the Closing Date, the Company shall at all times reserve
and keep available for issue upon the exercise of Warrants such number of its
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit
the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants. All shares of Common Stock
which shall be so issuable, when issued upon exercise of any Warrant and payment
therefor in accordance with the terms of such Warrant, shall be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and not subject to preemptive rights.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the
Current Warrant Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall take any
corporate action which may be necessary in order that the Company may validly
and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of such Common Stock at
such adjusted Current Warrant Price.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Current Warrant 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.
8. TAKING OF RECORD; STOCK AND WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS
In the case of all dividends or other distributions by the Company to
the holders of its Common Stock with respect to which any provision of Section 4
refers to the taking of a record of such holders, the Company will in each such
case take such a record and will take such record as of the close of business on
a Business Day. The Company will not at any time, except upon dissolution,
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liquidation or winding up of the Company, close its stock transfer books or
Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing or delaying the exercise or
transfer of any Warrant.
9. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY
The Warrants and the Warrant Stock shall not be transferred,
hypothecated or assigned before satisfaction of the conditions specified in this
Section 9, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the Transfer of any Warrant or
any Warrant Stock. Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant, agrees to be bound by
the provisions of this Section 9.
9.1 Restrictive Legend. (a) The Holder by accepting this Warrant and
any Warrant Stock agrees that this Warrant and the Warrant Stock issuable upon
exercise hereof may not be assigned or otherwise transferred unless and until
(i) the Company has received an opinion of counsel for the Holder that such
securities may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or (ii) a registration
statement relating to such securities has been filed by the Company and declared
effective by the Commission.
Each certificate for Warrant Stock issuable hereunder shall bear a
legend as follows unless such securities have been sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act:
"These securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the
securities laws of any state, and are being offered and sold
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and such laws. These securities may not be sold or
transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act or such other
laws."
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, the Warrant
shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the
following form:
"This Warrant and the securities represented hereby have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may
not be transferred in violation of such Act, the rules and
regulations thereunder or the provisions of this Warrant."
9.2 Notice of Proposed Transfers. Prior to any Transfer or attempted
Transfer of any Warrants or any shares of Restricted Common Stock, the Holder
shall give ten days, prior written notice (a "Transfer Notice") to the Company
of Holder's intention to effect such Transfer, describing the manner and
circumstances of the proposed Transfer, and obtain from counsel to Holder who
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, an opinion that the proposed
Transfer of such Warrants or such Restricted Common Stock may be effected
without registration under the Securities Act. After receipt of the Transfer
Notice and opinion, the Company shall, within five days thereof, notify
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the Holder as to whether such opinion is reasonably satisfactory and, if so,
such holder shall thereupon be entitled to Transfer such Warrants or such
Restricted Common Stock, in accordance with the terms of the Transfer Notice.
Each certificate, if any, evidencing such shares of Restricted Common Stock
issued upon such Transfer shall bear the restrictive legend set forth in Section
9.1(a), and the Warrant issued upon such Transfer shall bear the restrictive
legend set forth in Section 9.1(b), unless in the opinion of such counsel such
legend is not required in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act.
The Holder shall not be entitled to Transfer such Warrants or such Restricted
Common Stock until receipt of notice from the Company under this Section 9.2(a)
that such opinion is reasonably satisfactory.
9.3 Required Registration. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file
with the Commission not later than the 30th day after the Closing Date, a
Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and shall use its best efforts to cause
the Commission to declare such Registration Statement effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as practicable but no later than one hundred fifty
(150) days after the Closing Date.
9.4 Termination of Restrictions. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of Section 9, the restrictions imposed by this Section upon the
transferability of the Warrants, the Warrant Stock and the Restricted Common
Stock (or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants) and the
legend requirements of Section 9.1 shall terminate as to any particular Warrant
or share of Warrant Stock or Restricted Common Stock (or Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of the warrants) (i) when and so long as such security shall
have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of
pursuant thereto or (ii) when the Company shall have received an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such shares may be transferred
without registration thereof under the Securities Act. Whenever the restrictions
imposed by Section 9 shall terminate as to this Warrant, as hereinabove
provided, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company upon
written request of the Holder, at the expense of the Company, a new Warrant
bearing the following legend in place of the restrictive legend set forth
hereon:
"THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF THE
WITHIN WARRANT CONTAINED IN SECTION 9 HEREOF
TERMINATED ON , 19__, AND ARE OF NO
FURTHER FORCE AND EFFECT."
All Warrants issued upon registration of transfer, division or combination of,
or in substitution for, any Warrant or Warrants entitled to bear such legend
shall have a similar legend endorsed thereon. Whenever the restrictions imposed
by this Section shall terminate as to any share of Restricted Common Stock, as
hereinabove provided, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the
Company, at the Company's expense, a new certificate representing such Common
Stock not bearing the restrictive legend set forth in Section 9.1(a).
9.5 Listing on Securities Exchange. If the Company shall list any
shares of Common Stock on any securities exchange, it will, at its expense, list
thereon, maintain and, when necessary, increase such listing of, all shares of
Common Stock issued or, to the extent permissible under the
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applicable securities exchange rules, issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
so long as any shares of Common Stock shall be so listed during any such
Exercise Period.
10. SUPPLYING INFORMATION
The Company shall cooperate with Holder in supplying such information
as may be reasonably necessary for Holder to complete and file any information
reporting forms presently or hereafter required by the Commission as a condition
to the availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of any
Warrant or Restricted Common Stock.
11. LOSS OR MUTILATION
Upon receipt by the Company from Holder of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Warrant and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (it being
understood that the written agreement of the Holder shall be sufficient
indemnity), and in case of mutilation upon surrender and cancellation hereof,
the Company will execute and deliver in lieu hereof a new Warrant of like tenor
to Holder; provided, in the case of mutilation, no indemnity shall be required
if this Warrant in identifiable form is surrendered to the Company for
cancellation.
12. OFFICE OF THE COMPANY
As long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall
maintain an office or agency (which may be the principal executive offices of
the Company) where the Warrants may be presented for exercise, registration of
transfer, division or combination as provided in this Warrant.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by Holder to
purchase shares of Common Stock, and no enumeration herein of the rights or
privileges of Holder hereof, 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.
14. MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 Nonwaiver and Expenses. 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.
If the Company fails to make, when due, any payments provided for hereunder, or
fails to comply with any other provision of this Warrant, the Company shall pay
to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, including those of
appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant
hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies
hereunder.
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14.2 Notice Generally. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, any
notice or other communication or delivery required or permitted hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified mail,
postage prepaid, or by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, and
shall be deemed given when so delivered personally or by overnight courier
service, or, if mailed, three (3) days after the date of deposit in the United
States mails, as follows:
(1) if to the Company, to:
Univec, Inc.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Snow Xxxxxx Xxxxxx P.C.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
(2) if to the Holder, to:
THE SHAAR FUND LTD.,
c/o SHAAR ADVISORY SERVICES LTD.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 0X
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx LLP
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
The Company or the Holder may change the foregoing address by notice given
pursuant to this Section 14.2.
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14.3 Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Holder from and against any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, attorneys' fees, expenses
and disbursements of any kind which may be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted
against Holder in any manner relating to or arising out of any failure by the
Company to perform or observe in any material respect any of its covenants,
agreements, undertakings or obligations set forth in this Warrant; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable hereunder to the extent that any
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
claims, costs, attorneys' fees, expenses or disbursements are found in a final
non-appealable judgment by a court to have resulted from Holder's gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in its capacity as a stockholder or
warrantholder of the Company.
14.4 Remedies. Holder in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under Section 9 of this Warrant. The Company
agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of Section 9 of this
Warrant and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
14.5 Successors and Assigns. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.1
and 9, this Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and
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, with respect to
Section 9 hereof, holders of Warrant Stock, and shall be enforceable by any such
Holder or holder of Warrant Stock.
14.6 Amendment. This Warrant and all other Warrants may be modified or
amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company
and the Holder.
14.7 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
provision or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
14.8 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.
14.9 Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to the provisions thereof relating to conflict
of laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
duly executed and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon and attested by its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
Dated: February 8, 1999
UNIVEC, INC.
By: s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Secretary/Treasurer
Attest:
By: -----------------------------
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
[To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant]
The undersigned registered owner of this Warrant irrevocably
exercises this warrant for the purchase of ________ Shares of Common Stock of
Univec, Inc. and herewith makes payment therefor, all at the price and on the
terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and requests that certificates
for the shares of Common Stock hereby purchased (and any securities or other
property issuable upon such exercise) be issued in the name of and delivered to
____________________ whose address is ___________________ and, if such shares of
Common Stock shall not include all of the shares of Common Stock issuable as
provided in this Warrant, that a new Warrant of like tenor and date for the
balance of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder be delivered to the
undersigned.
(Name of Registered owner)
(Signature of Registered Owner)
(Street Address)
(city) (State) (Zip Code)
NOTICE: The signature on this subscription must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Warrant in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered owner of this
Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of
the rights of the undersigned under this Warrant, with respect to the number of
shares of Common Stock set forth below:
Name and Address of Assignee No. of Shares of
Common Stock
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney-in-fact
to register such transfer on the books of maintained for the
purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: Print Name:
Signature:
Witness:
NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Warrant in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
