Exhibit 4
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WARRANT
To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of
BIO-PLEXUS, INC.
At a Purchase Price of
$3.00 per Share
(Subject to Adjustment as Provided herein)
No. of Shares of Common Stock: _________
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section Page
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1. DEFINITIONS 1
2. EXERCISE OF WARRANT 4
2.1. MANNER OF EXERCISE. 4
2.2. PAYMENT OF TAXES. 5
2.3. FRACTIONAL SHARES. 5
3. TRANSFER, DIVISION AND COMBINATION 6
3.1. TRANSFER. 6
3.2. DIVISION AND COMBINATION. 6
3.3. EXPENSES. 6
3.4. MAINTENANCE OF BOOKS. 6
4. ADJUSTMENTS 6
4.1. STOCK DIVIDENDS, SUBDIVISIONS AND COMBINATIONS. 6
4.2. CERTAIN OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. 7
4.3. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. 8
4.4. ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS OR OTHER RIGHTS. 8
4.5. ISSUANCE OF CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. 9
4.6. SUPERSEDING ADJUSTMENT. 10
4.7. OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ADJUSTMENTS UNDER
THIS SECTION 10
4.8. REORGANIZATION, RECLASSIFICATION, MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. 12
4.9. OTHER ACTION AFFECTING COMMON STOCK. 13
4.10. CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. 13
5. NOTICES TO WARRANT HOLDERS 13
5.1. NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENTS. 13
5.2. NOTICE OF CORPORATE ACTION. 13
6. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS 14
6.1 NO IMPAIRMENT. 14
7. RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF COMMON STOCK;
REGISTRATION WITH OR APPROVAL OF ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY 15
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8. TAKING OF RECORD; STOCK AND WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS 15
9. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY 15
9.1. RESTRICTIVE LEGEND. 15
9.2. NOTICE OF PROPOSED TRANSFERS; REQUESTS FOR
REGISTRATION. 16
9.3. TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS. 16
10. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS 16
11. SUPPLYING INFORMATION 17
12. LOSS OR MUTILATION 17
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 18
14. MISCELLANEOUS 18
14.1. NONWAIVER AND EXPENSES. 18
14.2. NOTICE GENERALLY. 18
14.3. REMEDIES. 19
14.4. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. 19
14.5. AMENDMENT. 19
14.6. SEVERABILITY. 19
14.7. HEADINGS. 19
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Exhibit C
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS
No. of Shares of Common Stock: _________
WARRANT
To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of
BIO-PLEXUS, INC.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT _______________, or its registered
assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled, at any time prior to the Expiration
Date (as hereinafter defined), to purchase from BIO-PLEXUS, INC., a
Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), _________ (subject to adjustment
as provided herein) shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined), in
whole or in part, at a purchase price of $3.00 per share (subject to
adjustment as provided herein), all on the terms and conditions and
pursuant to the provisions hereinafter set forth.
1. DEFINITIONS
As used in 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 date hereof, other than (i)
Warrant Stock, (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
the warrants issued by the Company to the Holder and its affiliates on
October 21, 1999 and on the date hereof, (iii) shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion of the Notes issued under the Convertible Note
Purchase Agreement and (iv) the 250,000 Shares of Common Stock to be issued
under the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement.
"Average Market Price" shall mean, in respect of any share of
Common Stock on any date herein specified, the daily volume weighted
average sale price per share of Common Stock for such date. The closing
price for each day shall be the last quoted sale price or, if not so
quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., Automated Quotation System or such other system
then in use, or, if on any such date the Common Stock or such other
securities are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices as
furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common
Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If the Common
Stock is listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange,
the closing price shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed
or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange,
as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with
respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange
on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading.
"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.
"Capital Stock" means, in the case of the Company, any and all
shares (however designated) of the capital stock of the Company now or
hereafter outstanding.
"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, no par value, of the Company as constituted on
the date hereof, 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 and
(ii) shares of common stock of any successor or acquiring corporation (as
defined in Section 4.8) received by or distributed to the holders of Common
Stock of the Company in the circumstances contemplated by Section 4.8.
"Convertible Note Purchase Agreement" shall mean the convertible
note purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company,
the purchasers listed on Exhibit A thereto and Appaloosa Management L.P.,
as collateral agent.
"Convertible Securities" shall mean evidences of indebtedness,
shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable, with or without payment of additional
consideration in cash or property, for Additional Shares of Common Stock,
either immediately or upon the occurrence of a specified date or a
specified event.
"Current Market Price" shall mean, in respect of any share of
Common Stock on any date herein specified, the average of the Average
Market Price for the twenty Business Days ending five days prior to such
date.
"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. The
Current Warrant Price as of the date of the issuance of this Warrant is
$3.00.
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"Expiration Date" shall mean a date which is five years from the
issuance of this Warrant.
"Holder" shall mean the Person in whose name this Warrant is
registered on the books of the Company maintained for such purpose.
"Holders" shall mean, collectively, each Holder of a Warrant, in the event
of any division of this Warrant.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the holders of Warrants exercisable
for in excess of 50% of the aggregate number of shares of Warrant Stock
then purchasable upon exercise of all Warrants.
"Notes" shall mean the notes to be issued pursuant to the
Convertible Note Purchase Agreement.
"Other Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
"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.
For the purposes of Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7, Common Stock
Outstanding shall include all shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of
options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, shares of
Common Stock, the exercise or conversion price of which is less than the
Current Market Price as of any date on which the number of shares of Common
Stock Outstanding is to be determined.
"Permitted Issuances" shall mean issuances of shares of Common
Stock and upon exercise of the warrants and options and other convertible
securities, in each case listed on Schedule 1.
"Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation,
partnership or other entity, and shall include any successor by merger or
otherwise of such entity.
"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 similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Security" or "Securities" shall mean any equity or debt security
of the Company (including, without limitation, subscriptions, options,
warrants, rights, stock-based or stock-related awards or convertible or
exchangeable securities to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company may be bound of any character relating to, or obligating the
Company to issue, grant, award, transfer or sell any issued or unissued
shares of the Company's Capital Stock or other securities of the Company).
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"Trading Day" means a Business Day or, if the Common Stock is
listed or admitted to trading in any national securities exchange, a day on
which such exchange is open for the transaction of business.
"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.
"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. At any time or from time to time from and
after the date hereof 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 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 (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 aggregate Current Warrant Price for such
shares and (iii) this Warrant. Such notice shall be substantially in the
form appearing at the end of this Warrant as Exhibit A, duly executed by
Xxxxxx. Thirty days after receipt of the items specified in the second
preceding sentence, the Company shall 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 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 shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of
such shares for all purposes, as of the date which is thirty days after the
date of the notice, together with the Current Warrant Price and this
Warrant, are received by the Company as described above. 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 right of Holder to purchase
the unpurchased shares of Common Stock called for by this Warrant, which
new
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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.
Payment of the Current Warrant Price shall be made at the option
of Holder by (i) certified or official bank check, (ii) wire transfer of
immediately available funds, (iii) tendering Notes having an Accreted Value
(as defined in the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement) equal to the
Current Warrant Price (the Company hereby agreeing to reissue any Notes of
a Holder into one or more Notes in denominations requested by such Holder)
or (iv) the surrender of this Warrant to the Company, with a duly executed
exercise notice marked to reflect "Net Issue Exercise," and, in either
case, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased,
during normal business hours on any Business Day. Upon a Net Issue
Exercise, Xxxxxx shall be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock equal
to the value of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised by Net
Issue Exercise) by surrender of this Warrant to the Company together with
notice of such election, in which event the Company shall issue to Holder a
number of shares of the Company's Common Stock computed as of the date of
surrender of this Warrant to the Company using the following formula:
X = Y x (A-B)
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A
Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
Holder
Y=the number of shares of Warrant Stock being exercised under this
Warrant;
A=the Current Market Price of one share of the Company's Common
Stock (at the date of such calculation);
B=the Current Warrant Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation).
2.2. PAYMENT OF TAXES. All shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant shall be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with, and
all taxes (other than income taxes or capital gain tax of the Holder) and
other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to, the issue
or delivery thereof.
2.3. FRACTIONAL SHARES. The Company shall not be required to issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon 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 fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Current Market
Price per share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.
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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, together with a written assignment of this Warrant
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto duly executed by Xxxxxx 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 canceled. 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 into multiple Warrants 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 Xxxxxx. Subject to
compliance with Section 3.1 and with Section 9, 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.
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, 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 and/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 each 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,
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(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 per share 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 stock or any
other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than
cash, Convertible Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock), or
(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 (i) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable shall be adjusted to equal the product of the number of shares
of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to
such adjustment and a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the
Current Market Price per share of Common Stock at the date of taking such
record and (B) the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price
per share of Common Stock minus the amount allocable to one share of Common
Stock of any such cash so distributable and of the fair value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of any
and all such evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, other securities
or property or warrants or other subscription or purchase rights so
distributable, 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. 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
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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. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. (a) If at any time
the Company shall (except as hereinafter provided) issue or sell any
Additional Shares of Common Stock, other than Permitted Issuances, in
exchange for consideration in an amount per Additional Share of Common
Stock less than the Current Warrant Price at the time the Additional Shares
of Common Stock are issued, including, without limitation, any shares of
Common Stock issued by the Company upon the conversion of the Call
Debentures (as defined in the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement) or (b)
if on any Conversion Date (as defined in the Convertible Note Purchase
Agreement) there are Call Debentures outstanding and the Ramius Conversion
Price (as defined in the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement) is below the
Current Warrant Price (regardless of whether any shares of Common Stock
have been issued to holders of The Call Debentures) then (i) the Current
Warrant Price as to the number of shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable prior to such adjustment shall be reduced to a price determined
by multiplying (A) the Current Warrant Price by (B) a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common
Stock Outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by the
then applicable Current Warrant Price (the "Adjustment Price") and (y) the
aggregate consideration receivable by the Company for the total number of
shares of Common Stock so issued, and the denominator of which shall be the
sum of (a) the total number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding on such
date and (b) the number of Additional Shares issued, multiplied by the
Adjustment Price; and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted to equal the product obtained
by multiplying the Current Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to
such issue or sale by the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such issue or sale and dividing
the product thereof by the Current Warrant Price resulting from the
adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) above. For purposes of this Section
4.3 and for the purposes of making adjustments of the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant
Price as provided in this Section 4, the aggregate consideration receivable
by the Company in connection with the issuance of shares of Common Stock or
of rights, warrants or other securities convertible into shares of Common
Stock shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the aggregate offering
price (before deduction of underwriting discounts or commissions and
expenses payable to third parties) of all such Common Stock, rights,
warrants and convertible securities plus the aggregate amount (as
determined on the date of issuance), if any, payable upon exercise or
conversion of any such rights, warrants and convertible securities into
shares of Common Stock. If, subsequent to the date of issuance of such
rights, warrants or Convertible Securities, the exercise or conversion
price thereof is reduced, such aggregate amount shall be recalculated and
the Current Warrant Price and number of shares of Common Stock for which
the Warrant is exercisable adjusted retroactively to give effect to such
reduction. If Common Stock is sold as a unit with other securities, the
aggregate consideration received for such Common Stock shall be deemed to
be net of the Fair Market Value of such other securities. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) in calculating any
adjustment to the Current Warrent Price pursuant to clause (b) above, once
shares of Common Stock are actually issued upon the conversion of the Call
Debentures, only those shares of Common Stock that remain issuable under
those Call Debentures which have not yet been converted shall be taken into
consideration and (ii) on any date that the Company issues any shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the Call Debentures, the Company shall, on the
same date, deliver a notice to the Collateral Agent (as defined in the
Convertible Note Purchase Agreement) specifying whether any adjustment to
the Conversion Price will be required pursuant to this Section 4.3 as a
result of such issuance.
4.4. ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS OR OTHER RIGHTS. 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 a distribution of, or shall in any manner
(whether directly or by assumption in a merger in which the Company is the
surviving corporation) issue or sell, any warrants or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase any Additional Shares of Common Stock or any
Convertible Securities (other than Permitted Issuances), whether or not the
rights to exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, and
the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the
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exercise of such warrants or other rights or upon conversion or exchange of
such Convertible Securities shall be less than the Current Warrant Price in
effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the number
of shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant
Price shall be adjusted as provided in Section 4.3 on the basis that the
maximum number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
all such warrants or other rights or necessary to effect the conversion or
exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been
issued and outstanding and the Company shall have received all of the
consideration payable therefor, if any, as of the date of the actual
issuance of the number such warrants or other rights. No further
adjustments of the Current Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual
issue of such Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon exercise
of such warrants or other rights or upon the actual issue of such Common
Stock upon such conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be required under this
Section 4.4 solely by reason of the issuance or distribution of stock
purchase rights pursuant to a shareholder rights plan or any other rights
plan of the Company, provided that the adjustments required by this Section
4.4 shall be made if any "flip-in" or "flip-over" event shall occur under
such stockholder rights plan.
4.5. ISSUANCE OF CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. 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 a distribution of, or shall in any manner
(whether directly or by assumption in a merger in which the Company is the
surviving corporation) issue or sell, any Convertible Securities (other
than Permitted Issuances or the Call Debentures), whether or not the rights
to exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or
exchange shall be less than the Current Warrant Price in effect immediately
prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the number of shares for
which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price shall be
adjusted as provided in Section 4.3 on the basis that the maximum number of
Additional shares of Common Stock necessary to effect the conversion or
exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been
issued and outstanding and the Company shall have received all of the
consideration payable therefor, if any, as of the date of actual issuance
of such Convertible Securities. No adjustment of the number of shares for
which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price shall be
made under this Section 4.5 upon the issuance of any Convertible Securities
which are issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other
subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any such adjustment shall
previously have been made upon the issuance of such warrants or other
rights pursuant to Section 4.4. No further adjustments of the number of
shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price
shall be made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities and, if any issue or sale of such
Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any warrant or other right
to subscribe for or to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which
adjustments of the number of shares for which this Warrant is exercisable
and the Current Warrant Price have been or are to be made pursuant to other
provisions of this Section 4, no further adjustments of the number of
shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price
shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
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4.6. SUPERSEDING ADJUSTMENT. If, at any time after any adjustment of
the number of shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current
Warrant Price shall have been made pursuant to Section 4.4 or Section 4.5
as the result of any issuance of warrants, rights or Convertible
Securities, such warrants or rights, or the right of conversion or exchange
in such other Convertible Securities, shall expire, and all of such
warrants or rights, or the right of conversion or exchange with respect to
all or a portion of such other Convertible Securities, as the case may be,
shall not have been exercised and no outstanding Warrant shall have been
exercised (in whole or in part), then for each outstanding Warrant such
previous adjustment shall be rescinded and annulled and the Additional
Shares of Common Stock which were deemed to have been issued by virtue of
the computation made in connection with the adjustment so rescinded and
annulled shall no longer be deemed to have been issued by virtue of such
computation.
4.7. 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) Computation of Consideration. To the extent that any
Additional Shares of Common Stock or any Convertible Securities or any
warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Additional Shares
of Common Stock or any Convertible Securities shall be issued for cash
consideration, the consideration received by the Company therefor shall be
the amount of the cash received by the Company therefor, or, if such
Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities are offered by
the Company for subscription, the subscription price, or, if such
Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities are sold to
underwriters or dealers for public offering without a subscription
offering, the public offering price (in any such case subtracting any
amounts paid or receivable for accrued interest or accrued dividends). To
the extent that such issuance shall be for a consideration other than cash,
then, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the amount of such
consideration shall be deemed to be the fair value of such consideration at
the time of such issuance as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company. In case any Additional Shares of Common Stock or
any Convertible Securities or any warrants or other rights to subscribe for
or purchase such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible
Securities shall be issued in connection with any merger in which the
Company issues any securities, the amount of consideration therefor shall
be deemed to be the fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company, of such portion of the assets and business of the
nonsurviving corporation as such Board in good faith shall determine to be
attributable to such Additional Shares of Common Stock, Convertible
Securities, warrants or other rights, as the case may be. The consideration
for any Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to any warrants
or other rights to subscribe for or purchase the same shall be the
consideration received by the Company for issuing such warrants or other
rights plus the additional consideration payable to the Company upon
exercise of such warrants or other rights. The consideration for any
Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of any
Convertible Securities shall be the consideration received by the Company
for issuing warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase such
Convertible Securities, plus the consideration paid or payable to the
Company in respect of the subscription
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for or purchase of such Convertible Securities, plus the additional
consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise of the
right of conversion or exchange in such Convertible Securities. In case of
the issuance at any time of any Additional Shares of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities in payment or satisfaction of any dividends upon any
class of stock other than Common Stock, the Company shall be deemed to have
received for such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible
Securities a consideration equal to the amount of such dividend so paid or
satisfied.
(b) 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, except that any adjustment of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable that
would otherwise be required may be postponed (except in the case of a
subdivision or combination of shares of the Common Stock, as provided for
in Section 4.1) up to, but not beyond the date of exercise if such
adjustment either by itself or with other adjustments not previously made
results in an increase or decrease of less than 1% of the shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the making
of such adjustment. Any adjustment representing a change of less than such
minimum amount (except as aforesaid) which is postponed shall be carried
forward and made as soon as such adjustment, together with other
adjustments required by this Section 4 and not previously made, would
result in a minimum adjustment or on the date of exercise. 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.
(c) Fractional Interests. In computing adjustments under this
Section 4, fractional interests in Common Stock shall be taken into account
to the nearest 1/100th of a share.
(d) 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.
(e) Escrow of Warrant Stock. If Holder exercises this Warrant
after any property becomes distributable pursuant to this Section 4 by
reason of the taking of any record of the holders of Common Stock, but
prior to the occurrence of the event for which such record is taken, any
additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise by reason of such
adjustment shall be deemed the last shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercised (notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary
herein) and such shares or other property shall be held in escrow for
Holder by the Company to be issued to Holder when and to the extent that
the event actually takes place, upon payment of the then Current Warrant
Price. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary herein, if the
event for which such record was taken fails to occur or is rescinded, then
such escrowed shares shall be canceled by the Company and escrowed property
returned.
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(f) 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 Majority Holders, and
any dispute shall be resolved by an investment banking firm of recognized
national standing selected by the Majority Holders and acceptable to the
Company.
4.8. 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
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 this Warrant and payment of the Current Warrant Price, 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 the 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 4.8, "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 4.8 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations,
reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of assets.
4.9. 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, then, unless such
action will not have a materially adverse effect upon the rights of the
Holders, the number of shares of Common Stock or other stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable and/or the purchase price thereof shall be adjusted
in such manner as may be equitable in the circumstances.
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4.10. 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 WARRANT HOLDERS
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 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 or
4.7(a)), specifying the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable and (if such adjustment was made pursuant to Section
4.8 or 4.9) 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 each Holder in accordance with Section 14.2. The Company
shall keep at its principal office copies of all such certificates and
cause the same to be available for inspection at said office during normal
business hours by any Holder or any prospective purchaser of a Warrant
designated by a Holder thereof.
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 (other
than a cash dividend payable out of earnings or earned surplus legally
available for the payment of dividends under the laws of the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company) 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 20 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,
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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 20 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 Xxxxxx appearing on the
books of the Company and delivered in accordance with Section 13.2.
6. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS
6.1 NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company shall not by any action, including,
without limitation, amending its Certificate of Incorporation, by-laws or
comparable governing instruments 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 Xxxxxx, the Company will at any time during
the period this Warrant is outstanding acknowledge in writing, in form
reasonably satisfactory to Holder, the continuing validity of this Warrant
and the obligations of the Company hereunder.
7. RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF COMMON STOCK; REGISTRATION WITH OR
APPROVAL OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY
From and after the date hereof, 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
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any Warrant and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of such
Warrant, shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
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, 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. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
9, each Warrant and each certificate for Warrant Stock initially issued
upon the exercise of a Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Stock
issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate, shall be
stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following
form:
"[THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
HEREBY] [THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE] HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION TO THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS."
9.2. NOTICE OF PROPOSED TRANSFERS; REQUESTS FOR REGISTRATION. Prior to
any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Warrants or any shares of
Restricted Common Stock, the holder of such Warrants or Restricted Common
Stock shall give ten days' prior written notice (a "Transfer Notice") to
the Company of such holder's intention to effect such Transfer, describing
the manner and circumstances of the proposed Transfer, and obtain from
counsel to such 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,
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notify the holder of such Warrants or such Restricted Common Stock 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 and each Warrant issued upon such Transfer shall
bear the restrictive legend set forth in Section 9.1, unless in the opinion
of such counsel such legend is not required in order to ensure compliance
with the Securities Act. The holder of the Warrants or the Restricted
Common Stock, as the case may be, giving the Transfer Notice 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 that such opinion
is reasonably satisfactory.
9.3. TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 9, the restrictions imposed by this Section upon
the transferability of the Warrants, the Warrant Stock and the Restricted
Common Stock and the legend requirements of Section 9.1 shall terminate as
to any particular Warrant or share of Warrant Stock or Restricted Common
Stock (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.
10. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
(a) The Company shall not issue, sell or exchange, or agree to
issue, sell or exchange (collectively, "Issue," and any issuance, sale or
exchange resulting therefrom, an "Issuance") any Securities unless the
Company shall have first given written notice (the "Section 10 Notice") to
each holder of Warrants or Warrant Stock (for purposes of this Section,
each a "Section 10 Offeree") that shall (i) state the Company's intention
to Issue Securities, the amount to be issued, sold or exchanged, the terms
of such Securities, the purchase price therefor and a summary of the other
material terms of the proposed issuance, sale or exchange and (ii) offer (a
"Section 10 Offer") to Issue to each Section 10 Offeree and their
affiliates such Section 10 Offeree's Proportionate Percentage (as defined
below) of such Securities (with respect to each Section 10 Offeree, the
"Offered Securities") upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Section 10 Notice, which Section 10 Offer by its terms shall
remain open and irrevocable for a period of 15-days from the date it is
delivered by the Company to such holder, as the case may be (and, to the
extent the Section 10 Offer is accepted during such 15-day period, until
the closing of the Issuance contemplated by the Section 10 Offer).
"Proportionate Percentage" for the purposes of this Section shall mean the
quotient obtained by dividing: (A) the Warrant Stock held by such Section
10 Offeree (assuming for purposes of this Section 10 that all issued and
outstanding Warrants have been exercised) on the date of the Section 10
Offer, by (B) the Warrant Stock issued and outstanding on the date of the
Section 10 Offer.
(b) Notice of a Section 10 Offeree's intention to accept a
Section 10 Offer, in whole or in part, shall be evidenced by a writing
signed by such party and delivered to the Company prior to the end of the
15-day period of such Section 10 Offer (each, a "Notice of
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Acceptance"), setting forth the portion of the Offered Securities that the
Section 10 Offeree elects to purchase, which election shall be binding.
(c) In the event that a Notice of Acceptance is not given by a
Section 10 Offeree in respect of all the Offered Securities, the Company
shall have 60 days following the 15-day period referred to in clause (b)
above to Issue all or any part of such remaining Offered Securities not
covered by the Notice of Acceptance to any other Person(s), but only at a
price not less than the price, and on terms no more favorable to the person
than the terms, stated in the Section 10 Offer Notice. If the Company does
not consummate the Issuance of all or part of the remaining Offered
Securities to such other Person(s) within such period, the right provided
hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such securities shall not be
offered unless first re-offered to each Section 10 Offeree in accordance
with this Section 10. Upon the closing of the Issuance to such other
Person(s) (the "Other Buyers") of all or part of the remaining Offered
Securities, each Section 10 Offeree shall purchase from the Company, and
the Company shall Issue to each such Section 10 Offeree, the Offered
Securities covered by the Notice of Acceptance delivered to the Company by
the Section 10 Offeree, on the terms specified in the Section 10 Offer. The
purchase by a Section 10 Offeree of any Offered Securities is subject in
all cases to the execution and delivery by the Company and the Section 10
Offeree of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities in form
and substance similar in all material respects to the extent applicable to
that executed and delivered between the Company and the Other Buyers.
11. SUPPLYING INFORMATION
The Company shall cooperate with each Holder of a Warrant and
each holder of Restricted Common Stock in supplying such information as may
be reasonably necessary for such holder to complete and file any reports or
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.
12. LOSS OR MUTILATION
Upon receipt by the Company from any 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, in the case of the initial
holder, the written agreement of Appaloosa Management L.P. 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 such Xxxxxx; provided, in the case of
mutilation, no indemnity shall be required if this Warrant in identifiable
form is surrendered to the Company for cancellation.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by
Xxxxxx 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
such Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a
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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 Xxxxxx'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.
14.2. NOTICE GENERALLY. Any notice, demand, request, consent,
approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder to be made
pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant shall be sufficiently given or
made if in writing and either delivered in person with receipt acknowledged
or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or by telecopy and confirmed by telecopy answerback, addressed as
follows:
(a) If to any Holder or holder of Warrant Stock, at its last
known address appearing on the books of the Company maintained
for such purpose.
(b) If to the Company at
Bio-Plexus, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein
provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in
writing by the party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand,
request, consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication
hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given or served on the date on
which personally delivered, with receipt acknowledged, telecopied and
confirmed by telecopy answerback, or three Business Days after the same
shall have been deposited in the United States mail. Failure or delay in
delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, approval, declaration,
delivery or other communication to the person designated above to receive a
copy shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice,
demand, request, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication.
14.3. REMEDIES. Each holder of Warrant and Warrant Stock, 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 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
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the provisions of this Warrant and xxxxxx agrees to waive the defense in
any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
14.4. 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 Xxxxxx. 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.
14.5. 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 Majority Holders, provided that no such Warrant may be
modified or amended to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock for
which such Warrant is exercisable or to increase the price at which such
shares may be purchased upon exercise of such Warrant (before giving effect
to any adjustment as provided therein) without the prior written consent of
the Holder thereof, provided however, that the foregoing shall not limit
the operation of Section 4.6.
14.6. 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.
14.7. 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.
14.8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY CONSENTS TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, IN EACH CASE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, FOR ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION IN ANY COURT OR BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL
AUTHORITY ("LITIGATION") ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS WARRANT AND THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (AND AGREES NOT TO COMMENCE ANY LITIGATION
RELATING THERETO EXCEPT IN SUCH COURTS), AND FURTHER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF
ANY PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICE OR DOCUMENT BY U.S. REGISTERED MAIL TO ITS
RESPECTIVE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THIS WARRANT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF
PROCESS FOR ANY LITIGATION BROUGHT AGAINST IT IN ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF THIS
WARRANT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN
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EACH CASE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH
COURT THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT
IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LITIGATION
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS WARRANT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April __, 2000
BIO-PLEXUS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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