COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
EXHIBIT 99.9
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS
SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY
STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM,
OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION
OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF
WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS
SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To
Purchase Shares
of Common Stock of
CHEMBIO
DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the
“Warrant”) certifies that, for value
received,
(the “Holder”), is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions
hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof
(the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior
to the close of business on the fifth anniversary of the Initial
Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not
thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Chembio
Diagnostics, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), up
to shares
(the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock”). The purchase price of one share of Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price,
as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”), dated
September 29, 2006, among the Company and the purchasers
signatory thereto.
Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times
on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the
Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed
facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (or
such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate
by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of
such Holder appearing on the books of the Company); and, within
3 Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered
to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire
transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder
shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to
the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant
Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in
full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to
the Company for cancellation within 3 Trading Days of the date
the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company.
Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a
portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available
hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding
number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount
equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number
of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The
Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise
Form within 1 Business Day of receipt of such notice. In the
event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder
shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of
manifest error. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of
this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the
provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a
portion
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of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares
available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less
than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise
price of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be
$1.00, subject to adjustment hereunder (the
“Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any
time after one year from the date of issuance of this Warrant
there is no effective Registration Statement registering, or no
current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant
Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised at
such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which
the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the
number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as
adjusted; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless
exercise.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the
Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised
via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).
d) The Company shall not effect any exercise of this
Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any
portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2(c) or
otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such
issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of
Exercise, such Holder (together with such Holder’s
Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group
together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s
Affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise,
would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing
sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by such Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which such determination is being made, but
shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would
be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining,
nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such
Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or
conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any
other securities of the Company (including, without limitation,
any other [Preferred Stock or Warrants) subject to a limitation
on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its
affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this Section 2(d)(i), beneficial ownership
shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, it being acknowledged by a Holder that the Company
is not representing to such Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and such
Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be
filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation
contained in this Section 2(d) applies, the determination
of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates)
and of which a portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be
in the sole discretion of a Holder, and the submission of a
Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be each Holder’s
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable
(in relation to other securities owned by such Holder
together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this
Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to such aggregate
percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation
to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In
addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated
above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(d), in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a
Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent
Form 10-QSB
or
Form 10-KSB,
as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement
by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or
the Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral
request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days
confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the
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Company, including this Warrant, by such Holder or its
Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial
Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of
shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation
provisions of this Section 2(d)(i) may be waived by such
Xxxxxx, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than
61 days’ prior notice to the Company to change the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares
of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect
to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this
Warrant, and the provisions of this Section 2(d) shall
continue to apply. Upon such a change by a Holder of the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to
such 9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may
not be further waived by such Holder. The provisions of this
paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner
otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this
Section 2(d)(i) to correct this paragraph (or any portion
hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended
Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make
changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give
effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this
paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
e) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Authorization of Warrant
Shares. The Company covenants that all
Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the
purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise
of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue
thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring
contemporaneously with such issue).
ii. Delivery of Certificates Upon
Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased
hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the
Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the
Holder’s prime broker with the Depository
Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission (“DWAC”) system if the Company is a
participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery
to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise
within 3 Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the
Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant and payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above
(“Warrant Share Delivery Date”). This Warrant
shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise
Price is received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be
deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so
designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a
holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date
the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all
taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 2(e)(vii) prior to the issuance of such shares,
have been paid.
iii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon
Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been
exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of
the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder
to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this
Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be
identical with this Warrant.
iv. Rescission Rights. If the
Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant
Shares pursuant to this Section 2(e)(iv) by the Warrant
Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to
rescind such exercise.
v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely
Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the
Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant
Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share
Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by
its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise
purchases shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder
anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“Buy-In”), then the Company shall (1) pay
in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if
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any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds
(y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number
of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to
the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times
(B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such
purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of
the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and
equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was
not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of
Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely
complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder.
For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total
purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an
attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate
sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000,
under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the
Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder
shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts
payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with
applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested
by the Company. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right
to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law
or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance
and/or
injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to
timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
vi. No Fractional Shares or
Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise
of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder
would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the
Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final
fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the
Exercise Price.
vii. Charges, Taxes and
Expenses. Issuance of certificates for
Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for
any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect
of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and
expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates
shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or
names as may be directed by the Holder; provided,
however, that in the event certificates for Warrant
Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the
Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed
by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition
thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any
transfer tax incidental thereto.
viii. Closing of Books. The
Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any
manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant,
pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 3. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If
the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding:
(A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution
or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other
equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of
Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include
any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise
of this Warrant, the Company’s Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, the Company’s Series B
9% Convertible Preferred Stock or the Company’s
Series C 7% Convertible Preferred Stock),
(B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
larger number of shares, (C) combines (including by way of
reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by reclassification
of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the
Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if
any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the number of
shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately adjusted. Any adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective
immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time
while this Warrant is outstanding, shall offer, sell, grant any
option to purchase or offer, sell or grant any right to reprice
its securities, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce
any offer, sale, grant or any option to
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purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common
Stock, at an effective price per share less than the then
Exercise Price (such lower price, the “Base Share
Price” and such issuances collectively, a
“Dilutive Issuance”), as adjusted hereunder (if
the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so
issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price
adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or
exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or
rights per share which are issued in connection with such
issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an
effective price per share which is less than the Exercise Price,
such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the
Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then, the
Exercise Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Share Price
and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be
increased such that the aggregate Exercise Price payable
hereunder, after taking into account the decrease in the
Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price
prior to such adjustment. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The
Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the
Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents subject to this section, indicating therein
the applicable issuance price, or of applicable reset price,
exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such
notice the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For
purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a
Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b),
upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, after the date of
such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled to receive a
number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price
regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base
Share Price in the Notice of Exercise.
c) Pro Rata Distributions. If the
Company, at any time prior to the Termination Date, shall
distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders of
the Warrants) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights
or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than
the Common Stock (which shall be subject to Section 3(b)),
then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the
denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date
mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP
on such record date less the then per share fair market value at
such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of
indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share
of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in
good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in
a statement provided to the Holders of the portion of assets or
evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription
rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall
become effective immediately after the record date mentioned
above.
d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at
any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (A) the Company
effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer
(whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant
to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or
(D) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common
Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the
Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for
other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any
subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the
right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been
issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder,
(a) upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of shares of
Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the
Company, if it is the surviving corporation and any additional
consideration, and Alternate Consideration 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 or (b) if the Company is
acquired in an all cash transaction, cash equal to the value of
this Warrant as determined in accordance with the Black-Scholes
option pricing formula (the “Alternate
Consideration”). For purposes of any such exercise, the
determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately
adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one
share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the
Company shall apportion the Exercise Price
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among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the
Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given
any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received
in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the
same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon
any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing
provisions, any successor to the Company or s urviving entity in
such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new
warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing
the Holder’s right to exercise such warrant into Alternate
Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a
Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms
requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with
the provisions of this Section 3(d) and insuring that this
Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly
adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a
Fundamental Transaction.
e) Exempt
Issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
adjustments, Alternate Consideration nor notices shall be made,
paid or issued under this Section 3 in respect of an Exempt
Issuance.
f) Calculations. All calculations
under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or
the nearest
1/100th of
a share, as the case may be. The number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares of
Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company,
and the description of any such shares of Common Stock shall be
considered on issue or sale of Common Stock. For purposes of
this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed
to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum
of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
g) Voluntary Adjustment By
Company. The Company may at any time during
the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price
to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
h) Notice to Holders.
i. Adjustment to Exercise
Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is
adjusted pursuant to this Section 3, the Company shall
promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise
Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement
of the facts requiring such adjustment. If the Company issues a
variable rate security, despite the prohibition thereon in the
Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible
conversion or exercise price at which such securities may be
converted or exercised in the case of a Variable Rate
Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), or the
lowest possible adjustment price in the case of an MFN
Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by
Xxxxxx. If (A) the Company shall declare
a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock;
(B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash
dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the
Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the
Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any
shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights;
(D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall
be required in connection with any reclassification of the
Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company
is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities,
cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up
of the affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company
shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it
shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least
20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective
date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date
on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a
record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is
expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which
it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall
be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such
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reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange; provided, that the failure to mail such notice
or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect
the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in
such notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant
during the
20-day
period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective
date of the event triggering such notice.
Section 4. Transfer
of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to
compliance with any applicable securities laws and the
conditions set forth in Sections 5(a) and 4(d) hereof and
to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement,
this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole
or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal
office of the Company, together with a written assignment of
this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds
sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of
such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such
payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the
denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of
assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant
evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this
Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly
assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of
Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may
be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation
hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a
written notice specifying the names and denominations in which
new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent
or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any
transfer which may be involved in such division or combination,
the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants
in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or
combined in accordance with such notice.
c) Warrant Register. The Company
shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by
the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant
Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof
from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered
Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the
purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the
contrary.
d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at
the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any
transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not
be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities
or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of
allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of
this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a
written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form,
substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be
made without registration under the Securities Act and under
applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the
holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an
investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the
Company and (iii) that the transferee be an
“accredited investor” as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8)
promulgated under the Securities Act or a qualified
institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A(a) promulgated
under the Securities Act.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) Title to Warrant. Prior to the
Termination Date and subject to compliance with applicable laws
and Section 4 of this Warrant, this Warrant and all rights
hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office
or agency of the Company by the Holder in person or by duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together
with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed. The
transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
b) No Rights as Shareholder Until
Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the
Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of
the Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of
this Warrant and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or
by means of a cashless exercise), the Warrant
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Shares so purchased shall be and be deemed to be issued to such
Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of
business on the later of the date of such surrender or payment.
c) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of
Warrant. The Company covenants that upon
receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or
any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in
case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security
reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the
Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate,
if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or
stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
d) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays,
etc. If the last or appointed day for the
taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or
granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday,
then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on
the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
e) Authorized Shares.
The Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is
outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the
issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase
rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that
its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to
its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for
the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights
under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable
action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares
may be issued as provided herein without violation of any
applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the
Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the
Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without
limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through
any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of
any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good
faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to
protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant
against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value
of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon
such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value,
(b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate
in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully
paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be
necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under
this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in
the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain
all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents
thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or
bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
f) Jurisdiction. All questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance
with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
g) Restrictions. The Holder
acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise
of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon
resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
h) Nonwaiver 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, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder
terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and
knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant,
which results in any
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material damages to the Holder, 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.
i) Notices. Any notice, request or
other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to
the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with
the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
j) Limitation of Liability. No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by
Holder to exercise this Warrant or purchase Warrant Shares, and
no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder,
shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase
price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by
creditors of the Company.
k) 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 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
this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any
action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
l) Successors and Assigns. Subject
to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and
obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors
and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant
are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to
time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder
or holder of Warrant Shares.
m) Amendment. This Warrant may be
modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
n) Severability. Wherever
possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law,
but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or
invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the
remaining provisions of this Warrant.
o) Headings. The headings used in
this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall
not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized.
CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
By: |
Name:
Title: |
Dated: September , 2006
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NOTICE OF
EXERCISE
TO: CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to
purchase
Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the
attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders
herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with
all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is
necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in
subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the
maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the
cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing
said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such
other name as is specified below:
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following:
(4) Accredited Investor. The
undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity: |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: |
Name of Authorized Signatory: |
Title of Authorized Signatory: |
Date: |
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ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To
assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights
evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
whose address is | |
. |
|
Dated: | , |
Holder’s Signature: |
Holder’s Address: |
Signature Guaranteed: |
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must
correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the
Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company.
Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or
other representative capacity should file proper evidence of
authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
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