EXHIBIT 4.15
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COLUMBIA LABORATORIES, INC.
AND
XXXX, XXXX & CO., INC.
WARRANT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MAY 6, 2000
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WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of May 6, 2000 between COLUMBIA
LABORATORIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Xxxx, Xxxx &
Co., Inc. (hereinafter referred to variously as the "Holder", "Xxxx, Xxxx" or
the "Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, Xxxx, Xxxx has agreed pursuant to an Engagement Letter (the
"Agreement") dated October 25, 1999 between Ryan, Beck, and the Company to
perform certain services on behalf of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue to Xxxx, Xxxx (and/or designees)
warrants ("Warrants") to purchase up to an aggregate 12,500 shares of common
stock of the Company ("Common Stock"), as partial payment of the retainer for
such services;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment by Xxxx,
Xxxx to the Company of an aggregate of twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50),
the agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration,
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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X. Xxxxx. Xxxx, Xxxx is hereby granted the right to purchase, at any
time from May 6, 2000, until 5:30 P.M., New York time, on May 6, 2005, up to an
aggregate of 12,500 shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") at an initial exercise
price (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof) of $7.0625 per
share of Common Stock subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Except as set forth herein, the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
are in all respects identical to the shares of Common Stock that have been
issued to the public.
2. Warrant Certificates. The warrant certificates (the "Warrant
Certificates") delivered and to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be
in the form set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as
required or permitted by this Agreement.
3. Exercise of Warrant.
ss.3.1 Method of Exercise. The Warrants initially are exercisable at an
aggregate initial exercise price per share of Common Stock set forth in Section
6 hereof payable by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House
funds, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof. Upon surrender of
a Warrant Certificate with the annexed Form of Election to Purchase duly
executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price (as hereinafter defined)
for the shares of Common Stock purchased at the Company's principal offices
(presently located at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx 000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
00000) the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate ("Holder" or "Holder")
shall be entitled to receive a certificate or certificates for the shares of
Common Stock so purchased. The purchase rights represented by each Warrant
Certificate are exercisable at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in
part (but not as to fractional shares of the Common Stock underlying the
Warrants). Warrants may be exercised to purchase all or part of the shares of
Common Stock represented thereby. In the case of the purchase of less than all
the shares of Common Stock purchasable under any Warrant Certificate, the
Company shall cancel said Warrant Certificate upon the surrender thereof and
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor for the
balance of the shares of Common Stock purchasable thereunder.
ss.3.2 Exercise by Surrender of Warrant. In addition to the method of
payment set forth in Section 3.1 and in lieu of any cash payment required
thereunder, the Holder(s) of the Warrants shall have the right at any time and
from time to time to exercise the Warrants in full or in part by surrendering
the Warrant Certificate in the manner specified in Section 3.1 in exchange for
the number of Shares equal to the product of (x) the number of Shares as to
which the Warrants are being exercised multiplied by (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Market Price (as defined in Section 3.3 below) of the
Shares less the Exercise Price and the denominator of which is such Market
Price. Solely for the purposes of this paragraph, Market Price shall be
calculated either (i) on the date which the form of election attached hereto is
deemed to have been sent to the Company pursuant to Section 13 hereof ("Notice
Date") or (ii) as the average of the Market Prices for each of the five trading
days preceding the Notice Date, whichever of (i) or (ii) is greater.
ss.3.3 Definition of Market Price. As used herein, the phrase "Market
Price" at any date shall be deemed to be the last reported sale price, or, in
case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the last
reported sale prices for the last three (3) trading days, in either case as
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officially reported by the American Stock Exchange or the principal securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or by the
Nasdaq National Market ("NNM"), or, if the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchanged or quoted by NNM, the
average closing bid price as furnished by the NASD through NNM or similar
organization if NNM is no longer reporting such information, or if the Common
Stock is not quoted on NNM, as determined in good faith by resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company, based on the best information available to
it.
4. Issuance of Certificates. Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the
issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock and/or other securities,
properties or rights underlying such Warrants, shall be made forthwith (and in
any event within five (5) business days thereafter) without charge to the Holder
thereof including, without limitation, any tax which may be payable in respect
of the issuance thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the provisions
of Sections 5 and 7 hereof) be issued in the name of, or in such names as may be
directed by, the Holder thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificates in a name other
than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or
deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the
issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall
have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
The Warrant Certificates and the certificates representing the Shares
underlying the Warrants (and/or other securities, property or rights issuable
upon the exercise of the Warrants) shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
the manual or facsimile signature of the then Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors or President or Vice President of the Company. Warrant
Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the Company upon initial
issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
5. Restriction On Transfer of Warrants. The Holder of a Warrant
Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants
are being acquired as an investment and not with a view to the distribution
thereof, except to officers or employees of the Holder.
6. Exercise Price.
ss.6.1 Initial and Adjusted Exercise Price. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8 hereof, the initial exercise price of each Warrant shall
be $7.0625 per share of Common Stock. The adjusted exercise price shall be the
price which shall result from time to time from any and all adjustments of the
initial exercise price in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 hereof.
Any transfer of a Warrant shall constitute an automatic transfer and assignment
of the registration rights set forth in section 7 hereof with regard to the
Common Stock, properties or rights underlying the Warrants.
ss.6.2 Exercise Price. The term "Exercise Price" herein shall mean the
initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending upon the
context.
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7. Registration Rights.
ss.7.1 Piggyback Registration. If, at any time commencing after the
date hereof and expiring seven (7) years from the effective date, the Company
proposes to register any of its equity securities under the Act (other than in
connection with a merger or pursuant to Form S-8 or S-4) it will give written
notice by registered mail, at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing of each
such registration statement, to Xxxx, Xxxx and to all other Holder(s) of the
Warrants and/or the Warrant Securities of its intention to do so. If Xxxx, Xxxx
or other Holder(s) of the Warrants and/or Warrant Securities notify the Company
within twenty (20) business days after receipt of any such notice of its or
their desire to include any such securities in such proposed registration
statement, the Company shall afford Xxxx, Xxxx and such Holder(s) of the
Warrants and/or Warrant Securities the opportunity to have any such Warrant
Securities registered under such registration statement (sometimes referred to
herein as the "Piggyback Registration").
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7.1, the Company shall
have the right at any time after it shall have given written notice pursuant to
this Section 7.1 (irrespective of whether a written request for inclusion of any
such securities shall have been made) to elect not to file any such proposed
registration statement, or to withdraw the same after the filing but prior to
the effective date thereof.
If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten primary registration on
behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in
writing that in their reasonable opinion based upon market conditions the number
of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number
which can be sold in such offering the Company will include in such registration
(i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the Warrant
Securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the
Holders of such Warrant Securities, on the basis of the number of shares
requested by such holders to be included, and (iii) third, other securities to
be included in such registration.
ss.7.2 Demand Registration.
(a) At any time after the date hereof and expiring five (5) years from
the effective date, the Holder of the Warrants and/or Warrant Securities
representing a "Majority" (as hereinafter defined) of such securities (assuming
the exercise of all of the Warrants) shall have the right (which right is in
addition to the registration rights under Section 7.1 hereof), exercisable by
written notice to the Company, to have the Company prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), on one occasion, a
registration statement and such other documents, including a prospectus, as may
be necessary in the opinion of both counsel for the Company and counsel for
Xxxx, Xxxx and Holder, in order to comply with the provisions of the Act, so as
to permit a public offering and sale of their respective Warrant Securities for
nine (9) consecutive months by such Holder and any other Holder of the Warrants
and/or Warrant Securities who notify the Company within ten (10) days after
receiving notice from the Company of such request.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice of any
registration request under this Section 7.2 by any Holder or Holder(s) to all
other registered Holder(s) of the Warrants and the Warrant Securities within ten
(10) days from the date of the receipt of any such registration request.
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(c) In addition to the registration rights under Section 7.1 and
subsection (a) of this Section 7.2, at any time commencing after the date hereof
and expiring five (5) years from the effective date, any Holder of Warrants
and/or Warrant Securities shall have the right, exercisable by written request
to the Company, to have the Company prepare and file, on one occasion, with the
Commission a registration statement so as to permit a public offering and sale
for nine (9) consecutive months by any such Holder of its Warrant Securities,
provided, however, that the provisions of Section 7.3(b) hereof shall not apply
to any such registration request and registration and all costs incident thereto
shall be at the expense of the Holder or Holders making such request.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the
Company shall not have filed a registration statement for the Warrant Securities
within the time period specified in Section 7.3(a) hereof pursuant to the
written notice specified in Section 7.2(a) of a Majority of the Holders of the
Warrants and/or Warrant Securities, the Company shall have the option, upon the
written notice of election of a Majority of the Holders of the Warrants and/or
Warrant Securities, to repurchase (i) any and all Warrant Securities at the
higher of the Market Price per share of Common Stock on (x) the date of the
notice sent pursuant to Section 7.2(a) or (y) the expiration of the period
specified in Section 7.3(a) and (ii) any and all Warrants at such Market Price
less the Exercise Price of such Warrant. Such repurchase shall be in immediately
available funds and shall close within two (2) days after the later of (i) the
expiration of the period specified in Section 7.3(a) or (ii) the delivery of the
written notice of election specified in this Section 7.2(d). The Company shall
have no obligation to exercise the option that may be granted pursuant to the
terms of this paragraph (d) of Section 7.2 hereof.
ss.7.3 Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration. In
connection with any registration under Section 7.1 or 7.2 hereof, the Company
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) The Company shall use its best efforts to file a registration
statement within thirty (30) days of receipt of any demand therefor, shall use
its best efforts to have any registration statements declared effective at the
earliest possible time, and shall furnish each Holder desiring to sell Warrant
Securities such number of prospectuses as shall reasonably be requested.
(b) The Company shall pay all costs (excluding fees and expenses of
Holder(s)' counsel and any underwriting or selling commissions), fees and
expenses in connection with all registration statements filed pursuant to
Sections 7.1 and 7.2(a) hereof including, without limitation, the Company's
legal and accounting fees, printing expenses, blue sky fees and expenses. The
Holder(s) will pay all costs, fees and expenses in connection with any
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 7.2(c). If the Company shall
fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.3(a), the Company shall, in
addition to any other equitable or other relief available to the Holder(s), be
liable for any or all incidental or special damages sustained by the Holder(s)
requesting registration of their Warrant Securities.
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may be required in
qualifying or registering the Warrant Securities included in a registration
statement for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such
states as reasonably are requested by the Holder(s), provided that the Company
shall not be obligated to execute or file any general consent to service of
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process or to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business under the laws of
any such jurisdiction.
(e) The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Warrant Securities
to be sold pursuant to any registration statement and each person, if any, who
controls such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section
20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all expenses
reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim
whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement.
(e) The Holder(s) of the Warrant Securities to be sold pursuant to a
registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and
not jointly, indemnify the Company, its officers and directors and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss, claim, damage or expense or
liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become
subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from information
furnished by or on behalf of such Holder, or their successors or assigns, for
specific inclusion in such registration statement.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring
the Holder(s) to exercise their Warrants prior to the initial filing of any
registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
(g) The Company shall not permit the inclusion of any securities other
than the Warrant Securities to be included in any registration statement filed
pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, without the prior written consent of the
Holder(s) of the Warrants and Warrant Securities representing a Majority of such
securities.
(h) The Company shall furnish to each Holder participating in the
offering and to each underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to
such Holder or underwriter, of (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated
the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration
includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion dated the date of the
closing under the underwriting agreement), and (ii) a "cold comfort" letter
dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such
registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter dated the date
of the closing under the underwriting agreement) signed by the independent
public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's financial
statements included in such registration statement, in each case covering
substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and
the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such accountants' letter,
with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as
are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel and in accountants'
letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings of
securities.
(i) The Company shall as soon as practicable after the effective date
of the registration statement, and in any event within 15 months thereafter,
make "generally available to its security holders" (within the meaning of Rule
158 under the Act) an earnings statement (which need not be audited) complying
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with Section 11(a) of the Act and covering a period of at least 12 consecutive
months beginning after the effective date of the registration statement.
(j) The Company shall deliver promptly to each Holder participating in
the offering requesting the correspondence and memoranda described below and to
the managing underwriters, copies of all correspondence between the Commission
and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to
discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the registration
statement and permit each Holder and underwriters to do such investigation, upon
reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted
from the registration statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws or rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Such investigation shall include access to books,
records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company
with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at
such reasonable times and as often as any such Holder or underwriter shall
reasonably request.
(k) The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with the
managing underwriters selected for such underwriting by Holder(s) holding a
Majority of the Warrant Securities requested to be included in such
underwriting, which may be Xxxx, Xxxx. Such agreement shall be satisfactory in
form and substance to the Company, each Holder and such managing underwriters,
and shall contain such representations, warranties and covenants by the Company
and such other terms as are customarily contained in agreements of that type
used by the managing underwriter. The Holder(s) shall be parties to any
underwriting agreement relating to an underwritten sale of their Warrant
Securities and may, at their option, require that any or all the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Company to or for the benefit
of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such
Holder(s). Such Holder(s) shall not be required to make any representations or
warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as they
may relate to such Holder(s) and their intended methods of distribution.
(l) In addition to the Warrant Securities, upon the written request
therefor by any Holder(s), the Company shall include in the registration
statement any other securities of the Company held by such Holder(s) as of the
date of filing of such registration statement, including without limitation
restricted shares of Common Stock, options, warrants or any other securities
convertible into shares of Common Stock.
(m) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Majority" in reference to
the Holder(s) of Warrants or Warrant Securities, shall mean in excess of fifty
percent (50%) of the then outstanding Warrants or Warrant Securities that (i)
are not held by the Company, an affiliate, officer, creditor, employee or agent
thereof or any of their respective affiliates, members of their family, persons
acting as nominees or in conjunction therewith and (ii) have not been resold to
the public pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission under
the Act.
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8. Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities.
ss.8.1 Subdivision and Combination. In case the Company shall at any
time subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Exercise
Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of subdivision or
increased in the case of combination.
ss.8.2 Stock Dividends and Distributions. In case the Company shall pay
a dividend in, or make a distribution of, shares of Common Stock or of the
Company's capital stock convertible into Common Stock, the Exercise Price shall
forthwith be proportionately decreased. An adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 8.2 shall be made as of the record date for the subject stock dividend
or distribution.
ss.8.3 Adjustment in Number of Securities. Upon each adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the number of
Warrant Securities issuable upon the exercise at the adjusted exercise price of
each Warrant shall be adjusted to the nearest full amount by multiplying a
number equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by the number of Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so
obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
ss.8.4 Definition of Common Stock. For the purpose of this Agreement,
the term "Common Stock" shall mean (i) the class of stock designated as Common
Stock in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company as may be amended as of
the date hereof, or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from successive
changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value.
ss.8.5 Merger or Consolidation. In case of any consolidation of the
Company with, or merger of the Company with, or merger of the Company into,
another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger which does not result
in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), the
corporation formed by such consolidation or merger shall execute and deliver to
the Holder a supplemental warrant agreement providing that the holder of each
Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right thereafter
(until the expiration of such Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such
warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable upon such consolidation or merger, by a holder of the number
of shares of Common Stock of the Company for which such warrant might have been
exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer.
Such supplemental warrant agreement shall provide for adjustments which shall be
identical to the adjustments provided in Section 8. The above provision of this
subsection shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or mergers.
ss.8.6 No Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases. No adjustment
of the Exercise Price shall be made:
(a) Upon the issuance or sale of the Warrants or the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants;
(b) If the amount of said adjustment shall be less than two cents
(2(cent)) per Warrant Security, provided, however, that in such case any
adjustment that would otherwise be required then to be made shall be carried
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forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent
adjustment which, together with any adjustment so carried forward, shall amount
to at least two cents (2(cent)) per Warrant Security.
9. Exchange and Replacement of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant
Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon the surrender thereof by the
registered Holder at the principal executive office of the Company, for a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the same number of Warrant Securities in such denominations as
shall be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of such surrender.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate, and,
in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses
incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of the Warrants, if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like
tenor, in lieu thereof.
10. Elimination of Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be
required to issue certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of the Warrants, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or
pay cash in lieu of fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties
that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up to
the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock or other securities,
properties or rights.
11. Reservation and Listing of Securities. The Company shall at all
times reserve and keep available out of its authorized shares of Common Stock,
solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, such
number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights as
shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees
that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor,
all shares of Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such exercise
shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to
the preemptive rights of any stockholder. As long as the Warrants shall be
outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause all shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants to be listed (subject to
official notice of issuance) on all securities exchanges on which the Common
Stock issued to the public in connection herewith may then be listed and/or
quoted.
12. Notices to Warrant Holder. Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to consent
or to receive notice as a stockholder in respect of any meetings of stockholders
for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights
whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to
the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the following events
shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its shares
of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or
distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution
payable otherwise than out of current or retained earnings, as indicated by the
accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the
Company; or
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(b) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Common
Stock any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or
any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
(c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company
(other than in connection with a consolidation or merger) or a sale of all or
substantially all of its property, assets and business as an entirety shall be
proposed;
then, in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice
of such event at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed as a record
date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, convertible or
exchangeable securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such
proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall specify
such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case may be.
Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity
of any action taken in connection with the declaration or payment of any such
dividend, or the issuance of any convertible or exchangeable securities, or
subscription rights, options or warrants, or any proposed dissolution,
liquidation, winding up or sale.
13. Notices.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made and sent when
delivered, or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested:
(a) If to a registered Holder of the Warrants, to the address of
such Holder as shown on the books of the Company; or
(d) If to the Company, to the address set forth in Section 3
hereof or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the
Holder; or
(e) If to Ryan, Beck, to Xxxx, Xxxx & Co., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Rock.
14. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and Xxxx, Xxxx may from
time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any
holder of Warrant Certificates (other than Xxxx, Xxxx) in order to cure any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any provisions herein, or to make any other
provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company
and Xxxx, Xxxx may xxxx necessary or desirable and which the Company and Xxxx,
Xxxx xxxx shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holder(s) of Warrant
Certificates.
15. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Holder(s) and
their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
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16. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate at the close of
business on May 7, 2007. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification
provisions of Section 7 shall survive such termination until the close of
business on May 6, 2012.
17. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and each
Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under
the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of said State without giving effect to the rules of
said State governing the conflicts of laws.
The Company, Xxxx, Xxxx and the Holder hereby agree that any action,
proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to, this
Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York
or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and
irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive.
The Company, Xxxx, Xxxx and the Holder hereby irrevocably waive any objection to
such exclusive jurisdiction or inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons
to be served upon any of the Company, Xxxx, Xxxx and the Holder(s) (at the
option of the party bringing such action, proceeding or claim) may be served by
transmitting a copy thereof, by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section
13 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and
binding upon the party so served in any action, proceeding or claim. The
Company, Xxxx, Xxxx and the Holder(s) agree that the prevailing party(ies) in
any such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from the other
party(ies) all of its/their reasonable legal costs and expenses relating to such
action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation
therefor.
18. Entire Agreement; Modification. This Agreement contains the entire
understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof and may not be modified or amended except by a writing duly signed by the
party against whom enforcement of the modification or amendment is sought.
19. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to
be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Agreement.
20. Captions. The caption headings of the Sections of this Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and are not intended, nor should they be
construed as, a part of this Agreement and shall be given no substantive effect.
21. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and Xxxx,
Xxxx and any other registered Holder(s) of the Warrant Certificates or Warrant
Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement;
and this Agreement shall be for the sole benefit of the Company and Xxxx, Xxxx
and any other registered Holder(s) of Warrant Certificates or Warrant
Securities.
22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
COLUMBIA LABORATORIES, INC.
By:/S/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman and CEO
Attest:/S/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Secretary: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
XXXX, XXXX & CO., INC.
By: /S/Xxxxx X. Rock
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Name: Xxxxx X. Rock
Title: Managing Director
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE THEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "ACT"), (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (OR ANY
SIMILAR RULE UNDER THE ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES), OR (iii)
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF SUCH OPINION SHALL BE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
COUNSEL FOR THE ISSUER, THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT IS
AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:30 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, May 6, 2005
No. W- Warrants to Purchase
12,500 Shares of Common Stock
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that , or registered assigns, is the
registered holder of 12,500 Warrants to purchase initially, at any time from May
6, 2000 until 5:30 p.m. New York time on May 6, 2005 ("Expiration Date"), up to
(12,500) twelve thousand five hundred fully-paid and non-assessable shares of
common stock, ("Common Stock") of COLUMBIA LABORATORIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), (one share of Common Stock referred to individually
as a "Security" and collectively as the "Securities") at the initial exercise
price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the "Exercise Price"), of
$7.0625 per share of Common Stock upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and
payment of the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the Company, but subject
to the conditions set forth herein and in the warrant agreement dated as of May
6, 2000 between the Company, and XXXX, XXXX & CO., Inc. (the "Warrant
Agreement"). Payment of the Exercise Price shall be made by certified or
official bank check in New York Clearing House funds payable to the order of the
Company or by surrender of this Warrant Certificate in connection with an
election to purchase pursuant to Section 3.2.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:30 p.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless exercised
prior thereto, hereby shall thereafter be void.
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The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly
authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which
Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company and the
holder(s) (the words "holder" or "holder(s)" meaning the registered holder or
registered holder(s)) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain
events the Exercise Price and the type and/or number of the Company's securities
issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. In such
event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number
and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants; provided,
however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant Certificates
shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights of the
holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Warrant
Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number
of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant
Certificate, subject to the limitations provided herein and in the Warrant
Agreement, without any charge except for any tax or other governmental charge
imposed in connection with such transfer.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced by this
Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a new
Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof as the
absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any
exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all
other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate, which are defined in the
Warrant Agreement, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated as of May 6, 2000
COLUMBIA LABORATORIES, INC.
[SEAL]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
Secretary
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[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.1]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right,
represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase:
shares of Common Stock;
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and herewith tenders in payment for such securities a certified or official bank
check payable in New York Clearing House Funds to the order of Columbia
Laboratories, Inc. in the amount of $____ , all in accordance with the terms of
Section 3.1 of the Agent's Warrant Agreement dated as of May 6, 2000 between
Columbia Laboratories, Inc. and Xxxx, Xxxx & Co. Inc. The undersigned requests
that a certificate for such securities be registered in the name of______ whose
address is_______ and that such Certificate be delivered to________ whose
address is________.
Dated:
Signature
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified
on the face of the Warrant Certificate.)
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(Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Holder)
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[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by
this Warrant Certificate, to purchase shares of Common Stock of COLUMBIA
LABORATORIES, INC., in accordance with the terms of Section 3.2 of that certain
Warrant Agreement dated as of May 6, 2000 between Columbia Laboratories, Inc.
and Xxxx, Xxxx & Co., Inc. and herewith tenders in payment for such securities
__________________________ Warrants. The undersigned requests that a certificate
for such securities be registered in the name of __________________________
whose address is ___________________________________________and that such
Certificate be delivered to
_________________________________________________________ whose address is
_______________________________________________.
Dated: _________________________________
Signature: _________________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of Holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant Certificate).
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(Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number
of Holder)
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED____________________hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney, to transfer the
within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full
power of substitution.
Dated: Signature:
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant Certificate.)
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(Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Assignee)
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