CELL GENESYS, INC. and , AS WARRANT AGENT FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF
EXHIBIT
4.10
CELL
GENESYS, INC.
and
,
AS WARRANT AGENT
FORM
OF DEBT SECURITIES
DATED
AS OF
[ ]
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 | ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES | 1 | ||
1.1 | Issuance of Warrants | 1 | ||
1.2 | Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates | 1 | ||
1.3 | Issuance of Warrant Certificates | 2 | ||
ARTICLE 2 | WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS | 2 | ||
2.1 | Warrant Price | 2 | ||
2.2 | Duration of Warrants | 2 | ||
2.3 | Exercise of Warrants | 3 | ||
ARTICLE 3 | OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES | 4 | ||
3.1 | No Rights as Holders of Warrant Debt Securities Conferred by Warrants or Warrant Certificates | 4 | ||
3.2 | Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates | 4 | ||
3.3 | Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights | 4 | ||
3.4 | Merger, Sale, Conveyance or Lease | 4 | ||
3.5 | Notice to Warrantholders | 5 | ||
ARTICLE 4 | EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES | 5 | ||
4.1 | Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates | 5 | ||
4.2 | Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates | 5 | ||
4.3 | Cancellation of Warrant Certificates | 6 | ||
ARTICLE 5 | CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT | 6 | ||
5.1 | Warrant Agent | 6 | ||
5.2 | Conditions of Warrant Agent’s Obligations | 6 | ||
5.3 | Resignation, Removal and Appointment of Successors | 7 | ||
ARTICLE 6 | MISCELLANEOUS | 8 | ||
6.1 | Amendment | 8 | ||
6.2 | Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent | 8 |
6.3 | Addresses | 8 | ||
6.4 | Governing Law | 9 | ||
6.5 | Delivery of Prospectus | 9 | ||
6.6 | Obtaining of Governmental Approvals | 9 | ||
6.7 | Persons Having Rights Under Warrant Agreement | 9 | ||
6.8 | Headings | 9 | ||
6.9 | Counterparts | 9 | ||
6.10 | Inspection of Agreement | 9 |
Cell
Genesys, Inc.
Form
of Debt Securities Warrant
Agreement
DEBT
SECURITIES WARRANT AGREEMENT,
dated as
of
between Cell Genesys, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and
,
a [corporation] [national banking association] organized and existing under
the
laws of
and having a corporate trust office in
,
as warrant agent (the “WARRANT AGENT”).
WHEREAS,
the Company has entered
into an indenture dated as of
[
(the “SENIOR INDENTURE”), with
,
as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, herein called
the
“SENIOR TRUSTEE”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its
unsubordinated debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided
in the Senior Indenture (the “DEBT SECURITIES”);]
[
(the “SUBORDINATED INDENTURE”), with
,
as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, herein called
the
“SUBORDINATED TRUSTEE”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its
subordinated debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided
in
the Subordinated Indenture (the “DEBT SECURITIES”);]
WHEREAS,
the Company proposes to
sell [If Warrants are sold with other securities—title of such other Securities
being offered (the “OTHER SECURITIES”) with] warrant certificates evidencing one
or more warrants (the “WARRANTS” or, individually, a “WARRANT”) representing the
right to purchase [title of Debt Securities purchasable through exercise of
Warrants] (the “WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES”), such warrant certificates and other
warrant certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called
the
WARRANT CERTIFICATES”; and
WHEREAS,
the Company desires the
Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing
so to act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange,
exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement
wishes to set forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant
Certificates and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued,
registered, transferred, exchanged, exercised and replaced;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1
ISSUANCE
OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION
AND
DELIVERY
OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
1.1
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS. [If
Warrants alone—Upon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or
more Warrants.] [If Other Securities and Warrants—Warrant Certificates shall be
[initially] issued in connection with the issuance of the Other Securities
[but
shall be separately transferable on and after
(the “DETACHABLE DATE”)] [and shall not be separately transferable] and each
Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced
thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein
and therein, to purchase one Warrant Debt Security. [If Other Securities and
Warrants—Warrant Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Other
Securities and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence
Warrants for each
[$
principal amount]
[
shares] of Other Securities included in such unit.].
1.2
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
WARRANT CERTIFICATES. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in
registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall
be dated the date of its countersignature by the Warrant Agent and may have
such
letters, numbers, or other marks of identification or designation and such
legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the
officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to
be
conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law
or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any securities exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to conform
to
usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on
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behalf
of the Company by any of its
present or future chief executive officers, presidents, senior vice presidents,
vice presidents, chief financial officers, chief legal officers, treasurers,
assistant treasurers, controllers, assistant controllers, secretaries or
assistant secretaries under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such
signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers
and
may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. The seal
of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed,
affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.
No
Warrant Certificate shall be
valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable,
until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature
of
the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant
Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the
Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued hereunder.
In
case any officer of the Company
who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates either manually or by
facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant
Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the
Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered
notwithstanding that the person who signed Warrant Certificates ceased to be
such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf
of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such
Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although
at
the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such
officer.
The
term “holder” or “holder of a
Warrant Certificate” as used herein shall mean any person in whose name at the
time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained
by the Warrant Agent for that purpose [If Other Securities and Warrants are
not
immediately detachable — or upon the registration of the Other Securities prior
to the Detachable Date. Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or
will
cause the registrar of the Other Securities to, make available at all times
to
the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Other Securities as
may
be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent’s records up to date].
1.3
ISSUANCE OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase Warrant
Debt
Securities may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent
upon the execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter.
The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed
on
behalf of the Company, countersign such Warrant Certificates and shall deliver
such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company.
ARTICLE
2
WARRANT
PRICE, DURATION AND
EXERCISE
OF WARRANTS
2.1
WARRANT PRICE. During the period
specified in Section 2.2, each Warrant shall, subject to the terms of this
Warrant Agreement and the applicable Warrant Certificate, entitle the holder
thereof, to purchase the principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities specified
in the applicable Warrant Certificate at an exercise price of
% of the
principal amount thereof [plus accrued amortization, if any, of the original
issue discount of the Warrant Debt Securities] [plus accrued interest, if any,
from the most recent date from which interest shall have been paid on the
Warrant Debt Securities or, if no interest shall have been paid on the Warrant
Debt Securities, from the date of their initial issuance.] [The original issue
discount
($
for each $1,000 principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities) will be amortized
at a %
annual rate, computed on a[n] [semi-] annual basis [using a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months].] Such purchase price for the Warrant Debt
Securities is referred to in this Agreement as the “WARRANT PRICE.”
2.2
DURATION OF WARRANTS. Each
Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, as specified herein,
on or after [the date thereof]
[ ] and
at or before
[ ] p.m.,
[City] time, on
or such later date as the Company may designate by notice to the Warrant Agent
and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth
in the record books of the Warrant Agent (the “Expiration Date”). Each Warrant
not exercised at or before
[ ] p.m.,
[City] time, on the Expiration Date shall
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become
void, and all rights of the
holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement
shall cease.
2.3
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS.
(a)
During the period specified in
Section 2.2, the Warrants may be exercised to purchase a whole number of
Warrant Debt Securities in registered form by providing certain information
as
set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full,
in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check
or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer
in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price for each Warrant Debt Security
with respect to which a Warrant is being exercised to the Warrant Agent at
its
corporate trust office, provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within
five business days of such payment by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant
Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Debt Securities set
forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and
duly
executed. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is received
by
the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate as
aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is exercised; provided,
however, that if, at the date of receipt of such Warrant Certificates and
payment in full of the Warrant Price, the transfer books for the Warrant Debt
Securities purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrants shall be closed,
no
such receipt of such Warrant Certificates and no such payment of such Warrant
Price shall be effective to constitute the person so designated to be named
as
the holder of record of such Warrant Debt Securities on such date, but shall
be
effective to constitute such person as the holder of record of such Warrant
Debt
Securities for all purposes at the opening of business on the next succeeding
day on which the transfer books for the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable
upon
the exercise of such Warrants shall be opened, and the certificates for the
Warrant Debt Securities in respect of which such Warrants are then exercised
shall be issuable as of the date on such next succeeding day on which the
transfer books shall next be opened, and until such date the Company shall
be
under no duty to deliver any certificate for such Warrant Debt Securities.
The
Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant
Price in an account of the Company maintained with it and shall advise the
Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a payment for the exercise
of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited to its account. The Warrant
Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing.
(b)
The Warrant Agent shall, from
time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company of (i) the
number of Warrant Debt Securities with respect to which Warrants were exercised,
(ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing
such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant Debt Securities to which
such holder is entitled upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant
Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants for the remaining
Warrant Debt Securities after such exercise, and (iv) such other
information as the Company or the [Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee shall
reasonably require.
(c)
As soon as practicable after the
exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue, pursuant to the Indenture,
in
authorized denominations, to or upon the order of the holder of the Warrant
Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Debt Securities to which such
holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names
as may be directed by such holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced
by such Warrant Certificate were exercised, the Company shall execute, and
an
authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver,
a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Debt
Securities remaining unexercised.
(d)
The Company shall not be
required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required
to
be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant
Debt Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the
Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Debt Securities
until such tax or other charge shall have
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been
paid or it has been established
to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.
ARTICLE
3
OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS
OF
HOLDERS
OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
3.1
NO RIGHTS AS HOLDERS OF WARRANT
DEBT SECURITIES CONFERRED BY WARRANTS OR WARRANT CERTIFICATES. No Warrant
Certificate or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to
any
of the rights of a holder of Warrant Debt Securities, including, without
limitation, the right to receive the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on the Warrant Debt Securities or to enforce any
of
the covenants in the Indenture.
3.2
LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR
DESTROYED WARRANT CERTIFICATES. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and/or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company and, in the case
of
mutilation, upon surrender of the mutilated Warrant Certificate to the Warrant
Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant
Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
the
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant
Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing Warrants for a like principal
amount of Warrant Debt Securities. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant
Certificate under this Section 3.2, the Company may require the payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant
Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2 in lieu of
any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately
with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 3.2 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect
to
the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates.
3.3
HOLDER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
MAY ENFORCE RIGHTS. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement,
any
holder of any Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent,
the
[Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee, the holder of any Warrant Debt Securities
or
the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in such holder’s own behalf
and for such holder’s own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any
suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise
in respect of, such holder’s right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by such
holder’s Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in such holder’s Warrant
Certificates and in this Agreement.
3.4
MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE OR
LEASE. In case of (a) any share exchange, merger or similar transaction of
the Company with or into another person or entity (other than a share exchange,
merger or similar transaction in which the Company is the acquiring or surviving
corporation) or (b) the sale, exchange, lease, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company as an entirety (in any such case, a “REORGANIZATION EVENT”), then, as a
condition of such Reorganization Event, lawful provisions shall be made, and
duly executed documents evidencing the same from the Company’s successor shall
be delivered to the holders of the Warrants, so that such successor shall
succeed to and be substituted for the Company, and assume all the Company’s
obligations under, this Agreement and the Warrants. The Company shall thereupon
be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and
the
Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter
be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming entity
thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in
the
name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable hereunder which
heretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and
deliver securities in its own name, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver
Warrant Debt Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so
issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under
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this
Agreement as the Warrants
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof. In any case of any such Reorganization Event, such changes in
phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Warrants
thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
The
Warrant Agent may receive a
written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
Reorganization Event complies with the provisions of this Section 3.4.
3.5
NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS. In
case the Company shall (a) effect any Reorganization Event or (b) make
any distribution on or in respect of the [title of Warrant Debt Securities]
in
connection with the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company,
then
the Company shall mail to each holder of Warrants at such holder’s address as it
shall appear on the books of the Warrant Agent, at least ten days prior to
the
applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating the date on which such
Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to
become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of [title
of Warrant Debt Securities] of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares
of [title of Warrant Debt Securities] for securities or other property
deliverable upon such Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing
thereof shall affect any such transaction.
ARTICLE
4
EXCHANGE
AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES
4.1
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES. [If Other Securities with Warrants which are immediately
detachable — Upon] [If Other Securities with Warrants which are not immediately
detachable — Prior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be
exchanged or transferred only together with the Other Security to which the
Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of
effecting or in conjunction with an exchange or transfer of such Other Security.
Prior to any Detachable Date, each transfer of the Other Security shall operate
also to transfer the related Warrant Certificates. After the Detachable Date,
upon] surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, Warrant
Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates
in
other denominations evidencing such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be
registered in whole or in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates
evidence Warrants for the same aggregate principal amount of Warrant Debt
Securities as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The Warrant Agent shall
keep, at its corporate trust office, books in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and
exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender
of
the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office
for
exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by
appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions
for
transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No
service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of
Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to
cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in
connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any
Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or registration of
transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign
and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate
or
Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so
requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or
registration of transfer which will result in the issuance of a Warrant
Certificate evidencing a Warrant for a fraction of a Warrant Debt Security
or a
number of Warrants for a whole number of Warrant Debt Securities and a fraction
of a Warrant Debt Security. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any exchange
or
registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations
of the Company, evidencing the same obligations and entitled to the same
benefits under this Agreement as the Warrant Certificate surrendered for such
exchange or registration of transfer.
4.2
TREATMENT OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES. [If Other Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable
—
Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other
persons may treat the owner of the Other Security as the owner of the Warrant
Certificates initially attached thereto for any purpose and as the person
entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced by such
Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding. After the
Detachable Date and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate for
registration of transfer, the] [The] Company, the Warrant Agent and all other
persons may treat the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate as the absolute
owner thereof for any purpose
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and
as the person entitled to
exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice
to
the contrary notwithstanding.
4.3
CANCELLATION OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exchange, registration
of
transfer or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered
to
the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent and all Warrant Certificates
surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly canceled
by
the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted
by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company
from
time to time or otherwise dispose of canceled Warrant Certificates in a manner
satisfactory to the Company.
ARTICLE
5
CONCERNING
THE WARRANT AGENT
5.1
WARRANT AGENT. The Company
hereby appoints
as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant
Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth,
and
hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and
authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and
hereby and such further power and authority to act on behalf of the Company
as
the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and
provisions with respect to such power and authority contained in the Warrant
Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.
5.2
CONDITIONS OF WARRANT AGENT’S
OBLIGATIONS. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon
the
terms and conditions hereof, including the following to all of which the Company
agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to
time
of the Warrant Certificates shall be subject:
(a)
COMPENSATION AND
INDEMNIFICATION. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the
compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by
the
Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred without negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct by the Warrant Agent in connection with the services
rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify
the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or
expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the
part
of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as Warrant
Agent hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
against any claim of such liability.
(b)
AGENT FOR THE COMPANY. In acting
under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates,
the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume
any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the
holders of Warrant Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.
(c)
COUNSEL. The Warrant Agent may
consult with counsel satisfactory to it, which may include counsel for the
Company, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
(d)
DOCUMENTS. The Warrant Agent
shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action
taken or omitted by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice,
direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed
by
the proper parties.
(e)
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. The
Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may become the owner
of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the same rights that it or they
would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any
financial or other transaction with the Company
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and
may act on, or as depositary,
trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Warrant Securities
or
other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent
hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the
Warrant Agent from acting as [Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee under the [Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture.
(f)
NO LIABILITY FOR INTEREST.
Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent shall have no
liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to
any
of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.
(g)
NO LIABILITY FOR INVALIDITY. The
Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to any invalidity of this
Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent’s
countersignature thereon).
(h)
NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR
REPRESENTATIONS. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any of the
recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as
to
the Warrant Agent’s countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by
the Company.
(i)
NO IMPLIED OBLIGATIONS. The
Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are herein
and
in the Warrant Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates
against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation
to take any action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or
liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its
reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable
or
under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the
Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it
to
the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the application by the Company
of
the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty
or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance
of
its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates
or
in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant
Certificate with respect to such default, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt
to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in
Section 6.2 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.
5.3
RESIGNATION, REMOVAL AND
APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSORS.
(a)
The Company agrees, for the
benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates, that
there
shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants have
been
exercised or are no longer exercisable.
(b)
The Warrant Agent may at any
time resign as agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention
on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become
effective; provided that such date shall not be less than three months after
the
date on which such notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The
Warrant Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of
an
instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying
such
removal and the intended date when it shall become effective. Such resignation
or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter
provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company
authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise
corporate trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor
Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under Section 5.2(a) shall
continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or
removal of the Warrant Agent.
(c)
In case at any time the Warrant
Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting,
or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a voluntary case
under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under
any
other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or
shall
consent to the
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appointment
of or taking possession
by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall
make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate
action in furtherance of any such action, or a decree or order for relief by
a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered in respect
of
the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws,
as
now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered for the appointment of
a
receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property
or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or
liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be
appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor
Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent
and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment, the Warrant
Agent shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d)
Any successor Warrant Agent
appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor
and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and
thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts,
immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as
if
originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment
of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated
to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be
entitled to receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with
or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e)
Any corporation into which the
Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any corporation with
which
the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party,
or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer
all or substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided
that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent
under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE
6
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1
AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be
amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any Warrant
Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting
or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement
as
the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided
that
such action shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders
of the Warrant Certificates.
6.2
NOTICES AND DEMANDS TO THE
COMPANY AND WARRANT AGENT. If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or
demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant
to the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly
forward such notice or demand to the Company.
6.3
ADDRESSES. Any communication
from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall
be
addressed to
,
Attention:
and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to
this
Agreement shall be addressed to Cell Genesys, Inc., 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel (or such other
address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the
Company).
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6.4
GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement
and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of [New York].
6.5
DELIVERY OF PROSPECTUS. The
Company shall furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating
to
the Warrant Debt Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the
“PROSPECTUS”), and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any
Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of the Warrant Certificate
evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the
Warrant Debt Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus.
The
Warrant Agent shall not, by
reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or
adequacy of such Prospectus.
6.6
OBTAINING OF GOVERNMENTAL
APPROVALS. The Company will from time to time take all action which may be
necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and
approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and securities act filings
under United States Federal and state laws (including without limitation a
registration statement in respect of the Warrants and Warrant Debt Securities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may be or become requisite
in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant
Debt Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale,
transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the expiration of the period
during which the Warrants are exercisable.
6.7
PERSONS HAVING RIGHTS UNDER
WARRANT AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Agreement shall give to any person other
than
the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates
any
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
6.8
HEADINGS. The descriptive
headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted
for
convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction
of
any of the provisions hereof.
6.9
COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall
be
deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
6.10
INSPECTION OF AGREEMENT. A copy
of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal
corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of
any
Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his
Warrant Certificate for inspection by it.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and
year first above written.
Cell
Genesys, Inc.
By______________________________________
Its_____________________________________
Attest:
___________________________ | _______________________, as Warrant Agent |
By______________________________________
Its_____________________________________
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
[Face
of Warrant Certificate]
[Form
if Warrants are
attached
|
Prior to , this Warrant | |
to
Other Securities and
are
|
Certificate cannot be transferred not immediately detachable. | |
Or
exchanged unless attached
to a
|
||
[Title of Other Security].] | ||
[Form
of Legend if Warrants
are not
|
Prior
to
,
Warrants
|
|
immediately
exercisable.
|
evidenced
by this Warrant Certificate cannot be
exercised.]
|
EXERCISABLE
ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY
THE WARRANT
AGENT
AS PROVIDED HEREIN
VOID
AFTER
[ ] P.M., [CITY] TIME, ON ,
CELL
GENESYS, INC.
WARRANT
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING
WARRANTS
TO PURCHASE
[TITLE
OF WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES]
No.
Warrants
This
certifies that
or registered assigns is the registered owner of the above indicated number
of
Warrants, each Warrant entitling such owner [If Warrants are attached to Other
Securities and are not immediately detachable — , subject to the registered
owner qualifying as a “Holder” of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter
defined)] to purchase, at any time [after
[ ] p.m., [City] time, on
and] on or before [ ] p.m.,
[City] time, on
,
$
principal amount of [Title of Warrant Debt Securities] (the “WARRANT DEBT
SECURITIES”), of Cell Genesys, Inc. (the “COMPANY”), issued or to be issued
under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), on the following basis: during
the
period from
,
through and including
,
each Warrant shall entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of
this
Agreement, to purchase the principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities stated
in
the Warrant Certificate at the warrant price (the “WARRANT PRICE”) of
% of the
principal amount thereof [plus accrued amortization, if any, of the original
issue discount of the Warrant Debt Securities] [plus accrued interest, if any,
from the most recent date from which interest shall have been paid on the
Warrant Debt Securities or, if no interest shall have been paid on the Warrant
Debt Securities, from the date of their original issuance]. [The original issue
discount
($ for
each $1,000 principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities) will be amortized
at a
% annual rate, computed on a[n]
[semi-]annual basis [using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months].
The Holder may exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain
information set forth on the back hereof and by paying in full, in lawful money
of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official
bank
check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately
available funds], the Warrant Price for each Warrant Debt Security with respect
to which this Warrant is exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined)
and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the purchase form on the
back
hereof duly executed, at the corporate trust office of [name of Warrant Agent],
or its successor as warrant agent (the “WARRANT AGENT”), which is, on the date
hereof, at the address specified on the reverse hereof, and upon compliance
with
and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement
(as
hereinafter defined).
The
term “HOLDER” as used herein
shall mean [If Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately
detachable — , prior to
,
(the
“DETACHABLE DATE”), the registered owner of the Company’s [title of Other
Securities] to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and after
such
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Detachable
Date,] the person in
whose name at the time this Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the
books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant to
Section 4 of the Warrant Agreement.
The
Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase Warrant Debt Securities in
the
principal amount of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof in registered form.
Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing Warrants for the aggregate principal amount of Warrant
Debt Securities remaining unexercised.
This
Warrant Certificate is issued
under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement dated as of
,
(the
“WARRANT AGREEMENT”), between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject
to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which
terms and provisions the Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by
acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the
above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent.
The
Warrant Debt Securities to be
issued and delivered upon the exercise of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate will be issued under and in accordance with an Indenture, [dated
as
of
,
(the
“SENIOR INDENTURE”), between the Company and
, as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, the “SENIOR
TRUSTEE”)] [dated as of
,
, (the
“SUBORDINATED INDENTURE”), between the Company and
,
as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, the “SUBORDINATED
Trustee”)] and will be subject to the terms and provisions contained in the
Warrant Debt Securities and in the Indenture. Copies of the [Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture, including the form of the Warrant Debt Securities,
are
on file at the corporate trust office of the Trustee.
[If
Warrants are attached to Other
Securities and are not immediately detachable — Prior to the Detachable Date,
this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with
the
[Title of Other Securities] (the “OTHER SECURITIES”) to which this Warrant
Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting or
in
conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Other Security. Additionally,
on or prior to the Detachable Date, each transfer of such Other Security on
the
register of the Other Securities shall operate also to transfer this Warrant
Certificate. After such date, transfer of this] [If Warrants are attached to
Other Securities and are immediately detachable — Transfer of this] Warrant
Certificate may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered
at
the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the registered owner or
such
owner’s assigns, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
[If
Other Securities with Warrants
which are not immediately detachable-Except as provided in the immediately
preceding paragraph, after][If Other Securities with Warrants which are
immediately detachable or Warrants alone — After] countersignature by the
Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this
Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate trust office of the
Warrant Agent for Warrant Certificates representing Warrants for the same
aggregate principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities.
This
Warrant Certificate shall not
entitle the Holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder of the Warrant Debt
Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Warrant Debt
Securities or to enforce any of the covenants of the Indenture.
Reference
is hereby made to the
further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof,
which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if
set
forth at this place.
This
Warrant Certificate shall not
be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this Warrant to be executed in its name and on its behalf by the
facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
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Cell
Genesys, Inc.
|
|
By
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Its | ||
Attest:
|
||
Countersigned:
|
||
As
Warrant
Agent
|
||
By:
|
||
Authorized
Signature
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[REVERSE
OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
(Instructions
for Exercise of
Warrants)
To
exercise any Warrants evidenced
hereby for Warrant Debt Securities (as hereinafter defined), the Holder must
pay, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified
check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire
transfer in immediately available funds], the Warrant Price in full for Warrants
exercised, to [Warrant Agent] [address of Warrant Agent], Attn: ___________,
which payment must specify the name of the Holder and the number of Warrants
exercised by such Holder. In addition, the Holder must complete the information
required below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by mail
(certified or registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the
appropriate address set forth above. This Warrant Certificate, completed and
duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five business days
of the payment.
(To
be executed upon exercise of
Warrants)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably
elects to exercise ___________ Warrants, represented by this Warrant
Certificate, to purchase $ ________ principal amount of the [Title of Warrant
Debt Securities] (the “WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES”) of Cell Genesys, Inc. and
represents that he has tendered payment for such Warrant Debt Securities, in
lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check
or
official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer
in
immediately available funds], to the order of Cell Genesys, Inc., c/o [insert
name and address of Warrant Agent], in the amount of $ ___________ in accordance
with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said principal amount
of
Warrant Debt Securities be in fully registered form in the authorized
denominations, registered in such names and delivered all as specified in
accordance with the instructions set forth below.
If
the number of Warrants exercised
is less than all the Warrants evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that
a
new Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants for the aggregate principal
amount of Warrant Debt Securities remaining unexercised be issued and delivered
to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions below.
Dated:______________________ | Name ___________________________________ |
(Please
Print)
Address
________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
(Insert
Social
Security or Other
Identifying
Number of Holder)
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Signature
Guaranteed
____________________________________________
Signature
_______________________________ | (Signature must conform in all |
Respects
to name of holder as
specified
on the face of this
Warrant
Certificate and must bear a
signature
guarantee by a bank,
trust
company or member broker of
the
New York, Midwest or Pacific
Stock
Exchange)
This
Warrant may be exercised at the
following addresses:
By
hand at
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
By
mail
at
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
[Instructions
as to form and
delivery of Warrant Debt Securities and, if applicable, Warrant Certificates
evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Debt Securities remaining
unexercised — complete as appropriate.]
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ASSIGNMENT
[Form
of assignment to be executed
if
Warrant
Holder desires to transfer
Warrant)
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto:
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________ _____________________________
(Please
print name and address
Please
insert Social Security or other
including
zip
code)
identifying number
the
right represented by the within
Warrant to purchase $ ___________ aggregate principal amount of [Title of
Warrant Debt Securities] of Cell Genesys, Inc. to which the within Warrant
relates and appoints ___________ attorney to transfer such right on the books
of
the Warrant Agent with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated__________________________ | ________________________________________ |
Signature
(Signature
must conform in all
respects
To
name of holder as specified on
the
face
of the Warrant)
Signature
Guaranteed
__________________________
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