SERIES A/B] COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Exhibit 4.2
[SERIES A/B] COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Warrant No.: _________
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Initial Exercise Date: January 11, 2011 | |
Warrant Shares: _______ |
THIS [SERIES A/B] COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for
value received, _____________ (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the
limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the
Initial Exercise Date (as defined above) and on or prior to the close of business on ________1 (the “Termination Date”)
but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), up to ______ shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of Common
Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the
Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”), dated January 6, 2011, among the Company and the parties that are
signatories thereto.
Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial
Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such
other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the
registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a
duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto. Within three (3)
Trading Days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the
aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by
wire transfer of immediately available funds, or pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure
specified in Section 2(c) below, if such cashless exercise procedure is available and is
specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the
Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and
this Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this
Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days after the date the
final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant
resulting in purchases of a portion of the
1 | One year and five Trading Days from the Initial Exercise Date the for the Series A Warrants; five years from the Initial Exercise Date for the Series B Warrants |
total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 1 Business Day after receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. |
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this
Warrant shall be $2.75, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective
registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for
the issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised,
in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder
shall be entitled to receive that number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = | the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise; |
(B) = | the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and |
(X) = | the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise. |
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following
clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as
reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to
4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding
date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for
trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in
the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Company
and reasonably
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acceptable to the Holders of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding
and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by
the Company.
d) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Warrant Shares
purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder
by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with The Depository
Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system
(“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and
either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the
issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder or (B) this Warrant is being
exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery to the
address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise, in each case by
the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery
to the Company of the Notice of Exercise and receipt of the DWAC request
from the Holder’s prime broker (if applicable), (B) surrender of this
Warrant (if required) and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set
forth above (including by cashless exercise, if permitted) (such date, the
“Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed
to have been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be
named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such
shares for all purposes, as of the date this Warrant has been properly
exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless
exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if
any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares,
having been paid.
ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant
shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of the
Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of
delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase
the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant
shall in all other respects be identical to this Warrant.
iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the
Transfer Agent to transmit either to the Holder’s prime broker the Warrant
Shares or to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the
Warrant Shares, as applicable pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) hereof, by the
Warrant Share Delivery Date, then, the Holder will have the right to rescind
such exercise.
iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Shares
Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder,
if the Company fails to instruct the Transfer Agent to transmit to the
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Holder’s prime broker the Warrant Shares, or to the Holder a
certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares, pursuant to
an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such
date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise
purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by
the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon
such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash
to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase
price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common
Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the
Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which
the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B)
at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of this Warrant
and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not
honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver
to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been
issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery
obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock
having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to
an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price
giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the
immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the
Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and
evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s
right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in
equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely
deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or
scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of
this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would
otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at
its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction
in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or
round up to the next whole share.
vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for
Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or
transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such
certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company,
and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder
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or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder;
provided, however, that in the event certificates for
Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder,
this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the
Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company
may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to
reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely
exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
e) Xxxxxx’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of
this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant,
pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance
after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with
the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or
any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares
of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such
determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which
would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant
beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of
the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including,
without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by
the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it
being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that
such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is
solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the
extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder
together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be
in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be
deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation
to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion
of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation,
and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such
determination and shall have no liability for exercises of this Warrant that are not in
compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to
any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of
this Section 2(e), in determining the number of
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outstanding
shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual
report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement
by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral
request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing
to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the
conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder
or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the
number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon
not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to
apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61st day
after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be
construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of
this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective
or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to
make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such
limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of
this Warrant.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant
is outstanding: (i) pays a dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions, in
each case payable in shares of its Common Stock, to all holders of Common Stock (and not to
the Holders) (excluding, for avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock issued by the
Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split)
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each case the
Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding at 5:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on the Trading Day immediately before such event, and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding
immediately after, and solely as a result of, such event, and the number of shares issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate
Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York city time) on
the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such
subdivision
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or combination, as the case may be. “Ex-Dividend Date” means, when used with
respect to any dividend, distribution or issuance, the first date on which the share of
Common Stock trade on the Trading Market, regular way, without the right to receive the
relevant dividend, distribution or issuance.
b)
Subsequent Rights Offerings. If the Company, at any time while the Warrant is
outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and
not to the Holder) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock,
the same rights, options or warrants shall be issued to the Holder as if the then-unexercised portion
of this Warrant had been exercised in full.
c) Pro Rata Distributions.
If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder)
evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than the Common Stock (which
shall be subject to Section 3(a)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date
fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction
of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date
mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record
date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such
assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share
of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In each
case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the
portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights
applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record
date mentioned above.
d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
(i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any
merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person and the Company is not
the surviving corporation, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale,
lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any,
direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company
or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to
sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been
accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company,
directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification,
reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange
pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other
securities, cash or property, (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more
related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business
combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or
scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or
group of Persons acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not
including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or
party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock
or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental
Transaction”) then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have
the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such
exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option
of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this
Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or
of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the
“Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by
a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in
Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the
determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such
Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect
of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall
apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.
If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be
received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to
the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such
Fundamental Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction
that is (1) an all cash transaction, (2) a “Rule 13e-3 transaction” as defined in Rule 13e-3
under the Exchange Act, or (3) a Fundamental Transaction involving a person or entity
not traded on a national securities exchange, including, but not limited to, the NYSE
Amex, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, or the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the
Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, purchase this Warrant from the Holder
by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value of the
remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such
Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based
on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on
Bloomberg, L.P. (“Bloomberg”) determined as of the day of consummation of the
applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free
interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time
between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental
Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of
100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of the
Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable
Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation
shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of
any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and
(D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public
announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date.
The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which
the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the
obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements and
shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a
security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in
form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of
shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the
shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price
hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of
the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value
of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such
exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant
immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of
any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be
substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the
provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the
“Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right
and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company
under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such
Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
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e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this
Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
f) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is
adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall
promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after
such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring
such adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Xxxxxx. If during the term in
which this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder (A) the Company shall
declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the
Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash
dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall
authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class, (D)
the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in
connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation
or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share
exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash
or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then,
in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last
address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at
least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to
be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights
or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the
holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y)
the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the
date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record
shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the
failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be
specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder
constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the
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Company shall simultaneously disclose such information in compliance
with applicable securities laws. The Holder shall remain entitled to
exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such
notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as
may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws,
this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole and not in part, upon
surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent,
together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto
duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any
transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if
required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant in the name of
the assignee and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. This Warrant, if properly
assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of
Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be combined with other Warrants upon
presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the
Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any
transfer which may be involved in such combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a
new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for this Warrant or Warrants to be combined in
accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall include
reference to the initial issuance date set forth on the first page of this Warrant and shall
be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant
thereto and the Warrant number.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to
be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name
of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the
registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any
exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual
written notice to the contrary.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the
Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior
to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i).
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants
that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the
Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security
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reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or
stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock
certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or
stock certificate. Applicants for a replacement Warrant under such circumstances shall also
comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable
charges as the Company may prescribe.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the
taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be
a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next
succeeding Business Day.
d) No Inconsistent Actions. Except and to the extent as waived or consented to
by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending
its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms
and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the
rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant
Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such
increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares
upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having
jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations
under this Warrant.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon
the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed
by state and federal securities laws unless the Holder utilizes the cashless exercise
provisions hereof.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to
exercise any right hereunder on the part of the Holder shall operate as a waiver of such
right or otherwise prejudice Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any
other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and
knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material
damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be
sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder
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in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its
rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be
given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered to the registered Holder
at the last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any
affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no
enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability
of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to seek specific performance
of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of
this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant
and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted
assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any
Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of
Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof
waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of
reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant
to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of
the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] [if permitted] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is
necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to
exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares
purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection
2(c).
(3) Unless the Warrant Shares will be delivered electronically via DWAC, please issue a
certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in
such other name as is specified below:
_____________________
and deliver the physical certificate representing said Warrant Shares to the following address:
.
If the Warrant Shares will be delivered electronically via DWAC, please issue them to the
following account:
o | Name of DTC Participant: _____________________ | ||
o | DTC Participant Number: _____________________ | ||
o | Name of Account at DTC Participant to be credited with the Warrant Shares: | ||
_____________________ | |||
o | Account Number at DTC Participant to be credited with the Warrant Shares: | ||
_____________________ |
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity:
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
Name of Authorized Signatory:
Title of Authorized Signatory:
Date:
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the Warrant.)
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the Warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, all of the shares of the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced
thereby are hereby assigned to
___________________________ whose address is
______________________.
Dated: ______________, _______
Holder’s Signature: | ||||||
Holder’s Address: | ||||||
Signature Guaranteed: _______________________
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the
face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be
guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or
other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.