Exhibit 99.2
[FORM OF WARRANT]
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") OR WITH ANY
STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR DISPOSED OF BY THE
HOLDER IN THE ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE LAWS AND RULES, OR, UNLESS, IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR TO THE TIME SET FOR TRANSFER, SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE STATE LAWS AND RULES.
STEMCELLS, INC.
WARRANT
Warrant No. [ ] Dated: June 16, 2004
StemCells, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), hereby certifies
that, for value received, [ ] or its registered assigns (including permitted
transferees, the "HOLDER"), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a
total of [ ] shares (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9) of
Common Stock (as defined below) (each such share, a "WARRANT SHARE" and all such
shares, the "WARRANT SHARES") at an exercise price equal to $1.90 per share (as
adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, the "EXERCISE PRICE"), at
any time and from time to time from and after June 16, 2004 (the "ORIGINAL ISSUE
DATE") through and including June 15, 2009 (the "EXPIRATION DATE"), and subject
to the following terms and conditions. This Warrant is one of a series of
similar warrants (the "WARRANTS") issued pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Original Issue Date, by and among the
Company, the Holder and certain other investors (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"),
providing for the issuance and sale of Common Stock and Warrants by the Company
to the Holder and such other investors.
1. Definitions. The capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth below:
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other person or entity
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
"CONTROL" means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person
or firm, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"COMMON STOCK" means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par
value per share, as constituted on the Original Issue Date.
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"COMPANY OFFER" means any tender offer (including exchange offer),
as amended from time to time, made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for
the purchase (including the acquisition pursuant to an exchange offer) of all or
any portion of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, except as permitted
pursuant to Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
"ELIGIBLE MARKET" means any of the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange or Nasdaq.
"MARKET PRICE" shall mean, on any date, the amount per share of
Common Stock equal to (a) the last sale price of Common Stock, regular way, on
such date or, if no such sale takes place on such date, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices thereof on such date, in each case as officially
reported on the principal national securities exchange on which Common Stock is
then listed or admitted to trading, or (b) if Common Stock is not then listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange but is designated as a
national market system security by the NASD, the last trading price of Common
Stock on such date, or (c) if no trading occurred on such date or if Common
Stock is not so designated, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of
Common Stock on such date as shown by the NASD automated quotation system, or
(d) if Common Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on any national
exchange or quoted in the over-the-counter market, the fair value thereof
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company as of a date
which is within 15 days of the date as of which the determination is to be made.
"NASDAQ" means the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or Nasdaq National Market.
"OTHER SECURITIES" refers to any capital stock (other than Common
Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other Person which the Holder
of this Warrant at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have
received, upon the exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common
Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in
exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to
Section 9 hereof or otherwise.
"PERSON" means any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other individual or corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof)
or other entity of any kind.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"TRADING DAY" means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted and traded on any Eligible Market or (b) if the Common Stock is not
then quoted and traded on any Eligible Market, then a day on which trading
occurs on the Nasdaq National Market (or any successor thereto).
"TRANSFER AGENT" shall mean EquiServe or such other Person as the
Company may appoint from time to time.
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"WARRANT SHARES" shall initially mean shares of Common Stock and in
addition may include Other Securities and Distributed Property (as defined in
Section 9(e)) issued or issuable from time to time upon exercise of this
Warrant.
2. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon
records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "WARRANT
REGISTER"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
3. Registration of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of
any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this
Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto as Appendix A duly
completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any
such registration and transfer, a new warrant in substantially the form of a
Warrant (any such new warrant, a "NEW WARRANT"), evidencing the portion of this
Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant
evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any,
shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by
the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all
of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
4. Exercise and Duration of Warrant.
(a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at
any time and from time to time on and after the Original Issue Date to and
including the Expiration Date. At 5:00 P.M. New York City time on the Expiration
Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and
become void and of no value.
(b) A Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company
(i) an exercise notice, in the form attached hereto as Appendix B (the "EXERCISE
NOTICE"), appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the
Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is
being exercised (as set forth in Section 4(c) below), and the date such items
are received by the Company is an "EXERCISE DATE." Execution and delivery of the
Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original
Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the
remaining number of Warrant Shares.
(c) The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price (i) in cash, by
certified bank check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of
immediately available funds in accordance with the Company's instructions or
(ii) if at any time on or after the Original Issue Date (x) there is no
effective Registration Statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares by
the Holder and (y) the Market Price exceeds the Exercise Price, by means of a
"cashless exercise", by presenting and surrendering to the Company this Warrant,
in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares determined as follows:
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X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the
Holder upon such cashless exercise;
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with
respect to which this Warrant is being
exercised;
A = the Market Price on the Exercise Date; and
B = the Exercise Price.
(d) If an exercise of this Warrant is to be made in connection with
a registered public offering or sale of the Company, such exercise may, at the
election of the Holder, be conditioned on the consummation of the public
offering or sale of the Company, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed
effective until the consummation of such transaction.
5. Delivery of Warrant Shares.
(a) Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, within three
Trading Days after receipt of the Exercise Notice attached hereto as Appendix B,
issue or cause to be issued and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder,
in such name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Warrant
Shares issuable upon such exercise bearing (only if such legend is required by
applicable law) the restrictive legend set forth in Section 4(j)(i) of the
Purchase Agreement. The Holder, or any Person so designated by the Holder to
receive the Warrant Shares, shall be deemed to have become holder of record of
such Warrant Shares as of the Exercise Date. In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Company fails to deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an
exercise by the third Trading Day after the receipt of an Exercise Notice and
the Exercise Price, if applicable, from such Holder, and if after such third
Trading Day the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving
upon such exercise (a "BUY-IN"), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the
Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder's total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased
exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares
that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the
exercise at issue, times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to
such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of the Holder,
either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant
Shares for which such exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the
number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company
timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For
example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of
$11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of
Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase
obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence
the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide
the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the
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Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and
other evidence reasonably requested by the Company.
(b) This Warrant is exercisable, either in its entirety or, from
time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares. Upon surrender of
this Warrant following one or more partial exercises, the Company shall issue or
cause to be issued, at its expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to
purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.
6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of certificates for
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without
charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer
agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such
certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which
may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any
certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrant in a name other than that of the
Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may
arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant
Shares upon exercise hereof.
7. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and in substitution
for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and
reasonable indemnity, if requested.
8. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will at
all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but
unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein
provided, the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable
upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from all taxes, liens, claims,
encumbrances with respect to the issuance of such Warrant Shares and will not be
subject to any pre-emptive rights or similar rights (taking into account the
adjustments and restrictions of Section 9 hereof). The Company covenants that
all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the
payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be
duly and validly authorized, issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company
will take all such action as may be necessary to assure that such shares of
Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any
applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange
or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed or
quoted, as the case may be.
9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to
time as set forth in this Section 9.
(a) Stock Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant
is outstanding, pays a dividend on its Common Stock payable in additional shares
of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock
that is payable in shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the Exercise
Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, (A)
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the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitle to receive such dividend or
distribution and (B) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 9(a) shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution.
(b) Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (i) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares, or (ii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and (B) the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event. Any adjustment pursuant to this Section 9(b) shall
become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or
combination.
(c) Reclassifications. A reclassification of the Common Stock (other
than any such reclassification in connection with a merger or consolidation to
which Section 9(f) applies) into shares of any other class of stock shall be
deemed:
(i) a distribution by the Company to the holders of its Common
Stock of such shares of such other class of stock for the purposes and within
the meaning of this Section 9; and
(ii) if the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
changed into a larger or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as part of
such reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or combination,
as the case may be, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock for the purposes
and within the meaning of Section 9(b).
(d) Self-Tender Offers. In the event, at any time or from time to
time after the Original Issue Date while the Warrants remain outstanding and
unexpired, in whole or in part, a Company Offer shall be made and expire, then
and in each such event the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to close
of business on the date of the last time (the "EXPIRATION TIME") tenders could
have been made pursuant to such Company Offer shall be decreased by multiplying
such Exercise Price by a fraction (not to be greater than 1):
(i) the numerator of which shall be equal to (A) the product
of (1) the Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the date of the
Expiration Time and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
(including any tendered shares) at the Expiration Time less (B) the fair market
value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of
the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on the acceptance (up
to any maximum specified in the terms of the Company Offer) of all shares
validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed
so accepted, up to any maximum amount provided for in connection with such
Company Offer, being referred to as the "PURCHASED SHARES"); and
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(ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of
(A) the Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the date of the Expiration
Time and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any
tendered shares) on the Expiration Time less the number of Purchased Shares.
Any adjustment under this Section 9(d) shall become effective
immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the Expiration
Time.
(e) Other Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, other than pursuant to a shareholders' right plan of the
Company, distributes to holders of Common Stock (i) evidences of its
indebtedness, (ii) any security (other than a distribution of Common Stock
covered by Section 9(a)), (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
any security or (iv) any other asset (in each case, "DISTRIBUTED PROPERTY"),
then in each such case the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution (and the Exercise Price thereafter applicable) shall be adjusted
(effective on and after such record date) to equal the product of such Exercise
Price multiplied by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be Market Price
on such record date less the then fair market value per share of the Distributed
Property distributed in respect of one outstanding share of Common Stock, which,
if the Distributed Property is other than cash or marketable securities, shall
be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, and (B)
the denominator of which shall be the Market Price on such record date.
(f) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions or
(iii) there shall occur any merger of another Person into the Company whereby
the Common Stock is cancelled, converted or reclassified into or exchanged for
other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a "FUNDAMENTAL
TRANSACTION"), then, as a condition to the consummation of such Fundamental
Transaction, the Company shall (or, in the case of any Fundamental Transaction
in which the Company is not the surviving entity, the Company shall take all
reasonable steps to cause such other Person to) execute and deliver to each
Holder of Warrants a written instrument providing that:
(x) so long as any Warrant remains outstanding on such terms
and subject to such conditions as shall be nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the provisions set forth in this Warrant, each Warrant, upon the
exercise thereof at any time on or after the consummation of such Fundamental
Transaction, shall be exercisable into, in lieu of Common Stock issuable upon
such exercise prior to such consummation, the securities or other property (the
"SUBSTITUTED PROPERTY") that would have been received in connection with such
Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into
which such Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, assuming such holder of Common Stock:
(A) is not a Person with which the Company consolidated
or into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company or to which
such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a "CONSTITUENT PERSON"), or
an Affiliate of a Constituent Person;
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and
(B) failed to exercise such Holder's rights of election,
if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable in connection with such Fundamental Transaction (provided, however,
that if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable in
connection with such Fundamental Transaction is not the same for each share of
Common Stock held immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction by a Person
other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof and in respect of which
such rights of election shall not have been exercised (a "NON-ELECTING SHARE"),
then, for the purposes of this Section 9(f), the kind and amount of securities,
cash and other property receivable in connection with such Fundamental
Transaction by each Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount
so receivable per share by a plurality of the Non-Electing Shares); and
(y) the rights and obligations of the Company (or, in the
event of a transaction in which the Company is not the surviving Person, such
other Person) and the Holders in respect of Substituted Property shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the rights and obligations of the
Company and Holders in respect of Common Stock hereunder.
Such written instrument shall provide for adjustments which, for
events subsequent to the effective date of such written instrument, shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in
Section 9. The above provisions of this Section 9(f) shall similarly apply to
successive Fundamental Transactions.
(g) Adjustment of Exercise Price. Simultaneously with any adjustment
to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (e) of this Section 9,
the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment
the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased
number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price
payable for the Warrant Shares immediately prior to such adjustment.
(h) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be
made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include
shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition
of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(i) Adjustments. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 9, no
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be required if such adjustment is less
than $0.01; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
Section 9(i) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into
account for purposes of any subsequent adjustment.
(j) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment
pursuant to this Section 9, the Company will promptly deliver to the Holder a
certificate executed by the Company's Chief Financial Officer setting forth, in
reasonable detail, the event requiring such adjustment and the method by which
such adjustment was calculated, the adjusted Exercise Price and the adjusted
number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant (as applicable). The Company will retain at its office copies of
all such certificates
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and cause the same to be available for inspection at said office during normal
business hours by the Holder or any prospective purchaser of the Warrant
designated by the Holder.
(k) Notice of Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a
dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in
respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company, (ii) authorizes, approves, enters into any
agreement contemplating, or solicits stockholder approval for, any Fundamental
Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the
Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction
at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date on
which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or
vote with respect to such transaction, and the Company will take all steps
reasonably necessary in order to ensure that the Holder is given the practical
opportunity to exercise this Warrant prior to such time so as to participate in
or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to
deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the
corporate action required to be described in such notice.
10. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or cause
to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant. If any
fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall make a cash payment to
the Holder equal to (a) such fraction multiplied by (b) the Market Price on the
Exercise Date of one full Warrant Share.
11. Restricted Securities. The Holder represents and warrants that it (i)
understands that the Warrant and the Warrant Shares have not been registered
under the Securities Act and (ii) understands the restrictions set forth on the
legend printed on the face of this Warrant.
12. Listing on Securities Exchanges. In furtherance and not in limitation
of any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company at any time shall list
any Common Stock on any Eligible Market, the Company will, at its expense,
simultaneously list the Warrant Shares (and maintain such listing) on such
Eligible Market, upon official notice of issuance following the exercise of this
Warrant; and the Company will so list, register and maintain such listing on any
Eligible Market any Other Securities, if and at the time that any securities of
like class or similar type shall be listed on such Eligible Market by the
Company.
13. Remedies. The Company stipulates that the remedies at law of the
Holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the
Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this
Warrant are not and will not be adequate, and that such terms may be
specifically enforced by a decree for the specific performance of any agreement
contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any of the terms
hereof or otherwise.
14. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
hereunder (including without limitation any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing
and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by a
nationally recognized courier service or delivered (in person or by facsimile),
against receipt to the party to whom such notice or other
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communication is to be given. The address for such notices or communications
shall be as set forth in the Purchase Agreement entered into by the Holder and
the Company. Any notice or other communication given by means permitted by this
Section 13 shall be deemed given at the time of receipt thereof.
15. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this
Warrant. Upon 30 days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new
warrant agent. Any Person into which any new warrant agent may be merged, any
Person resulting from any consolidation to which any new warrant agent shall be
a party or any Person to which any new warrant agent transfers substantially all
of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor
warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor
warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to
be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's
last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
16. Miscellaneous. (a) This Warrant may be assigned by the Holder. This
Warrant may not be assigned by the Company, except to a successor in the event
of a Fundamental Transaction. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to
give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable
right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant. This Warrant may be amended
only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and
assigns.
(b) The Company will not, by amendment of its governing documents 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 action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the Holder against impairment. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of
any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon exercise thereof, (ii)
will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant, free from all taxes, liens,
claims and encumbrances and (iii) will not close its shareholder books or
records in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.
(c) This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of
laws principles thereof. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and Federal courts sitting in the City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein (including with respect to the enforcement of the Securities Purchase
Agreement), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert any suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
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mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
(d) Neither party shall be deemed in default of any provision of
this Warrant, to the extent that performance of its obligations or attempts to
cure a breach hereof are delayed or prevented by any event reasonably beyond the
control of such party, including, without limitation, war, hostilities, acts of
terrorism, revolution, riot, civil commotion, national emergency, strike,
lockout, unavailability of supplies, epidemic, fire, flood, earthquake, force of
nature, explosion, embargo, or any other Act of God, or any law, proclamation,
regulation, ordinance, or other act or order of any court, government or
governmental agency, provided that such party gives the other party written
notice thereof promptly upon discovery thereof and uses reasonable efforts to
cure or mitigate the delay or failure to perform.
(e) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute
a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof.
(f) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall
be deemed invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good
faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a
commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall
incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
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[FORM OF WARRANT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
STEMCELLS, INC.
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
[FORM OF WARRANT]
APPENDIX A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(to be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________________ the right represented by the
within Warrant to purchase _____________ shares of Common Stock of StemCells,
Inc. to which the within warrant relates and appoints __________________________
attorney to transfer said right on the books of StemCells, Inc. with full power
of substitution in the premises.
Dated:____________ ________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of Holder as
specified on face of the Warrant)
Address of Transferee:
__________________
__________________
__________________
In the presence of:
______________________
[FORM OF WARRANT]
APPENDIX B
FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE
(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the foregoing Warrant)
To: StemCells, Inc.
The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No. [ ] (the "Warrant") issued by
StemCells, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the
Warrant.
1. The Warrant is currently exercisable to purchase a total of _________
Warrant Shares.
2. The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase Warrant
Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
3. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as
(check one):
Cash Exercise_______
Cashless Exercise_______
4. If the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the Holder shall pay the sum of
$________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
5. If the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise, a certificate shall be
issued to the Holder for the number of shares equal to the whole number
portion of the product of the calculation set forth below, which is
_______. The Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of the
fractional portion of the product of the calculation set forth below in an
amount equal to the product of the fractional portion of such product and
the Market Price on the Exercise Day, which product is _______.
X = Y[(A-B)/A]
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
Number of Warrant Shares being exercised:_____________ ("Y").
Market Price on the Exercise Day:_____________ ("A").
Exercise Price:_____________ ("B")
6. Pursuant to this exercise, the Company shall deliver to the Holder Warrant
Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
[FORM OF WARRANT]
7. Following this exercise, the Warrant shall be exercisable to purchase a
total of __________ Warrant Shares.
Dated: _________ Name of Holder:
(Print)_______________________
By:__________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
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