CEL-SCI CORPORATION
EXHIBIT 4(n)
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE
UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY
AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE
PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN
SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
CEL-SCI CORPORATION
PLACEMENT
AGENT’S WARRANT
Warrant Shares:
[_______
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Initial Exercise
Date: [_______, 2017
Issue Date:
[_______, 2017
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THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies
that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (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 six (6) months following the date
hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to
the close of business on February 16, 2022 (the “Termination
Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from
CEL-SCI Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the
“Company”), up to ______ shares (as subject to
adjustment hereunder, 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). This Warrant is issued pursuant to the Engagement Agreement,
dated February 16, 2017, between the Company and Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx, a unit of X.X. Xxxxxxxxxx & Co., LLC.
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 February
16, 2017, among the Company and the purchasers signatory
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 the
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Transfer Agent (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), as applicable, of a
duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by electronic
(or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form
annexed hereto. Within the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days
and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard
Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) 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 or cashier’s check drawn
on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure
specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable
Notice of Exercise. No
ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any
medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of
any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to
physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder
has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the
Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall
surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three
(3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant
resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant
Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the
outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an
amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased.
The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the
number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases.
The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise
within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. 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 $0.125, subject to
adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise
Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise.
If at any time after the six-month anniversary of the Issuance
Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or
no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant
Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in
whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless
exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a
number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
[(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A)
=
as applicable: (i)
the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the
applicable Notice of Exercise if such Exercise Notice is (1) both
executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day
that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the
opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule
600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal
securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid Price of the
Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of
the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice of Exercise
is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading
Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable
Exercise Notice if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading
Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular
trading hours” on such Trading Day;
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(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.
If Warrant Shares are
issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and
agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the
Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant
Shares being exercised may be tacked on to the holding period
of this Warrant. The
Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section
2(c).
“Bid
Price” 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 bid price of the
Common Stock for the time in question (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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if
the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB
or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in
the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, 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 Purchasers 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.
“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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for
such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as
applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted
for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock
are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC
Markets Group, 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 Purchasers 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.
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Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this
Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise
pursuant to this Section 2(c).
d)
Mechanics of
Exercise.
i. Delivery of Warrant
Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares
purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the
Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account 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 or resale of the
Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible
for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale
limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical
delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share
register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number
of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such
exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of
Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day
and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard
Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice
of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery
Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder
shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the
holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this
Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of
the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received
within the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the
number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period
following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails
for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject
to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the
Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such
exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the
applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to
$20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5) Trading Day after such
liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such
Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered
or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a
transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as
this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein,
“Standard Settlement Period” means the standard
settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the
Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common
Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of
Exercise.
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ii. Delivery of New
Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised
in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon
surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of
the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing
the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares
called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other
respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii. Rescission Rights.
If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the
Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) 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 Warrant Shares Upon Exercise.
In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the
Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder
the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section
2(d)(i) above 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 the 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, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of
such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Xxxxxx’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 shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
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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 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 Warrant Shares, all of
which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such
Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such
name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however,
that in the event that 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. The Company shall pay
all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any
Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or
another established clearing corporation performing similar
functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant
Shares.
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.
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e) Xxxxxx’s
Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not affect 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 (such Persons, “Attribution
Parties”)), 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 and
Attribution Parties 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 or Attribution Parties
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 or Attribution Parties. 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 Attribution Parties)
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
Attribution Parties) 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. 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 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 (2) 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 or Attribution Parties
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 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 increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation 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.
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Section
3. Certain
Adjustments.
h) Stock Dividends and
Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a
distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any
other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of
Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any
shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this
Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of
reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of
shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the
Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied
by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares
of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding
immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted 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 after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution
and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in
the case of a subdivision, combination or
re-classification.
i) Reserved.
j) Subsequent Rights
Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a)
above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any
Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any
class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase
Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon
the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate
Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder
had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon
complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any
limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on
which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such
Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of
which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be
determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights
(provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to
participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder
exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder
shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such
extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a
result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase
Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until
such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the
Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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k) Pro Rata
Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if
the Company shall declare or make any dividend (other than cash) or
other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets)
to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital
or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of
stock or other securities, property or options by way of a
dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement,
scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a
“Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this
Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to
participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder
would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number
of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this
Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof,
including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation)
immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such
Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which
the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined
for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to
the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such
Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to
participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the
beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of
such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such
Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the
Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not
result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation).
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l) 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, (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, or (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 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, 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 payment of
the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds within five Business Days of the
Holder’s election (or, if later, on the effective date of the
Fundamental Transaction). 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(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the
Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental
Transaction 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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m) 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.
n) 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 deliver
to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the
Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment
to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement
of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow
Exercise by Xxxxxx. If (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 or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders
of the Company shall be required in connection with any
reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger
to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, 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 delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at
its last facsimile number or email 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 deliver such notice or any
defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the
validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such
notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant
constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information
regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall
simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a
Current Report on Form 8-K. 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.
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Section
4. Transfer
of Warrant.
a) Transferability.
Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the
conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions
of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all
rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration
rights) are transferable, in whole or 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 or Warrants in the name of the assignee
or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or
denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall
issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this
Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be
cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant
to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full,
in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the
Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder
delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant
full. The 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 divided or combined with other Warrants upon
presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company,
together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the
Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section
4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or
combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on
transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Issue Date and shall be
identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant
Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
c) Warrant Register.
The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be
maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant
Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time
to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of
this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any
exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all
other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer
Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in
connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this
Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and under
applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for
resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current
public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company
may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the
Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply
with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase
Agreement.
e) Representation by
the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and
warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise
hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such
exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for
distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted
under the Securities Act.
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), except as expressly set forth in Section
3.
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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 reasonably
satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not
include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and
cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated,
the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock
certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in
lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
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) Authorized
Shares.
The
Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is
outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the
issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase
rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its
issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its
officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this
Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be
necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as
provided herein without violation of any applicable law or
regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which
the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all
Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the
purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of
the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for
such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the
issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer
occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
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.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number
of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or
exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from
any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction
thereof.
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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, and the Holder does
not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale
imposed by state and federal securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver and
Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise
any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver
of such right or otherwise prejudice the 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 the Holder 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 in
accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase
Agreement.
i) Limitation of
Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative
action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant
Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of
the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the 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
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.
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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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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.
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO:
CEL-SCI
CORPORATION
(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):
[
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in lawful money of
the United States; or
[
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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) Please
issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such
other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account
Number:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
(4)
Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing
Entity:
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing
Entity:
Name of Authorized
Signatory:
Title of Authorized
Signatory:
Date:
EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and
supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase
shares.)
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced
thereby are hereby assigned to
Name:
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