[FORM OF REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT AGREEMENT]
IgX CORP.
AND
JOSEPHTHAL & CO. INC.
REPRESENTATIVE'S
WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of _________, 1998
REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of ________, 1998 by and
between IgX CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and JOSEPHTHAL &
CO. INC., (hereinafter referred to variously as the "Holder" or the
"Representative").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue to the Representative or their
designees warrants ("Warrants") to purchase up to an aggregate of 230,000
shares of common stock, $.001 par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock");
and
WHEREAS, the Representative has agreed pursuant to the underwriting
agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") dated as of the date hereof by and
between the Representative, as the Representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule A thereto, and the Company to act as the Representative in
connection with the Company's proposed public offering of up to 2,300,000
shares of Common Stock at a public offering price of $_________ per share of
Common Stock (the "Public Offering"); and
WHEREAS, the Warrants to be issued pursuant to this Agreement will be
issued on the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Underwriting
Agreement) by the Company to the Representative in consideration for, and as
part of the Representative's compensation in connection with, the
Representative acting as the Representative pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment by
the Representative to the Company of an aggregate of twenty dollars ($20), the
agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Grant. The Holder is hereby granted the right to purchase, at
any time from _________, 1999 [one year from the effective date of the
registration statement] until 5:30 P.M., New York time, on ________, 2003
[five years from the effective date of the registration statement], up to an
aggregate of 230,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") at an initial
exercise price (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof) of
$_______ [120% of the public offering price per share] per share of Common
Stock subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Except as
expressly set forth herein, the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
are in all respects identical to the shares of Common Stock being purchased by
the Underwriters for resale to the public pursuant to the terms and provisions
of the Underwriting Agreement.
2. Warrant Certificates. The warrant certificates (the "Warrant
Certificates") delivered and to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall
be in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof,
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other
variations as required or permitted by this Agreement.
3. Exercise of Warrant.
3.1 Method of Exercise. The Warrants initially are
exercisable at an exercise price (subject to adjustment as provided in Section
8 hereof) per share of Common Stock set forth in Section 6 hereof payable by
certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds. Upon
surrender of a Warrant Certificate with the annexed Form of Election to
Purchase duly executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price (as
hereinafter defined) for the shares of Common Stock purchased at the Company's
principal offices in Summit, New Jersey (presently located at IgX Corp., Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000) the registered holder of a
Warrant Certificate ("Holder" or "Holders") shall be entitled to receive a
certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so purchased. The
purchase rights represented by each Warrant Certificate are exercisable at the
option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in part (but not as to fractional
shares of the Common Stock underlying the Warrants). In the case of the
purchase of less than all the shares of Common Stock purchasable under any
Warrant Certificate, the Company shall cancel said Warrant Certificate upon
the surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate
of like tenor for the balance of the shares of Common Stock purchasable
thereunder.
3.2 Exercise by Surrender of Warrant. In addition to the
method of payment set forth in Section 3.1 hereof and in lieu of any cash
payment required thereunder, the Holder(s) of the Warrants shall have the
right at any time and from time to time to exercise the Warrants in full or in
part by surrendering the Warrant Certificate in the manner specified in
Section 3.1 in exchange for the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
product of (x) the number of shares as to which the Warrants are being
exercised multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Market
Price (as defined below) of the Common Stock less the Exercise Price, and the
denominator of which is such Market Price. Solely for the purposes of this
paragraph, Market Price shall be calculated either (i) on the date which the
form of election attached hereto is deemed to have been sent to the Company
pursuant to Section 13 hereof (the "Notice Date"), or (ii) as the average of
the Market Prices for each of the five trading days immediately preceding the
Notice Date, whichever of (i) or (ii) is greater.
3.3 Definition of Market Price. As used herein, the phrase
"Market Price" at any date shall be deemed to be the last reported sale price,
or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the
last reported sale prices for the last three (3) trading days, in either case
as officially reported by the principal securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or by NASDAQ, or, if the Common
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange
or quoted by NASDAQ, the average closing bid price as furnished by the NASD
through NASDAQ or similar organization if NASDAQ is no longer reporting such
information, or if the Common Stock is not quoted on NASDAQ, as determined in
good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, based on
the best information available to it.
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4. Issuance of Certificates. Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the
issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock or other securities,
properties or rights underlying such Warrants, shall be made forthwith (and in
any event within five (5) business days thereafter) without charge to the
Holder thereof including, without limitation, any tax which may be payable in
respect of the issuance thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the
provisions of Sections 5 and 7 hereof) be issued in the name of, or in such
names as may be directed by, the Holder thereof; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificates
in a name other than that of the Holder and the Company shall not be required
to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of
such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that
such tax has been paid.
The Warrant Certificates and the certificates representing the
Common Stock (and/or other securities, property or rights issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrants) shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the
manual or facsimile signature of the then present Chairman or Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors or President or Vice President of the Company under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon, attested to by the manual or facsimile
signature of the then present Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the Company upon
initial issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
5. Restriction On Transfer of Warrants. The Holder of a Warrant
Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants
are being acquired as an investment and not with a view to the distribution
thereof; and that the Warrants may not be sold, transferred, assigned,
hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, for a period of
one (1) year from the date hereof, except to officers of the Representative.
6. Exercise Price.
6.1 Initial and Adjusted Exercise Price. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8 hereof, the initial exercise price of each Warrant shall
be [$_____] [120% of the initial public offering price] per share of Common
Stock. The adjusted exercise price shall be the price which shall result from
time to time from any and all adjustments of the initial exercise price in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8 hereof.
6.2 Exercise Price. The term "Exercise Price" herein shall mean the
initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending upon the
context.
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7. Registration Rights.
7.1 Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933. The Warrants,
the Shares and any of the other securities issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act") pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-____) (the "Registration Statement"). All of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Underwriting
Agreement relating to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
and Prospectus (as such terms are defined in the Underwriting Agreement) and
made as of the dates provided therein, are hereby incorporated by reference.
The Company agrees and covenants promptly to file post-effective amendments to
such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to maintain its
effectiveness and otherwise to take such action as may be necessary to
maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement as long as any
Warrants are outstanding. In the event that, for any reason, whatsoever, the
Company shall fail to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration
statement, upon exercise, in part or in whole, of the Warrants, certificates
representing the Common Stock underlying the Warrants and any of the other
securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the "Warrant
Shares") shall bear the following legend:
The securities represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Act"), and may not be offered or sold except pursuant to
(i) an effective registration statement under the Act, (ii)
to the extent applicable, Rule 144 under the Act (or any
similar rule under such Act relating to the disposition of
securities), or (iii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion
shall be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer,
that an exemption from registration under such Act is
available.
7.2 Piggyback Registration. For a period of six (6) years from the
effective date (the "Effective Date") of the Company's Registration Statement,
if the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Act (other
than in connection with a merger or pursuant to Form S-8) it will give written
notice by registered mail, at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing of
each such registration statement, to the Representative and to all other
Holders of the Warrants and/or the Warrant Shares of its intention to do so.
If the Representative or other Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares
notify the Company within twenty (20) business days after receipt of any such
notice of its or their desire to include any such securities in such proposed
registration statement, the Company shall afford each of the Representative
and such Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares the opportunity to have
any such Warrant Shares registered under such registration statement.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7.2, the Company
shall have the right at any time after it shall have given written notice
pursuant to this Section 7.2 (irrespective of whether a written request for
inclusion of any such securities shall have been made) to elect not to file
any such proposed registration statement, or to withdraw the same after the
filing but prior to the effective date thereof.
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7.3 Demand Registration.
(a) For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date,
the Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares representing a "Majority"
(as hereinafter defined) of such securities (assuming the exercise of all of
the Warrants) shall have the right (which right is in addition to the
registration rights under Section 7.2 hereof), exercisable by written notice
to the Company, to have the Company prepare and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), on one occasion, a registration
statement and such other documents, including a prospectus, as may be
necessary in the opinion of both counsel for the Company and counsel for the
Representative and Holders, in order to comply with the provisions of the Act,
so as to permit a public offering and sale of their respective Warrant Shares
for nine (9) consecutive months by such Holders and any other Holders of the
Warrants and/or Warrant Shares who notify the Company within ten (10) days
after receiving notice from the Company of such request.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice
of any registration request under this Section 7.3 by any Holder or Holders to
all other registered Holders of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares within ten
(10) days from the date of the receipt of any such registration request.
(c) In addition to the registration rights under Section 7.2
and subsection (a) of this Section 7.3, for a period of five (5) years from
the Effective Date, any Holder of Warrants and/or Warrant Shares shall have
the right, exercisable by written request to the Company, to have the Company
prepare and file, on one occasion, with the Commission a registration
statement so as to permit a public offering and sale for nine (9) consecutive
months by any such Holder of its Warrant Shares provided, however, that the
provisions of Section 7.4(b) hereof shall not apply to any such registration
request and registration and all costs incident thereto shall be at the
expense of the Holder or Holders making such request.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, if the Company shall not have filed a registration statement for the
Warrant Shares within the time period specified in Section 7.4(a) hereof
pursuant to the written notice specified in Section 7.3(a) of a Majority of
the Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, upon the written notice of
election of a Majority of the Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares it
shall have the option, to repurchase (i) any and all Warrant Shares at the
higher of the Market Price per share of Common Stock on (x) the date of the
notice sent pursuant to Section 7.3(a) or (y) the expiration of the period
specified in Section 7.4(a), and (ii) any and all Warrants at such Market
Price less the Exercise Price of such Warrant. Such repurchase shall be in
immediately available funds and shall close within two (2) days after the
later of (i) the expiration of the period specified in Section 7.4(a) or (ii)
the delivery of the written notice of election specified in this Section
7.3(d).
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7.4 Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration. In
connection with any registration under Section 7.2 or 7.3 hereof, the Company
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) The Company shall use its best efforts to file a
registration statement within thirty (30) days of receipt of any demand
therefor, shall use its best efforts to have any registration statements
declared effective at the earliest possible time, and shall furnish each
Holder desiring to sell Warrant Shares such number of prospectuses as shall
reasonably be requested.
(b) The Company shall pay all costs (excluding fees and
expenses of Holder(s)' counsel and any underwriting or selling commissions),
fees and expenses in connection with all registration statements filed
pursuant to Sections 7.2 and 7.3(a) hereof including, without limitation, the
Company's legal and accounting fees, printing expenses, blue sky fees and
expenses. The Holder(s) will pay all costs, fees and expenses in connection
with any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 7.3(c). If the
Company shall fail to comply with provisions of Section 7.4(a), the Company
shall, in addition to any other equitable or other relief available to the
Holder(s), be liable for any or all incidental or special damages sustained by
the Holder(s) requesting registration of their Warrant Shares.
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may be
required in qualifying or registering the Warrant Shares included in a
registration statement for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such states as reasonably are requested by the Holder(s), provided
that the Company shall not be obligated to execute or file any general consent
to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business
under the laws of any such jurisdiction.
(d) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Holder(s) of the Warrant Shares to be sold pursuant to any registration
statement and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), from and against any and all loss,
claim, damage, expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever
including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of legal counsel) to
which any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, arising from such registration statement but only to the same
extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the
Company has agreed to indemnify the Representative contained in Section 8 of
the Underwriting Agreement.
(e) The Holder(s) of the Warrant Shares to be sold pursuant
to a registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall
severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its officers and directors
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, from and against
any and all loss, claim, damage or expense or liability (including all
expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against
any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from information furnished in writing by or
on behalf of such Holders, or their successors or assigns, for specific
inclusion in
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such registration statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the
provisions contained in Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to
which the Representative has agreed to indemnify the Company.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed
as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Warrants prior to the initial
filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
(g) The Company shall not permit the inclusion of any
securities other than the Warrant Shares to be included in any registration
statement filed pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof, or permit any other
registration statement to be or remain effective during the effectiveness of a
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof, without the prior
written consent of the Holders of the Warrants and Warrant Shares representing
a Majority of such securities.
(h) The Company shall furnish to each Holder participating
in the offering and to each underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart,
addressed to such Holder or underwriter, of (i) an opinion of counsel to the
Company, dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such
registration includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion dated the
date of the closing under the underwriting agreement), and (ii) a "cold
comfort" letter dated the effective date of such registration statement (and,
if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter dated
the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement) signed by the
independent public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's
financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case
covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration
statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such
accountants' letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such
financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's
counsel and in accountants' letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten
public offerings of securities.
(i) The Company shall as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the registration statement, and in any event within 15
months thereafter, make "generally available to its security holders" (within
the meaning of Rule 158 under the Act) an earnings statement (which need not
be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and covering a period of
at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
registration statement.
(j) The Company shall deliver promptly to each Holder
participating in the offering requesting the correspondence and memoranda
described below and to the managing underwriters, copies of all correspondence
between the Commission and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all
memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with
respect to the registration statement and permit each Holder and underwriters
to do such investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to
information contained in or omitted from the registration statement as it
deems reasonably necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or the
rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
("NASD"). Such investigation shall include access to books, records and
properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its
officers and independent auditors,
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all to such reasonable extent and at such reasonable times and as often as any
such Holder or underwriter shall reasonably request.
(k) The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement
with the underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Holders of a
Majority of the Warrant Shares requested to be included in such underwriting,
which may be the Representative. Such agreement shall be satisfactory in form
and substance to the Company, each Holder and such managing underwriters, and
shall contain such representations, warranties and covenants by the Company
and such other terms as are customarily contained in agreements of that type
used by the managing underwriter. The Holders shall be parties to any
underwriting agreement relating to an underwritten sale of their Warrant
Shares and may, at their option, require that any or all the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Company to or for the benefit of such
underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders. Such
Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or
agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as they may relate to
such Holders and their intended methods of distribution.
(l) In addition to the Warrant Shares, upon the written
request therefor by any Holder(s), the Company shall include in the
registration statement any other securities of the Company held by such
Holder(s) as of the date of filing of such registration statement, including
without limitation restricted shares of Common Stock, options, warrants or any
other securities convertible into shares of Common Stock.
(m) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Majority" in
reference to the Holders of Warrants or Warrant Shares, shall mean in excess
of fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Warrants or Warrant Shares that
(i) are not held by the Company, an affiliate, officer, creditor, employee or
agent thereof or any of their respective affiliates, members of their family,
persons acting as nominees or in conjunction therewith and (ii) have not been
resold to the public.
8. Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities.
8.1 Subdivision and Combination. In case the Company shall
at any time subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
Exercise Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of
subdivision or increased in the case of combination.
8.2 Stock Dividends and Distributions. In case the Company
shall pay a dividend in, or make a distribution of, shares of Common Stock or
of the Company's capital stock convertible into Common Stock, the Exercise
Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased. An adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall be made as of the record date for the
subject stock dividend or distribution.
8.3 Adjustment in Number of Securities. Upon each adjustment
of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the number
of Securities issuable upon the exercise at the adjusted exercise price of
each Warrant shall be adjusted to the nearest full amount by multiplying a
number equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
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adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so
obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
8.4 Definition of Common Stock. For the purpose of this
Agreement, the term "Common Stock" shall mean (i) the class of stock
designated as Common Stock in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
as may be amended as of the date hereof, or (ii) any other class of stock
resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock
consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value,
or from no par value to par value. In the event that the Company shall after
the date hereof issue securities with greater or superior voting rights than
the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date hereof, the Holder, at
its option, may receive upon exercise of any Warrant either shares of Common
Stock or a like number of such securities with greater or superior voting
rights.
8.5 Merger or Consolidation. In case of any consolidation of
the Company with, or merger of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger which does not
result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), the
corporation formed by such consolidation or merger shall execute and deliver
to the Holder a supplemental warrant agreement providing that the holder of
each Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right
thereafter (until the expiration of such Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of
such warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable upon such consolidation or merger, by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock of the Company for which such warrant might
have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer. Such supplemental warrant agreement shall provide for adjustments
which shall be identical to the adjustments provided in Section 8. The above
provision of this subsection shall similarly apply to successive
consolidations or mergers.
8.6 No Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases. No
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made:
(a) Upon the issuance or sale of the Warrants or
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants; or
(b) If the amount of said adjustment shall be less
than two cents ($0.02) per Warrant Share, provided, however, that in such case
any adjustment that would otherwise be required then to be made shall be
carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next
subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment so carried forward,
shall amount to at least two cents ($0.02) per Warrant Share.
9. Exchange and Replacement of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant
Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon the surrender thereof by the
registered Holder at the principal executive office of the Company, for a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the same number of Warrant Shares in such denominations as
shall be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of such surrender.
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Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate,
and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security
reasonably satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all
reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of
the Warrants, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant
Certificate of like tenor, in lieu thereof.
10. Elimination of Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be
required to issue certificates representing fractions of shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants, nor shall it be required to issue
scrip or pay cash in lieu of fractional interests, it being the intent of the
parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any
fraction up to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock or other
securities, properties or rights.
11. Reservation and Listing of Securities. The Company shall at all
times reserve and keep available out of its authorized shares of Common Stock,
solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, such
number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights as
shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees
that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price
therefor, all shares of Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such
exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and not
subject to the preemptive rights of any stockholder. As long as the Warrants
shall be outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause all
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants to be listed
(subject to official notice of issuance) on all securities exchanges on which
the Common Stock issued to the public in connection herewith may then be
listed and/or quoted on NASDAQ/NM.
12. Notices to Warrant Holders. Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right to vote or to
consent or to receive notice as a stockholder in respect of any meetings of
stockholders for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having
any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company. If, however, at any
time prior to the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the
following events shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its
shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend
or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or
distribution payable otherwise than out of current or retained earnings, as
indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the
books of the Company; or
(b) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Common
Stock any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company,
or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
(c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company
(other than in connection with a consolidation or merger) or a sale of all or
substantially all of its property, assets and business as an entirety shall be
proposed;
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then, in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice
of such event at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed as a record
date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, convertible or
exchangeable securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such
proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall
specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the
case may be. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not
affect the validity of any action taken in connection with the declaration or
payment of any such dividend, or the issuance of any convertible or
exchangeable securities, or subscription rights, options or warrants, or any
proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale.
13. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly made and sent when delivered, or mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested:
(a) If to the registered Holder of the Warrants, to the
address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company; or
(b) If to the Company, to the address set forth in Section 3
hereof or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the
Holders.
14. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Representative
may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval
of any Holders of Warrant Certificates (other than the Representative) in
order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any provisions herein, or
to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising
hereunder which the Company and the Representative may deem necessary or
desirable and which the Company and the Representative deem shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Warrant Certificates.
15. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Holders and
their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
16. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate at the close of
business on ________, 2004. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification
provisions of Section 7 shall survive such termination until the close of
business on ________ , 2010.
17. Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and
each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of said State without giving effect to
its rules governing the conflicts of laws.
The Company, the Representative and the Holder hereby agree that
any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any
way to, this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the
State of New York or of the United States of America
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for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submit to such
jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company, the
Representative and the Holder hereby irrevocably waive any objection to such
exclusive jurisdiction or inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to
be served upon the Company, the Representative or the Holder (at the option of
the party bringing such action, proceeding or claim) may be served by
transmitting a copy thereof, by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in
Section 13 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be
legal and binding upon the party so served in any action, proceeding or claim.
The Company, the Representative and the Holder agree that the prevailing
party(ies) in any such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from
the other party(ies) all of its/their reasonable legal costs and expenses
relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the
preparation therefor.
18. Entire Agreement: Modification. This Agreement (including the
Underwriting Agreement to the extent portions thereof are referred to herein)
contains the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and may not be modified or amended except by a
writing duly signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification
or amendment is sought.
19. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held
to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Agreement.
20. Captions. The caption headings of the Sections of this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not intended, nor
should they be construed as, a part of this Agreement and shall be given no
substantive effect.
21. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the
Representative and any other registered Holder(s) of the Warrant Certificates
or Warrant Shares any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Agreement; and this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of
the Company, the Representative and the Holder(s) of the Warrant Certificates
or Warrant Shares.
22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL]
IgX CORP.
By:
-------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:
---------------------
Secretary
JOSEPHTHAL & CO. INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "ACT"), (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT (OR ANY
SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES), OR
(iii) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF SUCH OPINION SHALL BE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY
TO COUNSEL FOR THE ISSUER, THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT
IS AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE 5:30 P.M.,
NEW YORK TIME, ___________ , 2003
No. W-_______
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that ________, or registered assigns, is
the registered holder of _________ Warrants, each Warrant entitling the holder
to purchase initially, at any time from _______ 199_ [one year from the
effective date of the Registration Statement] until 5:30 p.m. New York time on
________, 2003 [five years from the effective date of the Registration
Statement] ("Expiration Date"), one fully-paid and non-assessable share of
common stock, $.001 par value ("Common Stock") of IgX Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), at the initial exercise price, subject to
adjustment in certain events (the "Exercise Price"), of $__________ [120% of
the public offering price] per share of Common Stock upon surrender of this
Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at an office or agency
of the Company, but subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the
warrant agreement dated as of__________ , 1998 by and between the Company and
JOSEPHTHAL & CO. INC. (the "Warrant Agreement"). Payment of the Exercise Price
shall be made by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House
funds payable to the order of the Company or by surrender of this Warrant
Certificate.
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No Warrant may be exercised after 5:30 p.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless exercised
prior thereto, hereby shall thereafter be void.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly
authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which
Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights,
limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company and the holders (the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the
registered holders or registered holder) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events
the Exercise Price and the type and/or number of the Company's securities
issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. In such
event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number
and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants;
provided, however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant
Certificates shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the
rights of the holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Warrant
Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate
or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like
number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this
Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided herein and in the
Warrant Agreement, without any charge except for any tax or other governmental
charge imposed in connection with such transfer.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced by this
Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a new
Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof as the
absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any
exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all
other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined in the
Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated as of __________, 1998
IgX CORP.
[SEAL] By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
___________________________
Secretary
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[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.1]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right,
represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase _____________ shares of
Common Stock and herewith tenders in payment for such securities a certified
or official bank check payable in New York Clearing House Funds to the order
of IgX Corp. in the amount of $________ , all in accordance with the terms of
Section 3.1 of the Representative's Warrant Agreement dated as of __________,
1998 between IgX Corp. and JOSEPHTHAL & CO. INC. The undersigned requests that
a certificate for such securities be registered in the name of ____________
whose address is _____________________ and that such Certificate be delivered
to _________________ whose address is ________________
Dated:
____________________ Signature ________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate.)
__________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
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[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented
by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase _____________ shares of Common Stock
all in accordance with the terms of Section 3.2 of the Representative's
Warrant Agreement dated as of __________ 1998 between IgX Corp. and JOSEPHTHAL
& CO. INC. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such securities be
registered in the name of ______________ whose address is_____________ and
that such Certificate be delivered to ___________ whose address is
Dated:
____________________ Signature ________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate.)
__________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED) _____________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________ Attorney, to
transfer the within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated:
____________________ Signature ________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate.)
__________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee)
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