COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
EXHIBIT 99.4
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO 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 AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION
OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF
WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. 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.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To
Purchase Shares
of Common Stock of
CHEMBIO
DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the
“Warrant”) certifies that, for value
received,
(the “Holder”), is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions
hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof
(the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior
to the close of business on the fifth anniversary of the Initial
Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not
thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Chembio
Diagnostics, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”),up to
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shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock”). The purchase price of one share of Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price,
as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”), dated
January 26, 2005, 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 of a duly executed facsimile copy of the
Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (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 such Holder appearing
on the books of the Company); provided, however,
within 5 Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company, the Holder shall have surrendered this
Warrant to the Company and the Company shall have received
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby
purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a
United States bank. If the Holder is Crestview Capital Master,
LLC or any Affiliate thereof, then such Holder shall give the
Company 5 Trading Days advance notice of any such exercise for
the purpose of enabling the Company to notify other holders of
Warrants of such intended exercise. If the Holder or its
predecessor in interest received this Warrant as a result of the
exercise of its rights to exchange securities purchased in
connection with the Company’s issuance and sale of
Series A Preferred Stock, then this Warrant shall not be
exercisable until and unless the Holder has received notice of
Crestview’s exercise pursuant to the previous sentence. The
restrictions of the foregoing two sentences shall not apply to
any other category of Holder.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise
price of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be
$0.61, subject to adjustment hereunder (the
“Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any
time after one year from the date of issuance of this Warrant
there is no effective Registration Statement registering, or no
current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant
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Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised at
such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which
the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the
number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as
adjusted; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant by
means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
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) Exercise Limitations.
i. Holder’s Restrictions. The
Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this
Warrant, pursuant to Section 2(c) or otherwise, to the
extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise,
the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates), as set
forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, would beneficially
own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common
Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such
issuance. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its
affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the
determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude
the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable
upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of
this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the
unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of
the Company (including, without limitation, any other shares of
Preferred Stock or Warrants) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial ownership shall
be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act, it being acknowledged by Holder that the Company
is not representing to Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
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(d) applies, the determination
of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder) and of which a portion of this
Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of such
Xxxxxx, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be
deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether this
Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by
such Holder) and of which portion of this Warrant is
exercisable, in each case subject to such aggregate percentage
limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify
or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For purposes of
this Section 2(d), in determining the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the
Company’s most recent
Form 10-QSB
or
Form 10-KSB,
as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement
by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or
the Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral
request of the Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days
confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares
of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the
Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its affiliates
since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock was reported. The provisions of this
Section 2(d) may be waived by the Holder upon, at the
election of the Holder, not less than 61 days’ prior
notice to the Company, and the provisions of this
Section 2(d) shall continue to apply until such
61st day (or such later date, as determined by the Holder,
as may be specified in such notice of waiver).
e) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Authorization of Warrant
Shares. 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
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purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other
than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring
contemporaneously with such issue).
ii. Delivery of Certificates Upon
Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased
hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the
Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the
Holder’s prime broker with the Depository
Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission (“DWAC”) system if the Company is a
participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery
to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise
within 3 Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the
Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant and payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above
(“Warrant Share Delivery Date”). This Warrant
shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise
Price is received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be
deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so
designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a
holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date
the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder,
if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vii) prior to the issuance
of such shares, have been paid.
iii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon
Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been
exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of
the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder
to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this
Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be
identical with this Warrant.
iv. Rescission Rights. If the
Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant
Shares pursuant to this Section 2(e)(iv) by the Warrant
Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to
rescind such exercise.
v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely
Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the
Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant
Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share
Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by
its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of
a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder
anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“Buy-In”), then the Company shall (1) pay
in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased
exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to
deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue
times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to
such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the
option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the
Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such
exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the
Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery
obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases
Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a
Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common
Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase
obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately
preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the
Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect
of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other
evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein
shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies
available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including,
without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or
injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to
timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
vi. 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 Holder
would otherwise be
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entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a
cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount
equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.
vii. Charges, Taxes and
Expenses. Issuance of certificates for
Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for
any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect
of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and
expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates
shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or
names as may be directed by the Holder; provided,
however, that in the event certificates for Warrant
Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the
Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed
by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition
thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any
transfer tax incidental thereto.
viii. 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.
Section 3. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If
the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding:
(A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make 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 pursuant to
this Warrant, the Company’s Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock or the Company’s Series B Convertible
Preferred STock), (B) subdivides outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combines
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) 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 before such event and of
which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding after such event and the number of shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately
adjusted. 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.
b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time
while this Warrant is outstanding, shall offer, sell, grant any
option to purchase or offer, sell or grant any right to reprice
its securities, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce
any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other
disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an
effective price per share less than the then Exercise Price
(such lower price, the “Base Share Price” and
such issuances collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”), as adjusted hereunder (if the holder of the
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any
time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset
provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or
otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which
is issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to
receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share
which is less than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be
deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price), then,
the Exercise Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Share
Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall
be increased such that the aggregate Exercise Price payable
hereunder, after taking into account the decrease in the
Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price
prior to such adjustment. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The
Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the
Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents subject to this section, indicating therein
the applicable issuance price, or of applicable reset price,
exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such
notice the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For
purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a
Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b),
upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, after the date of
such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled to receive a
number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price
regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base
Share Price in the Notice of Exercise.
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c) Pro Rata Distributions. If the
Company, at any time prior to the Termination Date, shall
distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders of
the Warrants) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights
or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than
the Common Stock (which shall be subject to Section 3(b)),
then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the
denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date
mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP
on such record date less the then per share fair market value at
such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of
indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share
of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in
good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in
a statement provided to the Holders of the portion of assets or
evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription
rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall
become effective immediately after the record date mentioned
above.
d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at
any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (A) the Company
effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer
(whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant
to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or
(D) the Company effects any reclassification 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 (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any
subsequent conversion of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the
right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been
issuable upon such exercise absent such Fundamental Transaction,
at the option of the Holder, (a) upon 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 Alternate Consideration receivable
upon or as a result of such reorganization, reclassification,
merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a Holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to such event or (b) if the
Company is acquired in an all cash transaction, cash equal to
the value of this Warrant as determined in accordance with the
Black-Scholes option pricing formula (the “Alternate
Consideration”). 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.
To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions,
any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such
Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant
consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the
Holder’s right to exercise such warrant into Alternate
Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a
Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms
requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with
the provisions of this Section 3(d) and insuring that this
Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly
adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a
Fundamental Transaction.
e) Exempt
Issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
adjustments, Alternate Consideration nor notices shall be made,
paid or issued under this Section 3 in respect of an Exempt
Issuance.
f) 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. The number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares of
Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company,
and the description of any such shares of Common Stock shall be
considered on issue or sale of Common Stock. 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.
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g) Voluntary Adjustment By
Company. The Company may at any time during
the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price
to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
h) Notice to Holders.
i. Adjustment to Exercise
Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is
adjusted pursuant to this Section 3, the Company shall
promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise
Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement
of the facts requiring such adjustment. If the Company issues a
variable rate security, despite the prohibition thereon in the
Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible
conversion or exercise price at which such securities may be
converted or exercised in the case of a Variable Rate
Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), or the
lowest possible adjustment price in the case of an MFN
Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by
Xxxxxx. If (A) the Company shall declare
a dividend (or any other distribution) 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, of any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities,
cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up
of the affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company
shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last addresses as
it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at
least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or
effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating
(x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the
purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or
warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of
which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled
to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants
are to be determined or (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date
as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common
Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon
such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange; provided, that the failure to mail such
notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not
affect the validity of the corporate action required to be
specified in such notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise
this Warrant during the
20-day
period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective
date of the event triggering such notice.
Section 4. Transfer
of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to
compliance with any applicable securities laws and the
conditions set forth in Sections 5(a) and 4(d) hereof and
to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement,
this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole
or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal
office of the Company, 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 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. A Warrant, if properly
assigned, 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
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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.
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 registered pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities
or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of
allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of
this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a
written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form,
substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be
made without registration under the Securities Act and under
applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the
holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an
investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the
Company and (iii) that the transferee be an
“accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8) promulgated under the
Securities Act or a qualified institutional buyer as defined in
Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) Title to Warrant. Prior to the
Termination Date and subject to compliance with applicable laws
and Section 4 of this Warrant, this Warrant and all rights
hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office
or agency of the Company by the Holder in person or by duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together
with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed. The
transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
b) No Rights as Shareholder Until
Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the
Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of
the Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of
this Warrant and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or
by means of a cashless exercise), the Warrant Shares so
purchased shall be and be deemed to be issued to such Holder as
the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on
the later of the date of such surrender or payment.
c) 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.
d) 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 be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday,
then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on
the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
e) 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 executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for
the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights
under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable
action as may be
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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.
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 (a) 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,
(b) 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 (c) 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.
f) 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.
g) Restrictions. The Holder
acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise
of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon
resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
h) 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 Holder’s rights, powers
or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder
terminate on the Termination Date. 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 Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover
any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings,
incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto
or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies
hereunder.
i) 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.
j) Limitation of Liability. No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by
Holder to exercise this Warrant or purchase Warrant Shares, and
no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder,
shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase
price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by
creditors of the Company.
k) Remedies. 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 the defense in any
action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
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l) 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 of the Company and the successors
and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant
are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to
time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder
or holder of Warrant Shares.
m) Amendment. This Warrant may be
modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
n) 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.
o) 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.
CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
By: |
|
Name:
Title: |
Dated: January , 2005
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NOTICE OF
EXERCISE
TO: CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to
purchase
Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the
attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders
herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with
all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] 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 a certificate or certificates representing
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:
(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:
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ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To assign
the foregoing warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights
evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
whose
address is
.
Dated: ,
Holder’s
Signature:
Holder’s Address: |
Signature
Guaranteed:
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must
correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the
Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company.
Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or
other representative capacity should file proper evidence of
authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
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