EXHIBIT 10.8
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR
ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE,
PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT
OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. ANY SUCH TRANSFER MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
GENTA INCORPORATED
Class B Bridge Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of
Common Stock
No. CB-2 7,930,000 Shares
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, GENTA INCORPORATED., a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), hereby certifies that THE ARIES TRUST, or its registered assigns
(the "Holder") is entitled to purchase from the Company, subject to the
provisions of this Warrant (the "Warrant"), at any time commencing upon the date
hereof (the "INITIAL EXERCISE DATE"), and prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the date which is five (5) years from the date hereof (the "TERMINATION
DATE"), 7,930,000 fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Common Stock,
$.001 par value, of the Company ("Common Stock"), at an exercise price equal to
$.55 per share of Common Stock for an aggregate exercise price of FOUR MILLION
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($4,361,500.00) (the aggregate
purchase price payable for the Warrant Shares hereunder is hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "AGGREGATE EXERCISE PRICE"). The number of shares of Common
Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant and the price to be paid for
each share of Common Stock are subject to possible adjustment from time to time
as hereinafter set forth. The shares of Common Stock or other securities or
property deliverable upon such exercise as adjusted from time to time is
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "WARRANT SHARES." The exercise price of
a share of Common Stock in effect at any time and as adjusted from time to time
is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "PER SHARE EXERCISE PRICE." The Per
Share Exercise Price is subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided; in the
event of any such adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted by
dividing the Aggregate Exercise Price by the Per Share Exercise Price in effect
immediately after such adjustment. The Aggregate Exercise Price is not subject
to adjustment.
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
(a) This Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part, at any time by
the Holder commencing on the Initial Exercise Date and prior to the Termination
Date, by presentation and surrender of this Warrant, together with the duly
executed subscription form attached at the end hereof, at the address set forth
in subsection 8(a) hereof, together with payment, by certified or official bank
check or wire transfer payable to the order of the Company, of the Aggregate
Exercise Price or the proportionate part thereof if exercised in part.
(b) If this Warrant is exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon
presentation of this Warrant upon such exercise, execute and deliver (along with
the certificate for the Warrant Shares purchased) a new Warrant evidencing the
rights of the Holder hereof to purchase the balance of the Warrant Shares
purchasable hereunder upon the same terms and conditions as herein set forth.
Upon proper exercise of this Warrant, the Company promptly shall deliver
certificates for the Warrant Shares to the Holder duly legended as authorized by
the subscription form. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional
shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant; provided that the Company
shall pay to the holders of the Warrant cash in lieu of such fractional shares.
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2. RESERVATION OF WARRANT SHARES; FULLY PAID SHARES; TAXES. The Company
hereby represents that it has, and until expiration of this Warrant agrees that
it shall, reserve for issuance or delivery upon exercise of this Warrant, such
number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be required for issuance and/or
delivery upon exercise of this Warrant in full, and agrees that all Warrant
Shares so issued and/or delivered will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and further agrees to pay all taxes and charges that may be
imposed upon such issuance and/or delivery.
3. PROTECTION AGAINST DILUTION.
(a) In the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time
after the date of issuance of this Warrant, issue or distribute to all of the
holders of its shares of Common Stock evidence of its indebtedness, any other
securities of the Company or any cash, property or other assets (any such event
being herein called a "SPECIAL DIVIDEND"), the Per Share Exercise Price shall be
adjusted by multiplying the Per Share Exercise Price then in effect by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the then Current Market Price (as
defined in paragraph 3(k) below) of the Common Stock, less the Current Market
Price of the Special Dividend issued or distributed in respect of one share of
Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price of
the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a
record date is fixed. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such
distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
distribution.
(b) In case the Company shall hereafter (i) pay a dividend or make a
distribution on its capital stock in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares
or (iv) issue by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of capital
stock of the Company, the Per Share Exercise Price shall be adjusted to be equal
to a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Aggregate Exercise Price and
the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock or other
capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of this Warrant assuming
this Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such action. An adjustment
made pursuant to this subsection 3(b) shall become effective immediately after
the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or reclassification.
(c)(i) Except as provided in subsections 3(a) and 3(b)(i), in the event
the Company shall hereafter issue or sell any Common Stock, any securities
convertible into Common Stock or any rights, options or warrants to purchase
Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock, in each case for a
price per share or entitling the holders thereof to purchase Common Stock at a
price per share (determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received
or receivable by the Company in consideration of the issuance or sale of such
securities plus the consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon exercise
or conversion thereof (collectively, the "TOTAL CONSIDERATION") by (ii) the
number of additional shares of Common Stock issued, sold or issuable upon
exercise or conversion of such securities) which is less than the then Current
Market Price of the Common Stock (as defined below) but not below the current
Per Share Exercise Price (which event is governed by subsection 3(c)(ii)), the
Per Share Exercise Price shall be adjusted as of the date of such issuance or
sale by multiplying the Per Share Exercise Price then in effect by a fraction,
the numerator of which shall be (x) the sum of (A) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on the record date of such issuance or sale plus (B)
the Total Consideration divided by the Current Market Price of the Common Stock,
and the denominator of which shall be (y) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on the record date of such issuance or sale plus the maximum number
of additional shares of Common Stock issued, sold or issuable upon exercise or
conversion of such securities.
(c)(ii) Except as provided in subsection 3(a) and 3(b)(i), in the event
the Company shall hereafter issue or sell any Common Stock, any securities
convertible into Common Stock or any rights, options or warrants to purchase
Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock, in each case for a
price per share or entitling the holders thereof to purchase Common Stock at a
price per share (the "ISSUE PRICE"), (determined by dividing (i) the Total
Consideration by (ii) the number of additional
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shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of such securities)
which is less than the then current Per Share Exercise Price in effect on the
record date of such issuance, the Per Share Exercise Price shall be adjusted to
equal the Issue Price.
(d) In the event of any capital reorganization or reclassification, or
any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party other than a merger
or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing corporation, or in case
of any sale or conveyance to another entity of the property of the Company as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety, or in the case of any statutory
exchange of securities with another corporation (including any exchange effected
in connection with a merger of a third corporation into the Company), the Holder
of this Warrant shall have the right thereafter to receive on the exercise of
this Warrant the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which the
Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive immediately after such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, statutory exchange,
sale or conveyance had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the
effective date of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
statutory exchange, sale or conveyance and in any such case, if necessary,
appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions set
forth in this Section 3 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of
the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions set forth in this
Section 3 shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may
reasonably be, in relation to any shares of stock or other securities or
property thereafter deliverable on the exercise of this Warrant. The above
provisions of this subsection 3(e) shall similarly apply to successive
reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, statutory
exchanges, sales or conveyances. The issuer of any shares of stock or other
securities or property thereafter deliverable on the exercise of this Warrant
shall be responsible for all of the agreements and obligations of the Company
hereunder. Notice of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, statutory exchange, sale or conveyance and of said provisions so
proposed to be made, shall be mailed to the Holders of the Warrants not less
than 30 days prior to such event. A sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company for a consideration consisting primarily of securities
shall be deemed a consolidation or merger for the foregoing purposes.
(e) In case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of
this Section 3 are not strictly applicable but as to which the failure to make
any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant in accordance with the essential intent and principles hereof then, in
each such case, the Holders of Warrants representing the right to purchase a
majority of the Warrant Shares subject to all outstanding Warrants may appoint a
firm of independent public accountants of recognized national standing
reasonably acceptable to the Company, which shall give their opinion as to the
adjustment, if any, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and
principles established herein, necessary to preserve the purchase rights
represented by the Warrants. Upon receipt of such opinion, the Company will
promptly mail a copy thereof to the Holder of this Warrant and shall make the
adjustments described therein. The fees and expenses of such independent public
accountants shall be borne by the Company.
(f) Whenever the Per Share Exercise Price payable upon exercise of each
Warrant is adjusted pursuant to this Section 3, the number of shares of Common
Stock underlying a Warrant shall simultaneously be adjusted to equal the number
obtained by dividing the Aggregate Exercise Price by the adjusted Per Share
Exercise Price.
(g) No adjustment in the Per Share Exercise Price shall be required
unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least $0.01
per share of Common Stock; provided, however, that any adjustments which by
reason of this subsection 3(g) are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations
under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th
of a share, as the case may be. Anything in this Section 3 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the
Per Share Exercise Price, in addition to those required by this Section 3, as it
in its discretion shall deem to be advisable in order that any stock dividend,
subdivision of shares or distribution of rights to purchase stock or securities
convertible or exchangeable for stock hereafter made by the Company to its
stockholders shall not be taxable.
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(h) Whenever the Per Share Exercise Price is adjusted as provided in
this Section 3 and upon any modification of the rights of a Holder of Warrants
in accordance with this Section 3, the Company shall promptly obtain, at its
expense, a certificate of a firm of independent public accountants of recognized
standing selected by the Board of Directors (who may be the regular auditors of
the Company) setting forth the Per Share Exercise Price and the number of
Warrant Shares after such adjustment or the effect of such modification, a brief
statement of the facts requiring such adjustment or modification and the manner
of computing the same and cause copies of such certificate to be mailed to the
Holders of the Warrants.
(i) If the Board of Directors of the Company shall declare any dividend
or other distribution with respect to the Common Stock, the Company shall mail
notice thereof to the Holders of the Warrants not less than 30 days prior to the
record date fixed for determining stockholders entitled to participate in such
dividend or other distribution.
(j) If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3,
the Holder of any Warrant thereafter surrendered for exercise shall become
entitled to receive shares of two or more classes of capital stock or shares of
Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company, the Board of Directors
(whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a written
notice to the Holder of any Warrant promptly after such adjustment) shall
determine the allocation of the adjusted Per Share Exercise Price between or
among shares or such classes of capital stock or shares of Common Stock and
other capital stock.
(k) For the purpose of any computation under Section 3 above, the then
Current Market Price per share (the "CURRENT MARKET PRICE") shall be deemed to
be the last sale price of the Common Stock on the trading day prior to such date
or, in case no such reported sales take place on such day, the average of the
last reported bid and asked prices of the Common Stock on such day, in either
case on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
admitted to trading or listed, or if not listed or admitted to trading on any
such exchange, the representative closing bid price of the Common Stock as
reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated
Quotations System ("NASDAQ"), or other similar organization if NASDAQ is no
longer reporting such information, or, if the Common Stock is not reported on
NASDAQ, the high per share bid price for the Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar
organization, or if not so available, the fair market value of the Common Stock
as determined by agreement between the Company's Board of Directors, on the one
part, and the Holders of Warrants representing the right to purchase a majority
of the Warrant Shares subject to all outstanding Warrants, on the second part.
If the Board of Directors and such Holders fail to agree on the Current Market
Price within 60 days of the date of the action giving rise to any adjustment
pursuant to this Section 3, such Holders shall be entitled to appoint a firm of
independent public accountants or appraisers of recognized national standing
reasonably acceptable to the Company, which shall give their opinion as to such
Current Market Price on a basis consistent with the essential intent and
principles established herein. Upon receipt of such opinion, the Company will
promptly mail a copy thereof to the Holder of this Warrant and shall make the
adjustments described therein. The fees and expenses of such independent public
accountants or appraisers shall be borne by the Company.
4. REGISTRATION UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. The resale of the Warrant
Shares shall be registered on the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in
Article 8 of the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement")
dated as of January 28, 1997, by and among the Company, The Aries Fund, a Cayman
Island Trust, and The Aries Domestic Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership)
and certain purchasers and the Holder of this Warrant shall have the
registration rights as provided in Article 8 of the Purchase Agreement. If the
Holder is not a party to the Purchase Agreement, by acceptance of this Warrant
the Holder agrees to comply with provisions of Article 8 of the Purchase
Agreement to the same extent as if it were a party thereto.
5. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY. This Warrant may not be sold, transferred,
assigned or hypothecated by the Holder except in compliance with the provisions
of the Act and the applicable state securities "blue sky" laws, and is so
transferable only upon the books of the Company which it shall cause to be
maintained for such purpose. The Company may treat the registered Holder of this
Warrant as he or it appears on the Company's books
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at any time as the Holder for all purposes. The Company shall permit any Holder
of a Warrant or his duly authorized attorney, upon written request during
ordinary business hours, to inspect and copy or make extracts from its books
showing the registered holders of Warrants. All Warrants issued upon the
transfer or assignment of this Warrant will be dated the same date as this
Warrant, and all rights of the holder thereof shall be identical to those of the
Holder.
6. LOSS, ETC., OF WARRANT. Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and of
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, if lost, stolen or destroyed,
and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company
shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant of like date, tenor and
denomination.
7. STATUS OF HOLDER. This Warrant does not confer upon the Holder any
right to vote or to consent to or receive notice as a stockholder of the
Company, as such, in respect of any matters whatsoever, or any other rights or
liabilities as a stockholder, prior to the exercise hereof.
8. NOTICES. No notice or other communication under this Warrant shall
be effective unless, but any notice or other communication shall be effective
and shall be deemed to have been given if, the same is in writing and is mailed
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to:
(a) the Company at 3550 General Atomic Corporation, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, or such other address as
the Company has designated in writing to the Holder; or
(b) the Holder at the address indicated in the notice provisions to
the Purchase Agreement, or other such address as the Holder has
designated in writing to the Company.
9. OPTIONAL CONVERSION. Each warrant shall be convertible into a New
Warrant (as hereinafter defined) on a one for one basis. "New Warrants" shall
mean a new class of warrants entitling the holders thereof to purchase, at any
time on or before the date which is five (5) years from the date hereof, one
share of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to the lesser of (a) $0.15, and
(b) fifty percent (50%) of the average closing bid price of the Common Stock for
either (i) the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately succeeding the
date of the Required Shareholder Approval, if any (the "Approval Date"), or (ii)
the five (5) consecutive trading days preceding the Approval Date, if any. Other
than the exercise price, the New Warrants shall have the same terms as the Class
A Warrants. To the extent that there is no Required Shareholder Approval
necessary the foregoing clause (b) shall be ignored.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the New Warrants' exercise price shall
be adjusted at the time of the Final Closing Date (as that term is defined in
the Letter between Genta and Paramount Capital Inc., dated January 28, 1997) if
the exercise price of the Offering Warrants (as defined below) is less than the
exercise price of the New Warrants. In such event the New Warrants exercise
price shall be reduced to equal 50% of the then current exercise price of the
Offering Warrants (as hereafter defined). "Offering Warrants" shall mean the
warrants described in paragraph 7 of the Letter between the Company and
Paramount Capital, Inc. dated January 28, 1997.
"Required Shareholder Approval" shall mean the authorization and
approval by the holders of the Common Stock of the Company of the issuance of
the shares of Common Stock underlying the Company's Senior Secured Convertible
Bridge Notes, to the extent such authorization is required pursuant to the rules
of the Nasdaq National Market or any other statute, rule or regulation.
10. HEADINGS. The headings of this Warrant have been inserted as a
matter of convenience and shall not affect the construction hereof.
11. APPLICABLE LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of law thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its Chief Executive Officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and
attested by its Secretary this January 28, 1997
GENTA INCORPORATED
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chairman
ATTEST:
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Secretary
[Corporate Seal]
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SUBSCRIPTION
The undersigned, ____________________________, pursuant to the
provisions of the foregoing Warrant, hereby elects to exercise the within
Warrant to the extent of purchasing _____________________ shares of Common Stock
thereunder and hereby makes payment of $_______________ by certified or official
bank check in payment of the exercise price therefor.
Dated:_______________ Signature:_____________________________
Address:_______________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________________ hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________ the
foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby, and does irrevocably
constitute and appoint _____________________________, attorney, to transfer said
Warrant on the books of Genta, Inc.
Dated:_______________ Signature:_____________________________
Address:______________________________
PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED __________________________ hereby assigns and
transfers unto _________________________ the right to purchase __________ shares
of the Common Stock, no par value per share, of Genta, Inc. covered by the
foregoing Warrant, and a proportionate part of said Warrant and the rights
evidenced thereby, and does irrevocably constitute and appoint
__________________________, attorney, to transfer that part of said Warrant on
the books of Genta, Inc.
Dated:_______________ Signature:___________________________
Address:_____________________________
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