WARRANT AGREEMENT
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of November __, 1997 between Derma
Sciences, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, and StockTrans, Inc. a ______
corporation (hereinafter called the "Warrant Agent").
Derma Sciences, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Company")
proposes to issue common stock purchase warrants (hereinafter called the
"Warrants"). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), at a purchase price
of $0.90 per whole share. The Warrant Agent, at the request of the Company, has
agreed to act as the agent of the Company in connection with the issuance,
registration, transfer, exchange, and exercise of Warrants. Each Warrant shall
be exchangeable at the holder's request pursuant to the terms of Section 6
hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements
herein set forth:
SECTION 1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the
Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the
instructions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement, and the Warrant Agent
hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such
Co-Warrant Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable. The Company shall
promptly notify the Warrant Agent from time to time in writing of the number of
Warrants to be issued and furnish written instructions in connection therewith.
SECTION 2. Form of Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Certificates (and the
forms of election to purchase shares and of assignment to be printed on the
reverse thereof) shall be substantially of the tenor and purport recited in
Exhibit A hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements
printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate
and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Warrant Agreement, or as
may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which
the Warrants may from time to time be listed, or to conform to usage. The
Warrant Certificates shall be dated as of the date of issuance thereof by the
Warrant Agent, either upon initial issuance or upon transfer or exchange, and
initially shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase one share of Common
Stock, but the number of such shares and the purchase price per share of Common
Stock shall be subject to adjustments as provided herein.
SECTION 3. Countersignature and Registration. The Warrant Certificates
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, by
facsimile signature, and shall be attested by the President or the Secretary of
the Company by facsimile signature. The Warrant Certificates shall be manually
countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless
so countersigned. In case any of the Company who shall have signed any of the
Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such of the Company before
countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company,
such Warrant Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Warrant
Agent, issued and delivered with the same force and effect as though the person
who signed such Warrant Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company; and any Warrant Certificates may be signed on behalf of the Company by
any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant
Certificates, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Warrant
Certificates, although at the date of the execution of this Warrant Agreement
any such person was not such an officer.
The Warrant Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at one of its offices in
the City of Ardmore, State of Pennsylvania books for registration and transfer
of the Warrant Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names
and addresses of the respective holders of the Warrant Certificates, the number
of Warrants evidenced on its face by each of the Warrant Certificates, and the
date of each of the Warrant Certificates.
The Warrant Agent shall countersign a Warrant Certificate only (a) upon
initial issuance of the Warrants in accordance with the written order signed by
the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice
President or (b) upon exchange, transfer or substitution for one or more
previously countersigned Warrant Certificates as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 4. Transfer and Exchange. Subject to Section 6 hereof, the Warrant
Agent shall, from time to time, register the transfer of any outstanding Warrant
Certificate upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that
purpose, upon surrender thereof for transfer properly endorsed or accompanied by
appropriate instruments of transfer and written instructions for transfer. Upon
any such registration of transfer, a new Warrant Certificate shall be issued to
the transferee and the surrendered Warrant Certificate shall be canceled by the
Warrant Agent. Any Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the option of the
holder thereof, upon surrender at the office of the Warrant Agent specified in
Section 21 hereof, for another Warrant Certificate, or other Warrant
Certificates of different denominations, representing in the aggregate the right
to purchase a like number of shares of Common Stock. No fractional Warrant
Certificates will be issued. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates.
SECTION 5. Common Stock and Warrant Common Stock. As hereinafter used in
this Agreement, Common Stock shall mean stock of the Company of any class,
whether now or hereafter authorized, which has the right to participate in the
distribution of either earnings or assets of the Company without limit as to
amount or percentage, and Warrant Common Stock shall mean only Common Stock, and
stock of any other class into which such presently authorized Common Stock may
hereafter be changed, issuable upon exercise or exchange of the Warrant. In
case, by reason of the operation of Section 7, the Warrants shall entitle the
registered holders thereof to purchase any other shares of stock or other
securities or property of the Company or of any other corporation, any reference
in this Agreement to the exercise Warrants shall be deemed to refer to and
include the purchase of such other shares of stock or other securities or
property upon such exercise.
SECTION 6. Warrant Price; Conversion Date of Warrants; Exchange of
Warrants. The registered holder of any Warrant Certificate may exercise or
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exchange the Warrants evidenced thereby in whole or in part at any time on or
after the date hereof upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate with the form of
election to purchase or exchange on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to
the Warrant Agent at the principal office of the Warrant Agent in the city of
Ardmore, State of Pennsylvania, together with payment of the purchase price for
each one share of Common Stock as to which the Warrants are exercised, at or
prior to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 15, 2001 (the "Exercise
Date").
The purchase price for each share of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise
of a Warrant (the "Warrant Price") shall be $0.90 during the period from the
date hereof until the Exercise Date, in each case as adjusted pursuant to
Section 7 hereof, and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of
America.
The Warrants may be exchanged, in whole or in part, at the holder's option,
for that number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing (x) the value of
the Warrant (determined by subtracting the aggregate exercise price of the
Warrant from the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant), by (y) the fair market value of
one share of Common Stock prior to the exchange.
SECTION 7. Warrant Adjustments. The Warrant Price and the number of shares
purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant shall be subject to adjustment as
follows:
(a) Stock Dividends, Subdivisions, Combinations and Reclassifications. In
case the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (i) declare
a dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide
the outstanding Common Stock, (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the Common Stock (including any such reclassification in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation), the Warrant Price in effect at the time of the record date for
such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and/or the number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants on such date shall be proportionately adjusted so
that the holder of any Warrant exercised after such time shall be entitled to
receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of capital stock which, if such
Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the
Common Stock transfer books of the Company were open, such holder would have
owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such
dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment shall be
made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.
(b) Subscriptions. If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall
fix a record date for the issuance of rights or warrants to all holders of its
Common Stock, entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the
record date mentioned below) to subscribe for or to purchase shares of Common
Stock (or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock) or having a
conversion price per share of Common Stock (if a security is convertible into
Common Stock) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price per share
of Common Stock on such record date (as determined in the manner prescribed in
Section 8 hereof) the Warrant Price shall be decreased to an amount determined
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by multiplying such Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such record
date by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such record date plus
the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares of Common Stock so to be offered (or the aggregate
initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would
purchase at such Current Market Price and the denominator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number
of additional shares of Common Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase
(or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially
convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid in a consideration
part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value of such
consideration shall be as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company,
whose determination shall be conclusive, and described in a statement filed with
the Warrant Agent. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a
record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights or warrants are not so
issued, the Warrant Price shall again be adjusted to be the price which would
then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) Distributions. If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall
fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of its Common
Stock of evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding cash distributions
made as a dividend payable out of earnings or out of surplus legally available
for dividends under the laws of the jurisdiction of the Company) or rights to
subscribe (excluding those referred to in subsection (b) above), then in each
case the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such record date shall be
decreased to an amount determined by multiplying such Warrant Price by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Market Price on such record date
less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be conclusive, and described in a statement
filed with the Warrant Agent) of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so
distributed or of such subscription rights and the denominator of which is the
Current Market Price at such date. The number of shares purchasable on such
record date shall be increased to a number of shares equal to (i) the number of
shares purchasable at the date of such distribution multiplied by the Warrant
Price in effect immediately prior to the adjustment required by the preceding
sentence, divided by (ii) the adjusted Warrant Price computed pursuant to the
preceding sentence. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a
record date is fixed; and in the event that such distribution is not so made,
the Warrant Price shall again be adjusted to the Warrant Price which would then
be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets. If, prior to the exercise of
any Warrants, the Company shall at any time consolidate with or merge into
another corporation, the holder of any Warrants will thereafter receive, upon
the exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
securities or property to which the holder of the number of shares of Common
Stock then deliverable upon the exercise or conversion of such Warrants would
have been entitled upon such consolidation or merger, and the Company shall take
such steps in connection with such consolidation or merger as may be necessary
to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly
as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or property thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants. The Company or the successor
corporation, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Warrant Agent
a supplemental agreement so providing. A sale of all or substantially all the
assets of the Company for a consideration (apart from the assumption of
obligations) consisting primarily of securities shall be deemed a consolidation
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or merger for the foregoing purposes. The provisions of this subsection (d)
shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or sales or other
transfers.
(e) Calculations to the Nearest Cent and One-Hundredth of a Share. No
adjustment in the Warrant Price shall be required unless such adjustment would
require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however,
that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 7(e) are not required to be
made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest
cent and to the nearest one-hundredth of a share as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection (e), any adjustment
required by this Section 7 shall be made no later than the earlier of six months
from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment or the
expiration of the right to exercise any Warrant.
(f) Notice of Warrant Adjustment. Whenever the Warrant Price or the number
of shares purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant shall be adjusted as provided
in this Section 7, the Company shall forthwith file with the Warrant Agent a
certificate, signed by a firm of independent public accountants, showing in
detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Warrant Price and number of
shares so purchasable that will be effective after such adjustment. The Company
shall also cause a notice setting forth any adjustments to be sent by mailing
first class, postage prepaid, to each registered holder of a Warrant or Warrants
at its address appearing on the Warrant register and, at its option, may cause a
copy of such notice to be published once in an English language newspaper of
general circulation in the City of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. The Warrant Agent
shall have no duty with respect to any certificate filed with, it except to keep
the same on file and available for inspection by registered holders of Warrants
during reasonable business hours. The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be
under any duty or responsibility to any holder of a Warrant to determine whether
any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Warrant Price, or with
respect to the nature of any adjustment of the Warrant Price when made, or with
respect to the method employed in making such adjustment.
(g) Other Notices. In case the Company after the date hereof shall propose
to take any action of the type described in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this
Section 7, the Company shall file with the Warrant Agent a certificate, signed
by the Chairman, President or any Vice President of the Company and by its
Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or Secretary or Assistant Secretary specifying,
in the case of any action of the type specified in subsection (d), the date on
which such action shall take place and shall also set forth such facts with
respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect of such
action (to the extent such facts may be known on the date of such notice) on the
Warrant Price and the number, or kind, or class of shares or other securities or
property which shall be purchasable upon exercise of Warrants. Such notice shall
be given in the case of any action of the type specified in subsections (b) and
(c), at least 10 days prior to the record date with respect thereto and in the
case of any action of the type specified in subsection (d) at least 10 days
prior to the taking of such proposed action. The Company shall also cause a
notice setting forth any adjustments to be sent by mailing first class, postage
prepaid, to each registered holder of a Warrant Certificate or Warrant
Certificates at its address appearing on the Warrant register and, at its
option, may cause a copy of such notice to be published once in an English
language newspaper of general circulation in the City of Princeton, New Jersey.
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Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality
or validity of such action.
(h) No Change in Warrant Terms on Adjustment. Irrespective of any of the
adjustments in the Warrant Price or the number of shares of Warrant Common
Stock, Warrant Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to
express the same prices and number of shares as are stated in a similar Warrant
Certificate issuable initially, or at some subsequent time, pursuant to this
Agreement and such number of Shares specified therein shall be deemed to have
been so adjusted.
(i) Treasury Shares. Shares of Common Stock at any time owned by the
Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of any computation
under this Section 7.
(j) Optional Reduction in Warrant Price. Anything in this Section 7 to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions
in the Warrant Price, in addition to those adjustments required by this Section
7, as it in its sole discretion shall determine to be necessary in order that
any consolidation or subdivision of the Common Stock, issuance wholly for cash
of any Common Stock at less than the Current Market Price, issuance wholly for
cash of Common Stock or securities which by their terms are convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock, stock dividend, issuance of rights, options or
warrants referred to hereinabove in this Section 7, hereinafter made by the
Company to its common stockholders, shall not be taxable to them.
The Company may, at its option, at any time during the term of the
Warrants, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company, for any length of time.
SECTION 8. Current Market Price. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be
the average of the daily closing prices for the thirty consecutive business days
commencing before such date. The closing price for each day shall be (a) if the
Common Stock shall be listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock
Exchange, the closing price on the NYSE-Consolidated Tape (or any successor
composite tape recording transactions on the New York Stock Exchange) or, if
such a composite tape shall not be in use or shall not report transactions in
the Common Stock, or if the Common Stock shall be listed on a stock exchange
other than the New York Stock Exchange, the last reported sales price regular
way on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock
shall be listed or admitted to trading (which shall be the national securities
exchange on which the greatest number of shares of the Common Stock has been
traded during such thirty consecutive business days), or, in either case, if
there is no transaction on any such day, the average of the bid and asked prices
regular way on such day, or (b) if the Common Stock shall not be listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the closing price, if
reported, or, if the closing price is not reported, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices, as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation (Nasdaq) National Market or a similar source
selected from time to time by the Company for the purpose. If on any such date
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the shares of Common Stock are not quoted by any such source, the fair value of
such shares on such date, as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, shall be used.
SECTION 9. Exercise of Warrants. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, each registered holder of Warrants shall have the right, which may be
exercised as in such Warrant Certificates expressed, to purchase from the
Company (and the Company shall issue and sell to such registered holders of
Warrants) all or part of the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Warrant Common Stock specified in such Warrant Certificates (subject to the
adjustments as herein provided), upon surrender to the Company at the office of
the Warrant Agent specified in Section 21 hereof, of such Warrant Certificates
with the exercise form on the reverse thereof duly filled in and signed, and
upon payment to the Warrant Agent to the account of the Company of the Warrant
Price for the number of shares of Warrant Common Stock in respect of which such
Warrants are then exercised. The date of exercise of any Warrant shall be deemed
to be the date of its receipt by the Warrant Agent duly filled in and signed and
accompanied by proper funds as hereinafter provided. Payment of such Warrant
Price may be made in cash, or by certified or official bank check. No adjustment
shall be made for any cash dividends on shares of Warrant Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of a Warrant. Upon such surrender of Warrants, and payment of the
Warrant Price as aforesaid, the Company shall issue and cause to be delivered
with all reasonable dispatch to or upon the written order of the registered
holder of such Warrants and in such name or names as such registered holder may
designate, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of
Warrant Common Stock so purchased upon the exercise of such Warrants together
with cash as provided in Section 11 of this Agreement, in respect of any
fraction of a share of such stock issuable upon such surrender.
Each person in whose name any certificate for shares of Common Stock is
issued upon the exercise of Warrants shall for all purposes be deemed to have
become the holder of record of the Common Stock represented thereby on, and such
certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Warrant Certificate
evidencing such Warrants was duly surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price
(and any applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided, however, that if the
date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Common Stock
transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have
become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated,
the next succeeding business day on which the Common Stock transfer books of the
Company are open.
SECTION 10. Unexercised Warrants. To the extent that any Warrant
Certificates remain outstanding at the expiration of the period during which the
Warrants are exercisable, the unexercised Warrants represented thereby shall be
deemed null and void.
SECTION 11. Elimination of Fractions. The Company shall not be required to
issue fractional shares of stock upon any exercise of Warrants. As to any final
fraction of a share which the same registered holder of one or more Warrants,
the rights under which are exercised in the same transaction or series of
related transactions, would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such
exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final
fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price (as
determined in the manner prescribed in Section 8 hereof) on the business day
which next precedes the day of exercise.
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SECTION 12. Issue Taxes. The Company will pay documentary stamp taxes, if
any, attributable to the initial issuance of shares of Warrant Common Stock upon
the exercise of any Warrant; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the
Warrant Agent shall be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of any certificates
for shares of Warrant Common Stock in a name other than that of the registered
holder of Warrants, in respect of which such shares are initially issued.
SECTION 13. Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized but unissued stock, for the purpose of
effecting the issuance of stock upon exercise of Warrants, such number of shares
of its duly authorized Warrant Common Stock as shall from time to time be
sufficient to effect the issuance of shares of Warrant Common Stock upon
exercise of all Warrants at the time outstanding.
SECTION 14. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent. Any
corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the
Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. In the case of Warrants which have been countersigned
by the Warrant Agent, but not delivered at the time any such successor to the
Warrant Agent succeeds to the agency created by this Agreement, any such
successor may adopt the countersignature of the original Warrant Agent and
deliver such Warrants so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the
Warrants shall not have been countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent
may countersign such Warrants either in the name of the predecessor Warrant
Agent or in the name of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such
Warrants shall have the full force and effect provided in the Warrants and in
this Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at
such time any of the Warrants shall have been countersigned but not delivered,
the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and
deliver Warrant Certificates so countersigned, and in case at that time any of
the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent
may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name or in its
changed name; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the
full force and effect provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this
Agreement.
SECTION 15. Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrants, etc. The
Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants
exercised and concurrently pay to the Company all moneys received by the Warrant
Agent for the purchase of shares of Common Stock through the exercise of such
Warrants.
The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement available for
inspection by holders of Warrants during normal business hours at its office
specified in Section 21 hereof.
SECTION 16. Supplements and Amendments. The parties hereto may from time to
time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of
Warrants to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
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contained in this Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any
other provision contained herein, or to make such other provisions with respect
to any change or any supplemental agreement as the parties may deem necessary or
desirable and which shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the
registered holders of the Warrants.
SECTION 17. Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates. If any Warrant shall
be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed the Warrant Agent shall deliver a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor and denomination in exchange and substitution
therefor upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate
or, in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate, upon receipt
of evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent of the loss, theft
or destruction of such Warrant Certificate and, in either case, upon receipt of
such indemnity as the Company and the Warrant Agent may reasonably require.
Applicants for substitute Warrant Certificates shall also comply with such other
reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Warrant
Agent or the Company may prescribe. Any such new Warrant Certificate shall
constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone.
SECTION 18. Duties of the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes the
duties and obligations imposed by this Warrant Agreement upon the following
terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Warrants,
by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the
statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant
Certificates (except its countersignature thereof and except such as describes
the Warrant Agent or action taken or to be taken by it) or be required to verify
the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have
been made by the Company only. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any
responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and
delivery hereof or in respect of the validity or execution of any Warrant
Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible
for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this
Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate to be complied with by the Company; nor
shall it be responsible for the making of any adjustment in the Warrant Price or
the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant required under the
provisions of Section 7 or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any
such change or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any
such change; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any
representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares
to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any
shares will, when issued, be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.
The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers
hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through
its attorneys, agents or employees, and the Warrant Agent shall not be
answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any
such attorneys, agents or employees or for any loss to the Company resulting
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from such neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care had been exercised in
the selection and continued employment thereof.
The Warrant Agent may consult at any time with legal counsel satisfactory
to it (who may be legal counsel for the Company) and the advice of such counsel
shall provide complete authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent as to
any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such
advice.
The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company
or to any holder of a Warrant Certificate for any action taken in reliance on
any notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate, or other paper,
document or instrument believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed,
sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Warrant
Agreement, to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all expenses (including reasonable
counsel fees), taxes and governmental charges and other charges of any kind and
nature incurred by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Warrant Agreement
and to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all
liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for
anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Warrant
Agreement except as a result of the Warrant Agent's negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith.
The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the
Warrant Agent may buy, sell, or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities
of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the
Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or
otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this
Warrant Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting
in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company and
in a ministerial capacity, and its duties shall be determined solely by the
provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for anything which it
may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement except for its
own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
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SECTION 19. Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign and be
discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon 30 days' notice in writing
mailed to the Company by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the
Warrant Certificates by first-class mail. The Company may remove the Warrant
Agent or any successor Warrant Agent upon 30 days' notice in writing, mailed to
the Warrant Agent or successor Warrant Agent, as the case may be, and to each
transfer agent of the Common Stock by registered or certified mail, and to the
holders of the Warrant Certificates by first-class mail. If the Warrant Agent
shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the
Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall
fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after such removal or
after it has been notified in of such resignation by the resigning or
incapacitated Warrant Agent or by the holder of a Warrant Certificate (who
shall, with such notice, submit such holder's Warrant Certificate for inspection
by the Company), then the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate may apply
to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Warrant
Agent.
SECTION 20. Identity of Transfer Agent. Forthwith upon the appointment of
any subsequent Transfer Agent for shares of the Common Stock, the Company will
file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting forth the name and address of
such Transfer Agent.
SECTION 21. Notices. Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given by
the Warrant Agent or by the registered holder of any Warrant to the Company
shall be sufficiently given if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the
Warrant Agent) as follows:
Derma Sciences, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given by the Company or by the
registered holder of any Warrant to the Warrant Agreement shall be sufficiently
given if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another
address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company) as follows:
StockTrans, Inc.
0 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
SECTION 22. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure
to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
SECTION 23. Governing Law. This Agreement and each Warrant issued hereunder
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of New York without
regard to principles of conflict of laws.
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SECTION 24. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company, the
Warrant Agent and the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent
and the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates.
SECTION 25. 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 all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
SECTION 26. Registration of Shares of Common Stock. The Company will
furnish to the Warrant Agent, upon request, an opinion of counsel to the effect
that (i) a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
is then in effect with respect to the shares of Warrant Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants and the Prospectuses hereinafter referred to
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of said Act and
the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder;
or (ii) a Registration Statement under said Act with respect to said shares is
not required. In the event that said opinion states that such a Registration
Statement is in effect the Company will, from time to time, furnish the Warrant
Agent with current Prospectuses meeting the requirements of said Act and all
rules and regulations thereunder in sufficient quantity to permit the Warrant
Agent to deliver a Prospectus to each transferee of a Warrant Certificate and
each holder of a Warrant Certificate upon exercise or conversion thereof. The
Company further agrees to pay all fees, costs and expenses in connection with
the preparation and delivery to the Warrant Agent of the foregoing opinions and
Prospectuses.
If any shares of Warrant Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants or the issuance thereof requires registration or approval of any
governmental authority, including, without limitation, the filing of necessary
amendments, supplements or post-effective amendments to a Registration Statement
of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, or the taking of any other
action under the laws of the United States of America or any political
subdivision hereof or under the laws of any state of the United States of
America before such shares may be validly and legally issued, then the Company
covenants that it will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor
to secure and keep effective such registration or approval or to take such other
action, as the case may be.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant Agreement
to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
DERMA SCIENCES, INC.
By: ________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
President
Attest:
_____________________________
Its: _______________________
STOCKTRANS, INC.
By: ________________________
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
President
Attest:
_____________________________
Its: _______________________
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISABLE AT ANY TIME AT OR PRIOR TO
3:30 P.M. NEW YORK, EASTERN STANDARD TIME
ON NOVEMBER __, 2001
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
DERMA SCIENCES, INC.
No. W-
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This certifies that _________________________________ or
registered assigns is the registered holder of the number of Warrants set forth
above, and is entitled, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate at the office
of StockTrans, Inc., Warrant Agent (or any successor as such Warrant Agent), in
the city of __________________, _______________, at any time on or after the
date of the Warrant Agreement (as defined) and at or prior to 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time November 15, 2001, to purchase one share of Common Stock, par
value $.01, of Derma Sciences, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"),
at the price of $0.90 per whole share.
The applicable per share purchase price shown above and the
number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants represented by this
Warrant Certificate are subject to adjustment for the occurrence of certain
events, including stock dividends and split-ups, combinations, reorganizations,
reclassifications, consolidations, mergers or sales of properties and assets and
upon the issuance of certain rights or warrants to holders of Common Stock or
the distribution to such holders of assets or indebtedness, as set forth in the
Warrant Agreement hereinafter referred to. A complete statement with respect to
such adjustments and to other terms and conditions pertaining to the Warrants is
contained in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of November 11, 1997, between the
Company and StockTrans, Inc., Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agreement"), a copy of
which may be examined by the registered holder hereof at the office of the
Warrant Agent.
The Warrants may be exchanged, in whole or in part, at the
holder's option, for that number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing
(x) the value of the Warrant (determined by subtracting, the aggregate exercise
price of the Warrant from the aggregate fair market value of the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant), by (y) the fair
market value of one share of Common Stock prior to the exchange.
To exercise the Warrants represented by this Warrant
Certificate the form of election to purchase on the reverse hereof must be duly
executed and the accompanying instructions for the registration and delivery of
the stock must be filled in.
The Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate are
transferable (subject to the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraphs)
at the office in the City of Ardmore, Pennsylvania of the Warrant Agent (or of
its successor as Warrant Agent) by registered holder thereof in person or by
attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate.
Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant Certificate, representing the right to
purchase a like number of shares of the Company's Common Stock, will be issued
to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant Certificate.
This Warrant Certificate when surrendered at the office in the
City of Ardmore, Pennsylvania of the Warrant Agent (or of its successor as
Warrant Agent) by the registered holder hereof in person or by attorney duly
authorized in writing may be exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates, representing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like
number of shares of the Company's Common Stock.
If the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate remain
outstanding at the expiration of the period during which Warrants are
exercisable, as set forth in the first paragraph of this Warrant Certificate,
such Warrants shall thereupon be deemed null and void.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon the
exercise of any Warrant or Warrants evidenced hereby, but in lieu thereof, a
cash payment will be made, as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
No holder of this Warrant Certificate shall be entitled to
vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Common
Stock or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time be
issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Warrant
Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any
of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote upon any
matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issue of
stock, reclassification of stock, change of par value, consolidation, merger,
conveyance, or otherwise) or, except as provided in the Warrant Agreement, to
receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or
otherwise, until the Warrant or Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate
shall have been exercised as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
DERMA SCIENCES, INC.
By: ________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chairman
Attest:
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Secretary
This Warrant Certificate is not valid until countersigned by
the Warrant Agent.
Countersigned:
STOCKTRANS, INC.
________________________
By: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
President
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FORM OF EXERCISE
(Form of exercise to be executed by the Warrant
Holder at the time of exercise)
To StockTrans, Inc. or its successor as Warrant Agent:
The undersigned, holder of the within Warrant Certificate,
hereby (1) irrevocably exercises the undersigned's right to purchase ________
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as Derma Sciences, Inc. (the
"Company") which the undersigned is entitled to purchase under the terms of the
within Warrant Certificate, or such other securities as the undersigned shall be
entitled to purchase under the terms of the Warrant Agreement referred to in
such Warrant Certificate by reason of the occurrence of certain events specified
therein, and (2) elects to make payment in full for the number of shares of
Common Stock so purchased by payment of $____ in cash or by certified or
official bank check.
Please issue the certificate of shares of Common Stock in the
name of, and pay any cash for any fractional share to:
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Print or type name
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Social Security or other Identifying Number
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Street Address
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State Zip Code
If such number of shares shall not be all the shares purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant
Certificate for the balance of such Warrants remaining unexercised shall be
registered in the name of and delivered to:
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Please insert social security
or other identifying number: ___________________________________________________
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(Please print name and address)
Dated: ___________________ ________________________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform in all respects to name
of holder as specified on the face if the
Warrant Certificate)
(Signature Medallion Guaranteed): __________________ Date: ______________
(If the Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares, or Warrants for any
unexercised balance are to be issued or paid to a person other than the person
in whose name the within Warrant is registered, or if otherwise requested by the
Company or the Warrant Agent, a signature Medallion guarantee is required.)
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ASSIGNMENT
(Form of assignment to be executed if Warrant
Holder desires to transfer Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _____________________________________
hereby sells, assigns, and transfer unto ______________________ this Warrant
Certificate together with all right, title or interest therein and does hereby
irrevocably appoint ______________________ attorney to transfer the within
Warrant Certificate on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated: ___________ ____________________________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as
specified on the face if the Warrant Certificate)
(Signature Medallion Guaranteed): __________________ Date: ______________
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