THE TERMS OF THIS WARRANT ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND ANY TRANSFEREE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF SAID AGREEMENT, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH, AND AVAILABLE FROM, THE SECRETARY OF NEPHROS, INC.
Exhibit
4.3
THE
TERMS OF THIS WARRANT ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
AND
ANY TRANSFEREE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF SAID
AGREEMENT, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH, AND AVAILABLE FROM, THE SECRETARY
OF NEPHROS, INC.
THIS
WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES 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 SUCH
SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. ANY SUCH TRANSFER
MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.
THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT ARE ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, AND ANY TRANSFEREE OF SUCH
SECURITIES SHALL BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF SAID AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH
IS ON FILE WITH, AND AVAILABLE FROM, THE SECRETARY OF NEPHROS,
INC.
NEPHROS,
INC.
Class
D Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock
No.:
D-
__
Number
of
Shares: ___________
Date
of
Issuance: _____ __, 2007
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, NEPHROS, INC., a Delaware corporation (together
with
its successors and assigns, the “Company”), hereby certifies that
_______________________________ or its registered assigns (the “Holder”)
is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, subject to the
provisions of this Warrant (this “Warrant” and, together with any other Class D
Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, collectively, the
“Warrants”), at any time on or prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on
[_____ __], 2012 (the “Termination Date”),
[________________] (___________) fully paid and non-assessable shares of the
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”),
at an exercise price per share of Common Stock equal to $0.90 per share (the
“Per Share Exercise Price”), as such price may be adjusted from time to
time as shall result from the adjustments specified in this
Warrant.
1. Exercise
of Warrant.
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(a) Exercise. This
Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part, at any time by its holder prior
to
the Termination Date by presentation and surrender of this Warrant, together
with the duly executed notice of exercise form attached at the end hereof,
at
the address set forth in Subsection 8(c) hereof, together with payment to the
Company of an amount of consideration therefor equal to the Per Share Exercise
Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any Warrant or Warrants or otherwise
issuable pursuant to any Warrant or Warrants then being exercised (the
“Warrant Shares”), payable by certified or official bank check or by wire
transfer to an account designated by the Company. The delivery of the
notice of exercise and payment of the Per Share Exercise Price are the only
procedures required of the Holder to exercise this Warrant. No
additional legal opinion or other information or instructions shall be required
of the Holder upon the exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Cashless
Exercise. If, and only if, at the time of exercise pursuant to
this Section 1 there is no effective registration statement registering, or
no current prospectus available for, the sale of the Warrant Shares to the
Holder or the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder and the VWAP (as
defined below) is greater than the Per Share Exercise Price at the time of
exercise, then this Warrant may also be exercised at such time and with respect
to such exercise 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 (i) the result of (x) the difference of (A) minus
(B), multiplied by (y) (C), by (ii) (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP (as defined below) on the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately preceding the date of such election; |
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(B)
= the Per Share Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted;
and
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(C)
= 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.
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“VWAP”
means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading
on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Capital Market,
Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Global Select Market or the OTC Bulletin Board,
or
any successor to any of the foregoing (a “Trading Market”), the daily
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on
which
the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg
L.P. for such date if such date is a date on which the Trading Market on which
the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading (a “Trading Day”)
or the nearest preceding Trading Date (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
(New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b) if the Common
Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market and if prices
for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink
Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions
of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock
so
reported; or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith
by
the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
(c) Partial
Exercise. 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
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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.
2. Stock
Fully Paid; Reservation and Listing of Shares;
Covenants.
(a) Authorization,
Reservation of Shares; Etc. The Company shall at all times
reserve and keep available, out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common
Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant, such
number of shares of its Common Stock free of preemptive rights as shall be
sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall
use its commercially reasonable best efforts from time to time, in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware, to increase the authorized number of
shares of Common Stock if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock
not
outstanding shall not be sufficient to permit the exercise of this
Warrant. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable
and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Per
Share
Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly authorized and
validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable. The Company will take all
such
action as may be necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be
issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation,
or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system
upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
(b) Payment
of Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all issue or other taxes
(other than income taxes) that may be payable in respect of any issue or
delivery of Warrant Shares on exercise of this Warrant. The Company
shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of Warrant Shares (or other
securities or assets) in a name other than that in which Warrant was registered,
and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person
requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has
established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been
paid.
(c) Loss,
Theft, Destruction of Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence
satisfactory to the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction, upon receipt of indemnity or security satisfactory to the Company
(which may include a bond) or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company will make and deliver,
in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant
of
like date, tenor and denomination.
(d) Delivery
of Warrant Shares.
(i) Upon
the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later
than three Trading Days after the exercise date) issue or cause to be issued
and
cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such
name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Warrant Shares
issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends unless a registration
statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as
a
selling stockholder thereunder is not then effective and the Warrant Shares
are
not freely transferable without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act. The Holder, or any Person so
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designated
by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares, shall be deemed to have become holder
of record of such Warrant Shares as of the exercise date. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Warrant requiring the delivery of certificates, the Company
shall, upon request of the Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts
to
deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust
Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar
functions. Any obligation to deliver certificates under this Warrant
shall be deemed satisfied if Warrant Shares are delivered electronically in
accordance with the preceding sentence.
(ii) 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(d)(ii) by the third Trading Day following the Warrant Share date
of exercise, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such
exercise.
(iii) In
addition to any other rights available to a Holder, if the Company fails to
deliver to the Holder a certificate representing Warrant Shares by the third
Trading Day after exercise of this Warrant in full compliance with Section
1,
and if after such third Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market
transaction) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by
the
Holder of the Warrant Shares that the Holder anticipated receiving from the
Company (a “Buy-In”) upon such exercise, then the Company shall, within
three Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion,
either (x) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total
purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of
Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the
Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant
Shares) shall terminate, or (y) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to
the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay
cash
to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price
over
the product of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Buy-In,
times (2) the closing price on the date of the exercise. The Holders
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.
(iv) Except
as provided in clause (x) of Section 2(d)(iii), the Company’s obligations to
issue and deliver Warrant Shares upon an exercise in accordance with Section
1
above are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction
by
the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any
provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or entity
or
any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or
any
other person or entity of any obligation to the Company or any violation or
alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person or entity, and
irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such
obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of
Warrant Shares. 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.
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3. Protection
Against Dilution.
(a) In
case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time hereafter (i) pay
a
dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock,
(ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number
of
shares or (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares (each of (i) through (iii), a “Change of Shares”), then
(1) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted to equal
the number of shares of Common Stock which a record holder of the same number
of
shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior
to the occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to receive after the
happening of such event, and (2) the Per Share Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to the occurrence of such event shall be adjusted to equal
(A)
the Per Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the occurrence
of
such event multiplied by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock for which
this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the adjustment divided by (C) the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately after such adjustment. An adjustment made pursuant to
this Subsection 3(a) 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.
(b) If
the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, distributes to
holders of Common Stock (i) evidences of its indebtedness, (ii) any security
(other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by paragraph (a) above or
a
security issued in a capital reorganization or reclassification, consolidation
or merger covered by paragraph (c) below), (iii) rights, warrants or options
to
subscribe for or purchase any security, or (iv) any other asset (in each case,
“Distributed Property”), then in each such case (1) the Per Share
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such Distributed Property
shall be adjusted (effective on such record date) to equal the product of such
Per Share Exercise Price times a fraction of which the denominator shall be
the
VWAP for the Trading Day immediately prior to (but not including) such record
date and of which the numerator shall be the difference between such VWAP minus
the then fair market value of the Distributed Property distributed in respect
of
one outstanding share of Common Stock, as determined by the Board of Directors
of the Company in good faith, and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock
for
which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such record date shall
be
adjusted to equal (A) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such record date multiplied by
(B)
the Per Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date
divided by (C) the Per Share Exercise Price in effect immediately after such
record date.
(c) 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 and in which
no
securities, cash or other property is distributed to holders of Common Stock),
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
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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. 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.
(d) Anti-Dilution
Adjustments.
(i) (A) Except
as
otherwise provided in Subparagraph 3(d)(iii)(B), or for Changes of Shares in
the
event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof,
sell or issue any shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share less
than
the Conversion Price in effect on the date of such sale or issuance (any such
sale or issuance, a “Dilutive Issuance”), then, and thereafter upon each
further Dilutive Issuance, the Per Share Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such Dilutive Issuance shall be changed to a price equal to the
consideration per share received by the Company in respect of the shares issued
in such Dilutive Issuance (rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent) (determined
as provided in Clause 3(d)(ii)(D) below). Such adjustment shall be
made successively whenever such an issuance is made.
(B) Upon
any adjustment of the Per Share Exercise Price as provided in this Subparagraph
3(d), the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted to equal
(1) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant was exercisable
immediately prior to the adjustment multiplied by (2) the Per Share Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of such event divided by
(3)
the Per Share Exercise Price in effect immediately after the occurrence of
such
event.
(ii) For
purposes of Paragraph 3(d)(i), the following Subparagraphs (A) to (E) shall
also
be applicable:
(A) No
adjustment in the Per Share Exercise Price shall be required unless such
adjustment would require a decrease of at least $0.001 per share of Common
Stock; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of
this Subsection 3(d)(ii)(A) are not required to be made shall be carried forward
and shall be made at the time of and together with adjustments so carried
forward, shall require a decrease of at least $0.001 per share of Common Stock
in the Per Share Exercise Price hereunder.
(B) In
case of the sale or other issuance by the Company (including as a component
of a
unit) of any rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase, or any options
for
the purchase of, Common Stock or any securities
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convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such securities convertible, exercisable
or exchangeable into Common Stock being herein called “Convertible
Securities”), whether or not such rights, warrants or options, or the right
to convert or exchange such Convertible Securities, are immediately exercisable,
if the consideration per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined
by
dividing (x) the minimum aggregate consideration, as set forth in the instrument
relating thereto without regard to any antidilution or similar provisions
contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such amount, payable to the
Company upon the exercise of such Convertible Securities, plus the consideration
received by the Company for the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities,
by (y) the total maximum number, as set forth in the instrument relating thereto
without regard to any antidilution or similar provisions contained therein
for a
subsequent adjustment of such amount, of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise, conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities) is less
than the Per Share Exercise Price as of the date of the issuance or sale of
such
Convertible Securities, then such total maximum number of shares of Common
Stock
issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities (as of the date of the issuance or sale of such rights, warrants
or
options) shall be deemed to be “Common Stock” for purposes of Paragraph 3(d)(i)
and shall be deemed to have been sold for an amount equal to such consideration
per share and shall cause an adjustment to be made in accordance with Paragraph
3(d)(i).
(C) In
case the rights of conversion, exchange or exercise of any of the securities
referred to in Subparagraph (B) of this Paragraph 3(d)(ii) or any other
securities of the Company convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares
of
Common Stock are modified for any reason other than an event that would require
adjustment to prevent dilution under another paragraph in this Section 3, so
that the consideration per share received by the Company after such modification
is less than the Per Share Exercise Price as of the date prior to such
modification, then such securities, to the extent not theretofore exercised,
converted or exchanged, shall be deemed to have expired or terminated
immediately prior to the date of such modification and the Company shall be
deemed, for purposes of calculating any adjustments pursuant to this Subsection
3(d), to have issued such new securities upon such new terms on the date of
modification. Such adjustment shall become effective as of the date
upon which such modification shall take effect.
(D) In
case of the sale of any shares of Common Stock, any Convertible Securities,
any
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the purchase
of, Common Stock or Convertible Securities, the consideration received by the
Company therefor shall be deemed to be the gross sales price therefor without
deducting therefrom any expense paid or incurred by the Company or any
underwriting discounts or commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the
Company in connection therewith. In the event that any securities
shall be issued in connection with any other securities of the Company, together
comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is
allocated among the securities, then each of such securities shall be deemed
to
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have
been
issued
for such consideration as the Board of Directors of the Company determines
in
good faith. In case of the sale of any shares of Common Stock, any
Convertible Securities, any rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase,
or
any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or Convertible Securities for
any
non-cash consideration, then the non-cash component of the consideration for
such securities shall be deemed to be such amount as the Board of Directors
of
the Company determines in good faith.
(iii) Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof, no adjustment to the Per Share Exercise Price will
be made:
(A) upon
the issuance or exercise of any options or other awards granted pursuant to
a
stock incentive plan or similar plan of the Company in effect on the date hereof
(but without giving effect to any amendment thereto after the date hereof)
or
approved by the Warrant Majority or otherwise issued as compensation or
inducement to employment or engagement in the ordinary course of business;
or
(B) upon
exercise or conversion of any Convertible Securities that are outstanding as
of
the date hereof, or upon the issuance, conversion or exercise of any Warrants
or
warrants issued as compensation in connection with the transactions that gave
rise to the issuance of the Warrants; or
(C) upon
the issuance, exercise or conversion of Common Stock, Convertible Securities
or
options, warrants or other rights to acquire Common Stock or Convertible
Securities in connection with any of the following: (v) settlement of any actual
or threatened litigation or other claims; (w) customer or vendor alliances;
(x)
joint ventures or manufacturing, marketing or distribution alliances; (y)
equipment leasing transactions or borrowing transactions with institutional
lenders; and (z) acquisitions, joint ventures or other strategic transactions;
provided, that in each such case the Board of Directors has determined in good
faith that such transaction is not primarily a capital raising transaction;
or
(D) upon
the issuance or sale of Common Stock or other securities upon exercise,
conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities, whether or not such
Convertible Securities were outstanding on the date hereof or are hereafter
issued or sold; provided, that any adjustment was either made or not required
to
be made upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities or any
modification of the terms thereof were so made; or
(E) if
the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the
purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution or subscription
or purchase rights and shall, thereafter and before the distribution to
stockholders thereof, legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend,
distribution, subscription or purchase rights, and any such adjustment
previously made in respect thereof shall be rescinded and annulled.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Paragraph 3(d)(iii), Subparagraph 3(d)(ii)(C)
shall apply to any modification of the rights of conversion, exchange or
exercise of any of the securities referred to in Subparagraphs (B) and (D)
of
this Paragraph 3(d)(iii).
(v) As
used in this Subsection 3(c), the term “Common Stock” shall mean and include the
Company’s Common Stock authorized on the date hereof and shall also include any
capital stock of any class of the Company thereafter authorized which shall
not
be limited to a fixed sum or percentage in respect of the rights of the holders
thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon
the
voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and the number
of “shares” thereof for purposes hereof shall be based on the ratio by which
such new securities participate equally with the Common Stock.
(d) All
calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest tenth of a 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.
(e) 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 shall determine
in
good faith 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.
4. Prior
Notice of Certain Events. In case:
(i)
the Company shall declare any dividend (or any other distribution);
(ii)
the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of Common
Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock
of
any class or of any other rights or warrants;
(iii) of
any reclassification of Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination
of
the outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to
no
par value, or from no par value to par value);
(iv) of
any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which
approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required, or of the sale
or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or of any
compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or other property; or
(v) any
(x) liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary
or
involuntary, (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the
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assets
of
the Company or (z) any consolidation, merger, combination, reorganization or
other transaction in which the Company is not the surviving entity or shares
of
Common Stock constituting in excess of 50% of the voting power of the Company
are exchanged for or changed into stock or securities of another entity, cash
and/or any other property;
then
the
Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder, at its last address as it shall
appear upon the warrant registration records of the Company or its transfer
agent, at least ten days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified,
a
notice stating (x) the date on which a record (if any) is to be taken for the
purpose of such dividend. distribution or granting of rights or warrants or,
if
a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock
of
record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants are
to
be determined and a description of the cash, securities or other property to
be
received by such holders upon such dividend, distribution or granting of rights
or warrants or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, share exchange or Liquidation Event is expected to
become effective, the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common
Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock
for
securities or other property deliverable upon such exchange or Liquidation
Event
and the consideration, including securities or other property, to be received
by
such holders upon such exchange; provided, however, that no failure to mail
such
notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity
of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.
5. Notice
of Adjustments. Whenever the Per Share Exercise Price is
adjusted as provided in Section 3 and upon any modification of the rights of
a
Holder of Warrants in accordance with Section 3, the Chief Financial Officer,
or
equivalent officer, of the Company shall promptly prepare a certificate 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 Holder.
6. Fractional Shares. No
fractional shares or scrip representing fractional Warrant Shares shall be
issued upon conversion of this Warrant. If more than one certificate
evidencing Warrants shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the
same
Holder, the number of full shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be
computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that
may
be purchased pursuant to the Warrants so surrendered. Instead of any
fractional Warrant Shares which would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant (or of such aggregate number of Warrants), the Company may elect,
in its sole discretion, independently for each Holder, whether such number
of
Warrant Shares will be rounded to the nearest whole share (with a .5 of a share
rounded upward) or whether such Holder will be given cash, in lieu of any
fractional share, in an amount equal to the same fraction of the fair market
value per share of Common Stock at such time, as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company in good faith as of the close of business on the day
of
exercise.
7. Securities
Laws Matters.
(a) The
Holder represents, by accepting this Warrant, that it understands that this
Warrant and any securities obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant have not
been registered for sale under Federal or state securities laws and are being
offered and sold to the Holder pursuant
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to
one or
more exemptions from the registration requirements of such securities
laws. The Holder further represents that it is an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities
Act. In the absence of an effective registration of such securities
or an exemption therefrom, any certificates for such securities shall bear
a
legend similar to the legend set forth in Section 7(c) hereof. The
Holder understands that it must bear the economic risk of its investment in
this
Warrant and any securities obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant for an
indefinite period of time, as this Warrant and such securities have not been
registered under Federal or state securities laws and therefore cannot be sold
unless subsequently registered under such laws, unless as exemption from such
registration is available.
(b)
The Holder, by his acceptance of this Warrant, represents to the Company that
it
is acquiring this Warrant and will acquire any securities obtainable upon
exercise of this Warrant for its own account for investment and not with a
view
to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of
the
Securities Act. The Holder agrees that this Warrant and any such
securities will not be sold or otherwise transferred unless (i) a registration
statement with respect to such transfer is effective under the Securities Act
and any applicable state securities laws or (ii) such sale or transfer is made
pursuant to one or more exemptions from the Securities Act.
(c)
All certificates representing Warrant Shares issued upon exercise hereof shall
be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following
form:
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES 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 SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF
THE SECURITIES ACT. ANY SUCH TRANSFER MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF A REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT, AND ANY TRANSFEREE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE BOUND BY THE
PROVISIONS OF SAID AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH, AND AVAILABLE
FROM, THE SECRETARY OF NEPHROS, INC.
8. Miscellaneous
(a) This
Warrant may be amended only by mutual written agreement of the Company and
the
Holder or, if such amendment shall apply to all outstanding Warrants, with
the
written consent of the Company and the registered holders of Warrants to
purchase a majority of the shares of Common Stock or other securities or
property issuable upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants (the “Warrant
Majority”); provided, however, without the consent of the Holder of this
Warrant, no such amendment may be approved that would have the effect of (i)
increasing the Per Share Exercise Price of this Warrant, (ii) decreasing the
number of shares of
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Common
Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable, (iii) accelerating the Termination
Date; or (iv) except as permitted by the following proviso, waive any adjustment
under Section 3 of this Agreement; provided, further, that the Warrant Majority
may waive the application of any adjustment under Subsection 3(d) of this
Agreement, however, that (x) such waiver must be given in writing prior to
the
date such adjustment would otherwise become effective, and (y) for purposes
of
determining a Warrant Majority for such purpose any holder of Warrants (and
any
Warrants held by such holders) participating in the transaction that would
otherwise give rise to such adjustment shall be excluded from such
determination. Furthermore, the Company may take any action herein
prohibited or omit to take any action herein required to be performed by it,
and
any breach of any covenant, agreement, warranty or representation may be waived,
if the Company has obtained the written consent or waiver of the
Holder. Any amendments approved in compliance with this Section 8
shall bind the Holder’s successors and assigns.
(b) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of New York, without giving effect to principles governing conflicts
of
law that would defer to the substantive law of another
jurisdiction.
(c) Notice. Any
notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested,
or by Federal Express, Express Mail or similar guaranteed overnight delivery
or
courier service or delivered in person against receipt to the party to whom
it
is to be given,
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(i)
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if
to the Company,
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Nephros,
Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
President
(ii) with
a copy to,
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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(iii)
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if
to the Holder, at the address set forth on the Company’s
records,
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or
in
either case, to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8(c). Any notice
given by means permitted by this Section 8(c) shall be deemed given at the
time of receipt thereof at the address specified in this Section
8(c).
(d) Interpretation. If
any term or provision of this Warrant shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity of all other terms and provisions hereof shall
in no
way be affected thereby.
(e) Successors
and Assigns. Subject to the restrictions on transfer contained in
Section 7 of this Agreement, this Warrant shall be binding upon the Company
and
its
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successors
and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors
and
registered assigns.
(f) Assignment
by the Company. Neither this Warrant nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned, by operation of law or
otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior written consent
of the Holder.
(g) Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays. If any date that may at any time be specified
in this Warrant as a date for the taking of any action under this Warrant shall
fall on Saturday, Sunday or on a day which in New York shall be a legal holiday,
then the date for the making of that payment shall be the next subsequent day
which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
(h) Jurisdiction;
Forum. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Warrant
shall be resolved, and all suits, actions and proceedings brought by the Company
or Holder hereunder shall be brought only in, any state court sitting in the
County of New York or federal court sitting in the Southern District of the
State of New York. The Company waives, and upon delivery of a Notice
of Election the Holder waives, any objection to the laying of venue in such
courts and any claim that any such action has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. To the extent permitted by law, any judgment in respect of a
dispute arising out of or relating to this Warrant may be enforced in any other
jurisdiction within or outside the United States by suit on the judgment, a
certified copy of such judgment being conclusive evidence of the fact and amount
of such judgment.
(i) Attorneys’
Fees. In the event of any litigation or other proceeding
concerning this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby, including
any
such litigation or proceeding with respect to the enforcement of this Warrant
against any defaulting party, the prevailing party in such litigation or
proceeding shall be entitled to reimbursement from the party opposing such
prevailing party for all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by such prevailing
party in such litigation or proceeding.
9. Registration
Rights. The Holder of this Warrant is entitled to the benefit of
certain registration rights with respect to the Warrant Shares issuable upon
the
exercise of this Warrant pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreement
by and among the Company and persons listed on Schedule I thereto (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”) and the registration rights with respect
to the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant by any
subsequent Holder may only be assigned in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Registrations Rights Agreement.
10. Headings. The
headings of the Sections of this Warrant are for 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 executed this Warrant as of the day and year
first above written.
NEPHROS,
INC.
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
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NOTICE
OF EXERCISE-CASH PAYMENT
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 of Nephros, Inc.
thereunder and hereby makes payment of $_______________ by certified or official
bank check in payment of the exercise price therefor. The undersigned
hereby confirms the representations, warranties and covenants made by it in
the
Warrant.
Dated:_______________ Signature:_____________________________
Address:______________________________
NOTICE
OF EXERCISE-CASHLESS EXERCISE
The
undersigned, ____________________________, pursuant to the provisions of the
foregoing Warrant, hereby elects to exercise the within Warrant as it relates
to
_____________________ shares of Common Stock of Nephros, Inc. by means of a
cashless exercise pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Warrant. As a
result of such exercise, and based on a VWAP of $_______ per share, the
undersigned is entitled to receive _____________ shares of Common
Stock. The undersigned hereby confirms the representations,
warranties and covenants made by it in the Warrant.
Dated:_______________ Signature:_____________________________
Address:______________________________
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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 Nephros, Inc.
Dated:_______________
Signature:_____________________________
Address:______________________________
PARTIAL
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED __________________________ hereby assigns and transfers unto
_________________________ the right to purchase __________ shares of the Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Nephros, 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 Nephros,
Inc.
Dated:_______________
Signature:___________________________
Address:____________________________
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