Contract
Exhibit 4.2
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY
NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXERCISED
UNLESS (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS
SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER.
AN INVESTMENT IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. HOLDERS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN
ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE RISKS INVOLVED.
Warrant to Purchase shares |
Warrant Number |
THIS CERTIFIES that [ ] or any subsequent holder
hereof (“Holder”) has the right to purchase from DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation, (the “Company”), ___(___) fully paid and nonassessable shares, of
the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), subject to adjustment as
provided herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price as defined in Section 3 below, at any time
during the Term (as defined below).
Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of the Company (this
“Warrant” or this “Agreement”) is issued and all rights hereunder shall be held subject to all of
the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth herein.
1. Date of Issuance and Term.
This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on ___(“Date of Issuance”). The term of this
Warrant begins on the Date of Issuance and ends at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the sixty-six
month anniversary of the Date of Issuance (the “Term”). This Warrant was issued in conjunction with
that certain Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) and the Registration Rights Agreement
(“Registration Rights Agreement”) by and between the Company, Deerfield Private Design Fund, L.P.
and certain other parties, each dated July 18, 2007, entered into in conjunction herewith.
If at any time after the date hereof Holder and its Affiliates and any other persons or entities
whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (including shares held by
any “group” of which the Holder is a member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of
the ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on the right to
convert, exercise or purchase similar to the limitation set forth herein) shall collectively
beneficially own less than 9.98% of the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company then
issued and outstanding, then Holder may deliver a written notice to the Company (the “9.98%
Notice”) providing that Holder irrevocably elects to be subject to the following provision of this
paragraph. “Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not issue to the
Holder, and the Holder may not acquire, a number of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this
Warrant to the extent that, upon such exercise, the number of shares of Common Stock then
beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and any other persons or entities whose
beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (including shares held by any
“group” of which the Holder is a member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the
ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on the right to
convert, exercise or purchase similar to the limitation set forth herein) would exceed 9.98% of the
total number of shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding. For purposes hereof, “group”
has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and the percentage held by the Holder shall be
determined in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Upon
the written request of the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days confirm orally
and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.”
“Affiliate” means any person or entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a person or entity, as
such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”). With respect to a Holder of Warrants, any investment fund or managed
account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Holder will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Holder.
“Holder” means Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P. and any transferee or assignee pursuant to
the terms of this Warrant.
2. Exercise.
(a) Manner of Exercise. During the Term, this Warrant may be Exercised as to all or any lesser
whole number of shares of Common Stock covered hereby (the “Warrant Shares” or the “Shares”) upon
surrender of this Warrant, with the Exercise Form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“Exercise Form”) duly completed and executed, together with the full Exercise Price (as defined
below, which may be satisfied by a Cash Exercise or a Cashless Exercise, as each is defined below)
for each share of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is Exercised, at the office of the Company,
Dynavax Technologies Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx; Xxxxx 000; Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000; Phone: (000)
000-0000, Fax: (000) 000-0000, or at such other office or agency as the Company may designate in
writing, by overnight mail, with an advance copy of the Exercise Form sent to the Company and its
transfer agent (“Transfer Agent”) by facsimile (such surrender and payment of the Exercise Price
hereinafter called the “Exercise” of this Warrant).
(b) Date of Exercise. The “Date of Exercise” of the Warrant shall be defined as the date that the
Exercise Form attached hereto as Exhibit A, completed and executed, is sent by facsimile to
the Company, provided that the original Warrant and Exercise Form are received by the Company and
the Exercise Price is satisfied, each as soon as practicable and in any event within three (3)
Business Days thereafter. Alternatively, the Date of Exercise shall be defined as the date the
original Exercise Form is received by the Company and the Exercise Price is satisfied, if Holder
has not sent advance notice by facsimile. Upon delivery of the duly completed and executed Exercise
Form to the Company by facsimile or otherwise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate
purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this
Warrant has been Exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the
Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares as
the case may be.
(c) Delivery of Common Stock Upon Exercise. Within three (3) business days after any Date of
Exercise (the “Delivery Period”), the Company shall issue and deliver (or cause its Transfer Agent
so to issue and deliver) in accordance with the terms hereof to or upon the order of the Holder
that number of shares of Common Stock (“Exercise Shares”) for the portion of this Warrant Exercised
as shall be determined in accordance herewith. Upon the Exercise of this Warrant or any part
thereof, the Company shall, at its own cost and expense, take all necessary action, including
obtaining and delivering, an opinion of counsel to ensure that the Transfer Agent shall issue stock
certificates in the name of Holder or such other persons as designated by Holder in such
denominations in the Exercise Form representing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such Exercise. Holder may not revoke its Exercise or alter its designations following delivery of
the Exercise Notice except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
(d) Delivery Failure. In addition to any other remedies which may be available to the Holder, in
the event that the Company fails for any reason to effect delivery of the Exercise Shares by the
end of the Delivery Period (a “Delivery Failure”), the Holder will be entitled to revoke all or
part of the relevant Exercise Form by delivery of a notice to such effect to the Company whereupon
the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior
to the delivery of such notice, except that the liquidated damages described herein shall be
payable through the date notice of revocation or rescission is given to the Company.
(e) Legends.
(i) Restrictive Legend. The Holder understands that until such time as this Warrant, the
Exercise Shares and any other shares required to be issued hereunder at any time and from time to
time (“Additional Shares”) have been registered under the Securities Act, as contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144(k) under
the Securities Act or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act without any
restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately
sold, this Warrant, the Exercise Shares and Additional Shares may bear a restrictive legend in
substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the
certificates for such securities):
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER SAID ACT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PURSUANT TO RULES 144 OR 144A UNDER SAID ACT
OR PURSUANT TO A PRIVATE SALE EFFECTED UNDER APPLICABLE FORMAL OR INFORMAL SEC
INTERPRETATION OR GUIDANCE, SUCH AS A SO-CALLED “4(1) AND A HALF” SALE.”
“THE SALE, TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF
JULY 18, 2007, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AMONG THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN HOLDERS OF ITS
OUTSTANDING SECURITIES. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN
REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.”
(ii) Removal of Restrictive Legends. This Warrant and certificates evidencing the Exercise
Shares and Additional Shares shall not be required to contain any legend restricting the transfer
thereof (including the legend set forth above in subsection 2(e)(i)): (A) while a registration
statement (including a Registration Statement, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
covering the sale or resale
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of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (B) following any sale of such Warrant,
Exercise Shares and/or Additional Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (C) if such Warrant, Exercise
Shares and/or Additional Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (D) if such legend is
not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC) (collectively, the “Unrestricted
Conditions”). Subject to Section 2(e)(iii), the Company shall use best efforts to take all actions
necessary to effect the issuance of this Warrant, Exercise Shares and Additional Shares without a
restrictive legend or removal of the legend hereunder. If the Unrestricted Conditions are met at
the time of issuance of this Warrant, Exercise Shares and/or Additional Shares, then such Warrant,
Exercise Shares and/or Additional Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees
that following the Effective Date or at such time as the Unrestricted Conditions are met or such
legend is otherwise no longer required under this Section 2(e), it will, no later than three (3)
Trading Days following the delivery (the “Unlegended Shares Delivery Deadline”) by the Holder to
the Company of this Warrant and any certificates representing Exercise Shares and Additional
Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend
Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder this Warrant and/or a certificate
(or electronic transfer) representing such shares that is free from all restrictive legends. For
purposes hereof, “Effective Date” shall mean the date that the Registration Statement that the
Company files pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement has been declared effective by the SEC.
(iii) Sale of Unlegended Shares. Holder agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend
from this Warrant and any certificates representing Exercise Shares and/or Additional Shares as set
forth in Section 2(e)(i) above is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Holder will sell
this Warrant, Exercise Shares or Additional Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements
of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption
therefrom, and that if such securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be
sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.
(f) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon the full Exercise of this Warrant,
and as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise, Holder shall be entitled to receive Common
Stock for the number of shares purchased upon such Exercise of this Warrant. If this Warrant is
not Exercised in full, cancellation shall apply with respect to the Exercised portion and Holder
shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant representing any unexercised portion of this Warrant in
addition to any Common Stock purchased upon Exercise.
(g) Holder of Record. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon Holder any
rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to Exercise.
(h) Delivery of Electronic Shares. If the Holder provides its Transfer Agent with information
required in order to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder electronically and if the Transfer
Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer
(“FAST”) program, the Company shall use best efforts to cause the Transfer Agent to electronically
transmit the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise to the Holder by crediting the account of the
Holder’s broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (DWAC) system. The time
periods for delivery and penalties described herein shall apply to the electronic transmittals
described herein. Any delivery not effected by electronic transmission shall be effected by
delivery of physical certificates.
(i) Buy-In. If the Company fails to cause its Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the
certificates or electronic shares through DWAC representing the Exercise Shares pursuant to an
Exercise on or before the Delivery Period, and if after such date the Holder is required by its
broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm
otherwise purchases shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of
the Exercise Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon such Exercise (a “Buy-In”), then
the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase
price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds
(y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Exercise Shares that the Company was
required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the Exercise not later than the expiration of
the Delivery Period and (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase
obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of the Holder, either (x) reinstate the portion of
the Warrant and equivalent number of Exercise Shares for which such Exercise was not honored or (y)
deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the
Company timely complied with Section 2(c). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having
a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted Exercise of the
Warrant with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under
clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the
Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other evidence
reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any
other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a
decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to
timely deliver certificates or electronic shares representing shares of Common Stock upon Exercise
of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
3. Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.
(a) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price (“Exercise Price”) shall initially equal $5.13 per share
subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by either of the following, or a combination thereof,
at the election of Holder:
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(i) Cash Exercise: The Holder may exercise this Warrant in cash, bank or cashier’s check or wire
transfer (a “Cash Exercise”); or
(ii) Cashless Exercise: The Holder may exercise this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction. In
order to effect a Cashless Exercise, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant at the principal
office of the Company together with notice of cashless election, in which event the Company shall
issue Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula (a “Cashless
Exercise”):
X = Y (A-B)/A
where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is being Exercised.
A = the Market Price of one (1) share of Common Stock (for purposes of this Section 3(ii),
where “Market Price,” as of any date, means the Volume Weighted Average Price (as defined
herein) of the Company’s Common Stock during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period
immediately preceding the Date of Exercise).
B = the Exercise Price.
As used herein, the “Volume Weighted Average Price” for any security as of any date means the
daily volume weighted average price (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New
York time)) of the Company’s Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Market (“NASDAQ”) as reported by
Bloomberg Financial L.P. using the AQR function or an equivalent, reliable reporting service
mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated by holders of a majority in interest of the
Warrants and the Company (“Bloomberg”) or, if NASDAQ is not the principal trading market for
such security, the volume weighted average sale price of such security on the principal
securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by
Bloomberg, or, if no volume weighted average sale price is reported for such security, then the
last closing trade price of such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last closing
trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices of any
market makers for such security that are listed in the over the counter market by the National
Association of Securities Dealers or in the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc. If the Volume Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date
in the manner provided above, the volume weighted average price shall be the fair market value
as mutually determined by the Company and the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants
being Exercised for which the calculation of the volume weighted average price is required in
order to determine the Exercise Price of such Warrants. “Trading Day” shall mean any day on
which the Common Sock is traded for any period on NASDAQ, or on the principal securities
exchange or other securities market on which the Common Stock is then being traded.
For purposes of Rule 144 and sub-section (d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is intended, understood and
acknowledged that the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise of this Warrant in a cashless Exercise
transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired at the time this Warrant was issued. Moreover, it
is intended, understood and acknowledged that the holding period for the Common Stock issuable upon
Exercise of this Warrant in a cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have commenced on
the date this Warrant was issued.
(c) Dispute Resolution. Following receipt by the Company of an Exercise Notice or
Redemption Notice (i) the Company shall determine the closing price and the Volume Weighted Average
Price of the Common Stock and arithmetically calculate the Exercise Price, Market Price and any
Redemption Price, as the case may be, and (ii) the Company shall send its determination and
calculation via facsimile to the Holder within two (2) business days of receipt, or deemed receipt,
by the Company of such Exercise Notice or Redemption Notice. If the Holder and the Company are
unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within two (2) business days of such
determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall,
within two (2) business days submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the closing
price or the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock to an independent, reputable
investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Exercise Price, Market
Price or any Redemption Price to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall
cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than five (5) business
days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. If the calculation is
found in favor of the Company, then the expenses of the investment bank or accountant shall be
borne by the Holder. Otherwise such expenses shall be borne by the Company. Such investment bank’s
or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties
absent demonstrable error.
4. Transfer and Registration.
(a) Transfer Rights. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this Warrant, this Warrant may be
transferred on the books of the Company, in whole or in part, in person or by attorney, upon
surrender of this Warrant properly completed and endorsed. This Warrant shall be canceled upon such
surrender and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the person to whom such transfer is made shall be
entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants as to the portion of this Warrant transferred, and
Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant as to the portion hereof retained.
(b) Registrable Securities. The Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant as well as
the Additional Shares have registration rights pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
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5. Adjustments; Purchase Rights.
(a) Participation. The Holder, as the holder of this Warrant, shall be entitled to receive such
dividends paid and distributions of any kind made to the holders of Common Stock of the Company to
the same extent as if the Holder had Exercised this Warrant into Common Stock (without regard to
any limitations on exercise herein or elsewhere and without regard to whether or not a sufficient
number of shares are authorized and reserved to effect any such exercise and issuance) and had held
such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under
the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders
of Common Stock.
(b) Recapitalization or Reclassification. If the Company shall at any time effect a
recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of such character that the shares
of Common Stock shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of
shares, then upon the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder
shall be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased, as the
case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common
Stock by reason of such recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and the Exercise
Price shall be, in the case of an increase in the number of shares, proportionally decreased and,
in the case of decrease in the number of shares, proportionally increased. The Company shall give
Holder the same notice it provides to holders of Common Stock of any transaction described in this
Section 5(b).
(c) Rights Upon Major Transaction.
(i) Major Transaction. (A) If at any time after the date hereof Holder has delivered a 9.98%
Notice, a Major Transaction (as defined below) occurs, the Holder, at its option, may require the
Company to redeem the Holder’s outstanding Warrants in accordance with Section 5(c)(i)(C) below.
Otherwise, a Major Transaction that occurs after the Holder has delivered a 9.98% Notice shall be
treated as an Assumption (as defined below) in accordance with Section 5(c)(i)(B) below unless the
Holder waives its rights under this Section 5(c) with respect to that Major Transaction. Each of
the following events shall constitute a “Major Transaction”:
(1) a consolidation, merger, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, business
combination, share issuance, tender offer, exchange offer or other similar event (a) following
which the holders of Common Stock immediately preceding such consolidation, merger, exchange,
recapitalization, reorganization, combination, share issuance, tender offer, exchange offer or
event either (i) no longer hold a majority of the shares of Common Stock or (ii) no longer have the
ability to elect a majority of the board of directors of the Company or (b) as a result of which a
majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into (or holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock become entitled to receive) cash and/or securities of
another entity (collectively, a “Change of Control Transaction”);
(2) the sale or transfer of significant assets of the Company which, without limitation, shall
include, but not be limited to, a sale or transfer of assets in one transaction or a series of
related transactions for a purchase price of more than $75,000,000 or a sale or transfer of more
than 50% of the Company’s assets (including proprietary rights that are material to the operations
and business of the Company);
(3) the liquidation, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or winding-up (or the occurrence of any
analogous proceeding) affecting the Company; or
(4) the shares of Common Stock cease to be listed, traded or publicly quoted on the NASDAQ Global
Market and are not promptly re-listed or requoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market.
(B) Assumption. The Company shall not consummate a Major Transaction following delivery of a 9.98%
Notice unless any Person purchasing the Company’s assets or Common Stock, or any successor entity
resulting from such Major Transaction (in each case, a “Successor Entity”), assumes in writing all
of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant, the Loan Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(c)(i)(B) pursuant to written
agreements, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Warrants in exchange for such
Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar
in form and substance to the Warrants, including, without limitation, representing the appropriate
number of securities of the Successor Entity, having similar exercise rights as the Warrants
(including but not limited to a similar Exercise Price and similar Exercise Price adjustment
provisions based on the price per share or conversion ratio to be received by the holders of the
Common Stock in the Major Transaction) and similar registration rights as provided by the
Registration Rights Agreement. Upon the occurrence of any Major Transaction following delivery of a
9.98% Notice, any Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after
the date of such Major Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the Registration Rights
Agreement referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise
every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under
this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
Upon consummation of the Major Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder
confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise or redemption of this Warrant at any time
after the consummation of the Major Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other
securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants prior to
such Major Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the
Successor Entity, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. The provisions of
this Section shall
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apply similarly and equally to successive Major Transactions and shall be applied without regard to
any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant other than any applicable beneficial ownership
limitations.
(C) Notice; Major Transaction Redemption Right. At least thirty (30) days prior to the consummation
of any Major Transaction (including, without limitation, prior to the delivery of a 9.98% Notice),
but, in any event, on the first to occur of (x) the date of the public announcement of such Major
Transaction if such announcement is made before 4:00 p.m., New York City time, or (y) the day
following the public announcement of such Major Transaction if such announcement is made on and
after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via
facsimile, and overnight courier to the Holder (a “Major Transaction Notice”). Provided a 9.98%
Notice shall have theretofore been delivered, then at any time during the period beginning after
the Holder’s receipt of a Major Transaction Notice and ending twenty (20) Trading Days thereafter
(an “MT Redemption Period”), the Holder may require the Company to redeem (a “Redemption Upon Major
Transaction”) all or any portion of this Warrant by delivering an irrevocable written notice
thereof (“Major Transaction Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Major Transaction Redemption
Notice shall indicate the portion of the principal amount (the “Redemption Principal Amount”) of
the Warrant that the Holder is electing to have redeemed. The portion of this Warrant subject to
redemption pursuant to this Section 5(c)(i)(C) shall be redeemed by the Company at a price (the
“Major Transaction Warrant Redemption Price”) payable (x) in the case of a Major Transaction where
the consideration payable to the holders of the Common Stock consists solely of cash, in cash equal
to the “Black Scholes value” as determined in accordance with Section 10(b) hereof of the remaining
outstanding portion of the Warrant and (y) in the case of a Major Transaction not described in the
foregoing proviso (x), in shares of Common Stock equal to the “Black Scholes value” as determined
in accordance with Section 10(b) hereof of the remaining outstanding portion of the Warrant valued
based upon 95% of the Volume Weighted Average Price of shares of Common Stock on the fifth Trading
Day prior to the announcement of the Major Transaction, provided, however Holder shall receive up
to such amount of shares of Common Stock such that Holder and its Affiliates and any other persons
or entities whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for
purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including shares held by any “group” of which the
Holder is a member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the ownership of
securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on the right to convert, exercise
or purchase similar to the limitation set forth herein) shall not collectively beneficially own
greater than 9.98% of the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company then issued and
outstanding.
(D) Escrow; Payment of Major Transaction Redemption Price. Following the receipt of a Major
Transaction Redemption Notice from the Holder, the Company shall not consummate a Major Transaction
unless it (or in the case of a Major Transaction consisting solely of cash consideration, the
counterparty to such transaction) shall first place into an escrow account with an independent
escrow agent, within three (3) Trading Days following the expiration of the MT Redemption Period
(the “Major Transaction Escrow Deadline”), an amount in cash or shares of Common Stock, as
applicable, equal to the Major Transaction Warrant Redemption Price (as defined below).
Concurrently upon closing of any Major Transaction following delivery of a 9.98% Notice, the
Company shall pay or shall instruct the escrow agent to pay the Major Transaction Warrant
Redemption Price to the Holder. For purposes of determining the amount in cash required to be
placed in escrow pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5(c)(i)(D), the calculation of the
price referred to in clause (1) of the first column of Schedule 1 hereto with respect to Stock
Price shall be determined based on the Closing Market Price (as defined herein) of the Common Stock
on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date that the funds are deposited with the escrow
agent.
(E) Injunction. Following the receipt of a Major Transaction Redemption Notice from the Holder, in
the event that the Company attempts to consummate a Major Transaction without placing the Major
Transaction Warrant Redemption Price in escrow in accordance with subsection (D) above or without
payment of the Major Transaction Warrant Redemption Price to the Holder upon consummation of such
Major Transaction, the Holder shall have the right to apply for an injunction in any state or
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan to prevent the closing of such
Major Transaction until the Major Transaction Redemption Price is paid to the Holder, in full.
Redemptions required by this Section 5(c) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
Section 12 and shall have priority to payments to holders of Common Stock in connection with a
Major Transaction except to the extent that the Holder would be deemed to be a creditor of the
Company in which case the Holder shall be treated on a pari passu basis. To the extent redemptions
required by Section 5(c)(i)(C) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
prepayments of the Warrant by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary
prepayments.
(ii) Major Transaction; Common Stock Ownership Greater Than or Equal to 9.98%. In the event that a
Major Transaction occurs at any time prior to the delivery of a 9.98% Notice where shares of Common
Stock of the Company are converted into the right to receive cash or other consideration, then upon
receipt of the Major Transaction Notice (x) in the case where the value of the consideration to be
received for Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (as determined in the reasonable
discretion of the Holder), this Warrant shall automatically and immediately convert, immediately
prior to consummation of the Major Transaction, into shares of Common Stock and shall be deemed to
have been exercised immediately prior to the consummation of the Major Transaction or (y) in the
case where the value of the consideration received for Common Stock is lower than the Exercise
Price (as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Holder), this Warrant shall be canceled
and deemed null and void. For purposes of this Section 5(c)(ii), Holder shall provide notice to
the Company within two (2) business days upon receipt of a Major Transaction Notice providing
whether Holder is exercising this Warrant pursuant to Cash Exercise or Cashless Exercise. Any
automatic exercise of the Warrant pursuant to proviso (x) shall be effected without the requirement
of prior notice by the Holder but otherwise in accordance
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with the terms for Cashless Exercise hereof, unless the Holder notifies the Company at least five
(5) business days prior to consummation of the Major Transaction that it elects to have the
exercise handled as a Cash Exercise.
For purposes hereof:
“Eligible Market” means the over the counter Bulletin Board, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the
NYSE Arca, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or
the American Stock Exchange.
“Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable
Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible
Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity
with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of a Major
Transaction.
“Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any
department or agency thereof.
(d) Exercise Price Adjusted. As used in this Warrant, the term “Exercise Price” shall mean the
purchase price per share specified in Section 3 of this Warrant, until the occurrence of an event
stated in this Section 5 or otherwise set forth in this Warrant, and thereafter shall mean said
price as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of said subsection. No
adjustment made pursuant to any provision of this Section 5 shall have the net effect of increasing
the Exercise Price in relation to the split adjusted and distribution adjusted price of the Common
Stock.
(e) Adjustments: Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event that at any time, as a
result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5 or otherwise, Holder shall, upon Exercise
of this Warrant, become entitled to receive shares and/or other securities or assets (other than
Common Stock) then, wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be
deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and thereafter the
number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time in a manner and upon terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this
Section 5.
(f) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to the terms of this
Warrant, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice (an “Exercise Price Adjustment
Notice”) setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a statement of
the facts requiring such adjustment. The Company shall, upon the written request at any time of the
Holder, furnish to such Holder a like Warrant setting forth (i) such adjustment or readjustment,
(ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and
the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon
Exercise of the Warrant. For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides an
Exercise Price Adjustment Notice pursuant to this Section 5(f), upon the occurrence of any event
that leads to an adjustment of the Exercise Price, the Holders are entitled to receive a number of
Exercise Shares based upon the new Exercise Price, as adjusted, for exercises occurring on or after
the date of such adjustment, regardless of whether a Holder accurately refers to the adjusted
Exercise Price in the Exercise Form.
6. Fractional Interests.
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issuable upon the Exercise of
this Warrant, but on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder may purchase only a whole number of shares of
Common Stock. If, on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder would be entitled to a fractional share of
Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall
be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Exercise shall be the next
higher number of shares.
7. Reservation of Shares.
From and after the date hereof, the Company shall at all times reserve for issuance such number of
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (or other securities substituted therefor as herein
above provided) as shall be sufficient for the Exercise of this Warrant and payment of the Exercise
Price. If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is
below the number of shares sufficient for the Exercise of this Warrant (a “Share Authorization
Failure”) (based on the Exercise Price in effect from time to time), the Company will promptly take
all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including,
without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to
meet the Company’s obligations under this Section 7, in the case of an insufficient number of
authorized shares, and using its best efforts to obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such
authorized number of shares. The Company covenants and agrees that upon the Exercise of this
Warrant, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Exercise shall be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or
similar rights granted or provided by the Company to any person or entity.
8. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Registration or Exemption Required. Subject to the representations and warranties of the Holder
set forth in Section 3.3 of the Loan Agreement, this Warrant has been issued in a transaction
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by
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virtue of Regulation D and exempt from state registration under applicable state laws. The Warrant
and the Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant may not be pledged, transferred,
sold or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption to the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws including, without
limitation, a so-called “4(1) and a half” transaction.
(b) Assignment. Subject to Section 8(a), the Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise
dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part. Holder shall deliver a written notice to Company,
substantially in the form of the Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B, indicating the
person or persons to whom the Warrant shall be assigned and the respective number of warrants to be
assigned to each assignee. The Company shall effect the assignment within three (3) business days
(the “Transfer Delivery Period”), and shall deliver to the assignee(s) designated by Holder a
Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of shares. This Warrant and
the rights evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
assigns of the Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all
Holders from time to time of this Warrant, and shall be enforceable by any such Holder. For
avoidance of doubt, in the event Holder notifies the Company that such sale or transfer is a so
called “4(1) and half” transaction, the parties hereto agree that a legal opinion from outside
counsel for the Holder delivered to counsel for the Company substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C shall be the only requirement to satisfy an exemption from registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended to effectuate such “4(1) and half” transaction.
(c) Any Warrant delivered to a transferee who would be able to deliver a 9.98% Notice shall be in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D.
9. Noncircumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by
amendment of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this
Warrant and take all action as may be reasonably required to protect the rights of the Holder.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value
of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price
then in effect, and (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of this Warrant.
10. Events of Failure; Definition of Black Scholes Value.
(a) Definition.
The occurrence of each of the following shall be considered to be an “Event of Failure.”
(i) A Delivery Failure occurs, where a “Delivery Failure” shall be deemed to have
occurred if the Company fails to deliver Exercise Shares or any Additional Shares
pursuant to this Warrant to the Holder within any applicable Delivery Period or other
period that such shares are required to be delivered hereunder, as the case may be;
(ii) A Legend Removal Failure occurs, where a “Legend Removal Failure” shall be
deemed to have occurred if the Company fails to issue this Warrant, Exercise Shares
and/or Additional Shares without a restrictive legend, or fails to remove a
restrictive legend, when and as required under Section 2(e) hereof;
(iii) a Transfer Delivery Failure occurs, where a “Transfer Delivery Failure” shall
be deemed to have occurred if the Company fails to deliver a Warrant within any
applicable Transfer Delivery Period; and
(iv) a Registration Failure (as defined below).
For purpose hereof, “Registration Failure” means that (A) the Company fails to file with the SEC on
or before the Filing Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) any Registration
Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, or
(B) the Company fails to use its best efforts to obtain effectiveness with the SEC of any
Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) that are required to be
filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement as soon as possible after
filing, or fails to use best efforts to keep such Registration Statement current and effective as
required in Section 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement, (C) the Company fails to file any
amendment to the Registration Statement, or any additional Registration Statement required to be
filed pursuant to Section 3(b) of the Registration Rights Agreement within twenty (20) days of the
applicable Registration Trigger Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), or fails to
use its best efforts to cause such amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective
as soon as possible after filing, or (iv) any Registration Statement required to be filed under the
Registration Rights Agreement, after its initial effectiveness and during the Registration Period
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), lapses in effect or sales of all of the
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) cannot otherwise be made
thereunder by reason of the Company’s failure to amend or supplement the prospectus included
therein in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company’s failure to file and use
best efforts to obtain effectiveness with the SEC of an additional Registration Statement or
amended Registration Statement required pursuant to Section 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement,
or (D) the Company fails to provide a commercially reasonable written response to any comments to
any Registration Statement submitted by the SEC within ten (10) business days of the date that such
SEC comments are received by the Company.
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(b) Failure Payments; Black-Scholes Determination. The Company understands that any Event of
Failure (as defined above) could result in economic loss to the Holder. In the event that any Event
of Failure occurs, as compensation to the Holder for such loss, the Company agrees to pay (as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty) to the Holder an amount payable in shares of Common Stock
that are valued for these purposes at 95% of the Volume Weighted Average Price on the date of such
calculation (“Failure Payments”) equal to 18% per annum (or the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law, whichever is less) of the Black-Scholes value (as determined below) of the
remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Event of Failure (as recalculated
on the first business day of each month thereafter for as long as Failure Payments shall continue
to accrue), which shall accrue daily from the date of such Event of Failure until the Event of
Failure is cured, accruing daily and compounded monthly, provided, however, in the event a 9.98%
Notice shall have theretofore been delivered, the Holder shall receive up to such amount of shares
of Common Stock such that Holder and any other persons or entities whose beneficial ownership of
Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act (including shares held by any “group” of which the Holder is a member, but excluding shares
beneficially owned by virtue of the ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that
have limitations on the right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to the limitation set forth
herein) shall not collectively beneficially own greater than 9.98% of the total number of shares of
Common Stock of the Company then issued and outstanding. For purposes of clarification, it is
agreed and understood that Failure Payments shall continue to accrue following any Event of Default
until the applicable Default Amount is paid in full.
For purposes hereof, the “Black-Scholes” value of a Warrant shall be determined by use of the Black
Scholes Option Pricing Model using the criteria set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
(c) Payment of Accrued Failure Payments. The shares representing accrued Failure Payments for each
Event of Failure shall be issued and delivered on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day of each
month following a month in which Failure Payments accrued. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s
right to pursue all remedies available at law or in equity (including a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding the above, if a particular Event of Failure
results in an Event of Default pursuant to Section 11 hereof, then the Failure Payment shall be
considered to have been satisfied upon payment to the Holder of an amount equal to the greater of
(i) the Failure Payment, or (ii) the Default Amount, payable in accordance with Section 11.
(d) Maximum Interest Rate. Nothing contained herein or in any document referred to herein or
delivered in connection herewith shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of
interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that
the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by
such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the
Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.
11. Default and Redemption.
(a) Events Of Default. Each of the following events shall be considered to be an “Event of
Default,” unless waived by the Holder:
(i) A Registration Failure occurs and remains uncured for a period of more than thirty (30) days;
(ii) Failure To Deliver Common Stock. A Delivery Failure (as defined above) occurs and remains
uncured for a period of more than twenty (20) days; or at any time, the Company announces or states
in writing that it will not honor its obligations to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder
upon Exercise by the Holder of the Exercise rights of the Holder in accordance with the terms of
this Warrant;
(iii) Legend Removal Failure. A Legend Removal Failure (as defined above) occurs and remains
uncured for a period of twenty (20) days; and
(iv) Major Transaction. The Company has effected a Major Transaction without paying the Major
Transaction Warrant Redemption Price to the Holder pursuant to Section 5(c)(i)(C) or, if the Holder
did not elect a Redemption Upon Major Transaction, the Company has failed to meet the Assumption
requirements of Section 5(c)(i)(B) prior to effecting a Major Transaction.
(b) Mandatory Redemption.
(i) Mandatory Redemption Amount. If any Events of Default shall occur following delivery of a 9.98%
Notice then, unless waived by the Holder, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any
Event of Default, at the option of the Holder, such option exercisable through the delivery of
written notice and the Warrant to the Company by such Holder (the “Default Notice”), the
outstanding amount of this Warrant shall be immediately redeemed by the Company and the Company
shall pay to the Holder (a “Mandatory Redemption”), in full satisfaction of its obligations
hereunder, an amount in shares of Common Stock (the “Mandatory Redemption Amount” or the “Default
Amount”) equal to the the Black-Scholes value (as determined in accordance with Section 10(b)) of
the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date
that the Mandatory Redemption Amount is paid to the Holder, provided, however, Holder shall receive
up to such amount of shares of Common Stock such that Holder and its Affiliates and any other
persons or entities whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the
Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including shares held by any “group” of
which the Holder is a member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the ownership of
securities or rights to acquire securities
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that have limitations on the right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to the limitation set
forth herein) shall not collectively beneficially own greater than 9.98% of the total number of
shares of Common Stock of the Company then issued and outstanding.
The Mandatory Redemption Amount shall be payable, in shares of Common Stock that are valued
for these purposes at 95% of the average of the Volume Weighted Average Prices for the five (5)
business days prior to the date of the applicable Default Notice.
(ii) Liquidated Damages. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the sums payable as Failure
Payments or pursuant to a Mandatory Redemption shall give rise to liquidated damages and not
penalties. The parties further acknowledge that (i) the amount of loss or damages likely to be
incurred by the Holder is incapable or is difficult to precisely estimate, (ii) the amounts
specified bear a reasonable proportion and are not plainly or grossly disproportionate to the
probable loss likely to be incurred by the Holder, and (iii) the parties are sophisticated business
parties and have been represented by sophisticated and able legal and financial counsel and
negotiated this Agreement at arm’s length.
The Default Amount, together with all other amounts payable hereunder, shall immediately become due
and payable, all without demand, presentment or notice, all of which hereby are expressly waived,
together with all costs, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, of collection, and
the Holder shall be entitled to exercise all other rights and remedies available at law or in
equity.
(c) Posting Of Bond. In the event that any Event of Default occurs hereunder, the Company may not
raise as a legal defense (in any Lawsuit, as defined below, or otherwise) or justification to such
Event of Default any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder
has been engaged in any violation of law, unless the Company has posted a surety bond (a “Surety
Bond”) for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 130% of the aggregate Surety Bond Value (as
defined below) of all of the Holder’s Warrants (the “Bond Amount”), which Surety Bond shall remain
in effect until the completion of litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be
payable to such Holder to the extent Holder obtains judgment.
For purposes hereof, a “Lawsuit” shall mean any lawsuit, arbitration or other dispute resolution
filed by either party herein pertaining to any of this Warrant or the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Surety Bond Value,” for the Warrants shall mean 100% of the of the Black-Scholes value of the
remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date
that such bond goes into effect.
(d) Remedies, Other Obligations, Breaches And Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this
Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies at law or in equity (including a
decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the
right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the
terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder
will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be
inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach, the Holder of this
Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction
restraining any breach without any bond or other security being required.
(e) Limitation on Issuance of Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in
no event shall the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Warrant, together
with all shares issuable pursuant to all additional warrants issuable from time to time under the
Loan Agreement, exceed 7,900,000 shares. The restriction contained in the immediately preceding
sentence shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock splits, reclassifications,
recapitalizations or like events. Shares of Common Stock delivered upon any Exercise or the making
of any Failure Payment shall be subject to registration under the Securities Act only as expressly
provided under the Registration Rights Agreement.
12. Holder’s Redemptions. In the event that the Holder has sent a Default Notice or a Major
Transaction Redemption Notice to the Company pursuant to Section 5(c) or a Default Notice pursuant
to Section 11(b)(i), respectively (each, a “Redemption Notice”), the Holder shall promptly submit
this Warrant to the Company. If the Holder has submitted a Major Transaction Redemption Notice in
accordance with Section 5(c)(i)(C), the Company shall deliver the applicable Major Transaction
Redemption Price to the Holder concurrently with the consummation of such Major Transaction. In
the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the
time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption
Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to
promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Warrant that was submitted for redemption
and for which the applicable Major Transaction Redemption Price (together with any late charges
thereon) has not been paid. Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable
Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Redemption Principal Amount, (y) the
Company shall immediately return this Warrant, or issue a new Warrant to the Holder representing
the portion of this Warrant that was submitted for redemption and (z) the Exercise Price of this
Warrant or such new Warrant shall be adjusted to the lesser of (A) the Exercise Price as in effect
on the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided and (B) the lowest Closing Price
during the period beginning on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is
delivered to the Company and ending on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption
Notice is voided. The Holder’s delivery of a notice voiding a Redemption Notice and exercise of its
rights following such notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments of
Failure Payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice with respect to the Warrant
subject to such notice.
13. Benefits of this Warrant.
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Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the Company and
Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Warrant and this Warrant shall be
for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and Holder.
14. Governing Law.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its
respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the
City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or
proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such
suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight
delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process
and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by
jury. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this
Agreement, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
15. Loss of Warrant.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the
Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date.
16. Notice or Demands.
Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by Holder to or on the Company
shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, until another address is designated in writing by the
Company, to the address set forth in Section 2(a) above. Notices or demands pursuant to this
Warrant to be given or made by the Company to or on Holder shall be sufficiently given or made if
sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, to
the address of Holder set forth in the Company’s records, until another address is designated in
writing by Holder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the 18th day of July, 2007.
DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE FORM FOR WARRANT
TO: DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably Exercises the right to purchase of
the shares of Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) of DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached warrant (the “Warrant”), and herewith makes
payment of the Exercise price with respect to such shares in full, all in accordance with the
conditions and provisions of said Warrant.
1. The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Common
Stock obtained on Exercise of the Warrant, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a)
of the Warrant.
2. The undersigned requests that any stock certificates for such shares be issued free of any
restrictive legend, if appropriate, and a warrant representing any unexercised portion hereof be
issued, pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the undersigned and delivered to the undersigned at
the address set forth below.
3. The undersigned is exercising the attached Warrant pursuant to:
o Cash Exercise o Cashless Exercise
Dated:
Signature
Print Name
Address
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Exercise Form must correspond to the name as written upon the face
of the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder
desiring to transfer the Warrant)
desiring to transfer the Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned holder of the attached warrant (the “Warrant”) hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below named the right to purchase
shares of the Common Stock of DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,
evidenced by the attached Warrant and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Warrant on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written upon the face of
the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF OPINION
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Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxx, Esq.
Re: Dynavax Technologies Corporation (the “Company”)
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxx, Esq.
Re: Dynavax Technologies Corporation (the “Company”)
Dear Sir:
[___] (“[___]”) intends to transfer ___Warrants (the “Warrants”) of
the Company to ___(“___”) without registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In connection therewith, we have examined and
relied upon the truth of representations contained in an Investor Representation Letter
attached hereto and have examined such other documents and issues of law as we have
deemed relevant.
Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the transfer of the
Warrants by Deerfield to ___may be effected without registration under the Securities
Act, provided, however, that the Warrants to be transferred to ___
contain a legend restricting its transferability pursuant to the Securities Act and that
transfer of the Warrants is subject to a stop order.
The foregoing opinion is furnished only to the Cooley Godward Kronish LLP and may not be
used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to or relied upon by you for any purposes
other than the purpose for which furnished or by any other person for any purpose,
without our prior written consent.
Very truly yours,
[FORM OF INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER]
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[_______________]
Gentlemen:
___(“___”) has agreed to purchase ___Warrants (the “Warrants”) of Dynavax
Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) from [___] (“[___]”). We understand that
the Warrants are “restricted securities.” We represent and warrant that ___is a sophisticated
institutional investor that would qualify as an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
___represents and warrants as of the date hereof as follows:
1. That it is acquiring the Warrants and the shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per
share underlying such Warrants (the “Exercise Shares”) solely for its account for investment
and not with a view to or for sale or distribution of said Warrants or Exercise Shares or any
part thereof. ___also represents that the entire legal and beneficial interests of the
Warrants and Exercise Shares ___is acquiring is being acquired for, and will be held
for, its account only;
2. That the Warrants and the Exercise Shares have not been registered under the Securities
Act on the basis that no distribution or public offering of the stock of the Company is to be
effected. ___realizes that the basis for the exemption may not be present if,
notwithstanding its representations, ___has a present intention of acquiring the
securities for a fixed or determinable period in the future, selling (in connection with a
distribution or otherwise), granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the
securities. ___has no such present intention;
3. That the Warrants and the Exercise Shares must be held indefinitely unless they are
subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is
available. ___recognizes that the Company has no obligation to register the Warrants,
or to comply with any exemption from such registration;
4. That neither the Warrants nor the Exercise Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144
adopted under the Securities Act unless certain conditions are met, including, among other
things, the existence of a public market for the shares, the availability of certain current
public information about Company, the resale following the required holding period under Rule
144 and the number of shares being sold during any three month period not exceeding specified
limitations;
5. That it will not make any disposition of all or any part of the Warrants or Exercise
Shares in any event unless and until:
(i) The Company shall have received a letter secured by ___from the Securities
and Exchange Commission stating that no action will be recommended to the Securities
and Exchange Commission with respect to the proposed disposition;
(ii) There is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act
covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with
said registration statement; or
(iii) ___shall have notified the Company of the proposed disposition and, in
the case of a sale or transfer in a so called “4(1) and a half” transaction, shall
have furnished counsel to the Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to counsel to the Company.
We acknowledge that the Company will place stop orders with respect to the Warrants and the
Warrants, and if a registration statement is not effective, the Exercise Shares shall bear the
following restrictive legend:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER SAID ACT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PURSUANT TO RULES 144 OR 144A UNDER SAID ACT
OR PURSUANT TO A PRIVATE SALE EFFECTED UNDER APPLICABLE FORMAL OR INFORMAL SEC
INTERPRETATION OR GUIDANCE, SUCH AS A SO-CALLED “4(1) AND A HALF” SALE.”
“THE SALE, TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF
JULY 18, 2007, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AMONG THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN HOLDERS OF ITS
OUTSTANDING SECURITIES. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN
REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.”
At any time and from time to time after the date hereof, ___shall, without further
consideration, execute and deliver to [___] or the Company such other instruments or documents
and shall take such other actions as they may reasonably request to carry out the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Very truly yours,
EXHIBIT D
Schedule 1
Black-Scholes Value
Calculation Under Section 5(c)(i)(C) | Calculation Under Section 10(b) or 11(b) | |||||||
Remaining Term
|
Number of calendar days from date of public announcement of the Major Transaction until the last date on which the Warrant may be exercised. | Number of calendar days from date of the Event of Failure until the last date on which the Warrant may be exercised. | ||||||
Interest Rate
|
A risk-free interest rate corresponding to the US$ LIBOR/Swap rate for a period equal to the Remaining Term, or the closest shorter term thereto if there is no LIBOR/Swap rate equal to the Remaining Term. | A risk-free interest rate corresponding to the US$ LIBOR/Swap rate for a period equal to the Remaining Term. | ||||||
Volatility
|
45% | 45% | ||||||
Stock Price
|
The greater of (1) the closing price of the Common Stock on NASDAQ, or, if that is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, such principal market on which the Common Stock is traded or listed (the “Closing Market Price”) on the Trading Day immediately following the first public announcement of a Major Transaction, or (2) the Volume Weighted Average Price as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the first public announcement of the Major Transaction. | The volume Weighted Average Price on the date of such calculation. | ||||||
Dividends
|
Zero. | Zero. |
Schedule 1
Black-Scholes Value
Calculation Under Section 5(c)(i)(C) | Calculation Under Section 10(b) or 11(b) | |||||||
Remaining Term
|
Number of calendar days from date of public announcement of the Major Transaction until the last date on which the Warrant may be exercised. | Number of calendar days from date of the Event of Failure until the last date on which the Warrant may be exercised. | ||||||
Interest Rate
|
A risk-free interest rate corresponding to the US$ LIBOR/Swap rate for a period equal to the Remaining Term, or the closest shorter term thereto if there is no LIBOR/Swap rate equal to the Remaining Term. | A risk-free interest rate corresponding to the US$ LIBOR/Swap rate for a period equal to the Remaining Term. | ||||||
Volatility
|
45% | 45% | ||||||
Stock Price
|
The greater of (1) the closing price of the Common Stock on NASDAQ, or, if that is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, such principal market on which the Common Stock is traded or listed (the “Closing Market Price”) on the Trading Day immediately following the first public announcement of a Major Transaction, or (2) the Volume Weighted Average Price as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the first public announcement of the Major Transaction. | The volume Weighted Average Price on the date of such calculation. | ||||||
Dividends
|
Zero. | Zero. |