Exhibit 10.3
FORM OF WARRANT
THIS WARRANT AND THE WARRANT SHARES SHALL NOT BE SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, (B) PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR (C) PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS WARRANT AND THE
WARRANT SHARES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON ITS
EXERCISE ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER SET FORTH IN SECTION 5 OF THIS WARRANT
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Warrant No. ____ Number of Shares: ________
(subject to adjustment)
Date of Issuance: August 27, 2004
HYBRIDON, INC.
Common Stock Purchase Warrant
(Void after August 27, 2009)
Hybridon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for value
received, hereby certifies that ___________________, or his or its registered
assigns (the "Registered Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at any time, or from
time to time, on or after August 27, 2004 and on or before 5:00 p.m. (Boston
time) on August 27, 2009, ________ shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per
share, of the Company ("Common Stock"), at a purchase price of $0.67 per share.
The shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant, and the purchase price per
share, each as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this
Warrant, are hereinafter referred to as the "Warrant Shares" and the "Purchase
Price," respectively.
1. Exercise.
(a) Exercise Process. The Registered Holder may, at its
option, elect to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part and at any time, or
from time to time, by surrendering this Warrant, with the purchase form appended
hereto as Exhibit I duly executed by or on behalf of the Registered Holder, at
the principal office of the Company, or at such other office or agency as the
Company may designate, accompanied by payment in full, in lawful money of the
United States, of the Purchase Price payable in respect of the number of Warrant
Shares purchased upon such exercise.
(b) Exercise Date. Each exercise of this Warrant shall be
deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the
day on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered to the Company as provided
in subsection 1(a) above (the "Exercise
Date"). At such time, the person or persons in whose name or names any
certificates for Warrant Shares shall be issuable upon such exercise as provided
in subsection 1(c) below shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of
record of the Warrant Shares represented by such certificates.
(c) ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATES. As soon as
practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, and in any
event within 10 days thereafter, the Company, at its expense, will cause to be
issued in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder, or as the
Registered Holder (upon payment by the Registered Holder of any applicable
transfer or withholding taxes) may direct:
(i) a certificate or certificates for the number
of full Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder shall be entitled upon
such exercise plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which the Registered
Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash in an amount determined pursuant to
Section 3 hereof; and
(ii) in case such exercise is in part only, a new
warrant or warrants (dated the date hereof) of like tenor, calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of Warrant Shares equal
(without giving effect to any adjustment therein) to the number of such shares
called for on the face of this Warrant minus the number of Warrant Shares for
which this Warrant was so exercised.
(d) EXERCISE BY NON-U.S. PERSON. It shall be a condition
to the exercise of this Warrant by a Registered Holder that is not a U.S. Person
(as defined under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"))
that such Registered Holder certify in writing to the Company that it is not a
U.S. Person and that this Warrant is not being exercised on behalf of a U.S.
Person.
2. Adjustments.
(a) ADJUSTMENT FOR STOCK SPLITS AND COMBINATIONS. If the
Company shall at any time, or from time to time after the date on which this
Warrant was first issued (or, if this Warrant was issued upon partial exercise
of, or in replacement of, another warrant of like tenor, then the date on which
such original warrant was first issued) (either such date being referred to as
the "Original Issue Date") effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock,
the Purchase Price then in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be
proportionately decreased. If the Company shall at any time, or from time to
time, after the Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the Purchase Price then in effect immediately before the combination
shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this paragraph shall
become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
(b) ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
In the event the Company at any time, or from time to time after the Original
Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of
holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution
payable in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the
Purchase Price then in effect immediately before such event shall be decreased
as
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of the time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have
been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying the
Purchase Price then in effect by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the total
number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date, and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the total
number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or
distribution;
provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such
dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date
fixed therefor, the Purchase Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the
close of business on such record date and thereafter the Purchase Price shall be
adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such
dividends or distributions.
(c) ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. When any
adjustment is required to be made in the Purchase Price pursuant to subsections
2(a) or 2(b) above, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise
of this Warrant shall be changed to the number determined by dividing (i) an
amount equal to the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment, by (ii) the Purchase Price in effect
immediately after such adjustment.
(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR OTHER DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. In
the event the Company at any time, or from time to time after the Original Issue
Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders
of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in
securities of the Company (other than shares of Common Stock) or in cash or
other property (other than regular cash dividends paid out of earnings or earned
surplus, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles), then and in each such event provision shall be made so that the
Registered Holder shall receive upon exercise hereof, in addition to the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder, the kind and amount of securities
of the Company, cash or other property which the Registered Holder would have
been entitled to receive had this Warrant been exercised on the date of such
event and had the Registered Holder thereafter, during the period from the date
of such event to and including the Exercise Date, retained any such securities
receivable during such period, giving application to all adjustments called for
during such period under this Section 2 with respect to the rights of the
Registered Holder.
(e) ADJUSTMENT FOR REORGANIZATION. If there shall occur
any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger
involving the Company in which the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged
for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by
subsections 2(a), 2(b) or 2(d)) (collectively, a "Reorganization"), then,
following such Reorganization, the Registered Holder shall receive upon exercise
hereof the kind
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and amount of securities, cash or other property which the Registered Holder
would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such Reorganization if such
exercise had taken place immediately prior to such Reorganization. In any such
case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board")) shall be made in the application of the
provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and interests thereafter
of the Registered Holder, to the end that the provisions set forth in this
Section 2 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments
of the Purchase Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably
may be, in relation to any securities, cash or other property thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
(f) CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. Upon the occurrence of
each adjustment or readjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to this Section
2, the Company at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but
in any event not later than 30 days thereafter, compute such adjustment or
readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Registered
Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including
the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property for which this Warrant
shall be exercisable and the Purchase Price) and showing in detail the facts
upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, as
promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of the
Registered Holder (but in any event not later than 30 days thereafter), furnish
or cause to be furnished to the Registered Holder a certificate setting forth
(i) the Purchase Price then in effect and (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then
would be received upon the exercise of this Warrant.
3. FRACTIONAL SHARES. The Company shall not be required upon the
exercise of this Warrant to issue any fractional shares, but shall pay the value
thereof to the Registered Holder in cash on the basis of the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock. The "Fair Market Value" per share of Common Stock
shall be determined as follows:
(a) If the Common Stock is listed on a national
securities exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the
OTC Bulletin Board or another nationally recognized trading system as of the
Exercise Date, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock shall be deemed
to be the average of the high and low reported sale prices per share of Common
Stock thereon for the five consecutive trading day period immediately preceding
the Exercise Date; provided that if the Common Stock is not so listed during
such period, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock shall be determined
pursuant to clause 3(b).
(b) If the Common Stock is not listed on a national
securities exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the
OTC Bulletin Board or another nationally recognized trading system as of the
Exercise Date, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock shall be deemed
to be the amount most recently determined by the Board or an authorized
committee of the Board to represent the fair market value per share of the
Common Stock (including without limitation a determination for purposes of
granting Common Stock options or issuing Common Stock under any plan, agreement
or arrangement with employees of the Company).
4. Redemption of Warrants.
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(a) Subject to the terms of this Section 4, the Company
shall have the right to redeem this Warrant for a redemption price (the
"Redemption Price") equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) $0.01 by
(ii) the number of Warrant Shares that the Registered Holder is entitled to
purchase upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the termination of
this Warrant under Section 4(d) below (such Redemption Price being subject to
adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations,
reclassifications, and similar transactions affecting the Common Stock).
(b) The Company shall exercise this redemption right by
providing at least 30 days' prior written notice to the Registered Holder of
such redemption (the "Redemption Notice"). Such Redemption Notice shall be
provided to the Registered Holder in accordance with Section 10 of this Warrant.
The Redemption Notice shall specify the time, manner and place of redemption,
including without limitation the date on which this Warrant shall be redeemed
(the "Redemption Date") and the Redemption Price payable to the Registered
Holder (assuming that this Warrant is not exercised on or prior to the
Redemption Date).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not
redeem this Warrant or provide the Redemption Notice to the Registered Holder
unless the closing sales price of the Common Stock on each day of a 20
consecutive trading day period ending within 30 days prior to the date the
Company provides the Redemption Notice to the Registered Holder is greater than
or equal to $1.34 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends,
combinations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, and similar transactions
affecting the Common Stock); provided, however, that the Company may not redeem
this Warrant or provide the Redemption Notice on or before February 27, 2005.
(d) This Warrant shall cease to be exercisable and shall
be terminated and of no further force or effect effective at 5:00 p.m. (Boston
Time) on the Redemption Date. If the Registered Holder does not exercise this
Warrant on or prior to the Redemption Date, the Registered Holder shall
surrender this Warrant to the Company on the Redemption Date for cancellation.
From and after the Redemption Date, the Registered Xxxxxx's sole right hereunder
shall be to receive the Redemption Price, without interest, upon presentation
and surrender of this Warrant for cancellation.
5. Transfers, etc.
(a) Neither this Warrant nor the Warrant Shares shall be
sold or transferred unless either (i) they first shall have been registered
under the Securities Act, or (ii) the Company first shall have been furnished
with an opinion of legal counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the
effect that such sale or transfer is exempt from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no registration or opinion
of counsel shall be required for a transfer made in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act.
(b) Each certificate representing Warrant Shares shall
bear a legend substantially in the following form:
"The securities represented by this certificate have
not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and may not be offered,
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sold or otherwise transferred, pledged or
hypothecated unless and until such securities are
registered under such Act or an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Company is obtained to the effect
that such registration is not required."
The foregoing legend shall be removed from the certificates representing any
Warrant Shares, at the request of the holder thereof, at such time as they
become eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.
(c) In the case of a Registered Holder that is a non-U.S.
Person:
(i) THIS WARRANT AND THE WARRANT SHARES HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE
EXERCISED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A U.S. PERSON UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.
(ii) This Warrant and the Warrant Shares shall
not be sold or transferred except (A) in accordance with the provisions of
Regulation S under the Securities Act, (B) pursuant to registration under the
Securities Act or (C) pursuant to an available exemption from registration under
the Securities Act. Hedging transactions involving this Warrant and the Warrant
Shares may not be conducted unless in compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Notwithstanding Section 5(b) to the
contrary, each certificate representing Warrant Shares issued to a Registered
Holder that is a non-U.S. Person shall bear a legend substantially in the
following form:
"These shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933. They may not be offered or transferred by sale, assignment,
pledge or otherwise unless (i) a registration statement for the shares
under the Securities Act of 1933 is in effect or (ii) the corporation
has received an opinion of counsel, which opinion is satisfactory to
the corporation, to the effect that such registration is not required
under the Securities Act of 1933 or (iii) such offer or transfer is
made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933. Hedging transactions involving these shares may
not be conducted unless in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933."
(d) The Company will maintain a register containing the
name and address of the Registered Holder of this Warrant. The Registered Holder
may change its address as shown on the warrant register by written notice to the
Company requesting such change.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 5(a) above, a Registered
Holder which is an entity may transfer this Warrant, in whole, to a wholly owned
subsidiary of such entity, a Registered Holder which is a partnership may
transfer this Warrant, in whole, to a partner of such partnership or a retired
partner of such partnership or to the estate of any such partner or retired
partner, a Registered Holder which is a limited liability company may transfer
this Warrant, in whole, to a member of such limited liability company or a
retired member or to the
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estate of any such member or retired member and a Registered Holder who is an
individual may transfer this Warrant, in whole, to such individual's spouse,
children, parents, siblings, grandchildren or any trust established exclusively
for the benefit of one or more of the foregoing individuals, or by will or the
laws of descent and distribution (in each case, a "Permitted Transferee"). This
Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable to a Permitted Transferee, in
whole, upon surrender of this Warrant with a properly executed assignment (in
the form of Exhibit II hereto) at the principal office of the Company (or, if
another office or agency has been designated by the Company for such purpose,
then at such other office or agency).
6. NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company will not, by amendment of its
charter or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all
such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Registered Holder against
impairment.
7. Notices of Record Date, etc. In the event:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its
Common Stock (or other stock or securities at the time deliverable upon the
exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to
receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe
for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to
receive any other right; or
(b) of any capital reorganization of the Company, any
reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger
of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the surviving entity and its Common Stock is not
converted into or exchanged for any other securities or property), or any
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(c) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up of the Company, then, and in each such case, the
Company will send or cause to be sent to the Registered Holder a notice
specifying, as the case may be, (i) the record date for such dividend,
distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend,
distribution or right, or (ii) the effective date on which such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which
the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities at the
time deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up. Such notice shall be sent at least 10 days prior to the record date
or effective date for the event specified in such notice.
8. RESERVATION OF STOCK. The Company will at all times
reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery upon the exercise
of this Warrant, such number of Warrant
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Shares and other securities, cash and/or property, as from time to time shall be
issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
9. Exchange or Replacement of Warrants.
(a) Upon the surrender by the Registered Holder, properly
endorsed, to the Company at the principal office of the Company, the Company
will, subject to the provisions of Section 5 hereof, issue and deliver to or
upon the order of the Registered Holder, at the Company's expense, a new Warrant
or Warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Registered Holder or as the
Registered Holder (upon payment by the Registered Holder of any applicable
transfer taxes) may direct, calling in the aggregate on the face or faces
thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash
and/or property) then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and
(in the case of loss, theft or destruction) upon delivery of an indemnity
agreement (with surety if reasonably required) in an amount reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will issue, in lieu thereof, a new
Warrant of like tenor.
10. NOTICES. All notices and other communications from the Company
to the Registered Holder in connection herewith shall be mailed by certified or
registered mail, postage prepaid, or sent via a reputable overnight courier
service to the address last furnished to the Company in writing by the
Registered Holder. All notices and other communications from the Registered
Holder to the Company in connection herewith shall be mailed by certified or
registered mail, postage prepaid, or sent via a reputable overnight courier
service to the Company at its principal office set forth below. If the Company
should at any time change the location of its principal office to a place other
than as set forth below, it shall give prompt written notice to the Registered
Holder and thereafter all references in this Warrant to the location of its
principal office at the particular time shall be as so specified in such notice.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed delivered (i) two business
days after being sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, or (ii) two business days after being sent via a reputable
overnight courier service.
11. NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. Until the exercise of this Warrant,
the Registered Holder shall not have or exercise any rights by virtue hereof as
a stockholder of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i)
the Company effects a split of the Common Stock by means of a stock dividend and
the Purchase Price of and the number of Warrant Shares are adjusted as of the
date of the distribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for
such dividend), and (ii) the Registered Holder exercises this Warrant between
the record date and the distribution date for such stock dividend, the
Registered Holder shall be entitled to receive, on the distribution date, the
stock dividend with respect to the shares of Common Stock acquired upon such
exercise, notwithstanding the fact that such shares were not outstanding as of
the close of business on the record date for such stock dividend.
12. AMENDMENT OR WAIVER. Any term of this Warrant may be amended
or waived only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which
enforcement of the change or
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waiver is sought. No waivers of any term, condition or provision of this
Warrant, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a
further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition or provision.
13. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings in this Warrant are for
the convenience of the parties and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or
restrict the contractual obligations of the parties.
14. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware (without reference
to the conflicts of law provisions thereof).
15. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. This Warrant may be executed by
facsimile signature.
16. ACCEPTANCE BY REGISTERED HOLDER. By acquiring and accepting
this Warrant, the Registered Holder shall be deemed to have agreed and accepted
the terms and conditions of this Warrant.
EXECUTED as of the Date of Issuance indicated above.
HYBRIDON, INC.
By:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________
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EXHIBIT I
PURCHASE FORM
To: Hybridon, Inc. Dated:____________
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached
Warrant (No. ______), hereby elects to purchase __________ shares of the Common
Stock of Hybridon, Inc. covered by such Warrant.
The undersigned herewith makes a payment of $___________ representing
the full purchase price for such shares at the price per share provided for in
such Warrant.
Signature: ______________________
Address: ________________________
________________________
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EXHIBIT II
ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ________________________________________ hereby
sells, assigns and transfers all of the rights of the undersigned under the
attached Warrant (No. ____) with respect to all of the shares of Common Stock of
Hybridon, Inc. covered thereby set forth below, unto:
Name of Assignee Address No. of Shares
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Dated:_____________________ Signature:________________________________
Signature Guaranteed:
By: _______________________
The signature should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program) pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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