CALLABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT GEOVAX LABS, INC.
Exhibit 4.2
CALLABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
Warrant Shares: _____________
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Issue Date: ____________ | |
Warrant Number: ____________ |
THIS CALLABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value
received, __________________________ (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or
after the Issue Date, (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of
business on the five (5) year anniversary of the effective date of the Registration Statement (the
“Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from GeoVax Labs,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to _____________ shares (the “
Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this
Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms in
this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 6.
Section 2. Exercise and Redemption.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on
or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the
Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the
Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of this Warrant accompanied by a duly executed Notice
of Exercise Form in the form annexed hereto; and, within three (3) Trading Days of the date said
Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn
on a United States bank. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of
the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the
outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable
number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the
number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any
objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within three (3) Business Days of receipt of such notice.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant
shall be $______, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, by
means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for
the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
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(A) =
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the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise; | |
(B) =
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the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and | |
(X) =
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the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise. |
d) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder
shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s
prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission
(“DWAC”) system if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there
is an effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale
of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares may be issued pursuant to an
available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and in accordance with applicable state securities laws (including via cashless
exercise), and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice
of Exercise by the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the
Company of the Notice of Exercise Form and receipt of the DWAC request from the Holder’s prime
broker (if applicable), (B) surrender of this Warrant, and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price as set forth above (including by cashless expense, if permitted) (such date, the “
Warrant Share Delivery Date”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the
first date on which all of the foregoing have been delivered to the Company. The Warrant Shares
shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named
therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of
the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by
cashless exercise if permitted) and all taxes (other than transfer taxes) required to be paid by
the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(iv) prior to the issuance of such shares.
ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised
in part, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant, at the time of delivery of the
certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing
the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which
new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share
which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at
its election, either pay a cash adjustment in
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respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise
Price or round up to the next whole share.
iv. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be
made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the
Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names
as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Warrant
Shares are to he issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered
for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the
Holder.
v. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in
any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof.
vi. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to
the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section
2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then, the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
vii. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise.
In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer
Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares
pursuant to an exercise properly tendered on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, 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 Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving
upon such exercise (a “Buy-In” ), then the Company shall (A) 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 (1) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with
the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase
obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the
Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which
case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of
Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and
delivery obligations hereunder. 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 shares of
Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under
clause (A) 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 and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such
loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
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hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates
representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
e) Call Provisions. Commencing at any time after the date of the issuance of this
Warrant, if (i) the average closing sales price of the Common Stock on NYSE Amex Equities (or such
other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading)
for any 30 consecutive trading days exceeds $_____ (a “Trigger Period”), and (ii) the
Warrant Shares are either registered for resale pursuant to an effective registration statement
naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder or freely transferable without volume
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act, as determined by counsel
to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter addressed and in form and substance acceptable
to the Holder and the transfer agent for the Common Stock, then the Company shall have the right,
upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Holder given not later than five (5) Trading Days after
the conclusion of any such Trigger Period (the “Redemption Notice”), to redeem this Warrant at a
price of $.01 per Warrant Share subject to this Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), on the
date set forth in the Redemption Notice, but in no event earlier than 30 days following the date of
the receipt by the Holder of the Redemption Notice (the “Redemption Date”).
f) No Net Cash Settlement. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that this Warrant may not
be exercised for cash pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof due to the lack of a then effective and
current registration statement registering the Warrant Shares with the Commission and an exemption
from registration or qualification under applicable federal and state securities laws is not
otherwise available for such exercise, the sole method of exercise available to a Holder shall be a
“cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, in no event shall the Holder be entitled to demand a “net cash settlement” of this
Warrant.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares
of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common
Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the
Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of
shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the
Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such
event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall
be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain
unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
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such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date
in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. If the Company, at any time while the Warrant is
outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not
to the Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price
per share less than the VWAP on the record date mentioned below, then, the Exercise Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction, of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common
Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights, options or warrants plus the number of
additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator
shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such
rights, options or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares so offered (assuming receipt by the Company in full of all consideration
payable upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP. Such
adjustment shall be made whenever such rights, options or warrants are issued, and shall become
effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such rights, options or warrants.
c) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holders)
evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any security other than the Common Stock (which shall be subject to
Section 3(b)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be
the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such
VWAP on such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the
portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness or rights or warrants so distributed applicable
to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.
In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the
portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights
applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such
distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.
d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, a
Fundamental Transaction occurs, then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder
shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such
exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the
Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the
number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it
is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate
Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this
Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate
Consideration issuable in respect
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of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion
the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative
value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are
given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental
Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it
receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company
shall cause any Successor Entity in a Fundamental Transaction to assume in writing all of the
obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior
to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Warrant, deliver to
the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written
instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a
corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its Parent Entity)
equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares
of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant
to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of
shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic
value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and
which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any
such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so
that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and
the other Transaction Documents 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 and the other Transaction Documents with the same
effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest
cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the
number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be
the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and
outstanding.
f) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to
any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting
forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend
(or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a
special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall
authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any
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shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of
the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common
Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company,
then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it
shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the
applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a
record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or
warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock
of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected
that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common
Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any
defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder
constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a
Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the
period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such
notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this
Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this
Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or
its agent or attorney. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as
applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment,
and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so
assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly assigned in
accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without
having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon
presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder
or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be
involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in exchange for the Warrant
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or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on
transfers or exchanges shall be dated as of the original Issue Date and shall be identical with
this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto and the Warrant
number.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be
maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the
record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of
this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. Except as expressly set forth herein, this
Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a
stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i).
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon
receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of
loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the
case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and
cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver
a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such
Warrant or stock certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day,
then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is
outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of
shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights
under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall
constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of the purchase rights by Holder under this Warrant. The Company will take all such
reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided
herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading
Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares
which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in
accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than
taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
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Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall
not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation 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 actions as may be necessary or appropriate to
protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares
above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par
value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant and (iii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or
consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to
enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares
for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such
authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public
regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
e) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with
the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (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 Wilmington, Delaware. Each
party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in Wilmington, Delaware for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to
the enforcement of this Warrant), 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 Warrant 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. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this
Warrant, 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.
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f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that if the acquisition of the
Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant is not registered under the Securities
Act, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, then the Warrant Shares will have
restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise
any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise
prejudice Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to
comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the
Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses to
the extent attributable to such failure including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant
hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or
delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions
of the Subscription Agreement pursuant to which the Warrant was originally issued.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative
action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of
the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase
price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by
the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted
by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under
this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to
waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law
would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the
rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder.
The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time
of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived
with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of
such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
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n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of
reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
Section 6. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in
and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and
(ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital
resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
“Eligible Market” means NYSE Amex Equities, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The Nasdaq
Global Market, or The Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall directly or indirectly, in one or
more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the
surviving corporation) another Person, and as a result, the persons holding the Company’s Common
Stock immediately prior to such consolidation or merger own less than 50% of the outstanding voting
power of the surviving entity or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow
another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more
than 50% of either the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock
held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons
making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase
agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization,
recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person
acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of
Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or
affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other
business combination), or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting
power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.
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“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 the Fundamental 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
“Principal Market” means the OTC Bulletin Board.
“Registration Statement” means that certain Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
333-165828) initially filed with the Commission on March 31, 2010.
“Required Holders” mean the holders holding Warrants representing at least 50% of the Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of all then outstanding Warrants issued under the Registration
Statement.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent
Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so
elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall
have been entered into.
“Trading Market” means NYSE Amex Equities, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The Nasdaq
Global Market, or The Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or,
if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the
principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded;
provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to
trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is
suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such
exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or
market, then during the hour ending at 4:00 p.m., New York Time).
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based
on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time), (b) if the
Common Stock is then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market or the OTC Bulletin Board and if
prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets,
Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the
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most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected
in good faith by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holders of a majority in interest of
the Warrants registered pursuant to the Registration Statement then outstanding, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
| GEOVAX LABS, INC. |
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| Name: | ||||
| Title. | ||||
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ______________ Warrant Shares of the Company
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith
payment of the Exercise Price in full.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
o in lawful money of the United States; or
o [if permitted] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in
accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to
the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set
forth in subsection 2(c) (“cashless exercise”).
(3) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name of
the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
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DTC Number: |
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(4) Accredited Investor. Unless the Warrant is exercised pursuant to a cashless
exercise in accordance with Section 2(c) of the Warrant or unless the Warrant Shares are registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the undersigned
represents it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act.
SIGNATURE
Name of Investing Entity: |
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Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: |
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Name of Authorized Signatory: |
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Title of Authorized Signatory: |
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Date: |
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute this form and supply
required information. Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
required information. Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [ ] all of or [ ]
shares of the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
whose address is
| Dated: | ||||||
Holder’s Signature: |
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Holder’s Address: |
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NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the
face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be
guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or
other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.
