Exhibit 10.28
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WARRANT
To Purchase Common Stock of
ATLANTIC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Warrant No. 1
No. of Shares of Common Stock: 150,000
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THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN
VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER OR THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS WARRANT.
No. of Shares of Common Stock: 150,000 Warrant No. 1
WARRANT
To Purchase Common Stock of
ATLANTIC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Company, Inc., or
registered assigns, is entitled, at any time during the Exercise Period (as
hereinafter defined), to purchase from Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Company"), 150,000 shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter
defined and subject to adjustment as provided herein), in whole or in part,
including fractional parts, at a purchase price of $2.50 per share (subject to
adjustment as provided herein) all on the terms and conditions and pursuant to
the provisions hereinafter set forth.
1. DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used in this Warrant but not defined have
the meaning set forth in the Warrant Agreement (as defined below). The following
terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
"Additional Shares of Common Stock" means all shares of Common
Stock issued by the Company after the Closing Date, other than Warrant Stock.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday
or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of
New York.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act and other federal
securities laws.
"Common Stock" means (except where the context otherwise
indicates) the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of Company as
constituted on the Closing Date, and any capital stock into which such Common
Stock may thereafter be changed, and shall also include (i) capital stock of
Company of any other class (regardless of how denominated) issued to the holders
of shares of Common Stock upon any reclassification thereof which is also not
preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of Company and
which is not subject to redemption and (ii) shares of common stock of any
successor or acquiring corporation (as defined in Section 4.8) received by or
distributed to the holders of Common Stock of Company in the circumstances
contemplated by Section 4.8.
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"Convertible Securities" means evidences of indebtedness,
shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable,
with or without payment of additional consideration in cash or property, for
Additional Shares of Common Stock, either immediately or upon the occurrence of
a specified date or a specified event.
"Current Market Price" means, in respect of a share of Common
Stock on any date, either (a) if there shall not then be a public market for the
Common Stock, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock as at such date or
(b) if there shall then be a public market for the Common Stock, the average of
the daily market prices for 20 consecutive Business Days commencing 30 days
before such date. The daily market price for each such Business Day shall be (i)
the last sale price on such day on the principal stock exchange or NASDAQ Small
Cap Market ("NASDAQ") on which such Common Stock is then listed or admitted to
trading, (ii) if no sale takes place on such day on any such exchange or NASDAQ,
the average of the last reported closing bid and asked prices on such day as
officially quoted on any such exchange or NASDAQ, (iii) if the Common Stock is
not then listed or admitted to trading on any stock exchange or NASDAQ, the
average of the last reported closing bid and asked prices on such day in the
over-the-counter market, as furnished by the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automatic Quotation System or the National Quotation Bureau, Inc., (iv)
if neither such corporation at the time is engaged in the business of reporting
such prices, as furnished by any similar firm then engaged in such business, or
(v) if there is no such firm, as furnished by any member of the NASD selected
mutually by the Majority Holders and Company or, if they cannot agree upon such
selection, as selected by two such members of the NASD, one of which shall be
selected by the Majority Holders and one of which shall be selected by Company.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"Exercise Period" means the period during which this Warrant
is exercisable pursuant to Section 2.1.
"Expiration Date" means January 4, 2005.
"Financial Advisory Agreement" means the Financial Advisory
and Consulting Agreement, dated January 4, 2000, by and between the Company and
the Consultant.
"Fully Diluted Outstanding" means, on any date, all shares of
Common Stock Outstanding on such date and all shares of Common Stock issuable in
respect of this Warrant outstanding on such date, and other options or warrants
to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of
Common Stock outstanding on such date, regardless of whether such options,
warrants or other securities are then exercisable or convertible.
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"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America as in effect from time to time.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name the Warrant set forth
herein is registered on the books of Company maintained for such purpose.
"Majority Holders" means the holders of Warrants exercisable
for in excess of 50% of the aggregate number of shares of Warrant Stock then
purchasable upon exercise of all Warrants.
"NASD" means the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc., or any successor corporation thereto.
"Other Property" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
"Outstanding" means, when used with reference to Common Stock,
on any date, all issued shares of Common Stock on such date, except shares then
owned or held by or for the account of Company or any subsidiary thereof, and
shall include all shares issuable in respect of outstanding scrip or any
certificates representing fractional interests in shares of Common Stock.
"Permitted Issuances" means the issuance of shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise or conversion of Company's presently outstanding
convertible preferred stock, warrants and employee incentive options.
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, incorporated
organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation,
entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or
otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency,
body or department thereof).
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Transfer" shall mean any disposition of any Warrant or
Warrant Stock or of any interest in either thereof, which would constitute a
sale thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.
"Transfer Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.
"Warrant" means this Warrant and all warrants issued upon
transfer, division or combination of, or in substitution for, this Warrant. All
Warrants shall at all times be identical as to terms and conditions and date,
except as to the number of shares of Common Stock for which they may be
exercised.
"Warrant Price" means an amount equal to (i) the number of
shares of Common Stock being purchased upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 2.1,
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multiplied by (ii) $2.50, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 4 of
this Warrant.
"Warrant Stock" means the shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
2. EXERCISE OF WARRANT
2.1 EXERCISE PERIOD. (a) From and after January 4, 2000 and until 5:00
P.M., New York time, on the Expiration Date (the "Exercise Period"), Holder may
exercise this Warrant, on any Business Day on which the condition set forth in
Section 2.1(b) hereof is met, for all or any part of the Warrant Stock.
(b) The Warrant may be exercised on any Business Day, except
that it may only be exercised if the last sale price of a share of Common Stock
on NASDAQ (or the principal stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then
listed or admitted to trading) on the immediately preceding Business Day was
equal to or greater than $1.00 plus the Exercise Price then in effect.
2.2 EXERCISE NOTICE; DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES. In order to exercise this
Warrant, Holder shall deliver to Company at its principal office at 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at the office or agency
designated by Company pursuant to Section 13.2, (i) a written notice of Xxxxxx's
election to exercise this Warrant, specifying the number of shares of Common
Stock to be purchased, (ii) payment of the Warrant Price and (iii) this Warrant.
Such notice shall be substantially in the form of the subscription form
appearing at the end of this Warrant as Exhibit A, duly executed by Holder or
its agent or attorney. Upon receipt thereof, Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, and in any event within five (5) Business Days thereafter, deliver
to Holder a duly executed certificate or certificates representing the aggregate
number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, together with
cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as hereinafter provided. Such stock
certificate or certificates shall be in such denominations and registered in the
name designated in the subscription form, subject to Section 9. Holder or any
other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a
holder of record of such shares of Warrant Stock for all purposes, as of the
date on which all items in clauses (i)-(iii) above have been received by Company
and all taxes required to be paid by Xxxxxx, if any, pursuant to Section 2.4
have been paid. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, Company shall
deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the
remaining shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, which
new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant, or
appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and the same returned to
Holder.
2.3 PAYMENT OF WARRANT PRICE. Payment of the Warrant Price shall be made
at the option of the Holder by:
(i) certified or official bank check;
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(ii) The surrender to Company of that number of shares of
Warrant Stock (or the right to receive such number of shares) or shares of
Common Stock having an aggregate Current Market Price equal to or greater than
the Current Warrant Price for all shares then being purchased (including those
being surrendered); or
(iii) any combination thereof, duly endorsed by or accompanied
by appropriate duly executed instruments of transfer.
2.4 PAYMENT OF TAXES. All shares of Warrant Stock shall be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and without any preemptive rights. Company
shall pay all expenses, taxes and other governmental charges with respect to the
issue or delivery thereof, unless such tax or charge is imposed by law upon
Holder. Company shall not be required, however, to pay any transfer tax or other
similar charge imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of
any certificate for shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant in any name other than that of Holder, and in such case Company shall
not be required to issue or deliver any stock certificate until such tax or
other charge has been paid or it has been established to the satisfaction of
Company that no such tax or other charge is due.
2.5 FRACTIONAL SHARES. Company shall not be required to issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon exercise of any Warrant. As to any
fraction of a share which the Holder of one or more Warrants would otherwise be
entitled to purchase upon such exercise, except as otherwise provided in Section
2.1, Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an
amount equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price per share of
Common Stock on the date of exercise.
3. TRANSFER, DIVISION AND COMBINATION
3.1 TRANSFER. Subject to compliance with Section 9 hereof, transfer of
this Warrant and all rights hereunder, in whole or in part, shall be registered
on the books of Company to be maintained for such purpose, upon surrender of
this Warrant at the principal office of Company referred to in Section 2.1 or
the office or agency designated by Company pursuant to Section 13.2, together
with a duly executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the
form of Exhibit B hereto and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable
upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such
payment, Company shall, subject to Section 9, execute and deliver a new Warrant
or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination
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. A Warrant, if properly assigned in
compliance with Section 9, may be exercised by a new Holder for the purchase of
shares of Common Stock without having a new Warrant issued.
3.2 DIVISION AND COMBINATION. Subject to Section 9, this Warrant may be
divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the
aforesaid office or agency of Company, together with a duly executed written
notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be
issued. Subject to compliance with
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Section 3.1 and with Section 9, as to any transfer which may be involved in such
division or combination, Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in
accordance with such notice.
3.3 EXPENSES. Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own expense
(other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under this Section 3.
3.4 MAINTENANCE OF BOOKS. Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid
office or agency, books for the registration and the registration of transfer of
the Warrants.
4. ADJUSTMENTS
The number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable, or the price at which such shares may be purchased upon exercise of
this Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in
this Section 4. Company shall give each Holder notice of any event described
below which requires an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 at the time of
such event.
4.1 STOCK DIVIDENDS, SUBDIVISIONS AND COMBINATIONS. If at any time
Company shall:
(a) take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the
purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend payable in, or other
distribution of, Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
larger number of shares of Common Stock, or
(c) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock,
then (i) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted
to equal the number of shares of Common Stock which a record holder of the same
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to the occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to
receive after the happening of such event, and (ii) the Warrant Price shall be
adjusted to equal (A) the Warrant Price multiplied by the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the
adjustment divided by (B) the number of shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after such adjustment.
4.2 CERTAIN OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) If at any time Company shall take a record of the holders
of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend or
other distribution of:
(i) cash in excess of earned surplus,
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(ii) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its
stock or any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than
cash, Convertible Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock), or
(iii) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or
purchase any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or any other
securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than cash, Convertible
Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock),
then the Exercise Price shall be reduced, without any further action by the
parties hereto, by the Per Share Value (as hereinafter defined) of the dividend.
For purposes of this Section 4.2 the "Per Share Value" of cash dividend or other
distribution shall be the dollar amount of the distribution on each share of
Common Stock and the "Per Share Value" of any dividend or distribution other
than cash shall be equal to the fair market value of such non-cash distribution
on each share of Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(b) A reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a
change in par value) into shares of Common Stock and shares of any other class
of stock shall be deemed a distribution by Company to the holders of its Common
Stock of such shares of such other class of stock within the meaning of
paragraph (a) above, and if the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
changed into a larger or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as a part of
such reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or combination,
as the case may be, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock within the meaning
of Section 4.1.
4.3 ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK.
(a) If at any time Company shall (except as hereinafter
provided) issue or sell any Additional Shares of Common Stock, other than
Permitted Issuances, in exchange for consideration in an amount per Additional
Share of Common Stock less than the Current Market Price, then
(i) the Warrant Price as to the number of shares for
which this Warrant is exercisable prior to such adjustment shall be reduced to a
price determined by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of
shares of Common Stock Outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale
multiplied by the Current Market Price plus (y) the consideration, if any,
received by Company upon such issue or sale as determined pursuant to Section
4.7(a), by (B) the total number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding
immediately after such issue or sale; and (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted to equal the
product obtained by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to
such issue or sale by the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such issue or sale and dividing the
product thereof by the Warrant Price resulting from the adjustment made pursuant
to clause (i) above.
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(b) The provision of paragraph (a) shall not apply to any
issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock for which an adjustment is
provided under Section 4.1 or 4.2. No adjustment of the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant shall be exercisable shall be made under
paragraph (a) upon the issuance of any Additional Shares of Common Stock which
are issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights or pursuant to the exercise of any conversion or exchange rights
in any Convertible Securities, if any such adjustment shall previously have been
made upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights or upon the issuance of
such Convertible Securities (or upon the issuance of any warrant or other rights
therefor) pursuant to Sections 4.4 or 4.5 hereof.
4.4 ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS OR OTHER RIGHTS. If at any time
Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose
of entitling them to receive a distribution of, or shall in any manner (whether
directly or by assumption in a merger in which Company is the surviving
corporation) issue or sell, any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or
purchase any Additional Shares of Common Stock or any Convertible Securities,
whether or not the rights to exchange or convert thereunder are immediately
exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of such warrants or other rights or upon conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities shall be less than the Current Market Price in effect
immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the number of shares
for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price shall be
adjusted as provided in Section 4.3 on the basis that the maximum number of
Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such warrants or
other rights or necessary to effect the conversion or exchange of all such
Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued and outstanding and
Company shall be deemed to have received all of the consideration payable
therefor, if any, as of the date of the issuance of such warrants or other
rights.
4.5 ISSUANCE OF CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. If at any time Company
shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them to receive a distribution of, or shall in any manner (whether
directly or by assumption in a merger in which Company is the surviving
corporation) issue or sell, any Convertible Securities, whether or not the
rights to exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or
exchange shall be less than the Current Market Price in effect immediately prior
to the time of such issue or sale, then the number of Shares for which this
Warrant is exercisable and the Warrant Price shall be adjusted as provided in
Section 4.3 on the basis that the maximum number of Additional Shares of Common
Stock necessary to effect the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible
Securities shall be deemed to have been issued and outstanding and Company shall
have received all of the consideration payable therefor, if any, as of the date
of issuance of such Convertible Securities. No adjustment of the number of
Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Warrant Price shall be made
under this Section 4.5 upon the issuance of any Convertible Securities which are
issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights therefor, if any such adjustment shall previously have been made
upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to Section 4.4. If
any issue or sale of Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any warrant
or other
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right to subscribe for or to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which
adjustments of the number of Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and
the Warrant Price have been or are to be made pursuant to Section 4.4, no
further adjustments of the number of Shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable and the Warrant Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
4.6 SUPERSEDING ADJUSTMENT. If, at any time after any adjustment of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and the
Warrant Price shall have been made pursuant to Section 4.4 or Section 4.5 as the
result of any issuance of warrants, rights or Convertible Securities,
(a) such warrants or rights, or the right of conversion or
exchange in such other Convertible Securities, shall expire, and all or a
portion of such warrants or rights, or the right of conversion or exchange with
respect to all or a portion of such other Convertible Securities, as the case
may be, shall not have been exercised, or
(b) the consideration per share for which shares of Common
Stock are issuable pursuant to such warrants or rights, or the terms of such
other Convertible Securities, shall be increased solely by virtue of provisions
therein contained for an automatic increase in such consideration per share upon
the occurrence of a specified date or event,
then for each outstanding Warrant such previous adjustment shall be rescinded
and annulled and the Additional Shares of Common Stock which were deemed to have
been issued by virtue of the computation made in connection with the adjustment
so rescinded and annulled shall no longer be deemed to have been issued by
virtue of such computation. Thereupon, a recomputation shall be made of the
effect of such rights or options or other Convertible Securities on the basis of
(c) treating the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock
or other property, if any, theretofore actually issued or issuable pursuant to
the previous exercise of any such warrants or rights or any such right of
conversion or exchange, as having been issued on the date or dates of any such
exercise and for the consideration actually received and receivable therefor,
and
(d) treating any such warrants or rights or any such other
Convertible Securities which then remain outstanding as having been granted or
issued immediately after the time of such increase of the consideration per
share for which shares of Common Stock or other property are issuable under such
warrants or rights or other Convertible Securities; whereupon a new adjustment
of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
and the Warrant Price shall be made, which new adjustment shall supersede the
previous adjustment so rescinded and annulled.
4.7 OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ADJUSTMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION. The
following provisions shall be applicable to the making of adjustments of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and the
Warrant Price provided for in this Section 4:
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(a) Computation of Consideration. To the extent that any
Additional Shares of Common Stock or any Convertible Securities or any warrants
or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Additional Shares of Common
Stock or any Convertible Securities shall be issued for cash consideration, the
consideration received by Company therefor shall be the amount of the cash
received by Company therefor, or, if such Additional Shares of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities are offered by Company for subscription, the subscription
price, or, if such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities
are sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering without a subscription
offering, the initial public offering price (in any such case subtracting any
amounts paid or receivable for accrued interest or accrued dividends and without
taking into account any compensation, discounts or expenses paid or incurred by
Company for and in the underwriting of, or otherwise in connection with, the
issuance thereof). To the extent that such issuance shall be for a consideration
other than cash, then, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the amount
of such consideration shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such
consideration at the time of such issuance as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of Company. In case any Additional Shares of Common Stock or
any Convertible Securities or any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or
purchase such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities shall
be issued in connection with any merger in which Company issues any securities,
the amount of consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the fair value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Company, of such portion
of the assets and business of the nonsurviving corporation as such Board in good
faith shall determine to be attributable to such Additional Shares of Common
Stock, Convertible Securities, warrants or other rights, as the case may be. The
consideration for any Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to any
warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase the same shall be the
consideration received by Company for issuing such warrants or other rights plus
the additional consideration payable to Company upon exercise of such warrants
or other rights. The consideration for any Additional Shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the terms of any Convertible Securities shall be the
consideration received by Company for issuing warrants or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase such Convertible Securities, plus the consideration
paid or payable to Company in respect of the subscription for or purchase of
such Convertible Securities, plus the additional consideration, if any, payable
to Company upon the exercise of the right of conversion or exchange in such
Convertible Securities. In case of the issuance at any time of any Additional
Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities in payment or satisfaction of
any dividends upon any class of stock other than Common Stock, Company shall be
deemed to have received for such Additional Shares of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities a consideration equal to the amount of such dividend so
paid or satisfied.
(b) When Adjustments to Be Made. The adjustments required by
this Section 4 shall be made whenever and as often as any specified event
requiring an adjustment shall occur, except that any adjustment of the number of
shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable that would
otherwise be required may be postponed (except in the case of a subdivision or
combination of shares of Common Stock, as provided for in Section 4.1) up to,
but not beyond the date of exercise if such adjustment either by itself or with
other adjustments not previously made adds or
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subtracts less than 1% of the shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to the making of such adjustment. Any adjustment
representing a change of less than such minimum amount (except as aforesaid)
which is postponed shall be carried forward and made as soon as such adjustment,
together with other adjustments required by this Section 4 and not previously
made, would result in a minimum adjustment or on the date of exercise. For the
purpose of any adjustment, any specified event shall be deemed to have occurred
at the close of business on the date of its occurrence.
(c) Fractional Interests. In computing adjustments under this
Section 4, fractional interests in Common Stock shall be taken into account to
the nearest 1/10th of a share.
(d) When Adjustment Not Required. If Company shall take a
record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to
receive a dividend or distribution or subscription or purchase rights and shall,
thereafter and before the distribution to stockholders thereof, legally abandon
its plan to pay or deliver such dividend, distribution, subscription or purchase
rights, then thereafter no adjustment shall be required by reason of the taking
of such record and any such adjustment previously made in respect thereof shall
be rescinded and annulled.
(e) Escrow of Warrant Stock. If after any property becomes
distributable pursuant to this Section 4 by reason of the taking of any record
of the holders of Common Stock, but prior to the occurrence of the event for
which such record is taken, and Holder exercises this Warrant, any Additional
Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise by reason of such adjustment shall
be deemed the last shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercised
(notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary herein) and such shares or
other property shall be held in escrow for Holder by Company to be issued to
Holder upon and to the extent that the event actually takes place, upon payment
of the Warrant Price. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary
herein, if the event for which such record was taken fails to occur or is
rescinded, then such escrowed shares shall be cancelled by Company and escrowed
property returned to Company.
(f) Challenge to Good Faith Determination. Whenever the Board
of Directors of Company shall be required to make a determination in good faith
of the fair market value of any item under this Section 4, such determination
may be challenged in good faith by the Majority Holders, and any dispute shall
be resolved by an investment banking or valuation firm of recognized national
standing selected by Company and acceptable to the Majority Holders.
4.8 REORGANIZATION, RECLASSIFICATION, MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR
DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. In case Company shall reorganize its capital, reclassify
its capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another corporation (where
Company is not the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or
distribution with respect to the Common Stock of Company), or sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property, assets or business
to another corporation and, pursuant to the terms of such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets,
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shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any cash,
shares of stock or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever
(including warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or
in lieu of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation ("Other
Property"), are to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock
of Company, then each Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon
exercise of such Warrant, the number of shares of common stock of the successor
or acquiring corporation or of Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and
Other Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor
or acquiring corporation (if other than Company) shall expressly assume the due
and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and condition
of this Warrant to be performed and observed by Company and all the obligations
and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may be deemed
appropriate (as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors of Company)
in order to provide for adjustments of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the
adjustments provided for in this Section 4. For purposes of this Section 4.8,
"common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation" shall include stock of
such corporation of any class which is not preferred as to dividends or assets
over any other class of stock of such corporation and which is not subject to
redemption and shall also include any evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock
or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for any such
stock, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the
happening of a specified event and any warrants or other rights to subscribe for
or purchase any such stock. The foregoing provisions of this Section 4.8 shall
similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers,
consolidations or disposition of assets.
4.9 OTHER ACTION AFFECTING COMMON STOCK. In case at any time or from time
to time Company shall take any action in respect of its Common Stock, other than
any action described in this Section 4, then, unless such action will not have a
materially adverse effect upon the rights of the Holders, the number of shares
of Common Stock or other stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and/or the
purchase price thereof shall be adjusted in such manner as may be equitable in
the circumstances.
5. NOTICES TO WARRANT HOLDERS
5.1 NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENTS. Whenever an adjustment to this Warrant is made
pursuant to Section 4, Company shall prepare a certificate to be executed by the
chief financial officer of Company setting forth, in reasonable detail, the
event requiring the adjustment and the method by which such adjustment was
calculated, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable and (if such adjustment was made pursuant to Section 4.8
or 4.9) describing the number and kind of any other shares of stock or Other
Property for which this Warrant is exercisable, and any change in the purchase
price or prices thereof, after giving effect to such adjustment or
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change. Company shall promptly cause a signed copy of such certificate to be
delivered to each Holder. Company shall keep at its office or agency designated
pursuant to Section 15 copies of all such certificates and cause the same to be
available for inspection at said office during normal business hours by any
Holder or any prospective purchaser of a Warrant designated by a Holder thereof.
5.2 NOTICE OF CORPORATE ACTION. If at any time
(a) Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common
Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other
distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any evidences of its
indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or
property, or to receive any other right, or
(b) there shall be any capital reorganization of Company, any
reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of Company or any
consolidation or merger of Company with, or any sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all the property, assets or business of
Company to, another corporation, or
(c) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of Company;
then, in any one or more of such cases, Company shall give to Holder (i) at
least 30 days' prior written notice of the date on which a record date shall be
selected in respect of such event and (ii) in the case of any such event, at
least 30 days' prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place.
Such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause also shall specify (i) the
date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to any such
dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character thereof and (ii)
the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up is to take place and the time, if any such time is to be fixed, as of which
the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common
Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
6. NO IMPAIRMENT
Company shall not by any action, including, without
limitation, amending its articles 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 against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Company will take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate
in order that Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, including taking such
action as is necessary for the Warrant Price to be not less than the par value
of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
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exercise of this Warrant. The Company will use its best efforts to obtain all
such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body
having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable Company to perform its
obligations under this Warrant.
7. RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF COMMON STOCK
From and after the Closing Date, Company shall at all times
reserve and keep available for issue upon the exercise of Warrants such number
of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to
permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants. All shares of Common
Stock which shall be so issuable, when issued upon exercise of any Warrant and
payment therefor in accordance with the terms of such Warrant, shall be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and not subject to preemptive
rights.
8. TAKING OF RECORD; STOCK AND WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS
In the case of all dividends or other distributions by Company
to the holders of its Common Stock with respect to which any provision of
Section 4 refers to the taking of a record of such holders, Company will in each
such case take such a record and will take such record as of the close of
business on a Business Day. Company will not at any time, except upon
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Company, close its stock transfer
books or Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing or delaying the
exercise or transfer of any Warrant.
9. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY
The Warrants and the Warrant Stock shall not be transferred,
hypothecated or assigned before satisfaction of the conditions specified in this
Section 9, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the Transfer of any Warrant or
any Warrant Stock. Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant, agrees to be bound by
the provisions of this Section 9.
9.1 RESTRICTIVE LEGEND. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
9, each certificate for Warrant Stock initially issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Stock issued to any subsequent
transferee of any such certificate, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with
a legend in substantially the following form:
"The shares represented by this certificate have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and may not be transferred in violation of such Act or the
rules and regulations thereunder."
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, each
Warrant shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially
the following form:
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"This Warrant and the securities represented hereby
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and may not be transferred in violation of such Act,
the rules and regulations thereunder or the provisions of this
Warrant."
9.2 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TRANSFERS; REQUESTS FOR REGISTRATION.
Prior to or promptly following any Transfer of any Warrants or any shares of
Restricted Common Stock, the holder of such Warrants or Restricted Common Stock
shall give written notice (a "Transfer Notice") to Company of such Transfer.
Each certificate, if any, evidencing such shares of Restricted Common Stock
issued upon such Transfer shall bear the restrictive legend set forth in Section
9.1(a), and each Warrant issued upon such Transfer shall bear the restrictive
legend set forth in Section 9.1(b), unless in the opinion of counsel to such
holder which is reasonably acceptable to Company such legend is not required in
order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act.
9.3 TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of Section 9, the restrictions imposed by this Section upon the transferability
of the Warrants and the Warrant Stock, and the legend requirements of Section
9.1, shall terminate as to any particular Warrant or share of Warrant Stock (i)
when and so long as such security shall have been effectively registered under
the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant thereto or (ii) when Company shall
have received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such
security may be transferred without registration thereof under the Securities
Act. Whenever the restrictions imposed by Section 9 shall terminate as to this
Warrant, as hereinabove provided, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive
from Company, at the expense of Company, a new Warrant without the restrictive
legend set forth in Section 9.1(b). Whenever the restrictions imposed by this
Section shall terminate as to any share of Warrant Stock, as hereinabove
provided, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from Company, at
Company's expense, a new certificate representing such Warrant Stock not bearing
the restrictive legend set forth in Section 9.1(a).
10. SUPPLYING INFORMATION
Company shall cooperate with each Holder of a Warrant or
Warrant Stock in supplying such information as may be reasonably necessary for
such holder to complete and file any information reporting forms presently or
hereafter required by the Commission as a condition to the availability of an
exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of any Warrant or Warrant Stock.
11. LOSS OR MUTILATION
Upon receipt by Company from any Holder of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Warrant and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (it being
understood that the written agreement of Holder shall be sufficient indemnity),
and in case of mutilation upon
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surrender and cancellation hereof, Company will execute and deliver in lieu
hereof a new Warrant of like tenor to such Holder; provided, in the case of
mutilation, no indemnity shall be required if this Warrant in identifiable form
is surrendered to Company for cancellation.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by
Holder to purchase shares of Common Stock, and no enumeration herein of the
rights or privileges of Holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability of such
Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of
Company, whether such liability is asserted by Company or by creditors of
Company.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 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 Xxxxxx's rights, powers or remedies. If
Company fails to make, when due, any payments provided for hereunder, or fails
to comply with any other provision of this Warrant, Company shall pay to Holder
such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses 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.
13.2 NOTICE GENERALLY. Any notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder to be made pursuant to
the provisions of this Warrant shall be sufficiently given or made if in writing
and either delivered in person with receipt acknowledged or sent by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by telecopy and
confirmed by telecopy answerback, addressed as follows:
(a) If to any Holder or holder of Warrant Stock, at its last
known address appearing on the books of Company maintained for such purpose.
(b) If to Company at:
Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: A. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein
provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing
by the party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder shall
be deemed to have been duly given or
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served on the date on which personally delivered, with receipt acknowledged,
telecopied and confirmed by telecopy answerback, or three (3) Business Days
after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mail. Failure or
delay in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, approval,
declaration, delivery or other communication to the person designated above to
receive a copy shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such
notice, demand, request, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication.
13.3 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.1
and 9, this Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors of Company and the successors and assigns
of Xxxxxx. 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.
13.4 AMENDMENT. This Warrant and all other Warrants may be modified or
amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of Company and
the Majority Holders, provided that no such Warrant may be modified or amended
to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant is
exercisable or to increase the price at which such shares may be purchased upon
exercise of such Warrant (before giving effect to any adjustment as provided
therein) without the prior written consent of the Holder thereof.
13.5 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
provision or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
13.6 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.
13.7 GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to the provisions thereof relating to conflict
of laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
Dated: January 4, 2000
ATLANTIC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By: /s/ A. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: A. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: President
Attest:
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: CFO
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EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
[To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant]
The undersigned registered owner of this Warrant irrevocably
exercises this Warrant for the purchase of ______ Shares of Common Stock of
Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and herewith makes payment therefor, all at the
price and on the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and requests
that certificates for the shares of Common Stock hereby purchased (and any
securities or other property issuable upon such exercise) be issued in the name
of and delivered to _____________ whose address is _________________ and, if
such shares of Common Stock shall not include all of the shares of Common Stock
issuable as provided in this Warrant, that a new Warrant of like tenor and date
for the balance of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder be delivered to
the undersigned.
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(Name of Registered Owner)
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(Signature of Registered Owner)
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(Street Address)
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(City) (State) (Zip Code)
NOTICE: The signature on this subscription must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the within Warrant in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT
ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered owner of this
Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of
the rights of the undersigned under this Warrant, with respect to the number of
shares of Common Stock set forth below:
Name and Address of Assignee No. of Shares of Common Stock
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and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ___________________________
attorney-in-fact to register such transfer on the books of Atlantic
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. maintained for the purpose, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:__________________ Print Name:___________________
Signature:____________________
Witness:______________________
NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Warrant in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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