Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMON STOCK
PURCHASE WARRANT
MDRNA, INC.
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Warrant Shares:
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Initial Exercise Date: October ___, 2008
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Issue Date:
April ___, 2008
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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”) amended
and restated in its entirety that certain warrant issued to Holder
to purchase the same number of Warrant Shares set forth above
issued on April __, 2008 and 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 six month
anniversary of date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise
Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business [IF
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2(A)(IV) — on the seven year
anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date][IF PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.2(A)(V) — on the 90th day following the Initial Exercise
Date][ (the “ Termination Date ”) but not
thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from MDRNA, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), up to
shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock;
provided , however , that the
period set
forth above as the Termination Date shall be extended for the
number of days during such period in which (i) trading in the
Common Stock is suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) the
Registration Statement is not effective but in no event later than
. 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 . Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“ Purchase Agreement ”), dated April
, 2008, among the Company and the
purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2
. Exercise .
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) and to Company Counsel of a duly executed facsimile copy
of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and, within 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.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall
not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company
until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available
hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which
case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for
cancellation within 3 Trading Days of the date the final Notice of
Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this
Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of
Warrant Shares available hereunder shall
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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 1 Business Day of receipt of such notice. In the event
of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be
controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.
The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant,
acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this
paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant
Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for
purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount
stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price . The
exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant
shall be [IF PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2(A)(IV) — $2.376][IF
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2(A)(V) — $2.17, subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).
c) Cashless Exercise . If at
any time during the term of this Warrant there is no effective
Registration Statement registering, or no current prospectus
available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then
this Warrant may also be exercised at such time 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 of such
election;
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(B)
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the Exercise
Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
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(X)
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the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance
with the terms of this Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather
than a cashless exercise.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be
automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this
Section 2(c).
d) Holder’s
Restrictions . The Company shall not effect any exercise of
this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any
portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise,
to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after
exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the
Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other
person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any
of the Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess
of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall
include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being
made, but shall exclude
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the number of shares of Common Stock
which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining,
nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the
Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion
of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities
of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common
Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially
owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth
in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d),
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the
Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such
calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules
required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that
the limitation contained in this Section 2(d) applies, the
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation
to other securities owned by the Holder together with any
Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable
shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission
of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation
to other securities owned by the Holder together with any
Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in
each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the
Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy
of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group
status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this
Section 2(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s
most recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be,
(B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or
(C) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall
within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder
the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case,
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or
its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “
Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.99% of
the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less
than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase
or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this
Section 2(d), provided that the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the
Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant
held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(d)
shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be
effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the
Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and
implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with
the terms of this Section 2(d) to correct this paragraph (or
any portion hereof) which may be defective or
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inconsistent with the intended
Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes
or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to
such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall
apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
e) Mechanics of Exercise
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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 resale of the
Warrant Shares by the Holder or this Warrant is being exercised via
cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery to the
address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3
Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of
Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant (if required) and payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (the “
Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). This Warrant shall be
deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is
received by 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 by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by
cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid
by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to
the issuance of such shares, have been paid. If the Company fails
for any reason to deliver to the Holder certificates evidencing the
Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share
Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant
Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common
Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per
Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading
Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading
Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such certificates
are delivered.
ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon
Exercise . If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part,
the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of
this Warrant certificate, 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.
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iii. 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(e)(i) by the Warrant Share
Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
iv. 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 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 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 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.
v. 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 Holder would otherwise be entitled to
purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election,
either pay a cash adjustment in 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.
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vi. 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 be 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 and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the
payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax
incidental thereto.
vii. 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.
Section 3
. Certain Adjustments
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a) Stock Dividends and Splits
. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding:
(i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make 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