Exhibit 10.4
THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR NEOPROBE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.
AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES W
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
NEOPROBE
CORPORATION
Expires December 26, 2012
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Number of Shares:
6,000,000
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Date of
Issuance: December 26, 2007
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Amended and
Restated: July 24, 2007
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, subject to the provisions
hereinafter set forth, the undersigned, Neoprobe Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the
“ Issuer ”), hereby certifies that
Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences, LLC or its registered assigns is
entitled to subscribe for and purchase, during the period specified
in this Warrant, up to Six Million (6,000,000) shares
(subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided) of the duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common
Stock of the Issuer, at an exercise price per share equal to the
Warrant Price then in effect, subject, however, to the provisions
and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Capitalized terms used in this Warrant and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 9
hereof.
1.
Term . The right to subscribe for and purchase shares of
Warrant Stock represented hereby shall commence on December 27,
2007 and shall expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 26,
2012 (such period being the “ Term
”).
2. Method
of Exercise Payment; Issuance of New Warrant; Transfer and
Exchange .
(a) Time of Exercise
. The purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be
exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time
during the Term commencing on December 27, 2007.
(b) Method of Exercise . The
Holder hereof may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, by
the surrender of this Warrant (with the exercise form attached
hereto duly executed) at the principal office of the Issuer, and by
the payment to the Issuer of an amount of consideration therefor
equal to the Warrant Price in effect on the date of such exercise
multiplied by the number of shares of Warrant Stock with respect to
which this Warrant is then being exercised, payable at such
Holder’s election (i) by certified or official bank check or
by wire transfer to an account designated by the Issuer, (ii) by
“cashless exercise” in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (c) of this Section 2, but only when a registration
statement under the Securities Act providing for resale of all of
the Warrant Stock is not then in effect, or (iii) by a combination
of the foregoing methods of payment selected by the Holder of this
Warrant.
(c) Cashless Exercise .
Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary and
commencing 6 months following the Original Issue Date, if (i) the
Per Share Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than
the Warrant Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below)
and (ii) a registration statement under the Securities Act
providing for the resale of all of the Warrant Stock is not then in
effect, in lieu of exercising this Warrant by payment of cash, the
Holder may exercise this Warrant by a cashless exercise and shall
receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to an amount (as
determined below) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal
office of the Issuer together with the properly endorsed Notice of
Exercise in which event the Issuer shall issue to the Holder a
number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following
formula:
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X = Y -
(A)(Y)
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B
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Where
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X =
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the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder.
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Y =
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the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of all of the
Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised,
the portion of the Warrant being exercised.
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A =
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the Warrant
Price.
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the Per Share
Market Value of one share of Common Stock.
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(d) Issuance of Stock
Certificates . In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in accordance with and subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, (i) certificates for the shares of
Warrant Stock so purchased shall be dated the date of such exercise
and delivered to the Holder hereof within a reasonable time, not
exceeding three (3) Trading Days after such exercise (the “
Delivery Date ”) or, at the request of the Holder,
issued and delivered to the Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) account on the Holder’s behalf via the
Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“ DWAC
”) within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) Trading
Days after such exercise, and the Holder hereof shall be deemed for
all purposes to be the Holder of the shares of Warrant Stock so
purchased as of the date of such exercise, and (ii) unless this
Warrant has expired, a new Warrant representing the number of
shares of Warrant Stock, if any, with respect to which this Warrant
shall not then have been exercised (less any amount thereof which
shall have been canceled in payment or partial payment of the
Warrant Price as hereinabove provided) shall also be issued to the
Holder hereof at the Issuer’s expense within such time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Issuer or its
transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the
shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or
certificates free of restrictive legends) if such exercise is in
connection with a sale by the Holder and the Holder has complied
with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements or an
exemption from such registration requirements (each as evidenced by
documentation furnished to and reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer).
(e) Transferability of
Warrant . Subject to Section 2(g), this Warrant may be
transferred by a Holder without the consent of the
Issuer. If transferred pursuant to this paragraph, this
Warrant may be transferred on the books of the Issuer by the Holder
hereof in person or by the Holder’s duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the
Issuer, properly endorsed (by the Holder executing an assignment in
the form attached hereto) and upon payment of any necessary
transfer tax or other governmental charge imposed upon such
transfer. This Warrant is exchangeable at the principal
office of the Issuer for Warrants for the purchase of the same
aggregate number of shares of Warrant Stock, each new Warrant to
represent the right to purchase such number of shares of Warrant
Stock as the Holder hereof shall designate at the time of such
exchange. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges
shall be dated the Original Issue Date and shall be identical with
this Warrant except as to the number of shares of Warrant Stock
issuable pursuant hereto.
(f) Continuing Rights of
Holder . The Issuer will, at the time of or at any time after
each exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the Holder
hereof, acknowledge in writing the extent, if any, of its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder all rights to which
such Holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant, provided,
however, that if any such Holder shall fail to make any
such request, the failure shall not affect the continuing
obligation of the Issuer to afford such rights to such
Holder.
(g) Compliance with Securities
Laws.
(i) The Holder of this
Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and
the shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are
being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as
a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the
Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or
any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof
except pursuant to an effective registration statement, or an
exemption from registration, under the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws.
(ii) Except as provided in
paragraph (iii) below, this Warrant and all certificates
representing shares of Warrant Stock issued upon exercise hereof
shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR NEOPROBE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.
(iii) The restrictions imposed by
this subsection (g) upon the transfer of this Warrant or the shares
of Warrant Stock to be purchased upon exercise hereof shall
terminate (A) when such securities shall have been resold pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
(B) upon the Issuer’s receipt of an opinion of counsel, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, addressed
to the Issuer to the effect that such restrictions are no longer
required to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state
securities laws or (C) upon the Issuer’s receipt of other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer that such
registration and qualification under the Securities Act and state
securities laws are not required. Whenever such restrictions shall
cease and terminate as to any such securities, the Holder thereof
shall be entitled to receive from the Issuer (or its transfer agent
and registrar), without expense (other than applicable transfer
taxes, if any), new Warrants (or, in the case of shares of Warrant
Stock, new stock certificates) of like tenor not bearing the
applicable legend required by paragraph (ii) above relating to the
Securities Act and state securities laws.
(h)
Buy In. In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Issuer fails to cause its transfer
agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Stock pursuant to an exercise
on or before the Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder
is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Stock which the
Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “
Buy-In ”), then the Issuer shall (1) pay in cash to
the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total
purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained
by multiplying (A) the number of shares of Warrant Stock that the
Issuer was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the
exercise at issue times, (B) the price at which the sell order
giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at
the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the
Warrant and equivalent number of shares of Warrant Stock 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
Issuer 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 (1) of the immediately
preceding sentence the Issuer shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Issuer written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of
the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other
evidence reasonably requested by the Issuer. 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 Issuer’s failure to
timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
3. Stock
Fully Paid; Reservation and Listing of Shares; Covenants
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(a) Stock Fully Paid . The
Issuer represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that all shares
of Warrant Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant or otherwise hereunder will, upon issuance, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free
from all taxes, liens and charges created by or through Issuer. The
Issuer further covenants and agrees that during the period within
which this Warrant may be exercised, the Issuer will at all times
have authorized and reserved for the purpose of the issue upon
exercise of this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock exercisable
hereunder to provide for the exercise of this Warrant (without
regard to limitations on exercisability set forth in Section
8).
(b) Reservation . If any
shares of Common Stock required to be reserved for issuance upon
exercise of this Warrant or as otherwise provided hereunder require
registration or qualification with any governmental authority under
any federal or state law before such shares may be so issued, the
Issuer will in good faith use its best efforts as expeditiously as
possible at its expense to cause such shares to be duly registered
or qualified. If the Issuer shall list any shares of Common Stock
on any securities exchange or market it will, at its expense, list
thereon, maintain and increase when necessary such listing, of, all
shares of Warrant Stock from time to time issued upon exercise of
this Warrant or as otherwise provided hereunder, and, to the extent
permissible under the applicable securities exchange’s rules,
all unissued shares of Warrant Stock which are at any time issuable
hereunder, so long as any shares of Common Stock shall be so
listed. The Issuer will also so list on each securities exchange or
market, and will maintain such listing of, any other securities
which the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive upon
the exercise of this Warrant if at the time any securities of the
same class shall be listed on such securities exchange or market by
the Issuer.
(c) Covenants . Until the
sooner to occur of the full exercise of this Warrant or the end of
the Term, except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the
Holder, the Issuer shall not by any action, including, without
limitation, amending its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws 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 or dilution. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Issuer will (a) not increase the
par value of any Warrant Stock above the amount payable therefor
upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value,
(b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in
order that the Issuer may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and
(c) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such
authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory
body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the
Issuer to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
(d) Loss, Theft, Destruction of
Warrants . Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Issuer
of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation
of any Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction, upon receipt of indemnity or security satisfactory to
the Issuer or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender
and cancellation of such Warrant, the Issuer will make and deliver,
in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new
Warrant of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the
same number of shares of Common Stock.
4.
Adjustment of Warrant Price and Warrant Share Number . The
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable, and 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. The Issuer shall give
the Holder notice of any event described below which requires an
adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 in accordance with Section
5. Notwithstanding any adjustment hereunder, at no time shall
the Warrant Price be greater than $0.32 per share, except if it is
adjusted pursuant to Section 4(b)(iii).
(a) Recapitalization,
Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
.
(i) In case the Issuer after the
Original Issue Date shall do any of the following (each, a “
Triggering Event ”): (a) consolidate with or merge
into any other Person and the Issuer shall not be the continuing or
surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, or (b)
permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge into the
Issuer and the Issuer shall be the continuing or surviving Person
but, in connection with such consolidation or merger, any Capital
Stock of the Issuer shall be changed into or exchanged for
Securities of any other Person or cash or any other property, or
(c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets
to any other Person, or (d) effect a capital reorganization or
reclassification of its Capital Stock, then, and in the case of
each such Triggering Event, proper provision shall be made so that,
upon the basis and the terms and in the manner provided in this
Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon the
exercise hereof at any time after the consummation of such
Triggering Event, to the extent this Warrant is not exercised prior
to such Triggering Event, to receive at the Warrant Price in effect
at the time immediately prior to the consummation of such
Triggering Event in lieu of the Common Stock issuable upon such
exercise of this Warrant prior to such Triggering Event, the
Securities, cash and property to which such Holder would have been
entitled upon the consummation of such Triggering Event if such
Holder had exercised the rights represented by this Warrant
(without giving effect to the limitations on exercise set forth in
Section 8 hereof) immediately prior thereto (including the right to
elect the type of consideration, if applicable), subject to
adjustments (subsequent to such corporate action) as nearly
equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for elsewhere in
this Section 4.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Warrant to the contrary and so long as the surviving entity is
a Qualifying Entity, the Issuer will not be deemed to have effected
any Triggering Event if, prior to the consummation thereof, each
Person (other than the Issuer) which may be required to deliver any
Securities, cash or property upon the exercise of this Warrant as
provided herein shall assume, by written instrument delivered to
the Holder of this Warrant and reasonably satisfactory to the
Holder, (A) the obligations of the Issuer under this Warrant (and
if the Issuer shall survive the consummation of such Triggering
Event, such assumption shall be in addition to, and shall not
release the Issuer from, any continuing obligations of the Issuer
under this Warrant) and (B) the obligation to deliver to such
Holder such shares of Securities, cash or property as, in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this subsection (a),
such Holder shall be entitled to receive, and such Person shall
have similarly delivered to such Holder, an opinion of counsel for
such Person, which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder,
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