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COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
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To Purchase __________ Shares of
Common Stock of
EPICEPT CORPORATION
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
(the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received,
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(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 December , 2008
(the “ Initial
Exercise Date ”) and
on or prior to the close of business on the five year anniversary
of the issuance of this Warrant (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and
purchase from EpiCept Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company
”), up to
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shares (the “ Warrant
Shares ”) of Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the
“ Common
Stock ”). The
purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant
shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section
2(b).
Section 1 . Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated June __, 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 of a duly executed
facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (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 such
Holder appearing on the books of the Company), and, within three
(3) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered
to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price for the shares thereby purchased under the
cashless exercise provisions set forth in Section 2(c) below.
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 three (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 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 $____ 1 subject to
adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).
(c) Cashless Exercise . If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date
there is no effective Registration Statement registering, or no
current prospectus available for, the issuance of the Warrant
Shares to the Holder (it being understood that the Company is under
no obligation to file, have declared effective or maintain the
effectiveness of such a Registration Statement or current
prospectus and shall have no liability to the Holder in the event
that there is no effective Registration Statement or current
prospectus), then this Warrant may only 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:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this
Warrant, as adjusted; and
(X) = 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.
“ VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined
by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the
Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the
daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such
date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which
the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported
by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
(New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b) if the
OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted
average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock
is not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if
prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink
Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar
organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so
reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of
a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser
selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to
the Company.
“ Trading Day ” means a day on which the Common Stock is
traded on a Trading Market.
“ Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges
on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the
date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock
Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market, The Nasdaq Capital Market or
the OTC Bulletin Board.
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) Exercise Limitations . 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(c) or otherwise, to
the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise
as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, such Holder
(together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any other
person
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Closing bid price on the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement.
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or entity acting as a group together
with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates), as set
forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, 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 such 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 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 such 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
Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by
such Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d)(i),
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 a Holder that the Company is
not representing to such Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and such 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
such Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which a portion of
this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of a
Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed
to be each Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder
together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant
is exercisable, in each case subject to such aggregate percentage
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 (x) the Company’s most
recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice
by the Company or the Company’s 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 (2)
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such 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 such 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 Beneficial
Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(d)(i) may be
waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not
less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company to change the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation to 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,
and the provisions of this Section 2(d) shall continue to apply.
Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further waived by such
Holder. 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)(i) to correct this paragraph (or any
portion hereof) which may be defective or 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.
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(e) Mechanics of Exercise .
(i) Authorization of Warrant Shares
. The Warrant Shares are reserved for
issuance, the Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may
be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by
this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented
by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by
the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in
respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such
issue).
(ii) Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise
. Certificates for shares purchased
hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company
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 a participant in
such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address
specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within three (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 (“
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)(vii) 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), $2 per Trading Day (increasing to $4 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.
(iii) 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.
(iv) Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause its transfer agent
to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 2(e)(iv)
by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the
right to rescind such exercise.
(v) 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 its transfer agent to
transmit to the Holder a certificate or 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) 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 (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 Warrant Shares that the Company
was
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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 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 (1) 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 r
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