NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR
THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL
OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE
OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA
FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
NEURALSTEM, INC.
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Warrant
Shares:
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Initial
Exercise Date:
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THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “
Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received,
____________ (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, upon
the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date
hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or
prior to the close of business on the ______ year anniversary of
the Initial Exercise Date (the “ Termination Date
”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from
Neuralstem, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), up to ___________ shares (the “
Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock. The
purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant
shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section
2(b).
Section 1 .
Definitions .
“ Affiliate ” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed
under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With respect to
a Holder, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on
a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Holder
will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Holder.
“ Board of Directors ” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“ Business Day ” means any
day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal
legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
“ Commission ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock ” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter
be reclassified or changed into.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Market Price ” means: (a)
the closing bid price reported on the Company’s Trading
Market on the Trading Day immediately preceding any applicable
measuring date, (b) if the Company’s Common Shares are not
then listed on a Trading Market, the price offered by any acquirer
in a Fundamental Transaction, or (b) in all other cases, the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the
Company’s Board of Directors.
“ Rule
144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted
by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Trading Day ” means a day
on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading.
“ 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 Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock
Exchange.
“ Transfer Agent ” means
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, the current transfer
agent of the Company with a mailing address of 59 Maiden Lane, New
York, New York 10038 and a facsimile number of (718) 921-8336, and
any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“ VWAP ” means, for any date,
the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg 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 listed or quoted 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 Purchasers of a
majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
a)
Exercise of Warrant . Exercise of the purchase
rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in
part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date
and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company
(or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate
by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the
Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed
facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and,
within 3 Business 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
Business 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 Company 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 $_______ ,
subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price
”).
c)
Cashless Exercise . This Warrant may also be
exercised 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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the VWAP on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such
election;
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the Exercise
Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
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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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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 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 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 (x) the Company’s most recent
periodic or annual report, as the case may be, (y) a more recent
public announcement by the Company or (z) 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 five 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 61 st 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
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 .
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 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 (B) the shares are eligible for resale without
volume or manner-of
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