COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
NORTHFIELD LABORATORIES
INC.
Initial Exercise Date: September
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Issue Date:
March ___, 2009
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 6 month
anniversary of the date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise
Date ”) and on or prior to the earlier of (i) the
close of business on the four year anniversary of the Initial
Exercise Date or (ii) time immediately following the
consummation of a Fundamental Transaction of the type described in
Section 3(e)(ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) where the
Company has given proper notice to the Holder of the Fundamental
Transaction in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 3(e)
(the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter,
to subscribe for and purchase from Northfield Laboratories 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 . Capitalized terms used
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “
Purchase Agreement ”), dated March 12, 2009,
among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.
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 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 of the shares thereby purchased by
wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States
bank of, if available, pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure
specified in Section 2(c). 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, 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
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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 $0.53, subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).
c)
Cashless Exercise . If at the time of exercise hereof there
is no effective registration statement registering, or the
prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of
the Warrant Shares to the Holder and all of the Warrant Shares are
not then registered for resale by Holder into the market at market
prices from time to time on an effective registration statement for
use on a continuous basis (or the prospectus contained therein is
not available for use), then this Warrant may also be exercised, in
whole or in part, 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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the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which
Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a
“cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable
Notice of Exercise;
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(B)
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the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder;
and
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(X)
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the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if
such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a
cashless exercise.
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“
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 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 for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and
if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink
Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar
organization or agency succeeding to
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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, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
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) 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
then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an
effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the
Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or
(B) 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 by the date that is three
(3) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the
Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this
Warrant (if required) and (C) payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price as set forth above (including by cashless exercise,
if permitted) (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery
Date ”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised on the first date on which all of the foregoing have been
delivered to 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, with 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(d)(vi)
prior to the issuance of such shares, having 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 or Holder rescinds such
exercise.
ii. Delivery of
New Warrants Upon Exercise . If this Warrant shall have been
exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of
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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.
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(d)(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, if any, 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 (in which
case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) 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
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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 the 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.
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.
e)
Holder’s 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 Persons 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(e), beneficial
ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, it being
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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(e) 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(e), 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 filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
(B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or
(C) a more recent written 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(e), 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(e) 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(e) 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.
f) Call
Provision . Subject to the provisions of Section 2(e) and this
Section 2(f), if (i) the VWAP for each of 20 consecutive
Trading Days (the “ Measurement Period ”)
exceeds $1.06 (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock
splits, recapitalizations, stock dividends and the like after the
Initial Exercise Date), (ii) the average daily volume for such
Measurement Period exceeds $100,000 per Trading Day
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(subject to
adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, recapitalizations,
stock dividends and the like after the Initial Exercise Date) and
(iii) the Holder is not in possession of any information that
constitutes, or might constitute, material non-public information
which was provided by the Company, then the Company may, within 1
Trading Day of the end of such Measurement Period, call for
cancellation of all or any portion of this Warrant for which a
Notice of Exercise has not yet been delivered (such right, a
“ Call ”) for consideration equal to $0.001 per
Share. To exercise this right, the Company must deliver to the
Holder an irrevocable written notice (a “ Call Notice
”), indicating therein the portion of unexercised portion of
this Warrant to which such notice applies. If the conditions set
forth below for such Call are satisfied from the period from the
date of the Call Notice through and including the Call Date (as
defined below), then any portion of this Warrant subject to such
Call Notice for which a Notice of Exercise shall not have been
received by the Call Date will be cancelled at 6:30 p.m. (New York
City time) on the tenth Trading Day after the date the Call Notice
is received by the Holder (such date and time, the “ Call
Date ”). Any unexercised portion of this Warrant to which
the Call Notice does not pertain will be unaffected by such Call
Notice. In furtherance thereof, the Company covenants and agrees
that it will honor all Notices of Exercise with respect to Warrant
Shares subject to a Call Notice that are tendered through 6:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on the Call Date. The parties agree that any
Notice of Exercise delivered following
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