Exhibit 4.1
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
PLURISTEM THERAPEUTICS INC.
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Warrant Shares:
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Initial
Exercise Date: April [__], 2010
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Issue Date:
October [__], 2009
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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 April [__], 2010 (the “
Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close
of business on the five year anniversary of the Initial Exercise
Date (the “ Termination Date ”) but not
thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Pluristem
Therapeutics Inc., a Nevada 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 October [__], 2009, among the Company
and the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2.
Exercise.
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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: (i) a completed and duly
executed copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and
(ii) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby
purchased by wire transfer or bank or certified check drawn on a
United States bank. The date such items are delivered to the
Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions
hereof) is an “Exercise Date.” The Holder shall not be
required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an
exercise hereunder, but if it is not so delivered then such
exercise shall constitute an agreement by the Holder to deliver the
original Warrant to the Company as soon as practicable thereafter
and in any event, within three (3) Trading Days of the Exercise
Date. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the
same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of
a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number
of Warrant Shares, if any, and the Company shall issue such new
Warrant as soon as possible after receipt and cancellation of the
original Warrant. 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 three (3) Trading Days of receipt of such
notice.
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b)
Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be $1.60, subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).
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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 issuance or 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 (as
defined below) 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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The term
“ 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
(as defined below), 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 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 Purchasers of a
majority in interest of the Shares then outstanding and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be
paid by the Company.
The term “ Trading Market ” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Alternext,
the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq
Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any
successors to any of the foregoing).
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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 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)(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 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 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 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 three (3) 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 sixty one (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
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 .
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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 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 (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.
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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.
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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 (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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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