EXHIBIT 4.7
NOVABAY PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
and
________, AS WARRANT
AGENT
FORM OF DEBT
SECURITIES
WARRANT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF
_______
NOVABAY PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES WARRANT
AGREEMENT
Debt Securities Warrant
Agreement (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of
between NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a California
corporation (the “ Company ”) and
, a [corporation] [national banking association] organized and
existing under the laws of
and having a corporate trust office in
, as warrant agent (the “ Warrant Agent
”).
Whereas,
the Company has entered into an
indenture dated as of
(the “ Indenture ”), with
, as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee,
herein called the “ Trustee ”), providing for
the issuance from time to time of its unsubordinated debt
securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided in the
Indenture (the “ Debt Securities ”);
Whereas,
the Company proposes to sell [
If Warrants are sold with other securities –
title of such other securities being offered (the “ Other
Securities ”) with] warrant certificates evidencing one
or more warrants (the “ Warrants ” or,
individually, a “ Warrant ”) representing the
right to purchase [title of Debt Securities purchasable through
exercise of Warrants] (the “ Warrant Debt Securities
”), such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates
issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called the “
Warrant Certificates ”; and
Whereas,
the Company desires the Warrant
Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is
willing so to act, in connection with the issuance, registration,
transfer, exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant
Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set forth, among
other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates
and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued,
registered, transferred, exchanged, exercised and
replaced.
Now,
Therefore, in
consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
1.1 Issuance
of Warrants. [ If
Warrants alone— Upon issuance, each Warrant
Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] [ If Other
Securities and Warrants— Warrant Certificates
[initially] shall be issued in connection with the issuance of the
Other Securities [but shall be transferable separately on and after
(the “ Detachable Date ”)] [and shall not be
transferable separately] and each Warrant Certificate shall
evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby
shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained
herein and therein, to purchase one Warrant Debt Security. [
If Other Securities and Warrants— Warrant
Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Other
Securities and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit
shall evidence
Warrants for each [$
principal amount] [
shares] of Other Securities included in such unit].
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TO DEBT SECURITIES WARRANT AGREEMENT]
1.2 Execution
and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall
be in registered form substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated the date of its
countersignature by the Warrant Agent and may have such letters,
numbers, or other marks of identification or designation and such
legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon
as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve
(execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and
as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or
as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of
any securities exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to
conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on
behalf of the Company by any of its present or future chief
executive officers, presidents, senior vice presidents, vice
presidents, chief financial officers, chief legal officers,
treasurers, assistant treasurers, controllers, assistant
controllers, secretaries or assistant secretaries under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or
facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. The
seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and
may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Warrant Certificates.
No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any
purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable,
until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual
signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent
upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be
conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned
has been duly issued hereunder.
In case any officer of the Company who shall
have signed any of the Warrant Certificates either manually or by
facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the
Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and
delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may be
countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who
signed such Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the
Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the
Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of
such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the
Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement
any such person was not such officer.
The term “ holder ” or
“ holder of a Warrant Certificate ” as used
herein shall mean any person in whose name at the time any Warrant
Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by
the Warrant Agent for that purpose [ If Other Securities and
Warrants are not immediately detachable— or upon the
registration of the Other Securities prior to the Detachable Date.
Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the
registrar of the Other Securities to, make available at all times
to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Other
Securities as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent’s
records up to date].
1.3 Issuance
of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to
purchase Warrant Debt Securities may be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this Warrant
Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall,
upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the
Company, countersign such Warrant Certificates and shall deliver
such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the
Company.
ARTICLE 2
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
2.1 Warrant
Price. During the period
specified in Section 2.2, each Warrant shall, subject to the terms
of this Warrant Agreement and the applicable Warrant Certificate,
entitle the holder thereof, to purchase the principal amount of
Warrant Debt Securities specified in the applicable Warrant
Certificate at an exercise price of
% of the principal amount thereof [plus accrued amortization, if
any, of the original issue discount of the Warrant Debt Securities]
[plus accrued interest, if any, from the most recent date from
which interest shall have been paid on the Warrant Debt Securities
or, if no interest shall have been paid on the Warrant Debt
Securities, from the date of their initial issuance.] [The original
issue discount ($
for
each $1,000 principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities) will be
amortized at a
%
annual rate, computed on a[n] [semi-] annual basis [using a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months].] Such purchase price for
the Warrant Debt Securities is referred to in this Agreement as the
“ Warrant Price .”
2.2 Duration
of Warrants. Each Warrant
may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, as specified
herein, on or after [the date thereof] [
] and at or before [
] p.m., [City] time, on
or such later date as the Company may designate by notice to the
Warrant Agent and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to
their addresses as set forth in the record books of the Warrant
Agent (the “ Expiration Date ”). Each Warrant
not exercised at or before [
] p.m., [City] time, on the Expiration Date shall become void, and
all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such
Warrant under this Agreement shall cease.
2.3 Exercise
Of Warrants.
(a)
During
the period specified in Section 2.2, the Warrants may be exercised
to purchase a whole number of Warrant Debt Securities in registered
form by providing certain information as set forth on the reverse
side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in lawful
money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified
check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by
bank wire transfer in immediately available funds] the Warrant
Price for each Warrant Debt Security with respect to which a
Warrant is being exercised to the Warrant Agent at its corporate
trust office, provided that such exercise is subject to receipt
within five business days of such payment by the Warrant Agent of
the Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase
Warrant Debt Securities set forth on the reverse side of the
Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed. The date
on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is received by the
Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate
as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is
exercised; provided, however, that if, at the date of receipt of
such Warrant Certificates and payment in full of the Warrant Price,
the transfer books for the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable upon
the exercise of such Warrants shall be closed, no such receipt of
such Warrant Certificates and no such payment of such Warrant Price
shall be effective to constitute the person so designated to be
named as the holder of record of such Warrant Debt Securities on
such date, but shall be effective to constitute such person as the
holder of record of such Warrant Debt Securities for all purposes
at the opening of business on the next succeeding day on which the
transfer books for the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable upon the
exercise of such Warrants shall be opened, and the certificates for
the Warrant Debt Securities in respect of which such Warrants are
then exercised shall be issuable as of the date on such next
succeeding day on which the transfer books shall next be opened,
and until such date the Company shall be under no duty to deliver
any certificate for such Warrant Debt Securities. The Warrant Agent
shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant
Price in an account of the Company maintained with it and shall
advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a
payment for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so
deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm
such telephone advice to the Company in writing.
(b)
The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as
promptly as practicable, advise the Company of (i) the number of
Warrant Debt Securities with respect to which Warrants were
exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant
Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of
the Warrant Debt Securities to which such holder is entitled upon
such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing
the balance, if any, of the Warrants for the remaining Warrant Debt
Securities after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as
the Company or the Trustee shall reasonably require.
(c)
As soon as practicable after the exercise of any
Warrant, the Company shall issue, pursuant to the Indenture, in
authorized denominations, to or upon the order of the holder of the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Debt
Securities to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered
form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such
holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant
Certificate are exercised, the Company shall execute, and an
authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign
and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants for the
number of Warrant Debt Securities remaining unexercised.
(d)
The Company shall not be required to pay any
stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid
in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the
Warrant Debt Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is
involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any
Warrant Debt Securities until such tax or other charge shall have
been paid or it has been established to the Company’s
satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.
(e)
Prior to the issuance of any Warrants there
shall have been reserved, and the Company shall at all times
through the Expiration Date keep reserved, out of its authorized
but unissued Warrant Debt Securities, a number of shares sufficient
to provide for the exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE 3
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO
RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
3.1 No
Rights As Holders of Warrant Debt Securities Conferred By Warrants
or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificate or Warrant evidenced
thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a
holder of Warrant Debt Securities, including, without limitation,
the right to receive the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on the Warrant Debt Securities or to
enforce any of the covenants in the Indenture.
3.2 Lost,
Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates.
Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the
ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any
Warrant Certificate and/or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Warrant Agent and the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon
surrender of the mutilated Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent
for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or
the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired
by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an
authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign
and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant
Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing Warrants for a like
principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities. Upon the issuance of
any new Warrant Certificate under this Section 3.2, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant
Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant
Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2 in
lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall
represent an additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate
shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with
any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 3.2 are exclusive and
shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies
with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant Certificates.
3.3 Holder
Of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this
Agreement, any holder of any Warrant Certificate, without the
consent of the Warrant Agent, the Trustee, the holder of any
Warrant Debt Securities or the holder of any other Warrant
Certificate, may, in such holder’s own behalf and for such
holder’s own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain
any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to
enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such holder’s right to
exercise the Warrants evidenced by such holder’s Warrant
Certificate in the manner provided in such holder’s Warrant
Certificates and in this Agreement.
3.4 Merger,
Sale, Conveyance or Lease. In case of (a) any share exchange, merger or
similar transaction of the Company with or into another person or
entity (other than a share exchange, merger or similar transaction
in which the Company is the acquiring or surviving corporation) or
(b) the sale, exchange, lease, transfer or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company as
an entirety (in any such case, a “ Reorganization
Event ”), then, as a condition of such Reorganization
Event, lawful provisions shall be made, and duly executed documents
evidencing the same from the Company’s successor shall be
delivered to the holders of the Warrants, so that such successor
shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, and assume all
the Company’s obligations under, this Agreement and the
Warrants. The Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further
obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and the Company as the
predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be
dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming
entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the
Warrants issuable hereunder which heretofore shall not have been
signed by the Company, and may execute and deliver securities in
its own name, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant
Debt Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so
issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter
issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all
of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof. In any case of any such Reorganization Event, such changes
in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. The Warrant
Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive
evidence that any such Reorganization Event complies with the
provisions of this Section 3.4.
3.5 Notice
To Warrantholders. In
case the Company shall (a) effect any Reorganization Event or (b)
make any distribution on or in respect of the [title of Warrant
Debt Securities] in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company, then the Company shall mail to each
holder of Warrants at such holder’s address as it shall
appear on the books of the Warrant Agent, at least ten days prior
to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating the
date on which such Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation
or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of [title of Warrant Debt
Securities] of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of
[title of Warrant Debt Securities] for securities or other property
deliverable upon such Reorganization Event, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up. No failure to mail such notice nor any
defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect any such
transaction.
ARTICLE 4
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES
4.1 Exchange
and Transfer of Warrant Certificates. [ If Other Securities with Warrants which
are immediately detachable— Upon] [I f Other
Securities with Warrants which are not immediately
detachable— Prior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant
Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the
Other Security to which the Warrant Certificate was
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