EXHIBIT 10.4
FORM OF
WARRANT
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS (I) PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OR (II) IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION
THEREFROM AND ACCOMPANIED, IF REQUESTED BY BIOJECT MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGIES INC., WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
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Warrant No. II-
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Number of Shares:
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(subject to adjustment)
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Date of Issuance: November
, 2007
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WARRANT
TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
EXPIRING ON NOVEMBER 15, 2011
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, for value received,
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(the “ Registered Holder ”), or its permitted
assigns, is entitled to purchase from BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
INC., an Oregon corporation (the “ Compan y”),
at the place where the Warrant Office designated pursuant to
Section 2.1 is located, at a purchase price per share of $0.75 (as
adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the “
Exercise Price ”),
shares of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock, no par value per share
(“ Common Stock ”), of the Company, and is
entitled also to exercise the other appurtenant rights, powers and
privileges hereinafter set forth. The number of shares of the
Common Stock purchasable hereunder and the Exercise Price are
subject to adjustment in accordance with Article III hereof.
This Warrant shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
November , 2011.
Certain Terms used in this Warrant are defined
in Article IV.
ARTICLE I
EXERCISE OF WARRANT
1.1
Method of Exercise . This Warrant may be exercised by
the Registered Holder as a whole or in part from time to time until
November , 2011, at which time this
Warrant shall expire and be of no further force or effect;
provided, however, that the minimum number of Warrant Shares that
may be purchased on a single exercise shall be the entire number of
shares remaining available for exercise hereunder. To
exercise this Warrant, the Registered Holder or permitted assignees
of all rights of the Registered Holder shall deliver to the
Company, at the Warrant Office designated in Section 2.1(a), a
written notice in the form of the Purchase Form attached as Exhibit
A hereto, stating therein the election of the Registered Holder or
such permitted assignees of the Registered Holder to exercise this
Warrant in the manner provided in the Purchase Form, (b) payment in
full of the Exercise Price (in the manner described below) for all
Warrant Shares purchased hereunder, and (c) this Warrant.
Subject to compliance with Section 3.1(a)(vii), this Warrant shall
be deemed to be exercised on the date of receipt by the Company of
the Purchase Form, accompanied by payment for the Warrant Shares to
be purchased and surrender of this Warrant, as aforesaid, and such
date is referred to herein as the “Exercise
Date.” Upon such exercise (subject as aforesaid), the
Company shall issue and deliver to the Registered Holder a
certificate for the full number of the Warrant Shares
purchasable by the Registered Holder hereunder,
against the receipt by the Company of the total Exercise Price
payable hereunder for all such Warrant Shares, in cash or by
certified or cashier’s check. The Person in whose name
the certificate(s) for Common Stock is to be issued shall be deemed
to have become a holder of record of such Common Stock on the
Exercise Date.
1.2
Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common
Stock shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. Instead of any
fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such fractional interest equal to the fair
market value of such fractional interest as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors.
1.3
Purchase of Warrants by the Company . The Company
shall have the right, except as limited by law, other agreement, or
herein, to purchase or otherwise acquire Warrants at such time, in
such manner, and for such consideration as it may deem
appropriate.
1.4
Cancellation of Warrants . In the event the Company
shall purchase or otherwise acquire the Warrants, the same shall
thereupon be cancelled by it and retired.
ARTICLE II
WARRANT OFFICE; TRANSFER
2.1
Warrant Office . The Company shall maintain an office
for certain purposes specified herein (the “ Warrant
Office ”), which office shall initially be the
Company’s office at 20245 S.W. 95th Avenue, Tualatin, Oregon
97062, and may subsequently be such other office of the Company or
of any transfer agent of the Common Stock in the continental United
States of which written notice has previously been given to the
Registered Holder. The Company shall maintain, at the Warrant
Office, a register for the Warrant in which the Company shall
record the name and address of the Registered Holder, as well as
the name and address of each permitted assignee of the rights of
the Registered Holder.
2.2
Ownership of Warrant . The Company may deem and treat
the Registered Holder as the holder and owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made
by anyone other than the Company) for all purposes and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary, until presentation of this
Warrant for registration of transfer as provided in this Article
II.
2.3
Transfer of Warrants . The Company agrees to maintain
at the Warrant Office books for the registration and transfer of
this Warrant. Subject to the restrictions on transfer of
Warrants in Section 2.8, the Company, from time to time, shall
register the transfer of this Warrant in such books upon surrender
of this Warrant at the Warrant Office, properly endorsed, together
with a written assignment of this Warrant, substantially in the
form of the Assignment attached as Exhibit B hereto. Upon
any such transfer, a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee,
and the Company shall cancel the surrendered Warrant. The
Registered Holder shall pay all taxes and all other expenses and
charges payable in connection with the transfer of Warrants
pursuant to this Section 2.3.
2.4
Acknowledgement of Rights . The Company will, at the
time of exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms
hereof, upon request of the Registered Holder, acknowledge in
writing its continuing obligation to afford to such holder any
rights to which such holder shall continue to be entitled after
such exercise in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant,
provided that if the holder of this Warrant shall fail to make any
such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing
obligation of the Company to afford to such holder any such
rights.
2.5
No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise . This Warrant
does not entitle the Registered Holder to any voting rights or
other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise
hereof. Upon the surrender of this Warrant and the payment of
the aggregate Exercise Price, the Warrant Shares so purchased shall
be and be deemed to be issued to the Registered Holder as the
record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the
Exercise Date.
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2.6
Expenses of Delivery of Warrants . Except as provided
in Section 2.3 above, the Company shall pay all reasonable
expenses, taxes (other than transfer taxes), and other charges
payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery
of Warrants and related Warrant Shares hereunder.
2.7
Compliance with Securities Laws . The Registered
Holder (and its transferees and assigns), by acceptance of this
Warrant, covenants and agrees that such Registered Holder is
acquiring the Warrants evidenced hereby, and, upon exercise hereof,
the Warrant Shares, for its own account as an investment and not
with a view to distribution thereof. Neither this Warrant nor
the Warrant Shares issuable hereunder have been registered under
the Securities Act or any state securities laws and no transfer of
this Warrant or any Warrant Shares shall be permitted unless the
Company has received notice of such transfer in the form of the
assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B , accompanied, if
requested by the Company, by an opinion of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Company that an exemption from registration of
such Warrant or Warrant Shares under the Securities Act is
available for such transfer, except that no such opinion shall be
required with respect to the Warrant Shares after the registration
for resale of the Warrant Shares has become effective if the
Warrant Shares are sold pursuant to the registration
statement. Upon any exercise of the Warrants prior to
effective registration for resale or except as in accordance with
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, certificates representing the
Warrant Shares shall bear a restrictive legend substantially
identical to that set forth as follows:
“The securities represented by this
certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any state
(collectively, the “Acts”). Neither the shares
nor any interest therein may be offered, sold, transferred,
pledged, or otherwise disposed of in the absence of an effective
registration statement with respect to the shares under all of the
applicable Acts, or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to Bioject
Medical Technologies Inc. to the effect that such registrations are
not required.”
(c)
Any purported transfer of the Warrant or Warrant Shares not in
compliance with the provisions of this section shall be null and
void. Stop transfer instructions have been or will be imposed
with respect to the Warrant Shares so as to restrict resale or
other transfer thereof, subject to this Section 2.7.
ARTICLE III
ANTI-DILUTION PROVISIONS
3.1
Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares
. The Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time as hereinafter provided in this Article III. Upon
each adjustment of the Exercise Price, except pursuant to Sections
3.1(a)(iii) and (iv), the Registered Holder shall thereafter be
entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from such
adjustment, the number of shares of the Common Stock obtained by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by the number of shares of the Common Stock purchasable
pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing
the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such
adjustment.
(a)
Exercise Price Adjustments . The Exercise Price shall
be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(i)
Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations . If the
Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the date
hereof (the “ Original Issue Date ”) while this
Warrant remains outstanding, effect a subdivision of the
outstanding Common Stock, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
before such subdivision shall be proportionately decreased.
Conversely, if the Company shall at any time or from time to time
after the Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in
effect immediately before such combination shall be proportionately
increased. Any adjustment under this Section 3.1(a)(i) shall
become effective at the close of business on the date the
subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(ii)
Adjustment for Common Stock Dividends and Distributions
. If the Company, at any time or from time to time after the
Original Issue Date while this Warrant remains outstanding makes,
or fixes a
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record date for the determination of holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution
payable in additional shares of Common Stock, in each such event
the Exercise Price that is then in effect shall be decreased as of
the time of such issuance or, in the event such record date is
fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by
multiplying the Exercise Price then in effect by a fraction (i) the
numerator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such
issuance or the close of business on such record date, and (ii) the
denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such
issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such
dividend or distribution; provided , however , that
if such record date is fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or
if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor,
the Exercise Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close
of business on such record date, and thereafter the Exercise Price
shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 3.1(a)
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